The 2022 season will be Beijing Guoan F.C.'s 58th season in football competition and the club's 19th consecutive season in the Chinese Super League since the league's founding in the 2004. It will be the team's 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of Chinese football. It will cover a period from 5 January 2022 to 31 December 2022.
A whole host of action came in the first month of the pre-season. On 8 January 2022, Beijing Guoan parted ways with head coach Slaven Bilić after one season.[1] On 14 January 2022, Xie Feng, a club legend and three-time interim coach for Guoan, was named as the new head coach.[2]Wang Ziming and Yu Yang signed contract extensions until the end of 2025 and 2022 respectively on 29 January.[3] The next day, Guoan announced the return of Zhang Chengdong.[4]
In early February, Guoan began its winter training camp in Kunming with the goal of improving player fitness.[5] The team played a training match against Beijing Sports University on 26 February with Guoan winning 6–1. Wang Ziming and Liu Guobo each scored a double, with Li Boxi and Liang Shaowen adding to Guoan's tally.[6]
^Fengtai Stadium serves as Guoan's home ground this season while the team's traditional home ground Workers' Stadium undergoes renovation.
^ abUpon joining the club, player became naturalized Chinese citizen[8]
References[]
^"国安官方：球队与主教练比利奇解约". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^"名宿回归！官方：谢峰担任北京国安主教练". Dongqiudi (in Chinese). 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^"官方：国安与于洋续约至2022年底 与王子铭续约至2025年底" [Official: Guoan Extends Contract with Yu Yang until End of 2022, with Wang Ziming until 2025]. Sohu Sports (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 2022-01-30.
^ ab"官方：张呈栋正式回归北京国安俱乐部 身披28号球衣" [Official: Zhang Chengdong Returns to Guoan, Will Wear 28]. Sohu Sports (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 2022-01-30.
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