2011 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season

The 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande season is the 58th year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and its 44th season in the Chinese football league, also its 22nd season in the top flight. The club was promoted from China League One at the end of the 2010 season.

Guangzhou Evergrande 2011
ChairmanChina Liu Yongzhuo
ManagerSouth Korea Lee Jang-Soo
South Korea Kim Seong-Gu (in name)
StadiumTianhe Stadium
Super League1st
FA CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Brazil Muriqui (16)

All:
Brazil Muriqui (20)
Highest home attendance50,389
(v Chengdu Blades, 6 July)
Lowest home attendance35,856
(v Hangzhou Greentown, 29 October)
Average home league attendance45,666
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Review

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Squad

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   CHN Yang Jun
2 DF   CHN Tu Dongxu
3 DF   BRA Paulão
4 FW   CHN Gao Shunhang
5 DF   CHN Zhang Linpeng
6 DF   CHN Feng Xiaoting
7 MF   CHN Feng Junyan
8 MF   BRA Renato Cajá (to July)
9 FW   BRA Cléo
10 MF   CHN Zheng Zhi (captain)
11 FW   BRA Muriqui
12 GK   CHN Dong Chunyu
13 DF   CHN Tang Dechao
14 DF   CHN Li Jianhua (vice-captain)
15 MF   ARG Darío Conca (from July)
16 MF   KOR Cho Won-Hee
17 MF   CHN Gao Zhilin
18 DF   CHN Chen Jianlong
19 MF   CHN Yang Hao
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   CHN Ni Bo
21 FW   CHN Jiang Ning
22 GK   CHN Li Shuai
23 MF   CHN Li Zhilang
24 MF   CHN Shi Hongjun
25 MF   CHN Yang Yihu
26 MF   CHN Wu Pingfeng
27 FW   CHN Ye Weichao
28 GK   CHN Zhi Xinhua
29 FW   CHN Gao Lin
30 MF   CHN Peng Shaoxiong
31 DF   CHN Zhang Hongnan
32 DF   CHN Sun Xiang
33 MF   CHN Li Yan
34 DF   CHN Huang Jiaqiang
35 DF   CHN Guo Zichao
38 DF   CHN Zhang Yujia
39 DF   CHN Zhang Tianlong
40 DF   CHN Pan Weiye

Technical staff

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Position Staff
Head coach   Lee Jang-Soo
  Kim Seong-Gu (in name)
Assistant coach   Qiu Ming
Assistant coach / Fitness coach   Kim Yong-Kab
Assistant coach   Jiang Feng
Goalkeeping coach   Wang Weiman
Team doctor   Kang Kebao
Physician   Renato Hiroshi
Technical analyst   Kim Hyo-Jung
Reserve team coach   Qu Shengqing
Youth team coach   Peng Weiguo

Transfers

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Winter

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Summer

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Starting XI

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Pre-season and friendlies

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Training matches

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2011 Asian Challenge Cup

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3 February 2011 Semi-final South China   0–1   Guangzhou Evergrande So Kon Po, Hong Kong
17:30 UTC+8 Report Muriqui   68' Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 11,088
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)
6 February 2011 Final Guangzhou Evergrande   0–0
(3–5 p)
  Tianjin Teda So Kon Po, Hong Kong
17:30 UTC+8 Report Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 11,348
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama (Japan)
Penalties
Muriqui  
Gao Lin  
Zhang Linpeng  
Li Yan  
Cao Yang  
Wang Xinxin  
Wu Weian  
Zorić  
Li Benjian  

Real Madrid China tour

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3 August 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande   1–7   Real Madrid Guangzhou
19:45 UTC+8 Yang Yihu   88' Khedira   7'
Özil   31'
Benzema   39', 50'
Ronaldo   57'
Jesé   72'
Di María   84'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

2011 CSL All-Stars Game

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27 November 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande 1–1
(4–2 p)
CSL All-Stars Guangzhou
15:30 UTC+8 Wu Pingfeng   20' Song Wenjie   68' Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Referee: Zhao Liang
Penalties
Conca  
Feng Xiaoting  
Jiang Ning  
Sun Xiang  
Zhang Linpeng  
Zhao Junzhe  
Zhang Chenglin  
Wang Song  
Huang Fengtao  

Competitions

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Chinese Super League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guangzhou Evergrande (C) 30 20 8 2 67 23 +44 68 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Beijing Guoan 30 14 11 5 49 21 +28 53
3 Liaoning Whowin 30 14 8 8 38 23 +15 50 2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off[a]
4 Jiangsu Sainty 30 14 5 11 43 28 +15 47[b]
5 Shandong Luneng Taishan 30 13 8 9 37 31 +6 47[b]
Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2011. Source: http://csl.sina.com.cn/statistics/
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored; 7th disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card). Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Liaoning Whowin qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League but withdrew from the tournament.[15]
  2. ^ a b Jiangsu, 3 pts, 2–1; Shandong, 3 pts, 1–2

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 20 8 2 67 23  +44 68 13 2 0 42 7  +35 7 6 2 25 16  +9

Results by round

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ResultWDDWWWWDDWWWWWWWDWDWDWWLWWWLWD
Position455521112111111111111111111111
Source: [citation needed]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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2 April 2011 Round 1 Guangzhou Evergrande 1–0 Dalian Shide Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Cléo   47' Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Sun Baojie
9 April 2011 Round 2 Nanchang Hengyuan 1–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Nanchang
15:40 UTC+8 Teng Bin   55' (p) Cléo   14' Stadium: Nanchang Bayi Stadium
Attendance: 14,562
Referee: Xu Fuxin
17 April 2011 Round 3 Guangzhou Evergrande 2–2 Beijing Guoan Guangzhou
19:30 UTC+8 Muriqui   31', 88' Xu Liang   23'
Wang Xiaolong   48'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 38,612
Referee: Guo Baolong
23 April 2011 Round 4 Qingdao Jonoon 0–2 Guangzhou Evergrande Qingdao
15:30 UTC+8 Cléo   19' (p)
Gao Lin   60'
Stadium: Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
Attendance: 13,741
Referee: Xu Hang
29 April 2011 Round 5 Guangzhou Evergrande 2–1 Liaoning Whowin Guangzhou
19:30 UTC+8 Cléo   31', 61' (p) Kim Yoo-Jin   42' Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 39,263
Referee: Huang Yejun
8 May 2011 Round 6 Shenzhen Ruby 0–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Huizhou
15:30 UTC+8 Jiang Ning   68' Stadium: Huizhou Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 17,648
Referee: Zhou Gang
15 May 2011 Round 7 Guangzhou Evergrande 3–1 Henan Construction Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Zheng Zhi   74'
Ye Weichao   78'
Feng Xiaoting   90+1'
Netto   70' Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 43,796
Referee: Zhang Lei
20 May 2011 Round 8 Shandong Luneng 0–0 Guangzhou Evergrande Jinan
19:30 UTC+8 Stadium: Shandong Stadium
Attendance: 11,869
Referee: Huang Yejun
29 May 2011 Round 9 Guangzhou Evergrande 1–1 Changchun Yatai Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Muriqui   89' Dori   31' Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 48,920
Referee: Ma Li
12 June 2011 Round 10 Tianjin Teda 0–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Tianjin
19:30 UTC+8 Feng Xiaoting   32' Stadium: TEDA Stadium
Attendance: 31,338
Referee: Yao Qing
18 June 2011 Round 11 Guangzhou Evergrande 2–0 Shaanxi Chanba Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Muriqui   76'
Wu Pingfeng   90+2'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 48,312
Referee: Wang Di
26 June 2011 Round 12 Guangzhou Evergrande 2–1 Jiangsu Sainty Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Gao Lin   33' (p)
Cléo   57' (p)
Djite   72' (p) Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 43,218
Referee: Xu Fuxin
2 July 2011 Round 13 Hangzhou Greentown 1–3 Guangzhou Evergrande Yiwu, Jinhua
19:30 UTC+8 Bari   90+1' Cléo   39'
Gao Lin   51'
Muriqui   83'
Stadium: Meihu Sports Center
Attendance: 10,542
Referee: Fan Qi
6 July 2011 Round 14 Guangzhou Evergrande 4–0 Chengdu Blades Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Muriqui   22'
Cléo   41'
Jiang Ning   74'
Zheng Zhi   80'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 50,389
Referee: Wang Jin
10 July 2011 Round 15 Dalian Shide 1–3 Guangzhou Evergrande Dalian
19:00 UTC+8 Chamanga   84' Cléo   79'
Muriqui   85', 88'
Stadium: Jinzhou Stadium
Attendance: 21,170
Referee: Sun Baojie
14 July 2011 Round 16 Guangzhou Evergrande 5–0 Nanchang Hengyuan Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Wu Pingfeng   27'
Cléo   48'
Muriqui   50'
Conca   85'
Jiang Ning   90'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Tao Rancheng
1 August 2011 Round 17 Beijing Guoan 1–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Beijing
19:30 UTC+8 W. Martínez   75' Gao Lin   67' Stadium: Workers Stadium
Attendance: 53,375
Referee: Kenji Ogiya (Japan)
6 August 2011 Round 18 Guangzhou Evergrande 4–0 Qingdao Jonoon Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Conca   16', 28'
Gao Lin   60'
Gao Zhilin   85'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 48,160
Referee: Wang Zhe
12 August 2011 Round 19 Liaoning Whowin 1–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Shenyang
19:30 UTC+8 Kim Yoo-Jin   28' Gao Lin   83' Stadium: Tiexi Stadium
Attendance: 25,812
Referee: Ma Ning
17 August 2011 Round 20 Guangzhou Evergrande 4–1 Shenzhen Ruby Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Zheng Zhi   44', 90'
Gao Lin   78'
Conca   80' (p)
Flores   14' Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 48,020
Referee: Guo Baolong
21 August 2011 Round 21 Henan Construction 1–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Zhengzhou
19:45 UTC+8 Netto   66' Gao Zhilin   56' Stadium: Hanghai Stadium
Attendance: 20,688
Referee: Fan Qi
10 September 2011 Round 22 Guangzhou Evergrande 2–0 Shandong Luneng Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Gao Lin   20'
Wu Pingfeng   24'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 43,869
Referee: Ma Li
14 September 2011[16] Round 23 Shanghai Shenhua 0–2 Guangzhou Evergrande Shanghai
19:45 UTC+8 Conca   17'
Wu Pingfeng   56'
Stadium: Hongkou Stadium
Attendance: 18,232
Referee: Ma Li
18 September 2011 Round 24 Changchun Yatai 2–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Changchun
19:30 UTC+8 Arrechea   15'
Pei Shuai   84'
Sun Xiang   56' Stadium: Development Area Stadium
Attendance: 28,669
Referee: Xu Fuxin
24 September 2011 Round 25 Guangzhou Evergrande 4–0 Tianjin Teda Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Conca   13', 82'
Muriqui   30'
Gao Lin   74'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 48,383
Referee: Fan Qi
28 September 2011 Round 26 Shaanxi Renhe 1–4 Guangzhou Evergrande Xi'an
17:00 UTC+8 Wan Houliang   26' Gao Lin   36', 51'
Zheng Zhi   84'
Conca   86'
Stadium: Shaanxi Province Stadium
Attendance: 25,360
Referee: Wang Di
16 October 2011 Round 27 Guangzhou Evergrande 3–0 Shanghai Shenhua Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8 Conca   14' (p)
Muriqui   34', 36'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 49,693
Referee: Li Jun
22 October 2011 Round 28 Jiangsu Sainty 5–2 Guangzhou Evergrande Nanjing
15:30 UTC+8 Jevtić   19'
Sun Ke   45'
Dănălache   45+3', 53' (p)
de la Haza   86'
Muriqui   80' (p), 82' Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center
Attendance: 31,856
Referee: Xu Hang
29 October 2011 Round 29 Guangzhou Evergrande 3–0 Hangzhou Greentown Guangzhou
15:30 UTC+8 Muriqui   10', 85'
Jiang Ning   71'
Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 35,856
Referee: Wang Di
2 November 2011 Round 30 Chengdu Blades 2–2 Guangzhou Evergrande Chengdu
15:30 UTC+8 Wang Kai   10', 90+3' (p) Gao Zhilin   46'
Zhang Linpeng   89'
Stadium: Chengdu Sports Centre
Attendance: 6,245
Referee: Wang Di

Chinese FA Cup

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4 May 2011 First round Guangzhou Evergrande 3–2 Guizhou Zhicheng Guangzhou
19:30 UTC+8 Muriqui   62', 64' (p), 78' Wang Lichun   4'
Mauro   90'
Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium
Attendance: 14,380
Referee: Bai Hua
12 May 2011 Second round Shaanxi Renhe 1–1
(11–10 p)
Guangzhou Evergrande Xi'an
15:30 UTC+8 Yu Hai   68' Muriqui   45' (p) Stadium: Shaanxi Province Stadium
Attendance: 21,680
Referee: Wang Zhe
Penalties
Firmani  
Qu Bo  
Sun Jihai  
Oravec  
Zhao Xuri  
Yu Hai  
Rao Weihui  
Bajalica  
Djulbic  
Wan Houliang  
Zhang Lie  
Firmani  
Qu Bo  
Muriqui  
Gao Lin  
Feng Xiaoting  
Jiang Ning  
Zheng Zhi  
Sun Xiang  
Paulão  
Wu Pingfeng  
Li Jianhua  
Cho Won-Hee  
Yang Jun  
Muriqui  
Gao Lin  

Squad statistics

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Updated to games played on 2 November 2011.
No appearances player not listed.

Name Pos. League FA Cup Total
Apps Starts Goals   YC   RC Apps Starts Goals   YC   RC Apps Starts Goals   YC   RC
  Cho Won-Hee MF 30 30 0 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 32 31 0 4 0
  Gao Lin FW 29 28 11 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 31 29 11 3 0
  Paulão DF 28 27 0 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 30 29 0 6 0
  Wu Pingfeng MF 28 23 4 3 0 2 2 0 1 0 30 25 4 4 0
  Li Jianhua DF 28 24 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 30 25 0 2 0
  Feng Xiaoting DF 27 27 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 28 28 2 5 1
  Muriqui FW 26 26 16 4 0 2 1 4 0 0 28 27 20 4 0
  Zheng Zhi MF 25 25 5 10 2 2 2 0 0 0 27 27 5 10 2
  Sun Xiang DF 25 25 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 27 27 1 1 0
  Jiang Ning FW 21 3 4 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 23 4 4 1 0
  Yang Hao MF 22 17 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 17 0 6 0
  Yang Jun GK 20 19 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 19 0 2 0
  Zhang Linpeng DF 16 8 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 18 10 1 1 0
  Darío Conca MF 15 14 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 14 9 0 0
  Gao Zhilin MF 13 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 14 7 3 0 0
  Li Shuai GK 11 11 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 13 13 0 0 0
  Cléo FW 10 9 10 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 10 10 1 0
  Renato Cajá MF 10 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 9 0 0 0
  Li Yan MF 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0
  Feng Junyan MF 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
  Ye Weichao FW 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0
  Shi Hongjun MF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
  Peng Shaoxiong MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
  Tang Dechao DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
  Yang Yihu FW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Total –– –– –– 67 48 3 –– –– 4 2 0 –– –– 71 50 3

Notes and references

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