2010 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season

Guangzhou played against Guangzhou rivals Guangdong Sunray Cave in the heavy rain on 29 May 2010

• 26 November 2009, Guangzhou announced that they were to put Lu Lin, Huang Zhiyi, Xu Liang, Zhou Lin, Cao Zhijie, Wang Xiaoshi, Zhang Si and Tan Ning into the transfer list.[1]
• 1 December 2009, Peng Weiguo was appointed as the temporary manager of the club.
• 31 December 2009, the Sports Bureau of Guangzhou took over the club and the club's name was changed into Guangzhou Football Club.
• 12 February 2010, Guangzhou confirmed earlier in the transfer window that they had agreed a club record fee of ¥2.8 million to sell Xu Liang to Beijing Guoan.[2] Bai Lei joined Tianjin Teda for a fee of ¥1.7 million on the same day.
• 21 February 2010, Guangzhou was relegated to China League One in the fallout of a match fixing scandal.[3][4]
• 28 February 2010, Evergrande Real Estate Group took over the club for a fee of ¥100 million.
• 11 March 2010, China national team striker Gao Lin signed for Guangzhou from Shanghai Shenhua for a reported ¥2 million.[5]

Guangzhou trounced Nanjing Yoyo 10–0 at Century Lotus Stadium.

• 25 March 2010, it was announced that manager Peng Weiguo had been relieved of his duties, with Korean manager Lee Jang-Soo put in charge.[6]
• 3 April 2010, Guangzhou's League One 2010 campaign kicked off with a 3–1 home victory over Beijing Institute of Technology. Gao Lin scored two goals in this match.
• 28 April 2010, Sun Xiang, the first Chinese footballer to play in a UEFA Champions League match with PSV Eindhoven, announced that he would give up to join Australia's A-League side Sydney FC and sign a long-term contract with Guangzhou instead in the summer transfer window.[7]
• 29 May 2010, Guangzhou claimed first place in China League One for the first time this season with a 2–1 home win against Guangzhou rivals Guangdong Sunray Cave.[8]
• 28 June 2010, former China national team captain Zheng Zhi signed for Guangzhou from Celtic on a free transfer.[9]
• 30 June 2010, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Muriqui on a four-year deal from Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Atlético Mineiro with a domestic record fee of $3.5 million.[10]

Guangzhou players celebrate their second League One title.

• 21 July 2010, Guangzhou trounced Nanjing Yoyo 10–0 at Century Lotus Stadium, setting a new club record (also a new record in Chinese professional football league) for their biggest ever League win in the process as well as breaking numerous scoring records.[11]
• 25 September 2010, Guangzhou beat Guangdong Sunray Cave 3–2 at Boluo Sports Center and promoted to the Chinese Super League for the 2011 season after Hubei Oriental draw 1–1 with Shanghai Pudong Zobon.[12]
• 16 October 2010, Guangzhou returned to their real home stadium, Yuexiushan Stadium for the first time this season and beat Hubei Oriental International Travel 2–1 in this match.[13]
• 30 October 2010, Guangzhou successfully achieved League One champions for the second time with a 3–1 victory at home to Hunan Billows. Gao Lin's first half hat-trick ensured he finished the season with the League One top scorer, having scored 20 goals, six more than the 14 scored by second-placed Ye Weichao.

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 Zhi Xinhua 2 DF  CHN Li Zhihai (captain) 3 MF  CHN Li Yan 4 DF  AUS John Tambouras (to June) 5 DF  CHN Dai Xianrong 6 MF  CHN Hu Zhaojun 7 MF  CHN Feng Junyan 8 MF  BRA Eduardo Delani 9 FW  CAN Charles Gbeke 10 MF  NGA Gabriel Melkam 11 MF  CHN Yang Yihu 12 GK  CHN Dong Chunyu 13 DF  CHN Tang Dechao 14 DF  CHN Li Jianhua (vice-captain) 15 MF  CHN Xu Weilong 16 MF  CHN Xu Deen 17 MF  CHN Cai Yaohui 18 DF  CHN Chen Jianlong

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  CHN Zhang Hongnan 20 FW  CHN Ni Bo 21 MF  CHN Peng Shaoxiong 22 GK  CHN Li Shuai 23 MF  CHN Li Zhilang 24 MF  CHN Shi Hongjun 25 DF  CHN Guo Zichao 26 MF  CHN Wu Pingfeng 27 DF  CHN Tu Dongxu 28 MF  CHN Zheng Zhi (from July) 29 FW  CHN Gao Lin 30 MF  CHN Lu Lin 31 FW  BRA Muriqui (from July) 32 DF  CHN Sun Xiang (from July) 33 DF  CHN Huang Zhiyi 34 DF  CHN Wang Xiaoshi 35 DF  CHN Zhou Lin

Updated to games played on 30 October 2010.
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Player	Pos	Apps	Starts	Goals	YC	RC
Li Jianhua	DF	24	24	2	2	0
Li Shuai	GK	24	24	0	1	0
Wu Pingfeng	MF	24	23	2	2	0
Gao Lin	FW	23	23	20	3	0
Li Yan	MF	23	23	1	5	0
Feng Junyan	MF	21	20	3	7	0
Charles Gbeke	FW	21	18	9	3	0
Tang Dechao	DF	19	16	1	6	0
Gabriel Melkam	DF	18	18	1	4	0
Hu Zhaojun	MF	16	5	1	3	0
Li Zhihai	DF	14	10	0	2	0
Muriqui	FW	14	14	13	1	0
Sun Xiang	DF	14	13	1	2	0
Li Zhilang	MF	12	7	0	2	0
Peng Shaoxiong	MF	11	5	1	3	0
Zheng Zhi	MF	11	9	5	3	1
Dai Xianrong	DF	8	4	0	0	0
Lu Lin	MF	7	2	0	1	0
Chen Jianlong	DF	5	3	0	1	0
Yang Yihu	FW	4	0	0	2	0
Ni Bo	FW	4	0	0	0	0
Eduardo Delani	MF	3	1	0	0	0
John Tambouras	DF	2	2	0	0	0
Shi Hongjun	MF	2	0	1	0	0
Guo Zichao	DF	2	0	0	0	0
Xu Deen	MF	2	0	0	0	0
Wang Xiaoshi	DF	1	0	0	0	0
Total	––	––	––	61	53	1

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