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
Chairman Liu Yongzhuo
Manager Lee Jang-Soo
 Kim Seong-Gu (in name)
StadiumTianhe Stadium
Super League1st
FA CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
 Muriqui (16)
All:
 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

Review
  • 25 December 2010, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Zhang Linpeng, Jiang Ning, Feng Xiaoting and Yang Jun for a total fee of €3.4 million.[1]
  • 25 January 2011, China national team midfielder Yang Hao signed for Guangzhou from Beijing Guoan on a free transfer.[2]
  • 6 February 2011, Guangzhou got the second place in the 2011 Asian Challenge Cup after losing 5–3 in the penalty shootout with Tianjin Teda.
  • 9 February 2011, Brazilian striker Cléo completed a €3.2 million move to Guangzhou from FK Partizan, signing a four-year-deal.[3]
  • 13 February 2011, Korean midfielder Cho Won-Hee joined Guangzhou Evergrande from Premier League side Wigan Athletic on a free transfer,[4] which made him the second Korean player to play for Guangzhou F.C. after Park Ji-Ho.
  • 2 March 2011, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Paulão on a four-year deal from Grêmio Prudente with a fee of €2.5 million.[5]
  • 8 March 2011, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Renato Cajá on a four-year deal from Botafogo with a fee of €1.6 million.[6]
  • 2 April 2011, Guangzhou's Super League 2011 campaign kicked off with a 1–0 home victory over Dalian Shide. Cléo scored the only goal of the match.
  • 9 April 2011, Guangzhou broke club's record for longest unbeaten streak in the league (23 games, 17 wins and 6 draws) with a 1–1 away draw against Nanchang Hengyuan.
  • 4 May 2011, Guangzhou's FA Cup 2011 campaign kicked off with a 3–2 home victory with second-tier club Guizhou Zhicheng. Muriqui scored a hat trick in the match.
  • 8 May 2011, Guangzhou claimed first place in China Super League for the first time of the club's history after a 1–0 away win against Shenzhen Ruby.
  • 12 May 2011, Guangzhou was kicked out in the FA Cup after losing at a 13 round super long Penalty shootout against Shaanxi Renhe.
  • 3 July 2011, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Darío Conca from Fluminense on a three-and-a-half-year-deal for a reported record breaking fee of €10 million.
  • 18 September 2011, Guangzhou lost to Changchun Yatai 1–2 at Development Area Stadium, which ended club's record 44-league-match unbeaten run.
  • 28 September 2011, Guangzhou successfully achieved their first Super League title away to Shaanxi Renhe, after a 4–1 win.

Squad

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
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

Winter

Summer

Starting XI

Pre-season and friendlies

Training matches

2011 Asian Challenge Cup
Main article: 2011 Asian Challenge Cup
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
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
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

Chinese Super League
Main article: 2011 Chinese Super League

League table
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[lower-alpha 1]
4 Jiangsu Sainty 30 14 5 11 43 28 +15 47[lower-alpha 2]
5 Shandong Luneng Taishan 30 13 8 9 37 31 +6 47[lower-alpha 2]
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) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Liaoning Whowin qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League but withdrew from the tournament.[15]
  2. Jiangsu, 3 pts, 2–1; Shandong, 3 pts, 1–2

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 20 8 2 67 23  +44 68 13 2 0 42 7  +35 7 6 2 25 16  +9

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultWDDWWWWDDWWWWWWWDWDWDWWLWWWLWD
Position455521112111111111111111111111
Source:
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
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
Main article: 2011 Chinese FA Cup
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

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
  1. 恒大四强援斥资3000万 冯潇霆姜宁领衔今日首亮相(in Chinese)
  2. 杨昊去向敲定 零身价转会恒大年薪200万以上(in Chinese)
  3. 欧冠锋霸携三国脚加盟恒大 克莱奥转会费320万欧(in Chinese)
  4. 恒大官方宣布签强力亚洲外援 前韩国国脚曾踢英超(in Chinese)
  5. 恒大350万美元签强援 4年长约锁定巴西豪门铁闸(in Chinese)
  6. 巴甲前腰雷纳托加盟恒大 转会费1500万签约4年(in Chinese)
  7. 恒大第2签前国门0价加盟 疯狂采购单曝10国脚(in Chinese)
  8. Grêmio informa venda de Paulão para o Evergrande Guangzhou, da China(in Portuguese)
  9. 恒大巧避足协限价令 1200万天价签约国足红人 Archived 2012-03-05 at the Wayback Machine(in Chinese)
  10. 鲁能足校铁卫投恒大 前国少猛将或“一鸣惊人”(in Chinese)
  11. 恒大集中张琳芃不报到 戴宪荣退役众粤将恐离队(in Chinese)
  12. 武汉旧将王小诗复出 加盟湖北队竭尽全力再冲超 Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine(in Chinese)
  13. 澳门甲组联赛2011赛季报名名单(in Chinese)
  14. 恒大官方宣布孔卡正式加盟 1000万美元签三年半(in Chinese)
  15. 辽宁宏运足球俱乐部正式宣布退出亚冠联赛资格赛 Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
  16. Match was postponed from 22 June to 14 September, for the time confliction with 2012 Summer Olympics qualification.
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