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2012 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season

The 2012 Guangzhou Evergrande season is the 59th year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and is its 45th season in the Chinese football league, also its 23rd season in the top flight. The club played in the AFC Champions League for the first time in club's history after winning the league title in the 2011 season.

Guangzhou Evergrande 2012
ChairmanLiu Yongzhuo
ManagerLee Jang-Soo (to 16 May)
Marcello Lippi (from 17 May)
StadiumTianhe Stadium
Super League1st
FA CupWinners
FA Super CupWinners
AFC Champions LeagueQuarterfinals
Top goalscorerLeague: Muriqui (12 goals)
All: Darío Conca (17 goals)
Highest home attendance47,869 vs Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
1 May 2012 (Champions League)
Lowest home attendance28,128 vs Henan Jianye
18 July 2012 (FA Cup)
Average home league attendanceleague: 37,250
all: 37,265
← 2011
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Review edit

  • 26 December 2011, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Zhao Xuri, Rong Hao, Li Jianbin and Peng Xinli for a total report fee of ¥30 million.[1]
  • 10 January 2012, Chinese midfielder Qin Sheng moved from Liaoning Whowin to Guangzhou with an undisclosed fee.
  • 25 February 2012, Guangzhou beat Tianjin Teda 2–1 in the 2012 Chinese FA Super Cup, winning this trophy for the first time in the club's history. Cléo scored both goals of the match.
  • 7 March 2012, Guangzhou beat K-League champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 5–1 away in the club's first AFC Champions League match.[2]
  • 2 May 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande announced that they had signed Lucas Barrios from German Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund on a four-year deal for a domestic record fee of €8.5 million.[3]
  • 4 May 2012, Darío Conca received a ban of at least 9 matches (including reserve league match) and was fined ¥1 million by the club for his remarks about the team manager Lee Jang-Soo's decision on Weibo.[4]
  • 15 May 2012, Guangzhou beat Buriram United 2–1 and advanced to the knockout phase of AFC Champions League.[5]
  • 17 May 2012, former Italian World Cup-winning football manager Marcello Lippi was appointed as the new manager of club, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal.[6]
  • 30 May 2012, Guangzhou beat J-League side FC Tokyo 1–0 in the Round of 16 of AFC Champions League, and became the first Chinese club to reach the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League since 2006.[7]
  • 20 June 2012, CFA committee voted to pass a rule change allowing CSL clubs, who were still competing in the AFC Champions League, to add two more foreign players. Guangzhou Evergrande would be the only club able to take advantage out of the new rule change in the 2012 league season.[8]
  • 2 July 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande announced that they had signed South Korea national team defender Kim Young-Gwon on a four-year deal with a fee of US$2.5 million.[9]
  • 3 July 2012, Muriqui signed a new contract with Guangzhou Evergrande, keeping him at the club until 30 June 2016.[10]
  • 7 July 2012, Huang Bowen transferred to Guangzhou from K-League side Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors with a reported fee of US$2 million.[11]
  • 15 July 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande lost to Guangzhou R&F 0–1 at Tianhe Stadium, which ended club's record 34-league-home-match unbeaten run, as well as record 36-league-home-match scoring run.
  • 2 October 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande was knocked out of the AFC Champions League in the quarter-finals by Al Ittihad 5–4 on aggregate.
  • 27 October 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande won the league title for the second time in two years after beating Liaoning Whowin 1–0, with Gao Lin scoring the winning goal at the 90' minute to seal the title.
  • 18 November 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande won their first Chinese FA Cup title, defeating Guizhou Renhe by a score of 4–2, on aggregate 5–3.

Players edit

First team squad edit

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 DF   CHN Rong Hao
5 DF   CHN Zhang Linpeng
6 DF   CHN Feng Xiaoting
7 MF   CHN Feng Junyan
8 MF   CHN Qin Sheng
9 FW   BRA Cléo
10 MF   CHN Zheng Zhi (captain)
11 MF   BRA Muriqui
12 GK   CHN Dong Chunyu
13 DF   CHN Tang Dechao
14 DF   CHN Li Jianhua
15 MF   ARG Darío Conca
16 MF   KOR Cho Won-Hee
17 FW   CHN Gao Zhilin
18 FW   PAR Lucas Barrios
19 DF   CHN Li Jianbin
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 Peng Xinli
26 MF   CHN Wu Pingfeng
27 FW   CHN Ye Weichao
28 DF   KOR Kim Young-Gwon
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
35 FW   CHN Memet Ali
37 MF   CHN Zhao Xuri
39 MF   CHN Tan Jiajun
42 MF   CHN Huang Bowen
48 GK   CHN Zhi Xinhua

Reserve squad edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
34 DF   CHN Huang Jiaqiang
36 FW   CHN Gao Shunhang
38 DF   CHN Zhang Yujia
43 MF   CHN Li Bin

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   BRA Renato Cajá (at Ponte Preta from 1 July 2011 to 31 May 2012)
— DF   CHN Chen Jianlong (at Shanghai Shenxin from 5 January 2012 to 31 December 2012)
— MF   BRA Renato Cajá (at Kashima Antlers from 1 July 2012 to 1 January 2013)
33 MF   CHN Li Yan (at Guangzhou R&F from 11 July 2012 to 8 November 2012)

Technical staff edit

Name Nat. Job title
Marcello Lippi   Head coach (from 17 May 2012)
Narciso Pezzotti   Assistant coaches (from 17 May 2012)
Massimiliano Maddaloni  
Li Tie   Assistant coach (from 26 May 2012)
Michelangelo Rampulla   Goalkeeping coach (from 17 May 2012)
Claudio Gaudino   Fitness coach (from 17 May 2012)
Peng Weiguo   Reserve team coach (from 21 May 2012)
Enrico Castellacci   Medical adviser (from 27 July 2012)
Silvano Cotti   Team doctor / Physiotherapist (from 27 July 2012)
Georg Meyer   Physiotherapist
Liu Shulai   Team doctors
Kang Kebao  
Wang Shucheng  
Franco Ceravolo   Chief scout (from 5 September 2012)
Lee Jang-Soo   Head coach (to 16 May 2012)
Qiu Ming   Assistant coaches (to 16 May 2012)
Kim Yong-Kab  
Lee Min-Sung  
Wang Weiman   Goalkeeping coach (to 16 May 2012)
Jiang Feng   Fitness coach (to 16 May 2012)
Qu Shengqing   Reserve team coach (to 16 May 2012)
Kim Hyo-Jung   Technical analyst (to 16 May 2012)

Transfers edit

Winter edit

Summer edit

Pre-season and friendlies edit

Training matches edit

Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers
2012-01-14   Dalian Aerbin H 3–1 Memet Ali, Jiang Xiaochen (2 goals)
2012-01-17   Guizhou Renhe H 1–0 Gao Lin
2012-01-18   Shenyang Dongjin H 1–2 Tan Jiajun
2012-01-19   Dalian Aerbin H 2–0 Zheng Zhi, Liang Xueming
2012-01-27   Cádiz A 1–1 Muriqui
2012-01-28   Videoton N 1–2 Jiang Ning
2012-01-31   Dinamo Tbilisi N 3–0 Cléo, Conca, Muriqui
2012-02-01   FC Wil N 1–2 Tan Jiajun
2012-02-04   Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk N 1–2 Ye Weichao
2012-02-07   UD Marbella A 0–1
2012-02-19   Incheon United H 2–2 Wu Pingfeng, Feng Junyan
2012-03-03   Myongji University A 1–2 Shi Hongjun

Marbella Cup 2012 edit

Main article: 2012 Marbella Cup
3 February 2012 Guangzhou Evergrande   1–0   CSKA Moscow Marbella, Spain
12:00 UTC+1 Qin Sheng   87' Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
6 February 2012 Semi-final Guangzhou Evergrande   0–4   Dynamo Kyiv Marbella, Spain
16:00 UTC+1 Ideye   28'   55'
Yarmolenko   31'
Rybalka   90'		 Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
9 February 2012 Third place match Guangzhou Evergrande   0–0
(3–5 p)		   Lech Poznań Marbella, Spain
16:00 UTC+1 Stadium: Estadio Municipal de Marbella
Penalties
Cléo  
Muriqui  
Gao Lin  
Sun Xiang  		   Wołąkiewicz
  Ubiparip
  Đurđević
  Możdżeń
  Drewniak

2012 CSL All-Stars Game edit

Main article: 2012 CSL All-Stars Game
7 November 2012 Guangzhou Evergrande 0–1 CSL All-Stars Guangzhou
18:35 UTC+8 Liu Jianye   45' Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Referee: Tan Hai
Assistant referees: Su Jige, Mu Yuxin
Fourth official: Fan Qi

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Chinese FA Super Cup — Winners 25 February 2012
Chinese Super League — 1st 11 March 2012 3 November 2012
Chinese FA Cup 4th round Winners 18 July 2012 18 November 2012
AFC Champions League Group stage Quarter-finals 7 March 2012 2 October 2012

Updated to match played 18 November 2012
Source: Competitions

Chinese Super League edit

Main article: 2012 Chinese Super League

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guangzhou Evergrande (C) 30 17 7 6 51 30 +21 58 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage[a]
2 Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty 30 14 12 4 49 29 +20 54
3 Beijing Guoan 30 14 6 10 34 35 −1 48
4 Guizhou Moutai 30 12 9 9 44 33 +11 45
5 Dalian Aerbin 30 11 11 8 51 46 +5 44[b]
Source: Chinese Super League (in Chinese)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card). Head-to-Head: Only used at the end of the season when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Guizhou Renhe qualified for the 2013 AFC Champions League because league champions Guangzhou Evergrande also won the 2012 Chinese FA Cup.
  2. ^ Dalian 1–2 Changchun; Changchun 1–2 Dalian

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 17 7 6 51 30  +21 58 11 3 1 33 13  +20 6 4 5 18 17  +1

Last updated: 3 November 2012.
Source: Competitive Matches

Results by round edit

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GroundHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHA
ResultWLWWDWWWWLWDWWWDLWDLWWDDWLWDWL
Position3102222111111111111111111121111
Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2012. Source: Chinese Super League Table (in Chinese)
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

11 March 2012 Round 1 Guangzhou Evergrande 2–1 Shanghai Shenxin Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8 Conca   31'
Zhao Xuri   36'
Conca   44'
Zhang Linpeng   55'
Muriqui   73'
Zheng Zhi  after match		 Flávio   18' Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 36,187
Referee: Li Haihe
Assistant referees: Li Dongnan, Liu Guiqing
Fourth official: Wang Jin
16 March 2012 Round 2 Guangzhou R&F 2–0 Guangzhou Evergrande Guangzhou
18:00 UTC+8 Jumar   10'
Zhang Shuo   13' (pen.)
Tang Miao   21'
Gao Zengxiang   33'
Li Zhe   70'
Lu Lin   73'
Zhang Yuan   83'		 Paulão   12'
Zhang Linpeng   35'
Cho Won-Hee   47'
Zheng Zhi  after match		 Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium
Attendance: 19,217
Referee: Sun Baojie
Assistant referees: Su Jige, Liu Guiqing
Fourth official: Zhao Zhizhi
25 March 2012 Round 3 Guangzhou Evergrande 3–0 Henan Jianye Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8 Cléo   22'
Muriqui   30'
Cléo   45+1'
Muriqui   77'
Wu Pingfeng   87'		 Gu Cao   24'
Katongo   39'
Son Seung-Joon   86'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 36,318
Referee: Yao Qing
Assistant referees: Mu Yuxin, Wu Lei
Fourth official: Wang Jin
30 March 2012 Round 4 Shanghai Shenhua 0–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Shanghai
19:45 UTC+8 Qiu Tianyi   20'
Anelka   30'
Song Boxuan   59'
Song Boxuan   79'  
Zheng Kaimu   90+1'		 Sun Xiang   25'
Feng Junyan   31'
Zheng Zhi   76'
Sun Xiang   90'  		 Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium
Attendance: 21,356
Referee: Sun Baojie
Assistant referees: Han Wei, Zhang Hongwei
Fourth official: Li Haihe
8 April 2012 Round 5 Guangzhou Evergrande 1–1 Guizhou Renhe Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8 Conca   44' (pen.)
Muriqui   53'
Feng Xiaoting   70'
Li Jianhua   87'		 Muslimović   18'
Rodas   36'
Nano   43'
Djulbic   55'
Li Chunyu   80'
Zhang Chenglin   84'
Sun Jihai   88'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 31,295
Referee: Alan Milliner (Australia)
Assistant referees: Huo Weiming, Liu Guiqing
Fourth official: Li Haihe
13 April 2012 Round 6 Guangzhou Evergrande 3–1 Hangzhou Greentown Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8 Li Yan   6'
Li Yan   33'
Muriqui   61'
Cléo   68' (pen.)
Qin Sheng   70'
Muriqui   90'		 Zheng Kewei   49'
Wang Song   90+3'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 36,128
Referee: Zhou Gang
Assistant referees: Xu Jun, Zhan Wei
Fourth official: Wang Di
22 April 2012 Round 7 Guangzhou Evergrande 4–0 Changchun Yatai Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8 Cléo   28'
Conca   49'
Zhao Xuri   56'
Conca   66'
Muriqui   80'		 Ljubinković   53' Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 38,214
Referee: Zhang Zhengping
Assistant referees: Zhang Jun, Wen Xiaofang
Fourth official: Li Haihe
27 April 2012 Round 8 Tianjin Teda 0–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Tianjin
19:30 UTC+8 Goian   33'
Mao Biao   83'		 Feng Junyan   47'
Sun Xiang   62'
Muriqui   85'		 Stadium: TEDA Football Stadium
Attendance: 18,589
Referee: Ai Kun
Assistant referees: Han Wei, Liu Guiqing
Fourth official: Huang Yejun
6 May 2012 Round 9 Guangzhou Evergrande 2–1 Dalian Aerbin Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8 Muriqui   40'
Zheng Zhi   65'
Cléo   68' (pen.)
Sun Xiang   83'		 Addy   9'
Yin Lu   51'
Yu Ziqian   67'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 32,468
Referee: Li Haihe
Assistant referees: Mu Yuxin, Su Jige
Fourth official: Wang Jin
11 May 2012 Round 10 Dalian Shide 3–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Dalian
19:00 UTC+8 Yan Xiangchuang   10'
Zhu Ting   57'
Kamburov   67'		 Qin Sheng   21'
Qin Sheng   43'		 Stadium: Jinzhou Stadium
Attendance: 7,682
Referee: Tan Hai
Assistant referees: Xu Jun, Zhang Hongwei
Fourth official: Shi Zhenlu
20 May 2012 Round 11 Guangzhou Evergrande 1–0 Qingdao Jonoon Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8 Gao Lin   68'
Feng Junyan   74'		 Song Long   38'
Melkam   63'
Guo Liang   68'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 38,612
Referee: Li Jun
Assistant referees: Tong Yong, Lou Fangping
Fourth official: Shi Zhenlu
25 May 2012 Round 12 Shandong Luneng Taishan 1–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Jinan
19:30 UTC+8 Liu Yang   30'
Zheng Zheng   32'
Wang Yongpo   84'		 Zhang Linpeng   5'
Feng Xiaoting   65'
Zheng Zhi   88'
Wu Pingfeng   89'		 Stadium: Shandong Provincial Stadium
Attendance: 33,453
Referee: Tan Hai
Assistant referees: Zhan Wei, Xu Jun
Fourth official: Huang Yejun
17 June 2012 Round 13 Guangzhou Evergrande 5–1 Jiangsu Sainty Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8 Conca   9'
Jiang Ning   54'
Muriqui   57'
Muriqui   62'
Zhang Linpeng   68'
Muriqui   90+3'		 Liu Jianye   58'
Lu Bofei   65'
Qu Cheng   67'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 37,865
Referee: Huang Yejun
Assistant referees: Su Jige, Shao Honggeng
Fourth official: Guo Baolong
23 June 2012 Round 14 Liaoning Whowin 0–3 Guangzhou Evergrande Shenyang
19:30 UTC+8 Zheng Tao   28'
Wu Gaojun   55'
Yu Hanchao   74'
Yang Shanping   80'		 Feng Xiaoting   7'
Jiang Ning   42'
Gao Lin   62'
Conca   67'		 Stadium: Tiexi New District Sports Center
Attendance: 27,823
Referee: Fan Qi
Assistant referees: Wu Lei, Zhang Hongwei
Fourth official: Zhao Zhizhi
1 July 2012 Round 15 Guangzhou Evergrande 3–2 Beijing Guoan Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8 Jiang Ning   16'
Zhang Linpeng   30'
Muriqui   35'
Qin Sheng   60'
Cléo   67'
Feng Xiaoting   74'		 Zhang Xiaobin   7'
Xu Liang   12'
Xu Liang   45+2'
Wang Xiaolong   56'
Xu Yunlong   90+3'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 39,985
Referee: Wang Jin
Assistant referees: Han Wei, Wu Sining
Fourth official: Yao Qing
6 July 2012 Round 16 Shanghai Shenxin 1–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Shanghai
19:45 UTC+8 Li Lei   7'
Zhao Zuojun   8'
Zhu Jiawei   65'
Johnny   86'
Anselmo   90+1' (pen.)		 Muriqui   25'
Zheng Zhi   49'
Paulão   56'
Muriqui   62'
Zhao Xuri   84'		 Stadium: Jinshan Sports Centre
Attendance: 11,002
Referee: Li Jun
Assistant referees: Tong Yong, Lou Fangping
Fourth official: Tang Kun
15 July 2012 Round 17 Guangzhou Evergrande 0–1 Guangzhou R&F Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8 Zheng Zhi   9'
Zhang Linpeng   32'		 Wu Wei'an   26'
Tang Miao   34'
Yakubu   87'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 39,991
Referee: Tao Rancheng
Assistant referees: Han Wei, Zhan Wei
Fourth official: Wang Di
21 July 2012 Round 18 Henan Jianye 1–2 Guangzhou Evergrande Zhengzhou
19:45 UTC+8 Tan Wangsong   7'
Xu Yang   28'		 Zhao Xuri   9'
Barrios   64'
Cléo   76'
Zheng Zhi   86'		 Stadium: Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium
Attendance: 24,086
Referee: Shi Zhenlu
Assistant referees: Wen Xiaofang, Zhang Jun
Fourth official: Yao Qing
28 July 2012 Round 19 Guangzhou Evergrande 2–2 Shanghai Shenhua Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8 Conca   41'
Qin Sheng   42'
Muriqui   79'		 Song Boxuan   57'
Song Boxuan   62'
Wu Xi   74'
Moreno   81'
Drogba   90+3'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 39,997
Referee: Xu Hang
Assistant referees: Wu Lei, Wu Sining
Fourth official: Tang Kun
4 August 2012 Round 20 Guizhou Renhe 2–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Guiyang
19:30 UTC+8 Muslimović   34'
Chen Jie   80'		 Tang Dechao   30'
Gao Lin   43'
Zheng Zhi   51'		 Stadium: Guiyang Olympic Sports Center
Attendance: 52,888
Referee: Zhang Zhengping
Assistant referees: Song Xiangyun, Yang Li
Fourth official: Zhou Gang
11 August 2012 Round 21 Hangzhou Greentown 2–3 Guangzhou Evergrande Hangzhou
19:35 UTC+8 Liu Bin   12'
Yang Zi   70'
Yang Zi   74'
Yang Zi   86'		 Gao Lin   13'
Cléo   32'
Feng Xiaoting   55'
Huang Bowen   68'
Zheng Zhi   77'
Huang Bowen   87'		 Stadium: Yellow Dragon Sports Center
Attendance: 17,785
Referee: Li Jun
Assistant referees: Huo Weiming, Su Jige
Fourth official: Zhou Gang
18 August 2012 Round 22 Changchun Yatai 1–2 Guangzhou Evergrande Changchun
19:35 UTC+8 Ismailov   54'
Zhang Wenzhao   89'		 Conca   49'
Muriqui   60'
Cléo   70'
Zheng Zhi   82'		 Stadium: Development Area Stadium
Attendance: 21,365
Referee: Tan Hai
Assistant referees: Lou Fangping, Tong Yong
Fourth official: Li Haihe
25 August 2012 Round 23 Guangzhou Evergrande 0–0 Tianjin Teda Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8 Zheng Zhi   6'
Conca   68'		 Mao Biao   21'
He Yang   52'
Chen Tao   59'
Li Weifeng   67'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 38,700
Referee: Fan Qi
Assistant referees: Zhang Yongjun, Wu Sining
Fourth official: Tang Kun
13 September 2012 Round 24 Dalian Aerbin 0–0 Guangzhou Evergrande Dalian
19:00 UTC+8 Hu Zhaojun   90' Huang Jiaqiang   31'
Zhang Linpeng   81'		 Stadium: Jinzhou Stadium
Attendance: 17,688
Referee: Guo Baolong
Assistant referees: Wu Lei, Shao Honggeng
Fourth official: Zhou Gang
23 September 2012 Round 25 Guangzhou Evergrande 3–1 Dalian Shide Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8 Li Jianhua   15'
Conca   32'
Sun Xiang   49'
Qin Sheng   54'
Zhang Linpeng   65'		 Zhang Yaokun   26'
Quan Lei   34'
Zhang Yaokun   53'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 36,137
Referee: Xu Hang
Assistant referees: Zhan Wei, Zhang Yongjun
Fourth official: Tang Kun
28 September 2012 Round 26 Qingdao Jonoon 2–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Qingdao
19:35 UTC+8 Léo San   30'
Bruno Meneghel   49'
Ibrahimov   76'
Zheng Long   85'		 Zhao Xuri   18'
Conca   39'
Gao Lin   51'
Tang Dechao   56'
Gao Lin   57'
Tang Dechao   62'  
Zhang Linpeng   90+5'		 Stadium: Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
Attendance: 11,762
Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)
Assistant referees: Han Wei, Shao Honggeng
Fourth official: Ai Kun
7 October 2012 Round 27 Guangzhou Evergrande 3–2 Shandong Luneng Taishan Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8 Cléo   25'
Zheng Zhi   55'
Qin Sheng   80'
Barrios   81'		 Macena   35'
Han Peng   67'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 36,857
Referee: Wang Zhe
Assistant referees: Li Dongnan, Xu Jun
Fourth official: Fu Ming
20 October 2012 Round 28 Jiangsu Sainty 1–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Nanjing
19:30 UTC+8 Ji Xiang   1' Jiang Ning   49' Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center
Attendance: 65,769
Referee: Fan Qi
Assistant referees: Mu Yuxin, Li Dongnan
Fourth official: Yao Qing
27 October 2012 Round 29 Guangzhou Evergrande 1–0 Liaoning Whowin Guangzhou
15:30 UTC+8 Huang Bowen   39'
Gao Lin   90'
Gao Lin   91'		 Zhao Junzhe   48' Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 39,989
Referee: Tan Hai
Assistant referees: Su Jige, Li Dongnan
Fourth official: Tao Rancheng
3 November 2012 Round 30 Beijing Guoan 1–0 Guangzhou Evergrande Beijing
15:30 UTC+8 Lang Zheng   39'
Zhang Xizhe   90+2'		 Feng Xiaoting   34'
Cléo   78'		 Stadium: Workers Stadium
Attendance: 38,832
Referee: Adam Kersey (Australia)
Assistant referees: Han Wei, Zhang Hongwei
Fourth official: Tang Kun

Chinese FA Cup edit

Main article: 2012 Chinese FA Cup
18 July 2012 Fourth round Guangzhou Evergrande 2–1 Henan Jianye Guangzhou
19:45 UTC+8 Shi Hongjun   29'
Wu Pingfeng   80'
Li Jianhua   90'		 Report Wang Haozhi   6'
Han Chao   20'
Wang Jia'nan   44'
Yuan Ye   65'
Qiao Wei   71'
Wang Jia'nan   76'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 28,128
Referee: Li Haihe
Assistant referees: Li Dongnan, Wu Sining
Fourth official: Huang Yejun
1 August 2012 Quarter-finals Guangzhou Evergrande 1–0 Dalian Aerbin Guangzhou
19:00 UTC+8 Cléo   11' Zhu Xiaogang   30'
Wang Hongyou   50'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 28,686
Referee: Wang Di
Assistant referees: Li Dongnan, Han Wei
Fourth official: Zhao Zhizhi
22 August 2012 Semi-finals
First leg		 Guangzhou Evergrande 1–0 Liaoning Whowin Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8 Li Jianhua   22'
Gao Lin   43'
Zhao Xuri   69'
Gao Lin   83'
Cho Won-Hee   87'		 Yang Xu   17'
Zheng Tao   37'
Zheng Tao   82'  
Brandán   85'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 32,868
Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)
Assistant referees: Mu Yuxin, Han Wei
Fourth official: Zhao Zhizhi
26 September 2012 Semi-finals
Second leg		 Liaoning Whowin 2–2
(2–3 agg.)		 Guangzhou Evergrande Shenyang
19:00 UTC+8 Trifunović   58'
Yang Shanping   65'
Wang Liang   69'
Yang Xu   82'
Yang Xu   90+5'		 Zheng Zhi   4'
Feng Junyan   15'
Kim Young-Gwon   22'
Qin Sheng   65'
Jiang Ning   75'
Jiang Ning   78'
Zheng Zhi   89'		 Stadium: Tiexi New District Sports Center
Attendance: 25,188
Referee: Choi Dae-Woo (Korea Republic)
Assistant referees: Su Jige, Han Wei
Fourth official: Wang Di
10 November 2012 Final
First leg		 Guizhou Moutai 1–1 Guangzhou Evergrande Guiyang
19:30 UTC+8 Jordà   10'
Li Chunyu   37'
Sun Jihai   71'
Djulbic   84'
Muslimović   86'
Li Kai   90+4'		 Barrios   49'
Gao Lin   80'
Gao Lin   81'  		 Stadium: Guiyang Olympic Sports Center
Attendance: 45,210
Referee: Alan Milliner (Australia)
Assistant referees: Ashley Beecham (Australia), Nathan MacDonald (Australia)
Fourth official: Yao Qing
18 November 2012 Final
Second leg		 Guangzhou Evergrande 4–2
(5–3 agg.)		 Guizhou Moutai Guangzhou
15:30 UTC+8 Barrios   1'
Qin Sheng   32'
Zhao Xuri   38'
Zhang Linpeng   44'
Barrios   66'
Conca   76'
Conca   90+2'		 Chen Jie   19'
Nano   33'
Guo Sheng   39'
Jordà   52'
Sun Jihai   64'
Djulbic   71'
Jordà   88'
Rao Weihui   90+4'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 39,989
Referee: Kim Sang-Woo (Korea Republic)
Assistant referees: Kim Sung-Il (Korea Republic), Ji Seung-Min (Korea Republic)
Fourth official: Wang Di

Chinese FA Super Cup edit

Main article: 2012 Chinese FA Super Cup
25 February 2012 Guangzhou Evergrande 2–1 Tianjin Teda Guangzhou
14:00 UTC+8 Cléo   2'
Zhao Xuri   42'
Cléo   48'
Qin Sheng   79'
Feng Xiaoting   87'		 Šumulikoski   31'
Wang Xinxin   83'		 Stadium: University City Stadium
Attendance: 11,123
Referee: Tan Hai
Assistant referees: Su Jige, Huo Weiming
Fourth official: Zhou Gang

AFC Champions League edit

Main article: 2012 AFC Champions League

Group stage edit

Main article: 2012 AFC Champions League group stage § Group H
Group H
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Guangzhou Evergrande 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 10
  Kashiwa Reysol 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10
  Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 6 3 0 3 10 15 −5 9
  Buriram United 6 2 0 4 8 11 −3 6
7 March 2012 Group H Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors   1–5   Guangzhou Evergrande Jeonju, South Korea
19:00 UTC+9 Jin Kyung-Sun   30'
Jeong Shung-Hoon   70'		 Report
Summary[permanent dead link]		 Zhang Linpeng   25'
Cléo   27'
Conca   41'
Cléo   69'
Conca   73'
Cho Won-Hee   74'
Muriqui   76'		 Stadium: Jeonju World Cup Stadium
Attendance: 7,978
Referee: Saeid Mozaffari (Iran)
Assistant referees: Reza Sokhandan (Iran), Alireza Gholamhossein Kahouri (Iran)
Fourth official: Akbar Bakhshi Zadeh (Iran)
21 March 2012 Group H Guangzhou Evergrande   1–2   Buriram United Guangzhou, China PR
20:00 UTC+8 Zhang Linpeng   21'
Yang Jun   61'
Cléo   69'		 Report
Summary[permanent dead link]		 Theeratorn   11'
Jadigerov   42'
Surat   57'
Suchao   62' (pen.)
Acheampong   79'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 38,512
Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)
Assistant referees: Birak Ziad (Lebanon), Hadi El Kassar (Lebanon)
Fourth official: Ghandour Radwan (Lebanon)
4 April 2012 Group H Kashiwa Reysol   0–0   Guangzhou Evergrande Kashiwa, Japan
19:00 UTC+9 Fukui   14'
Kurisawa   64'		 Report
Summary		 Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 8,787
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)
Assistant referees: Saleh Al Marzouqi (UAE), Mhd Jawdat Nehlawi (Syria)
Fourth official: Hamad Al Shaikh Hashmi (UAE)
17 April 2012 Group H Guangzhou Evergrande   3–1   Kashiwa Reysol Guangzhou, China PR
19:30 UTC+8 Qin Sheng   7'
Conca   29' (pen.)
Zhao Xuri   55'
Muriqui   58'
Muriqui   84'		 Report
Summary[permanent dead link]		 Watanabe   27'
Sakai   50'
Sakai   74'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Abdulrahman Hussain (Qatar)
Assistant referees: Hassan Althawadi (Qatar), Taleb Al-Marri (Qatar)
Fourth official: Khamis Al-Kuwari (Qatar)
1 May 2012 Group H Guangzhou Evergrande   1–3   Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Guangzhou, China PR
19:30 UTC+8 Conca   10' (pen.)
Yang Jun   92+2'		 Report
Summary[permanent dead link]		 Cho Sung-Hwan   42'
Lee Seung-Hyun   44'
Cho Sung-Hwan   65'  
Lee Dong-Gook   90+1'
Lee Dong-Gook   90+3' (pen.)		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 47,869
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
Assistant referees: Rafael Lyasov (Uzbekistan), Mamur Saidkasimov (Uzbekistan)
Fourth official: Tin Htut (Myanmar)
15 May 2012 Group H Buriram United   1–2   Guangzhou Evergrande Buriram, Thailand
18:30 UTC+7 Suchao   43'
Domtaisong   57'
Surat   89'		 Report
Summary		 Jiang Ning   28'
Zhang Linpeng   38'
Gao Lin   49'
Zheng Zhi   75'
Qin Sheng   76'
Conca   90' (pen.)		 Stadium: New I-Mobile Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)
Assistant referees: Matthew Cream (Australia), Hakan Anaz (Australia)
Fourth official: Saleem Ali (Maldives)

Knockout stage edit

Main article: 2012 AFC Champions League knockout stage
Round of 16 edit
30 May 2012 Round of 16 Guangzhou Evergrande   1–0   FC Tokyo Guangzhou, China PR
20:00 UTC+8 Cléo   31'
Zhang Linpeng   68'
Zhao Xuri   82'		 Report
Summary[permanent dead link]		 Morishige   61' Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 39,560
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
Assistant referees: Taleb Salem Al-Marri (Qatar), Ramzan Saeed Al-Naemi (Qatar)
Fourth official: Mohd Nafeez Bin Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)
Quarter-finals edit
19 September 2012 1st leg Al-Ittihad   4–2   Guangzhou Evergrande Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
20:35 UTC+3 Diego Souza   28'
Noor   49' (pen.)
Hazazi   61'
Tukar   72'
Hazzazi   83'
Hazazi   88'
M'Bami   90+2'		 Report
Summary		 Gao Lin   27'
Huang Bowen   39'
Huang Bowen   67'
Sun Xiang   83'		 Stadium: Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium
Attendance: 15,971
Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)
Assistant referees: Birak Ziad (Lebanon), Yaser Marad (Kuwait)
Fourth official: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
2 October 2012 2nd leg Guangzhou Evergrande   2–1
(4–5 agg.)		   Al-Ittihad Guangzhou, China PR
20:00 UTC+8 Barrios   19'
Conca   35' (pen.)
Feng Xiaoting   45'
Conca   72'		 Report
Summary[permanent dead link]		 Tukar   26'
O. Al-Muwallad   34'
Al-Montashari   38'
F. Al-Muwallad   79'		 Stadium: Tianhe Stadium
Attendance: 39,997
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)
Assistant referees: Jeong Hae-Sang (Korea Republic), Yang Byoung-Eun (Korea Republic)
Fourth official: Ko Hyung-Jin (Korea Republic)

Squad statistics edit

No. Pos. Player name Super League FA Cup Champions League Super Cup TOTALS
Apps. Starts  Goals   YC   RC Apps. Starts  Goals   YC   RC Apps. Starts  Goals   YC   RC Apps. Starts  Goals   YC   RC Apps. Starts  Goals   YC   RC
1 GK   Yang Jun 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 28 28 0 2 0
2 DF   Tu Dongxu 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
3 DF   Paulão 19 13 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 15 0 2 0
4 DF   Rong Hao 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 0 0
5 DF   Zhang Linpeng 21 21 2 6 1 3 3 1 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 32 32 3 10 1
6 DF   Feng Xiaoting 19 18 0 6 0 3 3 0 0 0 9 9 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 32 31 0 8 0
7 MF   Feng Junyan 14 5 1 2 0 6 4 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 10 1 3 0
8 MF   Qin Sheng 21 16 1 6 0 4 4 0 2 0 5 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 31 24 1 11 0
9 FW   Cléo 28 22 7 3 0 4 3 1 0 0 7 7 4 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 40 33 14 3 0
10 MF   Zheng Zhi 24 20 1 12 0 3 3 1 1 0 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 32 2 14 0
11 FW   Muriqui 20 18 12 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 8 7 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 31 27 15 5 0
12 GK   Dong Chunyu 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
13 DF   Tang Dechao 7 5 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 0 1 1
14 DF   Li Jianhua 17 13 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 26 18 2 2 0
15 MF   Darío Conca 24 21 10 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 9 9 6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 36 33 17 3 0
16 MF   Cho Won-Hee 17 15 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 7 7 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 27 25 0 3 0
17 MF   Gao Zhilin 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0
18 FW   Lucas Barrios 8 3 2 0 0 6 5 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 10 6 0 0
19 DF   Li Jianbin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
21 FW   Jiang Ning 15 10 4 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 22 12 5 2 0
22 GK   Li Shuai 10 10 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 0 0 0
23 MF   Li Zhilang 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
24 MF   Shi Hongjun 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0
25 MF   Peng Xinli 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0
26 MF   Wu Pingfeng 19 10 1 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 25 13 2 1 0
27 FW   Ye Weichao 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
28 DF   Kim Young-Gwon 7 7 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 0 1 0
29 FW   Gao Lin 24 20 6 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 9 8 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 37 31 8 3 1
31 DF   Zhang Hongnan 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
32 DF   Sun Xiang 25 24 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 8 8 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 36 35 0 4 1
33 MF   Li Yan 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 0
34 MF   Huang Jiaqiang 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 1 0
35 FW   Mehmet Ali 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0
37 MF   Zhao Xuri 20 16 1 4 0 5 4 1 1 0 8 6 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 34 27 2 8 0
39 MF   Tan Jiajun 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
42 MF   Huang Bowen 9 8 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 9 2 3 0
OWN GOAL
TOTALS 51 60 3 11 12 1 17 17 0 2 3 0 81 92 4
                             

Notes and references edit

  1. ^ a b c d e 恒大官方宣布签四名新援 国足三将携潜力新星加盟(in Chinese)
  2. ^ Jeonbuk Motors 1–5 Guangzhou Evergrande
  3. ^ a b "卢卡斯•巴里奥斯（Lucas Ramón Barrios）正式签约广州恒大足球俱乐部". Guangzhou Evergrande Official Website. 2 May 2012. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  4. ^ 关于对外援孔卡的处理决定 Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine(in Chinese)
  5. ^ "Buriram United 1–2 Guangzhou Evergrande". the-afc.com. 15 May 2012. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  6. ^ 关于聘任马塞洛•里皮担任广州恒大足球队主教练的公告[dead link](in Chinese)
  7. ^ "Guangzhou Evergrande 1–0 FC Tokyo". the-afc.com. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  8. ^ Chinese FA passes controversial rule change allowing Guangzhou Evergrande extra foreign players
  9. ^ a b 韩国外援金英权正式加盟广州恒大足球俱乐部 Archived 2012-07-07 at the Wayback Machine(in Chinese)
  10. ^ Muriqui renova contrato com Guangzhou Evergrande até 2016(in Portuguese)
  11. ^ a b 黄博文正式加盟广州恒大足球俱乐部 Archived 2012-07-12 at the Wayback Machine(in Chinese)
  12. ^ 迟到一年的牵手! 恒大超低价签新疆小将开提 (in Chinese)
  13. ^ a b 恒大两小将转会 陈建龙投南昌郭子超加盟日之泉 Archived 2014-01-09 at the Wayback Machine(in Chinese)
  14. ^ 高洪波苦追恒大小将 前国青快马杨一虎加盟陕西 Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine(in Chinese)
  15. ^ 红钻龙年首签锁恒大小将 特帅称仍有强援或弃基伦(in Chinese)
  16. ^ 关于球员李岩租借广州富力足球俱乐部的公告 Archived 2012-07-13 at the Wayback Machine(in Chinese)
  17. ^ 关于巴西外援雷纳多转会日本鹿岛鹿角队的公告 Archived 2012-07-03 at the Wayback Machine(in Chinese)
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