2008 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical F.C. season

Guangzhou FC

2008 season
Chairman	Yang Rongming
Manager	Shen Xiangfu
Stadium	Yuexiushan Stadium
Chinese Super League	7th
Top goalscorer	Luis Ramírez (12)
Highest home attendance	25,360 v Henan Construction 2 November
Lowest home attendance	10,000 v Liaoning Hongyun 5 October
Average home league attendance	19,624
Home colours Away colours
←  2007 2009  →

The 2008 season was Guangzhou FC's first season in the Chinese Super League. This article shows statistics of the club's players in the season, and also lists all matches that the club played in the 2008 season.

First-team squad

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Players

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   CHN Zhou Lin 5 DF   PER Ismael Enrique Alvarado 6 MF   CHN Huang Zhiyi 7 MF   CHN Feng Junyan 8 FW   BRA José Filho Duarte 9 FW   HON Luis Alfredo Ramírez 10 FW   BRA Diego 11 FW   CHN Wen Xiaoming 12 GK   CHN Zhang Si 13 FW   CHN Tang Dechao 14 MF   CHN Cao Zhijie

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF   CHN Ma Liang 16 MF   CHN Xu Deen 17 MF   CHN Cai Yaohui 18 FW   CHN Yang Pengfeng 19 DF   CHN Zhang Suozhi 20 MF   CHN Xu Liang (Vice-captain) 21 MF   CHN Jia Wenpeng 22 GK   CHN Li Shuai 23 MF   CHN Lu Lin 24 DF   CHN Wang Xiaoshi 25 MF   CHN Gao Ming 26 MF   CHN Wu Pingfeng 27 MF   CHN Luo Xi 28 MF   CHN Bai Lei

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Shen Xiangfu
Assistant coach	Tang Pengju
Assistant coach	Ren Jiaqing
Assistant coach	Sun Chengyao
Goalkeeping coach	Edin
Fitness coach	Ye Zhibin

Transfers

In

#	Pos	Player	From
5	DF	Ismael Alvarado	Alianza Lima
8	FW	José Duarte	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
10	FW	Diego Barcelos	Sport Club Internacional
12	MF	Zhang Si	Beijing Institute of Technology FC
15	MF	Ma Liang	Free agent
24	DF	Wang Xiaoshi	Wuhan Guanggu
25	MF	Gao Ming	Shandong Luneng
26	MF	Wu Pingfeng	Jiangsu Sainty
28	DF	Bai Lei	Xiamen Lanshi

Out

#	Pos	Player	To
8	MF	Gao Ming	Shandong Luneng (loan return)
10	FW	Casiano	Retired
15	MF	Ren Dazhong	Released
17	MF	Luo Yong	Guangzhou Pharmaceutical U19 team (Assistant coach)
19	DF	Yang Xichang	Released
21	GK	Zhang Yuntao	Released
24	DF	He Wenyao	Released
25	MF	Li Songhao	Released
26	DF	Clebão	São Carlos (loan return)
27	FW	Ma Longchao	Released
31	MF	Chen Liming	Released
32	GK	Dong Shaonan	Released
33	MF	Zhu Zhenhua	Released
34	MF	Huang Jiafu	Released
35	FW	Jefferson	Released
38	DF	Huang Baocheng	Released
39	FW	Chen Qian	Released
40	DF	Fan Zhirui	Released
41	DF	Wang Jin	Released
42	FW	Chen Fei	Released
	GK	Li Wei	Anhui Jiufang

Loan out

#	Pos	Player	To	Duration
––	DF	Dai Xianrong	Shenzhen Xiangxue Eisiti	2008 Season
––	FW	Li Zhixing	Shenzhen Xiangxue Eisiti	2008 Season
––	DF	Zhang Jian	Guangdong Sunray Cave	2008 season

Match results

Pre-season and friendlies

Kick-off (GMT+8)	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers
2008-01-22	Yantai Yiteng	N	0–0
2008-01-23	Changchun Yatai	N	0–1
2008-01-24	Wuhan Guanggu	N	0–0
2008-01-25	Zhejiang Greentown	N	0–1
2008-01-26	Wuhan Guanggu	N	2–1
2008-01-28 15:30	Liaoning Hongyun	N	1–1
2008-01-30	Shanghai Shenhua	N	2–0
2008-01-31 15:30	Shanghai Shenhua	N	1–1	Jiang Kun 5', Lu Lin 35'
2008-02-02	Zhejiang Greentown	N	1–4
2008-02-19	Changchun Yatai	N	1–0
2008-02-29	Wuhan Guanggu	N	0–1
2008-03-04 15:00	Chongqing Lifan	N	0–0
2008-03-05 15:00	Chongqing Lifan	N	0–1
2008-03-08 15:30	Perth Glory FC	H	3–1	Xu Liang 3' (p), Perth Glory FC 19', Xu Liang 45', José Filho Duarte 62'
2008-03-24	Jiangsu Sainty	H	2–2
2008-04-16	Guangdong Sunray Cave	H	3–1
2008-07-23 20:00	Chelsea FC	H	0–4	Salomon Kalou 21', Frank Lampard 50', Franco Di Santo 78', Shaun Wright-Phillips 88'
2008-08-11	TSW Pegasus FC	N	0–0
2008-08-13	South China AA	N	3–1
2008-08-21	Convoy Sun Hei SC	N	2–0
2008-08-25 19:00	South China AA	H	1–1	Feng Junyan 1', Tales Schutz 88'
2008-08-26 16:00	Guangdong Sunray Cave	H	4–3	Ramírez, Xu Liang(2), José Duarte / Ye Weichao(2), Cong Tianhao

Chinese Super League 2008

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	10	10	10	41	42	−1	40	8	3	4	26	18	+8	2	7	6	15	24	−9

For table see Chinese Super League 2008 Final league table

Match won

Match drawn

Match lost

Biggest win

Biggest loss

Kick-off (GMT+8)	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers (opponents are indicated in italics)	Referee	Attendance	Pos
2008-03-30 15:30	Wuhan Guanggu	A	3 – 0 1	Luis Ramírez 4', Gustavo Saibt Martins 13' , Xu Liang 48', Luis Ramírez 91'	Fan Qi	18,000	2nd
2008-04-06 15:35	Shenzhen Xiangxue Eisiti	A	1 – 1	José Duarte 65', Yuan Lin 87',	Feng Wenqiang	10,000	2nd
2008-04-12 15:35	Shaanxi Chan-Ba	H	0 – 1	Zhou Lin 82'(OG)	Wan Daxue	20,000	6th
2008-07-16 19:30	Beijing Guoan	A	2 – 3	Sui Dongliang 42', Tiago 58', Xu Liang 65'(p), Tao Wei 77', Gao Ming 87'	Huang Junjie	20,000	12th
2008-04-27 15:35	Liaoning Hongyun	A	2 – 0	Luis Ramírez 21', Diego 29'	Huang Yejun	10,000	10th
2008-05-03 15:35	Changchun Yatai	H	3 – 2	Xu Liang 36', Diego 45', Guillaume Dah Zadi 70', José Duarte 74', Guillaume Dah Zadi 92'+	Wan Daxue	20,000	6th
2008-05-10 15:30	Dalian Haichang	H	3 – 0	Diego 15', Luis Ramírez 41', Wu Pingfeng 71'	Sun Baojie	22,000	3rd
2008-05-17 19:30 2	Zhejiang Greentown	H 3	1 – 3	Cai Chuchuan 49', Karim Benounes67', Cai Chuchuan 80', José Duarte 89'	Li Yuhong	20,000	6th
2008-09-06 15:35 4	Shanghai Shenhua	H	0 – 1	Emil Martínez 34'	Tan Hai	15,000	6th
2008-06-25 19:30	Tianjin Teda	A	0 – 2	Mariko Daouda 35', Éber Luís 51'	Huang Junjie	15,000	8th
2008-06-28 15:35	Qingdao Jonoon	H	3 – 2	Xu Liang 21', Lu Lin 27', Hu Jun 45', Qu Bo 53', Feng Junyan 96'+	Tao Rancheng	18,000	5th
2008-07-03 19:30	Changsha Ginde	A	2 – 4	Aboubakar Oumarou 17', Aboubakar Oumarou 48'+, Zhang Chenglin 51', Luis Ramírez 75', Yu Guijun 79', Tang Dechao 85'	Zhang Zhengping	8,000	8th
2008-07-06 19:30	Chengdu Blades	H	1 – 1	Xu Liang 51', Liu Cheng 93'+	Huang Junjie	22,000	8th
2008-07-12 19:30	Henan Construction	A	0 – 2	Qiao Wei 17', Josen 49'	Li Yunhong	25,000	11th
2008-08-30 15:35	Shandong Luneng	H	1 – 0	Luis Ramírez 64'	Zhang Lei	20,000	9th
2008-09-13 15:35	Wuhan Guanggu	H	3 – 0 1	Deng Zhuoxiang 4', Luis Ramírez 22', Luis Ramírez 34'	Tao Rancheng	21,000	6th
2008-09-20 15:35	Shenzhen Xiangxue Eisiti	H	1 – 0	Feng Junyan 54'	Zhang Lei	20,000	6th
2008-09-27 15:35	Shaanxi Chan-Ba	A	1 – 1	Wu Pingfeng 22', Ronny 37',	Wang Xueqing	11,000	6th
2008-10-02 15:35	Beijing Guoan	H	1 – 1	Walter Martínez 3', Diego 71',	Tao Rancheng	22,000	6th
2008-10-05 15:35	Liaoning Hongyun	H	1 – 2	Ryan Griffiths 9', Raman Kirenkin 79', Diego 87'	Li Yuhong	10,000	8th
2008-10-11 15:30	Changchun Yatai	A	0 – 6	Wang Dong 7', Guillaume Dah Zadi 26', Liu Weidong 31', Wang Dong 65', Samuel Caballero 84', Chen Lei 90'	Xu Hang	5,000	8th
2008-10-18 15:35	Dalian Haichang	A	1 – 1	Feng Junyan 12', Georgi Chilikov 91'+,	Fan Qi	4,000	9th
2008-10-22 19:30	Zhejiang Greentown	A	0 – 0		Wang Jin	7,894	9th
2008-10-26 19:45	Shanghai Shenhua	A	2 – 3	Luis Ramírez 18', Diego 36', Du Wei 41', Hamilton Ricard 51', Erick Scott 59'	Fan Qi	10,956	9th
2008-11-02 15:35	Tianjin Teda	H	4 – 3	Li Yan 13', Luis Ramírez 51', Éber Luís 77', Luis Ramírez 79', Lu Lin 85', Wu Weian 87'(p), Hao Junmin 92'+	Krishnan	18,000	9th
2008-11-09 15:30	Qingdao Jonoon	A	0 – 0		Zhang Lei	5,000	9th
2008-11-12 15:30	Changsha Ginde	H	0 – 0		Huang Junjie	21,000	9th
2008-11-16 15:30	Chengdu Blades	A	1 – 1	Shi Jun 76', Shi Jun 93'+(OG)	Wang Jin	5,000	9th
2008-11-23 15:30	Henan Construction	H	4 – 2	Emmanuel Olisadebe 10', Xu Liang 21', Luis Ramírez 35'(p), Bai Lei 67', Wang Shouting 81', Xu Liang 86'	Li Jun	25,360	8th
2008-11-30 15:30	Shandong Luneng	A	0 – 0		Li Yuhong	38,393	7th

• ^1 Wuhan Guanggu have withdrawn from the league. All matches were counted as 0–3 defeats.
• ^2 Match was postponed from 14 May to 17 May, for Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan Province on 12 May.
• ^3 Match was moved from Hangzhou to Guangzhou for the time confliction with 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in Hangzhou.
• ^4 Match was postponed from 18 May to 6 September.

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Discipline
			Apps	Goals
1	GK	Zhi Xinhua	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Li Zhihai	9(4)	0	1	0
3	MF	Li Yan	30	1	1	0
4	DF	Zhou Lin	24(1)	0	4	0
5	DF	Ismael Enrique Alvarado	29	0	1	0
6	MF	Huang Zhiyi	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Feng Junyan	16(9)	3	2	0
8	FW	José Filho Duarte	6(15)	3	1	0
9	FW	Luis Ramírez	26(2)	12	4	0
10	FW	Diego	23(2)	6	5	0
11	FW	Wen Xiaoming	0(2)	0	0	0
12	GK	Zhang Si	0(1)	0	0	0
13	DF	Tang Dechao	5(8)	1	1	0
14	MF	Cao Zhijie	0	0	0	0
15	MF	Ma Liang	0(1)	0	0	0
16	MF	Xu Deen	0(3)	0	0	0
17	MF	Cai Yaohui	0	0	0	0
18	FW	Yang Pengfeng	1(6)	0	0	0
19	DF	Zhang Suozhi	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Xu Liang	21(2)	7	7	0
21	MF	Jia Wenpeng	9(6)	0	2	0
22	GK	Li Shuai	30	0	3	0
23	MF	Lu Lin	19(10)	2	2	0
24	DF	Wang Xiaoshi	22(1)	0	4	0
25	MF	Gao Ming	2(9)	1	1	0
26	MF	Wu Pingfeng	28	2	3	0
27	MF	Luo Xi	0	0	0	0
28	MF	Bai Lei	30	1	2	0

U19 Team

Technical staff

Name	Role
Huang Hongtao	Manager
Le Jingzhong	Assistant coach
Huang Donghong	Assistant coach
Luo Yong	Assistant coach

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U19 League Results

Kick-off (GMT+8)	Opponents	H / A	Result
2008-04-07 16:10	Henan Construction U19s	A	1–2
2008-04-09 10:20	Shandong Luneng U19s	N	0–2
2008-04-11 16:10	Liaoning U19s	N	4–0
2008-04-13 10:15	Shaanxi Chan-ba U19s	N	1–1
2008-04-15 10:10	Changchun Yatai U19s	N	0–1
2008-04-17 16:10	Dalian Shide U17s	N	2–0
2008-04-19 10:10	Beijing FA U19s	N	0–6
2008-07-01 14:30	Beijing Guoan U19s	N	0–0
2008-07-03 10:20	Chengdu Blades U19s	N	2–2
2008-07-05 16:35	Jiangsu FA U19s	N	1–2
2008-07-07 14:35	Hebei FA U19s	N	1–3
2008-07-09 16:20	Wuhan Guanggu U19s	A	1–3
2008-07-11 14:25	Chongqing FA U19s	N	1–2
2008-07-13 16:25	Jiangxi FA U19s	N	0–2
2008-07-15 10:15	Zhejiang Greentown U19s	N	5–0

U19 League Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Beijing Guoan U19s	15	9	5	1	26	8	18	32
2	Shaanxin Chan-ba U19s	15	9	4	2	28	17	11	31
3	Jiangsu FA U19s	15	8	4	3	23	17	6	28
–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
13	Chongqing FA U19s	15	3	5	7	13	27	−14	14
14	Guangzhou Pharmaceutical U19s	15	3	3	9	19	26	-7	12
–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	Dalian Shide U17s	15	0	4	11	14	39	−25	4

P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Match(es) drawn; L = Match(es) lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points;

U19 Winners' Cup

The competition was held from 12 October to 22 October in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. ^[3]

• Champions: Jiangsu FA U19s
• Runners-up: Hebei FA U19s
• 3rd place: Guangzhou Pharmaceutical U19s

References

1. "First Team Players And Staff". Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
2. 广药二队教练组搭建完毕 黄洪涛被任命为主教练 [GCM's second team coaching staff is set up and Huang Hongtao is appointed as head coach]. sports.163.com (in Chinese). 2008-03-19. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
3. http://www.jschina.com.cn/gb/jschina/sports/jiangsu/userobject1ai2068772.html Archived 2013-01-01 at archive.today (in Chinese)