2011 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season

Guangzhou Evergrande 2011

Chairman	Liu Yongzhuo
Manager	Lee Jang-Soo  Kim Seong-Gu (in name)
Stadium	Tianhe Stadium
Super League	1st
FA Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League:   Muriqui (16) All:   Muriqui (20)
Highest home attendance	50,389 (v Chengdu Blades, 6 July)
Lowest home attendance	35,856 (v Hangzhou Greentown, 29 October)
Average home league attendance	45,666
Home colours Away colours
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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.

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

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   CHN Yang Jun (from Tianjin Teda) [7] 3 DF   BRA Paulão (from Grêmio Prudente) [8] 5 DF   CHN Zhang Linpeng (from Shanghai East Asia) [9] 6 DF   CHN Feng Xiaoting (from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) 8 MF   BRA Renato Cajá (from Botafogo) [6] 9 FW   BRA Cléo (from FK Partizan) [3] 15 MF   CHN Hu Zhaojun (from Dalian Shide) 16 MF   KOR Cho Won-Hee (from Wigan Athletic) [4] 19 MF   CHN Yang Hao (from Beijing Guoan) 21 FW   CHN Jiang Ning (from Qingdao Jonoon) 27 FW   CHN Ye Weichao (loan return from Guangdong Sunray Cave) 35 DF   CHN Zhang Tianlong (from Shandong Luneng) [10]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF   CHN Li Zhihai (to Guangdong Sunray Cave) 5 DF   CHN Dai Xianrong (retired) [11] 6 MF   CHN Hu Zhaojun (loan return to Dalian Shide) 8 MF   BRA Eduardo Delani (released) 9 FW   CAN Charles Gbeke (released) 10 MF   NGA Gabriel Melkam (to Qingdao Jonoon) 15 DF   CHN Xu Weilong (released) 16 MF   CHN Xu Deen (to Hunan Billows) 17 MF   CHN Cai Yaohui (retired) 30 MF   CHN Lu Lin (to Guangdong Sunray Cave) 33 DF   CHN Huang Zhiyi (to Hoi Fan) 34 DF   CHN Wang Xiaoshi (to Hubei Greenery) [12] - MF   CHN Hu Zhaojun (to Dalian Aerbin) - MF   CHN Shi Tingliang (loan to G.D. Artilheiros) [13] - FW   CHN Li Jiaqi (loan to G.D. Artilheiros) - MF   CHN Li Bin (loan to G.D. Artilheiros) - FW   CHN Zhu Pengfei (loan to Lam Ieng)

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF   ARG Darío Conca (from Fluminense) [14]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF   BRA Renato Cajá (loan to Ponte Preta)

Starting XI

# Pos Player Starts 1 GK Yang Jun 19 14 RB Li Jianhua 24 3 CB Paulão 27 6 CB Feng Xiaoting 27 32 LB Sun Xiang 25 16 DM Cho Won-Hee 30 10 DM Zheng Zhi (C) 25 26 RW Wu Pingfeng 23 15 AM Conca 14 29 LW Gao Lin 28 11 ST Muriqui 26 Source: Squad stats. Using the most used start formation 4–2–3–1. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

1 Yang Jun 3 Paulão 6 Feng Xiaoting 14 Li Jianhua 32 Sun Xiang 16 Cho Won-Hee 10 Zheng Zhi 26 Wu Pingfeng 29 Gao Lin 15 Conca 11 Muriqui

Pre-season and friendlies

Training matches

Pre-season
Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers
2011-01-06	Henan Construction	H	3–3
2011-01-08	Henan Construction	H	3–1	Tu Dongxu, Shi Hongjun, Yang Yihu
2011-01-14	Myongji University	H	2–0	Yang Yihu (2)
2011-01-15	Henan Construction	H	0–1
2011-01-20	Hunan Billows	H	2–2	Gao Zhilin，Guo Zichao
2011-01-22	Daejeon Citizen	H	3–0	Yang Yihu(2), Ye Weichao
2011-01-26	Dalian Aerbin	H	1–0
2011-01-29	Dalian Aerbin	H	2–1	Gao Lin, Muriqui
2011-02-18	Qingdao Jonoon	H	2–1	Wu Pingfeng(2)
2011-02-25	University Team	A	0–1
2011-02-26	Myongji University	A	6–2	Muriqui(3), Yang Hao, Sun Xiang, Ye Weichao
2011-03-01	Gyeongnam FC	A	0–1
2011-03-02	Myongji University	A	1–4
2011-03-04	Soongsil University	A	2–2	Muriqui, Feng Junyan
2011-03-07	Gyeongnam FC	A	2–2	Muriqui, Yang Hao
2011-03-08	Hanlyo University	A	6–0
2011-03-10	Daegu University	A	3–1	Muriqui, Cléo (2)
2011-03-22	Chongqing F.C.	H	4–0	Cléo (3), Feng Xiaoting
2011-03-23	Fushun Xinye	H	0–1
2011-03-26	Shenzhen Ruby	N	2–0	Cléo (2)

Summer break
Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers
2011-07-24	Chongqing Lifan	A	2–0	Jiang Ning, Shi Hongjun
2011-07-26	Chongqing Lifan	A	1–2	Muriqui
2011-09-03	Guangzhou R&F	H	4–0	Cléo, Gao Zhilin, Muriqui, Li Zhilang
2011-10-09	Guangzhou R&F	H	1–3	Muriqui

2011 Asian Challenge Cup

Main article: 2011 Asian Challenge Cup

South China v Guangzhou Evergrande

3 February 2011Semi-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)

Guangzhou Evergrande v Tianjin Teda

6 February 2011Final	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

Guangzhou Evergrande v Real Madrid

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

Guangzhou Evergrande v CSL All-Stars

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 v t e	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

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D
Position	4	5	5	5	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Guangzhou Evergrande v Dalian Shide

2 April 2011Round 1	Guangzhou Evergrande	1–0	Dalian Shide	Guangzhou
20:00 UTC+8	Cléo 47'			Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Sun Baojie

Nanchang Hengyuan v Guangzhou Evergrande

9 April 2011Round 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

Guangzhou Evergrande v Beijing Guoan

17 April 2011Round 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

Qingdao Jonoon v Guangzhou Evergrande

23 April 2011Round 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

Guangzhou Evergrande v Liaoning Whowin

29 April 2011Round 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

Shenzhen Ruby v Guangzhou Evergrande

8 May 2011Round 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

Guangzhou Evergrande v Henan Construction

15 May 2011Round 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

Shandong Luneng v Guangzhou Evergrande

20 May 2011Round 8	Shandong Luneng	0–0	Guangzhou Evergrande	Jinan
19:30 UTC+8				Stadium: Shandong Stadium Attendance: 11,869 Referee: Huang Yejun

Guangzhou Evergrande v Changchun Yatai

29 May 2011Round 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

Tianjin Teda v Guangzhou Evergrande

12 June 2011Round 10	Tianjin Teda	0–1	Guangzhou Evergrande	Tianjin
19:30 UTC+8			Feng Xiaoting 32'	Stadium: TEDA Stadium Attendance: 31,338 Referee: Yao Qing

Guangzhou Evergrande v Shaanxi Chanba

18 June 2011Round 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

Guangzhou Evergrande v Jiangsu Sainty

26 June 2011Round 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

Hangzhou Greentown v Guangzhou Evergrande

2 July 2011Round 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

Guangzhou Evergrande v Chengdu Blades

6 July 2011Round 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

Dalian Shide v Guangzhou Evergrande

10 July 2011Round 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

Guangzhou Evergrande v Nanchang Hengyuan

14 July 2011Round 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

Beijing Guoan v Guangzhou Evergrande

1 August 2011Round 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)

Guangzhou Evergrande v Qingdao Jonoon

6 August 2011Round 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

Liaoning Whowin v Guangzhou Evergrande

12 August 2011Round 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

Guangzhou Evergrande v Shenzhen Ruby

17 August 2011Round 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

Henan Construction v Guangzhou Evergrande

21 August 2011Round 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

Guangzhou Evergrande v Shandong Luneng

10 September 2011Round 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

Shanghai Shenhua v Guangzhou Evergrande

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

Changchun Yatai v Guangzhou Evergrande

18 September 2011Round 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

Guangzhou Evergrande v Tianjin Teda

24 September 2011Round 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

Shaanxi Renhe v Guangzhou Evergrande

28 September 2011Round 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

Guangzhou Evergrande v Shanghai Shenhua

16 October 2011Round 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

Jiangsu Sainty v Guangzhou Evergrande

22 October 2011Round 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

Guangzhou Evergrande v Hangzhou Greentown

29 October 2011Round 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

Chengdu Blades v Guangzhou Evergrande

2 November 2011Round 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

Guangzhou Evergrande v Guizhou Zhicheng

4 May 2011First 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

Shaanxi Renhe v Guangzhou Evergrande

12 May 2011Second 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

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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 Archived 2011-02-13 at the Wayback Machine (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 Archived 2011-03-11 at the Wayback Machine (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.