Chairman | Zhu Jun | ||
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Manager | Francis Gillot | ||
Super League | 6th | ||
FA Cup | Runners-up | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Tim Cahill (11 goals) All: Demba Ba Tim Cahill (12 each) | ||
The 2015 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua season was Shanghai Greenland Shenhua's 12th season in the Chinese Super League and 53rd overall in the Chinese top flight. They also competed in the Chinese FA Cup, reaching the final but ultimately losing to Jiangsu Sainty.
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 42 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 29 | −15 |
Last updated: 2 November 2015.
Source: Soccerway
8 March 20151 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 6–2 | Shanghai Shenxin | Shanghai |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Yunding ![]() Henrique ![]() Lim ![]() Moreno ![]() Sunzu ![]() | Summary | Jiajun ![]() Chongqiu ![]() Chengjian ![]() Chima ![]() Zhongguo ![]() Tianzi ![]() | Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 21,328 Referee: Jin Wang |
13 March 20152 | Guangzhou R&F | 0–1 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Guangzhou |
19:35 (UTC+08) | Samuel ![]() Hamdallah ![]() | Summary | Henrique ![]() Yunding ![]() Yun ![]() | Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium Attendance: 11,093 Referee: Yejun Huang |
22 March 20153 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 1–0 | Tianjin Teda | Shanghai |
19:35 (UTC+08) | Jiajun ![]() Moreno ![]() | Summary | Weifeng ![]() | Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 22,337 Referee: Jun Li |
3 April 20154 | Beijing Guoan | 2–0 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Beijing |
19:35 (UTC+08) | Ting ![]() Matić ![]() Fejzullahu ![]() ![]() | Summary | Jianbin ![]() Papadopoulos ![]() | Stadium: Workers Stadium Attendance: 47,052 Referee: Jin Wang |
11 April 20155 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 2–2 | Chongqing Lifan | Shanghai |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Moreno ![]() Jianbin ![]() Yunding ![]() | Summary | Yongzhe ![]() Leijer ![]() Gigliotti ![]() ![]() Wangsong ![]() | Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 21,557 Referee: Fuxin Xu |
19 April 20156 | Henan Jianye | 2–1 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Zhengzhou |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Patiño ![]() Zachara ![]() Hongbo ![]() Dechao ![]() Jianjun ![]() | Summary | Papadopoulos ![]() Yun ![]() Lingjiang ![]() Di ![]() Shouting ![]() | Stadium: Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium Attendance: 20,255 Referee: Ming Fu |
25 April 20157 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 2–0 | Hangzhou Greentown | Shanghai |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Moreno ![]() ![]() Cahill ![]() ![]() Yun ![]() | Summary | Zhongliu ![]() Lin ![]() Boulaâbi ![]() Xiyang ![]() | Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 21,835 Referee: Yejun Huang |
1 May 20158 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 0–3 | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | Shanghai |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Jiajun ![]() | Summary | Lin ![]() Goulart ![]() ![]() Bowen ![]() Zhi ![]() ![]() Xuepeng ![]() | Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 25,751 Referee: Wang Jin |
9 May 20159 | Shanghai SIPG | 5–0 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Shanghai |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Wang Shenchao ![]() Wang Jiajie ![]() Conca ![]() ![]() Papadopoulos ![]() Wu Lei ![]() Hysén ![]() | Summary | Cahill ![]() Geng Xiaofeng ![]() Lü Zheng ![]() Li Jianbin ![]() ![]() Bai Jiajun ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Shanghai Stadium |
17 May 201510 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 1–1 | Guizhou Renhe | Shanghai |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Kun ![]() Di ![]() Moreno ![]() Kaimu ![]() Fei ![]() ![]() | Summary | Chen ![]() Chenglin ![]() Jie ![]() Santos ![]() | Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 15,167 Referee: Zhang Lei |
23 May 201511 | Shandong Luneng Taishan | 2–0 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Jinan |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Zheng ![]() Xu ![]() | Summary | Fei ![]() Jianbin ![]() | Stadium: Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium |
30 May 201512 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 0–0 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Shanghai |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Cahill ![]() Jianbin ![]() | Summary | Wei ![]() Shibo ![]() Chao ![]() Zhen ![]() | Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Referee: Zhe Wang |
3 June 201513 | Changchun Yatai | 3–1 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Changchun |
19:00 (UTC+08) | Shuai ![]() Zhe ![]() Huszti ![]() | Summary | Zheng ![]() | Stadium: Development Area Stadium |
20 June 201514 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 3–1 | Liaoning Whowin | Shanghai |
19:40 (UTC+08) | Papadopoulos ![]() Jianbin ![]() Cahill ![]() Di ![]() ![]() Henrique ![]() | Summary | Jianbin ![]() Lu ![]() Shilin ![]() | Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium |
24 June 201515 | Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty | 3–2 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Nanjing |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Sammir ![]() Xi ![]() Escudero ![]() Kjartansson ![]() | Summary | Papadopoulos ![]() Cahill ![]() Yun ![]() | Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre |
28 June 201516 | Shanghai Shenxin | 1–1 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Shanghai |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Everton ![]() Yizhen ![]() Tao ![]() Chima ![]() Lim ![]() | Summary | Jiajun ![]() Henrique ![]() | Stadium: Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium |
4 July 201517 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 1–0 | Guangzhou R&F | Shanghai |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Sissoko ![]() Cahill ![]() | Summary | Samuel ![]() Míchel ![]() | Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium |
11 July 201518 | Tianjin Teda | 1–1 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Tianjin |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Barcos ![]() ![]() | Summary | Cahill ![]() | Stadium: Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium Referee: Fan Qi |
15 July 201519 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 3–1 | Beijing Guoan | Shanghai |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Shouting ![]() Yun ![]() Cahill ![]() Ba ![]() Lu ![]() | Summary | Ting ![]() ![]() Matić ![]() Damjanović ![]() Hejing ![]() Cheng ![]() Batalla ![]() | Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium |
19 July 201520 | Chongqing Lifan | 0–2 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Chongqing |
19:35 (UTC+08) | Fernandinho ![]() | Summary | Lu ![]() Yunding ![]() Ba ![]() | Stadium: Chongqing Olympic Sports Center Referee: Guo Baolong |
27 July 201521 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 1–0 | Henan Jianye | Shanghai |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Cahill ![]() | Summary | Gu ![]() Gomes ![]() | Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium |
11 August 201522 | Hangzhou Greentown | 4–1 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Hangzhou |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Chen ![]() Ramon ![]() Angan ![]() Ge ![]() | Summary | Lü ![]() Papadopoulos ![]() | Stadium: Yellow Dragon Sports Center |
15 August 201523 | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | 2–2 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Guangzhou |
20:00 (UTC+08) | Xiaoting ![]() Elkeson ![]() Goulart ![]() Zhi ![]() | Summary | Ba ![]() Moreno ![]() Kaimu ![]() Shouting ![]() Papadopoulos ![]() | Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Referee: Jun Li |
23 August 201524 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 1–2 | Shanghai SIPG | Shanghai |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Cahill ![]() Shouting ![]() Papadopoulos ![]() | Summary | Xiang ![]() Gyan ![]() Sissoko ![]() | Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Referee: Jin Wang |
12 September 201525 | Guizhou Renhe | 1–2 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Guiyang |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Santos ![]() ![]() | Summary | Moreno ![]() Yun ![]() Cahill ![]() Jiajun ![]() Xiaofeng ![]() | Stadium: Guiyang Olympic Sports Center |
20 September 201526 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 1–2 | Shandong Luneng Taishan | Shanghai |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Ba ![]() Shouting ![]() Fei ![]() Cahill ![]() Jianbin ![]() Zheng ![]() | Summary | Zheng ![]() Aloísio ![]() Lin ![]() Urso ![]() | Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 17,865 Referee: Li Jun |
26 September 201527 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 2–0 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Shijiazhuang |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Mulenga ![]() Guðjohnsen ![]() | Summary | Papadopoulos ![]() Moreno ![]() Fei ![]() | Stadium: Yutong International Sports Center Referee: Guo Baolong |
17 October 201528 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 3–0 | Changchun Yatai | Shanghai |
15:00 (UTC+08) | Sissoko ![]() Cahill ![]() | Summary | Ismailov ![]() Feng ![]() Jie ![]() | Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Referee: Ma Ning |
25 October 201529 | Liaoning Whowin | 1–0 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Panjin |
15:00 (UTC+08) | Chaosheng ![]() Sheng ![]() Yun ![]() Lu ![]() | Summary | Zheng ![]() | Stadium: Panjin Jinxiu Stadium Attendance: 13,219 Referee: Gang Zhou |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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4 | Beijing Guoan | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 56 |
5 | Henan Jianye | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 46 |
6 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 42 |
7 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 39 |
8 | Chongqing Lifan | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 35 [lower-alpha 1] |
13 May 2015Third Round | Meizhou Wuhua | 0–2 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Guangzhou |
16:00 (UTC+08) | Summary | Yun ![]() Yilin ![]() | Stadium: Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium |
8 July 2015Fourth Round | Qingdao Jonoon | 0–3 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Qingdao |
15:30 (UTC+08) | Summary | Lü ![]() Wang ![]() Fan ![]() | Stadium: Qingdao Tiantai Stadium Referee: Zhang Lei |
19 August 2015Fifth Round | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 3–3 (5–4 p) | Shanghai SIPG | Shanghai |
(UTC+08) | Moreno ![]() Yun ![]() Ba ![]() | Summary | Wu Lei ![]() Gyan ![]() Conca ![]() | Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Referee: Tan Hai |
Penalties | ||||
Yun ![]() Cahill ![]() Demba Ba ![]() Sissoko ![]() Lü Zheng ![]() | Conca ![]() Davi ![]() Gyan ![]() Lü Wenjun ![]() Wu Lei ![]() |
30 September 2015Semifinal 1st leg | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 3–2 | Beijing BG Yanjing | Shanghai |
(UTC+08) | Ba ![]() | Summary | Cui Zhongkai ![]() Valencia ![]() | Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 18,760 Referee: Lin Jun |
21 October 2015Semifinal 2nd leg | Beijing BG Yanjing | 1–4 (3–7 agg.) | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Beijing |
19:30 (UTC+08) | Lazović ![]() | Summary | Cahill ![]() Ba ![]() Cao Yunding ![]() | Stadium: Olympic Sports Centre Attendance: 9,108 Referee: He Xiaohu |
22 November 20151st leg | Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty | 0–0 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Nanjing |
19:45 (UTC+08) | Yang Xiaotian ![]() ![]() | Summary | Sissoko ![]() | Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 53,166 Referee: Fan Qi |
29 November 20152nd leg | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–1 agg.) | Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty | Shanghai |
16:00 (UTC+08) | Li Jianbin ![]() Wang Yun ![]() Bai Jiajun ![]() Cahill ![]() Xiong Fei ![]() | [ Summary] | Zhou Yun ![]() Zhang Sipeng ![]() Sammir ![]() Ren Hang ![]() Ottesen ![]() Ke ![]() Ang ![]() | Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 25,332 Referee: Wang Zhe |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Super League | FA Cup | |||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
1 | GK | ![]() | Geng Xiaofeng | 27 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
2 | DF | ![]() | Xiong Fei | 25 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | ||||
3 | DF | ![]() | Li Jianbin | 33 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
4 | DF | ![]() | Avraam Papadopoulos | 24 | 1 | 18+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
5 | MF | ![]() | Wang Shouting | 26 | 0 | 13+9 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | ||||
6 | DF | ![]() | Li Wenbo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
8 | MF | ![]() | Zhang Lu | 25 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | ||||
9 | FW | ![]() | Demba Ba | 16 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||||
10 | MF | ![]() | Giovanni Moreno | 30 | 7 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 1 | ||||
11 | FW | ![]() | Lü Zheng | 31 | 3 | 18+7 | 2 | 4+2 | 1 | ||||
14 | MF | ![]() | Mohamed Sissoko | 15 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | ||||
15 | MF | ![]() | Zhan Yilin | 5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | ||||
17 | MF | ![]() | Tim Cahill | 34 | 12 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | ||||
18 | FW | ![]() | Gao Di | 24 | 2 | 9+14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
19 | DF | ![]() | Zheng Kaimu | 11 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | ||||
20 | MF | ![]() | Wang Yun | 34 | 5 | 26+1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | ||||
21 | MF | ![]() | Jiang Kun | 11 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | ||||
22 | GK | ![]() | Qiu Shengjiong | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
23 | DF | ![]() | Bai Jiajun | 33 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 6+1 | 0 | ||||
24 | MF | ![]() | Deng Zhuoxiang | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
28 | MF | ![]() | Cao Yunding | 25 | 3 | 17+3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||||
29 | MF | ![]() | Fan Lingjiang | 9 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | ||||
30 | DF | ![]() | Tao Jin | 9 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
33 | MF | ![]() | Xu Jun | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
56 | DF | ![]() | Xu Yougang | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Players who away from the club on loan: | |||||||||||||
12 | FW | ![]() | Paulo Henrique | 12 | 6 | 10+1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||
13 | DF | ![]() | Stoppila Sunzu | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
16 | MF | ![]() | Wang Fei | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Players who appeared for Shanghai Greenland Shenhua who left during the season: | |||||||||||||
7 | MF | ![]() | Wang Changqing | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Super League | FA Cup | Total |
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1 | MF | ![]() | 17 | Tim Cahill | 11 | 1 | 12 |
FW | ![]() | 9 | Demba Ba | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
3 | MF | ![]() | 10 | Giovanni Moreno | 6 | 1 | 7 |
4 | MF | ![]() | 31 | Paulo Henrique | 6 | 0 | 6 |
5 | MF | ![]() | 20 | Wang Yun | 2 | 3 | 5 |
6 | FW | ![]() | 11 | Lü Zheng | 2 | 1 | 3 |
MF | ![]() | 28 | Cao Yunding | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
8 | FW | ![]() | 18 | Gao Di | 2 | 0 | 2 |
9 | DF | ![]() | 13 | Stoppila Sunzu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
DF | ![]() | 23 | Bai Jiajun | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
DF | ![]() | 4 | Avraam Papadopoulos | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
MF | ![]() | 14 | Mohamed Sissoko | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
MF | ![]() | 15 | Zhan Yilin | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
MF | ![]() | 29 | Fan Lingjiang | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
TOTALS | 42 | 15 | 57 |
Number | Nation | Position | Name | Super League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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1 | ![]() | GK | Geng Xiaofeng | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2 | ![]() | DF | Xiong Fei | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
3 | ![]() | DF | Li Jianbin | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
4 | ![]() | DF | Avraam Papadopoulos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
5 | ![]() | MF | Wang Shouting | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
8 | ![]() | MF | Zhang Lu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
9 | ![]() | FW | Demba Ba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
10 | ![]() | MF | Giovanni Moreno | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
11 | ![]() | FW | Lü Zheng | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
14 | ![]() | MF | Mohamed Sissoko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
16 | ![]() | MF | Wang Fei | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
17 | ![]() | MF | Tim Cahill | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
18 | ![]() | FW | Gao Di | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
19 | ![]() | DF | Zheng Kaimu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
20 | ![]() | MF | Wang Yun | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
21 | ![]() | MF | Jiang Kun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
23 | ![]() | DF | Bai Jiajun | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
28 | ![]() | MF | Cao Yunding | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
29 | ![]() | MF | Fan Lingjiang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
TOTALS | 60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 4 |
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