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| Chairman | Gao Han |
|---|---|
| Manager | Fabio Cannavaro |
| Stadium | Tianhe Stadium |
| Super League | 3rd |
| FA Cup | Fourth Round |
| AFC Champions League | Group stage |
| Top goalscorer | League: Ai Kesen (11) All: Ai Kesen (11) |
The 2021 Guangzhou season is the 68th year in Guangzhou's existence and its 54th season in the Chinese football league, also its 32nd season in the top flight.
| Squad number | Position | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | MF |  Paulinho | 31 |  Al Ahli Saudi FC | 21 June 2021 |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Super League | FA Cup | Champions League | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps. | Starts |  Goals | Apps. | Starts | Goals | Apps. | Starts | Goals | Apps. | Starts | Goals | |||
| 2 | DF |  Jiang Guangtai | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Mei Fang | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Zhang Linpeng | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Liao Lisheng | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Wei Shihao | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Ai Kesen | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Zheng Zhi | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Gao Late | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Yan Dinghao | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Huang Bowen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Yang Liyu | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | A Lan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | Fei Nanduo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Gao Zhunyi | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Zhang Xiuwei | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Deng Hanwen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Wu Shaocong | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | Yang Dejiang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | Liu Dianzuo | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Zhong Yihao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | He Chao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
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