Guangzhou R&F F.C.

Guangzhou R&F
Guǎngzhōu Fùlì
广州富力

Full name	Guangzhou R&F Football Club 广州富力足球俱乐部
Nickname(s)	The Blue Lions [1]
Founded	2011;9 years ago (2011) (as Guangzhou R&F FC)
Ground	Yuexiushan Stadium
Capacity	18,000 [2]
Owner	R&F Proleteries
Chairman	Zhang Li
Manager	— [3]
League	Chinese Super League
2020	CSL, 11th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Guangzhou R&F F.C.
Simplified Chinese	广州富力
Traditional Chinese	廣州富力
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guǎngzhōu Fùlì Bopomofo ㄍㄨㄤˇ ㄓㄡ ㄈㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Goangjou Fuhlih Wade–Giles Kuang3chou1 Fu4li4 Tongyong Pinyin Guǎngjhou Fùlì Yale Romanization Gwǎngjōu Fùlì MPS2 Guǎng-jōu Fù-lì IPA [kwàŋ ʈʂóu fû lî] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Gwóngzāu Fulihk Gwong2zau1 Fu3lik6 Jyutping Gwong2zau1 Fu3lihk6 Canton Romanization guong2 zeo1 fu3 lig6 Hong Kong Romanisation Kwong Tsau Fu Lik Kwong Tsau Foo Lik IPA [kʷɔ̌ːŋ tsɐ́u fūː lèk̚]

Guangzhou R&F Football Club is a professional football club that plays in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in Guangzhou, Guangdong, and their home stadium is the Yuexiushan Stadium which has a seating capacity of 18,000. They are owned by the Chinese property developers R&F Properties who took charge in June 2011. The club's English name R&F is short for "Rich" (富) and "Force" (力).

The club was founded in 1986 in Shenyang, Liaoning as Shenyang Football Team. They played at the 55,000-seat Wulihe Stadium (五里河体育场), until they moved to Changsha, Hunan in 2007 to reside in the Helong Stadium. American sportswear and sports equipment company MAZAMBA took over the club in 2010, and relocated the club to Shenzhen, Guangdong in February 2011. Their ownership was brief, and by June 2011 Chinese property developers Guangzhou R&F gained ownership of the club and moved them to Guangzhou. The club had their most successful season in 2014 as they finished third in the league and qualified for the 2015 AFC Champions League. ^[4]

History

The club was founded in 1986 by the local Shenyang government sports body to take part in the Chinese football league system. The club was named "Shenyang" (沈阳). The team started at the bottom of the league system by playing in the second division. They were promoted to the 1988 Chinese Jia-A League quickly after the league expanded and Liaoning FC was ineligible to field their reserve team in the same division. The club was relegated after only one season. ^[5] With the following campaigns the club mostly remained within the second tier, except for a short foray in the 1992 Chinese Jia-A League campaign; however, again they were relegated after only one season.

By the 1994 league season the entire Chinese football league system had become professional. The team were allowed to gather sponsorship and rename themselves Shenyang Liuyao (沈阳东北六药), and were allowed to join the top tier due to their 1992 membership. ^[6] When the team were relegated again at the end of the season they rename themselves Shenyang Huayang (沈阳华阳) and then Shenyang Sealion (沈阳海狮) in 1996. Again the club won promotion to the top tier; however, unlike before they were able to avoid relegation. This was to be the beginning of the club's establishment within the league, though the team benefitted from several seasons where there was no relegation while the league expanded. In 2001 the club was taken over by Ginde Plastic Pipe Industry Group, a subsidiary of the Hongyuan Group and changed its name to Shenyang Ginde (沈阳金德). In 2007 the club's homeground Wulihe Stadium (五里河体育场) was demolished. While it was expected that the club move to another stadium within Shenyang, especially the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium, a deal did not go through and the club moved to Changsha in Hunan and changed their name to Changsha Ginde (长沙金德).

After Changsha Ginde were relegated to League One at the end of the 2010 league season, the club was purchased by MAZAMBA and moved into the Shenzhen Stadium in the city of Shenzhen, Guangdong in February 2011. To represent this change the owners changed the club's name to Shenzhen Phoenix and changed the home kit from sky blue to green. ^[7] By May 2011 the club was exposed as having serious financial problems and were struggling to pay their players and their hotel accommodation. ^[8]

History as Guangzhou R&F

In serious doubt of completing the 2011 season, Shenzhen Phoenix was put up for sale. The club was bought by Chinese property developers Guangzhou R&F who moved the club to the Yuexiushan Stadium in Guangzhou and changed the club's colours back to blue. ^[9] Under the new ownership results significantly improved and the club gained promotion back into the top tier at the end of the 2011 China League One season. The team finished the league in seventh, and the club's owners decided to commit their long-term future to the club by establishing a football school in Meizhou. ^[10] The start of the 2013 Chinese Super League season, however, the club struggled in the league and the manager Sérgio Farias was fired. Former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson was appointed to replace him on June 4, 2013, and given a 19-month contract. ^[11] Eriksson's first full season would see the club finish third, its highest league finish, and qualify for the Asian Champions League for the first time. Moroccan striker Abderazzak Hamdallah was a key player for the team, scoring 22 times in 22 appearances. However, manager Eriksson left at the end of his contract and moved to Shanghai SIPG who had finished fifth that year. ^[4]

On January 2, 2015, the club announced that Cosmin Contra would be their new manager. ^[12] Contra coached the club in their maiden appearance in the Asian Champions League, coming through the preliminary stages against Warriors FC and Central Coast Mariners to earn a place in the group stage. ^[13] However, despite an away victory over Gamba Osaka, Guangzhou R&F were eliminated at the group stage. ^[14] The club's league form was also poor and Contra was sacked on July 22. Li Bing was installed as caretaker manager. ^[15] There were more changes as Korean defensive midfielder Park Jong-woo and the injured and unsettled Hamdallah also left the club mid-season. Hamdallah only scored three goals in 2015, making him the club's all-time leading foreign scorer at the time with 25, one ahead of Yakubu. The disruption continued as R&F were forced to play some of their home matches at Guangzhou's University City Stadium whilst Yuexiushan was being refurbished, just as in 2012. ^[16]

The Dragan Stojkovic era

Guangzhou R&F announced Dragan Stojković as their new manager on 24 August and handed the former Yugoslav international a contract to the end of the 2017 season. ^[17] Stojkovic preserved R&F's top flight status as they finished 14th out of 16 teams in 2015.

In July 2016, R&F signed Israeli international Eran Zahavi from Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. Whilst home stadium Yuexiushan was being refurbished, R&F played their opening home games in 2017 at the Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium. ^[18] Stojkovic's attacking style of play and Zahavi's goals led R&F to finish fifth in the CSL in 2017. There was double disappointment on the final day of the season however as the club fell just short of qualifying for the ACL and Zahavi missed out on breaking the single season CSL scoring record by just one goal. However, his 27 goals earned him the 2017 golden boot. ^[19] Guangzhou R&F reached the semi-finals of the CFA Cup in 2018 but had a disappointing CSL campaign as they finished 10th. ^[20]

Guangzhou R&F finished 12th in the CSL in 2019. In attack, Zahavi's 29 goals set a new single season scoring record ^[21] but the team had the worst defensive record in the league, conceding 72 goals in 30 games. ^[22] After spending over four seasons at the club - making him Guangzhou R&F's longest ever serving manager - Stojkovic left the club in January 2020. ^[23]

Giovanni van Bronckhorst was announced as Guangzhou R&F's new manager on 4 January 2020. ^[24]

Name history

• 1986–1993: Shenyang (沈阳)
• 1994: Shenyang Liuyao (沈阳东北六药) ^[6]
• 1995: Shenyang Huayang (沈阳华阳)
• 1996–2001: Shenyang Sealion (沈阳海狮)
• 2001–2006: Shenyang Ginde (沈阳金德)
• 2007–2010: Changsha Ginde (长沙金德)
• 2011：Shenzhen Phoenix (深圳凤凰) ^[7]
• 2011–：Guangzhou R&F (广州富力) ^[9]

Rivalries

Main article: Guangzhou Derbies

The club took part in the Liaoning Derby, which was a regional fixture contested against Dalian Football Club and Liaoning FC while the club was located in Shenyang. ^[25] The tie against Liaoning FC was the more intimate affair because the clubs shared the Shenyang People's Stadium in the 1994 league season compared to the Dalian fixture, which historically saw few meaningful clashes. At the end of the 2006 league season the club left this derby when they moved out of Shenyang.

When the club moved to Guangzhou they soon formed a rivalry with Guangzhou Evergrande, which is often referred to as the Canton derby. ^[26] The first derby was played at Yuexiushan Stadium in a league match on March 16, 2012 and Guangzhou R&F won 2–0 at home against the reigning league champions. ^[27] The venue was significant because it had been Guangzhou Evergrande's home ground. However, the two club owners, Zhang Li and Xu Jiayin, did not view the derby with hostility and on the return fixture, which R&F won 1–0. They were seen enjoying a meal together instead of watching the game. ^{[28] [29]}

Current squad

First team

As of 23 July 2020 ^[30]

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 Cheng Yuelei 3 DF   SRB Duško Tošić 4 MF   CHN Zhang Gong 5 DF   CHN Li Songyi (on loan from Shandong Luneng) 6 MF   POL Adrian Mierzejewski (on loan from Chongqing Lifan) 8 MF   BEL Mousa Dembélé 9 FW   NED Richairo Zivkovic (on loan from Changchun Yatai) 11 MF   BRA Renatinho 13 FW   CHN Ye Chugui 14 FW   CHN Zeng Chao 15 MF   CHN Li Tixiang 16 MF   HKG Tan Chun Lok 17 DF   CHN Fu Yuncheng 18 DF   CHN Yi Teng

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF   CHN Jiang Jihong 20 DF   CHN Tang Miao 21 FW   CHN Chang Feiya 22 GK   CHN Han Jiaqi 23 MF   CHN Lu Lin (Captain) 25 DF   CHN Chen Zhechao (on loan from Shandong Luneng) 26 GK   CHN Long Wenhao 28 MF   CHN Wu Chengru 29 FW   CHN Song Wenjie 30 MF   CHN Wang Peng 32 MF   CHN Chen Zhizhao 36 DF   CHN Huang Zhengyu 37 MF   CHN Wen Yongjun 40 GK   CHN Chen Siwei

Reserve team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 FW   CHN Jin Bo 41 DF   CHN Zhang Jinliang 42 MF   CHN Li Ming 43 DF   CHN Wang Huapeng 44 MF   CHN Zhang Chaoqun 45 DF   CHN Liu Jiale 47 DF   CHN Hu Diji 48 FW   CHN Mai Jiajian 50 MF   CHN Xu Zhengwei

No. Pos. Nation Player 51 MF   CHN Chen Yajun 52 DF   CHN Wang Xin 54 FW   CHN Fang Jinzhao 55 DF   CHN Zhang Fushun 58 FW   CHN Huang Zihao 59 MF   CHN He Zilin 61 MF   CHN Chen Fuhai 63 MF   CHN Zhang Jiajie 65 GK   CHN Liang Hua

Unregistered 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 — DF   CHN Liang Yongfeng — DF   CHN Fu Yunlong — MF   CHN Hou Junjie — MF   CHN Deng Yanlin — FW   CHN Huang Jingbin — DF   CHN Chen Weiming

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   CHN Cai Haojian — FW   CHN Ma Junliang — MF   CHN Li Yuyang — MF   CHN Zhao Keda — GK   CHN Yin Tianlong — DF   CHN Deng Zhiyao

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   CHN Ji Xiangzheng (at Rangers until 30 June 2020) — GK   CHN Chen Zirong (at R&F until 30 June 2020) - DF   CHN Zheng Zhiming (at Taizhou Yuanda until 31 December 2020)

No. Pos. Nation Player - DF   CHN Zou Zheng (at Qingdao Huanghai until 31 December 2020) - MF   CHN Fan Yunlong (at Guizhou Hengfeng until 31 December 2020) - FW   CHN Gui Hong (at Guizhou Hengfeng until 31 December 2020)

Club officials

Senior staff

Position	Staff
Chairman	Zhang Li (张力)
Vice chairman	Huang Shenghua (黄盛华)
general manager	Zhang Bin (章彬)
Vice general manager	Guo Nengpei (郭能培)

Source:^{[ citation needed ]}

Coaching and medical staff

First team

Position	Staff
Head coach
Assistant coaches	Arno Philips
	Jean-Paul van Gastel
Fitness coaches	Katsuhito Kinoshi
	Eran Shado
Goalkeeper coach	Huang Hongtao
Team leader	Huang Jun
Team physicians	Marco van der Steen
	Mai Zhiyuan
	Fan Bihua
Technical analyst	Chen Jiachao
Interpreters	Hong Wenjie
	Weng Zhanhong

Source:  Guangzhou R&F F.C.

Reserve team

Position	Staff
Head coach	Darko Buser
Assistant coaches	Slobodan Marović
	Marko Perović
Goalkeeping coaches	Andy McNeil
	Jing Yongjian
Fitness coach	Luís Inarra Bruno
Team leader	Zhong Weibo
Team physician	Raldy van Haastert
	Deng Yanming

Source:  Guangzhou R&F F.C.

Academy

Position	Staff
Academy director	Shiro Kikuhara
Academy coach	Mitsunori Yabuta
	Tsuyoshi Yoshitake
	Yuki Fujimoto
	Ryu Hirose
	Daichi Suzuki
	Hiroshi Yoshida

Source:  Guangzhou R&F F.C.

Managerial history

Main article: List of Guangzhou R&F F.C. managers

As of 7 December 2020. ^{[31] [32]}

Serhiy Morozov (1994) Zhang Zengqun (1995) Li Yingfa (1996) Li Qiang (1996–98) Ademar Braga (1999) Li Qiang (1999) Valery Nepomnyashchy (2000) Henryk Kasperczak (2000–01) Alain Laurier (2001) Toni (July 1, 2002 – Dec 31, 2002) Dragoslav Stepanović (June 26, 2003 – Dec 31, 2003) Bob Houghton (Nov 25, 2005 – June 9, 2006) Martin Koopman (2006)

Milan Živadinović (2007) Slobodan Santrač (Jan 1, 2008 – June 30, 2008) Zhu Bo (July 21, 2008 – Oct 12, 2009) Hao Wei (Oct 12, 2009 – June 21, 2010) Miodrag Ješić (June 21, 2010 – 2010) Li Shubin (Feb 27, 2011 – Nov 22, 2011) Sérgio Farias (Nov 22, 2011 – May 18, 2013) Li Bing (Caretaker) (May 19, 2013 – June 3, 2013) Sven-Göran Eriksson (June 4, 2013 – November 10, 2014) Cosmin Contra (Jan 4, 2015 – July 22, 2015) Li Bing (Caretaker) (July 22, 2015 – Aug 24, 2015) Dragan Stojković (Aug 24, 2015 – Jan 3,2020) Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Jan 4, 2020 – Dec 3,2020)

Honours

League

• Jia B Champions/ China League One ^[33]

Runners-up (2): 1991, 2011

Professional club records

For Guangzhou R&F in league football as of the end of the 2018 season

Team records

• Record home victory: 6–2 v Hangzhou Greentown (2014), 6–2 v Yanbian Funde (2017) ^[34]
• Record away victory: 5–1 v Liaoning Whowin FC (2014)
• Record home defeat: 2–6 v Tianjin Quanjian (2018)
• Record away defeat: 0–6 v Beijing Guoan (2013)
• Most cleansheets : 9 (2014)
• Fewest cleansheets: 5 (2012, 2017, 2018)

Player records

• Top domestic goalscorer: 20, Xiao Zhi
• Top foreign goalscorer: 87, Eran Zahavi
• Youngest domestic goalscorer: 20 years old (2018) Ma Junliang ^[35]
• Youngest foreign goalscorer: 19 years old (2014) Aaron Samuel Olanare ^[36]
• Most goals in a season: 29 (2019) Eran Zahavi ^[37]
• Fastest hat-trick: 10 minutes (2014) Abderazzak Hamdallah ^[38]
• Most appearances by a goalkeeper: 168, Cheng Yuelei
• Most appearances by an outfield player: 200, Tang Miao
• Oldest player: 35 years, 6 months, 23 days, Zhang Yaokun

Results

All-time League rankings

As of the end of 2018 season. ^{[39] [40]}

Year	Div	Pld [Tooltip: Matches played]	W [Tooltip: Matches won]	D [Tooltip: Matches drawn]	L [Tooltip: Match(es) lost]	GF [Tooltip: Goals for]	GA [Tooltip: Goals against]	GD [Tooltip: Goal difference]	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	League Cup	AFC	Att./G	Stadium
1986	2	7								4 1	DNQ	–	–
1987	3	7								3 1 2	NH	–	–
1988	1	20	4	7	9	17	17	0	19	17	NH	–	–
1989	2	22	5	12	5	20	18	1	27	9	NH	–	–
1990	2	22	6	10	6	19	16	3	28	7	DNQ	–	–
1991	2	18	8	7	3	23	18	5	19 1	RU	QF	–	–
1992	1	14	1	1	12	8	36	−28	3	8 3	R1	–	–
1993	2	5	1	0/1	3	5	9	−4	2	5 1	NH	–	–
1994	1	22	1	9	12	16	39	−23	11	11	NH	–	–		5,591	Shenyang People's Stadium
1995	2	22	6	8	8	22	28	−6	26	8	R1	DNQ	–			Shenyang People's Stadium
1996	2	22	6	8	8	24	23	1	26	7	R1	DNQ	–			Shenyang People's Stadium
1997	2	22	9	8	5	37	28	9	35	3	R1	DNQ	–			Shenyang People's Stadium
1998	1	26	7	10	9	19	28	−9	31	10	R2	DNQ	–		15,077	Shenyang People's Stadium
1999	1	26	5	13	8	28	32	−4	28	11	R1	DNQ	–		11,923	Shenyang People's Stadium
2000	1	26	8	10	8	35	32	3	34	7	QF	DNQ	–		35,615	Wulihe Stadium
2001	1	26	2	1	23	23	69	−46	7	14 4	R2	DNQ	–		12,000	Wulihe Stadium
2002	1	28	8	10	10	34	34	0	34	11	R1	DNQ	–		14,500	Wulihe Stadium
2003	1	28	11	10	7	35	31	4	43	5	SF	DNQ	–		18,857	Wulihe Stadium
2004	1	22	7	5	10	23	29	−6	26	8	R4	NH	R1		5,000	Wulihe Stadium
2005	1	26	4	7	15	19	43	−24	19	13 4	R1	NH	R1		2,077	Wulihe Stadium
2006	1	28	6	8	14	22	43	−21	26	13	R2	NH	NH		2,750	Wulihe Stadium
2007	1	28	8	10	10	17	24	−7	34	10	NH	NH	NH		10,571	Helong Stadium
2008	1	30	7	13	10	28	36	−8	34	11	NH	NH	NH		6,645	Helong Stadium
2009	1	30	6	15	9	23	31	−8	33	14	NH	NH	NH		8,498	Helong Stadium
2010	1	30	6	12	12	24	42	−18	30	16	NH	NH	NH		10,152	Helong Stadium
2011	2	26	13	8	5	36	27	9	47	RU	R2	NH	NH			Dongguan Nancheng Stadium Yuexiushan Stadium
2012	1	30	13	3	14	47	49	−2	42	7	R4	DNQ	NH		8,460	Yuexiushan Stadium Guangzhou HEMC Central Stadium
2013	1	30	11	7	12	45	47	−2	40	6	R4	DNQ	NH		10,384	Yuexiushan Stadium
2014	1	30	17	6	7	67	39	28	57	3	R4	DNQ	NH		11,487	Yuexiushan Stadium
2015	1	30	8	7	15	35	41	−6	31	14	R4	DNQ	NH	Group	7,989	Yuexiushan Stadium Guangzhou HEMC Central Stadium
2016	1	30	11	7	12	47	50	−3	40	6	SF	DNQ	NH		9,831	Yuexiushan Stadium
2017	1	30	15	7	8	59	46	13	52	5	QF	DNQ	NH		9,904	Yuexiushan Stadium Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium
2018	1	30	10	6	14	49	61	−12	36	10	SF	DNQ	NH		10,321	Yuexiushan Stadium
2019	1	30	9	5	16	54	72	-18	32	12	R4	DNQ	NH			Yuexiushan Stadium

• ^1 in group stage
• ^2 Liaoning B team promoted to 1 level, but according to CFA rules a club could only enter 1 team in top level so that Senyang replaced Liaoning B's place in 1 level
• ^3 Joins 1994 Jia-A League as 1992 member
• ^4 no relegation

Key

China top division    China second division    China third division W   Winners RU   Runners-up 3   Third place   Relegated

Pld = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

DNQ = Did not qualify DNE = Did not enter NH = Not Held  – = Does Not Exist R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4

F = Final SF = Semi-finals QF = Quarter-finals R16 = Round of 16 Group = Group stage GS2 = Second Group stage QR1 = First Qualifying Round QR2 = Second Qualifying Round QR3 = Third Qualifying Round

International results

Main article: Guangzhou R&F F.C. in Asian football

Guangzhou R&F played in the Asian Champions League in 2015. They beat Singaporean side Warriors FC and Australian team Central Coast Mariners in the qualifying rounds but were knocked-out in the group stage.

R&F (Hong Kong)

Main article: R&F (Hong Kong)

In August 2016 it was announced that R&F had entered a satellite team into the Hong Kong Premier League. Players registered for the Chinese Super League are ineligible to play in the Hong Kong Premier League, and vice versa. ^[41] R&F (Hong Kong) played their home matches at the Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground during the first season. The following year, they were permitted to play their home matches at Yanzigang Stadium in Guangzhou under the condition that all away teams' travelling expenses would be covered by R&F. ^[42]

Past and present internationals

This list contains the present and former international football players playing for Guangzhou R&F. ^[43]

Australia Apostolos Giannou (2016–2017)   China PR Jiang Ning (2013–2015) Jiang Zhipeng (2014–2017) Tang Miao (2011–present) Xiao Zhi (2016–2019) Xu Bo (2004–2014) Yu Yang (2015–2016) Zhang Yuan (2012–2015)   DR Congo Jeremy Bokila (2015)   Israel Eran Zahavi (2016–2020) Dia Saba (2019–2020)

Hong Kong Tan Chun Lok (2019–present)   South Korea Jang Hyun-soo (2014–2017) Park Jong-woo (2014–2015)   Morocco Abderrazak Hamdallah (2014–2015)   Nigeria Yakubu Ayegbeni (2012-2013) Aaron Samuel Olanare (2014–2015)   Sweden Gustav Svensson (2016)

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External links

• Official Site (in Chinese)
• Guangzhou R&F logo
• Weltfussballarchiv