2013 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season explained

Club:	Guangzhou Evergrande 2013
Stadium:	Tianhe Stadium
League:	Super League
League Result:	1st
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Runners-up
Cup2:	FA Super Cup
Cup2 Result:	Runners-up
Cup3:	AFC Champions League
Cup3 Result:	Winners
Cup4:	FIFA Club World Cup
Cup4 Result:	4th
Chairman:	Liu Yongzhuo
Manager:	Marcello Lippi
League Topscorer:	Elkeson (24 goals)
Season Topscorer:	Elkeson (32 goals)
Highest Attendance:	56,300 vs Guangzhou R&F 25 August 2013 (Super League)
Lowest Attendance:	14,817 vs Jiangsu Sainty 3 March 2013 (Super Cup)
Average Attendance:	league: 40,428 all: 40,239
Prevseason:	2012
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The 2013 Guangzhou Evergrande season is the 60th year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and is its 46th season in the Chinese football league, also its 24th season in the top flight. The club won its third consecutive top-tier league title and became the first club in China to win the AFC Champions League.

Players

Out on loan

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Marcello Lippi
Assistant coaches	Narciso Pezzotti
	Massimiliano Maddaloni
	Li Tie
Goalkeeping coach	Michelangelo Rampulla
Fitness coach	Claudio Gaudino
Reserve team coach	Peng Weiguo (to 26 May 2013)
	Fabrizio Del Rosso (from 16 June 2013)
Reserve team assistant coach	Pang Li (from September 2013)
Medical adviser	Enrico Castellacci
Team doctor / Physiotherapist	Silvano Cotti
Physiotherapist	Georg Meyer
Team doctors	Liu Shulai
	Kang Kebao
	Wang Shucheng
Chief scout	Franco Ceravolo

Last updated: June 2013
Source: Guangzhou Evergrande F.C.

Transfers

In

Winter

Squad number	Position	Player		Moving from	Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
36	GK	Fang Jingqi		Dongguan Nancheng	Transfer	Free transfer (Free agent)		^[1]
30	FW	Yang Chaosheng		Dongguan Nancheng	Transfer	Free transfer (Free agent)
	DF	Li Weixin		Dongguan Nancheng	Transfer	Free transfer (Free agent)
34	FW	Hu Weiwei		Dongguan Nancheng	Transfer	Free transfer (Free agent)
2	MF	Liao Lisheng		Dongguan Nancheng	Transfer	Free transfer (Free agent)
	MF	Zhang Xingbo		Dongguan Nancheng	Transfer	Free transfer (Free agent)
	MF	Wang Rui		Dongguan Nancheng	Transfer	Free transfer (Free agent)
33	MF	Li Yan		Guangzhou R&F	Loan return	N/A
14	MF	Feng Renliang		Shanghai Shenhua	Transfer	Undisclosed (~ ¥13 million)		^[2]
9	MF	Elkeson		Botafogo	Transfer	€5.7 million		^[3]
		Renato Cajá			Loan return	N/A		^[4]
		Chen Jianlong			Loan return	N/A
19	GK	Zeng Cheng		Henan Jianye	Transfer	Free transfer (End of contract)		^[5]
4	DF	Zhao Peng		Henan Jianye	Transfer	Undisclosed (~ ¥10 million)
3	DF	Yi Teng		Shenzhen Ruby	Transfer	Undisclosed (~ ¥10 million)

Out

Winter

Squad number	Position	Player		Moving to	Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
33	MF	Li Yan		Guangzhou R&F	Transfer	Undisclosed (Possible free transfer)		^[6]
16	MF	Cho Won-Hee		Wuhan Zall	Released	Free transfer (End of contract)		^[7]
48	GK	Zhi Xinhua		N/A	Retired	N/A		^[8]
36	FW	Gao Shunhang		Qingdao Jonoon	Released	Free transfer (End of contract)
14	DF	Li Jianhua		Guangzhou R&F	Transfer	Undisclosed		^[9]
21	FW	Jiang Ning		Guangzhou R&F	Transfer	Undisclosed
26	MF	Wu Pingfeng		Guangzhou R&F	Transfer	Free transfer		^[10]
	DF	Chen Jianlong		Meizhou Kejia	Released	Free transfer (End of contract)		^[11]

Summer

Squad number	Position	Player		Moving to	Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
13	DF	Tang Dechao		Henan Jianye	Transfer	Undisclosed		^[12]
18	FW	Lucas Barrios		Spartak Moscow	Transfer	€7 million		^[13] ^[14]

Loan out

Squad number	Position	Player		Loaned to	Start	End	Source
	DF	Li Jianbin		Shanghai Shenhua			^[17]
	DF	Paulão		Cruzeiro			^[18]
	DF	Li Weixin		Meixian Hakka			^[19]
	MF	Zhang Xingbo		Meixian Hakka
	MF	Wang Rui		Meixian Hakka
	MF	Renato Cajá		Vitória			^[20] ^[21]
	DF	Tu Dongxu		Meizhou Kejia			^[22]
	MF	Peng Shaoxiong		Meizhou Kejia
38	DF	Zhang Yujia		Meizhou Kejia
	FW	Cléo		Kashiwa Reysol			^[23]
	GK	Dong Chunyu		Shenyang Shenbei			^[24]
17	MF	Gao Zhilin		Meizhou Kejia
27	FW	Ye Weichao		Meizhou Kejia
57	DF	Gong Liangxuan		Chengdu Blades			^[25]
25	MF	Peng Xinli		Chengdu Blades

Pre-season and friendlies

Training matches

width=10%	Date	width=20%	Opponents	width=5%	H / A	width=10%	Result	width=40%	Scorers
2013-01-15	Meixian Hakka	H	5–0	Elkeson, Barrios, Memet Ali, Zhang Hongnan, Huang Jiaqiang
2013-01-18	Guangdong Youth	H	3–1
2013-01-29	Rapid București	N	0–1
2013-02-15	Guangdong Sunray Cave	H	0–1
2013-02-19	Shandong Luneng Taishan	H	3–3	Muriqui (2), Huang Bowen
2013-02-20	Shandong Luneng Taishan	H	1–1	Elkeson
2013-02-23	Meizhou Kejia	H	0–2
2013-06-15	Shenzhen Ruby	H	3–0	Feng Renliang (3)

Bahia de Cadiz Cup 2013

Competitions

Competition record

Competition	Record
Super League
FA Cup
Super Cup
Champions League
FIFA Club World Cup
Total

Chinese Super League

See main article: 2013 Chinese Super League.

Matches

Chinese FA Cup

See main article: 2013 Chinese FA Cup.

Chinese FA Super Cup

See main article: 2013 Chinese FA Super Cup.

AFC Champions League

See main article: 2013 AFC Champions League.

Knockout stage

See main article: 2013 AFC Champions League knockout stage.

Final

See main article: 2013 AFC Champions League Final.

FIFA Club World Cup

See main article: 2013 FIFA Club World Cup.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

		Player	Super League			FA Cup			Champions League			Super Cup			FIFA Club World Cup			Total
			Apps.	Starts	Goals	Apps.	Starts	Goals	Apps.	Starts	Goals	Apps.	Starts	Goals	Apps.	Starts	Goals	Apps.	Starts	Goals
2	MF	Liao Lisheng	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
3	DF	Yi Teng	4	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0
4	DF	Zhao Peng	12	8	0	3	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	10	1
5	DF	Zhang Linpeng	23	23	4	4	4	1	13	13	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	44	44	5
6	DF	Feng Xiaoting	25	23	0	4	4	0	13	12	1	1	1	0	3	3	0	46	43	1
7	MF	Feng Junyan	16	7	1	5	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	26	9	3
8	MF	Qin Sheng	14	7	0	3	1	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	10	0
9	MF	Elkeson	28	26	24	3	3	1	6	6	6	1	1	0	3	3	1	41	39	32
10	MF	Zheng Zhi	24	23	2	4	4	0	14	14	1	1	1	0	3	3	0	46	45	3
11	FW	Muriqui	26	23	9	3	3	2	14	14	13	1	1	0	3	3	1	47	44	25
12	MF	Zheng Long	7	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	3	2
14	MF	Feng Renliang	10	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	3	0
15	MF	Darío Conca	26	25	14	4	4	3	14	14	8	1	1	1	3	3	2	48	47	28
16	MF	Huang Bowen	25	22	4	4	3	1	12	7	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	45	36	5
18	FW	Lucas Barrios	9	4	3	0	0	0	6	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	10	6
19	GK	Zeng Cheng	27	27	0	4	4	0	14	14	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	48	48	0
20	FW	Ni Bo	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
21	DF	Huang Jiaqiang	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0
22	GK	Li Shuai	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	6	0
24	MF	Shi Hongjun	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0
25	MF	Peng Xinli	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
28	DF	Kim Young-Gwon	26	26	2	4	4	0	14	14	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	48	48	2
29	FW	Gao Lin	28	20	8	5	4	1	13	9	3	1	1	0	3	2	0	50	36	12
30	FW	Yang Chaosheng	4	2	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	1
31	DF	Zhang Hongnan	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0
32	DF	Sun Xiang	23	21	1	4	4	0	14	14	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	45	43	1
33	DF	Rong Hao	25	17	2	3	3	0	12	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	43	26	2
34	FW	Hu Weiwei	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
35	FW	Shewket Yalqun	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1
37	MF	Zhao Xuri	22	12	2	5	3	0	13	9	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	44	25	2
Own Goals											1									1
TOTALS					78			18			36			1			4			137

Goalscorers

Rank	Player			Super League	FA Cup	Champions League	Super Cup	FIFA Club World Cup	Total
1	Elkeson	9	MF	24	1	6	0	1	32
2	Dario Conca	15	MF	14	3	8	1	2	28
3	Muriqui	11	FW	9	2	13	0	1	25
4	Gao Lin	29	FW	8	1	3	0	0	12
5	Lucas Barrios	18	FW	3	0	3	0	0	6
align=center rowspan=2	6	Zhang Linpeng	5	DF	4	1	0	0	0	5
Huang Bowen	16	MF	4	1	0	0	0	5
align=center rowspan=2	8	Feng Junyan	7	MF	1	2	0	0	0	3
Zheng Zhi	10	MF	2	0	1	0	0	3
align=center rowspan=6	10	Zheng Long	12	MF	2	0	0	0	0	2
Ni Bo	20	FW	0	2	0	0	0	2
Peng Xinli	25	MF	0	2	0	0	0	2
Kim Young-Gwon	28	DF	2	0	0	0	0	2
Rong Hao	33	DF	2	0	0	0	0	2
Zhao Xuri	37	MF	2	0	0	0	0	2
align=center rowspan=5	16	Zhao Peng	4	DF	0	1	0	0	0	1
Feng Xiaoting	6	DF	0	0	1	0	0	1
Yang Chaosheng	30	FW	0	1	0	0	0	1
Sun Xiang	32	DF	1	0	0	0	0	1
Shewket Yalqun	35	FW	0	1	0	0	0	1
align=center colspan=4	Own goals	0	0	1	0	0	1
align=center colspan=4	TOTALS	78	18	36	1	4	137

Clean sheets

		Player	Super League	FA Cup	Champions League	Super Cup	FIFA Club World Cup	Total
19	GK	Zeng Cheng	13	1	6	0	1	21
22	GK	Li Shuai	1	0	0	0	0	1
TOTALS			14	1	6	0	1	22

Disciplinary record

		Player	Super League			FA Cup			Champions League			Super Cup			FIFA Club World Cup			Total
3	DF	Yi Teng	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	DF	Zhao Peng	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	DF	Zhang Linpeng	5	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	1
6	DF	Feng Xiaoting	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
7	MF	Feng Junyan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
8	MF	Qin Sheng	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
9	MF	Elkeson	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
10	MF	Zheng Zhi	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
11	FW	Muriqui	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
12	MF	Zheng Long	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	MF	Dario Conca	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
16	MF	Huang Bowen	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
19	GK	Zeng Cheng	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
21	DF	Huang Jiaqiang	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	MF	Shi Hongjun	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
28	DF	Kim Young-Gwon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	FW	Gao Lin	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
32	DF	Sun Xiang	5	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10	0	0
33	DF	Rong Hao	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
37	MF	Zhao Xuri	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	1
TOTALS			41	0	2	12	0	1	18	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	76	0	4

Overview

	Overall	Super League	FA Cup	Champions League	Super Cup	FIFA Club World Cup
Games played	54	30	6	14	1	3
Games won	38	24	4	9	0	1
Games drawn	10	5	1	4	0	0
Games lost	6	1	1	1	1	2
Winning rate	70.37%	80%	66.67%	64.29%	0%	33.33%
Points won	–	77/90 (85.56%)	colspan=4	-
Average per game	–		colspan=4	-
Goals scored	137	78	18	36	1	4
Goals conceded	46	18	9	11	2	6
Goal difference	+91	+60	+9	+25	−1	−2
Average per game
Average per game
Clean sheets	22	14	1	6	0	1
Yellow cards	76	41	12	18	1	4
Red cards	4	2	1	1	0	0
Worst discipline	align=left colspan=6	Zhang Linpeng (9, 1)
Biggest win				4–0 vs Muangthong United 4–0 vs Kashiwa Reysol	None	2–0 vs Al Ahly
Biggest loss
Most Appearances	align=left colspan=6	Gao Lin (50 appearances)
Most Goals	align=left colspan=6	Elkeson (32 goals)

Notes and References

1. Web site: zh:恒大签7将国青新星在列 曝将购2欧洲球星投入超6亿 . http://sports.sina.com.cn/j/2012-10-29/16386275673.shtml . Sina Corp . 2012-10-29. zh.
2. zh:冯仁亮正式加盟广州恒大足球俱乐部 . http://www.gzevergrandefc.com/news.aspx?ftid=1009 . Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. . 2012-11-20. zh.
3. 埃尔克森（ELKESON）正式加盟广州恒大 . Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. . 2012-12-24. zh.
4. ja:レナト選手の期限付き移籍期間が満了 . http://www.so-net.ne.jp/antlers/news/release/34160 . Kashima Antlers . 2012-12-30. ja.
5. zh:曾诚、赵鹏、弋腾正式加盟广州恒大 . http://www.gzevergrandefc.com/news.aspx?ftid=1602 . Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. . 2013-01-01. zh.
6. zh:李岩正式签约广州富力足球俱乐部 . http://www.gzrffc.com.cn/news/newsshow_230.htm . Guangzhou R&F F.C. . 2012-11-09 . zh . 2012-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021212757/http://www.gzrffc.com.cn/news/newsshow_230.htm . 2014-10-21 . dead .
7. zh:韩国球员赵源熙正式加盟武汉卓尔队 . http://www.whzallfc.cn/frontfindclubnewsinfo.do?dto.newsInfoId=1091 . Wuhan Zall F.C. . 2012-11-28 . zh . 2012-12-24 . https://archive.today/20130116031814/http://www.whzallfc.cn/frontfindclubnewsinfo.do?dto.newsInfoId=1091 . 2013-01-16 . dead .
8. Web site: zh:广州恒大足球俱乐部转会 . http://www.gzevergrandefc.com/about.aspx?target=transfer . Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. . zh . 2013-02-13 . 2013-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130305133306/http://www.gzevergrandefc.com/about.aspx?target=transfer . dead .
9. zh:姜宁、吴坪枫及李健华正式与广州富力足球俱乐部签约 . http://www.gzrffc.com.cn/news/newsshow_243.htm . Guangzhou R&F F.C. . 2013-01-11 . zh . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021212704/http://www.gzrffc.com.cn/news/newsshow_243.htm . 2014-10-21 .
10. Web site: zh:吴坪枫:感谢富力在迷茫时伸出援手 不是自由转会 . http://sports.163.com/13/0112/04/8L08AIVR00051C89.html#p=8L063MN10B6P0005 . NetEase . 2013-01-12. zh.
11. Web site: zh:哈尔滨毅腾热身赛斗殴 球场抱摔乱作一团. http://sports.sohu.com/20130130/n365124035.shtml. Sohu. 2013-01-30. zh.
12. http://www.jianyefc.com/article.asp?id=5047 . zh:唐德超正式加盟河南建业 . Henan Jianye F.C. . 2013-07-07 . zh . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130915070145/http://www.jianyefc.com/article.asp?id=5047 . 2013-09-15 .
13. zh:广州恒大足球俱乐部与莫斯科斯巴达克足球俱乐部就巴里奥斯转会事宜正式签订协议. Guangzhou Evergrande F.C.. http://www.gzevergrandefc.com/news.aspx?ftid=3474. 2013-08-10. zh. 2013-08-10. 2013-08-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20130813170251/http://www.gzevergrandefc.com/news.aspx?ftid=3474. dead.
14. Web site: Lucas Barrios es nuevo jugador del Spartak de Moscú. 2013-08-10. lucasbarrios.com. es. 2013-08-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20130814000607/http://www.lucasbarrios.com/temporada-2012-2013/lucas-barrios-es-nuevo-jugador-del-spartak-de-moscu. 2013-08-14. dead.
15. http://www.gzevergrandefc.com/news.aspx?ftid=3408. zh:郑龙正式加盟广州恒大足球俱乐部. Guangzhou Evergrande F.C.. 2013-07-19. zh. 2013-07-19. 2016-03-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304184638/http://gzevergrandefc.com/news.aspx?ftid=3408. dead.
16. http://www.zhongnengfc.com/a/news/2013/0719/474.html. zh:公告. Qingdao Jonoon F.C.. 2013-07-19. zh. 2013-07-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20130904175835/http://www.zhongnengfc.com/a/news/2013/0719/474.html. 2013-09-04. dead.
17. zh:冯仁亮正式加盟广州恒大 李建滨租借加盟上海申花 . http://www.shenhuafc.com.cn/news_detail.php?newsId=4887 . Shanghai Shenhua F.C. . 2012-11-20. zh.
18. Clube celeste anuncia a contratação do zagueiro Paulão . Cruzeiro Esporte Clube . 2013-01-06 . pt . 2013-01-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140103113147/http://www.cruzeiro.com.br/index.php?section=conteudo&id=1944 . 2014-01-03 . dead .
19. Web site: zh:恒大三小将回租梅县踢乙级 多家球队争抢高志林 . http://sports.163.com/13/0109/17/8KPVBIID00051C89.html . NetEase . 2013-01-09. zh.
20. Contratações confirmadas . Esporte Clube Vitória . 2013-01-15 . pt . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130118063914/http://www.ecvitoria.com.br/noticias/2042-contratacoes-confirmadas . 2013-01-18 .
21. Web site: zh:广州恒大足球俱乐部外租球员 . http://www.gzevergrandefc.com/team.aspx?target=hire . Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. . zh . 2013-02-13 . 2017-05-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170521221307/http://www.gzevergrandefc.com/team.aspx?target=hire . dead .
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