Club: | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 2016 |
Stadium: | Tianhe Stadium |
League: | Super League |
League Result: | 1st |
Cup1: | FA Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Champions |
Cup2: | FA Super Cup |
Cup2 Result: | Champions |
Cup3: | AFC Champions League |
Cup3 Result: | Group stage |
Chairman: | Ke Peng (to 1 February 2016) Liu Yongzhuo (5 February 2016 to 13 April 2016[1] Li Yimeng (from 13 April 2016)[2] |
League Topscorer: | Ricardo Goulart (19 goals) |
Season Topscorer: | Ricardo Goulart (28 goals) |
Highest Attendance: | 48,956 vs Yanbian Funde 23 October 2016 (Super League) |
Lowest Attendance: | 571 vs Pohang Steelers 24 February 2016 (Champions League) |
Average Attendance: | league: 44,883[3] all: 42,056 |
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Prevseason: | 2015 |
Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao season was the 63rd year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and was its 49th season in the Chinese football league, also its 27th season in the top flight.
Guangzhou was knocked out in the group stage of 2016 AFC Champions League for the first time but won all three domestic titles for the second time in club's history.[4] Brazilian attacking midfielder Ricardo Goulart won Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year as well as the golden boot of the league by scoring 19 goals. Luiz Felipe Scolari won Manager of the Year title. Seven players including Feng Xiaoting, Gao Lin, Ricardo Goulart, Kim Young-Gwon, Paulinho, Zhang Linpeng and Zeng Cheng was elected in the eleven-man squad of 2016 Chinese Super League Team of the Year.[5]
Squad number | Position | Player | Moving from | Type | Transfer fee | Date | Source | ||
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4 | MF | Xu Xin | Atlético Madrid B | Transfer | €4.3 million | [6] | |||
18 | MF | Li Yuanyi | Leixões | Loan returned | - | ||||
MF | Peng Xinli | Chongqing Lifan | Loan returned | - | |||||
FW | Yang Chaosheng | Liaoning Whowin | Loan returned | - | |||||
DF | Yi Teng | Hangzhou Greentown | Loan returned | - | |||||
MF | Feng Renliang | Beijing Renhe | Loan returned | - | |||||
55 | DF | Hu Bowen | Qingdao Hainiu | Loan returned | - | ||||
DF | Zhang Hongnan | Shenzhen FC | Loan returned | - | |||||
FW | Shewket Yalqun | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | Loan returned | - | |||||
MF | Alessandro Diamanti | Watford | Loan returned | - | [7] | ||||
23 | DF | Han Pengfei | Mafra | Transfer | Undisclosed | [8] | |||
9 | FW | Jackson Martínez | Atlético Madrid | Transfer | €42 million | [9] [10] | |||
32 | GK | Liu Dianzuo | Guangzhou R&F | Transfer | Undisclosed | [11] |
Squad number | Position | Player | Moving from | Type | Transfer fee | Date | Source | ||
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MF | Alessandro Diamanti | Atalanta | Loan returned | - | |||||
15 | MF | Zhang Wenzhao | Shandong Luneng Taishan | Transfer | Undisclosed | [12] | |||
MF | Wang Junhui | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Loan return | - | [13] | ||||
56 | DF | Guo Jing | Oriental Dragon | Transfer | Undisclosed | [14] |
Squad number | Position | Player | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date | Source | ||
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56 | FW | Robinho | - | End of contract | - | ||||
MF | Feng Renliang | Beijing Renhe | Transfer | Undisclosed | [15] | ||||
DF | Zhang Hongnan | Shenzhen FC | Transfer | Free | |||||
FW | Shewket Yalqun | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | Loan | Undisclosed | |||||
MF | Alessandro Diamanti | Atalanta | Loan | Undisclosed | [16] | ||||
34 | MF | Wang Junhui | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Loan | Free | [17] | |||
22 | GK | Li Shuai | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Transfer | Undisclosed | [18] | |||
DF | Yi Teng | Beijing Renhe | Loan | Undisclosed | [19] | ||||
21 | MF | Zhao Xuri | Tianjin Quanjian | Transfer | Undisclosed | [20] | |||
9 | FW | Elkeson | Shanghai SIPG | Transfer | ¥132 million (€18.5 million) | [21] | |||
MF | Peng Xinli | Chongqing Lifan | Loan | Undisclosed | [22] | ||||
18 | FW | Dong Xuesheng | Hebei China Fortune | Transfer | Undisclosed | [23] | |||
14 | GK | Liu Weiguo | Liaoning Whowin | Loan | Free | [24] | |||
FW | Yang Chaosheng | Wuhan Zall | Loan | Undisclosed | [25] | ||||
49 | MF | Wang Rui | Wuhan Zall | Loan | Undisclosed | ||||
8 | MF | Renê Júnior | - | Released | - | [26] | |||
41 | DF | Gong Liangxuan | Sichuan Longfor | Loan | Undisclosed | ||||
MF | Zheng Jie | Lijiang Jiayunhao | Loan | Undisclosed |
Squad number | Position | Player | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date | Source | ||
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55 | DF | Hu Bowen | Shenyang Urban | Loan | Free | ||||
24 | FW | Liang Xueming | Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng | Loan | Free | [27] | |||
44 | DF | Liu Hao | Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng | Loan | Free | ||||
18 | MF | Li Yuanyi | Tianjin Teda | Loan | Undisclosed | [28] | |||
60 | MF | Zhang Jiaqi | Qingdao Huanghai | Loan | Undisclosed | [29] | |||
MF | Wang Junhui | Wuhan Zall | Loan | Undisclosed | |||||
39 | FW | Wang Jingbin | Fagiano Okayama | Loan | Undisclosed | [30] | |||
MF | Alessandro Diamanti | Palermo | Transfer | Free | [31] | ||||
46 | DF | Yang Zhaohui | Vizela | Loan | Free | [32] |
Position | Name | |
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Head coach | Luiz Felipe Scolari | |
Assistant coaches | Ivo Wortmann Flávio Murtosa Hao Wei | |
Goalkeeping coach | Carlos Pracidelli | |
Fitness coach | Darlan Schneider Rudy Pracidelli | |
Physiotherapist | Feliciano Fontoura | |
Team doctor | Gustavo Emilio Arcos Campos | |
Reserve team coach | Hao Wei | |
Reserve team assistant coach | Chang Weiwei Liu Zhiyu | |
Reserve team goalkeeping coach | Wang Weiman | |
Reserve team Physiotherapist | Wan Bingfeng | |
Academy director / U-17 team coach |
width=10% | Date | width=20% | Opponents | width=5% | H / A | width=10% | Result | width=40% | Scorers |
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2016-02-06 | South China | H | 1–1 | Zheng Long | |||||
2016-02-11 | Al Shabab | A | 4–1 | Jackson Martínez, Alan (3) | |||||
2016-02-14 | F.C. Copenhagen | N | 1–3 | Zheng Long | |||||
2016-02-16 | Al Urooba | N | Cancelled | ||||||
2016-10-08 | Lee Man Rangers | H | 4–0 | Alan, Jackson Martínez, Ricardo Goulart |
See main article: article and 2016 Chinese Super League.
See main article: article and 2016 Chinese FA Cup.
See main article: article and 2016 Chinese FA Super Cup.
See main article: article and 2016 AFC Champions League.
Player | Super League | FA Cup | Champions League | Super Cup | Total | ||||||||||||
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Apps. | Starts | Goals | Apps. | Starts | Goals | Apps. | Starts | Goals | Apps. | Starts | Goals | Apps. | Starts | Goals | |||
2 | MF | Liao Lisheng | 15 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 1 |
3 | DF | Mei Fang | 25 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 31 | 0 |
4 | MF | Xu Xin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
5 | DF | Zhang Linpeng | 16 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 0 |
6 | DF | Feng Xiaoting | 22 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 32 | 0 |
7 | FW | Alan Carvalho | 27 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 30 | 18 |
8 | MF | Paulinho | 30 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 43 | 11 |
9 | FW | Jackson Martínez | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 4 |
10 | MF | Zheng Zhi | 26 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 38 | 1 |
11 | MF | Ricardo Goulart | 29 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 43 | 28 |
12 | MF | Wang Shangyuan | 23 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 20 | 0 |
15 | MF | Zhang Wenzhao | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
16 | MF | Huang Bowen | 28 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 33 | 2 |
17 | DF | Liu Jian | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 1 |
18 | MF | Li Yuanyi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
19 | GK | Zeng Cheng | 23 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 0 |
20 | MF | Yu Hanchao | 19 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 17 | 4 |
23 | DF | Han Pengfei | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
25 | DF | Zou Zheng | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
27 | MF | Zheng Long | 19 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 4 |
28 | DF | Kim Young-gwon | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 0 |
29 | FW | Gao Lin | 28 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 35 | 12 |
31 | MF | Zhang Aokai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
32 | GK | Liu Dianzuo | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
33 | DF | Rong Hao | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 15 | 0 |
35 | DF | Li Xuepeng | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 0 |
37 | DF | Chen Zepeng | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
TOTALS | 62 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 86 | ||||||||||||
Rank | Player | Super League | FA Cup | Champions League | Super Cup | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ricardo Goulart | 11 | MF | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 28 | |
2 | Alan Carvalho | 7 | FW | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
3 | Gao Lin | 29 | FW | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
4 | Paulinho | 8 | MF | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
align=center rowspan=3 | 5 | Jackson Martínez | 9 | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Yu Hanchao | 20 | MF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
Zheng Long | 27 | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
8 | Huang Bowen | 16 | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
align=center rowspan=3 | 9 | Liao Lisheng | 2 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Zheng Zhi | 10 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Liu Jian | 17 | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
align=center colspan=4 | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
align=center colspan=4 | TOTALS | 62 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 87 |
Rank | Player | Super League | FA Cup | Champions League | Super Cup | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gao Lin | 29 | FW | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
2 | Alan Carvalho | 7 | FW | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
3 | Ricardo Goulart | 11 | MF | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
4 | Huang Bowen | 16 | MF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
5 | Zheng Zhi | 10 | MF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
align=center rowspan=2 | 6 | Yu Hanchao | 20 | MF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Rong Hao | 33 | DF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
8 | Paulinho | 8 | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
align=center rowspan=3 | 9 | Jackson Martínez | 9 | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Zheng Long | 27 | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Li Xuepeng | 35 | DF | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
align=center rowspan=3 | 12 | Liao Lisheng | 2 | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Xu Xin | 4 | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Liu Jian | 17 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
align=center colspan=4 | Total | 50 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 68 |
Player | Super League | FA Cup | Champions League | Super Cup | Total | ||||||||||||
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3 | DF | Mei Fang | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
4 | MF | Xu Xin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
5 | DF | Zhang Linpeng | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
6 | DF | Feng Xiaoting | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
7 | FW | Alan Carvalho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
8 | MF | Paulinho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | Jackson Martínez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
10 | MF | Zheng Zhi | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
11 | MF | Ricardo Goulart | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
12 | MF | Wang Shangyuan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
15 | MF | Zhang Wenzhao | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
16 | MF | Huang Bowen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
17 | DF | Liu Jian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
19 | GK | Zeng Cheng | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
25 | DF | Zou Zheng | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
28 | DF | Kim Young-gwon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
29 | FW | Gao Lin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
33 | DF | Rong Hao | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
35 | DF | Li Xuepeng | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
37 | DF | Chen Zepeng | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS | 56 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 1 | 0 |