| Club: | Shanghai Shenhua |
| Stadium: | Hongkou Football Stadium |
| League: | Super League |
| League Result: | 11th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Winners |
| Chairman: | Wu Xiaohui |
| Manager: | Gus Poyet (until 11 September)  Wu Jingui (caretaker)(from 11 September) |
| League Topscorer: |  Giovanni Moreno (15 goals) |
| Season Topscorer: | Giovanni Moreno (15 goals) |
| Highest Attendance: | 24,319 vs Shanghai SIPG 19 November 2017 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 15,269 vs Chongqing Dangdai Lifan 17 June 2017 |
| Prevseason: | 2016 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
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The 2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua season was Shanghai Greenland Shenhua's 14th season in the Chinese Super League and 55th overall in the Chinese top flight. They also competed in the Chinese FA Cup and AFC Champions League.
On 29 November 2016, Gus Poyet was appointed as the club's new manager,[1] replacing Gregorio Manzano.
On 30 June 2017, it was announced that Fredy Guarín had signed a new two-year contract with the club until end of 2019.[2]
On 11 September 2017, after a home defeat to Henan Jianye, Poyet resigned as manager of the club. Technical director and former head coach Wu Jingui was placed in charge for Shenhua's remaining games.[3]
On 19 November 2017, before the first leg of 2017 Chinese FA Cup final began, it was announced that Cao Yunding, Bai Jiajun, Li Yunqiu and Bi Jinhao all had signed new five-year contracts with the club until 2022.[4]
On 26 November 2017, Shenhua beat Shanghai SIPG to win the 2017 Chinese FA Cup on the away goals rule after second leg of the final ended 3-2 to make it 3-3 on aggregate. It was Shenhua's first FA Cup triumph since 1998 and earned them a place in next season's AFC Champions League.[5]
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See main article: article and List of Chinese football transfers winter 2017. In: [7] [8] [9] [10] [8] Out: [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]
See main article: article and List of Chinese football transfers summer 2017. In:Out:
See main article: article and 2017 Chinese Super League.
See main article: article and 2017 Chinese FA Cup.
3–3 on aggregate. Shanghai Greenland Shenhua won on away goals.
See main article: article and 2017 AFC Champions League.
See main article: 2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off.
|-|colspan="14"|Players who away from the club on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Shanghai Greenland Shenhua during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=100 | Super League | width=80 | FA Cup | width=80 | Champions League | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | | 10 | Giovanni Moreno | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| 2 | FW | 17 | Obafemi Martins | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 3 | MF | | 13 | Fredy Guarín | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| 4 | MF | | 28 | Cao Yunding | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 5 | FW | | 7 | Mao Jianqing | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 6 | FW |  | 32 | Carlos Tevez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| 7 | FW | | 15 | Zhu Jianrong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 8 | DF |  | 4 | Kim Kee-hee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 9 | MF | | 8 | Zhang Lu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 5 | Wang Shouting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| DF | | 23 | Bai Jiajun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 52 | 12 | 0 | 64 | |||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Super League | FA Cup | Champions League | Total | |||||||||
| 3 | | DF | Li Jianbin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | | MF | Wang Shouting | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | | DF | Li Peng | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | | FW | Mao Jianqing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | | MF | Zhang Lu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | | MF | Giovanni Moreno | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 13 | | MF | Fredy Guarín | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | | FW | Zhu Jianrong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | | DF | Li Yunqiu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | FW | Obafemi Martins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | MF | Wang Yun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | | GK | Qiu Shengjiong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | | DF | Bai Jiajun | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | | DF | Wang Lin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | | MF | Qin Sheng | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | | GK | Li Shuai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | | MF | Cao Yunding | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | | MF | Xu Junmin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | | DF | Tao Jin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | | FW | Carlos Tevez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | | DF | Bi Jinhao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | | MF | Sun Shilin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | | MF | Cong Zhen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| TOTALS | 61 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 2 | ||||