Guangdong Evergrande V.C. is a Chinese professional women's volleyball club, currently based in Shenzhen, Guangdong, founded in 2009 and sponsored by Evergrande Group. They are the winners of the bronze medal at the 2013 FIVB Women's Club World Championship and won one champion title of Chinese Volleyball League.
Guangdong Evergrande Women's Volleyball Club is a professional women's volleyball club based in Guangzhou, Guangdong and play in the 361° Chinese Women's Volleyball League. The club was founded on April 24, 2009, and became the first professional volleyball club in China.
With 12 straight wins, they won the Chinese Women's Volleyball League Group B in 2009–2010 season and qualified to the Group A.
In the 2010–2011 season they played in the Chinese Women's Volleyball League Group A, in the semifinal, they got huge came back from 26 points down to defeat Shanghai, but they lost 2–3 to defending champion Tianjin Bridgestone in the finals.
During the 2011–2012 season, they defeated the defending champion in the semifinal, the first time Tianjin Bridgestone did not reach the finals in a decade. They won their first title on March 3, 2012, and became the 5th Champion team in Chinese Women's Volleyball League history.
Guangdong Evergrande played at the 2013 Club World Championship and claimed the bronze medal-winning 3–1 to Voléro Zürich.[1] The team had Shen Jingsi named Best Setter.[2]
In 2014, due to head coach Lang Ping resigning and the main sponsor Evergrande Group deciding to put more of their investment into football league, Guangdong Evergrande VC was demoted to Group B league of China because of the unsatisfactory result, for about two seasons.
In Season 2017/18, as the Group A league was expanded, Guangdong Evergrande VC returned to the Chinese Group A League.
| Season | Final Standing | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-2011 | Runner-up | |
| 2011-2012 | Champion | |
| 2012-2013 | Runner-up | |
| 2013-2014 | 4th | |
| 2014-2015 | 12th | |
| 2015-2016 | Group B | |
| 2016-2017 | Group B | |
| 2017-2018 | 8th | |
| 2018-2019 | 7th | |
| 2019-2020 | 4th | |
| 2020-2021 | 4th |
| Number | Player | Position | Height (m) | Birth date |
| 1 |  Chen Peiyan | Opposite | 1.94 | 16/09/1999 |
| 2 | Li Yao | Wing-spiker | 1.86 | 23/10/1995 |
| 3 |  Kelsey Robinson | Wing-spiker | 1.88 | 25/07/1992 |
| 4 | Guo Junnan | Wing-spiker | 1.87 | 08/02/1996 |
| 5 | Dobriana Rabadžieva | Wing-spiker | 1.87 | 14/06/1991 |
| 6 | Yu Jiarui | Setter | 1.82 | 23/10/1997 |
| 7 | Xiong Xuehua | Libero | 1.61 | 06/08/1997 |
| 8 | Wang Hongli | Middle Blocker | 1.89 | 10/01/1994 |
| 9 | Tian Yue | Middle Blocker | 1.87 | 15/09/1997 |
| 10 | Wang Min | Libero | 1.78 | 14/05/1997 |
| 11 | Zhang Jiaxin | Middle Blocker | 1.82 | 20/04/2000 |
| 12 | Gong Jing | Libero | 1.79 | 02/02/1995 |
| 13 | Wang Xinyao | Middle Blocker | 1.90 | 27/05/1995 |
| 14 | Yuan Weiyu | Wing-spiker | 1.83 | 25/03/1995 |
| 15 | Zhang Fengmei | Middle Blocker | 1.84 | 11/11/1997 |
| 18 | Xu Xiaoting | Setter | 1.80 | 21/01/1998 |
| Number | Player | Season | Transfer to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 |  Fernanda Garay | 2016–2017 |  Dinamo Moscow |
| 11 | Kimberly Glass | 2012–2013 | Banana Boat |
| 1 |  Katarzyna Skowronska | 2011–2013 |  Rabita Baku |
| 12 |  Carolina Costagrande |  Vakıfbank Spor Kulübü | |
| 5 | Wang Lina | 2011–2012 | Retired |
| 15 | Nicole Fawcett |  Korea Expressway | |
| 18 | Wang Ting | Henan Zhengzhou Hi-tech dist. | |
| 2 | Feng Kun | 2009–2011 | Retired |
| 6 |  Jovana Brakočević | 2010–2011 |  JT Marvelous |
| 13 |  Wilavan Apinyapong | Fujian Xi Meng Bao | |
| 15 | Logan Tom | Fenerbahçe Acıbadem | |
| 3 | Yang Hao | 2009–2010 | Retired |
| 4 | Christa Harmotto | Universal Volley Femminile Modena | |
| 7 | Zhou Suhong | Zhejiang New Century Tourism | |
| 12 | Yin Yin | Retired | |
| 15 | Nicole Davis | Lokomotiv Baku |
| Season | Position | M-W | M-L | S-W | S-L | P-W | P-L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–2010 | 1st | 12 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 981 | 655 | |
| Total | 1/1 | 12 | 0 | 36 | 4 | 981 | 655 | |
| Ratio | 100% | 100% | 9.000 | 1.498 | ||||
| Season | Position | M-W | M-L | S-W | S-L | P-W | P-L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–2011 | 18 | 5 | 60 | 25 | 1919 | 1614 | ||
| Ratio | 78.26% | 2.400 | 1.189 | |||||
| 2011–2012 | 20 | 2 | 61 | 17 | 1791 | 1599 | ||
| Ratio | 90.91% | 3.588 | 1.120 | |||||
| 2012–2013 | - | 7 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 871 | 747 | |
| Ratio | 70.00% | 2.167 | 1.167 | |||||
| 2017–2018 | 8th | |||||||
| Total | 1/2 | 45 | 10 | 147 | 54 | 4581 | 3960 | |
| Ratio | 50% | 81.82% | 2.722 | 1.157 | ||||
Since 2009.11.28 the first time Participate the Chinese volleyball league. Correct as of 28 January 2012.
| Season | Best Spiker | Best Blocker | Best Server | Best Scorer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–2010 | Zhou Suhong | Christa Harmotto | Zhou Suhong | ||
| Points | 115 | 40 | 17 | 148 | |
| 2010–2011 | Jovana Brakočević | Suo Ma | Logan Tom | ||
| Points | 356 | 58 | 35 | 427 | |
| 2011–2012 | Katarzyna Skowrońska | Carolina Costagrande | Katarzyna Skowrońska | ||
| Points | 358 | 33 | 22 | 398 | |
| 2012–2013 | - | - | - | - | |
| Points | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Player | Spike | Block | Serve | Total | Season | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 453 | 21 | 36 | 510 | 3 | 170 | ||
| 2 | 325 | 99 | 41 | 465 | 3 | 155 | ||
| 3 | 356 | 39 | 32 | 427 | 1 | 427 | ||
| 4 | 358 | 18 | 22 | 398 | 1 | 398 | ||
| 5 | 309 | 33 | 15 | 357 | 1 | 357 | ||
| 6 | 254 | 32 | 35 | 321 | 1 | 321 | ||
| 7 | 106 | 40 | 2 | 148 | 1 | 148 | ||
| 8 | 172 | 88 | 35 | 295 | 2 | 147.5 | ||
| 9 | 115 | 8 | 17 | 140 | 1 | 140 | ||
| 10 | 66 | 27 | 23 | 116 | 2 | 58 |