# 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season

The 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande season is the 58th year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and its 44th season in the Chinese football league, also its 22nd season in the top flight. The club was promoted from China League One at the end of the 2010 season.

## Review

* 25 December 2010, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Zhang Linpeng, Jiang Ning, Feng Xiaoting and Yang Jun for a total fee of €3.4 million.
* 25 January 2011, China national team midfielder Yang Hao signed for Guangzhou from Beijing Guoan on a free transfer.
* 6 February 2011, Guangzhou got the second place in the 2011 Asian Challenge Cup after losing 5–3 in the penalty shootout with Tianjin Teda.
* 9 February 2011, Brazilian striker Cléo completed a €3.2 million move to Guangzhou from FK Partizan, signing a four-year deal.
* 13 February 2011, Korean midfielder Cho Won-Hee joined Guangzhou Evergrande from Premier League side Wigan Athletic on a free transfer, which made him the second Korean player to play for Guangzhou F.C. after Park Ji-Ho.
* 2 March 2011, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Paulão on a four-year deal from Grêmio Prudente with a fee of €2.5 million.
* 8 March 2011, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Renato Cajá on a four-year deal from Botafogo with a fee of €1.6 million.
* 2 April 2011, Guangzhou's Super League 2011 campaign kicked off with a 1–0 home victory over Dalian Shide. Cléo scored the only goal of the match.
* 9 April 2011, Guangzhou broke club's record for longest unbeaten streak in the league (23 games, 17 wins and 6 draws) with a 1–1 away draw against Nanchang Hengyuan.
* 4 May 2011, Guangzhou's FA Cup 2011 campaign kicked off with a 3–2 home victory with second-tier club Guizhou Zhicheng. Muriqui scored a hat trick in the match.
* 8 May 2011, Guangzhou claimed first place in China Super League for the first time of the club's history after a 1–0 away win against Shenzhen Ruby.
* 12 May 2011, Guangzhou was kicked out in the FA Cup after losing at a 13 round super long Penalty shootout against Shaanxi Renhe.
* 3 July 2011, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Darío Conca from Fluminense on a three-and-a-half-year deal for a reported record breaking fee of €10 million.
* 18 September 2011, Guangzhou lost to Changchun Yatai 1–2 at Development Area Stadium, which ended club's record 44-league-match unbeaten run.
* 28 September 2011, Guangzhou successfully achieved their first Super League title away to Shaanxi Renhe, after a 4–1 win.

## Squad

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 | Yang Jun |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Tu Dongxu |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Paulão |
| 4 | FW | CHN | Gao Shunhang |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Zhang Linpeng |
| 6 | DF | CHN | Feng Xiaoting |
| 7 | MF | CHN | Feng Junyan |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Renato Cajá (to July) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Cléo |
| 10 | MF | CHN | Zheng Zhi (captain) |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Muriqui |
| 12 | GK | CHN | Dong Chunyu |
| 13 | DF | CHN | Tang Dechao |
| 14 | DF | CHN | Li Jianhua (vice-captain) |
| 15 | MF | ARG | Darío Conca (from July) |
| 16 | MF | KOR | Cho Won-Hee |
| 17 | MF | CHN | Gao Zhilin |
| 18 | DF | CHN | Chen Jianlong |
| 19 | MF | CHN | Yang Hao |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | CHN | Ni Bo |
| 21 | FW | CHN | Jiang Ning |
| 22 | GK | CHN | Li Shuai |
| 23 | MF | CHN | Li Zhilang |
| 24 | MF | CHN | Shi Hongjun |
| 25 | MF | CHN | Yang Yihu |
| 26 | MF | CHN | Wu Pingfeng |
| 27 | FW | CHN | Ye Weichao |
| 28 | GK | CHN | Zhi Xinhua |
| 29 | FW | CHN | Gao Lin |
| 30 | MF | CHN | Peng Shaoxiong |
| 31 | DF | CHN | Zhang Hongnan |
| 32 | DF | CHN | Sun Xiang |
| 33 | MF | CHN | Li Yan |
| 34 | DF | CHN | Huang Jiaqiang |
| 35 | DF | CHN | Guo Zichao |
| 38 | DF | CHN | Zhang Yujia |
| 39 | DF | CHN | Zhang Tianlong |
| 40 | DF | CHN | Pan Weiye |

## Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Lee Jang-Soo Kim Seong-Gu (in name) |
| Assistant coach | Qiu Ming |
| Assistant coach / Fitness coach | Kim Yong-Kab |
| Assistant coach | Jiang Feng |
| Goalkeeping coach | Wang Weiman |
| Team doctor | Kang Kebao |
| Physician | Renato Hiroshi |
| Technical analyst | Kim Hyo-Jung |
| Reserve team coach | Qu Shengqing |
| Youth team coach | Peng Weiguo |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CHN | Yang Jun (from Tianjin Teda) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Paulão (from Grêmio Prudente) |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Zhang Linpeng (from Shanghai East Asia) |
| 6 | DF | CHN | Feng Xiaoting (from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Renato Cajá (from Botafogo) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Cléo (from FK Partizan) |
| 15 | MF | CHN | Hu Zhaojun (from Dalian Shide) |
| 16 | MF | KOR | Cho Won-Hee (from Wigan Athletic) |
| 19 | MF | CHN | Yang Hao (from Beijing Guoan) |
| 21 | FW | CHN | Jiang Ning (from Qingdao Jonoon) |
| 27 | FW | CHN | Ye Weichao (loan return from Guangdong Sunray Cave) |
| 35 | DF | CHN | Zhang Tianlong (from Shandong Luneng) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Li Zhihai (to Guangdong Sunray Cave) |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Dai Xianrong (retired) |
| 6 | MF | CHN | Hu Zhaojun (loan return to Dalian Shide) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Eduardo Delani (released) |
| 9 | FW | CAN | Charles Gbeke (released) |
| 10 | MF | NGA | Gabriel Melkam (to Qingdao Jonoon) |
| 15 | DF | CHN | Xu Weilong (released) |
| 16 | MF | CHN | Xu Deen (to Hunan Billows) |
| 17 | MF | CHN | Cai Yaohui (retired) |
| 30 | MF | CHN | Lu Lin (to Guangdong Sunray Cave) |
| 33 | DF | CHN | Huang Zhiyi (to Hoi Fan) |
| 34 | DF | CHN | Wang Xiaoshi (to Hubei Greenery) |
| - | MF | CHN | Hu Zhaojun (to Dalian Aerbin) |
| - | MF | CHN | Shi Tingliang (loan to G.D. Artilheiros) |
| - | FW | CHN | Li Jiaqi (loan to G.D. Artilheiros) |
| - | MF | CHN | Li Bin (loan to G.D. Artilheiros) |
| - | FW | CHN | Zhu Pengfei (loan to Lam Ieng) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | ARG | Darío Conca (from Fluminense) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Renato Cajá (loan to Ponte Preta) |

## Pre-season and friendlies
### Training matches

Pre-season :
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result | Scorers |
| 2011-01-06 | Henan Construction | H | 3–3 | |
| 2011-01-08 | Henan Construction | H | 3–1 | Tu Dongxu, Shi Hongjun, Yang Yihu |
| 2011-01-14 | Myongji University | H | 2–0 | Yang Yihu (2) |
| 2011-01-15 | Henan Construction | H | 0–1 | |
| 2011-01-20 | Hunan Billows | H | 2–2 | Gao Zhilin，Guo Zichao |
| 2011-01-22 | Daejeon Citizen | H | 3–0 | Yang Yihu(2), Ye Weichao |
| 2011-01-26 | Dalian Aerbin | H | 1–0 | |
| 2011-01-29 | Dalian Aerbin | H | 2–1 | Gao Lin, Muriqui |
| 2011-02-18 | Qingdao Jonoon | H | 2–1 | Wu Pingfeng(2) |
| 2011-02-25 | University Team | A | 0–1 | |
| 2011-02-26 | Myongji University | A | 6–2 | Muriqui(3), Yang Hao, Sun Xiang, Ye Weichao |
| 2011-03-01 | Gyeongnam FC | A | 0–1 | |
| 2011-03-02 | Myongji University | A | 1–4 | |
| 2011-03-04 | Soongsil University | A | 2–2 | Muriqui, Feng Junyan |
| 2011-03-07 | Gyeongnam FC | A | 2–2 | Muriqui, Yang Hao |
| 2011-03-08 | Hanlyo University | A | 6–0 | |
| 2011-03-10 | Daegu University | A | 3–1 | Muriqui, Cléo (2) |
| 2011-03-22 | Chongqing F.C. | H | 4–0 | Cléo (3), Feng Xiaoting |
| 2011-03-23 | Fushun Xinye | H | 0–1 | |
| 2011-03-26 | Shenzhen Ruby | N | 2–0 | Cléo (2) |
Summer break :
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result | Scorers |
| 2011-07-24 | Chongqing Lifan | A | 2–0 | Jiang Ning, Shi Hongjun |
| 2011-07-26 | Chongqing Lifan | A | 1–2 | Muriqui |
| 2011-09-03 | Guangzhou R&F | H | 4–0 | Cléo, Gao Zhilin, Muriqui, Li Zhilang |
| 2011-10-09 | Guangzhou R&F | H | 1–3 | Muriqui |

### 2011 CSL All-Stars Game
## Competitions
### Chinese Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Guangzhou Evergrande (C) | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 67 | 23 | +44 | 68 | 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 2 | Beijing Guoan | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 49 | 21 | +28 | 53 | 2012 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 3 | Liaoning Whowin | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 50 | 2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off |
| 4 | Jiangsu Sainty | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 47 | |
| 5 | Shandong Luneng Taishan | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 47 | |
* ↑ Liaoning Whowin qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League but withdrew from the tournament.
* 1 2 Jiangsu, 3 pts, 2–1; Shandong, 3 pts, 1–2

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Chinese FA Cup
## Squad statistics

Updated to games played on 2 November 2011. No appearances player not listed.
| Name | Pos. | League | League | League | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| Name | Pos. | Apps | Starts | Goals | YC | RC | Apps | Starts | Goals | YC | RC | Apps | Starts | Goals | YC | RC |
| Cho Won-Hee | MF | 30 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gao Lin | FW | 29 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| Paulão | DF | 28 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Wu Pingfeng | MF | 28 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Li Jianhua | DF | 28 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Feng Xiaoting | DF | 27 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Muriqui | FW | 26 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| Zheng Zhi | MF | 25 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| Sun Xiang | DF | 25 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jiang Ning | FW | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Yang Hao | MF | 22 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Yang Jun | GK | 20 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Zhang Linpeng | DF | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Darío Conca | MF | 15 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Gao Zhilin | MF | 13 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Li Shuai | GK | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cléo | FW | 10 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Renato Cajá | MF | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Li Yan | MF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feng Junyan | MF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ye Weichao | FW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shi Hongjun | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peng Shaoxiong | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tang Dechao | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yang Yihu | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | –– | –– | –– | 67 | 48 | 3 | –– | –– | 4 | 2 | 0 | –– | –– | 71 | 50 | 3 |