# 2010 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season

The 2010 season is the 57th year in Guangzhou Football Club's existence, their 43rd season in the Chinese football league. The club was relegated to China League One in the fallout of a match fixing scandal despite having achieved the ninth place previous season in the Chinese Super League.

## Season reviews

* 26 November 2009, Guangzhou announced that they were to put Lu Lin, Huang Zhiyi, Xu Liang, Zhou Lin, Cao Zhijie, Wang Xiaoshi, Zhang Si and Tan Ning into the transfer list.
* 1 December 2009, Peng Weiguo was appointed as the temporary manager of the club.
* 31 December 2009, the Sports Bureau of Guangzhou took over the club and the club's name was changed into Guangzhou Football Club.
* 12 February 2010, Guangzhou confirmed earlier in the transfer window that they had agreed a club record fee of ¥2.8 million to sell Xu Liang to Beijing Guoan. Bai Lei joined Tianjin Teda for a fee of ¥1.7 million on the same day.
* 21 February 2010, Guangzhou was relegated to China League One in the fallout of a match fixing scandal.
* 28 February 2010, Evergrande Real Estate Group took over the club for a fee of ¥100 million.
* 11 March 2010, China national team striker Gao Lin signed for Guangzhou from Shanghai Shenhua for a reported ¥2 million.
* 25 March 2010, it was announced that manager Peng Weiguo had been relieved of his duties, with Korean manager Lee Jang-Soo put in charge.
* 3 April 2010, Guangzhou's League One 2010 campaign kicked off with a 3–1 home victory over Beijing Institute of Technology. Gao Lin scored two goals in this match.
* 28 April 2010, Sun Xiang, the first Chinese footballer to play in a UEFA Champions League match with PSV Eindhoven, announced that he would give up to join Australia's A-League side Sydney FC and sign a long-term contract with Guangzhou instead in the summer transfer window.
* 29 May 2010, Guangzhou claimed first place in China League One for the first time this season with a 2–1 home win against Guangzhou rivals Guangdong Sunray Cave.
* 28 June 2010, former China national team captain Zheng Zhi signed for Guangzhou from Celtic on a free transfer.
* 30 June 2010, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Muriqui on a four-year deal from Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Atlético Mineiro with a domestic record fee of US$3.5 million.
* 21 July 2010, Guangzhou trounced Nanjing Yoyo 10–0 at Century Lotus Stadium, setting a new club record (also a new record in Chinese professional football league) for their biggest ever League win in the process as well as breaking numerous scoring records.
* 25 September 2010, Guangzhou beat Guangdong Sunray Cave 3–2 at Boluo Sports Center and promoted to the Chinese Super League for the 2011 season after Hubei Oriental draw 1–1 with Shanghai Pudong Zobon.
* 16 October 2010, Guangzhou returned to their real home stadium, Yuexiushan Stadium for the first time this season and beat Hubei Oriental International Travel 2–1 in this match.
* 30 October 2010, Guangzhou successfully achieved League One champions for the second time with a 3–1 victory at home to Hunan Billows. Gao Lin's first half hat-trick ensured he finished the season with the League One top scorer, having scored 20 goals, six more than the 14 scored by second-placed Ye Weichao.

## Technical staff

| Name | Job title |
| Lee Jang-Soo | Head coach (from 25 Mar 2010) |
| Qiu Ming | Assistant coach (from 27 Mar 2010) |
| Kim Yong-Kab | Assistant coach / Fitness coach (from 27 Mar 2010) |
| Jiang Feng | Assistant coach (from 27 Mar 2010) |
| Wang Weiman | Goalkeeping coach (from 27 Mar 2010) |
| Renato Hiroshi | Fitness coach / Physician (from 26 Apr 2010) |
| Kang Kebao | Team doctor |
| Li Chunman | Head coach (in name) |
| Peng Weiguo | Head coach (from 1 Dec 2009 to 24 Mar 2010) |
| Ye Zhibin | Assistant coach / Fitness coach (from 1 Dec 2009 to 24 Mar 2010) |
| Zhang Bin | Assistant coach (from 1 Dec 2009 to 24 Mar 2010) |
| Wu Fang | Assistant coach (from 4 Jan 2010 to 30 June 2010) |
| Tian Ye | Goalkeeping coach (from 20 Dec 2009 to 24 Mar 2010) |
| Mai Zhiyuan | Physician (from 1 Dec 2009 to 30 June 2010) |

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CHN | Zhi Xinhua |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Li Zhihai (captain) |
| 3 | MF | CHN | Li Yan |
| 4 | DF | AUS | John Tambouras (to June) |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Dai Xianrong |
| 6 | MF | CHN | Hu Zhaojun |
| 7 | MF | CHN | Feng Junyan |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Eduardo Delani |
| 9 | FW | CAN | Charles Gbeke |
| 10 | MF | NGA | Gabriel Melkam |
| 11 | MF | CHN | Yang Yihu |
| 12 | GK | CHN | Dong Chunyu |
| 13 | DF | CHN | Tang Dechao |
| 14 | DF | CHN | Li Jianhua (vice-captain) |
| 15 | MF | CHN | Xu Weilong |
| 16 | MF | CHN | Xu Deen |
| 17 | MF | CHN | Cai Yaohui |
| 18 | DF | CHN | Chen Jianlong |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | CHN | Zhang Hongnan |
| 20 | FW | CHN | Ni Bo |
| 21 | MF | CHN | Peng Shaoxiong |
| 22 | GK | CHN | Li Shuai |
| 23 | MF | CHN | Li Zhilang |
| 24 | MF | CHN | Shi Hongjun |
| 25 | DF | CHN | Guo Zichao |
| 26 | MF | CHN | Wu Pingfeng |
| 27 | DF | CHN | Tu Dongxu |
| 28 | MF | CHN | Zheng Zhi (from July) |
| 29 | FW | CHN | Gao Lin |
| 30 | MF | CHN | Lu Lin |
| 31 | FW | BRA | Muriqui (from July) |
| 32 | DF | CHN | Sun Xiang (from July) |
| 33 | DF | CHN | Huang Zhiyi |
| 34 | DF | CHN | Wang Xiaoshi |
| 35 | DF | CHN | Zhou Lin |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | AUS | John Tambouras (from North Queensland Fury) |
| 6 | MF | CHN | Hu Zhaojun (loan extended from Dalian Shide) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Eduardo Delani (from Vejle Boldklub) |
| 9 | FW | CAN | Charles Gbeke (from Vancouver Whitecaps) |
| 10 | MF | NGA | Gabriel Melkam (from Changchun Yatai) |
| 15 | MF | CHN | Xu Weilong (loan return from Guangdong Sunray Cave) |
| 18 | DF | CHN | Chen Jianlong (loan return from Guangdong Sunray Cave) |
| 21 | MF | CHN | Peng Shaoxiong (loan return from Guangdong Sunray Cave) |
| 25 | DF | CHN | Guo Zichao (loan return from Guangdong Sunray Cave) |
| 29 | FW | CHN | Gao Lin (from Shanghai Shenhua) |
| –– | FW | CHN | Li Jiaqi (loan return from Guangdong Sunray Cave) |
| –– | FW | CHN | Zhu Pengfei (loan return from Guangdong Sunray Cave) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | PER | Ismael Alvarado (to Universidad César Vallejo) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Diogo Barcelos (to SER Caxias) |
| 9 | FW | HON | Luis Ramírez (to Hangzhou Greentown) |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Diego Barcelos (to C.D. Nacional) |
| 11 | MF | CHN | Li Benjian (loan return to Tianjin Teda) |
| 12 | GK | CHN | Zhang Si (to Beijing BIT) |
| 14 | MF | CHN | Cao Zhijie (Released) |
| 20 | MF | CHN | Xu Liang (to Beijing Guoan) |
| 28 | DF | CHN | Bai Lei (to Tianjin Teda) |
| 29 | DF | CHN | Cui Wei (loan return to Changchun Yatai) |
| –– | FW | CHN | Ye Weichao (loan extended to Guangdong Sunray Cave) |
| –– | DF | CHN | Huang Jiaqiang (loan extended to Guangdong Sunray Cave) |
| –– | DF | CHN | Zhang Jian (loan extended to Guangdong Sunray Cave) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | CHN | Zheng Zhi (from Celtic FC) |
| 31 | FW | BRA | Muriqui (from Clube Atlético Mineiro) |
| 32 | DF | CHN | Sun Xiang (from Shanghai Shenhua) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | AUS | John Tambouras (Released) |
| –– | FW | CHN | Zhu Pengfei (loan to Tianjin Songjiang) |

## Friendly matches

Pre-season :
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result | Scorers |
| 2009-12-23 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | H | 1–0 | |
| 2010-01-09 | Shatin SA | H | 1–1 | Zhu Pengfei |
| 2010-01-22 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | A | 1–0 | Dai Xianrong |
| 2010-01-27 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | A | 1–1 | |
| 2010-01-31 | Qingdao Jonoon | N | 3–1 | |
| 2010-01-31 | Qingdao Jonoon | N | 0–1 | |
| 2010-02-02 | Chongqing Lifan | N | 0–1 | |
| 2010-02-02 | Dalian Shide | N | 2–1 | |
| 2010-02-04 | Hunan Billows | N | 2–2 | Ni Bo, Ye Weichao |
| 2010-02-04 | Liaoning Whowin | N | 3–2 | Wu Pingfeng, Li Yan (2) |
| 2010-02-06 | Yanbian FC | N | 1–1 | |
| 2010-02-06 | Universities Team | N | 2–2 | Wu Pingfeng, Li Yan |
| 2010-02-20 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | H | 3–0 | |
| 2010-02-24 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | H | 2–0 | Joel(Own Goal)，？ |
| 2010-02-27 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | H | 3–1 | Li Yan, Gbeke, Yang Yihu |
| 2010-03-15 | Shenzhen Ruby | N | 0–1 | Huang Fengtao |
| 2010-03-19 | Nanchang Hengyuan | H | 1–1 | Gao Lin |
| 2010-03-23 | Tianjin Teda | A | 0–1 | |
| 2010-03-27 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | A | 3–1 | Melkam, Gao Lin, Wu Pingfeng |
Summer break :
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result | Scorers |
| 2010-06-18 | Hangzhou Greentown | H | 1–3 | Lu Lin |
| 2010-06-20 | Hangzhou Greentown | H | 3–2 | |
| 2010-07-03 | Hangzhou Greentown | A | 0–1 | |
| 2010-07-06 | Hangzhou Greentown | A | 2–2 | Lu Lin, Zheng Zhi |
| 2010-07-12 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | H | 5–1 | Lu Lin, Chen Jianlong, Gao Lin, Gbeke |
| 2010-10-02 | Guangdong Sunray Cave | A | 2–3 | Heo Jae-Won (on trial), Delani |
| 2010-10-08 | Shenzhen Ruby | A | 2–1 | Song Chen (own goal), Tang Dechao |
| 2010-10-11 | Hangzhou Greentown | H | 3–2 | Gbeke(2), Muriqui |
| 2010-10-12 | Hangzhou Greentown | H | 0–1 | |
| 2010-10-13 | Hangzhou Greentown | H | 1–2 | Hu Zhaojun |

## League One
### Result summary

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

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Guangzhou Evergrande (C, P) | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 61 | 21 | +40 | 57 | Promotion to Chinese Super League |
| 2 | Chengdu Blades (P) | 24 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 56 | 15 | +41 | 56 | Promotion to Chinese Super League |
| 3 | Yanbian F.C. | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 40 | |
| 4 | Shanghai East Asia | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 37 | |
| 5 | Hubei Luyin | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 37 | |
* 1 2 Shanghai, 4 pts; Hubei, 1 pt

### Positions 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 |
| Ground | H | A | – | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | – | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | D | – | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | – | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Matches

| Match won | Match drawn | Match lost |
    All times GMT+8.

## Squad stats

Updated to games played on 30 October 2010. To see the table ordered by certain column title click that column header icon once or twice.
| Player | Pos | Apps | Starts | Goals | YC | RC |
| Li Jianhua | DF | 24 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Li Shuai | GK | 24 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wu Pingfeng | MF | 24 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Gao Lin | FW | 23 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| Li Yan | MF | 23 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Feng Junyan | MF | 21 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Charles Gbeke | FW | 21 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Tang Dechao | DF | 19 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Gabriel Melkam | DF | 18 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Hu Zhaojun | MF | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Li Zhihai | DF | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Muriqui | FW | 14 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Sun Xiang | DF | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Li Zhilang | MF | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Peng Shaoxiong | MF | 11 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Zheng Zhi | MF | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Dai Xianrong | DF | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lu Lin | MF | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chen Jianlong | DF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yang Yihu | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ni Bo | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eduardo Delani | MF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Tambouras | DF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shi Hongjun | MF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Guo Zichao | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xu Deen | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wang Xiaoshi | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | –– | –– | –– | 61 | 53 | 1 |
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