# 2018 Beijing Sinobo Guoan F.C. season

The 2018 Beijing Sinobo Guoan F.C. season was their 15th consecutive season in the Chinese Super League, established in the 2004, and 28th consecutive season in the top flight of Chinese football. They competed in the Chinese Super League and Chinese FA Cup.

## First team

    As of 13 July 2018
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 | Hou Sen |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Zheng Yiming |
| 3 | DF | CHN | Yu Yang |
| 4 | DF | CHN | Li Lei |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Renato Augusto (vice-captain) |
| 6 | MF | CHN | Chi Zhongguo |
| 7 | MF | CHN | Wei Shihao |
| 8 | MF | CHN | Piao Cheng |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Jonathan Soriano |
| 10 | MF | CHN | Zhang Xizhe |
| 11 | MF | CHN | Hu Yanqiang |
| 15 | DF | CHN | Liu Huan |
| 17 | FW | COD | Cédric Bakambu |
| 18 | MF | CHN | Jin Taiyan |
| 19 | FW | CHN | Yu Dabao (Captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | CHN | Wang Ziming |
| 21 | FW | CHN | Ning Weichen |
| 22 | GK | CHN | Yang Zhi |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Jonathan Viera |
| 24 | DF | CHN | Zhang Yu |
| 25 | GK | CHN | Guo Quanbo |
| 26 | MF | CHN | Lü Peng |
| 28 | DF | CHN | Jiang Tao |
| 29 | MF | CHN | Ba Dun |
| 30 | DF | CHN | Lei Tenglong |
| 31 | DF | CHN | Li Siqi |
| 32 | MF | CHN | Liu Guobo |
| 33 | GK | CHN | Chi Wenyi |
| 36 | MF | CHN | Wang Xiaole |
| 45 | MF | CHN | Xue Mengtao |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | CHN | Chi Zhongguo (from Yanbian Funde) |
| 7 | MF | CHN | Wei Shihao (from Leixões) |
| 11 | MF | CHN | Hu Yanqiang (from Liaoning F.C.) |
| 15 | DF | CHN | Liu Huan (from Chongqing Dangdai Lifan) |
| 17 | FW | COD | Cédric Bakambu (from Villarreal) |
| 20 | MF | CHN | Wang Ziming (loan return from Qingdao Jonoon) |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Jonathan Viera (from Las Palmas) |
| 32 | MF | CHN | Liu Guobo (from Shanghai SIPG) |
| 33 | GK | CHN | Chi Wenyi (from Yanbian Funde) |
| - | DF | CHN | Sheng Pengfei (loan return from Dalian Boyoung) |
| - | DF | CHN | Li Bowen (loan return from Beijing BIT) |
| - | MF | CHN | Wang Hongyu (loan return from Beijing BIT) |
| - | MF | CHN | Zhong Jiyu (loan return from Beijing BIT) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | UZB | Egor Krimets (loan return to Pakhtakor Tashkent) |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Ralf (to Corinthians) |
| 6 | MF | CHN | Zhang Xiaobin (Released) |
| 11 | MF | CHN | Song Boxuan (to Tianjin Quanjian) |
| 16 | MF | CHN | Du Mingyang (loan to Wuhan Chufeng Heli) |
| 20 | DF | CHN | Zhang Xinxin (Retired) |
| 23 | MF | CHN | Tang Shi (loan return to Meizhou Kejia) |
| 27 | MF | CHN | Wu Guichao (to Meizhou Meixian Techand) |
| 31 | DF | CHN | Zhao Hejing (to Guizhou Hengfeng) |
| 32 | DF | CHN | Wei Xin (to Shanghai Sunfun) |
| 52 | MF | CHN | He Yuan (to Beijing Enterprises) |
| 55 | MF | CHN | Xu Ziteng (to Binzhou Dongchen) |
| 63 | DF | CHN | Huang Tao (to Beijing Enterprises) |
| - | DF | CHN | Li Bowen (to C.D. Aves) |
| - | MF | CHN | Wang Hongyu (to Shijiazhuang Ever Bright) |
| - | MF | CHN | Zhong Jiyu (to Shijiazhuang Ever Bright) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Zheng Yiming (from Stabæk) |
| 61 | MF | CHN | Leng Jixuan (Free Agent) |
| 62 | DF | CHN | Liu Jishen (from Shanghai SIPG) |
| 63 | DF | CHN | Aysan Kadir (from Tianjin TEDA) |
| 64 | MF | CHN | Nebijan Muhmet (Free Agent) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | DF | CHN | Jin Pengxiang (loan to Dalian Yifang) |
| 35 | GK | CHN | Zhang Yan (to Jiangsu Suning) |
| 41 | FW | CHN | Zhang Chiming (to Tianjin TEDA) |
| 46 | MF | CHN | Tang Hai (to Meizhou Hakka ) |
| - | DF | CHN | Sheng Pengfei (loan to Taizhou Yuanda) |
| - | DF | CHN | Cai Peilei (to Guizhou Hengfeng) |

## Staff

| Position | Staff |
| Team leader | Fu Bin |
| Head coach | Roger Schmidt |
| Assistant coach | Richard Kitzbichler |
| Assistant coach | Tao Wei |
| Goalkeeping coach | Michael Kraft |
| Fitness coach | Oliver Bartlett |
| Analyst | Cheng Jun |
| Trainer-Coordinator | Jörn Wolf |
| Team physician | Jin Ri |
| Team physician | Wang Kai |
| Team physician | Lukas Ditczyk |
| Team physician | Steffen Lutz |
| Kit manager | Kang Yuming |
| Kit manager | Liu Peng |

## Competitions
### Chinese Super League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 82 | 36 | +46 | 63 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Shandong Luneng Taishan | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 58 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Beijing Sinobo Guoan | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 45 | +19 | 53 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Jiangsu Suning | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 48 | |
| 6 | Hebei China Fortune | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 39 | |
* ↑ Beijing Sinobo Guoan qualified for the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage as 2018 Chinese FA Cup winners.

#### 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 | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | W | L |
| Position | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |