# 2012 Jiangsu Sainty F.C. season

The 2012 Jiangsu Sainty season is Jiangu Sainty's 4th consecutive season in the Chinese Super League after promotion in the 2008 season. They also competed in the Chinese FA Cup that year, getting knocked out in that competition.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 30 October 2012
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 | Deng Xiaofei |
| 2 | MF | CHN | Cao Rui |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Eleílson |
| 4 | DF | CHN | Xu Youzhi |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Zhou Yun |
| 6 | DF | CHN | Jiang Jiajun |
| 8 | MF | CHN | Liu Jianye |
| 9 | MF | CHN | Lu Bofei (captain) |
| 10 | FW | ROU | Cristian Dănălache |
| 11 | FW | CHN | Wang Yunlong |
| 12 | DF | CHN | Ai Zhibo |
| 13 | MF | CHN | Wang Jie |
| 14 | FW | CHN | Tang Miao |
| 15 | FW | CHN | Ge Wei |
| 16 | MF | CHN | Deng Zhuoxiang |
| 17 | FW | CHN | Qu Cheng |
| 18 | DF | CHN | Li Chi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | CHN | Qian Zhelong |
| 20 | FW | CHN | Sun Ke |
| 21 | MF | BLR | Sergey Krivets |
| 23 | DF | CHN | Ren Hang |
| 24 | MF | CHN | Ji Xiang |
| 25 | MF | CHN | Ye Hui |
| 26 | GK | CHN | Guan Zhen |
| 28 | DF | CHN | Yang Xiaotian |
| 29 | MF | CHN | Liu Ji |
| 32 | GK | CHN | Liu Jun |
| 33 | DF | CHN | Xiong Tao |
| 35 | MF | CHN | Zhu Chao |
| 36 | MF | CHN | Sun Xiang |
| 38 | FW | SRB | Aleksandar Jevtić |
| 39 | DF | UZB | Kamoliddin Tajiev |
| 40 | FW | CHN | Du Wenhui |

### Reserve 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 |
| 27 | MF | CHN | Wang Guanyu |
| 30 | FW | CHN | Li Zhenhuan |
| 31 | FW | CHN | Zhang Jiabei |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | MF | CHN | Liu Qing (at Qinghai Senke until 31 December 2012) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | CHN | Xu Youzhi (from Chongqing Lifan) |
| 6 | DF | CHN | Jiang Jiajun (from Shanghai Shenhua) |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Miljan Mrdaković (from AEK Larnaca) |
| 11 | FW | CHN | Wang Yunlong (from Shanghai East Asia) |
| 16 | MF | CHN | Deng Zhuoxiang (from Shandong Luneng) |
| 29 | MF | CHN | Liu Ji (loan return from Guizhou Zhicheng) |
| 35 | MF | CHN | Zhu Chao (from Sainty Youth) |
| 36 | MF | CHN | Sun Xiang (from Sainty Youth) |
| - | DF | CHN | Wang Xiang (loan return from Chongqing FC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | CHN | Tan Si (to Wuhan Zall) |
| 13 | MF | CHN | Zhang Bo (to Chengdu Blades) |
| 16 | DF | CHN | Qiu Bing (to Qinghai Senke) |
| 21 | MF | PER | Paolo de la Haza (to Universidad César Vallejo) |
| 25 | MF | CHN | Liu Qing (loan to Qinghai Senke) |
| 30 | DF | CHN | Tang Jing (retired) |
| 37 | DF | CHN | Liu Yu (to Dalian Aerbin) |
| 40 | GK | CHN | Lu Zheyu (loan return to Tianjin TEDA) |
| - | DF | CHN | Wang Xiang (to Hebei Zhongji) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | BLR | Sergey Krivets (from Lech Poznań) |
| 25 | MF | CHN | Ye Hui (from Rayong FC) |
| 30 | FW | CHN | Li Zhenhuan (from Hebei Zhongji) |
| 31 | FW | CHN | Zhang Jiabei (from Hebei Zhongji) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Miljan Mrdaković (released) |

## Competitions
### Chinese Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Guangzhou Evergrande (C) | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 58 | 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 2 | Jiangsu Guoxin Sainty | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 49 | 29 | +20 | 54 | 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 3 | Beijing Guoan | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 48 | 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 4 | Guizhou Moutai | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 45 | 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 5 | Dalian Aerbin | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 44 | |
* ↑ Guizhou Renhe qualified for the 2013 AFC Champions League because league champions Guangzhou Evergrande also won the 2012 Chinese FA Cup.
* ↑ Dalian 1–2 Changchun; Changchun 1–2 Dalian