# 2019 Guangzhou R&F F.C. season

The 2019 Guangzhou R&F season is the 9th year in Guangzhou R&F's existence and its 8th season in the Chinese football league, also its 8th season in the top flight.

## Coaching and medical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Dragan Stojković |
| Assistant coaches | Bratislav Živković |
| Assistant coaches | Slobodan Marović (to July 27) |
| Assistant coaches | Terry Butcher (from July 27) |
| Fitness coaches | Katsuhito Kinoshi |
| Fitness coaches | Divan Augustyn (to June) |
| Fitness coaches | Eran Shado (from June) |
| Goalkeeper coach | Huang Hongtao |
| Team leader | Huang Jun |
| Team physicians | Marco van der Steen |
| Team physicians | Mai Zhiyuan |
| Team physicians | Fan Bihua |
| Technical analyst | Chen Jiachao |
| Interpreters | Hong Wenjie |
| Interpreters | Weng Zhanhong |
Source: Guangzhou R&F F.C.

## Squad
### Winter

    As of 1 March 2019

#### First team

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 | Cheng Yuelei |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Zou Zheng |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Duško Tošić |
| 4 | MF | CHN | Zhang Gong |
| 6 | MF | CHN | Fan Yunlong |
| 7 | MF | ISR | Eran Zahavi |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Mousa Dembélé |
| 9 | FW | CHN | Gui Hong |
| 10 | MF | ISR | Dia Saba |
| 11 | DF | CHN | Ding Haifeng |
| 13 | MF | CHN | Ye Chugui |
| 17 | DF | CHN | Zhang Chenlong |
| 18 | DF | CHN | Yi Teng |
| 19 | DF | CHN | Jiang Jihong |
| 20 | DF | CHN | Tang Miao |
| 22 | GK | CHN | Han Jiaqi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | CHN | Lu Lin |
| 25 | GK | CHN | Han Feng |
| 26 | FW | CHN | Ma Junliang |
| 27 | DF | CHN | Jin Pengxiang |
| 29 | FW | CHN | Xiao Zhi |
| 30 | MF | CHN | Wang Peng |
| 31 | DF | CHN | Wang Jianan |
| 32 | MF | CHN | Chen Zhizhao |
| 33 | FW | CHN | Jin Bo |
| 34 | DF | CHN | Zheng Zhiming |
| 35 | MF | CHN | Li Tixiang |
| 36 | DF | CHN | Huang Zhengyu |
| 37 | MF | CHN | Li Yuyang |
| 39 | MF | CHN | Zhao Keda |
| 40 | DF | CHN | Chen Weiming |

#### Reserve team

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 |
| 41 | GK | CHN | Yin Tianlong |
| 42 | GK | CHN | Long Wenhao |
| 43 | DF | CHN | Deng Zhiyao |
| 44 | DF | CHN | Zhang Chaoqun |
| 45 | DF | CHN | Liu Jiale |
| 46 | DF | CHN | Li Long |
| 47 | DF | CHN | Hu Diji |
| 48 | MF | CHN | Mai Jiajian |
| 49 | MF | CHN | Li Ming |
| 50 | DF | CHN | Xu Zhengwei |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 51 | MF | CHN | Chen Yajun |
| 52 | DF | CHN | Wang Xin |
| 53 | FW | CHN | Geng Taili |
| 54 | FW | CHN | Fang Jinzhao |
| 55 | FW | CHN | Zhang Fushun |
| 56 | DF | CHN | Fu Yuncheng |
| 57 | MF | CHN | Huang Jingbin |
| 58 | MF | CHN | Huang Zihao |
| 59 | MF | CHN | He Zilin |
| 60 | MF | CHN | Cai Haojian |

### Summer

    As of 1 August 2019

#### First team

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 | Cheng Yuelei |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Zou Zheng |
| 3 | DF | SRB | Duško Tošić |
| 4 | MF | CHN | Zhang Gong |
| 6 | MF | CHN | Fan Yunlong |
| 7 | MF | ISR | Eran Zahavi |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Mousa Dembélé |
| 9 | FW | CHN | Gui Hong |
| 10 | MF | ISR | Dia Saba |
| 11 | DF | CHN | Ding Haifeng |
| 13 | FW | CHN | Ye Chugui |
| 15 | DF | CHN | Wang Huapeng |
| 16 | MF | HKG | Tan Chun Lok |
| 18 | DF | CHN | Yi Teng |
| 19 | DF | CHN | Jiang Jihong |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | DF | CHN | Tang Miao |
| 22 | GK | CHN | Han Jiaqi |
| 23 | MF | CHN | Lu Lin (Captain) |
| 25 | GK | CHN | Han Feng |
| 26 | FW | CHN | Ma Junliang |
| 27 | DF | CHN | Jin Pengxiang |
| 29 | FW | CHN | Xiao Zhi |
| 30 | MF | CHN | Wang Peng |
| 32 | MF | CHN | Chen Zhizhao |
| 33 | FW | CHN | Jin Bo |
| 35 | MF | CHN | Li Tixiang |
| 36 | DF | CHN | Huang Zhengyu |
| 37 | MF | CHN | Li Yuyang |
| 39 | MF | CHN | Zhao Keda |
| 40 | DF | CHN | Chen Weiming |

#### Reserve team

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 |
| 41 | GK | CHN | Yin Tianlong |
| 42 | GK | CHN | Long Wenhao |
| 43 | DF | CHN | Deng Zhiyao |
| 44 | MF | CHN | Zhang Chaoqun |
| 45 | DF | CHN | Liu Jiale |
| 47 | DF | CHN | Hu Diji |
| 48 | FW | CHN | Mai Jiajian |
| 49 | MF | CHN | Li Ming |
| 50 | MF | CHN | Xu Zhengwei |
| 51 | MF | CHN | Chen Yajun |
| 52 | DF | CHN | Wang Xin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 53 | FW | CHN | Geng Taili |
| 54 | FW | CHN | Fang Jinzhao |
| 55 | DF | CHN | Zhang Fushun |
| 56 | DF | CHN | Fu Yuncheng |
| 58 | FW | CHN | Huang Zihao |
| 59 | MF | CHN | He Zilin |
| 61 | MF | CHN | Chen Fuhai |
| 62 | MF | CHN | Ning An |
| 63 | FW | CHN | Zhang Jiajie |
| 64 | FW | CHN | Li Rui |
| 65 | GK | CHN | Liang Hua |

## Transfers
### Winter
#### In

| Squad number | Position | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 8 | MF | Mousa Dembélé | 31 | Tottenham Hotspur | Transfer | £11m | 17 January 2019 |
| 6 | MF | Fan Yunlong | 29 | Guizhou Hengfeng | Transfer | £2.22m | 22 January 2019 |
| 9 | FW | Gui Hong | 24 | Hebei China Fortune | Transfer | £2.34m | 24 January 2019 |
| 10 | MF | Dia Saba | 26 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Transfer | £3.93m | 1 February 2019 |
| 33 | FW | Jin Bo | 26 | Yanbian Funde | Transfer | Free | 5 February 2019 |
| 27 | DF | Jin Pengxiang | 29 | Beijing Sinobo Guoan | Loan | | 25 February 2019 |
| 22 | GK | Han Jiaqi | 19 | C.D. Aves | Transfer | Unknown | 28 February 2019 |
| 2 | DF | Zou Zheng | 31 | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | Transfer | £2.36m | 28 February 2019 |

#### Out

| Squad number | Position | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| 8 | MF | Júnior Urso | 29 | Corinthians | Transfer | Free | 30 January 2019 |
| 10 | MF | Renatinho | 30 | Tianjin Tianhai | Loan Out | | 28 February 2019 |
| 9 | FW | Chang Feiya | 26 | Wuhan Zall | Loan Out | | 28 February 2019 |
| 27 | MF | Zhang Jiajie | 22 | Sichuan Longfor | Loan Out | | 28 February 2019 |

### Summer
#### In

| Squad number | Position | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer fee | Date | Source |
| 16 | MF | Tan Chun Lok | 23 | R&F (Hong Kong) | End of Loan | | 16 July 2019 | |
| 15 | DF | Wang Huapeng | 19 | Real Sociedad U-19 | Free Transfer | | 31 July 2019 | |

#### Out

| Squad number | Position | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date | Source |
| 17 | DF | Zhang Chenlong | 26 | Beijing Renhe | Loan Out | | 6 July 2019 | |

### R&F (Hong Kong)
## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Chinese Super League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 36 | |
| 11 | Hebei China Fortune | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 33 | |
| 12 | Guangzhou R&F | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 54 | 72 | −18 | 32 | |
| 13 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 57 | −14 | 30 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 14 | Tianjin Tianhai (D) | 30 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 25 | Dissolved at May 2020 after season 2019 |
* During season: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
* After season: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Scores of the weight ratio of the reserve league and youth leagues. (D) Disqualified Notes:
* ↑ Shanghai Greenland Shenhua qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 December 2019. Source: Competitive Matches

#### League Matches
### Chinese FA Cup
## Statistics

    As of 7 December 2019 (Friendly matches excluded)

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Player | Super League | Super League | Super League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Starts | Goals | Apps. | Starts | Goals | Apps. | Starts | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Cheng Yuelei | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Zou Zheng | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Duško Tošić | 12 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | Zhang Gong | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Fan Yunlong | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Eran Zahavi | 28 | 27 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 27 | 29 |
| 8 | MF | Mousa Dembélé | 26 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 24 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Gui Hong | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | Dia Saba | 26 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 24 | 13 |
| 11 | DF | Ding Haifeng | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Ye Chugui | 25 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 17 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | Tan Chun Lok | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Zhang Chenlong | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Yi Teng | 28 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 25 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | Jiang Jihong | 19 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | Tang Miao | 28 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 28 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Han Jiaqi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Lu Lin | 19 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Ma Junliang | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Jin Pengxiang | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Xiao Zhi | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | Wang Peng | 18 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Wang Jianan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Chen Zhizhao | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Jin Bo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Li Tixiang | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | Huang Zhengyu | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Li Yuyang | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Chen Weiming | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 53 | | | 0 | | | 53 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | No. | Pos. | Super League | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | Zahavi | 7 | FW | 29 | 0 | 29 |
| 2 | Saba | 10 | MF | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Tošić | 3 | DF | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Gui Hong | 9 | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Ye Chugui | 13 | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Dembélé | 8 | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Yi Teng | 18 | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Jiang Jihong | 19 | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Xiao Zhi | 29 | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 54 | 0 | 54 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Player | Super League | Super League | Super League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Cheng Yuelei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Zou Zheng | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Duško Tošić | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Zhang Gong | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Fan Yunlong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | Eran Zahavi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Mousa Dembélé | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Dia Saba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Ding Haifeng | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Ye Chugui | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Tan Chun Lok | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Yi Teng | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Jiang Jihong | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | Tang Miao | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Lu Lin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Ma Junliang | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Jin Pengxiang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Wang Peng | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Chen Zhizhao | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Li Tixiang | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | Huang Zhengyu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 62 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 3 | 3 |