# 2016 Guangzhou R&F F.C. season

The 2016 Guangzhou R&F season is the 6th year in Guangzhou R&F's existence and its 5th season in the Chinese football league, also its 6th season in the top flight.

## Coaching and medical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Dragan Stojković |
| Assistant coaches | Žarko Đurović |
| Assistant coaches | Dejan Govedarica |
| Fitness coach | Katsuhito Kinoshi |
| Goalkeeper coach | Huang Hongtao |
| Team leader | Huang Jun |
| Team physicians | Jin Ri |
| Team physicians | Fan Bihua |
| Physiotherapist | Enrique Pascual Muñoz |
| Performance manager | Bito Wu |
| Interpreters | Hong Wenjie |
| Interpreters | Weng Zhanhong |
| Interpreters | Piao Jun |
Source: Guangzhou R&F F.C.

## Squad
### Winter

As of 1 March 2016.
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 | Cheng Yuelei |
| 3 | DF | CHN | Yu Yang |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Zhang Yaokun (captain) |
| 6 | DF | CHN | Yang Ting |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Gustav Svensson |
| 8 | MF | CHN | Wang Xiaolong |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Apostolos Giannou |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Bruninho |
| 11 | MF | CHN | Jiang Zhipeng |
| 13 | MF | CHN | Ye Chugui |
| 14 | DF | CHN | Zeng Chao |
| 15 | MF | CHN | Ning An |
| 16 | GK | CHN | Pei Chensong |
| 17 | DF | CHN | Zhang Chenlong |
| 18 | GK | CHN | Zhang Shichang |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | CHN | Tang Miao |
| 21 | FW | CHN | Chang Feiya |
| 22 | DF | KOR | Jang Hyun-Soo |
| 23 | MF | CHN | Lu Lin |
| 26 | DF | CHN | Xiang Jiachi |
| 27 | MF | CHN | Hou Junjie |
| 28 | MF | CHN | Wang Jia'nan |
| 29 | FW | CHN | Xiao Zhi |
| 30 | DF | CHN | Fu Yunlong |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Renatinho |
| 32 | MF | CHN | Chen Zhizhao |
| 33 | MF | CHN | Wang Song |
| 35 | FW | CHN | Min Junlin |
| 36 | MF | CHN | Huang Zhengyu |
| 37 | MF | CHN | Li Yuyang |

### Summer

As of 4 September 2016.
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 | Cheng Yuelei |
| 3 | DF | CHN | Yu Yang |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Zhang Yaokun (captain) |
| 7 | MF | SWE | Gustav Svensson |
| 8 | MF | CHN | Wang Xiaolong |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Apostolos Giannou |
| 11 | MF | CHN | Jiang Zhipeng |
| 13 | MF | CHN | Ye Chugui |
| 14 | FW | CHN | Zeng Chao |
| 15 | MF | CHN | Ning An |
| 16 | GK | CHN | Pei Chensong |
| 17 | DF | CHN | Zhang Chenlong |
| 19 | GK | CHN | Han Feng |
| 20 | MF | CHN | Tang Miao |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | FW | CHN | Chang Feiya |
| 22 | DF | KOR | Jang Hyun-Soo |
| 23 | MF | CHN | Lu Lin |
| 25 | MF | ISR | Eran Zahavi |
| 29 | FW | CHN | Xiao Zhi |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Renatinho |
| 32 | MF | CHN | Chen Zhizhao |
| 33 | MF | CHN | Wang Song |
| 36 | DF | CHN | Huang Zhengyu |
| 43 | MF | CHN | Zhao Keda |
| 49 | MF | CHN | Chen Fuhai |
| 53 | FW | CHN | Zhang Jiajie |
| 59 | DF | CHN | Chen Weiming |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Chinese Super League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 48 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Beijing Guoan | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 43 | |
| 6 | Guangzhou R&F | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 40 | |
| 7 | Hebei China Fortune | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 40 | |
| 8 | Chongqing Lifan | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 37 | |
* ↑ Shanghai Greenland Shenhua qualified for the 2017 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs round as Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao and Jiangsu Suning are 2016 Chinese FA Cup finalists.

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
| Result | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 11 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 March 2016. Source: Competitive Matches