# 2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season

The 2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua season was Shanghai Greenland Shenhua's 14th season in the Chinese Super League and 55th overall in the Chinese top flight. They also competed in the Chinese FA Cup and AFC Champions League.

## Season events

On 29 November 2016, Gus Poyet was appointed as the club's new manager, replacing Gregorio Manzano.
On 30 June 2017, it was announced that Fredy Guarín had signed a new two-year contract with the club until end of 2019.
On 11 September 2017, after a home defeat to Henan Jianye, Poyet resigned as manager of the club. Technical director and former head coach Wu Jingui was placed in charge for Shenhua's remaining games.
On 19 November 2017, before the first leg of 2017 Chinese FA Cup final began, it was announced that Cao Yunding, Bai Jiajun, Li Yunqiu and Bi Jinhao all had signed new five-year contracts with the club until 2022.
On 26 November 2017, Shenhua beat Shanghai SIPG to win the 2017 Chinese FA Cup on the away goals rule after second leg of the final ended 3-2 to make it 3-3 on aggregate. It was Shenhua's first FA Cup triumph since 1998 and earned them a place in next season's AFC Champions League.

## Squad

    As of 14 July 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Xiong Fei |
| 3 | DF | CHN | Li Jianbin |
| 4 | DF | KOR | Kim Kee-hee |
| 5 | MF | CHN | Wang Shouting |
| 6 | DF | CHN | Li Peng |
| 7 | FW | CHN | Mao Jianqing |
| 8 | MF | CHN | Zhang Lu |
| 10 | MF | COL | Giovanni Moreno (Captain) |
| 11 | FW | CHN | Lü Zheng |
| 12 | GK | CHN | Chen Zhao |
| 13 | MF | COL | Fredy Guarín |
| 15 | FW | CHN | Zhu Jianrong |
| 16 | DF | CHN | Li Yunqiu |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Obafemi Martins |
| 21 | GK | CHN | Shen Jun |
| 22 | GK | CHN | Qiu Shengjiong |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | CHN | Bai Jiajun |
| 25 | DF | CHN | Wang Lin |
| 26 | MF | CHN | Qin Sheng |
| 27 | GK | CHN | Li Shuai |
| 28 | MF | CHN | Cao Yunding |
| 29 | MF | CHN | Xu Junmin |
| 30 | DF | CHN | Tao Jin |
| 31 | MF | CHN | Wang Wei |
| 32 | FW | ARG | Carlos Tevez |
| 33 | MF | CHN | Liu Jiawei |
| 34 | DF | CHN | Bi Jinhao |
| 35 | MF | CHN | Lü Pin |
| 36 | MF | CHN | Liu Ruofan |
| 37 | MF | CHN | Sun Shilin |
| 38 | MF | CHN | Chen Tao |
| 39 | MF | CHN | Cong Zhen |
Source：

### 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 |
| 41 | DF | CHN | Cheng Rui |
| 43 | DF | CHN | Huang Linhao |
| 44 | MF | CHN | Tan Yang |
| 45 | FW | CHN | Yan Ge |
| 46 | MF | CHN | Pan Weihao |
| 47 | FW | CHN | Xie Jinzheng |
| 48 | DF | CHN | Liao Zhilüe |
| 49 | MF | CHN | Chen Qiyuan |
| 50 | GK | CHN | Yu Qixuan |
| 51 | DF | HKG | Brian Fok |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 52 | MF | CHN | Zhang Yuhao |
| 53 | DF | CHN | Cui Qi |
| 54 | DF | CHN | Zhang Jiangyi |
| 55 | GK | CHN | Jiang Yutao |
| 56 | MF | CHN | Chen Xiaomao |
| 57 | DF | CHN | Sun Kai |
| 58 | DF | CHN | Geng Jiaqi |
| 59 | GK | CHN | Li Yangxin |
| 60 | MF | CHN | Hu Jiali |
| — | FW | CHN | Sun Xipeng |

### 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 |
| 20 | MF | CHN | Wang Yun (at Shanghai Shenxin until 31 December 2017) |
| — | DF | CHN | Zheng Kaimu (at Shijiazhuang Ever Bright until 31 December 2017) |
| — | DF | CHN | Xu Yougang (at Qingdao Huanghai until 31 December 2017) |
| — | DF | CHN | Leng Shiao (at Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng until 31 December 2017) |
| — | DF | CHN | Li Xiaoming (at Shenzhen until 31 December 2017) |
| — | DF | CHN | Gong Jinshuai (at Shanghai Sunfun until 31 December 2017) |
| — | DF | CHN | Cao Chuanyu (at Shanghai JuJu Sports until 31 December 2017) |
| — | DF | CHN | Deng Biao (at Shanghai JuJu Sports until 31 December 2017) |
| — | MF | CHN | Xu Jun (at Shanghai JuJu Sports until 31 December 2017) |
| — | MF | CHN | Zhan Yilin (at Shanghai JuJu Sports until 31 December 2017) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CHN | Wang Fei (at Shanghai JuJu Sports until 31 December 2017) |
| — | MF | CHN | Yan Xinyu (at Shanghai JuJu Sports until 31 December 2017) |
| — | MF | CHN | Deng Zhuoxiang (at Qingdao Huanghai until 31 December 2017) |
| — | MF | PAR | Óscar Romero (at Deportivo Alavés until 31 December 2017) |
| — | FW | BRA | Paulo Henrique (at Sport Recife until 30 June 2017) |
| — | FW | SEN | Demba Ba (at Beşiktaş until 31 May 2017) |
| — | FW | CHN | Wu Changqi (at Shanghai Sunfun until 31 December 2017) |
| — | FW | CHN | Gao Shipeng (at Shanghai JuJu Sports until 31 December 2017) |
| — | FW | CHN | Zhou Jiahao (at Shanghai JuJu Sports until 31 December 2017) |
| — | FW | CHN | Gao Di (at Jiangsu Suning until 31 December 2017) |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | CHN | Li Peng (from Qingdao Jonoon) |
| 7 | FW | CHN | Mao Jianqing (from Shijiazhuang Ever Bright) |
| 15 | FW | CHN | Zhu Jianrong (from Qingdao Jonoon) |
| 31 | MF | CHN | Wang Wei (from Qingdao Jonoon) |
| 32 | FW | ARG | Carlos Tevez (from Boca Juniors) |
| 35 | MF | CHN | Lü Pin (loan return from Atlético Saguntino) |
| 37 | MF | CHN | Sun Shilin (from Liaoning Whowin) |
| 41 | DF | CHN | Cheng Rui (from Dalian Yifang) |
| 50 | GK | CHN | Yu Qixuan (from Shanghai Shenxin) |
| 51 | DF | HKG | Brian Fok (loan return from AZAL PFK) |
| 57 | DF | CHN | Sun Kai (from Shanghai Shenxin) |
| - | MF | PAR | Óscar Romero (from Racing) |
| - | FW | CHN | Sun Xipeng (from Qingdao Jonoon) |
| - | GK | CHN | Bai Shuo (loan return from Shanghai JuJu Sports) |
| - | DF | CHN | Li Xiaoming (loan return from Henan Jianye) |
| - | DF | CHN | Xu Yougang (loan return from Qingdao Huanghai) |
| - | DF | CHN | Leng Shiao (loan return from Qingdao Huanghai) |
| - | DF | CHN | Huang Bowen (loan return from Wuhan Zall) |
| - | DF | CHN | Deng Biao (loan return from Atlético Saguntino) |
| - | MF | CHN | Pan Weihao (loan return from Qingdao Huanghai) |
| - | MF | CHN | Li Lianxiang (loan return from Shanghai JuJu Sports) |
| - | MF | CHN | Yang Haofeng (loan return from Shanghai JuJu Sports) |
| - | FW | CHN | Gao Shipeng (loan return from Eldense) |
| - | FW | CHN | Zhou Jiahao (loan return from Eldense) |
| - | FW | CHN | Wu Changqi (loan return from La Roda) |
| - | FW | BRA | Paulo Henrique (loan return from Estoril) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CHN | Geng Xiaofeng (to Hebei China Fortune) |
| 6 | DF | CHN | Li Wenbo (to Hebei Elite) |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Demba Ba (loan to Beşiktaş) |
| 18 | FW | CHN | Gao Di (loan to Jiangsu Suning) |
| 19 | DF | CHN | Zheng Kaimu (loan to Shijiazhuang Ever Bright) |
| 24 | MF | CHN | Deng Zhuoxiang (loan to Qingdao Huanghai) |
| 42 | DF | CHN | Luo Xi (to Meizhou Hakka) |
| - | GK | CHN | Bai Shuo (to Shanghai JuJu Sports) |
| - | DF | CHN | Huang Bowen (to Wuhan Zall) |
| - | DF | CHN | Xu Yougang (loan to Qingdao Huanghai) |
| - | DF | CHN | Leng Shiao (loan to Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng) |
| - | DF | CHN | Shan Haiyang (to Zhejiang Yiteng) |
| - | DF | CHN | Li Xiaoming (loan to Shenzhen) |
| - | DF | CHN | Gong Jinshuai (loan to Shanghai Sunfun) |
| - | DF | CHN | Cao Chuanyu (loan to Shanghai JuJu Sports) |
| - | DF | CHN | Deng Biao (loan to Shanghai JuJu Sports) |
| - | MF | CHN | Xu Jun (loan to Shanghai JuJu Sports) |
| - | MF | CHN | Zhan Yilin (loan to Shanghai JuJu Sports) |
| - | MF | CHN | Wang Fei (loan to Shanghai JuJu Sports) |
| - | MF | CHN | Yan Xinyu (loan to Shanghai JuJu Sports) |
| - | MF | PAR | Óscar Romero (loan to Deportivo Alavés) |
| - | MF | CHN | Yang Chengyun (to Qingdao Huanghai) |
| - | MF | CHN | Zu Pengchao (to Shenzhen) |
| - | MF | CHN | Xiong Zhenfeng (to Liaoning Whowin) |
| - | MF | CHN | Li Lianxiang (to Shanghai JuJu Sports) |
| - | MF | CHN | Yang Haofeng (to Shanghai JuJu Sports) |
| - | FW | BRA | Paulo Henrique (loan to Sport Recife) |
| - | FW | CHN | Wu Changqi (loan to Shanghai Sunfun) |
| - | FW | CHN | Gao Shipeng (loan to Shanghai JuJu Sports) |
| - | FW | CHN | Zhou Jiahao (loan to Shanghai JuJu Sports) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Demba Ba (loan return from Beşiktaş) |
| 12 | GK | CHN | Chen Zhao (from Pozuelo Alarcón) |
| 33 | MF | CHN | Liu Jiawei (loan return from La Roda) |
| 58 | DF | CHN | Geng Jiaqi (from Hebei China Fortune) |
| 59 | GK | CHN | Li Yangxin (free agent) |
| 60 | MF | CHN | Hu Jiali (from Vizela) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | CHN | Wang Yun (loan to Shanghai Shenxin) |
| 42 | DF | CHN | Xu Wu (to Chongqing Dangdai Lifan) |
| - | MF | CHN | Cao Dong (to Chongqing Dangdai Lifan) |
| - | FW | BRA | Paulo Henrique (contract expired after returning from loan) |

## Competitions
### Chinese Super League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 November 2017. Source: See Results

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 9 | Beijing Sinobo Guoan | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 40 | |
| 10 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 36 | |
| 11 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 35 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 12 | Jiangsu Suning | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 32 | |
| 13 | Tianjin TEDA | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 31 | |
* ↑ Shanghai Greenland Shenhua qualified for the 2018 AFC Champions League group stage as 2017 Chinese FA Cup winners.

### Chinese FA Cup
#### Final

3–3 on aggregate. Shanghai Greenland Shenhua won on away goals.

### AFC Champions League
#### Qualifying stage
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 26 November 2017

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Super League | Super League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Xiong Fei | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CHN | Li Jianbin | 12 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | KOR | Kim Kee-hee | 17 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | CHN | Wang Shouting | 26 | 1 | 13+9 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CHN | Li Peng | 12 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | CHN | Mao Jianqing | 35 | 5 | 10+17 | 3 | 2+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CHN | Zhang Lu | 17 | 1 | 3+8 | 1 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | COL | Giovanni Moreno | 34 | 15 | 24+2 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | CHN | Lü Zheng | 11 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | CHN | Chen Zhao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | COL | Fredy Guarín | 23 | 12 | 17+1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | CHN | Zhu Jianrong | 11 | 3 | 6+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | CHN | Li Yunqiu | 29 | 0 | 18+3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Obafemi Martins | 21 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | CHN | Shen Jun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | CHN | Qiu Shengjiong | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | CHN | Bai Jiajun | 19 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | CHN | Wang Lin | 30 | 0 | 22+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | CHN | Qin Sheng | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | CHN | Li Shuai | 35 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | CHN | Cao Yunding | 32 | 6 | 20+6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | CHN | Xu Junmin | 17 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | CHN | Tao Jin | 27 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | CHN | Wang Wei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ARG | Carlos Tevez | 20 | 4 | 14+2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | CHN | Liu Jiawei | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | CHN | Bi Jinhao | 24 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | CHN | Lü Pin | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | CHN | Liu Ruofan | 6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | CHN | Sun Shilin | 33 | 0 | 19+5 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | CHN | Chen Tao | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | CHN | Cong Zhen | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 20 | MF | CHN | Wang Yun | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who left Shanghai Greenland Shenhua during the season: ||||||||||||

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Super League | FA Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Giovanni Moreno | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 17 | Obafemi Martins | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | MF | 13 | Fredy Guarín | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | MF | 28 | Cao Yunding | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | 7 | Mao Jianqing | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 32 | Carlos Tevez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | 15 | Zhu Jianrong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | Kim Kee-hee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 8 | Zhang Lu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 5 | Wang Shouting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 23 | Bai Jiajun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 52 | 12 | 0 | 64 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Super League | Super League | Super League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Li Jianbin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Wang Shouting | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Li Peng | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Mao Jianqing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Zhang Lu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Giovanni Moreno | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Fredy Guarín | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Zhu Jianrong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Li Yunqiu | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Obafemi Martins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Wang Yun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Qiu Shengjiong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Bai Jiajun | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Wang Lin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Qin Sheng | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | GK | Li Shuai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Cao Yunding | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Xu Junmin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | Tao Jin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Carlos Tevez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Bi Jinhao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Sun Shilin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Cong Zhen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 61 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 2 |