# 2020 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C. season

The 2020 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao season is the 67th year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and its 53rd season in the Chinese football league, also its 31st season in the top flight.

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

| Squad number | Position | Player | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| | FW | A Lan | 30 | Tianjin Tianhai | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | MF | Cai Mingmin | 19 | Kunshan | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | DF | Chen Zepeng | 23 | Beijing BSU | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | MF | Deng Yubiao | 22 | Guangdong South China Tiger | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| 19 | FW | Fei Nanduo | 26 | Hebei China Fortune | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | DF | Guan Haojin | 24 | Hebei Aoli Jingying | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | DF | Guo Jing | 22 | Inner Mongolia Zhongyou | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| 36 | MF | He Chao | 24 | Jiangsu Suning | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | DF | Hu Ruibao | 23 | Henan Jianye | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | FW | Jackson Martínez | 33 | Portimonense | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | MF | Ju Feng | 24 | Changchun Yatai | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | GK | Li Weijie | 19 | Shanghai Shenxin | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| 6 | MF | Liao Lisheng | 26 | Tianjin Tianhai | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | DF | Liu Ruicheng | 20 | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| 13 | GK | Liu Weiguo | 27 | Inner Mongolia Zhongyou | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| 38 | DF | Liu Yiming | 24 | Shenzhen | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| 20 | FW | Luo Guofu | 31 | Guangdong South China Tiger | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | DF | Rong Hao | 32 | Tianjin TEDA | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | FW | Shewket Yalqun | 26 | Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | FW | Wang Jinze | 20 | Inner Mongolia Zhongyou | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | MF | Wang Junhui | 24 | Liaoning | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | DF | Wen Jiabao | 20 | Tianjin Tianhai | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | DF | Wu Yue | 21 | Zibo Cuju | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | FW | Xiao Taotao | 22 | Shanghai Shenxin | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | FW | Ye Guochen | 23 | Wuhan Three Towns | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | DF | Zhang Chenglin | 32 | Tianjin Tianhai | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | MF | Zhang Jiaqi | 28 | Qingdao Huanghai | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | MF | Zhang Wenzhao | 32 | Beijing Renhe | Loan return | - | 1 January 2020 |

### Out
#### Winter

| Squad number | Position | Player | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer fee | Date |
| | FW | Jackson Martínez | 33 | Portimonense | End of contract | - | 1 January 2020 |
| | DF | Wen Jiabao | 21 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | End of contract | - | 6 January 2020 |
| | MF | Deng Yubiao | 22 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | Loan | Undisclosed | 1 February 2020 |
| 6 | DF | Feng Xiaoting | 34 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Loan | Free | 3 February 2020 |
| 19 | GK | Zeng Cheng | 33 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | Loan | Free | 3 February 2020 |
| | DF | Rong Hao | 32 | Tianjin TEDA | Loan | Undisclosed | 10 February 2020 |
| 29 | FW | Gao Lin | 34 | Shenzhen | Transfer | Undisclosed | 24 February 2020 |

## Pre-season and friendlies
### Training matches

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result | Scorers |
| 2020-01-17 | Al Dhafra | N | 3–4 | |
| 2020-01-22 | Jiangsu Suning | N | 1–3 | Talisca / Teixeira (2), Luo Jing |
| 2020-03-01 | Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | N | 3–0 | |
| 2020-03-08 | Chongqing Dangdai Lifan | N | 3–3 | |
| 2020-05-02 | Meizhou Hakka | H | 5–0 | Wei Shihao, Ai Kesen, Gao Late, Parmanjan (2) |
| 2020-05-09 | Shenzhen Kaisa | H | 4–4 | Wei Shihao, Zhang Xiuwei, Gao Late, Xu Xin / Preciado (2), Dai Wai-tsun, Xu Yang |
| 2020-05-16 | Shenzhen Kaisa | A | 3–3 | Fei Nanduo (2), Yang Liyu / Wang Yongpo, Xu Yang, Preciado (pen.) |
| 2020-06-06 | Guangzhou R&F | H | 2–1 | Wei Shihao, Fei Nanduo / Zahavi |
| 2020-06-13 | Shenzhen Kaisa | A | 4–3 | Wei Shihao (2), Ai Kesen, Gao Late / Preciado (3) |
| 2020-06-20 | Shenzhen Kaisa | H | 3–2 | Wei Shihao, Tan Kaiyuan, Gao Late / Zu Pengchao, Preciado |
| 2020-06-27 | Guangzhou R&F | A | 0–3 | / Zahavi (2), Li Songyi |
| 2020-07-04 | Guangzhou R&F | H | 1–1 | Wei Shihao (31') / Zahavi (35', pen.) |
| 2020-07-07 | Taizhou Yuanda | H | 2–1 | Yang Liyu (20'), Liao Lisheng (82') / Cheng Yuan (26') |
| 2020-07-11 | Hebei China Fortune | H | 1–0 | Wu Shaocong |
| 2020-07-14 | Guizhou Hengfeng | H | 0–1 | / Wang Xuanhong (pen.) |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Chinese Super League
#### Regular season
##### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 12 | +19 | 34 | Qualification for Championship stage |
| 2 | Jiangsu Suning | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 26 | Qualification for Championship stage |
| 3 | Shandong Luneng Taishan | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 24 | Qualification for Championship stage |
| 4 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 21 | Qualification for Championship stage |
| 5 | Shenzhen Kaisa | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 17 | Qualification for Relegation stage |
| 6 | Guangzhou R&F | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 15 | Qualification for Relegation stage |
| 7 | Dalian Pro | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 21 | −3 | 11 | Qualification for Relegation stage |
| 8 | Henan Jianye | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 33 | −19 | 6 | Qualification for Relegation stage |
* 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.

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Result | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

##### Matches
#### Championship stage
##### Quarter-finals

Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won 8–1 on aggregate.

##### Semi-finals

Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won 3–1 on aggregate.

##### Final

Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao lost 1–2 on aggregate.

### AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VIS | SUW | GZE | JDT |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 25 Nov |
| 3 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 4 Dec |
| 4 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | 1 Dec | 2–1 | 19 Nov | — |
* ↑ Johor Darul Ta'zim were unable to travel to Qatar to play the final four matches of the group stage due to the COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions after they were denied permission to travel by the Malaysian government. They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.

## Statistics

    As of 1 December 2020

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Player | Super League | Super League | Super League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Apps. | Starts | Goals | Apps. | Starts | Goals | Apps. | Starts | Goals | Apps. | Starts | Goals |
| 2 | DF | Jiang Guangtai | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Mei Fang | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Zhang Linpeng | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Liao Lisheng | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Wei Shihao | 10 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | MF | Paulinho | 20 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 12 |
| 9 | FW | Ai Kesen | 19 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 7 |
| 10 | MF | Zheng Zhi | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Zhang Xiuwei | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Xu Xin | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Liu Weiguo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Tan Kaiyuan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Yan Dinghao | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Huang Bowen | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Yang Liyu | 18 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Fei Nanduo | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 5 |
| 20 | FW | Luo Guofu | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | Gao Zhunyi | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | Parmanjan Kyum | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Park Ji-soo | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 21 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Wang Shilong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Deng Hanwen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Talisca | 17 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 18 | 7 |
| 27 | DF | Wu Shaocong | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | Gao Late | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | Liu Dianzuo | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Zhong Yihao | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | Li Xuepeng | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | He Chao | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 1 |
| 38 | DF | Liu Yiming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | Li Canming | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | Chen Junzhou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | Zhang Zhihao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 43 | DF | Liao Jintao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | Huang Guangliang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | Zhao Wenzhe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | DF | Fan Ruiwei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | Li Weijie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | MF | Li Jiaheng | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | MF | He Xinjie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | MF | Zhang Yujie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | Ruan Sai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 56 | DF | Jiang Weilang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | DF | Wang Tianqing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | FW | Wu Junjie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | MF | Bughrahan Skandar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 41 | | | 2 | | | 3 | | | 46 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | No. | Pos. | Super League | FA Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | Paulinho | 8 | MF | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Wei Shihao | 7 | FW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | Ai Kesen | 9 | FW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Talisca | 26 | MF | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Fei Nanduo | 19 | FW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Zhang Linpeng | 5 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Tan Kaiyuan | 14 | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Luo Guofu | 20 | FW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Gao Zhunyi | 21 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Wu Shaocong | 27 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | He Chao | 36 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 43 | 2 | 4 | 49 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Player | Super League | Super League | Super League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Champions League | Total | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Jiang Guangtai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Mei Fang | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Zhang Linpeng | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Liao Lisheng | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Wei Shihao | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Paulinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Zheng Zhi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Zhang Xiuwei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Xu Xin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Yan Dinghao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Huang Bowen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Yang Liyu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Luo Guofu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | Gao Zhunyi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Park Ji-soo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Deng Hanwen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Talisca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Wu Shaocong | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | Liu Dianzuo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Zhong Yihao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | He Chao | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 46 | DF | Zhao Wenzhe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 41 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 2 |