# 2012 Shanghai Shenhua F.C. season

The 2012 Shanghai Shenhua season was Shanghai Shenhua's 9th season in the Chinese Super League and 50th overall in the Chinese top flight. They also competed in the Chinese FA Cup that year, getting knocked out of that competition.

## Players
### First team squad

    As of 28 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 | Wang Dalei |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Xiong Fei |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Moisés |
| 4 | DF | CHN | Wang Lin |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Dai Lin |
| 6 | MF | CHN | Yu Tao (captain) |
| 7 | MF | CHN | Feng Renliang |
| 8 | MF | CHN | Song Boxuan |
| 10 | MF | CHN | Jiang Kun |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Didier Drogba |
| 12 | DF | CHN | Bo Jiajun (on loan from Shanghai Tellace) |
| 13 | DF | CHN | Cheng Liang |
| 14 | MF | CHN | Fei Yu |
| 15 | MF | CHN | Wang Fei |
| 16 | MF | CHN | Fan Lingjiang |
| 19 | DF | CHN | Zheng Kaimu |
| 20 | DF | CHN | Wu Xi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | MF | CHN | Wang Guanyi |
| 22 | GK | CHN | Qiu Shengjiong |
| 23 | DF | CHN | Qiu Tianyi |
| 24 | MF | CHN | Wang Yang |
| 26 | DF | CHN | Zhang Jiawei |
| 27 | MF | CHN | Liu Junnan |
| 28 | MF | CHN | Cao Yunding |
| 29 | FW | AUS | Joel Griffiths |
| 30 | DF | CHN | Tao Jin |
| 31 | FW | CHN | You Yuanwen |
| 32 | MF | CHN | Gu Bin |
| 33 | MF | CHN | Yan Song |
| 35 | GK | CHN | Dong Guangxiang |
| 36 | MF | CHN | Wang Shouting |
| 37 | MF | COL | Giovanni Moreno |
| 38 | MF | CHN | Wang Hongliang |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Nicolas Anelka |

### 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 |
| 18 | MF | MAS | Tam Sheang Tsung |
| 41 | MF | CHN | Bai Xuefeng |
| 42 | DF | CHN | Liu Jiashen |
| 43 | MF | CHN | Su Shun |
| 44 | MF | CHN | Liang Yu |
| 45 | DF | CHN | Yuan Shaohua |
| 46 | FW | CHN | Xu Qi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 47 | MF | CHN | Pan Jiyuan |
| 48 | MF | CHN | Cheng Zecheng |
| 50 | MF | CHN | Li Hao |
| 51 | MF | CHN | Gu Xiaodong |
| 52 | MF | IDN | Dito Aulyandi |
| 53 | GK | CHN | Zhou Ye |
| 54 | DF | CHN | Jin Chenchen |

## Transfers
### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Moisés (from Al Rayyan) |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Mathieu Manset (loan from Reading) |
| 16 | MF | CHN | Wang Fei (free agent) |
| 19 | DF | CHN | Zheng Kaimu (from Chongqing F.C.) |
| 24 | MF | CHN | Wang Yang (loan return from FK Sūduva) |
| 25 | MF | BIH | Mario Božić (from FK Borac Čačak) |
| 29 | FW | AUS | Joel Griffiths (from Beijing Guoan) |
| 32 | MF | CHN | Gu Bin (loan return from FK Sūduva) |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Nicolas Anelka (from Chelsea) |
| - | FW | CHN | Dong Xuesheng (loan return from Shenzhen) |
| - | GK | CHN | Zhang Chen (loan return from Shenyang Dongjin) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CHN | Dong Lei (to Beijing Baxy) |
| 3 | DF | CHN | Xin Feng (to Wuhan Zall) |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Luis Salmerón (loan return to Talleres de Córdoba) |
| 14 | DF | COL | Juan Camilo Angulo (released) |
| 16 | FW | CHN | Wen Huyi (to Shenyang Shenbei) |
| 18 | DF | CHN | Jiang Jiajun (to Jiangsu Sainty) |
| 19 | FW | CHN | Dong Xuesheng (to Dalian Aerbin) |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Facundo Pérez Castro (released) |
| 38 | FW | COL | Eisner Iván Loboa (loan return to Deportivo Pasto) |
| - | GK | CHN | Zhang Chen (to Chengdu Blades) |

### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Didier Drogba (from Chelsea) |
| 12 | DF | CHN | Bo Jiajun (loan from Shanghai Tellace) |
| 18 | MF | MAS | Tam Sheang Tsung (free agent) |
| 33 | MF | CHN | Yan Song (from Dalian Shide) |
| 36 | MF | CHN | Wang Shouting (from Liaoning Whowin) |
| 37 | MF | COL | Giovanni Moreno (from Racing) |
| 38 | MF | CHN | Wang Hongliang (from Chongqing Lifan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | FRA | Mathieu Manset (loan return to Reading) |
| 25 | MF | BIH | Mario Božić (to Simurq PFC) |

## 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: 5 November 2012. Source: [ World-Football.net]

#### 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | W |
| Position | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Guangzhou R&F | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 42 |
| 8 | Tianjin TEDA | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 40 |
| 9 | Shanghai Shenhua | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 38 |
| 10 | Liaoning Whowin | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 36 |
| 11 | Hangzhou Greentown | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 46 | −12 | 36 |
* 1 2 Liaoning, 10pts; Hangzhou, 9pts; Shandong, 6pts, GF=4, GA=5; Qingdao, 6pts, GF=4, GA=5

### Chinese FA Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Super League | Super League | FA Cup | FA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CHN | Wang Dalei | 30 | 0 | 28+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Xiong Fei | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Moisés | 17 | 2 | 16+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CHN | Wang Lin | 16 | 0 | 8+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Dai Lin | 25 | 1 | 23+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CHN | Yu Tao | 28 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | CHN | Feng Renliang | 25 | 4 | 19+4 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | CHN | Song Boxuan | 19 | 2 | 15+3 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | CHN | Jiang Kun | 21 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Didier Drogba | 11 | 9 | 10+1 | 9 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | CHN | Bai Jiajun | 12 | 1 | 11+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CHN | Fei Yu | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | CHN | Wang Fei | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | CHN | Fan Lingjiang | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | CHN | Zheng Kaimu | 15 | 1 | 13+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | CHN | Wu Xi | 29 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | CHN | Wang Guanyi | 9 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | CHN | Qiu Tianyi | 15 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | CHN | Wang Yang | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | CHN | Liu Junnan | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | CHN | Cao Yunding | 25 | 4 | 9+14 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | AUS | Joel Griffiths | 16 | 5 | 13+3 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | CHN | Gu Bin | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | CHN | Yan Song | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | CHN | Wang Shouting | 6 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | COL | Giovanni Moreno | 14 | 2 | 12+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Nicolas Anelka | 23 | 3 | 21+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | CHN | Xu Qi | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Shanghai Shenhua no longer at the club: ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | FRA | Mathieu Manset | 9 | 1 | 6+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | BIH | Mario Božić | 14 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Super League | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Didier Drogba | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | 29 | Joel Griffiths | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 28 | Cao Yunding | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | Feng Renliang | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | 39 | Nicolas Anelka | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Song Boxuan | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 3 | Moisés | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 37 | Giovanni Moreno | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 23 | Qiu Tianyi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | 9 | Mathieu Manset | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 5 | Dai Lin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 19 | Zheng Kaimu | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | DF | 12 | Bo Jiajun | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 36 | 0 | 36 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Super League | Super League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Wang Dalei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Moisés | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Wang Lin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Dai Lin | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | Yu Tao | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Feng Renliang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Song Boxuan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Jiang Kun | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Didier Drogba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Bai Jiajun | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Wang Fei | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Fan Lingjiang | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Zheng Kaimu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Wu Xi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Wang Guanyi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Qiu Tianyi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Mario Božić | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Cao Yunding | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Joel Griffiths | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Wang Shouting | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Giovanni Moreno | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Nicolas Anelka | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | Xu Qi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 62 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 3 |

### Overall

| Games played | 31 (29 Chinese Super League, 2 Chinese FA Cup) |
| Games won | 7 (7 Chinese Super League) |
| Games drawn | 16 (14 Chinese Super League, 2 Chinese FA Cup) |
| Games lost | 8 (8 Chinese Super League) |
| Goals scored | 35 (35 Chinese Super League) |
| Goals conceded | 34 (34 Chinese Super League) |
| Goal difference | +1 (+1 Chinese Super League, 0 Chinese FA Cup) |
| Clean sheets | 10 (8 Chinese Super League, 2 Chinese FA Cup) |
| Yellow cards | 65 (62 Chinese Super League, 3 Chinese FA Cup) |
| Red cards | 3 (3 Chinese Super League) |
| Worst discipline | Dai Lin (11 , 1 ) |
| Best result | W 5 – 1 (H) v Hangzhou Greentown – Chinese Super League – 4 August 2012 |
| Worst result | L 0 – 2 (A) v Changchun Yatai – Chinese Super League – 16 June 2012 |
| Most appearances | Wang Dalei (30 appearances) |
| Top goalscorer | Didier Drogba (9 goals) |
Last updated: 29 October Source: Competitions