2016 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C. season

Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 2016
Chairman	Ke Peng (to 1 February 2016); Liu Yongzhuo (5 February 2016 to 13 April 2016; Li Yimeng (from 13 April 2016)
Manager	Luiz Felipe Scolari
Stadium	Tianhe Stadium
Super League	1st
FA Cup	Champions
FA Super Cup	Champions
AFC Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Ricardo Goulart (19); All: Ricardo Goulart (28)
Highest home attendance	48,956 vs Yanbian Funde ; 23 October 2016 (Super League)
Lowest home attendance	571 vs Pohang Steelers ; 24 February 2016 (Champions League)
Average home league attendance	league: 44,883 ; all: 42,056
Home colours	Away colours
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ChairmanKe Peng (to 1 February 2016)
Liu Yongzhuo (5 February 2016 to 13 April 2016^[1]
Li Yimeng (from 13 April 2016)^[2]

ManagerLuiz Felipe Scolari

StadiumTianhe Stadium

Super League1st

The 2016 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao season was the 63rd year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and was its 49th season in the Chinese football league, also its 27th season in the top flight.

Guangzhou was knocked out in the group stage of 2016 AFC Champions League for the first time but won all three domestic titles for the second time in club's history.^[5] Brazilian attacking midfielder Ricardo Goulart won Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year as well as the golden boot of the league by scoring 19 goals. Luiz Felipe Scolari won Manager of the Year title. Seven players including Feng Xiaoting, Gao Lin, Ricardo Goulart, Kim Young-Gwon, Paulinho, Zhang Linpeng and Zeng Cheng was elected in the eleven-man squad of 2016 Chinese Super League Team of the Year.^[6]

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Squad number	Position	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
4	MF	Xu Xin	21	Atlético Madrid B	Transfer	€4.3 million	25 December 2015	^[7]
18	MF	Li Yuanyi	22	Leixões	Loan returned	-	25 December 2015	^[7]
	MF	Peng Xinli	24	Chongqing Lifan	Loan returned	-	31 December 2015
	FW	Yang Chaosheng	22	Liaoning Whowin	Loan returned	-	31 December 2015
	DF	Yi Teng	25	Hangzhou Greentown	Loan returned	-	31 December 2015
	MF	Feng Renliang	27	Beijing Renhe	Loan returned	-	31 December 2015
55	DF	Hu Bowen	21	Qingdao Hainiu	Loan returned	-	31 December 2015
	DF	Zhang Hongnan	24	Shenzhen FC	Loan returned	-	31 December 2015
	FW	Shewket Yalqun	22	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	Loan returned	-	31 December 2015
	MF	Alessandro Diamanti	32	Watford	Loan returned	-	13 January 2016	^[8]
23	DF	Han Pengfei	22	Mafra	Transfer	Undisclosed	18 January 2016	^[9]
9	FW	Jackson Martínez	29	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	€42 million	3 February 2016	^[10]^[11]
32	GK	Liu Dianzuo	25	Guangzhou R&F	Transfer	Undisclosed	12 February 2016	^[12]

Squad number	Position	Player	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
	MF	Alessandro Diamanti	33	Atalanta	Loan returned	-	1 July 2016
15	MF	Zhang Wenzhao	29	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Transfer	Undisclosed	7 July 2016	^[13]
	MF	Wang Junhui	21	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	Loan return	-	15 July 2016	^[14]
56	DF	Guo Jing	19	Oriental Dragon	Transfer	Undisclosed	15 July 2016	^[15]

Squad number	Position	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
56	FW	Robinho	31	-	End of contract	-	31 December 2015
	MF	Feng Renliang	27	Beijing Renhe	Transfer	Undisclosed	1 January 2016	^[16]
	DF	Zhang Hongnan	24	Shenzhen FC	Transfer	Free	1 January 2016
	FW	Shewket Yalqun	22	Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard	Loan	Undisclosed	1 January 2016
	MF	Alessandro Diamanti	32	Atalanta	Loan	Undisclosed	13 January 2016	^[17]
34	MF	Wang Junhui	20	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	Loan	Free	16 January 2016	^[18]
22	GK	Li Shuai	33	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Transfer	Undisclosed	19 January 2016	^[19]
	DF	Yi Teng	25	Beijing Renhe	Loan	Undisclosed	20 January 2016	^[20]
21	MF	Zhao Xuri	30	Tianjin Quanjian	Transfer	Undisclosed	21 January 2016	^[21]
9	FW	Elkeson	26	Shanghai SIPG	Transfer	¥132 million (€18.5 million)	21 January 2016	^[22]
	MF	Peng Xinli	24	Chongqing Lifan	Loan	Undisclosed	19 February 2016	^[23]
18	FW	Dong Xuesheng	26	Hebei China Fortune	Transfer	Undisclosed	25 February 2016	^[24]
14	GK	Liu Weiguo	23	Liaoning Whowin	Loan	Free	26 February 2016	^[25]
	FW	Yang Chaosheng	22	Wuhan Zall	Loan	Undisclosed	26 February 2016	^[26]
49	MF	Wang Rui	22	Wuhan Zall	Loan	Undisclosed	26 February 2016	^[26]
8	MF	Renê Júnior	26	-	Released	-	March 2016	^[27]
41	DF	Gong Liangxuan	22	Sichuan Longfor	Loan	Undisclosed	March 2016
	MF	Zheng Jie	20	Lijiang Jiayunhao	Loan	Undisclosed	March 2016

Squad number	Position	Player	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer fee	Date	Source
55	DF	Hu Bowen	22	Shenyang Urban	Loan	Free	21 June 2016
24	FW	Liang Xueming	20	Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng	Loan	Free	29 June 2016	^[28]
44	DF	Liu Hao	20	Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng	Loan	Free	29 June 2016	^[28]
18	MF	Li Yuanyi	22	Tianjin Teda	Loan	Undisclosed	15 July 2016	^[29]
60	MF	Zhang Jiaqi	24	Qingdao Huanghai	Loan	Undisclosed	15 July 2016	^[30]
	MF	Wang Junhui	21	Wuhan Zall	Loan	Undisclosed	15 July 2016	^[14]
39	FW	Wang Jingbin	21	Fagiano Okayama	Loan	Undisclosed	29 July 2016	^[31]
	MF	Alessandro Diamanti	33	Palermo	Transfer	Free	29 August 2016	^[32]
46	DF	Yang Zhaohui	18	Vizela	Loan	Free	September 2016	^[33]

Position	Name
Head coach	Luiz Felipe Scolari
Assistant coaches	Ivo Wortmann Flávio Murtosa Hao Wei
Goalkeeping coach	Carlos Pracidelli
Fitness coach	Darlan Schneider Rudy Pracidelli
Physiotherapist	Feliciano Fontoura
Team doctor	Gustavo Emilio Arcos Campos
Reserve team coach	Hao Wei
Reserve team assistant coach	Chang Weiwei Liu Zhiyu
Reserve team goalkeeping coach	Wang Weiman
Reserve team Physiotherapist	Wan Bingfeng
Academy director / U-17 team coach	Marco Pezzaiuoli

2016 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C. season

In

Winter

Summer

Out

Winter

Summer

Coaching staff

Pre-season and friendlies

Training matches

FC Schalke 04 China Tour

Competitions

Chinese Super League

Table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Chinese FA Cup

Chinese FA Super Cup

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Assists

Disciplinary record

Notes

References

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Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers
2016-02-06	South China	H	1–1	Zheng Long
2016-02-11	Al Shabab	A	4–1	Jackson Martínez, Alan (3)
2016-02-14	F.C. Copenhagen	N	1–3	Zheng Long
2016-02-16	Al Urooba	N	Cancelled
2016-10-08	Lee Man Rangers	H	4–0	Alan, Jackson Martínez, Ricardo Goulart

7 July 2016	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	0 – 0 (5 - 4 p)	Schalke 04	Foshan
19:35 UTC+8	Zhang Jiaqi 42'		Tekpetey 80'	Stadium: Century Lotus Stadium Referee: He Xiaohu Assistant referees: Ma Ji, Ye Zhi Fourth official: Jia Zhiliang
	Penalties
	Liu Dianzuo Ju Feng Han Pengfei Chen Zepeng Hu Ruibao		Naldo Geis Di Santo Riether Sam

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao (C)	30	19	7	4	62	19	+43	64	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Jiangsu Suning	30	17	6	7	53	33	+20	57	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Shanghai SIPG	30	14	10	6	56	32	+24	52	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua^[a]	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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	19	7	4	62	19	+43	64	10	5	0	31	7	+24	9	2	4	31	12	+19

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	21	13	14	15	16	17	18	20	19	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	W
Position	11	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

6 March 2016 1	Chongqing Lifan	2 - 1	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Chongqing
15:30 UTC+8	Fernandinho 32' Deng Xiaofei 49' Fernandinho 74' Liu Yu 88' Liu Yu 90'	Report	Feng Xiaoting 28' Huang Bowen 36' Martínez 52' Zhang Linpeng 66'	Stadium: Chongqing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 48,855 Referee: Wang Di Assistant referees: Zhou Fei, Deng Bo Fourth official: Chen Gang

12 March 2016 2	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	3 - 0	Changchun Yatai	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Martínez 7' Goulart 13' Zheng Zhi 18' Gao Lin 51' Huang Bowen 67'	Report	He Chao 42'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 45,931 Referee: He Xiaohu Assistant referees: Huo Weiming, Song Xiangyun Fourth official: Zhang Lei

1 April 2016 3	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	2 - 0	Guangzhou R&F	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Paulinho 30' Xu Xin 74' Martínez 80' Rong Hao 85'	Report	Giannou 90'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 46,993 Referee: Tan Hai Assistant referees: Tong Yong, Lou Fangping Fourth official: Huang Yejun

9 April 2016 4	Beijing Guoan LeEco	0 - 3	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Beijing
19:35 UTC+8	Krimets 30'	Report	Huang Bowen 15' Gao Lin 26' Zheng Zhi 36' Zhang Linpeng 39' Goulart 44' Goulart 81'	Stadium: Workers Stadium Attendance: 53,080 Referee: Wang Di Assistant referees: Zhou Fei, Zhang Qiangjing Fourth official: Lin Jun

15 April 2016 5	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	2 - 1	Henan Jianye	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Kim Young-gwon 41' Goulart 58' (pen.) Gao Lin 67' Gao Lin 67' Feng Xiaoting 74' Paulinho 90'	Report	McGowan 18' Gomes 58' Sow 73' Gu Cao 90+4'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 46,537 Referee: Ma Ning Assistant referees: Zhou Guangya, Deng Bo Fourth official: Fu Ming

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	19	7	4	62	19	+43	64	10	5	0	31	7	+24	9	2	4	31	12	+19

24 April 2016 6	Tianjin Teda Elion	0 - 4	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Tianjin
19:35 UTC+8	Li Benjian 23' Bai Yuefeng 24'	Report	Yu Hanchao 7' Gao Lin 30' Gao Lin 66' Alan 73'	Stadium: Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium Attendance: 20,860 Referee: Fan Qi Assistant referees: Xu Xianghui, Zhang Hongwei Fourth official: Xing Qi

30 April 2016 7	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	2 - 1	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Zheng Zhi 14' Alan 40' Huang Bowen 45+3' Goulart 54' (pen.) Alan 71'	Report	Guarín 45+3' Qin Sheng 52' Moreno 62' Ba 69'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 48,396 Referee: Tan Hai Assistant referees: Tong Yong, Lou Fangping Fourth official: Zhang Long

8 May 2016 8	Hangzhou Greentown	1 - 2	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Hangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Cao Haiqing 30' Cahill 74' Cahill 76' (pen.) Ge Zhen 84'	Report	Alan 7' Goulart 31' Feng Xiaoting 36' Alan 90+4'	Stadium: Huanglong Stadium Attendance: 22,739 Referee: Wang Jing Assistant referees: Zhou Fei, Xu Jun Fourth official: Zhao Zhizhi

14 May 2016 9	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	2 - 0	Hebei China Fortune	Guangzhou
15:30 UTC+8	Yu Hanchao 44' Alan 48'		Gao Zhunyi 18' Liao Junjian 70'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 48,586 Referee: Wang Zhe Assistant referees: Cao Yi, Sun Kai Fourth official: Fan Qi

21 May 2016 10	Liaoning Shenyang Whowin	0 - 3	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Shenyang
15:30 UTC+8			Zheng Zhi 17' Alan 36' Goulart 46'	Stadium: Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium Attendance: 32,478 Referee: Shi Zhenlu Assistant referees: Xu Xianghui, Zhang Hongwei Fourth official: Fu Ming

29 May 2016 11	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	1 - 1	Shanghai SIPG	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Zhang Linpeng 31' Goulart 63' Feng Xiaoting 84'		Yu Hai 42' Kouassi 43' Kouassi 70'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 47,635 Referee: Huang Yejun Assistant referees: Huo Weiming, Liu Guiqing Fourth official: Zhao Zhizhi

11 June 2016 12	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	0 - 0	Shijiazhuang Ever Bright	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Gao Lin 6' (pen.) Zheng Zhi 14' Rong Hao 40' Mei Fang 67'		Cho Yong-hyung 5' Xu Bo 30' Maurício 55'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 30,765 Referee: Shen Yinhao Assistant referees: Zhou Fei, Zhang Qiangjing Fourth official: Chen Gang

14 June 2016 21	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	2 - 0	Tianjin Teda Elion	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Paulinho 24' Goulart 48' Goulart 53' Zhang Linpeng 74'		Pan Ximing 74' Cao Yang 77' Guo Hao 83' Yang Qipeng 90+3'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 38,249 Referee: Fu Ming Assistant referees: Shi Xiang, Zhou Guangya Fourth official: Gu Chunhan

18 June 2016 13	Yanbian Funde	1 - 1	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Yanji
15:00 UTC+8	Trawally 18' Petković 29' Cui Min 61' Yoon Bit-garam 68' Pei Yuwen 79'		Wang Shangyuan 67' Gao Lin 81' Kim Young-gwon 84' Yu Hanchao 88'	Stadium: Yanji Nationwide Fitness Centre Stadium Attendance: 20,480 Referee: Wang Zhe Assistant referees: Dong Yong, Xi Fei Fourth official: Ai Kun

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	19	7	4	62	19	+43	64	10	5	0	31	7	+24	9	2	4	31	12	+19

24 June 2016 14	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	2 - 0	Jiangsu Suningyi Purchase	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Goulart 24' Alan 28' Liu Jian 80'		Gu Wenxiang 90+3'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 48,631 Referee: Huang Yejun Assistant referees: Liu Guiqing, Wu Huifeng Fourth official: Lin Jun

3 July 2016 15	Shandong Luneng Taishan	0 - 2	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Jinan
19:35 UTC+8	Dai Lin 7' Zhang Chi 57'		Mei Fang 28' Alan 33' Paulinho 51'	Stadium: Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium Attendance: 20,182 Referee: Zhou Gang Assistant referees: Huo Weiming, Xu Xianghui Fourth official: Zhao Zhizhi

10 July 2016 16	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	4 - 1	Chongqing Lifan	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Alan 5' Goulart 25' Gao Lin 43' Goulart 45+1' Paulinho 47' Goulart 76'		Gigliotti 33' Gigliotti 57' Luo Qin 68'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 45,398 Referee: Chen Xin Assistant referees: Xu Jun, Deng Bo Fourth official: Chen Gang

17 July 2016 17	Changchun Yatai	1 - 2	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Changchun
19:35 UTC+8	Li Guang 17' Ismailov 29' Fan Xiaodong 66' Yan Feng 83' Sealy 87'		Chen Zepeng 28' Zheng Zhi 33' Wang Shangyuan 47' Zheng Long 81' Zheng Long 84'	Stadium: Development Area Stadium Attendance: 23,417 Referee: Wang Di Assistant referees: Zhou Fei, Zhang Qiangjing Fourth official: Shen Yinhao

20 July 2016 18	Guangzhou R&F	2 - 1	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Jang Hyun-soo 56' Zahavi 79' Lu Lin 83'		Goulart 33' Wang Shangyuan 45+1' Zhang Wenzhao 90+2'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium Attendance: 14,596 Referee: Ma Ning Assistant referees: Shi Xiang, Zhou Guangya Fourth official: Xia Jun

30 July 2016 20	Henan Jianye	1 - 2	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Zhengzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Gu Cao 16' Patiño 47' Yin Hongbo 55' Ivo 69' (pen.) Samardžić 86'		Zheng Zhi 35' Paulinho 42' Goulart 45' Zheng Zhi 47' Zeng Cheng 69'	Stadium: Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium Attendance: 21,377 Referee: Wang Zhe Assistant referees: Huo Weiming, Liu Guiqing Fourth official: Fan Qi

9 August 2016 19	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	0 - 0	Beijing Guoan LeEco	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Li Xuepeng 66'		Zhang Xinxin 42' Zhao Hejing 54' Zhang Xizhe 60' Xu Yunlong 83'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 47,695 Referee: Zhou Gang Assistant referees: Ma Ji, Cao Yi Fourth official: Gu Chunhan

13 August 2016 22	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	2 - 1	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	Shanghai
19:35 UTC+8	Martins 5' Xiong Fei 28' Martins 42' Kim Kee-hee 56' Wang Yun 71' Guarín 72'		Gao Lin 12' Mei Fang 61' Li Xuepeng 69' Huang Bowen 71' Zhang Wenzhao 78'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 21,327 Referee: Ma Ning Assistant referees: Shi Xiang, Zhou Guangya Fourth official: Fu Ming

20 August 2016 23	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	0 - 0	Hangzhou Greentown	Guangzhou
19:35 UTC+8	Zheng Zhi 27' Kim Young-gwon 48'		Dong Yu 76' Zou Dehai 82'	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 43,956 Referee: Wang Jing Assistant referees: Cao Yi, Xi Fei Fourth official: Wang Di