2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season

On 29 November 2016, Gus Poyet was appointed as the club's new manager,^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

As of 14 July 2017

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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：^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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)

As of match played 26 November 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Super League		FA Cup		Champions League
				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:

Place	Position	Nation	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
	MF		5	Wang Shouting	1	0	0	1
	DF		23	Bai Jiajun	1	0	0	1
			Own goal	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	52	12	0	64