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club that competes in the
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under licence from the
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(CFA). The team is based in
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,
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, and their home venue is the
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which has a seating capacity of 18,000. They are owned by the Chinese property developers R&F Properties who took charge in June 2011. The club's name between 2011 and 2020 was Guangzhou R&F, which was short for ''rich (富)'' and ''force (力)''. The club changed its name to Guangzhou City in December 2020. The club was founded in 1986 in
Shenyang Shenyang (, ; ; Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly known as Fengtian () or by its Manchu language, Manchu name Mukden, is a major China, Chinese sub-provincial city and the List of capitals in China#Province capitals, provincial capital of Lia ...
,
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as Shenyang Football Team. They played at the 55,000-seat
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(五里河体育场), until they moved to
Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, an ...
,
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in 2007 to reside in the
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. American sportswear and sports equipment company MAZAMBA took over the club in 2010, and relocated the club to
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, Guangdong in February 2011. Their ownership was brief, and by June 2011 Chinese property developers Guangzhou R&F gained ownership of the club and moved them to Guangzhou. The club had their most successful season in 2014 as they finished third in the league and qualified for the
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.


History


History before moving to Guangzhou

The club was founded in 1986 by the local
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government sports body to take part in the Chinese football league system. The club was named Shenyang (沈阳). The team started at the bottom of the league system by playing in the second division. They were promoted to the
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quickly after the league expanded and
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was ineligible to field their reserve team in the same division. The club was relegated after only one season. With the following campaigns the club mostly remained within the second tier, except for a short foray in the 1992 Chinese Jia-A League campaign; however, again they were relegated after only one season. By the 1994 league season the entire Chinese football league system had become professional. The team were allowed to gather sponsorship and rename themselves Shenyang Liuyao (沈阳东北六药), and were allowed to join the top tier due to their 1992 membership.China League 1994
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When the team were relegated again at the end of the season they rename themselves Shenyang Huayang (沈阳华阳) and then Shenyang Sealion (沈阳海狮) in 1996. Again the club won promotion to the top tier; however, unlike before they were able to avoid relegation. This was to be the beginning of the club's establishment within the league, though the team benefitted from several seasons where there was no relegation while the league expanded. In 2001 the club was taken over by Ginde Plastic Pipe Industry Group, a subsidiary of the Hongyuan Group and changed its name to Shenyang Ginde (沈阳金德). In 2007 the club's homeground
Wulihe Stadium Wulihe Stadium () was a multi-purpose stadium in Shenyang, China. The stadium had a capacity of 65,000 people and was built in 1989. It was used mostly for football matches. The opening match took place in August 1989 when Santos beat Liaoning ...
(五里河体育场) was demolished. While it was expected that the club move to another stadium within Shenyang, especially the Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium, a deal did not go through and the club moved to
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in
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and changed their name to Changsha Ginde (长沙金德). After Changsha Ginde were relegated to League One at the end of the 2010 league season, the club was purchased by MAZAMBA and moved into the
Shenzhen Stadium Shenzhen Stadium (Simplified Chinese: 深圳市体育场) is a multi-purpose stadium in Futian, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It is currently used mostly for association football matches. The stadium holds 32,500 people, and is the home of Shenzhe ...
in the city of
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in February 2011. To represent this change the owners changed the club's name to Shenzhen Phoenix and changed the home kit from sky blue to green.长沙金德将更名落户深圳 将加紧确定主帅内外援
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By May 2011 the club was exposed as having serious financial problems and were struggling to pay their players and their hotel accommodation.


History in Guangzhou

In serious doubt of completing the 2011 season, Shenzhen Phoenix was put up for sale. The club was bought by Chinese property developers Guangzhou R&F who moved the club to the
Yuexiushan Stadium The Yuexiushan Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, named for its location at the foot of Yuexiu Hill. It is currently mostly used for football matches and also sometimes for athletics. It is located on 4 Yingyuan ...
in
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and changed the club's colours back to blue.富力地产低调接手深圳凤凰 望学恒大模式入主足球
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Under the new ownership results significantly improved and the club gained promotion back into the top tier at the end of the
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season. The team finished the league in seventh, and the club's owners decided to commit their long-term future to the club by establishing a football school in Meizhou. The start of the
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season, however, the club struggled in the league and the manager
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was fired. Former England manager
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was appointed to replace him on June 4, 2013, and given a 19-month contract. Eriksson's first full season would see the club finish third, its highest league finish, and qualify for the
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for the first time. Moroccan striker Abderazzak Hamdallah was a key player for the team, scoring 22 times in 22 appearances. However, manager Eriksson left at the end of his contract and moved to Shanghai SIPG who had finished fifth that year. On January 2, 2015, the club announced that Cosmin Contra would be their new manager. Contra coached the club in their maiden appearance in the Asian Champions League, coming through the preliminary stages against Warriors FC and
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to earn a place in the group stage. However, despite an away victory over Gamba Osaka, Guangzhou R&F were eliminated at the group stage. The club's league form was also poor and Contra was sacked on July 22. Li Bing was installed as caretaker manager. There were more changes as Korean defensive midfielder
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and the injured and unsettled Hamdallah also left the club mid-season. Hamdallah only scored three goals in 2015, making him the club's all-time leading foreign scorer at the time with 25, one ahead of
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. The disruption continued as R&F were forced to play some of their home matches at Guangzhou's University City Stadium whilst Yuexiushan was being refurbished, just as in 2012.


The Dragan Stojkovic era

Guangzhou R&F announced Dragan Stojković as their new manager on 24 August and handed the former Yugoslav international a contract to the end of the 2017 season. Stojkovic preserved R&F's top flight status as they finished 14th out of 16 teams in 2015. In July 2016, R&F signed Israeli international
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from
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Whilst home stadium Yuexiushan was being refurbished, R&F played their opening home games in 2017 at the Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium. Stojkovic's attacking style of play and Zahavi's goals led R&F to finish fifth in the CSL in 2017. There was double disappointment on the final day of the season however as the club fell just short of qualifying for the ACL and Zahavi missed out on breaking the single season CSL scoring record by just one goal. However, his 27 goals earned him the 2017 golden boot. Guangzhou R&F reached the semi-finals of the CFA Cup in 2018 but had a disappointing CSL campaign as they finished 10th. Guangzhou R&F finished 12th in the CSL in
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. In attack, Zahavi's 29 goals set a new single season scoring record but the team had the worst defensive record in the league, conceding 72 goals in 30 games. After spending over four seasons at the club - making him Guangzhou R&F's longest ever serving manager - Stojkovic left the club in January 2020. Giovanni van Bronckhorst was announced as Guangzhou R&F's new manager on 4 January 2020. The CSL's format was disrupted because of
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but van Bronckhorst led the team to an 11th-place finish. After a CFA Cup quarter final loss on penalties, the club announced on 3 December 2020 that van Bronckhorst had resigned as manager for personal reasons. In accordance with new national rules on the removal of sponsors from club names, on 18 December 2020 the club changed its name to Guangzhou City (广州城足球俱乐部).


Name history

*1986–1993: Shenyang (沈阳) *1994: Shenyang Liuyao (沈阳东北六药) *1995: Shenyang Huayang (沈阳华阳) *1996–2001: Shenyang Sealion (沈阳海狮) *2001–2006: Shenyang Ginde (沈阳金德) *2007–2010: Changsha Ginde (长沙金德) *2011:Shenzhen Phoenix (深圳凤凰) *2011–2020:Guangzhou R&F (广州富力) *2020–:Guangzhou City (广州城)


Rivalries

The club took part in the Liaoning Derby, which was a regional fixture contested against Dalian Football Club and
Liaoning FC Liaoning Football Club (), officially known as Liaoning Hongyun (), was a professional association football club with a long history in Chinese football. The club can predate their formation to 1953, when Shenyang government sports body joined ex ...
while the club was located in Shenyang. The tie against Liaoning FC was the more intimate affair because the clubs shared the Shenyang People's Stadium in the 1994 league season compared to the Dalian fixture, which historically saw few meaningful clashes. At the end of the 2006 league season the club left this derby when they moved out of Shenyang. When the club moved to
Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...
they soon formed a rivalry with Guangzhou Evergrande, which is often referred to as the Canton derby. The first derby was played at
Yuexiushan Stadium The Yuexiushan Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, named for its location at the foot of Yuexiu Hill. It is currently mostly used for football matches and also sometimes for athletics. It is located on 4 Yingyuan ...
in a league match on March 16, 2012 and Guangzhou R&F won 2–0 at home against the reigning league champions. The venue was significant because it had been Guangzhou Evergrande's home ground. However, the two club owners, Zhang Li and
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, did not view the derby with hostility and on the return fixture, which R&F won 1–0, they were seen enjoying a meal together instead of watching the game.


Players


Out on loan


Club officials


Senior staff

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Technical staff

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Zhao Junzhe Zhao Junzhe (; born 19 April 1979) is a retired Chinese footballer who predominantly played for Liaoning F.C. in the Chinese Super League. Club career Zhao Junzhe was promoted to Liaoning F.C.'s first team from the club's youth academy and ma ...
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Managerial history

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(1994) * Zhang Zengqun (1995) *
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(1996–98) * Ademar Braga (1999) *
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(2000) * Henryk Kasperczak (2000–01) *
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(July 1, 2002 – Dec 31, 2002) * Dragoslav Stepanović (June 26, 2003 – Dec 31, 2003) * Bob Houghton (Nov 25, 2005 – June 9, 2006) *
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(2006) *
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Zhu Bo Zhu Bo (; Pinyin: ''Zhū Bō''; ; born on September 24, 1960 in Dalian, Liaoning) is a Chinese football manager and a former international football player. As a player, he was a right-back who represented Bayi Football Team where he won several ...
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(Feb 27, 2011 – Nov 22, 2011) *
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(Nov 22, 2011 – May 18, 2013) * Li Bing ''(Caretaker)'' (May 19, 2013 – June 3, 2013) *
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(June 4, 2013 – November 10, 2014) * Cosmin Contra (Jan 4, 2015 – July 22, 2015) * Li Bing ''(Caretaker)'' (July 22, 2015 – Aug 24, 2015) * Dragan Stojković a.k.a. Piksi (Aug 24, 2015 – Jan 3, 2020) * Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Jan 4, 2020 – Dec 3, 2020) *
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Honours


League

*Jia B Champions/
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**Runners-up (2): 1991,
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Professional club records

''For Guangzhou R&F in league football as of the end of the 2018 season''


Team records

*Record home victory: 6–2 v Hangzhou Greentown (2014), 6–2 v Yanbian Funde (2017) *Record away victory: 5–1 v Liaoning Whowin FC (2014) * Record home defeat: 2–6 v
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(2018) * Record away defeat: 0–6 v Beijing Guoan (2013) * Most cleansheets: 9 (2014) * Fewest cleansheets: 5 (2012, 2017, 2018)


Player records

* Top domestic goalscorer: 20, Xiao Zhi * Top foreign goalscorer: 87,
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* Youngest domestic goalscorer: 20 years old (2018)
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* Youngest foreign goalscorer: 19 years old (2014)
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* Most goals in a season: 29 (2019) Eran Zahavi * Fastest hat-trick: 10 minutes (2014) Abderazzak Hamdallah * Most appearances by a goalkeeper: 168,
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* Most appearances by an outfield player: 200,
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* Oldest player: 35 years, 6 months, 23 days,
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Results


All-time League rankings

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1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...
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1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...
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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
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1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
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2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
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Wulihe Stadium Wulihe Stadium () was a multi-purpose stadium in Shenyang, China. The stadium had a capacity of 65,000 people and was built in 1989. It was used mostly for football matches. The opening match took place in August 1989 when Santos beat Liaoning ...
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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...
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Wulihe Stadium Wulihe Stadium () was a multi-purpose stadium in Shenyang, China. The stadium had a capacity of 65,000 people and was built in 1989. It was used mostly for football matches. The opening match took place in August 1989 when Santos beat Liaoning ...
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2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
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2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...
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Wulihe Stadium Wulihe Stadium () was a multi-purpose stadium in Shenyang, China. The stadium had a capacity of 65,000 people and was built in 1989. It was used mostly for football matches. The opening match took place in August 1989 when Santos beat Liaoning ...
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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...
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2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...
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2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
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2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...
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Helong Stadium The He Long Sports Centre Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Changsha, Hunan province, China. It is named after the Marshal He Long, who was born in the same province and a dedicated supporter of Chinese "Three Major Ball Games" (三大球 ...
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2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
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2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...
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2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
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2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
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Yuexiushan Stadium The Yuexiushan Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, named for its location at the foot of Yuexiu Hill. It is currently mostly used for football matches and also sometimes for athletics. It is located on 4 Yingyuan ...
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2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
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Yuexiushan Stadium The Yuexiushan Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, named for its location at the foot of Yuexiu Hill. It is currently mostly used for football matches and also sometimes for athletics. It is located on 4 Yingyuan ...

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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...
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Yuexiushan Stadium The Yuexiushan Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, named for its location at the foot of Yuexiu Hill. It is currently mostly used for football matches and also sometimes for athletics. It is located on 4 Yingyuan ...
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2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...
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Yuexiushan Stadium The Yuexiushan Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, named for its location at the foot of Yuexiu Hill. It is currently mostly used for football matches and also sometimes for athletics. It is located on 4 Yingyuan ...
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2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...
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Yuexiushan Stadium The Yuexiushan Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, named for its location at the foot of Yuexiu Hill. It is currently mostly used for football matches and also sometimes for athletics. It is located on 4 Yingyuan ...

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2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...
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* in group stage * Liaoning B team promoted to 1 level, but according to CFA rules a club could only enter 1 team in top level so that Senyang replaced Liaoning B's place in 1 level * Joins 1994 Jia-A League as 1992 member * no relegation Key
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International results

Guangzhou City played in the Asian Champions League in 2015. They beat Singaporean side Warriors FC and Australian team
Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The Ma ...
in the qualifying rounds but were knocked-out in the group stage.


R&F (Hong Kong)

In August 2016, it was announced that R&F had entered a satellite team into the Hong Kong Premier League. Players registered for the Chinese Super League are ineligible to play in the Hong Kong Premier League, and vice versa. R&F (Hong Kong) played their home matches at the
Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground () is a multi-purpose stadium in Siu Sai Wan, Hong Kong. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It occupies about 43,000 square metres and its construction cost over HK $230 million. Opened in December 1996, ...
during the first season. The following year, they were permitted to play their home matches at Yanzigang Stadium in Guangzhou under the condition that all away teams' travelling expenses would be covered by R&F.


Past and present internationals

This list contains the present and former international football players playing for Guangzhou City. ; *
Apostolos Giannou Apostolos Giannou ( el, Απόστολος Γιάννου; born 25 January 1990) is a Greek-Australian professional footballer who plays as a forward. He represented various Greek and Australian youth national teams, including one friendly with t ...
(2016–2017) ; *
Han Jiaqi Han Jiaqi (; born 3 July 1999) is a Chinese professional Association football, footballer currently playing as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan F.C., Beijing Guoan. Club career Han Jia ...
(2019–present) *
Jiang Ning Jiang Ning (; ; born 1 September 1986) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays for China League Two club Qingdao Hainiu as a striker and winger. Club career Ning began his football career when he joined Qingdao Jonoon's youth acad ...
(2013–2015) * Jiang Zhipeng (2014–2017) *
Tang Miao Tang or TANG most often refers to: * Tang dynasty * Tang (drink mix) Tang or TANG may also refer to: Chinese states and dynasties * Jin (Chinese state) (11th century – 376 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period, called Tang (唐) ...
(2011–present) * Xiao Zhi (2016–2019) * Xu Bo (2004–2014) * Yu Yang (2015–2016) * Zhang Yuan (2012–2015) ; *
Jeremy Bokila Jeremy Loteteka Bokila (born 14 November 1988) is a Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Willem II (football club), Willem II. He for ...
(2015) ; *
Eran Zahavi Eran Zahavi (or Zehavi, he, ערן זהבי; born 25 July 1987) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a forward for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv. Zahavi was named Israeli Footballer of the Year twice (2013–14 ...
(2016–2020) *
Dia Saba Dia Saba (sometimes Sabi'a or Seba, ar, ضياء سبع, he, דיא סבע; born 18 November 1992) is an Israeli professional association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Haifa F. ...
(2019–2020)
; * Tan Chun Lok (2019–present) ; *
Jang Hyun-soo Jang Hyun-soo (; ; born 28 September 1991) is a South Korean professional footballer who currently plays for Al-Hilal in the Saudi Professional League. Club career On 12 July 2019, Jang joined Saudi Professional League club Al-Hilal on a t ...
(2014–2017) *
Park Jong-woo Park Jong-woo ( ko, 박종우; born 10 March 1989) is a South Korean football player, who currently plays for Busan IPark as a midfielder. He has previously played for the Chinese club Guangzhou R&F and also in the UAE Arabian Gulf League for ...
(2014–2015) ; * Abderrazak Hamdallah (2014–2015) ; *
Yakubu Ayegbeni Yakubu Ayegbeni (born 22 November 1982), known as Yakubu, is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker. His nickname is "The Yak". His performances in the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League for Maccabi Haifa earned a loan ...
(2012–2013) *
Aaron Samuel Olanare Aaron Samuel Olanare (born 4 June 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Erzurumspor. Club career Olanare started his senior career in the Nigerian team Shooting Stars. In 2012, Olanare signed fo ...
(2014–2015) ; * Gustav Svensson (2016, 2021)


References


External links


Official website

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