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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
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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, Liaoning as Shenyang Football Team. They played at the 55,000-seat Wulihe Stadium (五里河体育场), until they moved to
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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 Shenyang 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
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 ...
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 (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 The Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium () is a 60,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Shenyang, Liaoning, China. Nicknamed "Crystal Crown" 水晶皇冠, the stadium was built by AXS Satow as a replacement for Wulihe Stadium. It hosted football ...
, 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
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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
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who moved the club to the
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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 2011 China League One 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
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. 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 Sven-Göran Eriksson 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 Asian Champions League 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
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who had finished fifth that year. On January 2, 2015, the club announced that
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would be their new manager. Contra coached the club in their maiden appearance in the Asian Champions League, coming through the preliminary stages against
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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 Park Jong-woo 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 Yakubu. 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
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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 Eran Zahavi from Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. Whilst home stadium Yuexiushan was being refurbished, R&F played their opening home games in 2017 at the
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. 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.
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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 Guangzhou Football Club, formerly known as Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club, is a professional Chinese football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under the license of the Chinese Football Association. The team is based ...
, 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 m ...
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Managerial history

* Serhiy Morozov (1994) * Zhang Zengqun (1995) * Li Yingfa (1996) * Li Qiang (1996–98) * Ademar Braga (1999) * Li Qiang (1999) * Valery Nepomnyashchy (2000) *
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(2000–01) * Alain Laurier (2001) *
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(July 1, 2002 – Dec 31, 2002) *
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(June 26, 2003 – Dec 31, 2003) *
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(Nov 25, 2005 – June 9, 2006) * Martin Koopman (2006) *
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(2007) *
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(Jan 1, 2008 – June 30, 2008) *
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(July 21, 2008 – Oct 12, 2009) * Hao Wei (Oct 12, 2009 – June 21, 2010) * Miodrag Ješić (June 21, 2010 – 2010) * Li Shubin (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) * Sven-Göran Eriksson (June 4, 2013 – November 10, 2014) *
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(Jan 4, 2015 – July 22, 2015) * Li Bing ''(Caretaker)'' (July 22, 2015 – Aug 24, 2015) *
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a.k.a. Piksi (Aug 24, 2015 – Jan 3, 2020) *
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(Jan 4, 2020 – Dec 3, 2020) * Jean-Paul van Gastel (Jan 31, 2021 – current)


Honours


League

*Jia B Champions/
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**Runners-up (2): 1991, 2011


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 Tianjin Quanjian (2018) * Record away defeat: 0–6 v
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(2013) * Most cleansheets: 9 (2014) * Fewest cleansheets: 5 (2012, 2017, 2018)


Player records

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


All-time League rankings

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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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Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium The Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 15,000 people. The stadium is best reached by taking Guangzhou Metro Line 1 to Mart ...
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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 Warriors Football Club is a Singaporean professional football club that played in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. Before changing their name on 20 January 2013, they were previously known as the Singapo ...
and Australian team
Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional association football, soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast (New South Wales), Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League, A-League Men, under ...
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 The Hong Kong Premier League () is a Hong Kong professional football league organised by the Hong Kong Football Association. It is currently sponsored by BOC Life and officially known as BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League (). The inaugural seaso ...
. Players registered for the Chinese Super League are ineligible to play in the Hong Kong Premier League, and vice versa.
R&F (Hong Kong) R&F (Hong Kong) Soccer Limited (), commonly known as R&F (), was an association football team based in Guangzhou, China which competed in the Hong Kong Premier League between 2016 and 2020. It was owned by Chinese property developers R&F Propertie ...
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 Yanzigang Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It mainly used for campus football league and youth football championships of Guangzhou. It is the current home of Hong Kong Premier League club R&F as well as the ...
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 (2016–2017) ; * Han Jiaqi (2019–present) * Jiang Ning (2013–2015) *
Jiang Zhipeng Jiang Zhipeng (; born 6 March 1989) is a Chinese footballer who currently plays for Shenzhen in the Chinese Super League. Club career Jiang Zhipeng started his football career when he joined the Genbao Football Academy in 2000 and was promote ...
(2014–2017) * Tang Miao (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 (2016–2020) * Dia Saba (2019–2020)
; *
Tan Chun Lok Mark Tan Chun Lok (; born 15 January 1996) is a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee SC, Kitchee. Early career He is gradutated in Diocesan Boys' School ...
(2019–present) ; * Jang Hyun-soo (2014–2017) * Park Jong-woo (2014–2015) ; *
Abderrazak Hamdallah Abderrazak "Abdo" Hamdallah ( ar, عبد الرزاق حمد الله; born 17 December 1990) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Professional League club Al-Ittihad and the Morocco national team. He starte ...
(2014–2015) ; * Yakubu Ayegbeni (2012–2013) * Aaron Samuel Olanare (2014–2015) ; *
Gustav Svensson Karl Gustav Johan Svensson (born 7 February 1987) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg as a midfielder. Starting off his footballing career in Sweden with IFK Göteborg in 2005, he went on to play p ...
(2016, 2021)


References


External links


Official website

Guangzhou R&F logo

Weltfussballarchiv
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