The 2012 Guangzhou Evergrande season is the 59th year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and is its 45th season in the Chinese football league, also its 23rd season in the top flight. The club played in the AFC Champions League for the first time in club's history after winning the league title in the 2011 season.
Review 26 December 2011, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Zhao Xuri, Rong Hao, Li Jianbin and Peng Xinli for a total report fee of ¥30 million.恒大官方宣布签四名新援 国足三将携潜力新星加盟 10 January 2012, Chinese midfielder Qin Sheng moved from Liaoning Whowin to Guangzhou with an undisclosed fee. 25 February 2012, Guangzhou beat Tianjin Teda 2–1 in the 2012 Chinese FA Super Cup, winning this trophy for the first time in the club's history. Cléo scored both goals of the match. 7 March 2012, Guangzhou beat K-League champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 5–1 away in the club's first AFC Champions League match. 2 May 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande announced that they had signed Lucas Barrios from German Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund on a four-year deal for a domestic record fee of €8.5 million. 4 May 2012, Darío Conca received a ban of at least 9 matches (including reserve league match) and was fined ¥1 million by the club for his remarks about the team manager Lee Jang-Soo's decision on Weibo.关于对外援孔卡的处理决定 15 May 2012, Guangzhou beat Buriram United 2–1 and advanced to the knockout phase of AFC Champions League. 17 May 2012, former Italian World Cup-winning football manager Marcello Lippi was appointed as the new manager of club, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal.关于聘任马塞洛•里皮担任广州恒大足球队主教练的公告 30 May 2012, Guangzhou beat J-League side FC Tokyo 1–0 in the Round of 16 of AFC Champions League, and became the first Chinese club to reach the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League since 2006. 20 June 2012, CFA committee voted to pass a rule change allowing CSL clubs, who were still competing in the AFC Champions League, to add two more foreign players. Guangzhou Evergrande would be the only club able to take advantage out of the new rule change in the 2012 league season.Chinese FA passes controversial rule change allowing Guangzhou Evergrande extra foreign players 2 July 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande announced that they had signed South Korea national team defender Kim Young-Gwon on a four-year deal with a fee of US$2.5 million.韩国外援金英权正式加盟广州恒大足球俱乐部 3 July 2012, Muriqui signed a new contract with Guangzhou Evergrande, keeping him at the club until 30 June 2016.Muriqui renova contrato com Guangzhou Evergrande até 2016 7 July 2012, Huang Bowen transferred to Guangzhou from K-League side Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors with a reported fee of US$2 million. 15 July 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande lost to Guangzhou R&F 0–1 at Tianhe Stadium, which ended club's record 34-league-home-match unbeaten run, as well as record 36-league-home-match scoring run. 2 October 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande was knocked out of the AFC Champions League in the quarter-finals by Al Ittihad 5–4 on aggregate. 27 October 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande won the league title for the second time in two years after beating Liaoning Whowin 1–0, with Gao Lin scoring the winning goal at the 90' minute to seal the title. 18 November 2012, Guangzhou Evergrande won their first Chinese FA Cup title, defeating Guizhou Renhe by a score of 4–2, on aggregate 5–3.
Players
First team squad
Reserve squad
Out on loan
Technical staff NameNat.Job title Marcello Lippi Head coach (from 17 May 2012) Narciso Pezzotti Assistant coaches (from 17 May 2012) Massimiliano Maddaloni Li Tie Assistant coach (from 26 May 2012) Michelangelo Rampulla Goalkeeping coach (from 17 May 2012) Claudio Gaudino Fitness coach (from 17 May 2012) Peng Weiguo Reserve team coach (from 21 May 2012) Enrico Castellacci Medical adviser (from 27 July 2012) Silvano Cotti Team doctor / Physiotherapist (from 27 July 2012) Georg Meyer Physiotherapist Liu Shulai Team doctors Kang Kebao Wang Shucheng Franco Ceravolo Chief scout (from 5 September 2012) Lee Jang-Soo Head coach (to 16 May 2012) Qiu Ming Assistant coaches (to 16 May 2012) Kim Yong-Kab Lee Min-Sung Wang Weiman Goalkeeping coach (to 16 May 2012) Jiang Feng Fitness coach (to 16 May 2012) Qu Shengqing Reserve team coach (to 16 May 2012) Kim Hyo-Jung Technical analyst (to 16 May 2012)
Transfers
Winter
In:
迟到一年的牵手! 恒大超低价签新疆小将开提
Out:
恒大两小将转会 陈建龙投南昌郭子超加盟日之泉
高洪波苦追恒大小将 前国青快马杨一虎加盟陕西
红钻龙年首签锁恒大小将 特帅称仍有强援或弃基伦
Summer
In:
黄博文正式加盟广州恒大足球俱乐部
Out:
关于球员李岩租借广州富力足球俱乐部的公告 关于巴西外援雷纳多转会日本鹿岛鹿角队的公告
Pre-season and friendlies
Training matches DateOpponentsH / AResultScorers 2012-01-14 Dalian AerbinH3–1Memet Ali, Jiang Xiaochen (2 goals)2012-01-17 Guizhou RenheH1–0Gao Lin2012-01-18 Shenyang DongjinH1–2Tan Jiajun2012-01-19 Dalian AerbinH2–0Zheng Zhi, Liang Xueming2012-01-27 CádizA1–1Muriqui2012-01-28 VideotonN1–2Jiang Ning2012-01-31 Dinamo TbilisiN3–0Cléo, Conca, Muriqui2012-02-01 FC WilN1–2Tan Jiajun2012-02-04 Dnipro DnipropetrovskN1–2Ye Weichao2012-02-07 UD MarbellaA0–12012-02-19 Incheon UnitedH2–2Wu Pingfeng, Feng Junyan2012-03-03 Myongji UniversityA1–2Shi Hongjun
Marbella Cup 2012
2012 CSL All-Stars Game
Competitions
Overview
Chinese Super League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Chinese FA Cup
Chinese FA Super Cup
AFC Champions League
Group stage
+Group HTeam Guangzhou Evergrande6312128+410 Kashiwa Reysol6312117+410 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors63031015−59 Buriram United6204811−36
Knockout stage
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Squad statistics No. Pos. Player name Super League FA Cup Champions League Super Cup TOTALSApps.StartsGoals Apps.StartsGoals Apps.StartsGoals Apps.StartsGoals Apps.StartsGoals 1GK Yang Jun202000000000770201100028280202DF Tu Dongxu00000110000000000000110003DF Paulão191302022000000000000021150204DF Rong Hao32000320002100000000850005DF Zhang Linpeng2121261331007704011000323231016DF Feng Xiaoting191806033000990101101032310807MF Feng Junyan14512064010710000000027101308MF Qin Sheng2116160440205402010010312411109FW Cléo28227304310077400112004033143010MF Zheng Zhi242011203311099010000003632214011FW Muriqui201812502100087300110003127155012GK Dong Chunyu000001000000000000001000013DF Tang Dechao750112200000000000009701114DF Li Jianhua1713110431104100011000261822015MF Darío Conca242110102211099610110003633173016MF Cho Won-Hee1715010220107701011000272503017MF Gao Zhilin310001000000000000004100018FW Lucas Barrios83200653002210000000161060019DF Li Jianbin110000000000000000001100021FW Jiang Ning1510400201104201010000221252022GK Li Shuai1010000660002200000000181800023MF Li Zhilang100000000000000000001000024MF Shi Hongjun210002101000000000004201025MF Peng Xinli110002200000000000003300026MF Wu Pingfeng1910110331002000010000251321027FW Ye Weichao200000000000000000002000028DF Kim Young-Gwon77000440102200000000131301029FW Gao Lin2420620320119820011000373183131DF Zhang Hongnan110001100000000000002200032DF Sun Xiang2524031220008801011000363504133MF Li Yan331100000000000000003311034MF Huang Jiaqiang430102000000000000006301035FW Mehmet Ali620000000000000000006200037MF Zhao Xuri2016140541108602011010342728039MF Tan Jiajun200000000000000000002000042MF Huang Bowen98120310001011000000139230 OWN GOAL TOTALS 51 60 3 11 12 1 17 17 0 2 3 0 81 92 4
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