The 2018 Guangzhou R&F season is the 8th year in Guangzhou R&F's existence and its 8th season in the Chinese football league, also its 7th season in the top flight.
Review 8 November 2017, Guangzhou R&F confirmed that Dragan Stojković signed a renewed contract with Guangzhou R&F until the end of the 2021. 5 December 2017, Guangzhou R&F confirmed that Huang Zhengyu signed a renewed contract with Guangzhou R&F until the end of the 2022. 25 December 2017, Guangzhou R&F confirmed that Cheng Yuelei signed a renewed contract with Guangzhou R&F until the end of the 2022. 15 January 2018, Guangzhou R&F confirmed that Zhang Chenlong signed a renewed contract with Guangzhou R&F until the end of the 2021. 26 February 2018, Guangzhou R&F confirmed that Eran Zahavi signed a renewed contract with Guangzhou R&F until the end of the 2020. 28 February 2018, Guangzhou R&F confirmed that Renatinho signed a renewed contract with Guangzhou R&F until the end of the 2020. 25 April 2018, Guangzhou R&F confirmed that Yi Teng signed a renewed contract with Guangzhou R&F until the end of the 2022. 26 April 2018, Guangzhou R&F confirmed that Lu Lin signed a renewed contract with Guangzhou R&F until the end of the 2020.
Coaching and medical staff
{|class="wikitable" |- !Position !Staff |- |Head coach|| Dragan Stojković |- |rowspan="2"|Assistant coaches|| Žarko Đurović (to May 16) |- | Dejan Govedarica |- |rowspan="2"|Fitness coaches|| Katsuhito Kinoshi |- | Divan Augustyn (from June) |- |Goalkeeper coach|| Huang Hongtao |- |Team leader|| Huang Jun |- |rowspan="3"|Team physicians|| Marco van der Steen |- | Mai Zhiyuan |- | Fan Bihua |- |Performance manager|| Bito Wu |- |rowspan="2"|Interpreters|| Hong Wenjie |- | Weng Zhanhong
Squad Winter
First team
Reserve team
Summer
First team
Reserve team
Transfers Winter In Squad numberPositionPlayerMoving fromTypeTransfer feeDateSource6MF Cai HaojianTransferFree22DF Zheng ZhimingTransferFree38DMF Chen YajunTransferFree9RMF Chang Feiya Guizhou Hengfeng ZhichengLoan return-MF Min Junlin Guizhou Hengfeng ZhichengLoan return-DF Yang Ting Guizhou Hengfeng ZhichengLoan return34DF Wang Xin Vejle BKTransferUndisclosed11LB Ding Haifeng Hebei China FortuneTransferSwap deal5DMF Zhang Jiaqi Guangzhou Evergrande TaobaoLoan14LW Marko Perović R&F (Hong Kong)TransferFree
Out Squad numberPositionPlayerMoving toTypeTransfer feeDateSource5DF Sölvi Ottesen Vikingur ReykjavikTransferFree14MF Zeng Chao Meixian TechandTransfer€380,0009FW Apostolos Giannou AEK LarnacaTransferFree3FW Xiang Baixu ShenzhenTransfer€1,900,000-DF Yang Ting Guizhou HengfengTransferUndisclosed11LB Jiang Zhipeng Hebei China FortuneTransfer€2,500,000+Swap deal13MF Ye Chugui ShenzhenLoan out-MF Min Junlin Guizhou Hengfeng ZhichengTransferUndisclosed6MF Yang Wanshun Tianjin TEDATransferFree
Summer In Squad numberPositionPlayerMoving fromTypeTransfer feeDateSource3DF Duško Tošić BeşiktaşTransfer£4,050,00059MF Tan Chun Lok Tai PoTransfer16FW Li Rui Braga BTransferFree30MF Wang Peng GondomarLoan
Out
R&F (Hong Kong)
Friendlies Pre-season
Mid-season
Competitions
Chinese Super League
Table
Results by round
Results summary
League Matches
Chinese FA Cup
Statistics
Appearances and goals Player Super League FA Cup TotalApps.StartsGoalsApps.StartsGoalsApps.StartsGoals 1GK Cheng Yuelei 19 19 0 1 1 0 20 20 0 3DF Duško Tošić 4 4 1 2 2 0 6 6 1 4MF Zhang Gong 4 1 0 3 2 0 7 3 0 5DF Zhang Jiaqi 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6MF Cai Haojian 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 7FW Eran Zahavi 19 19 16 2 2 2 21 21 18 8MF Júnior Urso 16 16 3 2 2 0 18 18 3 9FW Chang Feiya 9 3 1 2 2 0 11 5 110MF Renatinho 16 16 6 0 0 0 16 16 611DF Ding Haifeng 9 6 0 2 0 0 11 6 017DF Zhang Chenlong 5 5 0 3 3 1 8 8 118DF Yi Teng 18 18 0 4 4 0 22 22 019DF Jiang Jihong 13 12 0 2 2 0 15 14 020DF Tang Miao 18 17 0 2 2 0 20 19 023MF Lu Lin 16 10 1 3 3 2 19 13 324MF Mai Jiajian 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 025GK Han Feng 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 3 026FW Ma Junliang 14 7 1 2 2 0 16 9 127MF Zhang Jiajie 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 029FW Xiao Zhi 16 14 6 3 3 1 19 17 730MF Wang Peng 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 032MF Chen Zhizhao 15 12 3 4 4 0 19 16 334DF Wang Xin 5 0 0 2 0 0 7 0 035DF Li Tixiang 13 13 0 4 4 0 17 17 036DF Huang Zhengyu 16 12 0 3 2 0 19 14 037MF Li Yuyang 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 038MF Chen Yajun 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 040DF Chen Weiming 9 4 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 TOTALS 38 7 45
Goalscorers RankPlayer Super LeagueFA CupTotal1 Zahavi7FW162182 Xiao Zhi29FW6173 Renatinho10MF6064 Urso8MF303 Lu Lin23MF123 Chen Zhizhao32MF3037 Duško Tošić3DF101 Zhang Jiaqi5DF011 Chang Feiya9FW101 Zhang Chenlong17DF011 Ma Junliang26MF101TOTALS38745
Disciplinary record Player Super League FA Cup Total1GK Cheng Yuelei2000002004MF Zhang Gong3000003007FW Zahavi2000002008MF Urso30000030010MF Renatinho10000010011DF Ding Haifeng20000020017DF Zhang Chenlong10000010018DF Yi Teng20000020019DF Jiang Jihong30000030020DF Tang Miao50000050023MF Lu Lin10000010026MF Ma Junliang10000010029FW Xiao Zhi21000021032MF Chen Zhizhao10000010035DF Li Tixiang30110040136DF Huang Zhengyu100000100 TOTALS32111003311
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