Beijing Guoan F.C. is a professional Chinese football club that currently participates in the Chinese Super League under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is based in the Chaoyang District in Beijing and their home stadium is the Workers' Stadium with a seating capacity of 68,000. The real estate company Sinobo Group has full ownership of the club. Beijing Guoan F.C. was founded as a professional team by the CITIC Guoan Group, and was a subsidiary of the CITIC Group until 2014.
This is a list of historical and current Beijing Guoan F.C. chairmen & general managers.
List of chairmen
Below is the official history of Beijing Guoan F.C. chairmen until the present day.
# Name Birthyear Former occupation From To Ref1 Wang Jun1941Deputy general manager, CITIC Group29 December 19926 January 20022 Li Jianyi1967Deputy general manager, CITIC Guoan Group Corporation7 January 200230 December 2016- Luo Ning1959Assistant general manager, CITIC Group7 January 200230 December 20163 Zhou Jinhui1974Chairman, Sinobo Group30 December 2016Incumbent
List of general managers
Below is the official history of Beijing Guoan F.C. general managers until the present day.
# Name Birthyear Former occupation From To Ref1 Liu WenxiongPrincipal, Beijing Xiannongtan Sports Training School199319952 Zhang Lu1951Deputy director, Beijing Institute of Sports Science19961 November 20003 Yang Zuwu1947Executive deputy general manager, Beijing Guoan F.C.1 November 20007 January 20024 Ma Bing1960Director, Beijing Sport University Football Teaching and Research Office8 January 20023 October 2003- Zhang Lu1951Vice chairman, Beijing Guoan F.C.4 October 200310 December 20035 Yang Zuwu1947Coach team leader, Beijing Guoan F.C.11 December 200315 August 20056 Li Xiaoming1955Assistant general manager, CITIC Guoan Group Corporation16 August 200531 December 20097 Gao Chao1956General manager, Beijing Gao Chao Culture Communication Co., Ltd1 January 201031 January 20168 Shen Li1969Chairman, Guoan (Peking) Media of Technology Co., Ltd1 February 20166 January 20179 Li Ming1971Head coach, China national under-20 football team2 March 201727 December 2025
List of sporting directors Below is the official history of Beijing Guoan F.C. sporting directors until the present day. # Name Birthyear Former occupation From To Ref1 Matthias Brosamer1982Developer of international relations, VfB Stuttgart27 December 2025Incumbent
Notes Club's de facto top decision maker as vice chairman (2002-2009) and honorary chairman (2009-2016). Served as interim general manager. On 21 May, the Chinese FA announced another round of penalties and sanctions as a result of ongoing anti-corruption investigations into Chinese football. Li Ming received a five-year ban from footballing activities as he was found to have engaged in bribery and conducted improper financial transactions whilst at Beijing Guoan.
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