Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao 2016 Football team season
The 2016 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao season was the 63rd year in Guangzhou Evergrande 's existence and was its 49th season in the Chinese football league, also its 27th season in the top flight.
Guangzhou was knocked out in the group stage of 2016 AFC Champions League for the first time but won all three domestic titles for the second time in club's history.[ 5] Brazilian attacking midfielder Ricardo Goulart won Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year as well as the golden boot of the league by scoring 19 goals. Luiz Felipe Scolari won Manager of the Year title. Seven players including Feng Xiaoting , Gao Lin , Ricardo Goulart , Kim Young-Gwon , Paulinho , Zhang Linpeng and Zeng Cheng was elected in the eleven-man squad of 2016 Chinese Super League Team of the Year.[ 6]
Transfers
In
Winter
Summer
Out
Winter
Summer
Coaching staff
Position
Name
Head coach
Luiz Felipe Scolari
Assistant coaches
Ivo Wortmann Flávio Murtosa Hao Wei
Goalkeeping coach
Carlos Pracidelli
Fitness coach
Darlan Schneider Rudy Pracidelli
Physiotherapist
Feliciano Fontoura
Team doctor
Gustavo Emilio Arcos Campos
Reserve team coach
Hao Wei
Reserve team assistant coach
Chang Weiwei Liu Zhiyu
Reserve team goalkeeping coach
Wang Weiman
Reserve team Physiotherapist
Wan Bingfeng
Academy director / U-17 team coach
Marco Pezzaiuoli
Pre-season and friendlies
Training matches
FC Schalke 04 China Tour
Competitions
Win
Draw
Loss
Chinese Super League
Table
Source:
Sina Sports Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Reserve league points; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card)
(C) Champions
Notes:
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
30
19
7
4
62
19
+43
64
10
5
0
31
7
+24
9
2
4
31
12
+19
Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 19 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Ground A H H A H A H A H A H H H A H A H A A A H A H A H A A H A H Result L W W W W W W W W W D D W D W W W W L W D L D W W D W D L W Position 11 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2016. Source:
Chinese Super League Table (in Chinese) A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Matches
Chinese FA Cup
Chinese FA Super Cup
AFC Champions League
Group stage
Statistics
As of 27 November 2016 [ 34]
Appearances and goals
Player
Super League
FA Cup
Champions League
Super Cup
Total
Apps.
Starts
Goals
Apps.
Starts
Goals
Apps.
Starts
Goals
Apps.
Starts
Goals
Apps.
Starts
Goals
2
MF
Liao Lisheng
15
3
1
6
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
22
6
1
3
DF
Mei Fang
25
22
0
7
7
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
34
31
0
4
MF
Xu Xin
5
0
0
1
1
0
3
2
0
0
0
0
9
3
0
5
DF
Zhang Linpeng
16
16
0
7
7
0
3
3
0
1
1
0
27
27
0
6
DF
Feng Xiaoting
22
22
0
5
4
0
5
5
0
1
1
0
33
32
0
7
FW
Alan Carvalho
27
24
14
8
6
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
35
30
18
8
MF
Paulinho
30
30
8
8
7
3
5
5
0
1
1
0
44
43
11
9
FW
Jackson Martínez
10
6
4
1
0
0
4
4
0
1
1
0
16
11
4
10
MF
Zheng Zhi
26
25
1
8
7
0
5
5
0
1
1
0
40
38
1
11
MF
Ricardo Goulart
29
29
19
7
7
4
6
6
3
1
1
2
43
43
28
12
MF
Wang Shangyuan
23
14
0
5
3
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
31
20
0
15
MF
Zhang Wenzhao
6
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
16
MF
Huang Bowen
28
24
1
7
3
1
6
5
0
1
1
0
42
33
2
17
DF
Liu Jian
7
3
0
2
2
1
4
1
0
1
0
0
14
6
1
18
MF
Li Yuanyi
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
19
GK
Zeng Cheng
23
23
0
5
5
0
5
5
0
1
1
0
34
34
0
20
MF
Yu Hanchao
19
8
3
6
4
1
6
4
0
1
1
0
32
17
4
23
DF
Han Pengfei
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
25
DF
Zou Zheng
4
3
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
4
0
27
MF
Zheng Long
19
4
4
6
4
0
4
2
0
1
0
0
30
10
4
28
DF
Kim Young-gwon
15
15
0
2
2
0
4
4
0
1
1
0
22
22
0
29
FW
Gao Lin
28
27
7
7
6
3
6
2
2
0
0
0
41
35
12
31
MF
Zhang Aokai
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
32
GK
Liu Dianzuo
7
7
0
3
3
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
11
11
0
33
DF
Rong Hao
12
11
0
1
1
0
4
3
0
0
0
0
17
15
0
35
DF
Li Xuepeng
12
9
0
4
4
0
5
4
0
1
1
0
22
18
0
37
DF
Chen Zepeng
6
4
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
5
0
TOTALS
62
17
5
2
86
Goalscorers
Assists
Disciplinary record
Notes
^ a b Guangzhou Evergrande played their first group stage home match behind closed doors due to breaches of the AFC Champions League Regulations.[ 3]
References
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