The 2015 Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao season is the 62nd year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and is its 48th season in the Chinese football league, also its 26th season in the top flight. The club's name was changed from Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. to Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C. before the 2015 season due to e-commerce company Alibaba Group purchasing a 50% stake in the club from the Evergrande Real Estate Group.[1]Fabio Cannavaro was appointed as the new manager of the club after Marcello Lippi announced his retirement at the end of 2014 season.[2][3] On 4 June 2015, Brazilian football manager Luiz Felipe Scolari was appointed as the new manager of club, signing a two-and-a-half-year deal.[4]
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Source: sports.sina.com(in Chinese) Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goals scored; 4) head-to-head away goals scored; 5)goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card). Head-to-Head: Only used at the end of the season when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie. (C) Champions
Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Attendance: 17,157 Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) Assistant referees: Saoud Ahmed Al-Maqaleh (Qatar), Luay Subhi Adib (Iraq) Fourth official: Wathik Mohammed Abdallah Al-Baag (Iraq)