Guangzhou City Football Club () was a Chinese professional

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club which last competed in the

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. The team was based in

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. The club's name between 2011 and 2020 was Guangzhou R&F, which was short for ''rich (富)'' and ''force (力)''. The club changed its name to Guangzhou City in December 2020. The club was founded in 2011 in

. They played at the 55,000-seat

Wulihe Stadium Wulihe Stadium () was a multi-purpose stadium in Shenyang, China. The stadium had a capacity of 65,000 people and was built in 1989. It was used mostly for football matches. The opening match took place in August 1989 when Santos beat Liaoning ...

, until they moved to

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in 2007 to reside at the

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. American sportswear and sports equipment company MAZAMBA took over the club in 2010, and relocated the club to

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, Guangdong in February 2011. Their ownership was brief, and by June 2011 Chinese property developers

Guangzhou R&F Guangzhou City Football Club () was a Chinese professional football club which last competed in the Chinese Super League. The team was based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. The club's name between 2011 and 2020 was Guangzhou R&F, which was short for ' ...

gained ownership of the club and moved them to Guangzhou. The club had their most successful season in 2014 as they finished third in the league and qualified for the

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. Guangzhou City was dissolved in March 2023.

History

History before moving to Guangzhou

The club was founded in 1986 by the local

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government sports body to take part in the

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, and was named Shenyang. The team started at the bottom of the league system by playing in the second division. They were promoted to the 1988 Chinese Jia-A League quickly after the league expanded and

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was ineligible to field their reserve team in the same division. The club was relegated after only one season. With the following campaigns the club mostly remained within the second tier, except for a short foray in the 1992 Chinese Jia-A League campaign; however, they were again relegated after only one season. By the 1994 league season, the entire Chinese football league system had become professional. The team were allowed to gather sponsorship and renamed as Shenyang Liuyao, and were allowed to join the top tier due to their 1992 membership.China League 1994
at rsssf.com. 19 June 2003. Retrieved 2013-06-04. When the club were relegated again at the end of the season, it was renamed Shenyang Huayang and then Shenyang Sealion in 1996. The club again won promotion to the top tier; however, this time they were able to avoid relegation. This was to be the beginning of the club's establishment within the league, though the team benefitted from several seasons where there was no relegation while the league expanded. In 2001, the club was taken over by Ginde Plastic Pipe Industry Group, a subsidiary of the Hongyuan Group and changed its name to Shenyang Ginde. In 2007, the club's homeground

was demolished. While the club was expected to move to another stadium within Shenyang, specifically the

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, the deal fell through and the club instead moved to

and changed its name to Changsha Ginde. After Changsha Ginde were relegated to

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at the end of the 2010 season, the club was purchased by Mazamba and moved into the

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in the city of

in February 2011. To represent this change, the owners changed the club's name to Shenzhen Phoenix, and also changed the home kit from sky blue to green.长沙金德将更名落户深圳将加紧确定主帅内外援
at sports.sohu.com. 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2013-06-04. By May 2011, the club was exposed as having serious financial problems and were struggling to pay their players and their hotel accommodation.

History in Guangzhou

In serious doubt of completing the 2011 season, Shenzhen Phoenix was put up for sale. The club was bought by Chinese property developers Guangzhou R&F who moved the club to the

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and changed the club's colours back to blue.富力地产低调接手深圳凤凰望学恒大模式入主足球
at sports.sina.com.cn. 2011-06-25. Retrieved 2013-06-04. Under the new ownership results significantly improved and the club gained promotion back into the top tier at the end of the

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season. The team finished the league in seventh, and the club's owners decided to commit their long-term future to the club by establishing a football school in

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. The start of the

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season, however, the club struggled in the league and the manager

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was fired. Former England manager

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was appointed to replace him on June 4, 2013, and given a 19-month contract. Eriksson's first full season would see the club finish third, its highest league finish, and qualify for the

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for the first time. Moroccan striker Abderazzak Hamdallah was a key player for the team, scoring 22 times in 22 appearances. However, manager Eriksson left at the end of his contract and moved to

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who had finished fifth that year. On 2 January 2015, the club announced that

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would be their new manager. Contra coached the club in their maiden appearance in the Asian Champions League, coming through the preliminary stages against

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and

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to earn a place in the group stage. However, despite an away victory over Gamba Osaka, Guangzhou R&F were eliminated at the group stage. The club's league form was also poor and Contra was sacked on July 22. Li Bing was installed as caretaker manager. There were more changes as Korean defensive midfielder

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and the injured and unsettled Hamdallah also left the club mid-season. Hamdallah only scored three goals in 2015, making him the club's all-time leading foreign scorer at the time with 25, one ahead of

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. The disruption continued as R&F were forced to play some of their home matches at Guangzhou's University City Stadium whilst Yuexiushan was being refurbished, just as in 2012.

The Dragan Stojković era

Guangzhou R&F announced

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as their new manager on 24 August 2015 and handed the former Yugoslav international a contract until the end of the 2017 season. Stojković preserved R&F's top flight status as they finished 14th out of 16 teams in

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. In July 2016, R&F signed Israeli international

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from

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. Whilst home stadium Yuexiushan was being refurbished, R&F played their opening home games in 2017 at the

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. Stojković's attacking style of play and Zahavi's goals led R&F to finish fifth in the CSL in 2017. There was double disappointment on the final day of the season however, as the club fell just short of qualifying for the Champions League and Zahavi missed out on breaking the single season CSL scoring record by just one goal. However, his 27 goals earned him the 2017 golden boot. Guangzhou R&F reached the semi-finals of the CFA Cup in 2018, but had a disappointing CSL campaign as they finished 10th. Guangzhou R&F finished 12th in the CSL in

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. In attack, Zahavi's 29 goals set a new single season scoring record, but the team had the worst defensive record in the league, conceding 72 goals in 30 games. After spending over four seasons at the club - making him Guangzhou R&F's longest ever serving manager - Stojković left the club in January 2020.

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was announced as Guangzhou R&F's new manager on 4 January 2020. The CSL's format was disrupted because of the

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, and van Bronckhorst led the team to an 11th-place finish. After a CFA Cup quarter-final loss on penalties, the club announced on 3 December 2020 that van Bronckhorst had resigned as manager for personal reasons. In accordance with the new national rules on removing sponsors from club names, the club was renamed Guangzhou City in December 2020.

Name history

*1986–1993: Shenyang () *1994: Shenyang Liuyao () *1995: Shenyang Huayang () *1996–2001: Shenyang Sealion () *2001–2006: Shenyang Ginde () *2007–2010: Changsha Ginde () *2011: Shenzhen Phoenix () *2011–2020: Guangzhou R&F () *2020–2023: Guangzhou City ()

Rivalries

The club took part in the Liaoning Derby, a regional fixture contested against Dalian Football Club and

while the club was located in Shenyang. The tie against Liaoning FC was the more intimate affair because the clubs shared the Shenyang People's Stadium in the 1994 league season compared to the Dalian fixture, which historically saw few meaningful clashes. At the end of the 2006 league season the club left this derby when they moved out of Shenyang. When the club moved to,

they soon formed a rivalry with

Guangzhou Evergrande Guangzhou Football Club (), previously Guangzhou Evergrande (), was a Chinese professional football club based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. Historically, Guangzhou FC played its home matches at various grounds in their home city, most notably at T ...

, which is often referred to as the Canton derby. The first derby was played at

in a league match on March 16, 2012, and Guangzhou R&F won 2–0 at home against the reigning league champions. The venue was significant because it had been Guangzhou Evergrande's home ground. However, the two club owners, Zhang Li and

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, did not view the derby with hostility and on the return fixture, which R&F won 1–0, they were seen enjoying a meal together instead of watching the game.

Managerial history

* Serhiy Morozov (1994) * Zhang Zengqun (1995) * Li Yingfa (1996) *

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(1996–98) * Ademar Braga (1999) *

(1999) *

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(2000) * Henryk Kasperczak (2000–01) *

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(2001) *

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(July 1, 2002 – Dec 31, 2002) *

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(June 26, 2003 – Dec 31, 2003) *

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(Nov 25, 2005 – June 9, 2006) *

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(2006) *

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(2007) *

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(Jan 1, 2008 – June 30, 2008) *

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(July 21, 2008 – Oct 12, 2009) *

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(Oct 12, 2009 – June 21, 2010) *

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(June 21, 2010 – 2010) *

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(Feb 27, 2011 – Nov 22, 2011) *

(Nov 22, 2011 – May 18, 2013) * Li Bing ''(Caretaker)'' (May 19, 2013 – June 3, 2013) *

(June 4, 2013 – November 10, 2014) *

(Jan 4, 2015 – July 22, 2015) * Li Bing ''(Caretaker)'' (July 22, 2015 – Aug 24, 2015) *

a.k.a. Piksi (Aug 24, 2015 – Jan 3, 2020) *

(Jan 4, 2020 – Dec 3, 2020) * Jean-Paul van Gastel (Jan 31, 2021 – July 24, 2022) * Zhao Junzhe ''(Caretaker)'' (July 24, 2022 – Aug 29, 2022) * Li Weifeng (Aug 29, 2022 – Mar 29, 2023)

Honours

League

*Jia B Champions/

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**Runners-up (2): 1991,

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Professional club records

''For Guangzhou R&F in league football as of the end of the 2018 season''

Team records

*Record home victory: 6–2 v Hangzhou Greentown (2014), 6–2 v Yanbian Funde (2017) *Record away victory: 5–1 v Liaoning Whowin FC (2014) * Record home defeat: 2–6 v

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(2018) * Record away defeat: 0–6 v

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(2013) * Most cleansheets: 9 (2014) * Fewest cleansheets: 5 (2012, 2017, 2018)

Player records

* Top domestic goalscorer: 20, Xiao Zhi * Top foreign goalscorer: 87,

* Youngest domestic goalscorer: 20 years old (2018) Ma Junliang * Youngest foreign goalscorer: 19 years old (2014) Aaron Samuel Olanare * Most goals in a season: 29 (2019) Eran Zahavi * Fastest hat-trick: 10 minutes (2014) Abderazzak Hamdallah * Most appearances by a goalkeeper: 168, Cheng Yuelei * Most appearances by an outfield player: 200, Tang Miao * Oldest player: 35 years, 6 months, 23 days, Zhang Yaokun

Results

All-time League rankings

''As of the end of 2022 season.'' * in group stage * Liaoning B team promoted to 1 level, but according to CFA rules a club could only enter 1 team in top level so that Senyang replaced Liaoning B's place in 1 level * Joins 1994 Jia-A League as 1992 member * no relegation Key * Pld = Played * W = Games won * D = Games drawn * L = Games lost * F = Goals for * A = Goals against * Pts = Points * Pos = Final position * DNQ = Did not qualify * DNE = Did not enter * NH = Not Held * – = Does Not Exist * R1 = Round 1 * R2 = Round 2 * R3 = Round 3 * R4 = Round 4 * F = Final * SF = Semi-finals * QF = Quarter-finals * R16 = Round of 16 * Group = Group stage * GS2 = Second Group stage * QR1 = First Qualifying Round * QR2 = Second Qualifying Round * QR3 = Third Qualifying Round

International results

Guangzhou City played in the Asian Champions League in 2015. They beat Singaporean side

and Australian team

in the qualifying rounds but were knocked-out in the group stage.

R&F (Hong Kong)

In August 2016, it was announced that R&F had entered a satellite team into the

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. Players registered for the Chinese Super League are ineligible to play in the Hong Kong Premier League, and vice versa.

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played their home matches at the

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during the first season. The following year, they were permitted to play their home matches at

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in Guangzhou under the condition that all away teams' travelling expenses would be covered by R&F.

Past and present internationals

This list contains the present and former international football players playing for Guangzhou City. ; * Apostolos Giannou (2016–2017) ; * Cheng Yuelei (2012–2023) * Li Jianhua (2013–2015) * Liu Dianzuo (2015–2016) * Han Jiaqi (2019–) *

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(2013–2015) * Jiang Zhipeng (2014–2017) * Shi Xiaotian (2007–2014) * Tang Miao (2011–) * Wang Xiaolong (2014–2016) *

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(2012–2014) * Wu Pingfeng (2013–2014) * Xiao Zhi (2016–2019) *

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(2004–2014) * Yu Yang (2015–2016) * Zhang Shuo (2011–2015) * Zhang Yaokun (2013–2016) * Zhang Yuan (2012–2015) ; * Jeremy Bokila (2015) ; *

(2016–2020) *

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(2019–2020)
; *

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(2019–) ; *

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(2014–2017) *

(2014–2015) ; *

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(2014–2015) ; * Yakubu Ayegbeni (2012–2013) * Aaron Samuel Olanare (2014–2015) ; *

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(2016, 2021)

References

External links

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