Guangzhou Evergrande FC

The Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club, (广州 恒大 足球 俱乐部; Pinyin: dà Guǎngzhōu Heng zúqiú jùlèbù ) is a football club established in 1954 in Guangzhou, China. The club was first time in 2011 master of the country and won the 2012 league and cup double. Furthermore Guangzhou Evergrande is only the second Chinese club could win the AFC Champions League.

The club plays its home games at the stadium in 1987 established the Tianhe Sports Center (天河 体育 中心 体育场), briefly called Tianhe Stadium, from. The multi-purpose stadium has a capacity of around 58,500 spectators. 1991 took place there games, including the final, the first official women's football World Cup and 2010 football finals of the Asian Games.

Club history

The club was founded in 1954 as Guangzhou Football Team. In its history, the club went through various name changes. After the acquisition by the Apollo Group in 1993, the club was the first professionally in China.

After the Pharmaceutical Company Limited took over the club in 2006, he was called Guangzhou Pharmaceutical FC, ​​was popularly and in the media but usually referred to simply as Guangzhou GPC. For the 2010 season, the club was renamed after the acquisition by the Evergrande Real Estate Group in Guangzhou Evergrande.

The club was twice runner-up and reached in 1991, the Association Cup final. In February 2010, the club was doomed to relegation to the second league after it was revealed that 2007 victories were bought with cash payments in the promotion season. However, the club made ​​the immediate resurgence.

Mid-2011, undertook Guangzhou Evergrande Brazil's soccer player of the year, the Argentine Darío Conca by reigning Brazilian champions Fluminense FC for three and a half years. The transfer fee is to be 7 million U.S. dollars, Chinese record, and his salary of 10.4 million U.S. dollars per year, which would make him one of the highest paid players in the world. Furthermore occurred with Cleverson Gabriel Córdova " Cléo " and Muriqui two Brazilians, which cost a total of 7.5 million U.S. dollars for the club to. With them, Evergrande was first time in 2011 Master of the Chinese Super League. The owner Xu Jiayin plans to invest another 100 million in 2012 dollars in the club. Another prominent addition is the two-time German champion Lucas Barrios, who was signed on July 1, 2012 from Borussia Dortmund. The considerable investment in particular by Chinese standards brought the club the nickname of Chelsea Asia. 2012 the team was able to not only defend the league title but also win the trophy for the first time.

Achievements

  • Chinese champion: 2011, 2012, 2013 Vice Champion 1992, 1994

Known player

  • Italy Alessandro Diamanti (2014 - )
  • People's Republic of China Gao Lin (2010 -)
  • Brazil Elkeson (2013 - / scorer in the CSL 2013 season )
  • Brazil Muriqui (2010 - / scorer of the AFC CL- season 2013)
  • Brazil Cléo (2011 - )
  • Darío Conca Argentina (2011-2013)
  • Romania Corneliu Papură (2006)
  • Romania Claudiu Răducanu ( 2006-07)
  • Serbia Sreto Ristic (2004-05 )
  • Cameroon Tomou Bertin (2001)
  • People's Republic of China Zheng Zhi (2010 -)
  • Paraguay Lucas Barrios (2012-13 )
  • Honduras Luis Ramírez (2001, 2007-09 / with 48 goals record league scorer of Guangzhou)

Logo History

1993-2000 Guangzhou Apollo FC

2001 Guangzhou Geely FC

2002-2003 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical FC Xiangxue

2004-2005 Guangzhou Sunray Cave FC

2006-2009 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical FC

2010 Guangzhou Evergrande FC

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