title: 2016 Guangzhou R&F F.C. season
text: # 2016 Guangzhou R&F F.C. season
  
  The 2016 Guangzhou R&F season is the 6th year in Guangzhou R&F's existence and its 5th season in the Chinese football league, also its 6th season in the top flight.
  
  ## Coaching and medical staff
  
  | Position | Staff |
  | - | - |
  | Head coach | Dragan Stojković |
  | Assistant coaches | Žarko Đurović |
  | Assistant coaches | Dejan Govedarica |
  | Fitness coach | Katsuhito Kinoshi |
  | Goalkeeper coach | Huang Hongtao |
  | Team leader | Huang Jun |
  | Team physicians | Jin Ri |
  | Team physicians | Fan Bihua |
  | Physiotherapist | Enrique Pascual Muñoz |
  | Performance manager | Bito Wu |
  | Interpreters | Hong Wenjie |
  | Interpreters | Weng Zhanhong |
  | Interpreters | Piao Jun |
  
  Source: Guangzhou R&F F.C.
  
  ## Squad
  
  ### Winter
  
  As of 1 March 2016.
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | CHN | Cheng Yuelei |
  | 3 | DF | CHN | Yu Yang |
  | 5 | DF | CHN | Zhang Yaokun (captain) |
  | 6 | DF | CHN | Yang Ting |
  | 7 | MF | SWE | Gustav Svensson |
  | 8 | MF | CHN | Wang Xiaolong |
  | 9 | FW | AUS | Apostolos Giannou |
  | 10 | FW | BRA | Bruninho |
  | 11 | MF | CHN | Jiang Zhipeng |
  | 13 | MF | CHN | Ye Chugui |
  | 14 | DF | CHN | Zeng Chao |
  | 15 | MF | CHN | Ning An |
  | 16 | GK | CHN | Pei Chensong |
  | 17 | DF | CHN | Zhang Chenlong |
  | 18 | GK | CHN | Zhang Shichang |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 20 | MF | CHN | Tang Miao |
  | 21 | FW | CHN | Chang Feiya |
  | 22 | DF | KOR | Jang Hyun-Soo |
  | 23 | MF | CHN | Lu Lin |
  | 26 | DF | CHN | Xiang Jiachi |
  | 27 | MF | CHN | Hou Junjie |
  | 28 | MF | CHN | Wang Jia'nan |
  | 29 | FW | CHN | Xiao Zhi |
  | 30 | DF | CHN | Fu Yunlong |
  | 31 | MF | BRA | Renatinho |
  | 32 | MF | CHN | Chen Zhizhao |
  | 33 | MF | CHN | Wang Song |
  | 35 | FW | CHN | Min Junlin |
  | 36 | MF | CHN | Huang Zhengyu |
  | 37 | MF | CHN | Li Yuyang |
  
  ### Summer
  
  As of 4 September 2016.
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | CHN | Cheng Yuelei |
  | 3 | DF | CHN | Yu Yang |
  | 5 | DF | CHN | Zhang Yaokun (captain) |
  | 7 | MF | SWE | Gustav Svensson |
  | 8 | MF | CHN | Wang Xiaolong |
  | 9 | FW | AUS | Apostolos Giannou |
  | 11 | MF | CHN | Jiang Zhipeng |
  | 13 | MF | CHN | Ye Chugui |
  | 14 | FW | CHN | Zeng Chao |
  | 15 | MF | CHN | Ning An |
  | 16 | GK | CHN | Pei Chensong |
  | 17 | DF | CHN | Zhang Chenlong |
  | 19 | GK | CHN | Han Feng |
  | 20 | MF | CHN | Tang Miao |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 21 | FW | CHN | Chang Feiya |
  | 22 | DF | KOR | Jang Hyun-Soo |
  | 23 | MF | CHN | Lu Lin |
  | 25 | MF | ISR | Eran Zahavi |
  | 29 | FW | CHN | Xiao Zhi |
  | 31 | MF | BRA | Renatinho |
  | 32 | MF | CHN | Chen Zhizhao |
  | 33 | MF | CHN | Wang Song |
  | 36 | DF | CHN | Huang Zhengyu |
  | 43 | MF | CHN | Zhao Keda |
  | 49 | MF | CHN | Chen Fuhai |
  | 53 | FW | CHN | Zhang Jiajie |
  | 59 | DF | CHN | Chen Weiming |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  Win  Draw  Loss
  
  ### Chinese Super League
  
  **Table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | Shanghai Greenland Shenhua | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 48 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
  | 5 | Beijing Guoan | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 43 | |
  | 6 | Guangzhou R&F | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 40 | |
  | 7 | Hebei China Fortune | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 40 | |
  | 8 | Chongqing Lifan | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 37 | |
  
  * ↑ Shanghai Greenland Shenhua qualified for the 2017 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-offs round as Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao and Jiangsu Suning are 2016 Chinese FA Cup finalists.
  
  **Results by round**
  
  | Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A |
  | Result | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | L | L | W |
  | Position | 11 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 23 March 2016. Source: Competitive Matches
  
  