1997 Guangzhou Apollo F.C. season

Guangzhou Apollo F.C. 1997

Manager	Chen Yiming (to 13 August) Mai Chao (from 13 August)
Stadium	Yuexiushan Stadium
Jia-A League	8th
FA Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League:  Peng Weiguo  Tan Ende (4) All:  Peng Weiguo  Tan Ende  Riffi Haddaoui (4)
Average home league attendance	15,364
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The 1997 season is the 44th year in Guangzhou Football Club's existence, their 30th season in the Chinese football league and the 4th season in the professional football league.

Squad

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 Dong Guozhi 2 DF  CHN Huang Qineng 3 DF  CHN Peng Changying 4 DF  CHN Chen Yaohua 5 DF  CHN Peng Jinbo 6 FW  CHN Lü Jianjun 7 FW  CHN Hu Zhijun 8 MF  AUS Robert Markovac (from July) 9 MF  CHN Wen Zhijun 10 MF  CHN Peng Weiguo (captain) 11 FW  CHN Tan Ende 12 DF  CHN Mao Zhuojun 15 DF  CHN Huang Haibin

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  CHN Mai Guangliang 17 MF  CHN Liang Jianfeng 18 FW  CHN Zheng Cong 20 MF  CHN Wen Junwu 21 FW  CHN Yuan Junhui 22 FW  CHN Min Jin 23 FW  CHN Feng Yongxiang 25 GK  CHN Tian Ye 26 FW  DEN Riffi Haddaoui (to July) 27 MF  DEN Kim Rasmussen (to April) 27 FW  NGA Dominic Iorfa (from April) 29 GK  AUS Peter Blazincic

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Transfers

Winter

In No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CHN Dong Guozhi (from Guangzhou Songri) 9 MF  CHN Wen Zhijun (loan return from Guangzhou Songri) 22 FW  CHN Min Jin (from Chengdu Wuniu) 25 GK  CHN Tian Ye (from Hunan Jinxiang) 26 FW  DEN Riffi Haddaoui (from FinnPa) 27 MF  DEN Kim Rasmussen (loan from Hvidovre) 29 GK  AUS Peter Blazincic (from West Adelaide SC) -- MF  CHN Zhu Weizhuo (loan return from Guangzhou Songri)

Out No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CHN Huang Hongtao (Retired) 3 DF  CHN Shen Rong (to Guangzhou Songri) 5 DF  POR Paulo (Released) 6 DF  CHN Li Wei (to Qingdao Hainiu) 9 MF  CHN Peng Weijun (to Shenzhen Kinspar) 11 MF  CHN Feng Feng (to Sichuan Quanxing) 15 FW  BRA Emerson (to Lamego) 17 MF  CHN Zhu Weizhuo (to Shenzhen Kinspar) 19 MF  CHN Cai Qinghui (to Foshan Fosti) 21 MF  POR Gomez (Released) 22 GK  CHN Li Qingshan (loan return to Jinan Taishan Jiangjun) 25 FW  CHN Luo Wensheng (to Foshan Fosti) 27 MF  CHN Feng Minzhi (to Guangzhou Songri)

Summer

In No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  AUS Robert Markovac (from Sydney United) 27 FW  NGA Dominic Iorfa (from Instant-Dict)

Out No. Pos. Nation Player 26 FW  DEN Riffi Haddaoui (to Hvidovre) 27 MF  DEN Kim Rasmussen (loan return to Hvidovre)

Match results

Friendly matches

Friendly matches
Date	Opponents	H / A	Result
1997-04-10	Sing Tao	A	6 – 0	Haddaoui(3), Tan Ende(2), Hu Zhijun
1997-09-21	Instant-Dict	N	1 – 3	Huang Qineng
1997-09-25	South China	N	2 – 1	Mai Guangliang, Tan Ende
1997-10-27	Instant-Dict	A	2 – 2	Iorfa, Tan Ende
1997-10-30	South China	A	1 – 2	Yuan Junhui

Jia-A League

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Guangzhou Apollo v Guangdong Hongyuan

16 March 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	1 – 0	Guangdong Hongyuan	Guangzhou
	Tan Ende 5'			Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Qianwei Huandao

30 March 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	2 – 1	Qianwei Huandao	Guangzhou
	Rasmussen 71' Peng Weiguo 77'		Jiang Feng 66'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

Qingdao Hainiu v Guangzhou Apollo

29 June 1997	Qingdao Hainiu	2 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Qingdao
	Liu Zhaoxu 27' Siame 75'			Stadium: Qingdao City First Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Dalian Wanda

6 July 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	1 – 1	Dalian Wanda	Guangzhou
	Iorfa 4'		Zhang Enhua 31'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Beijing Guoan

10 July 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	0 – 3	Beijing Guoan	Guangzhou
			Inganga 10', 44' Zhou Ning 72'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Sichuan Quanxing

24 July 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	0 – 3	Sichuan Quanxing	Guangzhou
			Li Bing 13' Liu Bin 34' Yao Xia 71'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

Guangdong Hongyuan v Guangzhou Apollo

27 July 1997	Guangdong Hongyuan	1 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Guangzhou
	Brennan 18'			Stadium: Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Jinan Taishan Jiangjun

3 August 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	0 – 1	Jinan Taishan Jiangjun	Guangzhou
			Su Maozhen 64'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Bayi

16 November 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	3 – 0	Bayi	Guangzhou
	Peng Weiguo 28' Tan Ende 61' Lü Jianjun 69'			Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

Qianwei Huandao v Guangzhou Apollo

20 November 1997	Qianwei Huandao	3 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Chongqing
	Gao Feng 38' Huang Chuanhong 57' Gonzales 66'			Stadium: Datianwan Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Qingdao Hainiu

30 November 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	3 – 0	Qingdao Hainiu	Guangzhou
	Peng Weiguo 2', 6' Tan Ende 30'			Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

Dalian Wanda v Guangzhou Apollo

4 December 1997	Dalian Wanda	2 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Dalian
	Wang Tao 30' Ma Zhuojun 43'			Stadium: Jinzhou Stadium

Beijing Guoan v Guangzhou Apollo

7 December 1997	Beijing Guoan	1 – 1	Guangzhou Apollo	Beijing
	Olivas 24'		Hu Zhijun 10'	Stadium: Workers Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Yanbian Aodong

18 December 1997	Guangzhou Apollo	2 – 1	Yanbian Aodong	Guangzhou
	Hu Zhijun 4' Tan Ende 59'		Gao Zhongxun 90'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

Sichuan Quanxing v Guangzhou Apollo

21 December 1997	Sichuan Quanxing	1 – 1	Guangzhou Apollo	Chengdu
	Yao Xia 24'		Hu Zhijun 8'	Stadium: Chengdu Sports Centre

FA Cup

Guangzhou Apollo v Tianjin Vanke

27 April 1997 First Round	Guangzhou Apollo	4 – 0	Tianjin Vanke	Nanhai, Foshan
	Iorfa 47' Feng Yongxiang 81' Haddaoui 83', 89'			Stadium: Nanhai Stadium

Guangzhou Apollo v Shanghai Shenhua

10 May 1997 Second Round	Guangzhou Apollo	1 – 2	Shanghai Shenhua	Nanhai, Foshan
	Haddaoui 20' (pen.)		Xie Hui 3' Qi Hong 67'	Stadium: Nanhai Stadium

References