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A slightly disingenuous name perhaps but the third anniversary of the founding of Guangzhou R&F provides your correspondent with a chance to select his eleven; conforming to CSL foreign player rules of course which only allow five foreigners… Read More
The 2014 Chinese Super League starts next weekend so runs the rule over the “Blue and Whites” in the Cantonese capital, Guangzhou R&F. The manager: Globe-trotting Sven-Goran Eriksson begins his first full season in charge at Yuexiushan having arrived… Read More
The departure of Brazilian manager Sergio Farias from Guangzhou R&F midway through last season saw high-profile former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson arrive at the Yuexiushan Stadium. While Farias departed, though, remnants of his backroom staff have remained at the… Read More
Guangzhou R&F’s preparations for the 2014 Chinese Super League season have upped a level over the past week, with Nigeria international Yakubu departing while two Chinese players arrived from Shanghai Shenxin. Yakubu, 31, had spent 18 months with… Read More
Former EPL star Yakubu Aiyegbeni is enjoying some of the form of his career at Guangzhou R&F after being reunited with his old Leicester boss, ex-England manager Sven Goran-Eriksson, with the “Yak” scoring 15 goals in 29 games… Read More
Guangzhou R&F recorded their best ever China Super League finish, sixth, but it still felt like a disappointing year because either side of a run of fantastic mid-season form were two patches of terrible results which meant the… Read More
Guangzhou R&F 4 – 2 Shanghai Shenhua China Super League Round 30 Yakubu 27’ (pen), Rafael Coelho 68’, Davi 85’ (pen), Zhang Shuo 89’ ; Firas Al-Khatib 63’, Xiong Fei 77’ Guangzhou R&F won an action packed and… Read More
Tianjin Teda 1 – 1 Guangzhou R&F CSL Round 29 Carmelo Valencia 72’ ; Jiang Ning 7’ Tianjin’s high tempo attack and defence stifled Guangzhou R&F as the sides played out a 1-1 draw. Jiang Ning opened the… Read More
Guangzhou R&F have taken just one point from their last four games, conceded eleven goals in their last two, face a tough away trip to Dalian next weekend and see their city rivals Evergrande playing in the ACL… Read More
Guangzhou R&F 3 – 5 Guizhou Renhe China Super League Round 25 Yakubu 6 (pen), 46, 92 (pen) ; Misimovic 1, Zhang Chenglin 11, Yu Hai 16, Nano 64, Rafa Jorda 80 The 7,000 spectators at Yuexiushan were… Read More
