Category: Guangzhou Evergrande

Advantage Evergrande after win in ACL Quarter-Final home leg

Guangzhou Evergrande 2-0 Lekhwiya AFC Champions League Quarter Final First Leg Conca 72′ (pen.), Elkeson 76′ Evergrande will revisit Arabia next month with a two goal advantage in this tie after a tense, tight, and often compact game… Read More

Atkins: Conca ready to bow out on a high?

When Argentine midfielder Dario Conca joined Guangzhou Evergrande in July 2011, his US$10 million transfer fee and astonishing US$14million-per-year wages left the football world aghast. Conca may have been the Brazilian Championship Player of the Year in 2010, but… Read More

Muriqui helps Evergrande to victory in 100th game

Guangzhou Evergrande 3-0 Dalian Aerbin Muriqui 37′, Conca 68′, Rong Hao 87′ Chinese Super League Round 20 Guangzhou Evergrande maintained their 14-point lead at the top of the top of the Chinese Super League on Monday night, with… Read More

Atkins: Evergrande defeat exposes Guoan recruitment woes

Beijing Guoan fell to a 3-0 defeat at Guangzhou Evergrande’s Tianhe Stadium on Wednesday night in a game that only served to show the clear gulf in class between the two sides at the present moment. There were… Read More

Muriqui hat-trick sends Evergrande 13-points clear

Guangzhou Evergrande extended their lead at the top of the Chinese Super League to 13 points on Saturday night as they continued their 16-match unbeaten run with a 3-0 away win over Shanghai Shenxin. The victory would come… Read More

ACL: Evergrande draw Lekhwiya in quarterfinals

Chinese champions Guangzhou Evergrande will travel to Qatar for the next stage of their 2013 Asian Champions League adventure, having been drawn against Stars League runner-up Lekhwiya in the next round. Marcello Lippi’s side will hope that, with… Read More

Barrios goes AWOL amid exit speculation

Guangzhou Evergrande’s Paraguayan striker Lucas Barrios has failed to return to the club following international duty, with speculation as to an impending departure growing by the day. Having travelled to Asuncion for a World Cup qualification fixture with… Read More

Lippi: Kim Young-Gwon could play for Manchester United

Guangzhou Evergrande manager Marcello Lippi has revealed that he discussed the club’s Korean central defender Kim Young-Gwon (pictured, centre-right) with former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, insisting that the player was good enough for the Red Devils…. Read More