Beijing Guoan

Football club infobox
clubname = Beijing Guoan
北京国安


fullname = Beijing Guoan Football Club
北京国安足球俱乐部代表队
nickname = "Yulinjun (御林军)"
Palace Guard
founded = 1992
ground = Beijing Fengtai Stadium (北京丰台体育场)
Beijing, China Beijing National Stadium
capacity = 33,000 [ [http://www.fussballtempel.net/afc/listeafc.html www.fussballtempel.net] ] 80,000| chairman = flagicon|China Li Shilin (李世林)
manager = flagicon|South Korea Jang-Su Lee (李章洙)
league = Chinese Super League
season = 2007
position = Chinese Super League, 2nd
shirtsupplier = Adidas
shirtsponsors = Beijing Hyundai
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Beijing Guoan Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 北京国安) is a Chinese Super League team, and is part of CITIC Group (China International Trust and Investment Corporation). Their current home stadium is Beijing Fengtai Stadium. The current head coach is Lee Jang-Soo and the club's general manager is Li Xiaoming.

History

Beijing Guoan Football Club was formed in 1992, as a result of the Chinese football reform. The club was set up by the CITIC Guoan Group and the Beijing Municipal Sports Committee.cite web|url=http://www.gaf.citic.com/english/club.htm|title=国安足球俱乐部 Beijing Guoan Football Club|publisher=Beijing Guoan Football Club|accessdate=2008-03-09] In 2003, the club signed an endorsement contract with Beijing Hyundai Motor Company and the adult men's football team of the club changed its name to Beijing Hyundai Motor Football Team. The contract ended in early 2006 and the team's original name was restored.

The Team finished in second place of the Jia A (Top Chinese Football League before the forming of Chinese Super League) in 1995 and third place in 1997, 1998 and 2002. The team also entered the final game of China FA Cup 5 times and won the tournament 3 times. The team produced a number of star players of Chinese football including the current Energie Cottbus forward Shao Jiayi and former Eintracht Frankfurt striker Yang Chen. The team hired Liobu Petrovic, former head coach of Red Star Belgrade, as head coach during the 2002 and 2003 seasons.

The club recently sold a part of its ownership to Real Madrid, hoping to achieve better popularity and results. Due to renovation for the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing Guoan's previous home stadium, the Workers Stadium cannot hold anymore of the team's matches. Beijing Guoan is planning to move into the new Beijing National Stadium in 2008.

Honors

Domestic

* Chinese Super League runner-up: 2007
* Jia A League (former Super League) runner-up: 1995
* Chinese FA Cup winner: 1996, 1997, 2003
* Chinese Super Cup winner: 1998 (2-1 Dalian Shide), 2004 (4-3 Shanghai Shenhua)

Performance in AFC Competitions

* AFC Champions League: 1 appearance::2008: Group Stage

* Asian Cup Winners Cup 3rd: 1997-98

Season-by-season records in Jia A

Season-by-season records in Chinese Super League

Current squad

"As of 18 August, 2008"

Transfers

"In"

Fs player|no=--|nat=ROM|name=Ovidiu Burcă|pos=DF from FC Energie Cottbus (on loan)Fs player|no=--|nat=HON|name=Walter Martínez|pos=FW from CD Marathon

"Out"

Fs player|no=25|nat=MKD|name=Stojan Ignatov|pos=MF to FC Politehnica IaşiFs player|no=--|nat=SRB|name=Miodrag Pantelić|pos=FW to Vojvodina Novi SadFs player|no=--|nat=CRO|name=Igor Tkalčević|pos=DF to NK Medjimurje CakovecFs player|no=--|nat=Brazil|name=Aderaldo|pos=DF to AD São Caetano

Famous former players

*flagicon|SER Branko Jelić (2004-2005)

*flagicon|SER Nikoslav Bjegović (2000)

*flagicon|BGR Predrag Pažin (2002)

*flagicon|CHN Shao Jiayi 邵佳一

*flagicon|Spain Andres Olivas Rubio (1997-1998)

*flagicon|Paraguay Casiano Wilberto Delvalle Ruiz (1997-1998, 2002-2003)

*flagicon|Paraguay Raul Roman (2000)

*flagicon|Paraguay Jorge Luis Campos (1997-1998)

*flagicon|Cameroon Fabrice Moreau (1999)

*flagicon|El Salvador José Alexander Amaya del Cid (2000)

*flagicon|CHN Yang Chen 杨晨

*flagicon|BRA Alysson Marendaz Marins

*flagicon|CHN Gao Feng 高峰

*flagicon|CHN Cao Xiandong 曹限东

*flagicon|CHN Gao Hongbo 高洪波

*flagicon|CHN Xie Feng 谢峰

Coaches

* 1994 Tang Pengju 唐鹏举
* 1995 - 1997 Jin Zhiyang 金志扬
* 1998 - 1999 Shen Xiangfu 沈祥福
* 2000 Milovan Djoric
* 2000 - 2001 Wei Kexing 魏克兴
* 2002 Liobu Petrovic
* 2003 Jose Carlos de Oliveira
* 2003 Liobu Petrovic
* 2003 - 2004 Wei Kexing 魏克兴
* 2004 Yang Zuwu 杨祖武
* 2005 - 2006 Shen Xiangfu 沈祥福
* 2007 Lee Jang-Soo 李章洙

ister teams

*AFC Ajax
Gold Coast United

Records

Wins

*Biggest home win overall
9-1 (Shanghai Shenhua (h) July 20 1997 - Jia A League)
*Biggest away win overall
8-0 (New Radiant, Maldives (n) August 29 1997 - Asian Cup Winners Cup)
*Biggest home win in the League
9-1 (Shanghai Shenhua (h) July 20 1997 - Jia A League)
*Biggest away win in the League
6-1 (Shandong Luneng (a) August 8 2007 - Chinese Super League)
*Biggest home win in all Asian competitions
4-0 (Salgaocar SC Goa, India (h) October 3 1998 - Asian Cup Winners Cup)
4-0 (New Radiant, Maldives (h) August 27 1997 - Asian Cup Winners Cup)
*Biggest away win in all Asian competitions
8-0 (New Radiant, Maldives (n) August 29 1997 - Asian Cup Winners Cup)
*Biggest home win in FA Cup
5-2 (Guangdong Hongyuan (h) June 2 1999)
4-0 (Sichuan Quanxing (h) July 14 1996)
4-0 (Bayi FC (h) July 2 1995)
*Biggest away win in FA Cup
5-0 (Bayi FC (a) September 20 1997)

Defeats

*Biggest away defeat overall
0-5 (Shandong Luneng (a) June 2 2004 - FA Cup)
0-5 (Suwon Samsung Bluewings, South Korea (n) April 10 1998 - Asian Cup Winners Cup)
*Biggest away defeat in the League
1-5 (Dalian Wanda (a) July 13 1997 - Jia A League)

Goalscoring

*Most League goals in a season
21 Branko Jelic 2005

Sequences

*Consecutive League wins
4 (from September 9 2007)
4 (from August 19 2007)
4 (from September 15 2002)
*Consecutive League matches unbeaten
13 (December 21 1997 - May 31 1998)
*Consecutive League home matches unbeaten
29 (September 29 1996 - April 4 1999)

Chinese Football Man of the Year

flagicon|SER Branko Jelic (2005)
flagicon|Paraguay Jorge Luis Campos (1997)

ee also

*List of Chinese Super League clubs

References

External links

* [http://www.gaf.citic.com/ Official site of Beijing Guoan Football Club]