Beijing Guoan Football Club (Simplified Chinese: 北京国安 is part of CITIC Group (China International Trust and Investment Corporation). Their current home stadium is Workers Stadium and the Fengtai stadium for less popular games. The current head coach is Jaime Pacheco and the club's general manager is Li Xiaoming. In 2010, Guoan finished a disappointing 5th place and, thus, missed out on an Asian Champions League spot.
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| Full name | Beijing Guoan Football Club 北京国安足球俱乐部代表队 | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Yulinjun (御林军, Imperial Guards) founded = 1992 | ||
| Ground | Workers Stadium (工人体育场) Beijing, China | ||
| Capacity | 64,000 | ||
| Chairman |  Li Shilin (李世林) | ||
| Coach |  Jaime Pacheco | ||
| League | Chinese Super League | ||
| 2010 | Chinese Super League 5th | ||
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| Traditional Chinese | 北京國安 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 北京国安 | ||||||||||
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Beijing Guoan is one of the most noticeable Chinese football clubs with a significant holding by the Chinese government or its subsidiaries. Not only that its main source of investment since its inception, the CITIC Guoan Group, is a government-owned corporation, governmental departments such as the Beijing Sports Bureau has on several occasions made significant investment into the club, the most recent being for 20 million RMB, announced in January 2009.[1][2][3]
History
Beijing Guoan Football Club was formed on December 31, 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.[4] 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.
Their predecessor was the Beijing Football Club which was found in 1955, Beijing was one of the powerhouse in Chinese League history, they have won the league 7 times in the old Chinese National Football League. in 1992, the club realised professionalism.
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 sold a part of its ownership to Real Madrid in 2006, hoping to achieve better popularity and results. Due to renovation for the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing Guoan moved to new home stadium, the Fengtai Sports Center for three years. In 2009, the club is coming back to its previous home stadium, Workers Stadium.
The club entered a car in Superleague Formula in 2008, winning the inaugural motor racing championship.
Beijing made a good start to the 2009 season, challenging near the top of the Chinese Super League, though they crashed out of the AFC Champions League at the group stage.
It was announced in May that the team would be taking part in the Premier League Asia Trophy during the summer of 2009.[5] Beijing will be hosting the competition, in which Hull City, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United will also be competing.
On October 31, 2009, Beijing Guoan beat Hangzhou Nabel Greentown F.C. 4-0 and won their first Chinese Super League champions ever. Also, they became the 5th team who won Chinese Super League champions.
Rivals
Shanghai Shenhua is the most notable rival of Beijing Guoan. These two clubs are based in 2 biggest cities in China. The 'National Derby' is the most historic rivalry in professional Chinese football league since 1994.
Honours since 1994 (Professional League)
- Chinese Super League: 1 title
- Chinese FA Cup: 3 titles
- Chinese Super Cup: 2 titles
Performance in AFC competitions
- AFC Champions League: 3 appearances
- AFC Champions League 2010: Round-of-16
- AFC Champions League 2009: Group Stage
- AFC Champions League 2008: Group Stage
- Asian Cup Winners Cup : 2 appearances
- Asian Cup Winners Cup 1998-1999: 3rd Round
- Asian Cup Winners Cup 1997-1998: 3rd Place
AFC Competitions Results
Results and Managers
- As of the end of 2008 season
League rankings before 1993
| Season | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1973 | 1974 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |
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| Division | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1[1] | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2[2] | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
no league game in 1959, 1966–72, 1975;
FA Cup results before 1995
| Season | 1956 | 1960 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |
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| Results | 3 | Quali. Round | 5 | Champions | Runners-Up | Semifinals | Semifinals | Quarterfinals |
Since December 31, 1992, as Beijing Guoan
| Season | Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Rank | Manager |
| 1993 | Jia A | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 3 | Tang Pengju
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| 1994 | Jia A | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 34 | 22 | 8 | |
| 1995 | Jia A | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 20 | 42 | Runners-Up | Jin Zhiyang
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| FA Cup | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | - | Semifinals | ||
| 1996 | Jia A | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 33 | 4 | |
| FA Cup | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | - | Champions | ||
| 1997 | Jia A | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 34 | 3 | |
| FA Cup | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | - | Champions | ||
| ACWC 97/98 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | to Semifinals | ||
| Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | Runners-Up | ||
| 1998 | Jia A | 26 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 43 | 3 | Shen Xiangfu
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| FA Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | Quarterfinals | ||
| ACWC 97/98 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | 3 | ||
| ACWC 98/99 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | - | Second Round | ||
| Super Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | Champions | ||
| 1999 | Jia A | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 25 | 36 | 6 | |
| FA Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | - | Quarterfinals | ||
| 2000 | Jia A | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 32 | 35 | 6 |  Milovan Đorić (released on April 5) Wei Kexing
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| FA Cup | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | - | Runners-Up | ||
| 2001 | Jia A | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 33 | 33 | 8 | Wei Kexing
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| FA Cup | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | - | Runners-Up | ||
| 2002 | Jia A | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 49 | 29 | 52 | 3 | Ljupko Petrović
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| FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | Second Round | ||
| 2003 | Jia A | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 26 | 36 | 9 |  Jose Carlos de Oliveira(resigned on April 11) Ljupko Petrović(resigned on October 4) Yang Zuwu
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| FA Cup | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | - | Champions | ||
| 2004 | CSL | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 33 | 28 | 7 | Wei Kexing
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| FA Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | Second Round | ||
| CSL Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | - | First Round | ||
| Super Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | - | Champions | ||
| 2005 | CSL | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 46 | 32 | 40 | 6 | Shen Xiangfu
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| FA Cup | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | - | Semifinals | ||
| CSL Cup | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | - | Quarterfinals | ||
| 2006 | CSL | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 16 | 49 | 3 | |
| FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | Second Round | ||
| 2007 | CSL | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 45 | 19 | 54 | Runners-Up |  Lee Jang-Soo
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| 2008 | CSL | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 44 | 27 | 58 | 3 | |
| ACL | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | Group Stage | ||
| 2009 | CSL | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 51 | Champions | Lee Jang-Soo(released on September 16) Hong Yuanshuo
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| ACL | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | Group Stage |
- 2-1-0 System in 1993, 1994，3-1-0 System from 1995
Current squad
As of 29 March 2011[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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2011 Season Transfers
In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Famous former players
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Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Head coach | Jaime Pacheco
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| Assistant coaches | Luis Diogo  Khadim Faye Xie Feng
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| Goalkeeping coach | Li Lixin
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| Fitness coach | Xue Shen
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| Team physicians | Shuang Yin Zhang Yang
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Source: Sina.com
Notable Coaching Members
- Milovan Rajevac - Assistant Coach (2000-02)
- Duško Tomić - Goalkeeper Coach (2001-09)
- Ljupko Petrović - Manager (2002), (2003)
- Jin Zhiyang - Manager (1995-1997)
- Lee Jang-Soo - Manager (2007-09)
- Hong Yuanshuo - Manager (2009-10)
Sister teams
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
6-1 (Nanchang Hengyuan (h) May 25, 2011) - 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) - Biggest home defeat overall
1-4 (Shenzhen Jianlibao (a) June 13, 2004 - Chinese Super League)
Goalscoring
- Most League goals in a season
21 Branko Jelic 2005
Sequences
- Consecutive League wins
5 (from October 11, 2008) - Consecutive League matches unbeaten
13 (December 21, 1997 - May 31, 1998) - Consecutive League home matches unbeaten
29 (September 29, 1996 - April 4, 1999)
Chinese Footballer of the Year
Branko Jelić (2005)
Jorge Luis Campos (1997)
See also
References
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- ^ Zhen, Liu (2009-01-19). "Soccer-Beijing Guoan get $3m 'image' boost, to play Man Utd". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ "国安足球俱乐部 Beijing Guoan Football Club". Beijing Guoan Football Club. Archived from the original on 2008-02-14. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
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