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The club was founded in June, 1954 as Guangzhou Football Team. It became the first professional football club in China after Apollo Group took over the club in January, 1993. Guangzhou have won five second tier league titles in 1956, 1958, 1981, 2007 and 2010. The best achievement in the first tier league is second place which Guangzhou finished in 1992 and 1994. Guangzhou also reached the final of Chinese FA Cup in 1991 but lost 1–0 to Shanghai.
On 21 February 2010, Guangzhou was relegated to China League One in the fallout of a match fixing scandal despite having achieved the ninth place in the previous season of Chinese Super League.[1] The match in question dated back to 2006, when the club was still playing in the China League One. Guangzhou paid CNY 200,000 to its opponent to secure a win at home. On 28 February 2010, Evergrande Real Estate Group took over the club with a fee of ¥100 million. Xu Jiayin, chairman of Evergrande Real Estate Group, said that they would pump more funds into the transfer market. His first act was to sign in China national team striker Gao Lin from Shanghai Shenhua for a reported fee of ¥6 million, then he replaced the previously existing head coach Peng Weiguo with former Beijing Guoan coach Lee Jang-Soo with no indication. In the 2010 summer transfer window, the club signed Sun Xiang, the first Chinese footballer to play in the UEFA Champions League with PSV Eindhoven, and Zheng Zhi, former China national team captain on 28 June. More pleasant amazement came in two days later, on 30 June, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Muriqui on a four-year deal from Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Atlético Mineiro with a domestic record fee of $3.5 million.[2] On 30 October 2010, Guangzhou successfully achieved League One champion for the second time and returned to Super League after a 3–1 victory to Hunan Billows.
During the 2011 season, Guangzhou Evergrande further strengthened its' squad with the purchase of Argentinean Dario Conca and Brazilian Cléo. Although the team was promoted to the super league in the first year, they clinched the league title in late September 2011 although there were 4 games yet to play.
Lucas Barrios will be leaving the German football champion Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2012 to join Guangzhou Evergrande F.C.
Longest unbeaten streak (League): 44 games (32 wins and 12 draws) during the 2010 League One to 2011 Super League seasons
Longest home unbeaten run (League): 33 games during 2002 to 2005 League One seasons (21 wins and 12 draws) and 2010 League One season to 2012 Super League season (28 wins and 5 draws, ongoing)
Longest away unbeaten run (League): 23 games (14 wins and 9 draws) during the 2010 League One to 2011 Super League seasons
Longest streak without a win (League): 12 games (5 draws and 7 defeats) during the 2002 Jia-B League season
Longest streak without a win at home (League): 7 games (4 draws and 3 defeats) during the 1998 Jia-A League season
Longest streak without a win away (League): 21 games (11 draws and 10 defeats) during 1996 to 1998 Jia-A League seasons
Longest winning streak (League): 9 games during the 2007 League One season
Longest home winning streak (League): 12 games during the 2011 to 2012 Super League season
Longest away winning streak (League): 7 games during the 2010 League One season
Longest losing streak (League): 6 games during the 1998 Jia-A League season
Longest home losing streak (League): 3 games during the 1998 Jia-A League season
Longest away losing streak (League): 7 games during 1999 to 2000 Jia-B League seasons
Longest drawing streak (League): 6 games during the 2004 League One season
Longest home drawing streak (League): 3 games during the 2000 Jia-B League season, 2004 League One season and 2009 Super League season
Longest away drawing streak (League): 4 games during 2000 to 2001 Jia-B League seasons
Longest scoring run (League): 23 games during the 2010 League One to 2011 Super League season
Longest scoring run at home (League): 35 games during 2010 League One to 2012 Super League season (ongoing)
Longest scoring run away (League): 11 games during the 2010 League One to 2011 Super League seasons
Longest non-scoring run (League): 6 games during the 1997 Jia-A League season
Longest non-scoring run at home (League): 3 games during the 1997 Jia-A League season and 1999 Jia-B League season
Longest non-scoring run away (League): 9 games during the 1997 Jia-A League season
Longest streak without conceding a goal (League): 4 games during 2001 to 2002 Jia-B League seasons and 2007 League One season
Longest streak without conceding a goal at home (League): 7 games during 2001 to 2002 Jia-B League seasons
Longest streak without conceding a goal away (League): 4 games during the 2010 League One season and 2011 Super League season
Longest streak with conceding goals (League): 9 games during 2001 to 2002 Jia-B League seasons and 2009 Super League season
Longest streak with conceding goals at home (League): 9 games during the 2006 League One season
Longest streak with conceding goals away (League): 14 games during 1999 to 2000 Jia-B League seasons
Wins/draws/losses in a season
Most wins in a league season: 20 – 2011 Super League season
Most draws in a league season: 16 – 2004 League One season
Most draws in a first-tier league season: 10 – 1997 Jia-A League season, 2008 Super League season and 2009 Super League season
Most defeats in a league season: 14 – 1998 Jia-A League season
Fewest wins in a league season: 4 – 1998 Jia-A League season and 2002 Jia-B League season
Fewest draws in a league season: 3 - 2006 League One season
Fewest draws in a first-tier league season: 5 - 1994 Jia-A League season
Fewest defeats in a league season: 1 - 2007 League One season and 2010 League One season
Fewest defeats in a first-tier league season: 2 - 2011 Super League season
Goals
Most League goals scored in a season: 67 - 2011 Super League season
Fewest League goals scored in a season: 14 - 1997 Jia-A League season
Most League goals conceded in a season: 42 - 2008 Super League season
Fewest League goals conceded in a season: 15 - 2007 League One season
Fewest first-tier League goals conceded in a season: 20 - 1997 Jia-A League season
Player records
Appearances
Most appearances in the league:Feng Junyan, 194 games, 2003–present
Most first-tier league appearances:Peng Changying, 105 games, 1994–1998
Goalscorers
Most goals in all competitions:Luis Ramírez, 48 goals, 2007−09
Most goals in first-tier league:Hu Zhijun, 36 goals, 1994−97
Most goals in a season: 20 goals, Gao Lin during the 2010 League One season and Muriqui during the 2011 Super League season
The first and the only player to win both Chinese Jia League and Chinese Super League golden boot award. Holds club record for most league goals in a career.