2012 Shanghai Shenhua F.C. season

The 2012 Shanghai Shenhua season was Shanghai Shenhua's 9th season in the Chinese Super League and 50th overall in the Chinese top flight. They also competed in the Chinese FA Cup that year, getting knocked out of that competition.

Shanghai Shenhua 2012

Chairman	Zhu Jun
Manager	Jean Tigana (until 15 April) Florent Ibengé (Interim) (26 April – 29 May) Sergio Batista (from 30 May)
Super League	9th
FA Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Didier Drogba (9) All: Didier Drogba (9)
Highest home attendance	24,635 vs Beijing Guoan 14 July 2012
Lowest home attendance	9,326 vs Guizhou Renhe 27 May 2012
Average home league attendance	15,227
Home colours Away colours

Players

First team squad

As of 28 October 2012[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CHN Wang Dalei 2 DF  CHN Xiong Fei 3 DF  BRA Moisés 4 DF  CHN Wang Lin 5 DF  CHN Dai Lin 6 MF  CHN Yu Tao (captain) 7 MF  CHN Feng Renliang 8 MF  CHN Song Boxuan 10 MF  CHN Jiang Kun 11 FW  CIV Didier Drogba 12 DF  CHN Bo Jiajun (on loan from Shanghai Tellace) 13 DF  CHN Cheng Liang 14 MF  CHN Fei Yu 15 MF  CHN Wang Fei 16 MF  CHN Fan Lingjiang 19 DF  CHN Zheng Kaimu 20 DF  CHN Wu Xi

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  CHN Wang Guanyi 22 GK  CHN Qiu Shengjiong 23 DF  CHN Qiu Tianyi 24 MF  CHN Wang Yang 26 DF  CHN Zhang Jiawei 27 MF  CHN Liu Junnan 28 MF  CHN Cao Yunding 29 FW  AUS Joel Griffiths 30 DF  CHN Tao Jin 31 FW  CHN You Yuanwen 32 MF  CHN Gu Bin 33 MF  CHN Yan Song 35 GK  CHN Dong Guangxiang 36 MF  CHN Wang Shouting 37 MF  COL Giovanni Moreno 38 MF  CHN Wang Hongliang 39 FW  FRA Nicolas Anelka

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  MAS Tam Sheang Tsung 41 MF  CHN Bai Xuefeng 42 DF  CHN Liu Jiashen 43 MF  CHN Su Shun 44 MF  CHN Liang Yu 45 DF  CHN Yuan Shaohua 46 FW  CHN Xu Qi

No. Pos. Nation Player 47 MF  CHN Pan Jiyuan 48 MF  CHN Cheng Zecheng 50 MF  CHN Li Hao 51 MF  CHN Gu Xiaodong 52 MF  IDN Dito Aulyandi 53 GK  CHN Zhou Ye 54 DF  CHN Jin Chenchen

Transfers

Winter

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  BRA Moisés (from Al Rayyan)[2] 9 FW  FRA Mathieu Manset (loan from Reading)[3] 16 MF  CHN Wang Fei (free agent)[4] 19 DF  CHN Zheng Kaimu (from Chongqing F.C.)[5] 24 MF  CHN Wang Yang (loan return from FK Sūduva) 25 MF  BIH Mario Božić (from FK Borac Čačak)[6] 29 FW  AUS Joel Griffiths (from Beijing Guoan)[7] 32 MF  CHN Gu Bin (loan return from FK Sūduva) 39 FW  FRA Nicolas Anelka (from Chelsea)[8] - FW  CHN Dong Xuesheng (loan return from Shenzhen) - GK  CHN Zhang Chen (loan return from Shenyang Dongjin)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CHN Dong Lei (to Beijing Baxy) [9] 3 DF  CHN Xin Feng (to Wuhan Zall) [10] 9 FW  ARG Luis Salmerón (loan return to Talleres de Córdoba)[11] 14 DF  COL Juan Camilo Angulo (released)[11] 16 FW  CHN Wen Huyi (to Shenyang Shenbei)[12] 18 DF  CHN Jiang Jiajun (to Jiangsu Sainty)[13] 19 FW  CHN Dong Xuesheng (to Dalian Aerbin)[14] 21 MF  ARG Facundo Pérez Castro (released) 38 FW  COL Eisner Iván Loboa (loan return to Deportivo Pasto)[11] - GK  CHN Zhang Chen (to Chengdu Blades)

Summer

In No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW  CIV Didier Drogba (from Chelsea)[15] 12 DF  CHN Bo Jiajun (loan from Shanghai Tellace)[16] 18 MF  MAS Tam Sheang Tsung (free agent)[17] 33 MF  CHN Yan Song (from Dalian Shide)[18] 36 MF  CHN Wang Shouting (from Liaoning Whowin)[19] 37 MF  COL Giovanni Moreno (from Racing)[20] 38 MF  CHN Wang Hongliang (from Chongqing Lifan)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 9 FW  FRA Mathieu Manset (loan return to Reading)[21] 25 MF  BIH Mario Božić (to Simurq PFC)[22]

Competitions

Preseason and friendlies

14 January 2012 Winter tour	Shanghai Shenhua	2 – 2	Changchun Yatai	Kunming
16:00	Dai Lin  30' Fan Lingjiang  60'	report(Chinese)	Claudinei  40' (pen.) Jiang Pengxiang  70'	Stadium: Hongta Football Base

18 January 2012 Winter tour	Shanghai Shenhua	2 – 2	Liaoning Whowin	Kunming
14:30	Cao Yunding  11' Dai Lin  67'	report(Chinese)	Yu Hanchao  23' Damjanović  59'	Stadium: Hongta Football Base

3 February 2012 Overseas tour	Shanghai Shenhua	0 – 3	Slovan Bratislava	Valencia, Spain
16:00 (CET)		report(Slovene)	Adrián Čermák  35' Ondřej Smetana  40' Karol Mészáros  79'	Stadium: Parador Stadium

9 February 2012 Overseas tour	Villarreal	6 – 0	Shanghai Shenhua	Valencia, Spain
11:00 (CET)	Joan Oriol  3' 25' Wakaso Mubarak  11' Marco Ruben  56' Cani  86' 88'	report(Spanish)		Stadium: Mini Estadi

13 February 2012 Overseas tour	Huracán	2 – 0	Shanghai Shenhua	Valencia, Spain
16:00 (CET)	Willian  11' Sergio Cuesta  87'	report(Spanish)		Stadium: Las Instalaciones de Crack's

21 February 2012 Preseason friendly	Shanghai Shenhua	3 – 1	Hunan Billows	Shanghai
14:30 (UTC-8)	Nicolas Anelka  1' Cao Yunding  2' Zheng Kaimu  77'		Wang Lichun  70'	Stadium: Shenhua Kangqiao Training Base

3 March 2012 Charity match	Shanghai Shenhua	0 – 0	Shanghai Tellace	Shanghai
14:30 (UTC-8)		report(Chinese)		Stadium: Hongkou Stadium

25 July 2012 Chevrolet Cup	Shanghai Shenhua	0 - 1	Manchester United	Shanghai
			Kagawa  69'	Stadium: Shanghai Stadium

Chinese Super League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	8	14	8	39	34	+5	38	7	5	3	23	12	+11	1	9	5	16	22	−6

Last updated: 5 November 2012.
Source: [ World-Football.net]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	W
Position	8	8	8	11	11	14	7	10	9	12	14	10	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	11	9

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2012. Source: "Soccerway".
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

10 March 2012 Round 1	Shanghai Shenhua	1 – 1	Jiangsu Sainty	Hongkou Football Stadium
19:35	Griffiths  57'	Summary	Jevtić  11'	Attendance: 17,227 Referee: Cui Dayou

16 March 2012 Round 2	Beijing Guoan	3 – 2	Shanghai Shenhua	Workers Stadium
19:30	Piao Cheng  44' Manú  53' Mao Jianqing  82'	Summary	Griffiths  62' (pen.) Anelka  66' Jiang Kun  90'	Attendance: 51,795 Referee: Guo Baolong

24 March 2012 Round 3	Shanghai Shenhua	1 – 0	Guangzhou R&F	Hongkou Football Stadium
	Cao Yunding  84'	Report		Attendance: 16,653

30 March 2012 Round 4	Shanghai Shenhua	0 – 1	Guangzhou Evergrande	Hongkou Football Stadium
	Song Boxuan  58'  79'	Report	Feng Junyan  31' Sun Xiang  24'  89'	Attendance: 21,356 Referee: Sun Baojie

7 April 2012 Round 5	Hangzhou Greentown	1 – 1	Shanghai Shenhua	Yellow Dragon Sports Center
	Renatinho  12'	Summary	Anelka  10'

13 April 2012 Round 6	Shanghai Shenhua	0 – 1	Tianjin Teda	Hongkou Football Stadium
		Report	Ars  39'	Attendance: 11,215

21 April 2012 Round 7	Dalian Shide	0 – 1	Shanghai Shenhua	Jinzhou Stadium
		Summary	Renliang  80'

28 April 2012 Round 8	Shanghai Shenhua	0 – 0	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Hongkou Football Stadium
		Report		Attendance: 11,348

6 May 2012 Round 9	Liaoning Whowin	1 – 1	Shanghai Shenhua	Tiexi New District Sports Center
	Yang Xu  90+1'	Report	Tianyi  68'

12 May 2012 Round 10	Shanghai Shenhua	0 – 0	Shanghai Shenxin	Hongkou Football Stadium
		Report	Li Lei  53'  72'	Attendance: 11,732 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

19 May 2012 Round 11	Henan Construction	1 – 0	Shanghai Shenhua	Hanghai Stadium
	Katongo  56'	Report

27 May 2012 Round 12	Shanghai Shenhua	2 – 1	Guizhou Renhe	Hongkou Football Stadium
	Manset  39' Cao Yunding  67'	Report	Qu Bo  49'	Attendance: 9,326

16 June 2012 Round 13	Changchun Yatai	2 – 0	Shanghai Shenhua	Development Area Stadium
	Cássio  9' Wenzhao  83'	Summary

24 June 2012 Round 14	Shanghai Shenhua	2 – 2	Dalian Aerbin	Hongkou Football Stadium
	Renliang  13', 69'	Summary	Zhou Tong  73' Utaka  89'	Attendance: 10,323

1 July 2012 Round 15	Qingdao Jonoon	1 – 0	Shanghai Shenhua	Qingdao Tiantai Stadium
	Jianrong  40'	Report

8 July 2012 Round 16	Jiangsu Sainty	2 – 2	Shanghai Shenhua	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center
	Dănălache  44' (pen.), 59' (pen.)	Report	Dai Lin  48' Moisés  75'

14 July 2012 Round 17	Shanghai Shenhua	3 – 1	Beijing Guoan	Hongkou Football Stadium
	Song Boxuan  20' Cao Yunding  52' Moisés  75'	Report	Wang Xiaolong  82' (pen.)

22 July 2012 Round 18	Guangzhou R&F	1 – 1	Shanghai Shenhua	Yuexiushan Stadium
	Moisés  22' (o.g.)	Report	Cao Yunding  68'

28 July 2012 Round 19	Guangzhou Evergrande	2 – 2	Shanghai Shenhua	Tianhe Stadium
	Conca  41' Muriqui  79'	Report	Song Boxuan  57' Moreno  81'

4 August 2012 Round 20	Shanghai Shenhua	5 – 1	Hangzhou Greentown	Hongkou Football Stadium
19:45	Drogba  9', 84' Renliang  33' Moreno  87' Griffiths  90+2'	Report	Feng Gang  7' Renatinho  41'  74'

11 August 2012 Round 21	Tianjin Teda	0 – 0	Shanghai Shenhua	TEDA Football Stadium
19:30		Report

18 August 2012 Round 22	Shanghai Shenhua	0 – 0	Dalian Shide	Hongkou Football Stadium
19:45		Report

25 August 2012 Round 23	Shandong Luneng Taishan	3 – 3	Shanghai Shenhua	Shandong Provincial Stadium
19:30	Wang Yongpo  54' (pen.) Macena  66' Ortigoza  79'	Report	Drogba  2', 75' Dai Lin  58'  60' Anelka  87'

15 September 2012 Round 24	Shanghai Shenhua	3 – 0	Liaoning Whowin	Hongkou Football Stadium
20:00	Zheng Kaimu  39' Jiajun  85' Drogba  90'	Report

22 September 2012 Round 25	Shanghai Shenxin	1 – 1	Shanghai Shenhua	Jinshan Sports Centre
19:45	Wang Yun  62'	Report	Drogba  17'

29 September 2012 Round 26	Shanghai Shenhua	2 – 1	Henan Construction	Hongkou Football Stadium
20:00	Wu Xi  13' Cao Yunding  71'	Report	Zhang Li  55'

6 October 2012 Round 27	Guizhou Renhe	4 – 2	Shanghai Shenhua	Guiyang Olympic Sports Center
15:30	Jordà  16' Djulbic  38' Zhang Chenglin  57' Shen Tianfeng  78'	Report	Griffiths  63' Drogba  89'

20 October 2012 Round 28	Shanghai Shenhua	1 – 3	Changchun Yatai	Hongkou Football Stadium
20:00	Griffiths  45'	Report	Liu Weidong  8', 11' Marquinhos  45+2' (pen.)

27 October 2012 Round 29	Dalian Aerbin	0 – 0	Shanghai Shenhua	Jinzhou Stadium
12:30		Report

3 November 2012 Round 30	Shanghai Shenhua	3 – 0	Qingdao Jonoon	Hongkou Football Stadium
12:30	Drogba  74' Song Boxuan  81' Griffiths  83'	Summary

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Guangzhou R&F	30	13	3	14	47	49	−2	42
8	Tianjin TEDA	30	10	10	10	29	30	−1	40
9	Shanghai Shenhua	30	8	14	8	39	34	+5	38
10	Liaoning Whowin	30	8	12	10	40	41	−1	36[lower-alpha 1]
11	Hangzhou Greentown	30	9	9	12	34	46	−12	36[lower-alpha 1]

Source: Chinese Super League (in Chinese)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) goals scored; 7) disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card). Head-to-Head: Only used at the end of the season when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.
Notes:

1. Liaoning, 10pts; Hangzhou, 9pts; Shandong, 6pts, GF=4, GA=5; Qingdao, 6pts, GF=4, GA=5

Chinese FA Cup

27 June 2012 Third round	Shanghai Shenhua	0 – 0 (5 – 4 p)	Shenzhen Ruby	Hongkou Football Stadium
19:45		Summary
	Penalties
	Božić Dai Lin Wu Xi Wang Guanyi Yu Tao Cao Yunding		Gavanon Rakuyama Zhang Shichang Yu Le Gueye Ding Haifeng

18 July 2012 Fourth round	Changchun Yatai	0 – 0 (5 – 3 p)	Shanghai Shenhua	Development Area Stadium
19:30		Summary
	Penalties
	Wang Dong Marquinhos Perea Cao Tianbao Qu Xiaohui		Moreno Feng Renliang Yan Song Yu Tao

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Super League		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Wang Dalei	30	0	28+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF		Xiong Fei	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Moisés	17	2	16+0	2	1+0	0
4	DF		Wang Lin	16	0	8+7	0	1+0	0
5	DF		Dai Lin	25	1	23+0	1	2+0	0
6	MF		Yu Tao	28	0	26+0	0	2+0	0
7	MF		Feng Renliang	25	4	19+4	4	2+0	0
8	MF		Song Boxuan	19	2	15+3	2	1+0	0
10	MF		Jiang Kun	21	0	15+5	0	1+0	0
11	FW		Didier Drogba	11	9	10+1	9	0+0	0
12	DF		Bai Jiajun	12	1	11+0	1	1+0	0
15	MF		Fei Yu	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
16	MF		Wang Fei	7	0	3+3	0	1+0	0
17	MF		Fan Lingjiang	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0
19	DF		Zheng Kaimu	15	1	13+2	1	0+0	0
20	DF		Wu Xi	29	0	27+0	0	2+0	0
21	MF		Wang Guanyi	9	0	8+0	0	1+0	0
23	DF		Qiu Tianyi	15	1	13+1	1	1+0	0
24	MF		Wang Yang	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
27	MF		Liu Junnan	5	0	0+5	0	0+0	0
28	MF		Cao Yunding	25	4	9+14	4	2+0	0
29	FW		Joel Griffiths	16	5	13+3	5	0+0	0
32	MF		Gu Bin	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0
33	MF		Yan Song	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
36	MF		Wang Shouting	6	0	2+3	0	0+1	0
37	MF		Giovanni Moreno	14	2	12+0	2	2+0	0
39	FW		Nicolas Anelka	23	3	21+0	3	2+0	0
46	FW		Xu Qi	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
Players who appeared for Shanghai Shenhua no longer at the club:
9	FW		Mathieu Manset	9	1	6+3	1	0+0	0
25	MF		Mario Božić	14	0	10+3	0	1+0	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Super League	FA Cup	Total
1	FW		11	Didier Drogba	9	0	9
2	FW		29	Joel Griffiths	6	0	6
3	MF		28	Cao Yunding	5	0	5
4	MF		7	Feng Renliang	4	0	4
5	FW		39	Nicolas Anelka	3	0	3
	MF		8	Song Boxuan	3	0	3
6	DF		3	Moisés	2	0	2
	MF		37	Giovanni Moreno	2	0	2
7	DF		23	Qiu Tianyi	1	0	1
	FW		9	Mathieu Manset	1	0	1
	DF		5	Dai Lin	1	0	1
	DF		19	Zheng Kaimu	1	0	1
	DF		12	Bo Jiajun	1	0	1
				TOTALS	36	0	36

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Super League		FA Cup		Total
1		GK	Wang Dalei	3	0	0	0	3	0
3		DF	Moisés	2	0	0	0	2	0
4		DF	Wang Lin	0	0	1	0	1	0
5		DF	Dai Lin	10	1	1	0	11	1
6		MF	Yu Tao	5	0	0	0	5	0
7		MF	Feng Renliang	1	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Song Boxuan	4	1	0	0	4	1
10		MF	Jiang Kun	2	1	0	0	2	1
11		MF	Didier Drogba	2	0	0	0	2	0
12		DF	Bai Jiajun	3	0	0	0	3	0
16		MF	Wang Fei	2	0	0	0	2	0
17		MF	Fan Lingjiang	1	0	0	0	1	0
19		DF	Zheng Kaimu	3	0	0	0	3	0
20		DF	Wu Xi	4	0	1	0	5	0
21		MF	Wang Guanyi	1	0	0	0	1	0
23		DF	Qiu Tianyi	2	0	0	0	2	0
25		MF	Mario Božić	6	0	0	0	6	0
28		MF	Cao Yunding	2	0	0	0	2	0
29		FW	Joel Griffiths	2	0	0	0	2	0
36		MF	Wang Shouting	2	0	0	0	2	0
37		MF	Giovanni Moreno	2	0	0	0	2	0
39		FW	Nicolas Anelka	4	0	0	0	4	0
46		FW	Xu Qi	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	62	3	3	0	65	3

Overall

Games played	31 (29 Chinese Super League, 2 Chinese FA Cup)
Games won	7 (7 Chinese Super League)
Games drawn	16 (14 Chinese Super League, 2 Chinese FA Cup)
Games lost	8 (8 Chinese Super League)
Goals scored	35 (35 Chinese Super League)
Goals conceded	34 (34 Chinese Super League)
Goal difference	+1 (+1 Chinese Super League, 0 Chinese FA Cup)
Clean sheets	10 (8 Chinese Super League, 2 Chinese FA Cup)
Yellow cards	65 (62 Chinese Super League, 3 Chinese FA Cup)
Red cards	3 (3 Chinese Super League)
Worst discipline	Dai Lin (11 , 1 )
Best result	W 5 – 1 (H) v Hangzhou Greentown – Chinese Super League – 4 August 2012
Worst result	L 0 – 2 (A) v Changchun Yatai – Chinese Super League – 16 June 2012
Most appearances	Wang Dalei (30 appearances)
Top goalscorer	Didier Drogba (9 goals)

Last updated: 29 October
Source: Competitions

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