2014 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season

The 2014 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua season was Shanghai Greenland Shenhua's 11th season in the Chinese Super League and 52nd overall in the Chinese top flight. They also competed in the Chinese FA Cup, reaching the Semi-Finals.

Shanghai Greenland

Chairman	Zhu Jun
Manager	Shen Xiangfu (until 29 March 2014) Sergio Batista (from 29 March 2014)
Super League	9th
FA Cup	Semi-Finals
Top goalscorer	League: Giovanni Moreno (8) All: Giovanni Moreno (11)
Home colours Away colours

Squad

Updated 27 June 2014. [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 Geng Xiaofeng 3 DF  HKG Brian Fok 5 DF  KOR Cho Byung-Kuk 6 DF  CHN Li Wenbo 7 MF  CHN Wang Changqing 8 MF  CHN Fan Lingjiang 10 MF  COL Giovanni Moreno (captain) 12 DF  CHN Bai Jiajun 13 DF  BRA Paulo André 14 DF  CHN Gu Bin 15 MF  CHN Zhan Yilin 16 MF  CHN Wang Fei 17 MF  TPE Chen Po-liang 18 FW  CHN Gao Di 19 DF  CHN Zheng Kaimu

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  CHN Xu Liang 21 MF  CHN Jiang Kun 22 GK  CHN Qiu Shengjiong 23 DF  CHN Liu Jiashen 24 GK  CHN Shen Jun 25 MF  CHN Su Shun 26 MF  CHN Liang Yu 27 MF  CHN Han Yi 28 MF  CHN Cao Yunding 29 DF  CHN Yuan Shaohua 30 DF  CHN Tao Jin 31 FW  BRA Paulo Henrique 34 FW  ARG Lucas Viatri 36 MF  CHN Wang Shouting 57 MF  CHN Liu Jiawei

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 41 GK  CHN Dong Guangxiang 42 GK  CHN Dong Hang 43 MF  CHN Yang Chen 44 MF  CHN Zhang Jiawei 45 MF  CHN Li lianxiang 46 DF  CHN Liang Wei 47 FW  CHN Wu Changqi 48 MF  CHN Xiao Bang 49 MF  CHN Yan Ge

No. Pos. Nation Player 50 MF  CHN Xie Fuquan 51 MF  CHN Huang Linhao 52 MF  CHN Xiong Zhenfeng 53 MF  CHN Zhang Yuhao 54 MF  CHN Bo Xiaobo 55 MF  CHN Yang Haofeng 59 MF  CHN Chen Tao 60 MF  CHN Shang Yin

Transfers

Winter

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CHN Geng Xiaofeng (loan from Shandong Luneng) 5 DF  KOR Cho Byung-kuk (from Júbilo Iwata) 6 DF  CHN Li Wenbo (from Guangzhou R&F) 8 MF  CHN Fan Lingjiang (loan return from Jiangxi Liansheng) 9 FW  COL Luis Carlos Ruiz (from Junior)[2] 13 DF  BRA Paulo André (from Corinthians)[3] 14 MF  CHN Gu Bin (loan return from Chongqing) 17 MF  TPE Chen Po-liang (from Shenzhen Ruby) 18 FW  CHN Gao Di (from Shandong Luneng, previously on loan to Hangzhou Greentown) 24 GK  CHN Shen Jun (from Guizhou Renhe) 30 DF  CHN Tao Jin (loan return from Hunan Billows)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CHN Wang Dalei (to Shandong Luneng) 2 DF  ARG Rolando Schiavi (to Club Rivadavia) 4 DF  CHN Li Jianbin (loan return to Guangzhou Evergrande) 5 DF  CHN Dai Lin (to Shandong Luneng) 8 MF  CHN Song Boxuan (to Beijing Guoan) 9 FW  CPV Dady (to Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard) 27 MF  ARG Patricio Toranzo (to Huracán)

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  HKG Brian Fok 31 MF  BRA Paulo Henrique (from Trabzonspor)[4] 34 FW  ARG Lucas Viatri (from Boca Juniors, previously on loan to Chiapas)[4]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  CHN Xiong Fei (loan to Wuhan Zall) 9 FW  COL Luis Carlos Ruiz (to Atlético Nacional) 11 FW  SYR Firas Al-Khatib (to Al-Arabi)

Competitions

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	11	11	33	45	−12	35	6	4	5	19	21	−2	2	7	6	14	24	−10

Last updated: 19 January 2015.
Source: Soccerway

Results

9 March 2014 1	Shanghai Shenxin	0–2	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Shanghai
16:00 (UTC+08)	Zuojun  39'	Summary	Di  29', 80' Liang  63' Changqing  77'	Stadium: Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium Attendance: 12,098 Referee: Huang Yejun

15 March 2014 2	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	1–3	Hangzhou Greentown	Shanghai
19:45 (UTC+08)	André  18' Jiajun  34' Shouting  41' Liang  45' Moreno  49'	Summary	Angan  26', 30' Haiqing  43' Macena  69'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 22,325 Referee: Wang Jin

24 March 2014 3	Beijing Guoan	2–0	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Beijing
19:30 (UTC+08)	Xizhe  40' (pen.) Batalla  53'	Summary	Moreno  90+1'	Stadium: Workers' Stadium Attendance: 35,27 Referee: Li Jun

29 March 2014 4	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	0–0	Henan Jianye	Shanghai
19:45 (UTC+08)	Wenbo  51'	Summary	Wangsong  73'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 11,231 Referee: Xia Jun

6 April 2014 5	Changchun Yatai	2–2	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Changchun
15:30 (UTC+08)	Ismailov  25' Coelho  90+4'	Report	Ruiz  9' 90+2' Cho  21' Yilin  49' Fei  88'	Stadium: Development Area Stadium Attendance: 12,156 Referee: Huang Yejun

13 April 2014 6	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	2–0	Dalian Aerbin	Shanghai
19:45 (UTC+08)	Moreno  16', 74' 23'	Summary	Xuepeng  22' Dabao  23' Boyu  72'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 10,806 Referee: Wang Jin

19 April 2014 7	Guangzhou Evergrande	2–1	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Guangzhou
20:00 (UTC+08)	Junyan  41' Lin  53' Jian  59'	Summary	Al-Khatib  83' (pen.)	Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Attendance: 41,500 Referee: Fan Qi

26 April 2014 8	Shanghai SIPG	1–1	Shanghai Shenhua	Shanghai
15:30 (UTC+08)	Jiayu  11' McBreen  21' 64' Huikang  90+1' Shiyuan  90+5'	Summary	Jiajun  26'  90+6' Yunding  29' Liang  36' Wenbo  59'	Stadium: Shanghai Stadium Attendance: 23,286 Referee: Xu Fuxin

29 April 2014 9	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	0–0	Guangzhou R&F	Shanghai
19:45 (UTC+08)	Shouting  47' Liang  77' Yilin  86'	Summary	Yaokun  87'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 10,753 Referee: Fu Ming

3 May 2014 10	Guizhou Renhe	3–0	Shanghai Shenhua	Guiyang
20:00 (UTC+08)	Hai  18' Mączyński  31' 51', 77' Hyuri  45+1' 71' Jihai  82'	Summary	André  4' Di  83' Lingjiang  90+1'	Stadium: Guiyang Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 11,231 Referee: Ai Kun

10 May 2014 11	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	1–0	Shandong Luneng	Shanghai
19:45 (UTC+08)	Shouting  35' Moreno  56' (pen.) Shengjiong  85'	Summary	Lin  90+1' Xu  90+5'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 16,750 Referee: Wang Zhe

17 May 2014 12	Harbin Yiteng	3–3	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Harbin
15:30 (UTC+08)	Dori  38', 40', 87' Hughes  60'	Summary	André  17' Yunding  30' Kun  39' Liang  62' Di  72' Moreno  73' Shouting  86'	Stadium: Harbin Sports City Center Stadium Attendance: 33,171 Referee: Li Jun

25 May 2014 14	Tianjin Teda	1–0	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Tianjin
19:35 (UTC+08)	Benjian  43' Tao  69' Weifeng  90+1'	Summary	Changqing  31'	Stadium: Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium Attendance: 11,937 Referee: Fu Ming

28 May 2014 13	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	1–1	Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty	Shanghai
19:45 (UTC+08)	Moreno  26' Shengjiong  71'	Summary	Xiang  47' Hang  50' Ke  74' Elias  81'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 12,546 Referee: Guo Hao

10 July 2014 22	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	1–2	Guangzhou Evergrande	Shanghai
19:45 (UTC+08)	Di  27' Moreno  80' Shouting  90'	Summary	Diamanti  9' Bowen  29' Fang  72' Xuri  79' Hao  90+1'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 17,235 Referee: Fu Ming

20 July 2014 15	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	3–2	Liaoning Whowin	Shanghai
19:45 (UTC+08)	Yunding  8' Viatri  45+2', 82' André  87' Jiajun  90+1' Shengjiong  90+4'	Summary	Taiyan  49' Chamanga  59' Chaosheng  68'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 14,328 Referee: Huang Yejun

26 July 2014 16	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	2–0	Shanghai Shenxin	Shanghai
19:45 (UTC+08)	Changqing  45' Henrique  46' 64' Shengjiong  87' Moreno  90+4'	Summary		Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 15,892 Referee: Wang Zhe

30 July 2014 17	Hangzhou Greentown	0–0	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Hangzhou
19:35 (UTC+08)	Gang  90+2'	Summary	Shouting  14' Cho  50'	Stadium: Huanglong Stadium Attendance: 13,625 Referee: Zhao Zhizhi

2 August 2014 18	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	0–3	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai
19:45 (UTC+08)	Changqing  76'	Summary	Damjanović  50' Xiaobin  79' Zhizhao  83' 84' Cheng  89'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 24,856 Referee: Fu Ming

10 August 2014 19	Henan Jianye	2–2	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Zhengzhou
20:00 (UTC+08)	Yifan  53' Xiyang  61'	Summary	Moreno  50' Liang  87' Viatri  90+5'	Stadium: Zhengzhou Hanghai Stadium Attendance: 16,894 Referee: Zhou Gang

14 August 2014 20	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	2–3	Changchun Yatai	Shanghai
19:45 (UTC+08)	Moreno  3' Liang  41' Fei  61' Viatri  88' (pen.)	Summary	Ismailov  43' Huszti  45' 66' Eninho  71' 83' Jianjun  90+3'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 11,825 Referee: Wang Jin

17 August 2014 21	Dalian Aerbin	0–1	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Dalian
19:00 (UTC+08)	Jiaqi  37'	Summary	Henrique  87'	Stadium: Dalian Sports Center Attendance: 10,279 Referee: Li Haihe

31 August 2014 23	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	1–1	Shanghai SIPG	Shanghai
19:45 (UTC+08)	Shouting  10' Kun  38'	Summary	Zhengrong  66' Addo  89'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 22,375 Referee: Wang Zhe

14 September 2014 24	Guangzhou R&F	4–0	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Guangzhou
19:30 (UTC+08)	Samuel  8', 83' Park  15' Miao  37' Davi  39' Hamdallah  70'	Summary	Shouting  72'  87'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium Attendance: 11,273 Referee: Zhou Gang

20 September 2014 25	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	1–0	Guizhou Moutai	Shanghai
19:45 (UTC+08)	Henrique  23' Jiajun  37' Shengjiong  89' Cho  90+1'	Summary	Hanke  8' Salley  69' Jie  76'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 13,902 Referee: Xu Fuxin

27 September 2014 26	Shandong Luneng	2–0	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Jinan
19:30 (UTC+08)	Binbin  8' Love  52' Aloísio  64' McGowan  85'	Summary	Lingjiang  75'	Stadium: Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium Attendance: 20,207 Referee: Ma Li

4 October 2014 27	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	2–1	Harbin Yiteng	Shanghai
19:45 (UTC+08)	Kaimu  2' Henrique  78', 88' 90+5'	Summary	Rodrigo  11' Fofo  13' Tao  22' Dori  28'  29' Steer  66'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 12,513 Referee: Hai Tan

18 October 2014 28	Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty	1–1	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Nanjing
19:35 (UTC+08)	Hao  7' 25' Elias  56'	Summary	Yunding  35' Shouting  49' Lingjiang  53' Moreno  61'	Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre Attendance: 29,217 Referee: Zhao Zhizhi

26 October 2014 29	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	2–5	Tianjin Teda	Shanghai
14:35 (UTC+08)	Shouting  41' Moreno  43' 84' Henrique  56' 64' Jiawei  70'	Summary	Benjian  8' Andrezinho  24', 86', 89' Zhenyu  28' Baré  36' Valencia  89'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 13,865 Referee: Wang Zhe

2 November 2014 30	Liaoning Whowin	1–1	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Panjin
15:35 (UTC+08)	Yusong  7' Shilin  46' Mitchell  72'	Summary	Hao  46' (o.g.) Viatri  46' Moreno  72'	Stadium: Liaoning Panjin Stadium Attendance: 10,279 Referee: Li Haihe

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Tianjin TEDA	30	10	9	11	41	44	−3	39
8	Jiangsu Sainty	30	9	10	11	37	45	−8	37
9	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	30	8	11	11	33	45	−12	35
10	Liaoning Whowin	30	8	9	13	33	48	−15	33[lower-alpha 1]
11	Shanghai Shenxin	30	9	6	15	26	42	−16	33[lower-alpha 1]

Source: Chinese Super League (in Chinese)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th reserve league points; 6th goal difference; 7th goals scored; 8th disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card).
Notes:

1. Shanghai S. 0–0 Liaoning; Liaoning 3–0 Shanghai S.

Chinese FA Cup

15 July 2014 Third round	Chongqing Lifan	0–3	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Chongqing
19:30		[ Summary]	Viatri  66', 70' Gao Di  86'	Stadium: Fuling Stadium Attendance: 8,118 Referee: Wang Jin

23 July 2014 Fourth round	Yanbian Baekdu	1–2	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Yanji
15:30	Li Chenglin  65'	[ Summary]	Moreno  25' Wang Fei  71'	Stadium: Yanji City Stadium Attendance: 3,451 Referee: Fan Qi

6 August 2014 Fifth round	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	4–2	Shanghai Shenxin	Shanghai
19:45	Moreno  35', 81' Henrique  50', 60'	[ Summary]	Utaka  7', 66'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 11,753 Referee: Wang Zhe

1 October 2014 Semi-Final 1st leg	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	0–2	Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty	Shanghai
19:45		[ Summary]	Wu Xi  40' Sun Ke  41'	Stadium: Hongkou Football Stadium Attendance: 16,258 Referee: Wang Jin

23 October 2014 Semi-Final 2nd leg	Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty	3–0 (5–0 agg.)	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	Nanjing
19:35	Sun Ke  58' Wu Xi  84' Toloza  90'	[ Summary]		Stadium: Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Attendance: 32,643 Referee: Shi Zhenlu

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Super League		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Geng Xiaofeng	11	0	11	0	0	0
5	DF		Cho Byung-Kuk	29	0	29	0	0	0
6	DF		Li Wenbo	14	0	13+1	0	0	0
7	MF		Wang Changqing	18	0	14+4	0	0	0
8	MF		Fan Lingjiang	17	0	11+6	0	0	0
10	MF		Giovanni Moreno	28	8	28	8	0	0
12	DF		Bai Jiajun	21	0	21	0	0	0
13	DF		Paulo André	23	0	22+1	0	0	0
15	MF		Zhan Yilin	20	0	11+9	0	0	0
16	MF		Wang Fei	8	1	1+7	1	0	0
17	MF		Chen Po-liang	12	0	2+10	0	0	0
18	FW		Gao Di	21	5	20+1	5	0	0
19	DF		Zheng Kaimu	16	0	6+10	0	0	0
20	MF		Xu Liang	23	3	22+1	3	0	0
21	MF		Jiang Kun	19	2	13+6	2	0	0
22	GK		Qiu Shengjiong	18	0	18	0	0	0
24	GK		Shen Jun	1	0	1	0	0	0
26	MF		Liang Yu	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
28	MF		Cao Yunding	28	1	24+4	1	0	0
30	DF		Tao Jin	2	0	2	0	0	0
31	FW		Paulo Henrique	13	6	11+2	6	0	0
34	FW		Lucas Viatri	12	4	7+5	4	0	0
36	MF		Wang Shouting	27	0	27	0	0	0
57	MF		Liu Jiawei	3	0	3	0	0	0
Players who away from the club on loan:
2	DF		Xiong Fei	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Shanghai Greenland Shenhua who left during the season:
9	FW		Luis Carlos Ruiz	9	1	7+2	1	0	0
11	FW		Firas Al-Khatib	12	1	6+6	1	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Super League	FA Cup	Total
1	MF		10	Giovanni Moreno	8	3	11
2	MF		31	Paulo Henrique	6	2	8
3	FW		18	Gao Di	5	1	6
	FW		32	Lucas Viatri	4	2	6
5	MF		20	Xu Liang	3	0	3
6	MF		21	Jiang Kun	2	0	2
	MF		16	Wang Fei	1	1	2
8	MF		28	Cao Yunding	1	0	1
	FW		9	Luis Carlos Ruiz	1	0	1
	FW		11	Firas Al-Khatib	1	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	1
				TOTALS	33	9	42

References

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2. "Luis Carlos Ruiz se va al fútbol de China". Futbolred.com (in Spanish).
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