1994 Guangzhou Apollo F.C. season

The 1994 season is the 41st year in Guangzhou Football Club's existence, their 27th season in the Chinese football league and the first season in the professional football league.

Guangzhou Apollo F.C. 1994

Manager	Zhou Suian
Stadium	Yuexiushan Stadium
Jia-A League	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	Hu Zhijun (17 goals)
Average home league attendance	10,545
Home colours Away colours

Technical staff

Name	Job title
Zhou Suian	Manager (from 7 Apr 1994)
Huang Guocai	Assistant Manager (from 7 Apr 1994)
Li Yong	Coach (from 7 Apr 1994)
Mai Chao	Coach (from 7 Apr 1994)
Du Qingen	U17 Team Coach (from 7 Apr 1994)
Huang Guocai	Caretaker Manager (from 1 Mar 1994 to 6 Apr 1994)

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 0 GK  CHN Dong Guozhi 1 GK  CHN Huang Hongtao 2 DF  CHN Peng Changying 3 DF  CHN Shen Rong 4 DF  CHN Chen Yaohua 5 DF  CHN Li Wei 7 FW  CHN Hu Zhijun 8 MF  CHN Peng Weiguo 10 FW  CHN Luo Wensheng 11 MF  CHN Feng Feng

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 DF  CHN Peng Jinbo 15 DF  CHN Mai Chao (captain) 16 MF  CHN Wen Zhijun 17 MF  CHN Zhu Weizhuo 18 FW  CHN Tan Ende 19 FW  CHN Lü Jianjun 20 FW  CHN Huang Weixiong 21 MF  CHN Peng Weijun 22 FW  JPN Isamu Tsuji 23 DF  CHN Huang Haibin

Transfers

Winter

In No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  CHN Li Wei (from Bayi) 11 MF  CHN Feng Feng (from Bayi) 20 FW  CHN Huang Weixiong (loan return from Happy Valley) 21 MF  CHN Peng Weijun (loan return from Happy Valley)

Out No. Pos. Nation Player - MF  CHN Wu Qunli (to South China)

Summer

In No. Pos. Nation Player - DF  SCO Neil Armour (from Albion Rovers)

Out No. Pos. Nation Player - DF  SCO Neil Armour (to Happy Valley)

Match results

Friendly matches

Friendly matches
Date	Opponents	H / A	Result	Scorers
1993-11-28	Sinŭiju Locomotive	H	2 – 1	Hu Zhijun, Lü Jianjun
1994-02-02	Tianjin Yuancheng	H	7 – 0	Hu Zhijun(3), Isamu Tsuji
1994-02-04	Guangzhou II	H	4 – 1	Hu Zhijun, Li Wei, Zhang Bing, Isamu Tsuji
1994-02-06	China U20	H	2 – 1	Hu Zhijun, Peng Jinbo
1994-02-11	America	H	1 – 0	Li Yong
1994-02-16	Denmark	H	0 – 2
1994-02-27	Yokohama Marinos	H	0 – 1
1994-03-02	Macau	A	1 – 0	Feng Feng
1994-05-12	Instant-Dict	H	2 – 1
1994-05-18	Goianésia	H	1 – 0	Wen Zhijun
1994-05-27	Guangzhou II	H	3 – 1
1994-09-23	Shenzhen	A	5 – 2
1994-09-25	Guangdong Hongyuan	N	1 – 3
1994-10-01	Guangdong Hongyuan	N	2 – 1	Huang Qineng, Isamu Tsuji
1994-10-11	Singapore	H	2 – 2 4 – 6 PSO
1994-10-13	Happy Valley	H	4 – 2

Jia-A League

17 April 1994	Shandong Taishan	1 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Jinan
	Su Maozhen  78'			Stadium: Shandong Stadium

24 April 1994	Jiangsu Maint	0 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Nanjing
				Stadium: Wutaishan Stadium

1 May 1994	Guangzhou Apollo	3 – 1	Guangdong Hongyuan	Guangzhou
	Hu Zhijun  15', 86' Mai Chao  25'		Yu Weiteng  22'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

8 May 1994	Guangzhou Apollo	2 – 5	Shanghai Shenhua	Guangzhou
	Hu Zhijun  64', 88'		Li Xiao  41' Fan Zhiyi  53', 60' Nakhratov  59', 71'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

5 June 1994	Dalian Wanda	2 – 1	Guangzhou Apollo	Dalian
	Zhao Lin  21' Liu Zhongchang  43'		Hu Zhijun  59'	Stadium: Dalian People's Stadium

12 June 1994	Sichuan Quanxing	0 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Chengdu
				Stadium: Chengdu Sports Centre

19 June 1994	Guangzhou Apollo	1 – 0	Jilin Samsung	Guangzhou
	Hu Zhijun  65'			Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

26 June 1994	Shenyang Liuyao	1 – 1	Guangzhou Apollo	Shenyang
	Han Zhenyuan  59'		Peng Weiguo  21'

3 July 1994	Guangzhou Apollo	3 – 2	Beijing Guoan	Guangzhou
	Hu Zhijun  10', 90' Peng Jinbo  80'		Zhou Ning  3' Cao Xiandong  70'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

10 July 1994	Guangzhou Apollo	1 – 0	Bayi	Guangzhou
	Zhu Weizhuo  57'			Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

17 July 1994	Liaoning Yuandong	5 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Shenyang
	Qu Shengqing  15', 49' Fu Bo  26' Li Bing  62' Zhuang Yi  83'

24 July 1994	Guangzhou Apollo	3 – 1	Shandong Taishan	Guangzhou
	Mai Chao  23' Peng Changying  77' Luo Wensheng  90'		Lin Xuebin  76'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

31 July 1994	Guangzhou Apollo	2 – 0	Jiangsu Maint	Guangzhou
	Feng Feng  5' Peng Weiguo  83'			Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

7 August 1994	Guangdong Hongyuan	0 – 2	Guangzhou Apollo	Guangzhou
			Mai Chao  80' Hu Zhijun  87'	Stadium: Guangdong People's Stadium

14 August 1994	Shanghai Shenhua	1 – 6	Guangzhou Apollo	Shanghai
	Fan Zhiyi  13'		Hu Zhijun  15', 27', 63', 83' Peng Weiguo  53', 88'	Stadium: Hongkou Stadium

21 August 1994	Guangzhou Apollo	3 – 2	Dalian Wanda	Guangzhou
	Peng Weiguo  20' Hu Zhijun  32' Peng Changying  76'		Xu Hui  38' Shi Lei  45'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

28 August 1994	Guangzhou Apollo	1 – 0	Sichuan Quanxing	Guangzhou
	Peng Weijun  63'			Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

4 September 1994	Jilin Samsung	1 – 1	Guangzhou Apollo	Yanji
	Li Shifeng  24'		Feng Feng  2'

23 October 1994	Guangzhou Apollo	3 – 0	Shenyang Liuyao	Guangzhou
	Hu Zhijun  45', 81' Lü Jianjun  ?'			Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

30 October 1994	Beijing Guoan	1 – 1	Guangzhou Apollo	Beijing
	Gao Feng  75'		Peng Weiguo  8'	Stadium: Xiannongtan Stadium

6 November 1994	Bayi	1 – 0	Guangzhou Apollo	Taiyuan
	Pan Yi  16'

13 November 1994	Guangzhou Apollo	2 – 3	Liaoning Yuandong	Guangzhou
	Hu Zhijun  65' Zhu Weizhuo  90'		Yu Ming  6' Qu Shengqing  12' Zhuang Yi  32'	Stadium: Yuexiushan Stadium

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League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dalian Wanda	22	14	5	3	43	21	+22	33
2	Guangzhou Apollo	22	11	5	6	36	27	+9	27
3	Shanghai Shenhua	22	10	6	6	36	36	0	26
4	Liaoning Yuandong	22	11	3	8	47	36	+11	25
5	Shandong Taishan	22	10	4	8	22	22	0	24

Source: rsssf.com

Top 5 positions show for brevity; for the full table, see 1994 Chinese Jia-A League

References

1. 1994年全国足球甲级队(A组)联赛 Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine