1998 Guangzhou Apollo F.C. season
# 1998 Guangzhou Apollo F.C. season

The 1998 season is the 45th year in Guangzhou Football Club's existence, their 31st season in the Chinese football league and the 5th season in the professional football league. After selling two key players (Peng Weiguo and Hu Zhijun) at the beginning of the season, the club finished the last place of the league in this season and relegated to Jia-B League.

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | CHN | Dong Guozhi |
| 3 | DF | CHN | Peng Changying (captain) |
| 4 | DF | CHN | Chen Yaohua |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Peng Jinbo |
| 6 | FW | CHN | Lü Jianjun |
| 7 | DF | CHN | Ye Zhibin |
| 8 | MF | CHN | Wen Junwu |
| 9 | DF | CHN | Huang Haibin |
| 11 | FW | CHN | Tan Ende |
| 12 | DF | CHN | Ma Zhuojun |
| 13 | FW | CHN | Min Jin |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | CHN | Yuan Junhui |
| 15 | MF | CHN | Liang Jianfeng |
| 16 | DF | CHN | Mai Guangliang |
| 17 | MF | CHN | Tan Weiming |
| 18 | FW | CHN | Zheng Cong |
| 20 | FW | CHN | Feng Yongxiang |
| 21 | MF | KOR | Park Ji-Ho |
| 22 | FW | YUG | Ivica Šimičić |
| 25 | MF | CHN | Zhong Qirong |
| 28 | GK | CHN | Kong Guoxian |
| 29 | GK | AUS | Peter Blazincic |

## Transfers

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 7 | DF | CHN | Ye Zhibin (from Guangzhou Songri) |
| 21 | MF | KOR | Park Ji-Ho (from Pohang Steelers) |
| 22 | FW | YUG | Ivica Šimičić (from FK Zvezdara) |
| 28 | GK | CHN | Kong Guoxian (from Guangzhou Songri) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | CHN | Hu Zhijun (to Guangzhou Songri) |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Robert Markovac (to Green Gully) |
| 9 | MF | CHN | Wen Zhijun (loan to Beijing Kuanli) |
| 10 | MF | CHN | Peng Weiguo (to Qianwei Huandao) |
| 27 | FW | NGA | Dominic Iorfa (to Buler Rangers) |
