2012 Guangzhou R&F F.C. season
# 2012 Guangzhou R&F F.C. season

The 2012 Guangzhou R&F F.C. season is Guangzhou's 1st season in the Chinese Super League since 2010. Guangzhou will also be competing in the Chinese FA Cup.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| - | - |
| Head coach | Sérgio Farias |
| Team leader | Li Shubin |
| Assistant coaches | Luis Antonio Inarra |
| Assistant coaches | Zhang Zengqun (to 12 June 2012) |
| Assistant coaches | Zhu Bo (to 12 June 2012) |
| Fitness coaches | Matheus Henrique |
| Fitness coaches | Zou Hongjie |
| Goalkeeping coaches | Marcos Antônio Leme |
| Goalkeeping coaches | Li Xianzhong (to 12 June 2012) |
| Team physician | Cleiton Victorino |

## Players

As of 5 March 2012

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 | Cheng Yuelei |
| 2 | DF | CHN | Sui Donglu |
| 3 | DF | CHN | Liu Cheng |
| 4 | DF | CHN | Li Wenbo |
| 5 | DF | CHN | Wang Bin |
| 6 | DF | CHN | Xu Bo |
| 7 | MF | CHN | Yu Guijun |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Jumar |
| 9 | FW | CHN | Wen Chao |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Davi |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Rafael Coelho |
| 12 | GK | CHN | Shi Xiaotian |
| 13 | MF | CHN | Wu Wei'an |
| 15 | MF | CHN | Liang Yanfeng |
| 16 | DF | CHN | Zhang Ao |
| 17 | DF | CHN | Li Zhe (captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | CHN | Zhang Yuan |
| 19 | MF | CHN | Pan Chi |
| 20 | MF | CHN | Tang Miao |
| 21 | MF | CHN | Gao Zengxiang |
| 22 | MF | CHN | Wang Zihua |
| 23 | MF | CHN | Lu Lin |
| 24 | MF | CHN | Li Lingwei |
| 26 | DF | CHN | Zhao Ming |
| 27 | DF | CHN | Gao Jiulong |
| 28 | MF | CHN | Huang Long |
| 29 | FW | CHN | Zhang Shuo |
| 30 | GK | CHN | Sun Ce |
| 31 | FW | BRA | Leonardo |
| 32 | GK | CHN | Wang Lüe |
| 35 | MF | AUS | Rostyn Griffiths |
| 36 | FW | CHN | Men Yang |

## Competitions

### Chinese Super League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Dalian Aerbin | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 44 |
| 6 | Changchun Yatai | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 44 |
| 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 |

* 1 2 Dalian 1–2 Changchun; Changchun 1–2 Dalian
