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Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Football Club (Chinese : 广州医药足球俱乐部) is a football club based in Guangzhou currently playing in the Chinese Super League . The club was founded in 1954 as Guangzhou Football Team . It became a professional club in 1993 after Apollo Group took over the club and played in Jia-A League as Guangzhou Apollo Football Club . Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Company Limited (GPC) took over the club before the 2006 season and renamed it to Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Football Club . It commonly referred to as Guangzhou GPC (广州广药) and Guangzhou Team (广州队) by the media and fans.
Honours
Runners-up (2): 1992 , 1994
Winners (4): 1956, 1958, 1981, 2007
Runners-up (2): 1983, 1990
Third place (2): 2003, 2006
Runners-up (1): 1991
All-time league rankings
Season
1955
1956
1957
1958
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
Division
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
Youth
Youth
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Position
8
12
5
1
17
91
18
20
7
6
20
31
2
1
15
22
93
7
7
7
7
8
2
4
2
8
2
5
7
Season
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Division
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Position
8
14
8
10
4
11
3
4
4
3
1
Recent seasons
Season
Div
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Pos
Cup
1990
2
22
8
11
3
27
15
12
35
2
Round 1
1991
1
14
4
7
3
16
13
3
164
4
Runners-up
1992
1
14
8
2
4
19
15
4
184
2
Round 1
1993
1
12
5
0
7
15
16
−1
104
8
not held
1994
1
22
11
5
6
35
27
8
274
2
not held
1995
1
22
7
7
8
28
27
1
28
5
Round 1
1996
1
22
7
8
7
26
25
1
29
7
Last 16
1997
1
22
5
10
7
14
20
−6
25
8
Last 16
1998
1
26
4
8
14
25
41
−16
20
14
Round 1
1999
2
22
6
8
8
26
30
−4
26
8
Last 16
2000
2
22
6
7
9
27
27
0
25
10
Round 1
2001
2
22
11
7
4
31
16
15
40
4
Round 1
2002
2
22
4
9
9
23
30
−7
21
11
Round 1
2003
2
26
13
9
4
40
20
20
48
3
Round 1
2004
2
32
12
16
4
47
29
18
52
4
Round 1
2005
2
26
15
7
4
50
22
28
52
4
Last 16
2006
2
24
15
3
6
45
25
20
48
3
Last 16
2007
2
24
19
4
1
65
15
50
61
1
not held
2008
1
21
8
4
9
29
32
−3
28
8
not held
Current squad and staff
First team players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Players out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Technical staff
Former Famous Players
Hu Zhijun
Records(since 1994)
Record victory — 7-0 v. [[Hohhot FC](19 May,2007)
Most goals scored overall — 36,Hu Zhijun(1994-1997)
Crests
Names and crests have changed for sponsorship reasons.
1984-1992 Guangzhou Baiyunshan FC
1993-2000 Guangzhou Apollo FC
2001 Guangzhou Geely FC
2002-2003 Guangzhou Xiangxue FC
2004-2005 Guangzhou Sunray Cave FC
2006-current Guangzhou Pharmaceutical FC
Notes and References
^ only 22,000 allowed by Chinese Football Associstion in 2008 for safety reason
External links
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