Shanghai Shenhua F.C.

Shanghai Shenhua Football Club (Chinese: 上海申花足球俱乐部) is a Chinese professional football club based in Shanghai, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Shanghai Shenhua plays its home matches at the Shanghai Stadium, located within Xuhui District. The owner of Shanghai Shenhua F.C. is Shanghai Jiushi Group,[1] a state-owned cultural and sports operation company in Shanghai. Shanghai Shenhua is one of the four clubs to have never been relegated from the Chinese top-flight since the Chinese Super League's foundation in 2004. The term shen hua literally translates as "the Flower of Shanghai" in English – shen is one of the alternative names for Shanghai and hua means flower in Chinese.

Shanghai Shenhua F.C.
上海申花
Full nameShanghai Shenhua Football Club
(上海申花足球俱乐部)
Nickname(s)The Flower of Shanghai (申花)
Founded1 November 1951 (1951-11-01) (Semi-professional)
10 December 1993 (1993-12-10) (Professional)
GroundShanghai Stadium,
Shanghai, China
Capacity72,000
OwnerShanghai Jiushi Group
ChairmanGu Jiqing
ManagerWu Jingui
LeagueChinese Super League
2022Super League, 10th of 18
WebsiteClub website
Shanghai Shenhua F.C.
Traditional Chinese上海申花足球俱樂部
Simplified Chinese上海申花足球俱乐部

The club's predecessor was the municipal-run semi-pro club Shanghai F.C.. The team predominantly played in the top tier, where they won several domestic league and cup titles. On 10 December 1993, the club was reorganized to become a completely professional football club so they could play in the 1994 Chinese Jia-A League season, making them one of the founding members of the first fully professional top-tier leagues in China. Since then, they have won one league title and three Chinese FA Cups.[2]

According to Forbes, Shenhua is the 6th most valuable football team in China, with a team value of $106 million, and an estimated revenue of $29 million in 2015.[3]

History

Early club

Shanghai Shenhua's predecessor was originally called East China, a team name used as far back as 1910 for football in the multi-sport event Chinese National Games.[4] The local Shanghai government sports body decided to use this name for their new club, founded on 1 November 1951, to take part in China's first fully nationalized national football league tournament, where they finished second in the league that year.[5] The football league gradually expanded and the team was allowed to name themselves after their own province of Shanghai in 1957. Soon afterwards, by 1961, Shanghai started to establish themselves as a major football team within China when they won their first league title.[6] This was then quickly followed by their second league title in 1962. However, in 1966, because of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, football in China was halted and Shanghai was unable to play. When football returned in China, Shanghai was able to return to the top tier. However, they were unable to regain any of the dominance that they had previously shown and were even relegated in 1980.[7] Though they were able to be quickly promoted in the following season, they spent many years without actually winning any titles until Wang Houjun led them to win the Chinese FA Cup in 1991, which was their first trophy in 29 years.[8]

Professionalism

Throughout the 1990s, the Chinese Football Association was demanding more professionalism from their football teams and while many were semi-professional, Shanghai would be one of the first when they gathered sponsorship from Yu Zhifei and the local company named Shenhua ("Flower of Shanghai") on 10 December 1993, founding Shanghai Shenhua.[8] This then saw Shanghai hire their first professional manager in Xu Genbao, who was the previous China national team manager, in 1994. The move would quickly see Shanghai win the second professional football league title by the end of the 1995 league season.[9] When Xu left, Shanghai attempted to bring in several foreign coaches to add more experience to the team. However, few achieved any success despite being close on several occasions, except for Muricy Ramalho's brief spell when the club won the 1998 Chinese FA Cup. By the end of 2001, the Shenhua group ended their sponsorship of the club and were replaced by SVA and the Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group. The club changed its name to Shanghai Shenhua SVA SMEG Football Club. The team, however, remained unique as it still retained "Shenhua" in its name, whereas many other teams dropped the name of their former sponsors completely. On the pitch, the club would take over Shanghai 02, a youth football team set up by Xu Genbao, while also bringing in a new manager in Wu Jingui, who built a new squad predominantly using many from the Shanghai 02 squad and despite struggling in his debut season, he was able to win the league title in 2003.[10] Critics would dispute the legitimacy of the title win after it was discovered in 2011 that the referee Lu Jun was bribed by the head of the CFA's referee arrangements, Zhang Jianqiang, to be biased towards Shenhua in a vital match against Shanghai COSCO Sanlin in a game that Shenhua won 4–1.[11] Lu Jun and Zhang Jianqiang were both officially charged with match-fixing, while Shenhua's general manager Lou Shifang was discovered to be the person who orchestrated the bribes. Initially, despite this indiscretion, the club was spared any disciplinary action.[12] The reason provided by the CFA at the time for the leniency was that they would be punishing the individuals who put the game in disrepute and not the club; because Lou Shifang was Shenhua's offending participant and had left the club several years before the allegations were confirmed, it would have been harsh to punish the club retrospectively.[13] On 18 February 2013, The CFA would decide to change its mind on Shenhua and retrospectively decided to punish the club by revoking its 2003 league title, fining the club with 1 million Yuan and giving a 6-point deduction at the beginning of the 2013 Chinese Super League season after it was discovered that they also fixed another game against Shaanxi National Power en route to winning the 2003 league title.[14][15]

Zhu Jun era

In 2007, the owner of inner-city rival Shanghai United, Zhu Jun and his company The9 Limited, bought a majority share of Shanghai Shenhua and began to merge Shanghai United into Shanghai Shenhua. His first act was to replace the previously successful existing head coach Wu Jingui with Shanghai United's Osvaldo Giménez.[16] The appointment was to prove highly disruptive and Wu Jingui was quickly brought back as the head coach after only a few months, but was sacked on 9 September 2008. Jia Xiuquan took over his position on the same day.[17] This was followed by the club adding to their backroom staff when, on 1 January 2009, Shenhua made Chinese football history by becoming the first Chinese team to hire a foreign CEO and a technical director. The club hired former manager Osvaldo Gimenez as their chief executive officer.[18] One day later, former PSV Eindhoven technical director Stan Valckx joined Shenhua in the same position.[19]

Didier Drogba, Giovanni Moreno, and Nicolas Anelka against Guangzhou Evergrande in July 2012.

After a disappointing 2011 season in the Chinese Super League, Zhu Jun decided to bring in a marquee player, so on 12 December 2011, it was confirmed that Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka would be arriving in Shanghai in January 2012, while six days later, it was announced that his compatriot Jean Tigana would be the head coach from the 2012 season. Tigana was fired after a string of poor results and was replaced by former Argentina national team coach Sergio Batista to lead the team. After a successful season playing for Chelsea and winning the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, Ivorian striker Didier Drogba signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Shenhua.[20] This was soon followed by the signing of Colombian international footballer Giovanni Moreno from Argentinian club Racing Club. These signings were intended to boost the club's title challenge and see Zhu Jun's investment within the club reach 150 million Yuan, which he believed gave him a controlling stake of 70 percent, as promised by the other shareholders. When the other shareholders decided not to agree to this arrangement, Zhu Jun decided to pull his funding of the club, which resulted in the team finishing in a disappointing ninth place and both Anelka and Drogba leaving the club.[21] The relationship between Zhu Jun and the other shareholders became even more fractious at the beginning of the 2013 league season when the Chinese FA issued the club with a six-point deduction for match-fixing ten years prior and a fine of one million Yuan. This would lead to a shareholder dispute between the other shareholders SVA, Shanghai Media Group, Shanghai Electric Group, and Huangpu SASAC on who should pay for this fine, which saw a gap in the club finances that saw Rolando Schiavi, Patricio Toranzo, and Giovanni Moreno refuse to play the 31 March 2013, league game against Liaoning Whowin because of unpaid wages.[22]

Greenland

The Zhu Jun era ended on 31 January 2014, when the club was purchased by Greenland Holding Group Company Limited who bought a share of 28.5% of the club.[23] On 6 February 2014, Greenland Holding Group Company Limited announced that the club's official name would be changed to "Shanghai Greenland FC, Shanghai Greenland Shenhua team" and it was hoped that by retaining Shenhua within the official team name, it would appease the fans by reflecting on the club's heritage.[24][25] This did not work. Subsequent badge alterations which eliminated Shenhua from the team's logo drew significant criticism from many of the club's supporters, who publicly voiced their dissatisfaction on 9 March 2014, during the league game against Shanghai Shenxin as they saw removing Shenhua from the club's name as a stain on the team's heritage and history.[26] On 18 July 2014, the club bowed to pressure from their supporters when they officially released a new team badge, which brought Shenhua back into the team logo and subsequently changed the club's name to "Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Football Club".[27]

On 3 February 2015, three days after the Australian national football team won the AFC Asian Cup, Tim Cahill announced he had been signed by the Shenhua, moving from the New York Red Bulls[28] Despite signing a one-year contract extension in November 2015, Tim Cahill announced on his Instagram on 16 February 2016, that his contract had been terminated by incoming coach Gregorio Manzano.[29] No reason was given for his termination beyond saying that he was "not part of the new coach Manzano's plans for the 2016 season..."[30]

Shanghai Shenhua won the 2019 Chinese FA Cup, beating Shandong Luneng Taishan 3–0 at a packed Hongkou Stadium on 6 Dec 2019, making it a 3–1 aggregate victory for the Blues. It was the fifth time Shenhua had lifted the trophy, and the second time in three years, after their 2017 Chinese FA Cup victory over city rival Shanghai SIPG.[31]

In 2021, the CFA launched its "neutral name campaign", requiring professional clubs to switch to names that do not mention their sponsors. The club, though, always had been publicly recognized as "Shenhua", had different sponsor prefixes and suffixes (such as "Greenland Shenhua" and "Shenhua SVA") in the last thirty years. Responding to the call for neutral names, the club owner, Greenland, restored the name of the club to "Shanghai Shenhua F.C." without prefixes or suffixes on February 9, 2021.[32]

On 23 November 2022, the club was deducted six points for unpaid salaries.[33] The club would admit that they had been in financial difficulties for over a year and it was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, they have resolved the issue and were looking for additional financial investment.[34] On 6 January 2023, the club declared that the Shanghai Jiushi Group would become the owners of the club.[1]

Crest history
  • Shanghai Shenhua logo used between 1993 and 2000
    Shanghai Shenhua logo used between 1993 and 2000
  • Shanghai Shenhua logo used between 2001 and 2002
    Shanghai Shenhua logo used between 2001 and 2002
  • Shanghai Shenhua logo used between 2002 and 2008
    Shanghai Shenhua logo used between 2002 and 2008
  • Shanghai Shenhua logo used between 2009 and 2013
    Shanghai Shenhua logo used between 2009 and 2013
  • Shanghai Shenhua logo used between 2014 and 2021
    Shanghai Shenhua logo used between 2014 and 2021
  • Shanghai Shenhua logo used since 2022
    Shanghai Shenhua logo used since 2022

Rivalries
Main article: Shanghai derbies

Shenhua's fiercest and oldest rivalry is against Beijing Guoan, and the rivalry is often referred to as the China Derby.[35] The rivalry with Beijing is viewed as a manifestation of the rivalry that exists between the two most important cities in the country, as one is the center of government while the other is the financial centre of modern commerce within China.[36] Each club had an extensive history, including successful periods. However, they rarely competed directly for trophies until the 1997 league season. With Shenhua having won the 1995 league title and Beijing having won the 1996 Chinese FA Cup, both teams looked as if they had the pedigree to win trophies that season and on 20 July 1997, in a vital league game, Beijing thrashed Shenhua 9–1 at the Workers Stadium in Beijing.[37] It would be Beijing's largest victory and Shenhua's greatest defeat ever recorded. Soon after that event, both teams would meet again in the 1997 FA Cup final, which saw Beijing win the cup.[38]

When professionalism was established in 1994 within the Chinese leagues, it opened the door for more than one team within each city. This eventually paved the way for the first-ever Chinese top-flight city derby, which took place in 2002 when Shanghai Shenhua lost 2–0 to Shanghai Zhongyuan (later renamed Inter) in front of a sold out Hongkou Football Stadium. Known as the Shanghai derby, it would be the start of an intense but short rivalry between the two clubs, which reached its peak on the final day of the 2003 league season with both teams within reach of winning the league title.[39] Shenhua won their game while Inter surprisingly lost theirs to relegation fighting club Tianjin Kangshifu. This saw critics dispute the title win and it was eventually discovered that both teams had players and officials match-fix games throughout the campaign.[15] Shenhua would retrospectively lose their title while the Inter owners decided it was financially unviable to remain in Shanghai and relocated their team to Xi'an, which effectively ended the rivalry.[40]

With Inter Shanghai leaving the city, Shenhua experienced another one of these Shanghai derbies when Shanghai United was promoted in the 2006 league season. The rivalry between the two teams never reached the same intensity as what was experienced against Inter because United had only recently relocated to the city and was building their fan base.[39] Any development of a rivalry was ultimately cut short when Zhu Jun took over both teams and merged them together, with Shenhua keeping their name. In 2012, Shanghai Shenxin moved to the city, revitalizing the derby. However, it was the promotion of Shanghai SIPG in 2013 that caught the fans' imagination because they were formed by Xu Genbao, who had previously managed Shenhua.[39] The club's geographical location has also opened them up to rivalries with neighbouring clubs Hangzhou Greentown and Jiangsu Suning, where they contest in a fixture called the Yangtze Delta Derby.[41]

Later, with the relegation of Shanghai Shenxin in 2015 and then disbandment in 2020, Shanghai SIPG became the sole rival for Shenhua in Shanghai. The competition reached its peak when Shenhua beat SIPG in the 2017 Chinese FA Cup finals on aggregate and when SIPG won the super league soon after, in 2018. The rivalry between the fans and the players made the new Shanghai derby arguably the most exciting derby in China. Also, in 2020, with Jiangsu Suning lifting the domestic league, Jiangsu fans escalated the cross-town rivalry by renting a billboard showcasing Jiangsu's trophy just outside the Hongkou Stadium, Shenhua's home venue. This act of provocation incited massive rebuke from the Shenhua fans, resulting in the ad being removed the day after. However, though fierce the rivalry might have been through the years, it concluded with Jiangsu Suning's dissolution in 2021.[42]

Players

First team squad
As of 13 April 2023[43]

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 China CHN Ma Zhen
2 DF United States USA Macario Hing-Glover
4 DF China CHN Jiang Shenglong
5 DF China CHN Zhu Chenjie
6 MF France FRA Ibrahim Amadou
7 MF China CHN Xu Haoyang
8 MF China CHN Liu Ruofan
9 MF China CHN Dai Wai Tsun
10 MF Portugal POR João Carlos Teixeira
11 FW Switzerland SUI Cephas Malele
15 MF China CHN Wu Xi
16 DF China CHN Yang Zexiang
17 FW Cameroon CMR Christian Bassogog
18 FW China CHN Zhang Wei
20 MF China CHN Yu Hanchao
21 DF China CHN Cui Lin
22 DF China CHN Jin Yangyang
23 DF China CHN Bai Jiajun
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF China CHN Xu Yougang
25 MF China CHN Peng Xinli
28 MF China CHN Cao Yunding
29 MF China CHN Zhou Junchen
30 GK China CHN Bao Yaxiong
31 GK China CHN Xue Qinghao
32 DF China CHN Eddy Francis
33 MF China CHN Wang Haijian
34 DF China CHN Qi Long
35 MF China CHN He Longhai
36 FW China CHN Fei Ernanduo
38 DF China CHN Wen Jiabao
39 FW China CHN Liu Yujie
40 DF China CHN Yu Hang
41 GK China CHN Zhou Zhengkai
42 DF China CHN Wang Junqiang
43 DF China CHN He Bizhen
45 DF China CHN Wang Longxiao

Reserve squad

Updated 1 March 2019.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF China CHN Liao Haochuan
27 FW China CHN Zhu Jianrong
42 DF China CHN Jiang Zhixin
43 MF China CHN Xu Jun
45 DF China CHN Liu Qiuqi
46 DF China CHN Guo Chen
No. Pos. Nation Player
54 DF China CHN Wang Jiahao
56 MF China CHN Su Yihao
60 GK China CHN Jiang Yutao
63 GK China CHN Zhou Zhengkai
— DF China CHN Zhu Yue
— MF China CHN Sun Shilin

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
No. Pos. Nation Player

Coaching staff
As of 3 February 2020[44]
Position Staff
Head coach China Wu Jingui
Team leader China Mao Yijun
Assistant head coach China Yin Xifu
Assistant head coach China Wang Yun
Sporting director China Wu Jingui[45]
Press officer China Ma Yue
Physician Spain Joaquín Mas
Physician China Nie Lianjun
Physician China Wei Ming
Physician China Zou Qiwei
Physiotherapist Spain Carlos Lozano Romero
Physiotherapist Spain Salvador Barragán Gamero
Physiotherapist Spain Josep Carles Benitez-Martinez
Equipment manager China Zhang Zhiyong
Equipment manager China Cui Xianzhe
Interpreter China Wang Kan
Interpreter China Cao Yi
Reserves head coach China Zheng Kewei[46]
Under-19 team head coach China Xu Yibin[47]
Under-18 team head coach Spain David Pirri[48]
Under-18 team assistant coach Spain Jaime Molina[49]
Under-18 team goalkeeping coach England Andy Beasley[49]
Under-16 team head coach Croatia Dražen Besek[50]
Under-16 team assistant coach Croatia Andrija Balajić[50]

Managerial history

Managers who have coached the club and team since Shanghai Shenhua became a professional club back in 1993.[51][52]

Honours

All-time honours list, including semi-professional Shanghai period.[53][54]

First team

Domestic titles

International titles

Reserve team
  • National Reserve League
    • Winners (1): 2004

Youth academy
  • National Youth League U19
    • Winners (1): 2014
  • National Youth League U17
    • Winners (1): 2018
  • National Youth League Champions Cup U17
    • Winners (1): 2018

Results

All-time League Rankings

As of 2022[55][56]
Year Div Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos. FA Cup Super Cup League Cup AFC Other Att./G Stadium
1951176012361712RU————
1953153021239413————
19541412186243————
1955112444201911116————
1956164111468111RUW———
195712064102026−6368NH———Hongkou Football Stadium
Jiangwan Sports Center
Huxi Stadium
19581217591627−11407NH———
196011271418126523R2———
196111384135926132WNH———
19621181422461432152WNH———
196318611215161311NH———
1964122163342152735RUNH———
19651115151414011—NH———
1973124143740337192RUNH———
197618530142121321NH———
1977117665251783212NH———
197813091110353412910NH———
1979130109112930−1299NH———
198012971210232122613NH———
198123023 –746RUNH———
198213019 –11412120384NH———
19831148 –6241861633NH———
198413018 –12352693643———
19851158 –7101763——DNQ
19861148331459195Group——DNQ
198711462620173203NH——DNQ
19881251249452916436NH——DNQ
198911472517134253NH——DNQ
19901146441516−1264Group——DNQ
19911146442120116RUW——DNQ
199211462618153145R1——DNQ
199311223/15221012107NH——DNQDongguan Stadium
1994122106636360263NH——DNQ20,909Hongkou Stadium
1995122144439162346WRUW—DNE27,909
1996122109338182039RUQFDNQ—R226,727
1997122117436221440RURUDNQ—DNQ19,636
19981261112343232045RUWW—DNQFECC439,713Shanghai Stadium
1999126911626251385SFDNQ—DNQCWCR217,462Hongkou Football Stadium
2000126148437241350RUR2DNQ—DNQ18,462
2001126153839281148RUR1W—DNQ18,000
200212895143741−43212R2DNQ—Group12,464
2003128174756332355W4QFRU—DNQ22,214
200412241082837−92210SFNHSFGroupA3CC313,636
2005126158341231853RUQFNHSFDNQ12,462
20061281410437191852RUQFNHNHQF12,786
20071281210635296464NHNHNHGroupA3CCW11,393Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium
Jinshan Football Stadium
20081301710358292961RUNHNHNHDNQ11,510Hongkou Football Stadium
20091301299392910455NHNHNHGroup12,627
20101301461044413483NHNHNHDNQ12,963
2011130114153141−103711SFNHNHGroup9,828
2012130814839345389R4DNQNHDNQ14,761
201313011118363603858R3DNQNHDNQ12,739
2014130811113345−12359SFDNQNHDNQ15,417
2015130126124244−2426RUDNQNHDNQ19,506
201613012126463115484SFDNQNHDNQ22,690
201713098135255−33511WDNQNHPOR19,021
2018130108124453−9387R4RUNHGroup21,480
201913086164357−143013WDNQNHDNQ
202011456316151217R1NHNHDNQCentralised venues
20211221075342212379SFNHNHDNQ
2022134141194234847610SFNHNHDNQJinzhou Stadium
20231DNQNHDNQShanghai Stadium
  • No league games in 1959, 1966–72, 1975; Shanghai did not compete for position because they were hosts in 1965; in 1974, only played in group stage before touring Africa.
  • ^1 : In the group stage. ^2 : In final group stage. ^3 : In the southern league. ^4 : Title revoked due to match-fixing ^5 : Deducted 6 points. ^6 : Shanghai Shenhua had 6 points deducted due to unpaid salaries on 23 November 2022.

Key

International results

Updated 12 March 2021

Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1996–97[57] Asian Club Championship First round Hong Kong Instant-Dict FC 7–1 (H), 1–2 (A)
Second round South Korea Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma 0–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
1998[58] Far East Club Championship Group B Russia Rotor Volgograd 3–4 (N)
South Korea Pusan Daewoo Royals 0–1 (N)
Third place match Japan Júbilo Iwata 0–2 (N)
1999–2000[59] Asian Cup Winners' Cup Second round Japan Shimizu S-Pulse 0–0 (H), 2–0 (A)
2002–03[60] AFC Champions League Qualifying Round 2 Indonesia Petrokimia Putra 1–3 (A), 5–1 (H)
Qualifying Round 3 Singapore Geylang United FC 3–0 (H), 2–1 (A)
Group A South Korea Daejeon Citizen 1–2 (N)
Japan Kashima Antlers 4–3 (N)
Thailand BEC Tero Sasana 1–2 (N)
2004[61] A3 Champions Cup Table China Shanghai International 1–1 (N)
Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 0–2 (N)
South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1–1 (N)
2004[62] AFC Champions League Group E Thailand BEC Tero 1–4 (A), 1–0 (H)
South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0–1 (H), 1–0 (A)
Japan Jubilo Iwata 1–2 (A), 3–2 (H)
2006[63] AFC Champions League Group G Vietnam Đồng Tâm Long An 3–1 (H), 4–2 (A)
Quarter-finals South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1–0 (H), 2–4 (A)
2007[64] AFC Champions League Group E Australia Sydney FC 1–2 (H), 0–0 (A)
Indonesia Persik Kediri 0–1 (A), 6–0 (H)
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 0–1 (A), 0–0 (H)
2007[65] A3 Champions Cup Table South Korea Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3–0 (N)
China Shandong Luneng Taishan 1–2 (N)
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 3–1 (N)
2009[66] AFC Champions League Group G Singapore Singapore Armed Forces FC 4–1 (H), 1–1 (A)
Japan Kashima Antlers 0–2 (A), 1–1 (H)
South Korea Suwon Bluewings 2–1 (H), 1–2 (A)
2011[67] AFC Champions League Group H Japan Kashima Antlers 0–0 (H), 0–2 (A)
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–4 (A), 0–3 (H)
Australia Sydney FC 1–1 (A), 2–3 (H)
2017 AFC Champions League Play-off round Australia Brisbane Roar FC 0–2 (H)
2018 AFC Champions League Group H Japan Kashima Antlers 2–2 (H), 1–1 (A)
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1–1 (A), 0–2 (H)
Australia Sydney FC 0–0 (A), 2–2 (H)
2020 AFC Champions League Group F Japan FC Tokyo 1–0 (N), 1–2 (N)
South Korea Ulsan Hyundai 1–3 (N), 1–4 (N)
Australia Perth Glory 2–1 (N), 3–3 (N)

On neutral venue, Shanghai Shenhua score is counted first.

Key

  • (H) = Home
  • (A) = Away
  • (N) = Neutral

Professional club records

Notes

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