Beijing Guoan F.C.

Beijing Guoan Football Club (Chinese: 北京国安足球俱乐部; pinyin: Běijīng Guó'ān Zúqiú Jùlèbù), known in AFC competitions as Beijing FC,^[3] is a Chinese professional football club based in Beijing, that competes in the Chinese Super League, the top tier of Chinese football. Beijing Guoan plays its home matches at the Workers' Stadium, located within Chaoyang District. In early 2021, the shareholders changed from the real estate company Sinobo Group (64%) and CITIC Limited (36%) of CITIC Group to just Sinobo Group (100%).^[4] Beijing Guoan 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.

Beijing Guoan
北京国安

Full name	Beijing Guoan Football Club 北京国安足球俱乐部
Nickname(s)	御林军 (The Imperial Guards)[1]
Founded	29 December 1992; 32 years ago (1992-12-29)
Ground	Workers' Stadium
Capacity	68,000
Owner	Sinobo Group[2]
Chairman	Zhou Jinhui
Head coach	Quique Setién
League	Chinese Super League
2024	Chinese Super League, 4th of 16
Website	http://www.fcguoan.com/
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Beijing Guoan
Simplified Chinese	北京国安
Traditional Chinese	北京國安
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Běijīng Guó'ān Gwoyeu Romatzyh Beeijing Gwoan Wade–Giles Pei3-ch'ing1 Kuo2-an1 IPA [pèɪtɕíŋ kwǒˈán]

The club's predecessor was called Beijing Football Club and they predominantly played in the top tier, where they won several domestic league and cup titles. On 29 December 1992,^[5] the club was recognized to become a completely professional football club, making them one of the founding members of the first fully professional top-tier league in China. Since then, they have gone on to win their first ever professional league title in the 2009 league season as well as the 1996, 1997, 2003, and 2018 Chinese FA Cup.

According to Forbes, Guoan was the second most valuable football team in China, with a team value of US$167 million, and an estimated revenue of US$30 million in 2015.^[6] According to the disclosure of CITIC Pacific, the club revenue was CN¥244 million in the 2013 season.^[7] In the 2015 season, the sponsorship from CITIC Securities was CN¥25 million.^[8]

History

1950s–1992: Early club era

Beijing Guoan logo used between 1992 and 1994

The club's first incarnation came in 1951 when the local government sports body decided to take part in China's first fully nationalized national football league tournament.^[9] To prepare for the competition they participated in the 1951 North China Football Competition where they officially unveiled the team for the first time on 28 October 1951.^[10] After this tournament the relevant parties decided to form a football team with the best players from Beijing and Tianjin to create the North China team who were unveiled on 1 December 1951 for the start of the national football league tournament.^[11][12] The team name was taken from the football team in the 1910 multi-sport event Chinese National Games that also represented the same regions.^[13] The team ended up finishing fourth in their debut season and with the football league gradually expanding, the players from Beijing and Tianjin were allowed to separate and the local Beijing government sports body was allowed to reform the club as Beijing Football Club in 1955. The club made its debut appearance in the 1956 season and wore an all-white home kit and all-red away strip.^[14] In the 1956 campaign, the club was also allowed to enter their youth team called Beijing Youth B, who actually went on to win the league title while Beijing came sixth that season.^[15] The club strengthened their hold on the following seasons when they won the 1957 and 1958 league titles.^[16] With these results, the club had become a major force within Chinese football, and with the club's youth team still participating within the top tier, there was a constant supply of players coming into the team to fight for places. Being China's capital city and for their success on the field, the club had become a feeder team for the Chinese national team. This often saw the club unable to complete a full championship schedule and the youth team were often used to represent the club, which did little to diminish Beijing football and actually resulted in the youth team winning the 1963 championship for the second time, showing the strength in depth of the region of Beijing football until 1966, when the Chinese Cultural Revolution halted football within the country.^[17] When football returned to China, Beijing won the 1973 league title in the newly re-established footballing league.^[18] While Beijing once again re-established themselves as major title contenders, they did not win any major titles until 1982, where they won the league title, followed by the 1984 league title and the 1985 Chinese FA Cup title. After this period, Beijing's performances seemed to have declined and were relegated for the first time in their history to the second tier at the end of the 1988 season. However, their time within the second tier was short-lived and they won the division title and promotion to the first tier at the end of the 1990 season.^[19] In total, Beijing had won the league title five times during the old Chinese National Football League era before the club was given full professionalism in 1992.^[20]

1992–1999: Professionalism

Beijing Guoan logo used between 1996 and 2001

Beijing Guoan was formed on 29 December 1992, as a result of the Chinese football reform, which was the Chinese Football Association's attempt to professionalize the Chinese football league system. The club was set up by CITIC Guoan of CITIC Group, a state-owned enterprise of China, and the Beijing Municipal Sports Committee.^[21][22] The club then took part in the 1994 Chinese Jia-A League season, making them a founding member of the first fully professional top-tier league in China and changed their home colors to green to symbolize the change.^[14] In their first professional season, Beijing finished in a disappointing eighth out of twelve teams and club manager Tang Pengju was relieved of his duties.^[23] The club brought in Jin Zhiyang to manage them the following season and the results under his reign improved enough for them to finish the 1995 campaign in the runner-up position.^[24] The following season, Jin Zhiyang lead Beijing to their first professional trophy when they beat Jinan Taishan Jiangjun 4–1 to win the 1996 Chinese FA Cup.^[25] Jin Zhiyang was able to retain the Cup the following year with a 2–1 victory against Shanghai Shenhua, which impressed the Chinese FA, who lured him away from Beijing when they offered him a position with the Chinese national team.^[26] Assistant coach Shen Xiangfu stepped into the managerial role and in his debut season, he guided the club to third within the league. However, in his second season the team slid down to sixth and he left the club.^[27]

2000–2009: Foreign influences

Beijing Guoan supporters at a Chinese Super League match in June 2009

Beijing Guoan logo used between 2002 and 2021

Serbian Milovan Đorić became Beijing's first foray with a foreign manager when he joined the club at the start of the 2000 league season. His reign was exceptionally short-lived after he lost his first three games of the season before he was replaced with native coach Wei Kexing.^[28] At the start of the 2002 league season, Beijing hired their second foreign manager in Ljupko Petrović.^[29] Foreign influences continued in 2003, when the club signed a three-year endorsement contract with jointly-owned South Korean company Beijing Hyundai, which resulted in the club changing its name to Beijing Hyundai to accommodate this.^[30] In 2005, Spanish football club Real Madrid went into negotiations with Beijing on a football development project.^[31] At the start of the 2007 league season, two-time Chinese FA Cup winner with Chongqing Lifan and Qingdao Beilaite, Lee Jang-soo, was hired as the team's manager. The South Korean manager, in his debut season, guided the club to second within the league. By the 2009 league season, the club had returned to the Workers Stadium (after it had been in renovation for the 2008 Summer Olympics) under Lee Jang-soo's helm. It looked as if the club would be winning its first professional league title until a 2–0 defeat from Changchun Yatai on 15 September 2009, which saw the club slip to third place and Lee Jang-soo was unscrupulously fired with seven games remaining.^[32] Former Beijing player Hong Yuanshuo was immediately brought into the team and on the final day of the season, Beijing thrashed Hangzhou Greentown 4–0 to clinch the 2009 league championship.^[33]

2010–2016: Challenging for the title

2017–2019: Sinobo Group takeover

Beijing Guoan before a Chinese Super League match in August 2018

2020–present: Effects of COVID-19

Beijing Guoan players after a Chinese Super League match in July 2023

Ownership

Despite being founded by CITIC Guoan Group, the stake of the football club was held by another subsidiary, CITIC Corp., Ltd. (Chinese: 中国中信股份有限公司) of CITIC Group, a Beijing-incorporated SPV, for a possible listing in mainland China since 2012.^[34] (CITIC Group invited other investors to purchase the new shares of CITIC Guoan Group in 2014,^[35] making the company no longer a subsidiary of CITIC Group). In 2014, CITIC Group floated, by backdoor listing, most of their assets to their Hong Kong-based subsidiary CITIC Pacific (renaming it to CITIC Limited), including the entire share capital of "CITIC Corp.", thus the stake of the football club was indirectly floated in a stock exchange.

On 27 December 2016, real estate company Sinobo Group participated in the capital increase of the club for a reported 64% stake, which was finalised on 10 January 2017, making them the largest shareholder.^[36][37] According to a Chinese Government database, the share capital of the club had increased from CN¥75 million to CN¥208.33 million, making Sinobo Group own a 64.00% stake with CN¥133.33 million par value and undisclosed share premium.^[38] The club was also renamed to Beijing Sinobo Guoan F.C. Co., Ltd..^[38]

Name history

• 1956: Beijing Physical Education Normal University 北京体院队^[15]
• 1957–1960: Beijing 北京队
• 1961–1964: Beijing Youth 北京青年队^[17]
• 1965–1990: Beijing 北京队
• 1991: Beijing Shenzhou 北京神州队^{[citation needed]}
• 1992: Beijing 北京队
• 1993–2002: Beijing Guoan 北京国安队^[39]
• 2003–2005: Beijing Hyundai 北京现代队^[39]
• 2006–2015: Beijing Guoan 北京国安队
• 2016: Beijing Guoan LeEco 北京国安乐视队^[40]
• 2017–2020: Beijing Sinobo Guoan 北京中赫国安队
• 2021–: Beijing Guoan 北京国安队

Stadiums

Workers' Stadium, a stadium rebuilt on the site of the original Workers' Stadium and home ground of Beijing Guoan since 2023

Five stadiums in four sites have been used as the home ground of Beijing Guoan since 1994:

• Xiannongtan Stadium (1994–1995)
• Workers' Stadium (1996–2005, 2009–2019)
• Beijing Fengtai Stadium (2006–2008)
• Rizhao International Football Center in Rizhao, Shandong (2022)
• Workers' Stadium (2023–present)

Kits

1995–1996 Kits

2002–2003 Kits

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

• Shirt sponsors only include China Super League and AFC Champions League.
• From 2011, all clubs in the Chinese Super League began wearing Nike kits.^[41]

Period	Kit supplier	Shirt sponsor
1993	Umbro
1994
1995	Nike	Ryobi
1996		Ryobi
1997		Ryobi
1998		Ryobi
1999		Ryobi
2000		中信国安
2001		华友通信
2002		京华时报
2003		SONATA
2004		北京现代
2005		北京现代
2006	Adidas	北京现代 (CSL rounds 1–4) No sponsor (CSL rounds 5–28)
2007		中信银行
2008		中信银行 (CSL) BBVA (ACL)
2009		中信银行 (CSL) BBVA (ACL)
2010	Nike	中信银行 (CSL) BBVA (ACL)
2011		中信银行 (CSL)
2012		中信银行 (CSL) BBVA (ACL)
2013		中信银行 (CSL 1st half of season) 华泰汽车 (CSL 2nd half of season) BBVA (ACL)
2014		警视媒体 (CSL) 华泰汽车 (ACL play-off) 中信银行 (ACL group stage)
2015		中信证券 (CSL) 中信银行 (ACL)
2016		中信证券
2017		中信证券
2018		中赫集团
2019		中赫集团
2020		中赫集团 (CSL, ACL rounds 2–6, ACL knockouts) 武汉加油 (ACL round 1)
2021		中赫集团
2022		中赫集团
2023		JD.com
2024		JD.com
2025		JD.com

Rivalries

Main article: Beijing derby

Tifo of a roaring lion in the Jing-Hu derby between Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Shenhua at the Workers' Stadium

Beijing Guoan's fiercest and oldest rivalry is against Shanghai Shenhua and is often referred to as the Jing-Hu derby, a.k.a. the rivalry between Beijing and Shanghai.^[42] The rivalry with Shenhua is viewed as a manifestation of the rivalry that exists between the cities on which is the most important towards the country, as one is the center of government while the other is the financial centre of modern commerce within China.^[43] With each club being able to claim an extensive history spanning successful periods, direct competition for silverware, however, rarely coincided 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 silverware that season and on 20 July 1997, in a vital league game, Beijing thrashed Shenhua 9–1 at the Workers' Stadium in Beijing.^[44] It was Beijing's largest victory and Shenhua's greatest defeat ever recorded. Soon after that match, both teams met again in the 1997 FA Cup final, which saw Beijing win the cup.^[45] Between 2010 and 2024, Beijing Guoan holds a record of twelve straight wins over Shanghai Shenhua at the Workers' Stadium, Beijing Guoan's home ground.^[46]

The Jing-Jin derby is a local and long-standing rivalry between Beijing Guoan and neighboring Tianjin Jinmen Tiger.^[47] Both teams can trace their histories to the North China team before it split to form the Beijing Football Club and Tianjin Football Club.^[15] Since then, both clubs have predominantly remained within the top tier of Chinese football, providing a constant rivalry fixture which has led to intense matches that have spilled out away from the stadiums and onto the streets that have led to property destruction as well as further intensifying their relationship.^[48]

Current squad

First team

As of 18 February 2025^[49]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CHN Han Jiaqi 2 DF  CHN Wu Shaocong 3 DF  CHN He Yupeng 4 DF  CHN Li Lei 5 DF  CMR Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui 6 MF  CHN Chi Zhongguo 7 MF  CHN Serginho 8 MF  POR Guga 9 FW  CHN Zhang Yuning 10 MF  CHN Zhang Xizhe 11 MF  CHN Lin Liangming 15 DF  SRB Uroš Spajić 16 DF  CHN Feng Boxuan 17 FW  CHN Yang Liyu 18 FW  CHN Fang Hao 19 MF  CHN Nebijan Muhmet

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  CHN Wang Ziming 21 MF  CHN Zhang Yuan 23 MF  BRA Dawhan 25 GK  CHN Zheng Tuluo 26 DF  CHN Bai Yang 27 DF  CHN Wang Gang 28 MF  CHN Li Ruiyue 29 FW  ANG Fábio Abreu 30 DF  CHN Fan Shuangjie 33 GK  CHN Nureli Abbas 34 GK  CHN Hou Sen 35 MF  CHN Jiang Wenhao 37 FW  CHN Cao Yongjing 42 DF  CHN Yang Haocheng 44 MF  CHN Wang Zihao 45 GK  CHN Yao Boqing

Reserve team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  CHN Gao Jian 41 MF  CHN Li Yixuan 48 FW  CHN Bai Yunfei 55 DF  CHN Zhong Zirong 63 FW  CHN An Yongjian 65 GK  CHN Talihar Adelbek 67 MF  CHN Jia Xinyue 71 FW  CHN Wang Chonghan

No. Pos. Nation Player 73 FW  CHN Ma Ruize 74 DF  CHN Hao Yucheng 76 DF  CHN Shen Huanming 80 GK  CHN Li Chen 81 MF  CHN Wang Yuxiang 86 DF  CHN Yang Haocheng 96 DF  CHN Chen Shuhang 97 MF  CHN Zhang Jingtian

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 40 DF  CHN Zhang Yixuan (at Qingdao Red Lions until 31 December 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player 43 DF  CHN Hao Yucheng (at Qingdao Red Lions until 31 December 2025)

Retired numbers

Main article: Retired numbers in football

12 – retired in Jan 2016 for club Supporters (the 12th Man).^[50]

13 – retired for the club legend, Xu Yunlong.

Senior club officials

See also: List of Beijing Guoan F.C. chairmen and general managers

Position	Staff
Chairman	Zhou Jinhui
Director & general manager	Li Ming
Director	Zhu Jialin
Director	Wu Ning
Director	Tang Zhenyi
Director	Liu Xin
Director	Sun Peng
Deputy general manager	Gao Chao
Deputy general manager	Zhang Sihua
Deputy general manager	Pan Yegang
Youth Training Director	Patrick Ladru
Youth Training Development Director	Wei Kexing
Youth Training Executive Director	Paul Van Lith
Deputy Youth Training Development Director	Yang Pu
chief financial officer	Li Ping
Chief Commercial Officer	Xu Yunlong
Head of Training Department	Lü Jun
Corporate Communication Director	Cao Xiao
Manager of Cooperative Youth Training Schools	Zhang Xinxin

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Quique Setién
Assistant coach	Sui Dongliang Tao Wei
Goalkeeping coach	José Jober Lima He Zhengyuan
Team physician	Wang Kai
Team physician	Zhang Zhiguo
Fitness coach	Dudley Hitchman
Team leader	Fu Bin
Analyst	Cheng Jun
Kit manager	Kang Yuming
Interpreter	Jiang Xiaojun
Interpreter	Fu Hao
U-19 team head coach	Le Beisi
U-17 team head coach	Sun Wenguang
U-15 team head coach	Cui Lizhi
U-14 team head coach	Fan Yukui
U-13 team head coach	Xiao Yiyang

Manager history

Main article: List of Beijing Guoan F.C. managers

Name	Coaching period
Xue Jizhu	1956
Chen Chengda	1957–1958
Shi Wanchun	1959–1972
Zeng Xuelin	1973–1982
Sun Yunshan	1983–1985
Jin Zhiyang	1986
Cheng Wenkuan	1987
Tang Pengju	1988–1994
Jin Zhiyang	1995–1998
Shen Xiangfu	1998–1999
Milovan Đorić	1999–2000
Wei Kexing	2000–2002
Ljupko Petrović	2002
Jose Carlos de Oliveira	2002–2003
Ljupko Petrović	2003
Wei Kexing	2003–2004
Shen Xiangfu	2005–2006
Lee Jang-soo	2006–2009
Hong Yuanshuo	2009–2010
Wei Kexing	2010 (caretaker)
Jaime Pacheco	2010–2012
Aleksandar Stanojević	2012–2013
Xie Feng	2014 (caretaker)
Gregorio Manzano	2014–2015
Alberto Zaccheroni	2016
Xie Feng	2016 (caretaker)
José González	2016–2017
Xie Feng	2017 (caretaker)
Roger Schmidt	2017–2019
Bruno Génésio	2019–2020
Slaven Bilić	2021
Xie Feng	2022
Sui Dongliang	2022 (caretaker)
Stanley Menzo	2022–2023
Ricardo Soares	2023–2024
Quique Setién	2025–

Captain history

Captain	Birth year	Period
Wei Kexing	1963	1994
Cao Xiandong	1968	1995–1997
Zhou Ning	1974	1998
Xie Zhaoyang	1972	1999–2003
Tao Wei	1978	2004–2008
Yang Pu	1978	2007–2008
Xu Yunlong	1979	2008–2016
Zhang Yonghai	1979	2009
Yang Zhi	1983	2017
Yu Dabao	1988	2018–2024
Zhang Xizhe	1991	2025–

Honours

First team

All-time honours list, including semi-professional Beijing period.^[20][51]

Chinese Super League

• Winners: 2009
• Runners-up (4): 2007, 2011, 2014, 2019

Chinese Jia-A League

• Winners (5): 1957, 1958, 1973, 1982, 1984

Chinese FA Cup

• Winners (5): 1985, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2018 (record)

Chinese FA Super Cup

• Winners (2): 1997, 2003

Personal honours

Player	Honour	Season
Jorge Luis Campos	Player of the Year	1997
Branko Jelić	Player of the Year	2005
Branko Jelić	Chinese Super League Top Scorer	2005
Gregorio Manzano	Chinese Football Association Coach of the Year	2014
Cédric Bakambu	Chinese Super League Top Scorer	2020

Results

All-time league rankings

As of the end of the 2024 season.^[52][53]

Managerial history^[54][55]

Year	Div	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Pos.	FA Cup	Super Cup	League Cup	ACL	Other		Att./G	Stadium
1956	1	6	2	3	1	7	5	2	91	6	3	–	–					–
1957	1	11	8	3	0	28	10	18	30	C	NH	–	–					Xiannongtan Stadium
1958	1	21	17	3	1	54	13	41	58	C	NH	–	–
1960	1	15	5	3	7	14	21	−7	52	14	QR1	–	–					Workers' Stadium / Xiannongtan Stadium
19613	1	19	7	9	3	27	14	13	92	4	NH	–	–					Official Park Stadium / Workers' Stadium
1962	1	15	11	4	0	43	7	36	102	–4	NH	–	–					Xiannongtan Stadium / Workers' Stadium
1963	1	9	7	2	0	21	5	16	72	–4	NH	–	–
1964	1	22	9	2	11	24	29	−5	20	6	NH	–	–					Workers' Stadium / Official Park Stadium
1965	1	11	5	2	4	16	14	2	12	3	NH	–	–					–
1973	1	22	15	2	5	43	25	18	212	C	NH	–	–					Workers' Stadium / Xiannongtan Stadium
1974	1	92	62	22	12	172	52	122	152	3	NH	–	–					Workers' Stadium / Xuanwu Stadium
1976	1	9	7	1	1	25	5	20	15	11	NH	–	–
1977	1	17	10	6	1	41	14	27	72	RU	NH	–	–
1978	1	30	16	12	2	41	18	23	44	3	NH	–	–
1979	1	30	9	11	10	24	27	−3	29	10	NH	–	–
1980	1	30	9	11	10	35	33	2	285	9	NH	–	–
1981	1	30	20	–	10				40	3	NH	–	–
1982	1	30	22	–	8	37	18	19	44	C	NH	–	–
1983	1	16	12	–	4	19	16	3	24	26	NH	–	–
1984	1	30	23	–	7	47	30	17	46	C	5	–	–
1985	1	15	7	–	8				16	10	C	–	–
1986	1	14	8	4	2	20	12	8	20	3	RU	–	–
1987	1	14	5	2	7	19	25	−6	17	6	NH	–	–
1988	1	25	12	3	10	25	27	−2	40.5	9	NH	–	–
1989	2	22	9	10	3	32	15	17	40	3	NH	–	–
1990	2	22	14	6	2	40	21	19	48	C	SF	–	–
1991	1	14	5	5	4	22	21	1	16	3	SF	–	–
1992	1	14	5	3	6	21	20	1	13	6	QF	–	–
1993	1	12	6	0	6	18	14	4	12	3	NH	–	–					Heshan City Stadium
1994	1	22	7	8	7	42	34	8	22	8	NH	–	–	DNE			14,091	Xiannongtan Stadium
1995	1	22	12	6	4	36	20	16	42	RU	SF	DNQ	–				26,364
1996	1	22	9	6	7	30	25	5	33	4	C	DNQ	–				36,182	Workers' Stadium
1997	1	22	8	10	4	34	20	14	34	3	C	RU	–		ACWC	3	24,727
1998	1	26	10	13	3	32	19	13	43	3	QF	C	–		ACWC	R2	27,538
1999	1	26	9	9	8	38	25	13	36	6	QF	DNQ	–				24,231
2000	1	26	9	8	9	38	32	6	35	6	RU	DNQ	–				18,692
2001	1	26	9	6	11	30	33	−3	33	8	RU	DNQ	–				15,385
2002	1	28	15	7	6	49	29	20	52	3	R2	DNQ	–				32,429
2003	1	28	9	9	10	34	26	8	36	9	C	C	–				16,500
2004	1	22	8	7	7	35	33	2	28	7	R2	NH	R1				10,864
2005	1	26	12	4	10	46	32	14	40	6	SF	NH	QF				18,923
2006	1	28	13	10	5	27	16	11	49	3	R2	NH	NH				13,571	Fengtai Stadium
2007	1	28	15	9	4	45	19	26	54	RU	NH	NH	NH				21,571
2008	1	30	16	10	4	44	27	17	58	3	NH	NH	NH	Group			14,641
2009	1	30	13	12	5	48	28	20	51	C	NH	NH	NH	Group			36,805	Workers' Stadium
2010	1	30	12	10	8	35	29	6	46	5	NH	NH	NH	R16			33,342
2011	1	30	14	11	5	49	21	28	53	RU	SF	NH	NH	DNQ			40,397
2012	1	30	14	6	10	34	35	−1	48	3	QF	DNQ	NH	Group			36,879
2013	1	30	14	9	7	54	31	23	51	3	SF	DNQ	NH	R16			39,269
2014	1	30	21	4	5	50	25	25	67	RU	QF	DNQ	NH	Group			39,395
2015	1	30	16	8	6	46	26	20	56	4	R4	DNQ	NH	R16			40,997
2016	1	30	11	10	9	34	26	18	43	5	QF	DNQ	NH	DNQ			38,140
2017	1	30	11	7	12	42	42	0	40	9	R4	DNQ	NH	DNQ			34,686
2018	1	30	15	8	7	64	45	19	53	4	C	DNQ	NH	DNQ			41,743
2019	1	30	23	1	6	60	26	34	70	RU	QF	RU	NH	Group			39,938
2020	1	207	107	77	37	447	277	177	281	3	QF	DNQ	NH	QF			–8	–8
2021	1	227	97	67	77	267	287	-27	33	5	R4	DNQ	NH	Group			–9	–9
2022	1	34	17	7	10	57	49	8	58	7	R2	DNQ	NH	DNQ			–10	–10
2023	1	30	14	9	7	53	35	18	51	6	QF	DNQ	NH	DNQ			43,769	Workers' Stadium
2024	1	30	16	8	6	65	35	30	56	4	QF	DNQ	NH	DNQ			46,444

• No league games in 1959, 1966–72, and 1975.
• ^1 In group stage.
• ^2 In final group stage.
• ^3 Unable to complete full season, Youth team representing region.
• ^4 Did not play for position.
• ^5 Deducted one point.
• ^6 In the northern league.
• ^7 Includes playoffs.
• ^8 The 2020 Chinese Super League was held behind closed doors most of the time; attendance and stadium not applicable.
• ^9 The 2021 Chinese Super League was held behind closed doors as tournament-style competition due to COVID-19 pandemic; attendance and stadium not applicable.
• ^10 The 2022 Chinese Super League was held mostly behind closed doors due to COVID-19 pandemic; attendance and stadium not applicable as the earlier part of the season was played tournament-style in select locations. Guoan utilized the Rizhao International Football Center Stadium for the latter portion of the season when the league returned to playing home-away games.

Key

China top division   China second division   China third division C   Champions RU   Runners-up 3   Third place   Relegated

Pld = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4

F = Final SF = Semi-finals QF = Quarter-finals R16 = Round of 16 Group = Group stage GS2 = Second Group stage QR1 = First Qualifying Round QR2 = Second Qualifying Round QR3 = Third Qualifying Round

International results

As of 11 July 2021

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Score
1997–98[56]	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First round	New Radiant	4–0 (H), 8–0 (N)
		Second round	Abahani KC	0–1 (A), 2–0 (H)
		Quarter-finals	Verdy Kawasaki	0–2 (A), 1–0 (H)
		Semi-finals	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–5 (N)
		Third place match	Köpetdag Aşgabat	4–1 (N)
1998–99[57]	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Salgaocar	1–0 (A), 4–0 (H)
		Second round	Chunnam Dragons	0–2 (H), 2–0 (A)
2008[58]	AFC Champions League	Group F	Nam Định F.C.	1–3 (A), 3–0 (H)
			Krung Thai Bank F.C.	4–2 (H), 5–3 (A)
			Kashima Antlers	1–0 (A), 1–0 (H)
2009[59]	AFC Champions League	Group E	Newcastle Jets FC	2–0 (H), 2–1 (A)
			Nagoya Grampus	0–0 (A), 1–1 (H)
			Ulsan Hyundai FC	1–0 (A), 0–1 (H)
2010[60]	AFC Champions League	Group E	Melbourne Victory FC	1–0 (H), 0–0 (A)
			Kawasaki Frontale	1–3 (A), 2–0 (H)
			Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	3–1 (A), 0–1 (H)
		Round of 16	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2–0 (A)
2012[61]	AFC Champions League	Group F	Ulsan Hyundai FC	2–1 (A), 2–3 (H)
			Brisbane Roar FC	1–1 (H), 1–1 (A)
			FC Tokyo	1–1 (H), 3–0 (A)
2013[62]	AFC Champions League	Group G	Pohang Steelers	0–0 (A), 2–0 (H)
			Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1 (H), 0–0 (A)
			Bunyodkor PFK	0–0 (A), 0–1 (H)
		Round of 16	FC Seoul	0–0 (H), 3–1 (A)
2014[63]	AFC Champions League	Play-off round 3	Chonburi F.C.	4–0 (H)
		Group F	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1 (A), 2–2 (H)
			FC Seoul	1–1 (H), 2–1 (A)
			Central Coast Mariners FC	2–1 (H), 1–0 (A)
2015[64]	AFC Champions League	Play-off round	Bangkok Glass F.C.	3–0 (H)
		Group E	Brisbane Roar FC	0–1 (A), 0–1 (H)
			Suwon Samsung Bluewings	1–0 (H), 1–1 (A)
			Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0 (H), 1–1 (A)
		Round of 16	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC	1–1 (A), 0–1 (H)
2019	AFC Champions League	Group G	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC	0–1 (H), 3–1 (A)
			Urawa Red Diamonds	0–0 (H), 3–0 (A)
			Buriram United	2–0 (H), 1–3 (A)
2020	AFC Champions League	Group E	FC Seoul	2–1 (N), 3–1 (N)
			Chiangrai United	0–1 (A), 1–1 (N)
			Melbourne Victory	3–1 (N), 2–0 (N)
		Round of 16	FC Tokyo	1–0 (N)
		Quarter-final	Ulsan Hyundai	0–2 (N)
2021	AFC Champions League	Group I	United City	1–1 (N), 2–3 (N)
			Kawasaki Frontale	0–7 (N), 0–4 (N)
			Daegu FC	0–5 (N), 0–3 (N)

On neutral venues, the scores for Beijing F.C. are written first.

Key

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

Records

Wins

• Biggest win overall: 9–1 (Shanghai Shenhua July 20, 1997 – Jia-A League), 8–0 (New Radiant Aug 29, 1997 – Asian Cup Winners Cup)
• Biggest home win overall: 9–1 (Shanghai Shenhua July 20, 1997 – Jia-A League)
• Biggest home league win: 9–1 (Shanghai Shenhua July 20, 1997 – Jia-A League)
• Biggest home win in all Asian competitions: 4–0 (Salgaocar SC Goa Oct 3, 1998 – Asian Cup Winners Cup), 4–0 (New Radiant Aug 27, 1997 – Asian Cup Winners Cup)
• Biggest home CFA Cup win: 6–0 (Qingdao Zhongneng July 18, 2012)
• Biggest away win overall: 8–0 (New Radiant Aug 29, 1997 – Asian Cup Winners Cup)
• Biggest away league win: 6–1 (Shandong Luneng Aug 8, 2007 – Chinese Super League)
• Biggest away win in all Asian competitions: 8–0 (New Radiant Aug 29, 1997 – Asian Cup Winners Cup)
• Biggest away CFA Cup win: 5–0 (Bayi FC Sept 20, 1997), 5-0 (Beijing Renhe May 3, 2017)

Defeats

• Biggest defeat overall: 0–7 (Kawasaki Frontale Jun 29, 2021 – AFC Champions League)
• Biggest home defeat overall: 0–4 (Changchun Yatai Sept 29, 2012 – Chinese Super League)
• Biggest home league defeat: 0–4 (Changchun Yatai Sept 29, 2012 – Chinese Super League)
• Biggest away defeat overall: 0–5 (Guangzhou City December 19, 2021 – Chinese Super League), 0–5 (Shandong Luneng June 2, 2004 – FA Cup), 0–5 (Suwon Samsung Bluewings April 10, 1998 – Asian Cup Winners Cup)
• Biggest away league defeat: 0–5 (Guangzhou City December 19, 2021 – Chinese Super League)

Streaks

• Consecutive league wins: 10 (from Mar 1, 2019 to May 17, 2019)
• Consecutive league matches unbeaten: 18 (Sept 28, 2008, Round 18 – April 17, 2009, Round 5), (April 17, 2011, Round 3 – Aug 17, 2011, Round 21)
• Consecutive league home matches unbeaten: 29 (Sept 29, 1996 – April 4, 1999)

See also

• Beijing Guoan Talent Singapore