Shanghai Shenhua F.C.

Association football club in Shanghai, China

Football club

Shanghai Shenhua F.C.
上海申花

Full name| Shanghai Shenhua Football Club
(上海申花足球俱乐部)
Nickname(s)| The Flower of Shanghai (申花)
Founded| 1 November 1951; 72 years ago (1951-11-01) (Semi-professional)
10 December 1993; 30 years ago (1993-12-10) (Professional)
Ground| Shanghai Stadium,
Shanghai, China
Capacity| 71,066
Owner| Shanghai Jiushi Group
Chairman| Gu Jiqing
Manager| Leonid Slutsky
League| Chinese Super League
2023| Chinese Super League, 5th of 16
Website| Club website

Home colours

Away colours

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Current season
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
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Shànghǎi Shēnhuā Zúqiú Jùlèbù

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.

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[edit]

### Early club[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

* Shanghai Shenhua logo used between 1993 and 2000

* Shanghai Shenhua logo used between 2001 and 2002

* Shanghai Shenhua logo used between 2002 and 2008

* Shanghai Shenhua logo used between 2009 and 2013

* Shanghai Shenhua logo used between 2014 and 2021

* Shanghai Shenhua logo used since 2022

## Rivalries[edit]

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[edit]

### First team squad[edit]

As of 8 February 2024[43]

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

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1  | GK |  CHN | Ma Zhen
3  | DF |  CHN | Jin Shunkai
4  | DF |  CHN | Jiang Shenglong
5  | DF |  CHN | Zhu Chenjie
6  | MF |  FRA | Ibrahim Amadou
7  | MF |  CHN | Xu Haoyang
8  | MF |  CHN | Dai Wai Tsun
9  | FW |  BRA | André Luis
10  | MF |  POR | João Carlos Teixeira
11  | FW |  SUI | Cephas Malele
13  | DF |  POR | Wilson Manafá
14  | DF |  CHN | Wang Hao
15  | MF |  CHN | Wu Xi
16  | DF |  CHN | Yang Zexiang
18  | FW |  CHN | Zhang Wei
19  | DF |  CHN | Zhu Yue
20  | FW |  CHN | Yu Hanchao
21  | DF |  CHN | Cui Lin
22  | DF |  CHN | Jin Yangyang
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24  | DF |  CHN | Xu Yougang
28  | FW |  CHN | Cao Yunding
29  | MF |  CHN | Zhou Junchen
30  | GK |  CHN | Bao Yaxiong
32  | DF |  CHN | Eddy Francis
33  | MF |  CHN | Wang Haijian
34  | DF |  CHN | Qi Long
35  | MF |  CHN | He Longhai
36  | FW |  CHN | Fei Ernanduo
37  | FW |  CHN | Xie Pengfei
38  | DF |  CHN | Wen Jiabao
39  | FW |  CHN | Liu Yujie
40  | DF |  CHN | Yu Hang
41  | GK |  CHN | Zhou Zhengkai
42  | DF |  CHN | Wang Junqiang
43  | DF |  CHN | He Bizhen
44  | GK |  CHN | Liu Haoran
45  | DF |  CHN | Wang Longxiao
-- | MF |  CHN | Gao Tianyi

### Reserve squad[edit]

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

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27  | FW |  CHN | Zhu Jianrong
37  | MF |  CHN | Sun Shilin
42  | DF |  CHN | Jiang Zhixin
45  | DF |  CHN | Liu Qiuqi
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46  | DF |  CHN | Guo Chen
54  | DF |  CHN | David Wang
56  | MF |  CHN | Su Yihao
60  | GK |  CHN | Jiang Yutao

### Out on loan[edit]

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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-- | GK |  CHN | Xue Qinghao (at Nantong Zhiyun until 31 December 2024)

## Coaching staff[edit]

As of 1 January 2024[44]
Position  | Staff

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Head coach  |  Leonid Slutsky
Team leader  |  Mao Yijun
Assistant head coach  |  Oleg Yarovinski
Assistant head coach  |  Vasiliy Berezutski
Goalkeeping coach  |  Li Shuai
Goalkeeping coach  |  Juliano Rodrigues
Conditioning coach  |  Irwing de Frietas
Sporting director  |  Sun Xiaotan
Press officer  |  Ma Yue
Head of Performance and Medicine  |  Robin Chakraverty
Physician  |  Wang Fujin
Physician  |  Qiu Mojian
Physician  |  Wei Ming
Physician  |  Zou Qiwei
Physiotherapist  |  Carlos Lozano Romero
Physiotherapist  |  Salvador Barragán Gamero
Physiotherapist  |  Josep Carles Benitez-Martinez
Equipment manager  |  Zhang Zhiyong
Equipment manager  |  Cui Xianzhe
Interpreter  |  Wang Kan
Interpreter  |  Cao Yi
Reserves head coach  |  Zheng Kewei[45]
Under-19 team head coach  |  Xu Yibin[46]
Under-18 team head coach  |  David Pirri[47]
Under-18 team assistant coach  |  Jaime Molina[48]
Under-18 team goalkeeping coach  |  Andy Beasley[48]
Under-16 team head coach  |  Dražen Besek[49]
Under-16 team assistant coach  |  Andrija Balajić[49]

### Managerial history[edit]

Managers who have coached the club and team since Shanghai Shenhua became a professional club back in 1993.[50][51]

Shenhua F.C.

* Xu Genbao (10 Dec 1993 – 31 Dec 1996)
* Yordan Ivanov Stoikov (1997)
* Andrzej Strejlau (1 July 1997 – 30 June 1998)
* Muricy Ramalho (1998)
* Sebastião Lazaroni (1999)
* Ljupko Petrović (2000)

Shenhua SVA SMEG

* Ilija Petković (2001)
* Xu Genbao (1 Dec 2001 – 23 July 2002)
* Wu Jingui (interim) (22 July 2002 – 31 Dec 2002)
* Wu Jingui (1 Jan 2003 – 31 Dec 2003)
* Mao Yijun (1 Jan 2004 – 1 March 2004)
* Howard Wilkinson (1 March 2004 – 30 May 2004)
* Jia Xiuquan (2004)
* Valeri Nepomniachi (2004–05)
* Wu Jingui (1 Jan 2006 – 31 Dec 2006)

Shenhua Liansheng

* Osvaldo Gimenez (2007)
* Wu Jingui (interim) (Sept 1, 2007–31 Dec 2007)
* Wu Jingui (1 Jan 2008 – Sept 3, 2008)
* Jia Xiuquan (Sept 1, 2008 – 1 Dec 2009)
* Miroslav Blažević (19 Dec 2009 – 9 Aug 2011)
* Xi Zhikang (1 Jan 2011 – 31 Dec 2011)
* Dražen Besek (10 Aug 2011 – 31 Dec 2011)
* Jean Tigana (1 Jan 2012 – 26 April 2012)
* Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibenge (interim) (26 April 2012 – 29 May 2012)
* Sergio Batista (30 May 2012 – 4 July 2013)
* Nicolas Anelka (Short Spell Player Coach) (April 2012)
* Shen Xiangfu (5 July 2013 – 29 March 2014)

Greenland Shenhua

* Sergio Batista (29 March 2014 – 30 Nov 2014)
* Francis Gillot (4 Dec 2014 – 29 Nov 2015)
* Gregorio Manzano (18 Dec 2015 – 9 Nov 2016)
* Gus Poyet (29 Nov 2016 – 11 Sep 2017)
* Wu Jingui (11 Sep 2017 – 24 Dec 2018)
* Quique Sánchez Flores (25 Dec 2018 – 3 Jul 2019)

Shenhua F.C.

* Choi Kang-hee (5 Jul 2019 – 7 Aug 2021)
* Mao Yijun (caretaker) (7 Aug 2021 – 1 Mar 2022)
* Wu Jingui (1 Mar 2022 – 1 Jan 2024)
* Leonid Slutsky (1 Jan 2024 – present)

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## Honours[edit]

All-time honours list, including semi-professional Shanghai period.[52][53]

### First team[edit]

Domestic titles

* Chinese Jia-A League/Chinese Super League
* Winners (3): 1961, 1962, 1995, ~~2003~~[15]
* Chinese FA Cup
* Winners (6): 1956, 1991, 1998, 2017, 2019, 2023
* Chinese FA Super Cup
* Winners (3): 1995, 1998, 2001

International titles

* A3 Champions Cup
* Winners (1): 2007
* Queen's Cup
* Winners (1): 1986

### Reserve team[edit]

* National Reserve League
* Winners (1): 2004

### Youth academy[edit]

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

## Results[edit]

All-time League Rankings

As of 2023[54][55]
Year  | Div  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts  | Pos.  | FA Cup | Super Cup | League Cup | AFC | Other  | Att./G  | Stadium

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1951 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 12 | RU | — | — | — | — |  |  |  |
1953 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 3 | — | — | — | — |  |  |  |
1954 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — |  |  |  |
1955 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 111 | 6 | — | — | — | — |  |  |  |
1956 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 111 | RU | W | — | — | — |  |  |  |
1957 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 36 | 8 | NH | — | — | — |  |  |  | Hongkou Football Stadium
Jiangwan Sports Center
Huxi Stadium
1958 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 40 | 7 | NH | — | — | — |  |  |
1960 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 52 | 3 | R2 | — | — | — |  |  |
1961 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 9 | 26 | 132 | W | NH | — | — | — |  |  |
1962 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 14 | 32 | 152 | W | NH | — | — | — |  |  |
1963 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 11 | NH | — | — | — |  |  |
1964 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 15 | 27 | 35 | RU | NH | — | — | — |  |  |
1965 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 11 | — | NH | — | — | — |  |  |
1973 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 192 | RU | NH | — | — | — |  |  |
1976 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 21 | NH | — | — | — |  |  |
1977 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 32 | 12 | NH | — | — | — |  |  |
1978 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 29 | 10 | NH | — | — | — |  |  |
1979 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 29 | 9 | NH | — | — | — |  |  |
1980 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 26 | 13 | NH | — | — | — |  |  |
1981 | 2 | 30 | 23 |  – | 7 |  |  |  | 46 | RU | NH | — | — | — |  |  |
1982 | 1 | 30 | 19 |  – | 11 | 41 | 21 | 20 | 38 | 4 | NH | — | — | — |  |  |
1983 | 1 | 14 | 8 |  – | 6 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 33 | NH | — | — | — |  |  |
1984 | 1 | 30 | 18 |  – | 12 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 36 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — |  |  |
1985 | 1 | 15 | 8 |  – | 7 |  |  | 10 | 17 | 6 | 3 | — | — | DNQ |  |  |
1986 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 5 | Group | — | — | DNQ |  |  |
1987 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 3 | NH | — | — | DNQ |  |  |
1988 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 29 | 16 | 43 | 6 | NH | — | — | DNQ |  |  |
1989 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 25 | 3 | NH | — | — | DNQ |  |  |
1990 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 26 | 4 | Group | — | — | DNQ |  |  |
1991 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 16 | RU | W | — | — | DNQ |  |  |
1992 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 5 | R1 | — | — | DNQ |  |  |
1993 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 3/1 | 5 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 7 | NH | — | — | DNQ |  |  |  | Dongguan Stadium
1994 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 26 | 3 | NH | — | — | DNQ |  |  | 20,909 | Hongkou Stadium
1995 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 16 | 23 | 46 | W | RU | W | — | DNE |  |  | 27,909
1996 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 20 | 39 | RU | QF | DNQ | — | R2 |  |  | 26,727
1997 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 40 | RU | RU | DNQ | — | DNQ |  |  | 19,636
1998 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 43 | 23 | 20 | 45 | RU | W | W | — | DNQ | FECC | 4 | 39,713 | Shanghai Stadium
1999 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 38 | 5 | SF | DNQ | — | DNQ | CWC | R2 | 17,462 | Hongkou Football Stadium
2000 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 50 | RU | R2 | DNQ | — | DNQ |  |  | 18,462
2001 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 28 | 11 | 48 | RU | R1 | W | — | DNQ |  |  | 18,000
2002 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 32 | 12 | R2 | DNQ | — | Group |  |  | 12,464
2003 | 1 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 56 | 33 | 23 | 55 | ~~W~~4 | QF | RU | — | DNQ |  |  | 22,214
2004 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 22 | 10 | SF | NH | SF | Group | A3CC | 3 | 13,636
2005 | 1 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 23 | 18 | 53 | RU | QF | NH | SF | DNQ |  |  | 12,462
2006 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 52 | RU | QF | NH | NH | QF |  |  | 12,786
2007 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 6 | 46 | 4 | NH | NH | NH | Group | A3CC | W | 11,393 | Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium
Jinshan Football Stadium
2008 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 58 | 29 | 29 | 61 | RU | NH | NH | NH | DNQ |  |  | 11,510 | Hongkou Football Stadium
2009 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 29 | 10 | 45 | 5 | NH | NH | NH | Group |  |  | 12,627
2010 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 41 | 3 | 48 | 3 | NH | NH | NH | DNQ |  |  | 12,963
2011 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 37 | 11 | SF | NH | NH | Group |  |  | 9,828
2012 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 38 | 9 | R4 | DNQ | NH | DNQ |  |  | 14,761
2013 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 385 | 8 | R3 | DNQ | NH | DNQ |  |  | 12,739
2014 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 35 | 9 | SF | DNQ | NH | DNQ |  |  | 15,417
2015 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 42 | 6 | RU | DNQ | NH | DNQ |  |  | 19,506
2016 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 46 | 31 | 15 | 48 | 4 | SF | DNQ | NH | DNQ |  |  | 22,690
2017 | 1 | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 52 | 55 | −3 | 35 | 11 | W | DNQ | NH | POR |  |  | 19,021
2018 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 38 | 7 | R4 | RU | NH | Group |  |  | 21,480
2019 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 57 | −14 | 30 | 13 | W | DNQ | NH | DNQ |  |  | 21,834
2020 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 21 | 7 | R1 | NH | NH | DNQ |  |  |  | Centralised venues
2021 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 22 | 12 | 37 | 9 | SF | NH | NH | DNQ |  |  |
2022 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 34 | 8 | 476 | 10 | SF | NH | NH | DNQ |  |  |  | Jinzhou Stadium
2023 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 52 | 5 | W | DNQ | NH | DNQ |  |  | 26,313 | Shanghai 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

|  |  China top division

|

|  China second division
|  China third division
W  |  Winners
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

* DNQ = Did not qualify
* DNE = Did not enter
* NH = Not Held
* \- = Does Not Exist
* R1 = Round 1
* R2 = Round 2
* R3 = Round 3
* R4 = Round 4

* 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
* POR = Play-off Round

### International results[edit]

Updated 12 March 2021

Season  | Competition  | Round  | Opposition  | Score

|
|
|
|

1996–97[56] | Asian Club Championship  | First round  |  Instant-Dict FC | 7–1 (H), 1–2 (A)
Second round  |  Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma | 0–0 (H), 1–0 (A)
1998[57] | Far East Club Championship  | Group B  |  Rotor Volgograd | 3–4 (N)
Pusan Daewoo Royals | 0–1 (N)
Third place match  |  Júbilo Iwata | 0–2 (N)
1999–2000[58] | Asian Cup Winners' Cup  | Second round  |  Shimizu S-Pulse | 0–0 (H), 2–0 (A)
2002–03[59] | AFC Champions League  | Qualifying Round 2  |  Petrokimia Putra | 1–3 (A), 5–1 (H)
Qualifying Round 3  |  Geylang United FC | 3–0 (H), 2–1 (A)
Group A  |  Daejeon Citizen | 1–2 (N)
Kashima Antlers | 4–3 (N)
BEC Tero Sasana | 1–2 (N)
2004[60] | A3 Champions Cup  | Table  |  Shanghai International | 1–1 (N)
Yokohama F. Marinos | 0–2 (N)
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 1–1 (N)
2004[61] | AFC Champions League  | Group E  |  BEC Tero | 1–4 (A), 1–0 (H)
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 0–1 (H), 1–0 (A)
Jubilo Iwata | 1–2 (A), 3–2 (H)
2006[62] | AFC Champions League  | Group G  |  Đồng Tâm Long An | 3–1 (H), 4–2 (A)
Quarter-finals  |  Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1–0 (H), 2–4 (A)
2007[63] | AFC Champions League  | Group E  |  Sydney FC | 1–2 (H), 0–0 (A)
Persik Kediri | 0–1 (A), 6–0 (H)
Urawa Red Diamonds | 0–1 (A), 0–0 (H)
2007[64] | A3 Champions Cup  | Table  |  Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 3–0 (N)
Shandong Luneng Taishan | 1–2 (N)
Urawa Red Diamonds | 3–1 (N)
2009[65] | AFC Champions League  | Group G  |  Singapore Armed Forces FC | 4–1 (H), 1–1 (A)
Kashima Antlers | 0–2 (A), 1–1 (H)
Suwon Bluewings | 2–1 (H), 1–2 (A)
2011[66] | AFC Champions League  | Group H  |  Kashima Antlers | 0–0 (H), 0–2 (A)
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 0–4 (A), 0–3 (H)
Sydney FC | 1–1 (A), 2–3 (H)
2017 | AFC Champions League  | Play-off round  |  Brisbane Roar FC | 0–2 (H)
2018 | AFC Champions League  | Group H  |  Kashima Antlers | 2–2 (H), 1–1 (A)
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 1–1 (A), 0–2 (H)
Sydney FC | 0–0 (A), 2–2 (H)
2020 | AFC Champions League  | Group F  |  FC Tokyo | 1–0 (N), 1–2 (N)
Ulsan Hyundai | 1–3 (N), 1–4 (N)
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[edit]

* Record home victory: 8–1 v Liaoning Whowin (30 June 2017)[67]
* Record away victory: 6–2 v Shenyang Ginde (10 June 2001)
* Record home defeat: 1–6 v Guangzhou Apollo (14 August 1994)
* Record away defeat: 1–9 v Beijing Guoan (20 July 1997)[68]

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## External links[edit]

* Official website (in Chinese)
* Stats on Sohu (in Chinese)
* Stats on Sina (in Chinese)

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