2009 Guangzhou Pharmaceutical F.C. season
The 2009 season is the 56th year in Guangzhou Football Club's existence, their 42nd season in the Chinese football league, also the 21st season in the top-flight, the 2nd consecutive year. The club participated in the Chinese Super League. Although finished the 9th place of the league, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical relegated to China League One at the end of the season due to match fixing scandal.
Kits and sponsors
The team kits for the 2009 season are produced by Nike. The title sponsor is Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and the shirt sponsors are Zhongyi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Baiyunshan Hutchison Whampoa Co., Ltd..Technical staff
First-team squad
Transfers
In
Loan in
Out
Loan out
Match results
Friendly matches
Chinese Super League
| Match won | Match drawn | Match lost | Biggest win | Biggest loss |
| Kick-off | Opponents | H / A | Result | Scorers | Referee | Attendance | Pos |
| 2009-03-21 19:30 | Henan Construction | A | Leandro Netto 22', Bai Lei 54', Emmanuel Olisadebe 59 | Tan Hai | 23,239 | 11th | |
| 2009-03-28 15:30 | Shenzhen Asia Travel | A | Li Zhihai 42', Mouchid 62', Xu Liang 89' | Zhang Lei | 16,000 | 6th | |
| 2009-04-06 16:00 | Dalian Shide | H | Xu Liang 29', Zhu Ting 45', Xu Liang 52', 67' | Sun Baojie | 20,000 | 4th | |
| 2009-04-11 19:30 | Hangzhou Greentown | A | Valdo 24', Diego 55', Ma Cheng 67', 79', Luis Ramírez 80' | Tan Hai | 14,656 | 7th | |
| 2009-04-18 19:30 | Chongqing Lifan | H | José Duarte 19', Xu Liang 43', Luis Ramírez 75', Tang Dechao 80' | Fan Qi | 18,000 | 4th | |
| 2009-04-25 15:30 | Changsha Ginde | A | Tao Rancheng | 7,532 | 6th | ||
| 2009-05-02 15:30 | Jiangsu Sainty | H | Xu Liang 84' | Li Yuhong | 22,600 | 4th | |
| 2009-05-09 15:30 | Chengdu Blades | A | Wang Song 10', Rodrigues 51', Luis Ramírez 75' | Wan Daxue | 10,000 | 6th | |
| 2009-05-15 15:30 | Shandong Luneng | H | Luis Ramírez 4', Han Peng 47 | Zhang Lei | 17,000 | 6th | |
| 2009-05-24 15:30 | Shaanxi Chan-Ba | A | Li Yan 39', Wan Houliang 81', Wang Peng 85', Wang Yun 90',Luis Ramírez 91'+ | Wan Daxue | 21,400 | 8th | |
| 2009-06-13 19:30 | Shanghai Shenhua | H | Luis Ramírez 21',Yu Tao 46'+,Xu Liang 55' | Fan Qi | 21,000 | 4th | |
| 2009-06-20 19:30 | Changchun Yatai | A | Liu Xiaodong 11', Li Zhihai 22' | Tao Rancheng | 11,000 | 6th | |
| 2009-06-28 15:30 | Beijing Guoan | H | Yan xiangchuang 42',Xu Liang 65' | Zhang Zhengping | 21,680 | 9th | |
| 2009-07-02 19:30 | Qingdao Jonoon | A | Wang Jin | 6,000 | 9th | ||
| 2009-07-05 15:30 | Tianjin Teda | H | Diogo 40',Ma Leilei 53 | Zhang Lei | 21,160 | 11th | |
| 2009-08-02 15:30 | Henan Construction | H | Diego 60', Luis Ramírez 86' | Xu Fuxin | 22,160 | 7th | |
| 2009-08-08 15:30 | Shenzhen Asia Travel | H | Luis Ramírez 25', Wu Pingfeng 28', Diego 33', Feng Junyan 61',Hernán Barcos 65',Diogo 81', Luis Ramírez 85' | Rosdi Shaharul | 22,000 | 5th | |
| 2009-08-22 19:00 | Dalian Shide | A | Li Jun | 14,000 | 4th | ||
| 2009-08-26 15:30 | Hangzhou Greentown | H | Xu Liang 38', Wu Pingfeng 51' | Zhou Chuan | 18,900 | 4th | |
| 2009-08-30 19:30 | Chongqing Lifan | A | José Duarte 75 | Huang Junjie | 8,000 | 6th | |
| 2009-09-05 15:30 | Changsha Ginde | H | Luis Ramírez 8',71', Liu Jianye 84 | Huang Yejun | 21,000 | 6th | |
| 2009-09-12 19:30 | Jiangsu Sainty | A | Wang Yang 9', Lu Bofei 48', Li Jianhua 62',Luis Ramírez 77' | Huang Junjie | 13,000 | 6th | |
| 2009-09-16 15:30 | Chengdu Blades | H | Luis Ramírez 64',Brendon Šantalab 74',84' | Tan Hai | 7th | ||
| 2009-09-20 19:30 | Shandong Luneng | A | Alejandro Cichero 21, Luis Ramírez 68' | Wan Daxue | 15,367 | 8th | |
| 2009-09-26 15:30 | Shaanxi Chan-Ba | H | Xu Liang 70',Yu Hai 75' | Li Jun | 22,000 | 8th | |
| 2009-10-05 19:30 | Shanghai Shenhua | A | Sun Xiang 12',53' , Luis Ramírez 62',Aleksander Rodić 82' | Zhou Gang | 10th | ||
| 2009-10-10 15:30 | Changchun Yatai | H | Ricardo Steer 30',Luis Ramírez 83' | Wang Jin | 18,500 | 9th | |
| 2009-10-17 15:30 | Beijing Guoan | A | Ryan Griffiths 14',89' | Tao Rancheng | 36,500 | 10th | |
| 2009-10-24 15:30 | Qingdao Jonoon | H | Huang Junjie | 23,120 | 8th | ||
| 2009-10-31 15:30 | Tianjin Teda | A | Han Yanming 28' , Luis Ramírez 60',Cao Yang 83' '' | Tao Rancheng | 8,000 | 9th |
League table
Squad stats
Updated to games played on 31 October 2009.To see the table ordered by certain column title click that column header icon once or twice.
| Player | Starts | Goals | ||||
 Luis Ramírez | FW | 30 | 30 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
 Xu Liang | MF | 23 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 |
 Diego | FW | 26 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Wu Pingfeng | MF | 27 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Diogo | MF | 19 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Feng Junyan | MF | 27 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Bai Lei | MF | 20 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Li Zhihai | DF | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Tang Dechao | FW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Li Shuai | GK | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Li Jianhua | MF | 28 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Li Yan | MF | 26 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 Ismael Alvarado | DF | 25 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Li Benjian | MF | 24 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Zhou Lin | DF | 17 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Cui Wei | DF | 16 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lu Lin | MF | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hu Zhaojun | MF | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Huang Zhiyi | DF | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wang Xiaoshi | DF | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cao Zhijie | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zhang Si | GK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xu Deen | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | –– | –– | –– | 38 | 47 | 3 |
No appearances player not listed.