The history of Guoan.

Introduction

Beijing Guoan Football Club was established at the end of 1992. It is the only football team in Beijing to participate in the highest level league in China. The slogan of the Beijing Guoan Football Team is "Guoan will always strive for first place", which embodies the team's spirit of always working hard and fighting hard regardless of success or failure. It is precisely because of this spirit that the Beijing Guoan Football Team has become the pride of the people of Beijing and is also loved and supported by some fans outside Beijing.

Club History

The predecessor of the Beijing Guoan Football Team is the Beijing Football Team. The Beijing Football Team has been the first-class team in Chinese football since its establishment in 1955. It has won 5 Chinese First-Class Championships and has sent more than 30 athletes to the Chinese national team. In 1992, Beijing Municipal Sports Commission and CITIC Guoan Group jointly established Beijing Guoan Football Club. Its performance has always been among the best in the Class A League, and it won the Chinese Football Association Cup in 1996 and 1997. In 1997, it also won the Chinese Football Association Cup. Won the China Super Cup Championship. It has also achieved impressive results against famous visiting foreign teams many times.

Beijing Guoan Football Club began to participate in the Chinese Football League Group A (the predecessor of the Chinese Football Super League) in 1994. It is one of the four teams currently participating in all top professional football leagues in China. (The other three teams are Dalian Shide, Shandong Luneng and Shanghai Shenhua).

1.1 1994

The Guoan team of the 1994 League A challenged Guangdong Hongyuan in their first away game and won 2:0. This game became the first game of the Guoan team in the professional league. victory. It was Yang Chen who scored Guoan’s first professional league goal. Beijing Guoan's campaign in 1994 was uneventful. Under the leadership of head coach Tang Pengju, the team did not perform particularly well except for defeating Shanghai Shenhua and Shenyang Northeast Liuyao 5:1 and 6:0 respectively at home. , while winning most of the home games, they lost a lot of away points, which also paved the way for the team to become a "Dragon at Home, Worm at Away" in the future. After the season, with only eighth place (out of a total of twelve teams), the club decided to change the head coach. At the end of 1994, Jin Zhiyang, then assistant to Tang Pengju, replaced the former and became the second head coach in the history of the Guoan team. At that time, no one thought that this appointment would bring the first climax to the development of the Guoan team.

1.2 1995

1995 was an extremely popular year for Chinese football. Under the leadership of Jin Zhiyang, Beijing Guoan showed a high technical and tactical level and mental outlook, and achieved A very good result. At the beginning of the 1995 season, facing the unsatisfactory league rankings of the previous year, Jin Zhiyang carried out drastic reforms on the team, promoting young players such as Xie Chaoyang, Han Xu, and Nanfang to the main lineup of the first team, and at the same time recalling the old national players. Gao Hongbo introduced Hebei goalkeeper Fu Bin from Aodong, Jilin, and reused new forces such as Yang Chen, Zhou Ning, and Deng Lejun. In addition, Xie Feng, Gao Feng, and Cao Xiandong became increasingly mature, and the replacement of the old and new players in the Beijing Guoan team was successfully completed. In addition, in terms of the team's spiritual pursuit, Jin Zhiyang proposed that Beijing Guoan "always strive for first place". At the same time, he imitated the "press and encircle" tactics of then Shenhua head coach Xu Genbao, and combined with the characteristics of Beijing football, he proposed Tactical guidelines for "grabbing happiness". These changes profoundly affected the Guoan team and made Guoan the most passionate team in the A-League that year.

Although they were fully prepared before the season and their performance in the first half of the league was extremely stable, the lack of experience still hindered the Guoan team's progress. On September 3, 1995, in the 11th round of League A, Beijing Guoan visited Guangdong. The referee Wei Jihong’s penalty standards were extremely controversial. He showed 7 yellow cards and 2 red cards to Guoan. , sent off Xie Feng and Cao Xiandong respectively. Under the influence of the referee's penalty, Beijing Guoan finally became unbalanced and lost 0:3, giving up the top spot in the league standings. Due to too many red and yellow cards, the Guoan team was tied 1:1 at home by Jinan Taishan with many main players suspended in the subsequent game. Then in the battle that was related to the championship, due to Fu Bin and Han Xu The team lost 0:1 to Shanghai Shenhua in the away game due to coordination errors. So far, they have only accumulated one point in three games and basically lost the chance to compete for the championship.

However, the team did not give up. Under the leadership of Jin Zhiyang’s distinctive coaching style, Beijing Guoan was always in the first group and maintained a certain amount of pressure on the leader. However, in the 21st round of the league , Beijing Guoan was tied 0:0 by Qingdao Hainiu in an away game, completely losing the possibility of winning the championship, and the Guoan team's first trip to the championship came to an end. However, it is worth mentioning that on November 17, 1995, when the team could only win the league runner-up by defeating the visiting Guangdong Hongyuan, the team won 3:1 (see classic battle) and won the first professional league title. The best result for the club.

Looking at the entire season, Jin Zhiyang's transformation of the Guoan team has achieved unprecedented success. It is indeed a bit regretful that he did not achieve better results. Jin Zhiyang himself commented that the 1995 season was "the luck of Shenhua and the year of Guoan", and the Guoan team in 1995 is still talked about by many Beijing fans.

1.3 After 1995

From 1995 to 1997, Jin Zhiyang led the team to win the Chinese Football Association Cup and won the second, third and fourth place in the National League A League once. . In 1998, Jin Zhiyang was appointed as the head coach of the Guoan team and concurrently as the coach of the Chinese national team. In 1999, Jin Zhiyang was transferred to the head coach of Tianjin TEDA team. In 1999, Yang Chen, a member of the Guoan team, transferred to the German Bundesliga team Eintracht Frankfurt, becoming the first Chinese player to enter the top five European leagues and becoming Eintracht Frankfurt's top scorer in the 1998-1999 season. At the same time, Guoan team member Zhou Ning was loaned to the German second division team Mannheim to play.

Shen Xiangfu, the former head coach of Beijing Guoan, was once the main left winger of the Chinese national team and the Beijing Football Team. He was a star deeply loved by Chinese fans. He later moved to Japan to play for a professional club and played for a professional club in Japan. He served as the head coach of Japan's Fujitsu Football Team for 6 years. In 1996, he returned to the Guoan team as an assistant coach. In 1998, he succeeded Jin Zhiyang as the head coach, and led the team to win the 1997 China Super Cup and the 1998 League A third place.

In the last round of the 1999 season, Guoan, which had long been hopeless to win the championship, blocked the Liaoning Fushun team that could win the championship as long as they win 1:1 at home, allowing Luneng to win the championship in the last round, fully demonstrating their professionalism. Spirit.

In the 2000 season, Beijing Guoan Football Club hired Yugoslavian coach Miloven Jolic, the head coach of the Yugoslav U-21 national team, as the head coach of the Guoan team. He led the Beijing Guoan team to compete for the A-A title in the 2000 season. League and FA Cup. Previously, he served as the head coach of the El Salvador national team and led the team to the World Cup qualifying rounds twice. His assistants Milo? Milenic and Milovan Lajevic both have Yugoslav senior coaching certificates and work with coach Jolic. But Jolic's coaching gave Guoan the worst start in league history - three consecutive losses. Afterwards, Joe dismissed get out of class sadly. Guoan ended up only sixth that year.

In the 2002 season, under the leadership of foreign coach Petrovic, the Guoan team ushered in arguably the best chance to win the championship except this year. This year, Guoan has a large number of players, with Li Mingbasin sitting in the backcourt, Xiao Wangtao and Cassiano as the striker, plus the flourishing Beijing Sanshao and Tao Wei, Guoan team has been in the championship group from the beginning of the season, and Shenzhen Jianlibao Keep pace with Dalian Shide team. However, after winning the last four games to definitely win the championship, Guoan was reversed by Shandong Luneng 1:2 in the away game. They lost to Dalian 1:2 in the away game. Later, due to the incredible lottery system of the Football Association, they lost second place and only got third place.

From 2002 to 2005, Beijing Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. spent 150 million yuan to obtain the naming rights of the Guoan Football Team. Therefore, in these three years, the Beijing Guoan Football Team was renamed "Beijing Guoan Football Club Beijing" Hyundai Motor Team”. The naming contract between the two parties was terminated on March 31, 2006.

1.4 2006

In 2006, Shen Xiangfu continued to take charge of the Beijing Guoan team. The Workers' Stadium was renovated and expanded to host the Olympic Games. The team's home stadium was designated as the Xiannongtan Stadium at the beginning of the year. However, due to the aging facilities of the Xiannongtan Stadium, it could no longer meet the standards for hosting the Chinese Super League. The club had to move The home stadium is determined to be Fengtai Stadium, which is far away from the city center. What I didn't expect was that this was just the beginning of a not-so-smooth year for Guoan in 2006. <\br> On November 9, 2005, Beijing Guoan signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement with the Spanish Real Madrid Club. "Relying on Real Madrid" became the key word for Guoan Club to implement the 2006 Chinese Super League plan. "We will provide the best foreign aid and help Guoan completes its 2006 championship plan." Real Madrid's promise directly led to Yelic, the top scorer in the 2005 Chinese Super League who scored 21 goals for Guoan last season, to switch to Xiamen. In the end, the cooperation with Real Madrid almost became a laughing stock in the Beijing media. Real Madrid only provided Guoan with Javier, who was responsible for youth development, and had no player support. With the arrival of foreign aid, the Guoan team no longer waited for the arrival of foreign aid. After Konese returned, they signed Moussa and Milton one after another. Moussa played a key role in the stability of Guoan's rear. .

The Guoan team, which changed its new home court, fell into a vicious cycle of invincibility at the beginning of the season. From the 1-2 home loss to Shanghai Liancheng in the second round to home draws with Wuhan Optics Valley, Tianjin Master Kong, It was not until the 11th round of the league for Shandong Luneng that Beijing Guoan defeated the Chongqing Lifan team, which was last in the league at the time, with a score of 1-0 in Fengti. In the Football Association Cup qualifiers held at the beginning of the year, Guoan also made all substitute appearances at home in Fengtai and lost to the Zhejiang Greentown team of the First Division. <\br> The poor home record has unexpectedly changed Guoan's traditional image as an "away bug". In the 14 away games throughout the year, Guoan ranked third in the away standings with 4 wins, 7 draws and 3 losses. At the same time, the defense line led by Moussa, Xu Yunlong, Zhang Shuai, and Yang Pu only conceded 16 goals in 28 games throughout the year, making it the team that conceded the fewest goals in the entire year.

These two points were also obtained in the 2007 Guoan game. 2006 was a year when Shandong Luneng was outstanding. In the home game between Shandong Luneng and Beijing Guoan held on August 27, 2006, Shandong finally won with a 1:0 victory. Champion that year, but in the last round of the league, Beijing Guoan competed with old rival Shanghai Shenhua for runner-up in two games. Guoan unexpectedly lost to Xiamen 0:2 away from home, while Shenhua defeated Liaoning. In the end, Guoan only won the third place. Three players unfortunately lost their qualifications for the AFC Champions League and A3 League.

1.5 Classic Battle

1.5.1 1994

Guoan 5:1 Shenhua

1.5.2 1995

Guoan 3:1 Guangdong

1.5.3 1996

FA Cup Final 4:1 Shandong

1.5.4 1997

Beijing 9: 1 Shenhua

1.5.5 1998

Super Cup 2: 1 Dalian

1.5.6 1999

Guoan 1:1 Liaoning

1.5.7 2003

FA Cup final 3:0 Dalian

1.5.8 2007

Shandong 1: 6 Guoan

Team culture

2.1 Team logo

On September 11, 2002, Beijing Guoan Football Club 2003 season advertising promotion The meeting and new image promotion press conference were held grandly at the Kempinski Hotel, and the new team logo was also released. The new team logo is based on the structure of the original logo with new design elements. This logo highlights the sense of internationality and modernity, making it easier for the public to recognize, remember and spread. The shield-shaped logo implies that football is a competitive sport; the English "Guoan" emphasizes the recognition and memorability of the logo, making it easy to integrate with international standards; the rolling and three-dimensional football in the middle is the "O" of the English alphabet , and symbolizes "Guoan"'s goal of developing the football industry; the use of the CITIC logo is not only a reflection of the club's background, but also easier for the audience to recognize. The fluttering ribbons imply the achievements and honors achieved by the club; yellow is The symbol of nobility, status and achievement implies the bright development prospects of "Guoan"; green represents the vitality and prosperity of "Guoan".

2.2 Mascot

The mascot "Beijing Lion" is a heroic cartoon image with a foot on a football. His confident expression and strong body are very approachable; his outstretched thumb not only means that the Guoan team is grateful for the support and support of the fans, but also implies Guoan's determination to succeed.

2.3 Team uniform and logo color

Beijing Guoan’s logo color is green, which was first determined in 1995. Prior to this, the uniform colors of Beijing Guoan and the original Beijing team were white for home games and red for away games. Some people believe that the current Chinese national team's signature color comes from the original Beijing team.

2.4 Home Stadium

Since China’s professional football league began, the Beijing Guoan team has used the following three home stadiums:

Beijing Xiannong Tan Stadium (1994--1995)

Beijing Workers' Stadium (1996--2005)

Beijing Fengtai Sports Center Stadium (2006--)

Currently, home tickets are divided into four categories: 20, 30, 50, and 80, and the annual package is 100 yuan.

After the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Beijing Guoan Security League moved its home court to the National Stadium.

2.5 Team Song

The Beijing Guoan team song is the longest-running song among all Chinese professional clubs. It was composed in the second year of the Chinese Professional League (1995). The club tried to change the team anthem (Wang Feng's "Hero") midway through, but encountered strong resistance from fans and ultimately failed to implement it. For a long time, the Beijing Guoan team's anthem, which has a profound heritage, has become an integral part of its home games and is also an integral part of Guoan's football culture.

"Guoan Always Fights for First"

Singer: Sha Baoliang Lyrics and Music: Zhang Jun Arranger: Guitar Meng

Your name is shouted on the green field< /p>

The green figure is our star

Towards the future and towards the world

To fight for the honor we yearn for

Victory will always belong to you

Guoan will always strive for first place

Oh... Beijing Guoan, we will always support you

Oh... Beijing Guoan, we will always love you

The green field is shouting your name

We will always support you