2018 Chinese FA Super Cup

2018 Chinese FA Super Cup

Guangzhou Evergrande Shanghai Shenhua 4 1
Date	26 February 2018
Venue	Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai
Man of the Match	Alan Carvalho
Referee	Fu Ming
Attendance	23,998
Weather	Clear / 9°C / 68% humidity

Weshare Wealth 2018 Chinese FA Super Cup (Chinese: 掌众财富2018中国足球协会超级杯) was the 16th Chinese FA Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Chinese Super League and FA Cup competitions. It was held at Hongkou Football Stadium on 26 February 2018. The match was played between Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao, champions of the 2017 Chinese Super League, and Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, the winner of the 2017 Chinese FA Cup. Policy of foreign players and U-23 domestic players was executed for the first time in the tournament. At most three foreign players can play in the match while at least one domestic player who is under the age of 23 (born on or after 1 January 1995) must be in the starting eleven; The total number of foreign players must be no more than the total number of U-23 domestic players in the match.

Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao won the match 4–1 with goals from Huang Bowen, Alan Carvalho, Gao Lin and Ricardo Goulart, either side of a goal from Shenhua midfielder Fredy Guarín. This was Guangzhou Evergrande's fourth Chinese FA Super Cup title, breaking a tie with Shanghai Shenhua and Dalian Shide which had stood since Guangzhou Evergrande won their third title last year.

Match

Details

26 February 2018 (2018-02-26)

19:35

Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	4–1	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
Huang Bowen 26' Alan 43' Gao Lin 65' Goulart 90 2' (pen.)	Report	Guarín 36'

Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 23,998

Referee: Fu Ming (Beijing)

Guangzhou

Shanghai

GK 32 Liu Dianzuo RB 23 Deng Hanwen (U-23)  23' CB 5 Zhang Linpeng CB 6 Feng Xiaoting LB 35 Li Xuepeng DM 8 Nemanja Gudelj DM 16 Huang Bowen  74' AM 11 Ricardo Goulart  85' RW 29 Gao Lin (c)  89' LW 20 Yu Hanchao  45'  68' ST 7 Alan Carvalho Substitutes: GK 40 Liu Shibo (U-23) DF 21 Zhang Chenglin MF 4 Xu Xin  74' MF 10 Zheng Zhi MF 15 Zhang Wenzhao MF 34 Feng Boxuan (U-23)  89' FW 17 Yang Liyu (U-23)  68' Manager: Fabio Cannavaro

GK 27 Li Shuai RB 16 Li Yunqiu  47' CB 3 Li Jianbin  28' CB 34 Bi Jinhao  46' LB 32 Aidi RM 39 Cong Zhen (U-23) DM 26 Qin Sheng DM 13 Fredy Guarín  76' LM 7 Mao Jianqing AM 10 Giovanni Moreno (c) ST 17 Obafemi Martins Substitutes: GK 22 Qiu Shengjiong DF 19 Li Xiaoming (U-23)  46' DF 25 Wang Lin DF 30 Tao Jin MF 8 Zhang Lu  28' MF 36 Liu Ruofan (U-23)  76' MF 37 Sun Shilin Manager: Wu Jingui

Man of the Match: Alan Carvalho (Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao) Assistant referees: Huo Weiming (Beijing) Cao Yi (Henan) Fourth official: Guan Xing (Beijing)

Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. Maximum of three foreign players on the pitch. At least one domestic U-23 player in the starting eleven. Total number of foreign players appeared must be no more than U-23 domestic players.

Chinese FA Super Cup 2018 Winners
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Fourth title

Statistics

Statistic	Guangzhou Evergrande	Shanghai Shenhua
Goals scored	4	1
Possession	51%	49%
Shots	22	11
Shots on target	9	3
Passes / Pass completed	344 / 77%	305 / 67%
Corner kicks	8	5
Free kicks	16	24
Fouls	21	11
Offsides	3	6
Yellow cards	3	1
Red cards	0	0
Actual playing time	40:34
Source:

See also

• 2017 Chinese Super League
• 2017 Chinese FA Cup