Beijing Guoan 9–1 Shanghai Shenhua
1997 Chinese association football match / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A 1997 Chinese Jia-A League round 10 fixture was contested at the old Workers' Stadium in Beijing between hosts Beijing Guoan and the visiting Shanghai Shenhua on 20 July 1997. Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Shenhua were both established teams in the Chinese Jia-A League, who regularly occupied high league positions in the years prior. The match was the first meeting between the two sides in the calendar year, with both teams going through their respective challenges.[1] Beijing Guoan suffered a heavy 5–1 defeat to Dalian Wanda only a week ago, and set a gargantuan task for Guoan manager Jin Zhiyang to reinstate a positive morale going forward. Shanghai Shenhua, who recently parted ways with Yordan Stoykov, appointed Andrzej Strejlau to face Beijing Guoan in his first game in charge.
Event | 1997 Chinese Jia-A League | ||||||
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Date | 20 July 1997 (1997-07-20) | ||||||
Venue | Workers' Stadium, Beijing | ||||||
Referee | Li Yingming |
Shanghai Shenhua started the game on the front foot while Beijing Guoan sat back to counter-attack. The first two goals broke through for Beijing Guoan in quick succession for Andrés Olivas and Cao Xiandong. Shenhua scored a goal to half the deficit before the half-hour mark, however, Casiano Delvalle and Jorge Campos scored three more times, finishing the first half at 5–1. In the second half, Guoan scored four more goals increasing the scoreline to 9–1, with Delvalle and Olivas completing their individual hat-tricks.
The match remains the record for the largest victory in the history of the Chinese top-flight (in the Chinese Jia-A League era as well as the Chinese Super League era), and further heated the rivalry between the two sides, which compete in the Jing–Hu rivalry.