Evergrande Real Estate Group Evergrande took over and started signing Chinese international players as well as talented Brazilian star Muriqui. Guangzhou won promotion at a canter and the team has never looked back as the investment continued and the trophies started flowing. Enter LippiConca proved an astute signing as he helped Evergrande to their first Chinese Super League title in 2011. No Chinese team had ever won the AFC Champions League and Evergrande's 2012 debut had ended at the quarter-final stage. The two-legged final ended 3-3 on aggregate with FC Seoul but Evergrande won on away goals and the city partied all night.

Source: Bangkok Post October 26, 2016 09:45 UTC