Jing–Hu rivalry

Jing–Hu rivalry
	Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Shenhua players
Other names	National Derby; Jing–Hu derby; Beijing–Shanghai derby
Location	China
Teams	Beijing Guoan; Shanghai Shenhua
First meeting	14 April 1994; 4–3 win for Shanghai Shenhua
Latest meeting	Beijing Guoan 1–3 Shanghai Shenhua; 2025 Chinese Super League; (19 July 2025)
Next meeting	TBD
Stadiums	Workers' Stadium (Beijing Guoan); Shanghai Stadium (Shanghai Shenhua)
Statistics
Meetings total	68
Most wins	Beijing Guoan (30)
Top scorer	Zhang Xizhe (6)
All-time series	Beijing Guoan: 30; Drawn: 15; Shanghai Shenhua: 23
Largest victory	9–1 win for Beijing Guoan; (20 July 1997)

The Jing–Hu rivalry is the name given to any football match between rival clubs Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Shenhua. It takes place twice a year in the Chinese Super League, and occasionally in the Chinese FA Cup. Both clubs were founding members of the former Jia-A League and the Chinese Super League, and have participated in every edition of China's top-tier professional football league, resulting in the "eternality" of the rivalry.^[1]

Beijing Guoan leads in head-to-head results in official competitive matches with 30 wins to Shanghai Shenhua's 23, with 15 draws as of the match played on 19 July 2025.

History

For most of the history of Chinese football, it was difficult for teams to establish deep connections with residents of the cities they are based in. From the 1950s to 1990s, the Danwei system of employment, which was the source of employment and material support for the majority of urban residents, restricted people’s interaction with broader social organizations. In the same period, domestic games were not played on a regular home-and-away basis but took place only in major cities, resulting in difficulties for fans to access stadiums and games. It was not until the emergence of the professional Chinese league in the 1990s that the national broadcaster, China Central Television, started to broadcast games publicly, further preventing the build-up of club identity in the early days of Chinese football.^[2]

Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Shenhua would prove to be different than most Chinese clubs. People in both cities initially engaged with football as early as the 1890s, when the YMCA introduced the game to China’s largest cities at the time. The various precursors of the two clubs were involved in national tournaments in the newly established People’s Republic of China beginning in the 1950s. When the Jia-A League, the first professional Chinese football league, was established in 1994, both Guoan and Shenhua, having been organized in 1992 and 1993 respectively, were founding members. Neither club moved cities or suffered relegation in the years since, creating strong foundations for local support and a rich competitive history.^[2]

When professionalisation first occurred, most fans' connections to their respective clubs were casual as they watched the games for entertainment. However, as time progressed, supporters of both clubs developed a deep connection with their teams, and the teams became firmly established locally. Guoan became the team for Beijing, and Shenhua became the team for Shanghai. Shanghai Port, another Shanghai team that plays in the Chinese Super League, is not afforded the same status by locals as it was established only in 2005 and is perceived to lack a strong identity and connection with the city. In 2014, when Shenhua’s then owner, the Greenland Group, attempted to change the club’s name, six major Shenhua supporters’ organizations protested the change and forced the name “Shenhua” to remain, showcasing the strong connection between the club, its fans, and Shanghai.^[2]

Today, the match between the two clubs is considered by fans of both teams to be the most important of the season. Victories and losses between the teams carry significance beyond just football and are seen as a competition between the two cities in which the teams are based directly, with Beijing being the capital of China and Shanghai being the nation’s most populous city and an economic hub. As a result, each encounter between the two sides becomes a focal point in the media, and is sometimes compared to El Clásico in Spain.^[3]^[4] The intensity of competition on the field between players from both sides is often very high, and the matches themselves receive significant attention from fans.^[5] Physical conflicts and confrontations off the field are also reported.^[6] Most of Shenhua's attendance records in their home stadiums were achieved when they hosted Guoan, and vice versa. Some Guoan fans say, "Without Guoan, there's no Shenhua; without Shenhua, there's no Guoan. These are the only two teams in China that deserve the title of a national derby." Shenhua fans, on the other hand, say, "Shenhua and Guoan are arch-rivals, but neither can do without the other. Without each other's presence in the league, it would be so boring."^[7]

Notable matches

The most noteworthy match between the two teams took place in the 10th round of the 1997 Jia-A League on 20 July 1997, where Guoan defeated Shenhua with a score of 9–1 at home. To this day, this match still holds several records in China's top-tier professional football league.^[8]

Competitive matches

Chinese Jia-A League

#	Date	Matchday	Home Team	Away Team	Score	Guoan goalscorer(s)	Shenhua goalscorer(s)
1	24 April 1994	2	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	4–3	71' Deng Lejun 78', 88' Cao Xiandong	7' Fan Zhiyi 17', 66' Li Xiao 82' Vladimir Nakhratov
2	31 July 1994	13	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	5–1	2' Wei Zhankui 14', 60' Gao Feng 35' Wei Kexing 46' Xie Feng	30' Liu Jun
3	23 April 1995	2	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	2–0	40' Cao Xiandong 67' Gao Feng
4	17 September 1995	13	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	1–0		60' Xie Hui
5	23 June 1996	11	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	1–1	87' Wei Kexing	62' Fan Zhiyi
6	27 October 1996	22	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	1–0	57' (pen.) Xie Feng
7	20 July 1997	10	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	9–1	15, 71, 75' Andrés Olivas 17' Cao Xiandong 31, 61, 81' Casiano Delvalle 38' (pen.), 45' Jorge Campos	27' Wu Chengying
8	18 December 1997	21	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	2–1	24' Jorge Campos	7' Wu Chengying 33' Qi Hong
9	19 April 1998	6	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	0–0
10	23 September 1998	19	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	1–1	71' Andrés Olivas	45' Flávio de Paula Costa
11	25 April 1999	6	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	0–1		85' Qi Hong
12	15 August 1999	19	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	2–2	78' (pen.) Casiano Delvalle 89' Li Yi	34', 51' Marcelo Sergipano
13	2 April 2000	3	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	1–0		70' Bian Jun
14	2 July 2000	16	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	3–3	18, 30' Wang Tao 52' Sandro Sotilli	51, 54' Qi Hong 67' Zoran Ranković
15	18 March 2001	2	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	1–3	13' Xu Yunlong	53' Shen Si 57' Zoran Ranković 88' Saša Raca
16	8 July 2001	15	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	1–0		10' Shen Si
17	7 July 2002	8	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	1–1	90' Xu Yunlong	18' Saúl Martínez
18	16 October 2002	22	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	2–1	10' Dragan Ilic 57' Xu Yunlong	50' Qu Shengqing
19	30 July 2003	12	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	1–0		24' Jörg Albertz
20	23 November 2003	26	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	2–1	27' Krisztián Kenesei 43' Lu Jiang	90' Zhang Yuning

Chinese Super League

#	Date	Matchday	Home Team	Away Team	Score	Guoan goalscorer(s)	Shenhua goalscorer(s)
21	19 June 2004	7	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	2–2	29' Krisztián Kenesei 36' Tao Wei	20' Jörg Albertz 67' Peter Vera
22	30 October 2004	18	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	3–0	6', 44' (pen.), 89' Tao Wei
23	10 April 2005	2	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	4–0	11', 73' Branko Jelić 29' Xu Yunlong 82' Yang Hao
24	20 July 2005	15	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	1–0		90' Xiao Zhanbo
25	30 April 2006	9	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	0–0
26	9 September 2006	23	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	0–1		54' Shen Longyuan
27	3 March 2007	1	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	0–2	10' Tao Wei 81' Alysson
28	12 August 2007	15	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	2–3	1' Yan Xiangchuang 76' (pen.) Tiago	56' Du Wei 69' Diego Alonso 82' Saúl Martínez
29	29 June 2008	11	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	0–2		47' Yu Tao 55' Jiang Kun
30	8 November 2008	26	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	1–1	41' Du Wenhui	35' Mao Jianqing
31	1 May 2009	7	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	0–0
32	12 September 2009	22	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	1–1	77' Huang Bowen	30' Vyacheslav Hleb
33	22 May 2010	9	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	3–2	4' Joel Griffiths 81' Ryan Griffiths	10' Dai Lin 11' Jean Michel N'Lend 33' Duvier Riascos
34	25 September 2010	24	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	4–1	33' Joel Griffiths 74' Xu Liang 84' Walter Martínez 90' Du Wenhui	47' Feng Renliang
35	6 July 2011	15	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	3–0	9' Joel Griffiths 28' Lei Tenglong 56' (pen.) Wang Xiaolong
36	2 November 2011	30	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	1–0		90' Jiang Kun
37	16 March 2012	2	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	3–2	43' Piao Cheng 53' Manú 82' Mao Jianqing	62' (pen.) Joel Griffiths 67' Nicolas Anelka
38	14 July 2012	17	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	3–1	80' (pen.) Wang Xiaolong	19' Song Boxuan 51' Cao Yunding 75' Moisés Moura
39	26 May 2013	11	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	1–0		63' Giovanni Moreno
40	28 September 2013	26	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	2–0	45', 56' Peter Utaka
41	24 March 2014	3	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	2–0	41' (pen.) Zhang Xizhe 53' Pablo Batalla
42	2 August 2014	18	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	0–3	49' Dejan Damjanović 83' Chen Zhizhao 88' Piao Cheng
43	3 April 2015	4	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	2–0	75' Darko Matić 90' Erton Fejzullahu
44	15 July 2015	19	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	3–1	71' Dejan Damjanović	39' Wang Yun 58' Tim Cahill 69' Demba Ba
45	25 June 2016	14	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	2–1	66', 69' Zhang Xizhe	83' Demba Ba
46	16 October 2016	29	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	0–0
47	2 April 2017	3	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	2–1	38', 87' Burak Yılmaz	40' Cao Yunding
48	23 July 2017	18	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	1–2	32', 49' (pen.) Jonathan Soriano	34' Giovanni Moreno
49	28 July 2018	14	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	2–2	45'+1' Renato Augusto 65' Cédric Bakambu	54' Eddy Francis 90'+1' (o.g.) Wei Shihao
50	7 November 2018	29	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	3–1	18' Zhang Xizhe 32', 65' Cédric Bakambu	48' (o.g.) Yu Yang
51	14 June 2019	13	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	2–1	14' Piao Cheng 41' Renato Augusto	90' Wu Yizhen
52	22 November 2019	28	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	1–2	6' Cédric Bakambu 62' Renato Augusto	58' (pen.) Odion Ighalo
53	23 April 2021	1	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	2–1	90+1' Li Lei	58' Giovanni Moreno 62' Wu Xi
54	15 August 2021	8	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	4–2	7', 81' Zhang Yuning 12' (pen.) Zhang Xizhe 15' (o.g.) Matej Jonjić	45'+1' Cao Yunding 90'+6' Yu Hanchao
55	26 August 2022	15	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	0–2		31' Yu Hanchao 36' (pen.) Christian Bassogog
56	25 November 2022	27	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	1–2	53' Zhang Xizhe 75' Zhang Yuning	6' Denny Wang
57	19 May 2023	8	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	1–1	67' Samuel Adegbenro	18' Yu Hanchao
58	19 August 2023	23	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	2–1	28', 37' Fábio Abreu	14' Christian Bassogog
59	13 April 2024	6	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	1–1	5' Zhang Yuning	25' André Luis
60	4 August 2024	21	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	2–1	11' Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui 90+7' Wang Ziming	76' Cephas Malele
61	1 March 2025	2	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	2–2	11' Lin Liangming 90+3' (o.g.) Bao Yaxiong	38' Wu Xi 45+1' (pen.) André Luis
62	19 July 2025	17	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	1–3	26' Guga	7' Luis Asué 21' Wu Xi 90+7' Yu Hanchao

Chinese FA Cup

Date	Round		Home Team	Away Team	Score	Guoan goalscorer(s)	Shenhua goalscorer(s)	Notes
28 December 1997	Final		Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	2–1	39' Casiano Delvalle 72' Nan Fang	5' (o.g.) Deng Lejun
10 August 2005	Quarter-finals	First leg	Beijing Guoan	Shanghai Shenhua	2–0	5' Gao Dawei 70' (pen.) Dan Alexa		Guoan advanced 3–2 on aggregate
7 September 2005	Quarter-finals	Second leg	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	2–1	110' Sui Dongliang	22', 29' Xie Hui	Guoan advanced 3–2 on aggregate
21 June 2017	4th round		Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	1–0		56' Fredy Guarín
22 August 2024	Quarter-finals		Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	2–1	90+3' Zhang Yuning	12' João Carlos Teixeira 90+1' Shinichi Chan

Chinese FA Super Cup

Season	Date	Location	League Champion	FA Cup Champion	Score	Guoan goalscorer(s)	Shenhua goalscorer(s)	Notes
2003	18 January 2004	Wuhu, Anhui	Shanghai Shenhua	Beijing Guoan	3–4	25', 63' (pen.) Krisztián Kenesei 51' Xu Yunlong 73' Yang Hao	8' Zhang Yuning 57' Zheng Kewei 65' (pen.) Jörg Albertz

Statistics

As of 19 July 2025

	Matches	Wins		Draws	Goals
	Matches	Guoan	Shenhua	Draws	Guoan	Shenhua
Chinese Super League	42	21	12	9	69	49
Chinese Jia-A League	20	6	8	6	34	26
Chinese FA Cup	5	2	3	0	6	6
Chinese FA Super Cup	1	1	0	0	4	3
All matches	68	30	23	15	113	84

Head-to-head ranking in the domestic league (1994–2025)

Beijing Guoan's positions are marked with a green background, while Shanghai Shenhua's positions are marked with a blue background.

P.	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
1		1								1^{[note 1]}						1
2		2	2	2	2		2	2				2	2	2	2			2			2					2					2
3	3			3	3				3				3		3		3		3	3							3
4			4											4								4	4		4						4
5						5										5	5						5					5		5
6						6	6					6										6								6
7											7														7		7		7
8	8							8												8
9										9									9		9			9				9
10											10																		10
11																		11						11
12									12
13																										13
14
15
16
17
18

Total: Shanghai Shenhua with 16 higher finishes, Beijing Guoan with 15 higher finishes (as of the end of the 2024 season).
The biggest difference in positions for Beijing Guoan from Shanghai Shenhua is 11 places in the 2019 season; the biggest difference in positions for Shanghai Shenhua from Beijing Guoan is 8 places in the 2003 season.^{[note 1]}

Records

Top goalscorers

As of 19 July 2025
Bold indicates players currently playing for either club, players in italics are still active outside either club.

Rank	Player	Club	CSL	Jia-A League	CFA Cup	CFA Super Cup	Total
1	Zhang Xizhe	Beijing Guoan	6	—	—	—	6
2	Casiano Delvalle	Beijing Guoan	—	4	1	—	5
	Xu Yunlong	Beijing Guoan	1	3	—	1
	Tao Wei	Beijing Guoan	5	—	—	—
	Zhang Yuning	Beijing Guoan	4	—	1	—
6	Cao Xiandong	Beijing Guoan	—	4	—	—	4
	Andrés Olivas	Beijing Guoan	—	4	—	—
	Qi Hong	Shanghai Shenhua	—	4	—	—
	Krisztián Kenesei	Beijing Guoan	1	1	—	2
	Joel Griffiths	Both clubs	4	—	—	—
	Cédric Bakambu	Beijing Guoan	4	—	—	—
	Yu Hanchao	Shanghai Shenhua	4	—	—	—
13	Gao Feng	Beijing Guoan	—	3	—	—	3
	Jorge Campos	Beijing Guoan	—	3	—	—
	Xie Hui	Shanghai Shenhua	—	1	2	—
	Jörg Albertz	Shanghai Shenhua	1	1	—	1
	Piao Cheng	Beijing Guoan	3	—	—	—
	Renato Augusto	Beijing Guoan	3	—	—	—
	Giovanni Moreno	Shanghai Shenhua	3	—	—	—
	Cao Yunding	Shanghai Shenhua	3	—	—	—
	Wu Xi	Shanghai Shenhua	3	—	—	—

Players at both clubs

A total of fifteen players have played for both clubs:

^ ^a ^b Player played for Beijing Guoan in his youth career.

Managers at both clubs

A total of three managers have managed both clubs:

Notes

^ ^a ^b Shanghai Shenhua finished as champions. However, they were later retrospectively stripped of the title on 19 February 2013 for match-fixing. The season's title was not awarded to any club.^[9]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c Jiang, Kaixiao; Bairner, Alan (2020-12-01). "Chinese football fandom and civic identities: a study of the fans of Shanghai Shenhua and Beijing Guoan". Sport in Society. 23 (12): 2078–2098. doi:10.1080/17430437.2020.1835859. ISSN 1743-0437.
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[bjyouth-11] Player played for Beijing Guoan in his youth career.

[SHSH03-10] Shanghai Shenhua finished as champions. However, they were later retrospectively stripped of the title on 19 February 2013 for match-fixing. The season's title was not awarded to any club.^[9]

[1] "京沪大战还是那个味！现场球迷创纪录，比赛提升中超品牌价值". www.thepaper.cn. Retrieved 2024-08-04.

[:0-2] Jiang, Kaixiao; Bairner, Alan (2020-12-01). "Chinese football fandom and civic identities: a study of the fans of Shanghai Shenhua and Beijing Guoan". Sport in Society. 23 (12): 2078–2098. doi:10.1080/17430437.2020.1835859. ISSN 1743-0437.

[3] "上海会客厅 | 30年"京沪大战"明晚再度上演，人到中年当"电视机球迷"也开心". www.shxwcb.com. Retrieved 2024-08-04.

[4] Chen, Haixiang (7 April 2015). "文汇报：只有京沪之战称得上"国家德比"". www.chinanews.com.cn. Retrieved 2025-07-13.

[5] "独家评论：京沪德比，从来就没有和谐二字". sports.ifeng.com. Retrieved 2025-07-13.

[6] "Shanghai, Beijing fans clash after dramatic end to Chinese Super League match". South China Morning Post. 2025-03-02. Retrieved 2025-07-13.

[7] "京沪16年交战史：国安三年不胜申花主场占绝对优势" (in Chinese (China)). Sina Sports. 2010-05-18. Archived from the original on 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2011-10-28.

[8] Chen, Zhiyong (30 April 2009). "京沪情仇经典战：国安得意9-1 申花曾13年不败-搜狐体育". sports.sohu.com. Retrieved 2024-04-08.

[9] 中国足协纪律委员会处罚决定（001-038号） (in Chinese). Chinese Football Association. 2013-02-18. Archived from the original on 2013-04-26. Retrieved 2013-02-18.

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Statistics
Beijing Guoan and Shanghai Shenhua players
Other names	National Derby Jing–Hu derby Beijing–Shanghai derby
Location	China
Teams	Beijing Guoan Shanghai Shenhua
First meeting	14 April 1994 4–3 win for Shanghai Shenhua
Latest meeting	Beijing Guoan 1–3 Shanghai Shenhua 2025 Chinese Super League (19 July 2025)
Next meeting	TBD
Stadiums	Workers' Stadium (Beijing Guoan) Shanghai Stadium (Shanghai Shenhua)
Meetings total	68
Most wins	Beijing Guoan (30)
Top scorer	Zhang Xizhe (6)
All-time series	Beijing Guoan: 30 Drawn: 15 Shanghai Shenhua: 23
Largest victory	9–1 win for Beijing Guoan (20 July 1997)