Shandong Luneng

5th of 16·Manager: Choi Kang-Hee·Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium

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35.7

Squad season

top-XI average · this season

Squad rating

mean squad Rating · 23/28 rated

Club profile

LeagueSuper League

League position5th of 16

Squad size26

Average age26.3

ManagerChoi Kang-Hee

StadiumJinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium

Founded1988

CountryChina

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European push5th of 16 · Super League

Shandong Luneng sit 5th of 16 in the Super League, in the European places. Their starting XI is averaging a Season rating of 35.7 this campaign, built on a squad-talent Rating of 22 across the wider group. Recent form reads DDWWW.

Year-on-year, the XI's form is up 51% on last season (Season 24.5 → 36.9), while squad talent has eased 53.3% (Rating 47.2 → 22). Of the 4 players with a season to compare, 3 improved their individual Season rating on a year ago.

V. Qazaishvili is the form pick (Season 79), while Pedro Álvaro carries the highest ceiling (Rating 33). In the market, the headline arrival is G. Pellè (€ 15M), and Xie Wenneng is the most valuable asset at 5.4.

35.7

51%

Squad season

53.3%

Squad rating

5thof 16

League finish

DDWWW

Last 5

Marquee signing

G. Pellè

€ 15M

Top asset

Xie Wenneng

Value 5.4

Squad analysis

Balance by position

Average Season & Rating per unit.

Goalkeepers

220

Defence

922

Midfield

3122

Attack

1922

Top performers

Highest Season ratings in the squad.

7916

5422

5023

4232

4232

4118

3715

2033

Season (form)Rating (potential)

Goals & assists

Top scorers

1V. Qazaishvili27goals
2Zeca12goals
3Cryzan11goals
4Xie Wenneng4goals
5Guilherme Madruga4goals

Top assists

1Cryzan9assists
2Xie Wenneng8assists
3Li Yuanyi8assists
4Zeca8assists
5V. Qazaishvili5assists

Squad · 26

		Nat.
1	Yu Jinyong Goalkeeper	China PR	22	2.7	—	—	2	28
14	Wang Dalei Goalkeeper	China PR	37	0.2	—	—	4	8
32	Sun Qihang Goalkeeper	China PR	25	2.4	—	—	0	24
2	Yang Ruiqi Centre-back parent club Shandong Taishan II · 821 min, 1g	China PR	22	2.6	—	—	3	27
3	Peng Xiao Full-back earlier at Shandong Taishan II · 688 min, 0g	China PR	21	2.8	—	—	7	29
5	Zheng Zheng Full-back	China PR	37	0.2	—	—	13	6
6	Wang Tong Defensive midfielder	China PR	33	0.4	—	1	8	8
11	Liu Yang Defensive midfielder	China PR	31	1.4	—	2	41	18
15	Shi Songchen Centre-back	China PR	20	2.3	—	—	0	27
23	Pedro Álvaro Centre-back	Portugal	26	3.7	—	—	2034.6%	3348.7%
33	Gao Zhunyi Centre-back	China PR	31	0.7	—	—	9	16
35	Huang Zhengyu Full-back earlier at China · 210 min, 1g	China PR	29	1.1	—	1	11	20
7	Xie Wenneng Defensive midfielder earlier at China · 180 min, 0g	China PR	25	5.4	—	4	42	32
8	Guilherme Madruga Defensive midfielder	Brazil	25	5.4	—	4	42	32
10	V. Qazaishvili Attacking midfielder	Georgia	33	0.9	—	27	79408.4%	1634.7%
22	Li Yuanyi Defensive midfielder	China PR	32	1	—	1	37	15
28	Mijit Mewlan Midfielder	—	21	—	—	—	—	—
37	Chen Zeshi Defensive midfielder earlier at Shandong Taishan II · 379 min, 0g	China PR	21	2.4	—	—	0	26
38	Memet Imran Midfielder	—	20	—	—	—	—	—
39	Yusup Amut Central midfielder earlier at Shandong Taishan II · 762 min, 2g	China PR	21	2.4	—	—	0	26
9	Cryzan Attacking midfielder	Brazil	30	1.9	—	11	5478.1%	2263%
17	R. Merkies Defensive midfielder earlier at Hong Kong · 305 min, 2g	France	24	3.7	—	3	11	28
19	Zeca Centre-forward	Brazil	29	2.1	—	12	50125%	2344.2%
29	Chen Pu Winger	China PR	29	1	—	1	7	18
41	J. Lu Attacker	—	19	—	—	—	—	—
42	Peng Yixiang Centre-forward earlier at Shandong Taishan II · 233 min, 0g	China PR	21	2.4	—	—	0	26