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ACL2020: Who are JDT's opponent - Guangzhou Evergrande

Goal brings to you the lowdown on China's representative in the 2020 AFC Champions League, Guangzhou Evergrande who Johor Darul Ta'zim will face in Group G.

History

Founded in 1954 as Guangzhou FC and over the years have gone through several transformations which has seen them being known as Guangzhou Apollo and Guangzhou GPC before becoming Guangzhou Evergrande.

Their current ownership is majority owned by Evergrande Real Estate Group and Alibaba Group who took advantage of a match-fixing scandal involving the club back in 2010 to take control of the club.