The Jing–Hu rivalry is a football rivalry between Chinese 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.
Beijing Guoan leads in head-to-head results in official competitive matches with 30 wins to Shanghai Shenhua's 23, with 17 draws as of the match played on 18 August 2026.
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.
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.
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. 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. 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. Physical conflicts and confrontations off the field are also reported. 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."
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.
Competitive matches Chinese Jia-A League #DateMatchdayHome teamAway teamScoreGuoan goalscorer(s)Shenhua goalscorer(s)Notes124 April 19942Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan4–3 Deng Lejun Cao Xiandong Fan Zhiyi Li Xiao Vladimir Nakhratov231 July 199413Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua5–1 Wei Zhankui Gao Feng Wei Kexing Xie Feng Liu Jun323 April 19952Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua2–0 Cao Xiandong Gao Feng417 September 199513Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan1–0 Xie Hui523 June 199611Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan1–1 Wei Kexing Fan Zhiyi627 October 199622Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua1–0 Xie Feng720 July 199710Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua9–1 Andrés Olivas Cao Xiandong Casiano Delvalle Jorge Campos Wu Chengying818 December 199721Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan2–1 Jorge Campos Wu Chengying Qi Hong919 April 19986Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan0–01023 September 199819Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua1–1 Andrés Olivas Flávio de Paula Costa1125 April 19996Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua0–1 Qi Hong1215 August 199919Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan2–2 Casiano Delvalle Li Yi Marcelo Sergipano132 April 20003Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan1–0 Bian Jun142 July 200016Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua3–3 Wang Tao Sandro Sotilli Qi Hong Zoran Ranković1518 March 20012Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua1–3 Xu Yunlong Shen Si Zoran Ranković Saša Raca168 July 200115Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan1–0 Shen Si177 July 20028Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan1–1 Xu Yunlong Saúl Martínez1816 October 200222Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua2–1 Dragan Ilic Xu Yunlong Qu Shengqing1930 July 200312Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan1–0 Jörg Albertz2023 November 200326Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua2–1 Krisztián Kenesei Lu Jiang Zhang Yuning
Chinese Super League #DateMatchdayHome teamAway teamScoreGuoan goalscorer(s)Shenhua goalscorer(s)Notes2119 June 20047Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan2–2 Krisztián Kenesei Tao Wei Jörg Albertz Peter Vera2230 October 200418Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua3–0 Tao Wei2310 April 20052Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua4–0 Branko Jelić Xu Yunlong Yang Hao2420 July 200515Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan1–0 Xiao Zhanbo2530 April 20069Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan0–0269 September 200623Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua0–1 Shen Longyuan273 March 20071Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan0–2 Tao Wei Alysson2812 August 200715Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua2–3 Yan Xiangchuang Tiago Du Wei Diego Alonso Saúl Martínez2929 June 200811Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua0–2 Yu Tao Jiang Kun308 November 200826Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan1–1 Du Wenhui Mao Jianqing311 May 20097Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua0–03212 September 200922Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan1–1 Huang Bowen Vyacheslav Hleb3322 May 20109Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan3–2 Joel Griffiths Ryan Griffiths Dai Lin Jean Michel N'Lend Duvier Riascos3425 September 201024Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua4–1 Joel Griffiths Xu Liang Walter Martínez Du Wenhui Feng Renliang356 July 201115Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua3–0 Joel Griffiths Lei Tenglong Wang Xiaolong362 November 201130Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan1–0 Jiang Kun3716 March 20122Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua3–2 Piao Cheng Manú Mao Jianqing Joel Griffiths Nicolas Anelka3814 July 201217Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan3–1 Wang Xiaolong Song Boxuan Cao Yunding Moisés Moura3926 May 201311Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan1–0 Giovanni Moreno4028 September 201326Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua2–0 Peter Utaka4124 March 20143Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua2–0 Zhang Xizhe Pablo Batalla422 August 201418Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan0–3 Dejan Damjanović Chen Zhizhao Piao Cheng433 April 20154Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua2–0 Darko Matić Erton Fejzullahu4415 July 201519Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan3–1 Dejan Damjanović Wang Yun Tim Cahill Demba Ba4525 June 201614Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua2–1 Zhang Xizhe Demba Ba4616 October 201629Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan0–0472 April 20173Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua2–1 Burak Yılmaz Cao Yunding4823 July 201718Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan1–2 Jonathan Soriano Giovanni Moreno4928 July 201814Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan2–2 Renato Augusto Cédric Bakambu Eddy Francis Wei Shihao507 November 201829Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua3–1 Zhang Xizhe Cédric Bakambu Yu Yang5114 June 201913Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua2–1 Piao Cheng Renato Augusto Wu Yizhen5222 November 201928Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan1–2 Cédric Bakambu Renato Augusto Odion Ighalo5323 April 20211Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan2–1 Li Lei Giovanni Moreno Wu Xi5415 August 20218Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua4–2 Zhang Yuning Zhang Xizhe Matej Jonjić Cao Yunding Yu Hanchao5526 August 202215Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua0–2 Yu Hanchao Christian Bassogog5625 November 202227Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan1–2 Zhang Xizhe Zhang Yuning Denny Wang5719 May 20238Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan1–1 Samuel Adegbenro Yu Hanchao5819 August 202323Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua2–1 Fábio Abreu Christian Bassogog5913 April 20246Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan1–1 Zhang Yuning André Luis604 August 202421Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua2–1 Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui Wang Ziming Cephas Malele611 March 20252Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan2–2 Lin Liangming Bao Yaxiong Wu Xi André Luis6219 July 202517Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua1–3 Guga Luis Asué Wu Xi Yu Hanchao6321 March 20263Beijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua1–1 Zhang Yuning Shinichi Chan6418 August 202618Shanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan0–3 Guilherme Ramos Cao Yongjing Zhang Xizhe
Chinese FA Cup DateRoundHome teamAway teamScoreGuoan goalscorer(s)Shenhua goalscorer(s)Notes28 December 1997FinalBeijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua2–1 Casiano Delvalle Nan Fang Deng Lejun10 August 2005Quarter-finalsFirst legBeijing GuoanShanghai Shenhua2–0 Gao Dawei Dan AlexaGuoan advanced 3–2 on aggregate 7 September 2005Second legShanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan2–1 Sui Dongliang Xie Hui21 June 20174th roundShanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan1–0 Fredy Guarín22 August 2024Quarter-finalsShanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan2–1 Zhang Yuning João Carlos Teixeira Shinichi Chan
Chinese FA Super Cup SeasonDateLocationLeague ChampionFA Cup ChampionScoreGuoan goalscorer(s)Shenhua goalscorer(s)Notes200318 January 2004Wuhu, AnhuiShanghai ShenhuaBeijing Guoan3–4 Krisztián Kenesei Xu Yunlong Yang Hao Zhang Yuning Zheng Kewei Jörg Albertz
Statistics
MatchesWinsDrawsGoalsGuoanShenhuaGuoanShenhuaChinese Super League442112117350Chinese Jia-A League206863426Chinese FA Cup523066Chinese FA Super Cup110043All matches7030231711785
Head-to-head ranking in the domestic league (1994–present) Beijing Guoan's positions are marked with a green background, while Shanghai Shenhua's positions are marked with a blue background. P.9495969798990001020304050607080910111213141516171819202122232425261111 22 22222222 22 2 2 22333 3 3 3 3 33 3 3 44 44 44 4 4 5555 5 5 566 6 6 66 77 777 88 8 899 999 9101010111111121213131415161718
Total: Shanghai Shenhua with 17 higher finishes, Beijing Guoan with 15 higher finishes (as of the end of the 2025 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.
Records
Top goalscorers Bold indicates players currently playing for either club, players in italics are still active outside either club.