NEWS & FEATURES

United v Guangzhou Pharmaceutical FC
Fri 27 July, KO 13:00 BST
Guangdong Olympic Stadium, Guangzhou
Live on MUTV Online / MUTV
Profile: Guangzhou
United take on Guangzhou Pharmaceutical FC in their final Asia Tour match on Friday.
Here, we give you the lowdown on the Reds' Chinese pre-season opponents…
- The club play in the Chinese Football Association Jia League.
- This is the seventh name the club have had - they started out as Guangzhou FC when the club was founded in 1954.
- They became known as Guangzhou Pharmaceutical in 2006 following investment from Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, South China's leading medicine company.
- They will play United at the Guangdong Olympic Stadium which was built in 2001 and holds 80,012 people.
- The stadium will host the upcoming 2010 Asian Games.
The match is live on MUTV and MUTV Online (KO 13:00 BST) in UK and Eire.









