China national football team

China PR
Association	Chinese Football Association (CFA)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach	Li Tie
Captain	Zheng Zhi
Most caps	Weifeng Li (112)
Top scorer	Haidong Hao (41)
FIFA code	CHN
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	76 (9 April 2020)[1]
Highest	37 (December 1998)
Lowest	109 (March 2013)
Elo ranking
Current	90 2 (2 April 2020)[2]
Highest	23 (May 1934)
Lowest	92 (October 1992)
First international
	Philippines 2–1 China ; (Manila, Philippines; 4 February 1913)[3]
Biggest win
	China PR 19–0 Guam ; (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 26 January 2000)
Biggest defeat
	Brazil 8–0 China PR ; (Recife, Brazil; 10 September 2012)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2002)
Best result	Group stage (2002)
Asian Cup
Appearances	12 (first in 1976)
Best result	Runners-up (1984, 2004)

The China PR national football team (Chinese: 中国国家足球队) represents the People's Republic of China in international association football.

China won the EAFF East Asian Cup in 2005, 2010, were runners-up at the AFC Asian Cup in 1984, 2004 and made a sole FIFA World Cup appearance in 2002, losing all matches without scoring a goal.

History

Republic of China (1913–1949)

Chinese Olympic football team in 1936

China's first ever international representative match was arranged by Elwood Brown, president of the Philippine Athletic Association who proposed the creation of the Far Eastern Championship Games, a multi-sport event considered to be a precursor to the Asian Games.[4] He invited China to participate in the inaugural 1913 Far Eastern Championship Games held in the Philippines, which included association football within the schedule. To represent them it was decided that the winner of the football at the Chinese National Games in 1910 should have the honour to represent the country, where it was won by South China Football Club.[5]

The political unrest of the Xinhai Revolution that mired China's participation in the first tournament, especially in renaming the team as Republic of China national football team, did not stop Shanghai being awarded the 1915 Far Eastern Championship Games. Once again South China Football Club, now known as South China Athletic Association won the right to represent the nation. This time in a two legged play-off against the Philippines, China won the first game 1–0 and then drew the second 0–0 to win their first ever tournament.[6] With the games being the first and only regional football tournament for national teams outside Britain, China looked to establish themselves as a regional powerhouse by winning a total of nine championships.[7]

With these foundations in place China looked to establish themselves within the international arena and along with Japan were the first Asian sides to participate in the Football at the Summer Olympics when they competed within the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Germany. At the tournament China were knocked out within their first game at the round of 16 when they were beaten by Great Britain Olympic football team 2–0 on 6 August 1936.[8]

On 7 July 1937 the Second Sino-Japanese War officially erupted, which saw the relations between China and Japan completely eroded especially once it was announced that Japan would hold the 1938 Far Eastern Championship Games.[9] The tournament would be officially cancelled while Japan held their own tournament called the 2600th Anniversary of the Japanese Empire, which included the Japanese puppet states Manchukuo and the collaborationist National Reorganised Government of China based in occupied Nanjing. But none of the top Chinese players competed in the Japanese Empire anniversary games.[10] None of the games during the Second Sino-Japanese War are officially recognized and once the war ended on 9 September 1945 China looked to the Olympics once again for international recognition. On 2 August 1948 China competed in the Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics where they were once again knocked out in the last sixteen, this time by Turkey national football team in a 4–0 defeat.[11]

People's Republic (1950–)

Finland, who were one of the first nations to hold diplomatic relations with the newly instated People's Republic of China, invited the country to take part in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Li Fenglou would become the country's first permanent manager to lead them in the tournament, however the Chinese delegation was delayed and they missed the entire competition, nevertheless the Finland football team would still greet Li and the Chinese team with a friendly game on 4 August 1952 making it People's Republic of China's official first game, which ended in a 4–0 defeat.[12] In preparation for entering their first FIFA competition, China sent a squad to train in Hungary in 1954.[13] When they entered the 1958 FIFA World Cup qualification process China were knocked out by Indonesia.[14]

On 7 June 1958, China stopped participating within any FIFA recognised football events when FIFA officially started to recognise the Republic of China as a different country.[15] This sparked a diplomatic argument that had already seen China withdraw from the 1956 Summer Olympics for the same reasons.[16] For years the People's Republic of China would only play in friendlies with nations who recognized them as the sole heir to the China name.[14] The 1974 Asian Games reintroduced the team back into international stage while the 1976 AFC Asian Cup saw them came third.[17]

Chinese players in a match against Saudi Arabia at the 1984 AFC Asian Cup

In 1980, China participated in the 1982 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for a berth in the 1982 World Cup, but they lost a play-off game against New Zealand.[18] During the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for the 1986 World Cup, China faced Hong Kong at home in the final match of the first qualifying round on 19 May 1985 where China only needed a draw to advance. However, Hong Kong produced a 2–1 upset win which resulted in riots inside and outside the stadium in Beijing.[19] During the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, China again reached the final round. They just missed out on qualifying as they conceded two goals in the final three minutes against Qatar in their final group match.[20] During the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers - when they were led by their first ever foreign manager, Klaus Schlapner - China failed to reach the final round of qualifying, coming second behind Iraq.[21]

In 1987, the first Chinese footballers moved abroad when future national team player Xie Yuxin joined FC Zwolle (Netherlands) and ex-national teamer Gu Guangming joined SV Darmstadt 98 (Germany). In 1988, national team captain Jia Xiuquan and striker Liu Haiguang both joined FK Partizan (Yugoslavia).[22][23]

After its World Cup debut in 2002, China hosted the 2004 AFC Asian Cup, ultimately fell 1–3 to Japan in a final match. The match's outcome sparked anger among Chinese supporters, who rioted in response to bad refereeing.[24]

After winning the 2005 East Asian Football Championship following a 2–0 win against North Korea,[25] they started qualification for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. During this time, the team became the subject of immense criticism and national embarrassment in the media when they had managed to score only one goal, Shao Jiayi's penalty kick during injury time, against Singapore at home and only managed a draw with Singapore in the away game. During preparations for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, the team spent the weeks leading up to the tournament on a tour of the United States. While the 4–1 loss to the United States was not unexpected,[26] a 1–0 loss to Major League Soccer side Real Salt Lake which finished bottom of the league in the 2007 season caused serious concern.[27][28]

During the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, the team played three group matches, winning against Malaysia, drawing with Iran after leading 2–1, and losing 3–0 to Uzbekistan. After high expectations, China's performance at the tournament drew criticism online which condemned the team's members and even the association. Zhu was later replaced as manager by Vladimir Petrović after these performances.[29] Some commented that China's reliance on foreign managers for the past decade had been an indicator of its poor domestic manager development.[30]

In April 2009, China appointed Gao Hongbo as the new manager, whose arrival saw China opt for a new strategy, turning towards ground passing tactics and adopting the 4–2–3–1 formation. It was noted that Chinese footballers had relied too heavily on the long ball tactic for almost a decade. Wei Di, the chief of the Chinese Football Association, hoped the team "can give the public a new image."[31] Gao was knocked out of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup's group stage. His winning percentage (65%), the highest for a Chinese manager since Nian Weisi (67.86%), did not defer the Chinese Football Association from replacing him with José Antonio Camacho in August 2011, less than a month before the qualification process for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

On 13 August 2011, José Antonio Camacho was appointed as the new manager of the team, signing a three-year deal for a reported annual salary of $8 million.[32] Wei Di, CFA chief, explained the last-moment coach changing decision as being part of a long-term plan to help the country catch up with the neighbours Japan and South Korea.[33]

Yu Hongchen, the vice-president of the Chinese Football Administrative Centre, also stated, "The qualifying stage of 2014 World Cup is just a temporary task for him. Even if the task is failed, Camacho will not lose the job. When we started to find a new coach for the national team, we mainly focus on European countries such as Germany, the Netherlands and Spain. First of all, they have advanced football concepts, and secondly they have a productive youth training system, which we can learn from. We hope he can help us to find a suitable style."[33]

Camacho managed a team to an 8–0 loss against Brazil on 10 September 2012 which would go on record as China's biggest ever international defeat. This massive loss also succumbed China to their worst ever FIFA ranking (109th).[34]

After Camacho, there was Alain Perrin, who was sacked for the team's poor performance at the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers[35], thus former coach Gao Hongbo returned to the role on 3 February 2016. Gao's first two matches and wins against Maldives and Qatar secured the team's passage to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

Chinese players after win against Thailand at 2019 AFC Asian Cup Round of 16

China continued their World Cup hunt by a 2–3 defeat to South Korea;[36] and a goalless draw to AFC's then highest ranked Iran at home,[37] China then lost 0–1 at home to Syria and 0–2 away to Uzbekistan. Gao Hongbo resigned. His team had been winless in the first four matches of the final qualifying stage for the World Cup, including a home loss to Syria which was criticised by a number of fans.[38]

On 22 October 2016, Italian Marcello Lippi was appointed manager of the team ahead for the last remaining matches.[39] A match saw China defeated South Korea for the first time in a FIFA-sanctioned tournament, amidst the heat of tensions over South Korea's deployment of THAAD.[40] Unable to compete with and dragged behind by Syria who managed a 2–2 draw with Iran, the team was not able to be qualified for the 2018 World Cup under Lippi's tenure, but improvements could be seen.[41]

The final stage of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup saw Lippi confirmed his departure after his team being knocked out in the quarter-finals.[42]

China had begun a series of naturalization on foreign-based players, starting with Nico Yennaris[43] and Tyias Browning, both are English-born.[44] Subsequently, Elkeson, a Brazilian player with no Chinese ancestry, was naturalized.[45]

Image

The team is colloquially termed "Team China" (Chinese: 中国队), the "National Team" (Chinese: 国家队) or "Guózú" (Chinese: 国足, short for Chinese: 国家足球队; pinyin: Guójiā Zúqiú Duì; literally: 'national football team').[46]

China's home kit is traditionally all red with a white trim while their away kit is traditionally an inverted version of the home kit, fully white with a red trim. During the 1996 AFC Asian Cup, China employed a third kit which was all blue with a white trim and was used against Saudi Arabia during the tournament.[47] The team has also started to use cooling vests in certain warmer climates.[48] After decades of having Adidas producing the team's kits, China's current kit has been produced and manufactured by Nike since 2015.

Kit supplier	Period	Contract announcement	Contract duration	Value	Notes
Nike	2015–present	2015-01-03	2015–2026 (11 years)[49]	$16 million per year[50]

Composition

Technical staff

Source[51]
Position	Name
Head coach	Li Tie
Technical employee	Liu Zhiyu
Technical employee	Tong Qiang
Team Doctor	Wang Shucheng
Therapists	Jin Ri
	Gao Jianguo
	Hang Yanrui
Manager	Kang Bing
	Huang Song
	Huang Weitao
Logistics	Guo Rui
Logistics	Chen Xi
Press Officer	Che Hengzhi
Doctor	Wang Shucheng
Administrator	Zhang He
Technical director	Chris Van Puyvelde

Playing squad

Latest squad: called up for the training camp to be held in United Arab Emirates and the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Maldives on 26 March 2020 and Guam on 31 March 2020.[52]
Caps and goals are correct as of 18 December 2019, after the match against Hong Kong.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Yan Junling	(1991-01-28) 28 January 1991	29	0	Shanghai SIPG
1GK	Liu Dianzuo	(1990-06-26) 26 June 1990	3	0	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
1GK	Dong Chunyu	(1991-03-25) 25 March 1991	0	0	Wuhan Zall

2DF	Zhang Linpeng	(1989-05-09) 9 May 1989	79	5	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
2DF	Yu Dabao	(1988-04-17) 17 April 1988	60	19	Beijing Sinobo Guoan
2DF	Jiang Zhipeng	(1989-03-06) 6 March 1989	26	0	Hebei China Fortune
2DF	Gao Zhunyi	(1995-08-21) 21 August 1995	8	0	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao
2DF	Li Ang	(1993-09-15) 15 September 1993	5	0	Jiangsu Suning
2DF	Li Lei	(1992-05-30) 30 May 1992	4	0	Beijing Sinobo Guoan
2DF	Tang Miao	(1990-10-16) 16 October 1990	3	0	Guangzhou R&F
2DF	Ming Tian	(1995-04-08) 8 April 1995	2	0	Wuhan Zall

3MF	Hao Junmin	(1987-03-24) 24 March 1987	80	12	Shandong Luneng Taishan
3MF	Wu Xi	(1989-02-19) 19 February 1989	68	7	Jiangsu Suning
3MF	Zhang Xizhe	(1991-01-23) 23 January 1991	30	6	Beijing Sinobo Guoan
3MF	Chi Zhongguo	(1989-10-26) 26 October 1989	17	0	Beijing Sinobo Guoan
3MF	Jin Jingdao	(1992-01-18) 18 January 1992	11	0	Shandong Luneng Taishan
3MF	Liu Binbin	(1993-06-16) 16 June 1993	4	0	Shandong Luneng Taishan
3MF	Feng Jin	(1993-08-14) 14 August 1993	3	0	Chongqing Dangdai Lifan
3MF	Li Hang	(1989-09-19) 19 September 1989	3	0	Wuhan Zall
3MF	Liu Yun	(1995-01-07) 7 January 1995	0	0	Wuhan Zall
3MF	Xu Xin	(1994-04-19) 19 April 1994	0	0	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao

4FW	Wu Lei	(1991-11-19) 19 November 1991	67	18	Espanyol
4FW	Yang Xu	(1988-02-12) 12 February 1988	54	28	Tianjin Tianhai
4FW	Dong Xuesheng	(1989-05-22) 22 May 1989	8	1	Hebei China Fortune
4FW	Tan Long	(1988-04-01) 1 April 1988	6	0	Changchun Yatai
4FW	Ai Kesen	(1989-07-13) 13 July 1989	4	3	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao

Call-ups: made of others within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Zou Dehai	(1993-02-27) 27 February 1993	0	0	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
GK	Wu Yan	(1989-01-07) 7 January 1989	0	0	Henan Jianye	Wuhan Training Camp, November 2019
GK	Zeng Cheng	(1987-01-08) 8 January 1987	42	0	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	v. Syria, 14 November 2019
GK	Wang Dalei	(1989-01-10) 10 January 1989	27	0	Shandong Luneng Taishan	v. Syria, 14 November 2019
GK	Zhang Lu	(1987-09-06) 6 September 1987	0	0	Tianjin Tianhai	v. Maldives, 10 September 2019

DF	Mei Fang	(1989-11-14) 14 November 1989	24	1	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
DF	Wang Shenchao	(1989-02-08) 8 February 1989	8	0	Shanghai SIPG	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
DF	Yang Fan	(1996-03-28) 28 March 1996	1	0	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
DF	Yu Yang	(1989-08-06) 6 August 1989	14	0	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Wuhan Training Camp, November 2019
DF	Shi Ke	(1993-01-08) 8 January 1993	9	0	Shanghai SIPG	Wuhan Training Camp, November 2019
DF	Jin Yangyang	(1993-02-03) 3 February 1993	0	0	Hebei China Fortune	Wuhan Training Camp, November 2019
DF	Zhao Honglüe	(1989-12-04) 4 December 1989	0	0	Tianjin TEDA	Wuhan Training Camp, November 2019
DF	Zheng Zheng	(1989-07-11) 11 July 1989	19	2	Shandong Luneng Taishan	v. Syria, 14 November 2019
DF	Liu Yang	(1995-06-17) 17 June 1995	11	0	Shandong Luneng Taishan	v. Syria, 14 November 2019
DF	Wang Gang	(1989-02-17) 17 February 1989	8	0	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	v. Syria, 14 November 2019
DF	Zhu Chenjie	(2000-08-23) 23 August 2000	6	0	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	v. Syria, 14 November 2019
DF	Li Shuai	(1995-06-18) 18 June 1995	1	0	Dalian Professional	v. Philippines, 15 October 2019
DF	He Guan	(1993-01-25) 25 January 1993	6	0	Shanghai SIPG	v. Maldives, 10 September 2019
DF	Abduhamit Abdugheni	(1998-03-10) 10 March 1998	0	0	Jiangsu Suning	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification ^PRE
DF	Han Xuan	(1991-02-02) 2 February 1991	0	0	Henan Jianye	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification ^PRE
DF	Liao Junjian	(1994-01-27) 27 January 1994	0	0	Wuhan Zall	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification ^PRE

MF	Wang Shangyuan	(1993-06-02) 2 June 1993	2	0	Henan Jianye	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
MF	Cao Yunding	(1989-11-22) 22 November 1989	5	0	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
MF	Ji Xiang	(1990-03-01) 1 March 1990	10	1	Jiangsu Suning	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
MF	Mirahmetjan Muzepper	(1991-01-14) 14 January 1991	9	0	Tianjin TEDA	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
MF	Cai Huikang	(1989-10-10) 10 October 1989	22	0	Shanghai SIPG	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
MF	Li Shenglong	(1992-07-30) 30 July 1992	0	0	Shanghai SIPG	Wuhan Training Camp, November 2019
MF	Zheng Kaimu	(1992-01-28) 28 January 1992	0	0	Tianjin TEDA	Wuhan Training Camp, November 2019
MF	Wu Xinghan	(1993-02-24) 24 February 1993	0	0	Shandong Luneng Taishan	Wuhan Training Camp, November 2019
MF	Zheng Zhi	(1980-08-20) 20 August 1980	108	15	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	v. Syria, 14 November 2019
MF	Li Ke	(1993-05-24) 24 May 1993	5	0	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	v. Syria, 14 November 2019
MF	Yao Junsheng	(1995-10-29) 29 October 1995	1	0	Tianjin Tianhai	v. Philippines, 15 October 2019
MF	Huang Bowen	(1987-07-13) 13 July 1987	44	3	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification ^PRE
MF	Tao Qianglong	(2001-11-20) 20 November 2001	0	0	Hebei China Fortune	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification ^PRE
MF	Wang Qiuming	(1993-01-09) 9 January 1993	0	0	Hebei China Fortune	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification ^PRE

FW	Wei Shihao	(1995-04-08) 8 April 1995	14	2	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
FW	Wang Ziming	(1996-08-05) 5 August 1996	2	0	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
FW	Lü Wenjun	(1989-03-11) 11 March 1989	0	0	Shanghai SIPG	Wuhan Training Camp, November 2019
FW	Xie Pengfei	(1993-06-29) 29 June 1993	5	0	Jiangsu Suning	v. Philippines, 15 October 2019
FW	Yang Liyu	(1997-02-13) 13 February 1997	4	0	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	v. Philippines, 15 October 2019
FW	Zhang Yuning	(1997-01-05) 5 January 1997	10	2	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	v. Tajikistan, 11 June 2019

Notes:

^SUS Suspended
^INJ Withdrew due to injury
^PRE Preliminary/Standby

Individual statistics

Players

As of 15 October 2019, 10 players with most appearances:[53][54]

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Li Weifeng	1998–2011	112	14
2	Gao Lin	2005–present	109	22
3	Zheng Zhi	2002–present	108	15
4	Hao Haidong	1992–2004	107	41
5	Fan Zhiyi	1992–2002	106	17
6	Li Tie	1997–2010	92	6
7	Zhao Xuri	2003–present	87	2
8	Ma Mingyu	1996–2002	86	12
	Li Ming	1992–2004	86	8
	Zhu Bo	1983–1993	86	1

As of 15 October 2019, 10 players with most goals:[54][55]

#	Name	Career	Goals (caps)	Ratio
1	Hao Haidong	1992–2004	41 0(107)	0.383
2	Yang Xu	2009–present	28 0(53)	0.528
3	Su Maozhen	1994–2002	27 0(53)	0.509
4	Li Jinyu	1997–2008	24 0(70)	0.342
5	Gao Lin	2005–present	22 0(109)	0.202
6	Ma Lin	1985–1990	21 0(45)	0.467
7	Liu Haiguang	1983–1990	20 0(58)	0.345
8	Zhao Dayu	1982–1986	19 0(29)	0.655
	Li Bing	1992–2001	19 0(67)	0.283
	Yu Dabao	2010–present	19 0(57)	0.333

List of managers

1930–1948

#	Name	Game	Record
1	Tong Fuk Cheung	1930 Far Eastern Games	Champions
2	Lee Wai Tong[56]	1934 Far Eastern Games	Champions
3	Ngan Shing Kwan	1936 Summer Olympics	First round
4	Lee Wai Tong (2nd time)	1948 Summer Olympics	First round

1951–present

As of 24 May 2019

#	Name	Period	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Win %	Achievements
1	Li Fenglou	1951–1952	1	0	0	1	0	4	00.00%
2	Ke Lun	1956	1	1	0	0	1	0	100.00%
3	Dai Linjing	1957	4	1	1	2	5	7	25.00%
4	Chen Chengda	1958–1962	7	4	0	3	14	8	57.14%
5	Nian Weisi	1963	13	7	3	3	26	11	53.85%
6	Fang Renqiu	1964	0	0	0	0	0	0	00.00%
7	Nian Weisi (2nd time)	1965–1973	28	19	6	3	97	40	67.86%
8	Nian Weisi (3rd time)	1974–1976	27	14	5	8	58	40	51.85%	Third place at the 1976 AFC Asian Cup
9	Zhang Honggen	1977	10	6	1	3	20	12	60.00%
10	Nian Weisi (4th time)	1978	14	8	1	5	25	12	57.14%	Bronze medal at the 1978 Asian Games
11	Zhang Honggen (2nd time)	1979	0	0	0	0	0	0	00.00%
12	Nian Weisi (5th time)	1980	5	2	2	1	11	4	40.00%
13	Su Yongshun	1980–1982	20	9	5	6	20	18	45.00%
14	Zhang Honggen (3rd time)	1982	10	3	5	2	11	10	30.00%
15	Zeng Xuelin	1983–1985	42	24	6	12	99	35	57.14%	Runners-up of the 1984 AFC Asian Cup
16	Nian Weisi (6th time)	1985–1986	26	14	7	5	44	24	53.85%
17	Gao Fengwen	1986–1990	56	27	13	16	112	40	48.21%	Fourth place at the 1988 AFC Asian Cup
18	Xu Genbao	1991–1992	0	0	0	0	0	0	00.00%
*	Chen Xirong (caretaker)	1992	5	3	0	2	9	10	60.00%
19	Klaus Schlappner	1992–1993	25	9	6	10	35	27	36.00%	Third place at the 1992 AFC Asian Cup
20	Qi Wusheng	1994–1997	55	27	13	15	97	60	49.09%	Silver medal at the 1994 Asian Games
21	Bobby Houghton	1997–1999	17	10	3	4	36	15	58.82%	Bronze medal at the 1998 Asian Games
*	Jin Zhiyang (caretaker)	2000	5	5	0	0	31	0	100.00%
22	Bora Milutinović	2000–2002	46	20	11	15	75	50	43.48%	Group stage of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Fourth place at the 2000 AFC Asian Cup
*	Shen Xiangfu (caretaker)	2002	3	1	2	0	5	3	33.33%
23	Arie Haan	2002–2004	30	17	7	6	52	22	56.67%	Runners-up of the 2004 AFC Asian Cup
24	Zhu Guanghu	2005–2007	27	9	6	12	35	37	33.33%	Winners of the 2005 East Asian Football Championship
25	Vladimir Petrović	2007–2008	18	6	7	5	28	16	33.33%	Third place at the 2008 East Asian Football Championship
*	Yin Tiesheng (caretaker)	2008–2009	6	2	0	4	11	12	33.33%
26	Gao Hongbo	2009–2011	38	24	10	4	65	31	63.16%	Winners of the 2010 East Asian Football Championship
27	José Antonio Camacho	2011–2013	20	7	2	11	23	31	35.00%
*	Fu Bo (caretaker)	2013–2014	9	4	4	1	18	11	44.44%	Runners-up of the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
28	Alain Perrin	2014–2016	25	11	10	4	45	18	44.00%	7th place of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup Runners-up of the 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup
29	Gao Hongbo (2nd time)	2016	8	3	1	4	12	9	37.50%	Qualified - 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Third Round
30	Marcello Lippi	2016–2019	30	10	9	11	35	41	33.33%	Third place of the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship\| 6th place of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup
*	Fabio Cannavaro (caretaker)	2019	2	0	0	2	0	2	00.00%
31	Marcello Lippi	2019–

Schedule

7 June 2019 Friendly	China PR	2–0	Philippines	Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
19:35 UTC+8	Wu Xi 14' Zhang Xizhe 54'	Report		Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

11 June 2019 Friendly	China PR	1–0	Tajikistan	Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
20:00 UTC+8	Yang Xu 10'	Report		Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

30 August 2019 Friendly¹	China PR	4–1	Myanmar	Xianghe, Hebei, China
17:30 UTC+8				Stadium: National Football Training Centre

10 September 2019 FIFA World Cup qualification R2	Maldives	0–5	China PR	Malé, Maldives
20:00 UTC+5		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wu Xi 33' Wu Lei 45' Yang Xu 64' (pen.) Elkeson 83' (pen.), 90'	Stadium: National Football Stadium Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

10 October 2019 FIFA World Cup qualification R2	China PR	7–0	Guam	Guangzhou, China
20:00 UTC+8	Yang Xu 6', 19', 24', 31' Wu Lei 17' Wu Xi 16' Elkeson 75'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Tianhe Stadium Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)

15 October 2019 FIFA World Cup qualification R2	Philippines	0–0	China PR	Bacolod, Philippines
20:00 UTC+8		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Panaad Stadium Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

14 November 2019 FIFA World Cup qualification R2	Syria	2–1	China PR	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
18:00 UTC+4	Omari 19' Zhang Linpeng 76' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wu Lei 30'	Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium Attendance: 6,902 Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

10 December 2019 (2019-12-10) EAFF E-1 Football Championship	China PR	1–2	Japan	Busan, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9	Dong Xuesheng 90'	Report	Suzuki 29' Miura 70'	Stadium: Busan Asiad Main Stadium Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

15 December 2019 (2019-12-15) EAFF E-1 Football Championship	South Korea	1–0	China PR	Busan, South Korea
19:30 UTC+9	Kim Min-jae 13'	Report		Stadium: Busan Asiad Main Stadium Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

18 December 2019 (2019-12-18) EAFF E-1 Football Championship	Hong Kong	0–2	China PR	Busan, South Korea
16:15 UTC+9			Ji Xiang 8' Zhang Xizhe 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Busan Asiad Main Stadium Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

26 March 2020 FIFA World Cup qualification R2	China PR	v	Maldives	Buriram, Thailand[note 1]
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Chang Arena

31 March 2020 FIFA World Cup qualification R2	Guam	v	China PR	Buriram, Thailand[note 2]
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Chang Arena

4 June 2020 FIFA World Cup qualification R2	China PR	v	Philippines	TBD, China
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: TBD

9 June 2020 FIFA World Cup qualification R2	China PR	v	Syria	TBD, China
		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: TBD

¹ : Non FIFA 'A' international match

Rivalry

The rivalry with Japan was exemplified after 3–1 defeat to this opponent in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup Final when Chinese fans began to riot near the north gate of the Worker's Stadium.[59] The rioting was said to be provoked by controversial officiating during the tournament and the heightened anti-Japanese sentiment at the time. China's most recent tournament meeting with Japan was at the 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship where Japan won 2–1. China went on to finish as third-place in the tournament, while Japan finished 2nd.

Another rivalry with fellow neighbour South Korea who China played 27 matches against between 1978 and 2010, without winning a single match. The media coined the term "Koreaphobia" to describe this phenomenon, but China finally registered its first win against South Korea on 10 February 2010, winning 3–0 during the 2010 East Asian Football Championship and eventually going on to win the tournament.

A rivalry with Hong Kong has been created due to political tension during 2018 World Cup qualification. With Hong Kong fans booing the Chinese national anthem, which Team Hong Kong share with Team China, 2018 World cup qualifier matches were also very tense with both matches resulting in 0–0 draws. Prior to the rivalry buildup, Hong Kong was not considered as a worthy opponent due to lack of success comparing to China.

China also developed a smaller rivalry with Chinese Taipei due to the Chinese Civil War consequence. But with Chinese Taipei's football remains relatively weak, the team remains a lightly regarded opponent.

Head-to-head results

As of 20 January 2019; counted for the FIFA A-level matches only.[60] All matches before the founding of Chinese Football Association in 1924 are not counted as A-level match by FIFA.

This list consist of Olympic Games, Olympics qualification and matches between 1913 and 1923, but all of them will be deleted from list.

Nations	First Played	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Confederation
Afghanistan	1984	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	AFC
Albania	1973	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	UEFA
Algeria	2004	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	CAF
Andorra	2004	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	UEFA
Argentina	1984	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	CONMEBOL
Australia	1983	9	4	1	4	10	15	−5	AFC
Bahrain	1986	7	3	4	0	14	8	+6	AFC
Bangladesh	1980	5	5	0	0	15	0	+15	AFC
Bhutan	2015	2	2	0	0	18	0	+18	AFC
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1997	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	UEFA
Botswana	2009	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	CAF
Brazil	2002	3	0	1	2	0	12	−12	CONMEBOL
Brunei	1975	3	3	0	0	22	1	+21	AFC
Cambodia	1963	6	6	0	0	24	3	+21	AFC
Canada	1984	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1	CONCACAF
Chile	2003	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	CONMEBOL
Colombia	1995	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	CONMEBOL
DR Congo	1977	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	CAF
Costa Rica	2002	5	1	2	2	6	8	−2	CONCACAF
Croatia	2017	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	UEFA
Cuba	1971	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	CONCACAF
Czech Republic	2018	1	0	0	1	1	4	–3	UEFA
Egypt	1963	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	CAF
El Salvador	2008	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	CONCACAF
England[61]	1936	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	UEFA
Estonia	2003	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	UEFA
Fiji	1975	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	OFC
Finland	1952	4	0	0	4	6	7	−1	UEFA
France	2006	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	UEFA
Germany	2005	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	UEFA
Ghana	2012	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CAF
Guam	2000	1	1	0	0	19	0	+19	AFC
Guinea	1965	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	CAF
Haiti	2003	2	0	1	1	5	6	−1	CONCACAF
Honduras	2006	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	CONCACAF
Hong Kong	1975	20	11	7	2	35	8	+27	AFC
Hungary	2004	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	UEFA
Iceland	2017	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	UEFA
India	1956	12	7	5	0	17	5	+12	AFC
Indonesia	1934	14	11	2	1	34	8	+26	AFC
Iran	1976	22	4	6	12	18	36	−18	AFC
Iraq	1976	17	6	2	9	18	20	−2	AFC
Italy	1986	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	UEFA
Jamaica	1977	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	CONCACAF
Japan	1917	30	12	8	10	52	40	+12	AFC
Jordan	1984	12	6	5	1	25	9	+16	AFC
Kazakhstan	1997	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	UEFA
Kenya	1984	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	CAF
North Korea	1959	24	11	6	7	29	22	+7	AFC
South Korea	1978	36	3	12	21	27	52	−25	AFC
Kuwait	1975	18	8	5	5	24	16	+8	AFC
Kyrgyzstan	2009	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	AFC
Laos	2011	2	2	0	0	13	3	+10	AFC
Latvia	2010	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	UEFA
Lebanon	1998	5	4	1	0	13	1	+12	AFC
Macau	1978	5	5	0	0	22	2	+20	AFC
Macedonia	2004	5	3	2	0	4	0	+4	UEFA
Malaysia	1976	15	11	3	1	37	7	+30	AFC
Maldives	2001	4	4	0	0	18	1	+17	AFC
Mali	1966	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	CAF
Mexico	1987	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	CONCACAF
Morocco	1977	2	1	1	0	6	5	+1	CAF
Myanmar	1957	9	7	0	2	28	4	+24	AFC
Nepal	1972	5	5	0	0	19	5	+14	AFC
Netherlands	1996	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	UEFA
New Zealand	1975	14	3	5	6	13	15	−2	OFC
Norway	1992	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	UEFA
Oman	1998	5	3	0	2	10	5	+5	AFC
Pakistan	1963	8	5	2	1	23	8	+15	AFC
Palestine	2006	5	3	2	0	8	2	+6	AFC
Papua New Guinea	1985	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	OFC
Paraguay	1996	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	CONMEBOL
Peru	1978	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	CONMEBOL
Philippines	1913	21	16	3	2	55	13	+42	AFC
Poland	1984	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	UEFA
Portugal	2002	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	UEFA
Qatar	1978	19	8	5	6	23	16	+7	AFC
Republic of Ireland	1984	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	UEFA
Romania	1984	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	UEFA
Russia	1959	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	UEFA
Saudi Arabia	1978	18	7	4	7	21	22	−1	AFC
Senegal	1972	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	CAF
Serbia	2000	4	0	0	4	0	7	−7	UEFA
Sierra Leone	1974	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	CAF
Singapore	1984	17	11	5	1	38	12	+26	AFC
Slovenia	2002	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	UEFA
Somalia	1972	2	2	0	0	10	5	+5	CAF
Spain	2005	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	UEFA
Sri Lanka	1972	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	AFC
Sudan	1957	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	CAF
Sweden	2001	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	UEFA
Switzerland	2006	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	UEFA
Syria	1966	12	7	2	3	25	10	+15	AFC
Tajikistan	1997	4	3	1	0	8	1	+7	AFC
Tanzania	1966	3	2	1	0	15	8	+7	CAF
Thailand	1970	27	18	4	5	61	23	+38	AFC
Trinidad and Tobago	2001	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	CONCACAF
Tunisia	2015	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CAF
Turkey	1948	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	UEFA
Turkmenistan	1994	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	AFC
United Arab Emirates	1984	11	4	5	2	16	8	+8	AFC
United States	1977	8	1	2	5	7	17	−10	CONCACAF
Uruguay	1982	6	1	2	3	2	9	−7	CONMEBOL
Uzbekistan	1994	12	5	1	6	14	18	−4	AFC
Venezuela	1978	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	CONMEBOL
Vietnam [lower-alpha 1]	1956	13	12	1	0	31	13	+18	AFC
Wales	2018	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	UEFA
Yemen	1988	4	2	1	1	5	1	+4	AFC
Zambia	1972	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	CAF
Zimbabwe	1997	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	CAF
Total	1913	608	305	136	173	1096	638	+458	All

http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/china-team/21/
http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/china-team/
https://www.fifa.com/live-scores/teams/country=chn/men/matches/index.html
All matches before the founding of Chinese Football Association in 1924 are not counted as A-level match by FIFA (1913 - 1923):

Nations	First Played	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Confederation
Australia	1923	6	1	1	4	9	19	−10	AFC
Japan	1917	3	3	0	0	14	1	+13	AFC
Hong Kong	1923	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	AFC
Philippines	1913	10	6	2	2	15	6	+9	AFC
Total	1913	20	10	4	6	39	27	+12	All

correct table :

2 June 2018 : http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/china-team/21/

546 P 268 W 115 D 156 L 991:570 +421

Competitions

Friendly

Far Eastern Games
- Winners (9): 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1930 (shared), 1934
- Runners-up (1): 1913
Dynasty Cup
- Runners-up (2): 1990, 1998
China Cup
- Third place (1): 2017
Dunhill Cup
- Winners (1): 1997
- Runners-up (1): 1999
Four Nations Tournament
- Winners (2): Jan. 2000, Sept. 2000
- Third place (1): 2001
King's Cup
- Winners (1): 1993
- Runners-up (1): 2001
- Third place (1): 1980 (shared)
Kirin Cup
- Third place (1): 1984 (shared)
Lunar New Year Cup
- Winners (1): 1978
- Runners-up (2): 1989, 1990
Merlion Cup
- Winners (1): 1986
- Third place (1): 1983
Nehru Cup
- Runners-up (4): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986
- Third place (1): 1997

FIFA World Cup

China has only appeared at the one World Cup with the appearance being in the 2002 FIFA World Cup where they finished bottom of the group which included a 4–0 loss to Brazil.[62]

FIFA World Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1954	Did not enter								Declined participation
1958	Did not qualify								3	1	1	1	4	5
1962 to 1978	Did not enter								Declined participation
1982	Did not qualify								10	6	2	2	17	6
1986									6	4	1	1	23	2
1990									11	7	0	4	18	9
1994									8	6	0	2	18	4
1998									14	8	3	3	24	16
2002	Group stage	31st	3	0	0	3	0	9	14	12	1	1	38	5
2006	Did not qualify								6	5	0	1	14	1
2010									8	3	3	2	14	4
2014									8	5	0	3	23	9
2018									18	8	5	5	35	11
2022	To be determined								To be determined
Total	Group stage	1/21	3	0	0	3	0	9	106	65	16	25	216	72

AFC Asian Cup

China's AFC Asian Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956	Did not enter								Did not enter
1960	Did not enter								Did not enter
1964	Did not enter								Did not enter
1968	Did not enter								Did not enter
1972	Did not enter								Did not enter
1976	Third place	3rd	4	1	1	2	2	4	5	4	0	1	14	4
1980	Group stage	7th	4	1	1	2	9	5	3	2	0	1	5	2
1984	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	11	4	4	4	0	0	15	0
1988	Fourth place	4th	6	2	2	2	7	5	5	2	3	0	10	1
1992	Third place	3rd	5	1	3	1	6	6	3	3	0	0	7	0
1996	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	0	3	6	7	3	3	0	0	16	1
2000	Fourth place	4th	6	2	2	2	11	7	3	3	0	0	29	0
2004	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	2	1	13	6	Qualified as hosts
2007	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	7	6	6	3	2	1	7	3
2011	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	4	4	6	4	1	1	13	5
2015	Quarter-finals	7th	4	3	0	1	5	4	6	2	2	2	5	6
2019	Quarter-finals	6th	5	3	0	2	7	7	8	5	2	1	27	1
2023	Qualified as hosts								2^*	2	0	0	12	0
Total	13/18	0 Titles	55	23	13	20	88	65	52	35	10	7	148	23

^* automatic qualification as hosts; but compete in qualification process because of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Summer Olympics

Year	Result	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1900 to 1928	Did not enter
1936	First round	12	1	0	0	1	0	2
1948	First round	14	1	0	0	1	0	4
1952 to 1956	Withdrew after qualifying
1960 to 1976	Not an IOC member
1980 to 1984	Did not qualify
1988	First round	14	3	0	1	2	0	5
Total	3/25	-	5	0	1	4	0	11

For 1992 to 2016, see China national under-23 football team

Asian Games

Year	Result	Rank	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1951	Did not enter
1954	Did not enter
1958	Did not enter
1962	Did not enter
1966	Did not enter
1970	Did not enter
1974	First round	10	3	1	0	2	7	4
1978	Third place	3	7	5	0	2	16	5
1982	Quarter-finals	7	4	2	1	1	4	3
1986		8	4	2	1	1	10	7
1990		6	4	2	0	2	8	4
1994	Runners-up	2	7	5	1	1	16	8
1998	Third place	3	8	6	0	2	24	7
Total*	7/13	-	37	23	3	11	85	38

* Including 1998 onwards (until 2010)

For 2002 to 2018, see China national under-23 football team

EAFF East Asian Cup

Year	Result	Pos	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2003	Third place	3	3	1	0	2	3	4
2005	Champions	1	3	1	2	0	5	3
2008	Third place	3	3	1	0	2	5	5
2010	Champions	1	3	2	1	0	5	0
2013	Runners-up	2	3	1	2	0	7	6
2015	Runners-up	2	3	1	1	1	3	3
2017	Third place	3	3	0	2	1	4	5
2019	Third place	3	3	1	0	2	3	3
Total		-	24	8	8	8	35	29

Notes

Includes North Vietnam and South Vietnam before 1975.

China will play their March home matches in Thailand because of the COVID-19 outbreak in Mainland China.[57]
The Guam v China match will be played at a neutral venue outside US territories because of the entry ban by the Federal Government of United States of America to all Chinese nationals except Hong Kong citizens and Macao citizens due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Mainland China.[58][57]

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Profile on AFC
Profile on EAFF

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[64] Includes North Vietnam and South Vietnam before 1975.

[CHNTHA-58] China will play their March home matches in Thailand because of the COVID-19 outbreak in Mainland China.[57]

[GUMCHN-60] The Guam v China match will be played at a neutral venue outside US territories because of the entry ban by the Federal Government of United States of America to all Chinese nationals except Hong Kong citizens and Macao citizens due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Mainland China.[58][57]

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