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China PR
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)
龍之隊
Lóng Zhī Duì
(Team Dragon)
国足
Guó Zú
(National Football Team)
Association Chinese Football Association
Sub-confederation EAFF (East Asia)
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Head coach José Camacho
Captain Zheng Zhi
Most caps Li Weifeng (114)[1]
Top scorer Hao Haidong (37)[2]
FIFA code CHN
FIFA ranking 98
Highest FIFA ranking 37 (December 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking 109 (March 2013)
Elo ranking 59
Highest Elo ranking 26 (October 2001)
Lowest Elo ranking 80 (December 2008)
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Philippines 2–1 Republic of China Republic of China (1912–1949)
(Manila, Philippines; February 4, 1913)
 Finland 4–0 China PR China
(Helsinki, Finland; August 4, 1952)
Biggest win
China China PR 19–0 Guam 
(Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; January 26, 2000)
Biggest defeat
Unofficial:
Admira Wacker Modling.png SK Admira 11–0 Republic of China Republic of China (1912–1949)
(Vienna, Austria; August 16, 1936)[3][4]
Official:
 Brazil 8–0 China PR China
(Recife, Brazil; September 10, 2012)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 2002)
Best result Round 1, 2002
Asian Cup
Appearances 9 (First in 1976)
Best result Runners-Up, 1984 and 2004

The China PR national football team (Chinese: 中国国家足球队; pinyin: Zhōngguó Guójiā Zúqiú Duì; literally "Chinese National Soccer Team"), nicknamed The Dragon or The Great Wall is the national association football team of the People's Republic of China and is governed by the Chinese Football Association. The team is colloquially referred to as "Team China" (中国队), the "National Team" (国家队) or "Guózú" (国足, short for 国家足球, which means "national football").

The team was founded in 1924 in the Republic of China under the auspices of the China Football Association and joined FIFA in 1931. Following the Chinese Civil War, the CFA was formed in the newly founded People's Republic of China. They remained affiliated with FIFA until 1958, when they withdrew, but they rejoined in 1979. After the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom in 1997, and Macau from Portugal in 1999, these two special administrative regions have continued to have their own teams, which play as "Hong Kong, China" and "Macau, China", respectively.

China have won the East Asian Cup twice in 2005 and 2010, they have been runners-up at the Asian Cup twice in 1984 and 2004. Although China failed to score a goal in their maiden FIFA World Cup appearance in 2002, losing all their matches, just qualifying for the tournament has been considered the greatest accomplishment in their football history.

As football is widely followed in China, national team success is considered to be a source of national pride. Around 300 million people tuned into broadcasts of China's 2002 World Cup matches with a staggering 170 million new television sets being bought by citizens in order to watch their nation's first World Cup appearance. There were over 250 million viewers for the 2004 AFC Asian Cup Final, the largest single-event sports audience in the country's history.[5]

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History [edit]

1949–1978 [edit]

China, under the newly instated People's Republic of China, played their first match on 4 August 1952, a friendly against Finland,[6] with Finland being one of the first nations to hold diplomatic relations with China.

For nearly 30 years, China primarily only played friendly matches with nations that recognized the PRC, such as Albania, Burma, Cambodia, Guinea, Hungary, Mongolia, North Korea, North Vietnam, Pakistan, the Soviet Union, Sudan and the United Arab Republic.[6] They however also participated in 1958 World Cup qualifying, where they lost to Indonesia on goal average.

1978–2002 [edit]

Chinese football began to grow in popularity in the beginning of the late 1980s through the introduction of televisions in Chinese households. Previously, the most popular international sports in China were badminton and table tennis.

In 1980, China competed in qualifying for a berth in the 1982 World Cup finals, but they lost a play-off game against New Zealand. During the qualifying for the 1986 World Cup, China faced Hong Kong in Beijing 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 between local fans. In qualifying for the 1990 World Cup, China again reached the final round of qualifying but lost to Qatar in their final group game. During the qualifiers for the 1994 World Cup they failed to reach the final round of qualifying, coming second behind Iraq. China was on the verge of making it through the qualifying for the 1998 World Cup but lost crucial matches at home against Qatar and Iran.

On 26 January 2000, China beat Guam 19–0 in 2000 Asian Cup qualification, which was the world record for the largest victory margin in an international football match at the time. The record however was broken by Kuwait 19 days later.

On 7 October 2001, China, under the direction of head coach Bora Milutinović, advanced to the 2002 World Cup; the first time China had reached a World Cup. However, they failed to score a single goal, losing all three group matches and were eliminated in the group stage.

2002–2009 [edit]

China PR national football team
China national football team 06-JUN-2008-ANZstad.jpg
The players of the China PR national football team prior to taking on Australia in a World Cup qualification game on 22 June 2008. The match was played at Stadium Australia in Sydney.
Traditional Chinese 中國國家足球隊
Simplified Chinese 中国国家足球队
Nickname
Traditional Chinese 萬里長城
Simplified Chinese 万里长城
Literal meaning The Great Wall

In November 2004, the team failed to advance through the preliminary qualification stage for the 2006 World Cup, losing out to Kuwait on goals difference, despite China's seven goals against Hong Kong in the last qualifying match. Head coach Arie Haan was later replaced by Zhu Guanghu.

In August 2005, China won the 2005 East Asian Football Championship with a 1–1 draw against Korea Republic, 2–2 draw against Japan and a 2–0 victory against Korea DPR. It became their first international title ever.

While qualifying for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup in 2006, the team became the subject of immense criticism in the media and a national embarrassment when they had managed to score only one goal (a Shao Jiayi penalty kick well during the dying moments injury time) against Singapore at home in Tianjin, and only managed a draw with the Southeast Asian city-state in the away game. In preparation for the 2007 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,[7] a 1–0 loss to a Real Salt Lake team that finished bottom of the MLS that season caused serious concern.[8][9]

During the Asian Cup 2007, the team played three games, winning against Malaysia, drawing with Iran after leading 2–1 at half time, and losing to 3–0 Uzbekistan. After high expectations, China's performance drew immense criticism on online communities, which condemned the coach Zhu Guanghu, players, and the Chinese Football Association in general. Zhu was later replaced by Vladimir Petrović for this poor performance. Some commented that China's reliance on foreign coaches for the past decade had been an indicator of its poor domestic coach development system.[10]

In June 2008, China, once again, failed to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, losing against Qatar and Iraq at home. After 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Yin Tiesheng became the caretaker of the team.

Gao Hongbo era [edit]

In April 2009, China appointed the young Gao Hongbo as coach, replacing Yin Tiesheng. His arrival saw China opting 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 balls and header strategy for almost a decade. Above all, Wei Di, the chief of the Chinese Football Association, stressed that, "Anytime, no matter win or loss, they must show their team spirit and courage. I hope, after one year's effort, the national team can give the public a new image."[11]

Under Gao, China drew its first game against Germany 1-1 during a friendly in May 2009. Afterwards, China were able to gain 13 points in the Asian Cup qualifications for 2011. This led to a revival in interest amongst some Chinese football fans, as China had also won 1-0 against France in June 2010, as well as holding World Cup quarter finalsts Paraguay to a 1-1 draw in September 2010. With some even thinking that reaching the semi finals of the Asian Cup being possible. However during the tournament itself, China were knocked out in the group stages. This led to some discontent amongst Chinese fans, plus it also seems that this was the reason that eventually led to the replacement of Gao by the CFA. Although Gao's winning percentage (65%) was the highest for a Chinese manager since Nian Weisi (67.86%), and has not been defeated since the end of the Asian Cup in 2011, this was still not enough to convince the CFA of replacing him. And in August 2011, he was replaced by José Antonio Camacho, less than a month before the World Cup qualifiers for 2014.

But corruption still remains a problem in Chinese football, and in 2010, Wei admitted that recently, "Chinese football has degraded to an intolerable level. It has hurt the feelings of fans and Chinese people at large", he added that he was confident in being able to aid Chinese men's and women's football return to the leading status in Asia and world respectively in future. Wei pointed out six major problems which had caused the "huge slump" of Chinese football in the past few years, while he dissected the dwindling pool of young player selection as being a big problem along with unhealthy professional leagues affected by gambling and match fixing scandals.[11][12]

Appointment of José Antonio Camacho [edit]

On 13 August 2011, José Antonio Camacho of Spain was appointed as the head coach of the Chinese national football team, signing a three year deal. The Chinese Football Association head Wei Di explained the decision as being part of a long-term plan to help the country catch up with Japan and South Korea. Wei noted that, "Compared with our neighbours Japan and South Korea, Chinese football is lagging far behind, we need to work with a long-term view and start to catch up with a pragmatic approach. A lot of our fans expect China to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil. They are afraid that changing the coach at the last moment may cause bad effect to the team's qualifying prospect. I can totally understand that. But we do not have any time to waste."[13]

Chinese Soccer Administrative Centre vice-president Yu Hongchen explained that, "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."[13]

However, China was still unable to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, after 3 win in 6 matches. During a friendly versus Spain, in 2012, many football experts and pundits alike expected Spain to easily steamroll China into defeat. However, many critics were stunned to find China and Spain still deadlocked 0-0 until the 84th minute when a David Silva goal gave Spain the only goal for the win. Even though they lost, this performance was viewed highly in the Chinese media as well as Zeng Cheng, China's goalkeeper, who made a number of exceptional saves from La Furia Roja. China went on to face Vietnam, a few days later, where they easily won 3-0 with a brace from Gao Lin and Feng Renliang. Dissapointment would soon strike again, two months later, when China faced Sweden only to lose 1-0 with the lone goal coming minutes after the 2nd half. Camacho coached a young squad to a 8-0 loss against Brazil's newcomers. It was the worst defeat for China since the lost to the United States in 1992.

Stadium [edit]

Main article: Workers Stadium
Main article: Kunming Tuodong Sports Center

The Workers Stadium (simplified Chinese: 工人体育场; traditional Chinese: 工人體育場; Pinyin: Gōngrén Tǐyùcháng) is a multi-purpose stadium in Beijing with a capacity of 70,161. It was built in 1959 and was last renovated in 2004. It is mostly used for football matches and was the main venue for the 1990 Asian Games, where the opening and closing ceremonies took place. Beijing Guoan also use the stadium to play their home league games.

Also used frequently by the China team is the Kunming Tuodong Sports Center (simplified Chinese: 昆明拓东体育场; traditional Chinese: 昆明拓東體育場) which is a multi-purpose stadium in Kunming, Yunnan Province. The stadium holds 40,000 people. It has been used for international friendly matches since 2010, and recently chosen for the home ground for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification matches.[citation needed]

Kit [edit]

China's traditional home kit is 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.[14] China's current kit is produced and manufactured by Adidas. Recently, the team has started to use cooling vests in certain climates.[15]

1996 Asian Cup Home
1996 Asian Cup Away

Rivalries [edit]

Traditionally, China's greatest rival has been Japan although this is not reciprocated from the Japanese side (their biggest rival being South Korea). This was exemplified after Japan beat China 3–1 in the final of the 2004 AFC Asian Cup, when Chinese fans began to riot near the north gate of Beijing's Workers Stadium.[16] The rioting was said to be provoked by controversial officiating and the heightened anti-Japanese sentiment at the time. China's most recent major tournament meeting with Japan was at the 2010 East Asian Football Championship in Tokyo, where the two sides drew 0–0. China went on to win the tournament.

Another well-known rivalry is with neighbour South Korea. China played 27 matches against Korea between 1978 and 2010 without winning a single match (11 draws and 16 losses). The media coined the term "Koreaphobia" to describe this phenomenon, and China registered its first win against Korea on 10 February 2010 when it won 3–0 in the 2010 East Asian Football Championship, eventually going on to win the tournament.

Media coverage [edit]

Home and away matches are shown on CCTV-5, GDTV-Sports, STV-Sports, BTV-6 and the other local sports channels in mainland China.

Coaching staff [edit]

Position Name Nationality
Head Coach José Antonio Camacho  Spain
Tactics coach José Ródenas Carcelén  Spain
Fitness coach Fernando Gaspar Laborie  Spain
Scout Ricardo Gallego  Spain

Players [edit]

Current squad [edit]

Match Date: 22 March 2013 Opposition:  Iraq
Caps and goals correct as of: 22 March 2013

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Zeng Cheng (1987-01-08) 8 January 1987 (age 26) 19 0 China Guangzhou Evergrande
12 1GK Geng Xiaofeng (1987-10-15) 15 October 1987 (age 25) 2 0 China Shandong Luneng
22 1GK Wang Dalei (1989-01-10) 10 January 1989 (age 24) 2 0 China Shanghai Shenhua
3 2DF Sun Xiang (1982-01-15) 15 January 1982 (age 31) 65 5 China Guangzhou Evergrande
16 2DF Rong Hao (1987-04-07) 7 April 1987 (age 26) 35 0 China Guangzhou Evergrande
4 2DF Zhao Peng (1983-06-20) 20 June 1983 (age 29) 35 4 China Guangzhou Evergrande
13 2DF Liu Jianye (1987-06-17) 17 June 1987 (age 25) 31 0 China Jiangsu Sainty
6 2DF Feng Xiaoting (1985-10-22) 22 October 1985 (age 27) 30 0 China Guangzhou Evergrande
5 2DF Zhang Linpeng (1989-05-09) 9 May 1989 (age 24) 25 4 China Guangzhou Evergrande
23 2DF Li Xuepeng (1988-09-18) 18 September 1988 (age 24) 10 0 China Dalian Aerbin
2 2DF Zheng Zheng (1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 (age 23) 5 2 China Shandong Luneng
14 2DF Zhou Yun (1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 (age 22) 0 0 China Jiangsu Sainty
10 3MF Zheng Zhi (Captain) (1980-08-20) 20 August 1980 (age 32) 67 13 China Guangzhou Evergrande
7 3MF Zhao Xuri (1985-12-03) 3 December 1985 (age 27) 57 2 China Guangzhou Evergrande
21 3MF Yu Hai (1987-06-04) 4 June 1987 (age 25) 39 9 China Guizhou Renhe
17 3MF Liu Jian (1984-08-20) 20 August 1984 (age 28) 31 4 China Qingdao Jonoon
20 3MF Yu Hanchao (1987-02-25) 25 February 1987 (age 26) 24 4 China Dalian Aerbin
19 3MF Chen Tao (1985-03-11) 11 March 1985 (age 28) 21 2 China Dalian Aerbin
24 3MF Lü Peng (1989-10-28) 28 October 1989 (age 23) 9 0 China Dalian Aerbin
8 3MF Chen Zhizhao (1988-03-14) 14 March 1988 (age 25) 0 0 Brazil Corinthians
18 4FW Gao Lin (1986-02-14) 14 February 1986 (age 27) 61 16 China Guangzhou Evergrande
9 4FW Yang Xu (1988-02-12) 12 February 1988 (age 25) 23 9 China Liaoning Whowin
11 4FW Yu Dabao (1988-04-18) 18 April 1988 (age 25) 13 2 China Dalian Aerbin
15 4FW Sun Ke (1989-08-26) 26 August 1989 (age 23) 1 0 China Jiangsu Sainty

Recent call-ups [edit]

The following players have been called up within the last twelve months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Zhang Lie (1982-05-25) 25 May 1982 (age 30) 2 0 China Guizhou Renhe  Vietnam, 8 June 2012
GK Zhang Lu (1987-09-06) 6 September 1987 (age 25) 2 0 China Liaoning Whowin  Jordan, 29 February 2012
GK Jiang Bo (1982-01-25) 25 January 1982 (age 31) 0 0 China Hangzhou Greentown  Jordan, 29 February 2012
DF Yu Yang (1989-08-06) 6 August 1989 (age 23) 3 0 China Beijing Guoan  Saudi Arabia, 6 February 2012
DF Xu Bo (1985-05-18) 18 May 1985 (age 28) 1 0 China Guangzhou R&F  Saudi Arabia, 6 February 2012
DF Zhu Ting (1985-07-15) 15 July 1985 (age 27) 19 3 China Wuhan Zall  New Zealand, 14 November 2012
DF Tang Miao (1990-10-16) 16 October 1990 (age 22) 2 0 China Guangzhou R&F  Brazil, 10 September 2012
DF Yuan Weiwei (1985-11-25) 25 November 1985 (age 27) 3 0 China Shandong Luneng  Jordan, 29 February 2012
MF Hao Junmin (1987-03-24) 24 March 1987 (age 26) 44 12 China Shandong Luneng  Saudi Arabia, 6 February 2012
MF Feng Renliang (1989-01-08) 8 January 1989 (age 24) 15 1 China Guangzhou Evergrande  Saudi Arabia, 6 February 2012
MF Qin Sheng (1986-11-02) 2 November 1986 (age 26) 6 0 China Guangzhou Evergrande  Saudi Arabia, 6 February 2012
MF Wang Yongpo (1987-01-19) 19 January 1987 (age 26) 2 0 China Shandong Luneng  Saudi Arabia, 6 February 2012
MF Zhang Yuan (1989-12-08) 8 December 1989 (age 23) 2 0 China Guangzhou R&F  Brazil, 10 September 2012
MF Wang Xiaolong (1986-05-11) 11 May 1986 (age 27) 3 0 China Beijing Guoan  Ghana, 15 August 2012
MF Jin Jingdao (1992-01-18) 18 January 1992 (age 21) 1 0 China Shenyang Shenbei  Jordan, 29 February 2012
MF Wu Lei (1991-11-19) 19 November 1991 (age 21) 1 0 China Shanghai East Asia  Jordan, 29 February 2012
MF Peng Xinli (1991-07-22) 22 July 1991 (age 21) 1 0 China Guangzhou Evergrande  Jordan, 29 February 2012
FW Zhang Chengdong (1989-02-09) 9 February 1989 (age 24) 6 0 Germany Eintracht Braunschweig  Vietnam, 8 June 2012

Previous squads [edit]

FIFA World Cup squads
AFC Asian Cup squads

Recent and forthcoming fixtures [edit]

Competitive record [edit]

All time results [edit]

Main article: China PR national football team results and fixtures

Competition history [edit]

FIFA World Cup record [edit]

Main article: China PR at the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958 Did Not Qualify
Chile 1962 Did Not Enter
England 1966
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974
Argentina 1978
Spain 1982 Did Not Qualify
Mexico 1986
Italy 1990
United States 1994
France 1998
South Korea Japan 2002 Group Stage 31st 3 0 0 3 0 9
Germany 2006 Did Not Qualify
South Africa 2010
Brazil 2014
Russia 2018 To Be Determined
Qatar 2022
Total Group Stage 1/19 3 0 0 3 0 9

AFC Asian Cup record [edit]

Year Result Pos P W D L F A
1956 to 1972 Did not enter - - - - - - -
1976 Third Place 3 4 1 1 2 2 4
1980 First round 7 4 1 1 2 9 5
1984 Runner-up 2 6 4 0 2 11 4
1988 Fourth Place 4 6 2 2 2 7 5
1992 Third Place 3 5 1 3 1 6 6
1996 Quarter-finals 8 4 1 0 3 6 7
2000 Fourth Place 4 6 2 2 2 11 7
2004 Runner-up 2 6 3 2 1 13 6
2007 First round 9 3 1 1 1 7 6
2011 First round 9 3 1 1 1 4 4
Total 10/15 - 47 17 13 17 76 54

For 2011, see 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Olympic Games record [edit]

Year Result Pos P W D L F A
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 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 to 1976 Did not enter - - - - - - -
1980 to 1984 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
1988 First round 14 3 0 1 2 0 5
Total* 4/25 - 8 0 2 6 1 17

* Including 1988 onwards

For 1992 to 2012, see China national under-23 football team

Asian Games record [edit]

Year Result Pos P W D L F A
1951 to 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 Quarter-finals 8 4 2 1 1 10 7
1990 Quarter-finals 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* 10/16 - 49 31 4 14 107 50

* Including 1998 onwards (until 2010)

For 2002 to 2010, see China national under-23 football team

East Asian Cup record [edit]

Year Result Pos P W D L F A
1990 Runners-up 2 4 2 1 1 4 2
1992 Fourth place 4 3 0 1 2 2 6
1995 Fourth place 4 4 0 3 1 2 3
1998 Runners-up 2 3 2 0 1 4 2
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
Total - 26 9 8 9 30 25

Far Eastern Championship Games record [edit]

Year Result Pos P W D L F A
1913 Runners-up 2 2 1 0 1 2 2
1915 Champions 1 3 1 2 0 2 1
1917 Champions 1 2 2 0 0 8 0
1919 Champions 1 3 2 0 1 5 3
1921 Champions 1 2 2 0 0 5 1
1923 Champions 1 2 2 0 0 8 1
1925 Champions 1 2 2 0 0 7 1
1927 Champions 1 2 2 0 0 8 2
1930 Champions 1 2 1 1 0 8 3
1934 Champions 1 3 3 0 0 7 3
Total 10/10 9 23 18 3 2 60 17

Statistics [edit]

Most capped players [edit]

  Still active national team players are highlighted

As of 5 December 2012 the ten players with the most caps for China are:[1]

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Li Weifeng 1997–present 114 14
2 Hao Haidong 1992–2004 103 37
3 Fan Zhiyi 1992–2002 102 16
4 Li Tie 1997–2010 89 5
5 Zhu Bo 1983–1993 86 1
6 Li Ming 1992–2004 85 8
7 Ma Mingyu 1996–2002 85 12
8 Sun Jihai 1996–2008 78 1
9 Qu Bo 2001–present 73 18
10 Xu Yunlong 2000–2008 72 7

Top goalscorers [edit]

As of 5 December 2012, the ten highest scorers for China are:[2]

# Player Career Goals (Caps) Avg/game
1 Hao Haidong 1992–2004 37 0(103) 0.359
2 Su Maozhen 1994–2002 27 0(53) 0.509
3 Li Jinyu 1997–2008 24 0(69) 0.347
4 Ma Lin 1985–1990 21 0(45) 0.574
5 Liu Haiguang 1983–1990 20 0(58) 0.344
6 Li Bing 1992–2001 19 0(67) 0.283
7 Zhao Dayu 1982–1986 19 0(29) 0.655
8 Qu Bo 2001–present 18 0(73) 0.247
9 Fan Zhiyi 1992–2002 16 0(102) 0.157
10 Gao Lin 2005–present 16 0(56) 0.268
11 Mai Chao 1986–1992 16 0(49) 0.326

List of head coaches [edit]

# Name Period Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA Win % Achievements
1 China Li Fenglou 1951–1952 1 0 0 1 0 4 00.00%
2 Hungary A Joseph 1954–1956 3 2 0 1 4 6 66.67%
3 China Dai Linjing 1957 4 1 1 2 5 7 25.00%
4 China Chen Chengda 1958–1962 7 4 0 3 14 8 57.14%
5 China Nian Weisi 1963 13 7 3 3 26 11 53.85%
6 China Fang Renqiu 1964 0 0 0 0 0 0 00.00%
7 China Nian Weisi (2nd time) 1965–1973 28 19 6 3 97 40 67.86%
China Nian Weisi 1974–1976 27 14 5 8 58 40 51.85% 3rd place at the 1976 AFC Asian Cup
8 China Zhang Honggen 1977 10 6 1 3 20 12 60.00%
9 China Nian Weisi (3rd time) 1978 14 8 1 5 25 12 57.14% Bronze medal at the 1978 Asian Games
10 China Zhang Honggen (2nd time) 1979 0 0 0 0 0 0 00.00%
11 China Nian Weisi (4th time) 1980 5 2 2 1 11 4 40.00%
12 China Su Yongshun 1980–1982 20 9 5 6 20 18 45.00%
13 China Zhang Honggen (3rd time) 1982 10 3 5 2 11 10 30.00%
14 China Zeng Xuelin 1983–1985 42 24 6 12 99 35 57.14% Runners-up of the 1984 AFC Asian Cup
15 China Nian Weisi (5th time) 1985–1986 26 14 7 5 44 24 53.85%
16 China Gao Fengwen 1986–1990 56 27 13 16 112 40 48.21% 4th place at the 1988 AFC Asian Cup
17 China Xu Genbao 1991–1992 0 0 0 0 0 0 00.00%
* China Chen Xirong (caretaker) 1992 5 3 0 2 9 10 60.00%
18 Germany Klaus Schlappner 1992–1993 25 9 6 10 35 27 36.00% 3rd place at the 1992 AFC Asian Cup
19 China Qi Wusheng 1994–1997 55 27 13 15 97 60 49.09% Silver medal at the 1994 Asian Games
20 England Bobby Houghton 1997–1999 17 10 3 4 36 15 58.82% Bronze medal at the 1998 Asian Games
* China Jin Zhiyang (caretaker) 2000 5 5 0 0 31 0 100.00%
21 Serbia Mexico Bora Milutinović Jan 2000 – Jun 2002 46 20 11 15 75 50 43.48% Round 1 of the 2002 FIFA World Cup
4th place at the 2000 AFC Asian Cup
* China Shen Xiangfu (caretaker) 2002 3 1 2 0 5 3 33.33%
22 Netherlands Arie Haan Dec 2002 – Nov 2004 30 17 7 6 52 22 56.67% Runners-up of the 2004 AFC Asian Cup
23 China Zhu Guanghu Mar 2005 – Jul 2007 27 9 6 12 35 37 33.33% Winners of the East Asian Cup 2005
24 Serbia Vladimir Petrović
Serbia Ratomir Dujković		 Sep 2007 – Jun 2008 18 6 7 5 28 16 33.33% Third place at the East Asian Cup 2008
* China Yin Tiesheng (caretaker) Dec 2008 – Jan 2009 6 2 0 4 11 12 33.33%
25 China Gao Hongbo Apr 2009 – Aug 2011 38 24 10 4 65 31 60.53% Winners of 2010 EAFC
26 Spain José Antonio Camacho Aug 2011 – 16 6 2 8 18 22 37.50%

Honours [edit]

  • Champions: 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1930, 1934
  • Runners-up: 1913
  • Runners-up: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986

See also [edit]

References and notes [edit]

  1. ^ a b China team stats (caps)
  2. ^ a b China team stats (goals)
  3. ^ "国足一场输到解放前 "最大惨案"曾是11:0". People.com.cn. 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-10-31. 
  4. ^ Neil Morrison. "Chinese Olympic team 1936". RSSSF. Retrieved 2012-10-31. 
  5. ^ "Asian Cup final smashes viewing records". The AFC. 2007-10-18. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  6. ^ a b "China National Football Team Database". China National Football Team Database. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 
  7. ^ http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/match.php?date=2007-06-02
  8. ^ http://uk.soccerway.com/national/united-states/major-league-soccer/2007/regular-season/
  9. ^ http://www.betexplorer.com/soccer/usa/mls-2007/
  10. ^ China Daily. Jobless Haan reflects China's football crisis. 2004-11-20.
  11. ^ a b "New boss vows to revive China's football in 5 years". CHINAdaily. 2010-02-02. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  12. ^ France suffer shock defeat
  13. ^ a b Jose Antonio Camacho's appointment is part of a long-term revival plan: China Football Association head Wei Di
  14. ^ Saudi vs China AFC Cup 1996
  15. ^ [1]
  16. ^ ESPNSoccernet. 'Hand of Koji' brings Japan third title Aug. 8, 2004

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North America,
Central America
and the Caribbean
South America
Oceania
Europe
Non-FIFA
Games
Champions
Runners-up
Third place
Fourth place
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
Eliminated in the round of 16
Eliminated in the group stage
China PR national football team results
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