China PR national football team

China PR
中国国家足球队

Nickname(s)	万里长城 Wànlǐ Chángchéng ("The Great Wall")
Association	Chinese Football Association
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	José Camacho
Captain	Sun Xiang
Most caps	Li Weifeng (112)
Top scorer	Hao Haidong (37)
FIFA code	CHN
FIFA ranking	76
Highest FIFA ranking	37 (December 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	108 (July 2009)
Elo ranking	47
Highest Elo ranking	26 (October 2001)
Lowest Elo ranking	80 (December 2008)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Philippines 0–1 Republic of China (Manila, Philippines; February 1, 1913) Finland 4–0 China PR (Helsinki, Finland; August 4, 1952)
Biggest win
China PR 19–0 Guam (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; January 26, 2000)
Biggest defeat
United States 5–0 China PR (Palo Alto, United States; April 4, 1992)
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) is the national association football team of the People's Republic of China and is governed by the Chinese Football Association (CFA). 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 been runners-up at the Asian Cup twice: in 1984 and 2004. Although China failed to score a goal in their maiden 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 in to 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.

History

1949–1978

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

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. They however also participated in 1958 World Cup qualifying, where they lost to Indonesia on goal average.

1978–2002

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 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

China PR national football team
The players of the China PR national football team prior to taking on Australia in a World Cup qualification game on the 22nd 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
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Guójiā zúqiúduì - Wade–Giles Chungkuo Kuochia Tsuch'iutui - Yale Romanization Jūnggwó Gwójyā dzúchyúdwèi
Nickname
Traditional Chinese	萬里長城
Simplified Chinese	万里长城
Literal meaning	The Great Wall
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Wànlǐ Chángchéng - Wade–Giles Wanli Ch'angch'eng

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, a 1–0 loss to a Real Salt Lake team that finished bottom of the MLS that season caused serious concern.

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.

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

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."

Under Gao, China drew it's 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 (January 2011), China were knocked out in the group stages(4 points). 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 (6 wins, 2 draws), 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.

Appointment of José Antonio Camacho and the revival plan

On 13 August 2011, José Antonio Camacho of Spain was appointed as the head coach of the China PR national football team, signing a three year deal. The Chinese Football Association (CFA) 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."

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."

However, China was still unable to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, after only 1 win in 4 matches.

Home stadium

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]}

Team image

Kit

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

Rivalries

Traditionally, China's greatest rival has been Japan although this is not reciprocated from the Japanese side. 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. 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

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

Coaching staff

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

Current squad

Match Date: 11 and 15 November 2011
Opposition: Iraq and Singapore
Caps and goals correct as of: 15 November 2011

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Zhang Lie 25 May 1982 (1982-05-25) 2 0 Shaanxi Renhe Commercial Chanba 12 GK Jiang Bo 25 January 1982 (1982-01-25) 1 0 Hangzhou Nabel Greentown 22 GK Yang Zhi 15 January 1983 (1983-01-15) 34 0 Beijing Guoan 2 DF Zheng Zheng 7 November 1989 (1989-11-07) 2 2 Shandong Luneng Taishan 3 DF Sun Xiang 15 January 1982 (1982-01-15) 56 6 Guangzhou Evergrande 4 DF Zhao Peng 20 June 1983 (1983-06-20) 15 1 Henan Jianye 5 DF Li Weifeng (Captain) 1 December 1978 (1978-12-01) 112 14 Tianjin Teda 6 DF Zhang Linpeng 9 May 1989 (1989-05-09) 20 4 Guangzhou Evergrande 13 DF Liu Jianye 17 June 1987 (1987-06-17) 25 0 Jiangsu Sainty 14 DF Wu Xi 19 February 1989 (1989-02-19) 5 0 Shanghai Shenhua 17 DF Du Wei 9 February 1982 (1982-02-09) 63 4 Hangzhou Nabel Greentown 7 MF Zhao Xuri 3 December 1985 (1985-12-03) 49 1 Shaanxi Renhe Commercial Chanba 8 MF Hao Junmin 24 March 1987 (1987-03-24) 42 10 Shandong Luneng Taishan 15 MF Liu Jian 20 August 1984 (1984-08-20) 25 4 Qingdao Jonoon 16 MF Huang Bowen 13 July 1987 (1987-07-13) 24 2 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 19 MF Wu Pingfeng 11 January 1981 (1981-01-11) 3 0 Guangzhou Evergrande 20 MF Chen Tao 11 March 1985 (1985-03-11) 17 2 Tianjin Teda 21 MF Yu Hanchao 25 February 1987 (1987-02-25) 17 4 Liaoning Whowin 23 MF Zheng Zhi 20 August 1980 (1980-08-20) 60 13 Guangzhou Evergrande 9 FW Han Peng 13 September 1983 (1983-09-13) 29 10 Shandong Luneng Taishan 10 FW Yu Dabao 18 April 1988 (1988-04-18) 6 1 Tianjin Teda 11 FW Zhang Chengdong 9 February 1989 (1989-02-09) 5 0 Beira-Mar 18 FW Gao Lin 14 February 1986 (1986-02-14) 52 13 Guangzhou Evergrande

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the last 12th months

Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Call-up GK Zeng Cheng 8 January 1987 (1987-01-08) 11 0 Henan Construction Jordan, 6 September 2011 GK Guan Zhen 6 February 1985 (1985-02-06) 2 0 Jiangsu Sainty Laos, 28 July 2011 GK Cheng Yuelei 28 October 1987 (1987-10-28) 2 0 Shenzhen Ruby Honduras, 29 March 2011 GK Teng Shangkun 10 January 1991 (1991-01-10) 0 0 Hangzhou Nabel Greentown Honduras, 29 March 2011 DF Feng Xiaoting 22 October 1985 (1985-10-22) 26 0 Guangzhou Evergrande Iraq, 11 October 2011 DF Li Xuepeng 18 September 1988 (1988-09-18) 9 0 Dalian Shide Jordan, 6 September 2011 DF Rong Hao 7 April 1987 (1987-04-07) 35 0 Hangzhou Nabel Greentown Jamaica, 10 August 2011 DF Wang Qiang 23 July 1984 (1984-07-23) 13 0 Shandong Luneng Taishan Jamaica, 10 August 2011 DF Zhang Xinxin 19 October 1983 (1983-10-19) 2 0 Beijing Guoan Jamaica, 10 August 2011 DF Bai Lei 28 March 1987 (1987-03-28) 3 0 Tianjin Teda North Korea, 8 June 2011 DF Liu Yu 12 May 1985 (1985-05-12) 3 0 Jiangsu Sainty North Korea, 8 June 2011 DF Zhang Chenglin 20 January 1987 (1987-01-20) 2 0 Shaanxi Renhe Commercial Chanba Costa Rica, 26 March 2011 DF Lang Zheng 22 July 1986 (1986-07-22) 1 0 Beijing Guoan Costa Rica, 26 March 2011 DF Ma Chongchong 17 January 1991 (1991-01-17) 1 0 Beijing Guoan Costa Rica, 26 March 2011 DF Dai Lin 28 November 1987 (1987-11-28) 1 0 Shanghai Shenhua Latvia, 17 November 2010 MF Deng Zhuoxiang 24 October 1988 (1988-10-24) 29 7 Shandong Luneng Taishan Iraq, 11 October 2011 MF Feng Renliang 8 January 1989 (1989-01-08) 12 0 Shanghai Shenhua Iraq, 11 October 2011 MF Zhang Wenzhao 28 May 1987 (1987-05-28) 0 0 Changchun Yatai Iraq, 11 October 2011 MF Huang Xiyang 14 June 1985 (1985-06-14) 0 0 Henan Construction Jordan, 6 September 2011 MF Yang Hao 19 August 1983 (1983-08-19) 31 2 Guangzhou Evergrande Jordan, 6 September 2011 MF Wang Song 12 October 1983 (1983-10-12) 9 0 Hangzhou Nabel Greentown North Korea, 8 June 2011 MF Lü Peng 28 October 1989 (1989-10-28) 2 0 Dalian Shide North Korea, 8 June 2011 MF Yu Tao 15 October 1981 (1981-10-15) 11 0 Shanghai Shenhua Honduras, 29 March 2011 MF Yan Xiangchuang 5 September 1986 (1986-09-05) 7 1 Beijing Guoan Honduras, 29 March 2011 MF Cui Peng 31 May 1987 (1987-05-31) 6 0 Shandong Luneng Taishan Costa Rica, 26 March 2011 MF Jin Jingdao 18 January 1992 (1992-01-18) 1 0 Yanbian Baekdu Tigers Costa Rica, 26 March 2011 MF Zhang Xizhe 23 January 1991 (1991-01-23) 1 0 Beijing Guoan Costa Rica, 26 March 2011 MF Feng Zhuoyi 18 June 1989 (1989-06-18) 0 0 Chengdu Blades Costa Rica, 26 March 2011 MF Zhu Yifan 1 March 1988 (1988-03-01) 0 0 Beijing Guoan Costa Rica, 26 March 2011 MF Zhou Haibin 19 July 1985 (1985-07-19) 43 3 Shandong Luneng Taishan Qatar, 12 January 2011 MF Li Chunyu 9 October 1986 (1986-10-09) 1 0 Shaanxi Renhe Commercial Chanba Latvia, 17 November 2010 FW Yang Xu 12 February 1987 (1987-02-12) 18 9 Liaoning Whowin Jordan, 6 September 2011 FW Liu Xiaodong 14 January 1989 (1989-01-14) 1 0 Changchun Yatai Honduras, 29 March 2011 FW Mao Jianqing 8 August 1986 (1986-08-08) 9 2 Shaanxi Renhe Commercial Chanba Costa Rica, 26 March 2011 FW Qu Bo 15 July 1981 (1981-07-15) 72 18 Shaanxi Renhe Commercial Chanba Jordan, 6 September 2011 FW Ye Weichao 18 February 1989 (1989-02-18) 1 0 Guangzhou Evergrande Costa Rica, 26 March 2011 FW Wang Xuanhong 24 July 1989 (1989-07-24) 0 0 Dalian Shide Costa Rica, 26 March 2011

Previous squads

FIFA World Cup squads

• 2002 FIFA World Cup squad

AFC Asian Cup squads

• 2011 AFC Asian Cup squad
• 2007 AFC Asian Cup squad
• 2004 AFC Asian Cup squad
• 2000 AFC Asian Cup squad
• 1996 AFC Asian Cup squad
• 1992 AFC Asian Cup squad
• 1988 AFC Asian Cup squad

Recent and forthcoming fixtures

2011 AFC Asian Cup

8 January 2011 16:15 UTC+3	Kuwait	0 – 2	China PR	Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha Attendance: 7,423 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
		Report	Zhang Linpeng  58' Deng Zhuoxiang  66'

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12 January 2011 19:15 UTC+3	China PR	0 – 2	Qatar	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha Attendance: 30,778 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)
		Report	Ahmed  27', 45+1'

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16 January 2011 19:15	China PR	2 – 2	Uzbekistan	Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha Attendance: 3,529 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
	Yu Hai  6' Hao Junmin  56'	Report	Ahmedov  30' Geynrikh  47'

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Second round

23 July 2011 15:00 UTC+8	China PR	7 – 2	Laos	Tuodong Stadium, Kunming Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)
	Yang Xu  45+2', 54', 73' Chen Tao  52', 88' Hao Junmin  82', 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Vongchiengkham  5' Phaphouvanin  31'

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28 July 2011 18:00 UTC+7	Laos	1 – 6	China PR	New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
	Phapouvanin  47'	Report	Qu Bo  24' Yu Hanchao  36', 88' Deng Zhuoxiang  67', 83' Yang Xu  90+2'

Third round

2 September 2011 20:00 UTC+8	China PR	2 – 1	Singapore	Tuodong Stadium, Kunming Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)
	Zheng Zhi  69' (pen.) Yu Hai  73'	Report	Đurić  33'

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6 September 2011 19:00 UTC+3	Jordan	2 – 1	China PR	Amman International Stadium, Amman Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Abdul-Rahman  49' Amer Deeb  55'	Report	Hao Junmin  57'

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11 October 2011 19:35 UTC+8	China PR	0 – 1	Iraq	Shenzhen Stadium, Shenzhen Attendance: 25,021 Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh (Iran)
		Report	Mahmoud  45'

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11 November 2011 15:00 UTC+3	Iraq	1 – 0	China PR	Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Peter Green (Australia)
	Mahmoud  90+2'	Report

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15 November 2011 19:30 UTC+8	Singapore	0 – 4	China PR	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 5,474 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
		Report	Yu Hai  42' Li Weifeng  55' Zheng Zheng  73', 82'

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29 February 2012 19:35 UTC+8	China PR	v	Jordan	Guangzhou University City Stadium, Guangzhou

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Friendly matches

2011-3-25 19:35 UTC+8	China PR	1 – 1	New Zealand	Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan Referee: Toma Maasaki (Japan)
	Boyens  2' (o.g.)	Report	McGlinchey  54'

2011-3-26 20:30 UTC-6	Costa Rica	2 – 2	China PR	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Roberto Moreno Salazar (Panama)
	Saborío  38' Brenes  44'	Report	Gao Lin  47', 90+2'

2011-3-29 19:30 UTC+8	China PR	3 – 0	Honduras	Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan Referee: Toma Maasaki (Japan)
	Huang Bowen  17' Yang Xu  37', 86'	Report

2011-6-5 19:35 UTC+8	China PR	1 – 0	Uzbekistan	Tuodong Stadium, Kunming Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Ko Hyung-Jin (South Korea)
	Gao Lin  61'	Report

2011-6-8 19:35 UTC+8	China PR	2 – 0	North Korea	Olympic Sports Center, Guiyang Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Junpei Iida (Japan)
	Deng Zhuoxiang  37' Gao Lin  39'	Report

2011-8-10 19:35 UTC+8	China PR	1 – 0	Jamaica	Olympic Sports Center, Hefei Attendance: 13,600 Referee: Lee Min-Hu (South Korea)
	Zhao Peng  9'	Report

2011-10-6 19:45 UTC+8	China PR	2 – 1	United Arab Emirates	New Shenzhen Stadium, Shenzhen Attendance: 18,652 Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
	Sun Xiang  5' Gao Lin  15'		Al Marzouqi  85'

2012-2-22 19:35 UTC+8	China PR	2 – 0	Kuwait	Helong Stadium, Changsha Attendance: 20,100 Referee: Ko Hyung-Jin (South Korea)
	Gao Lin  47' Yu Dabao  77'	Report

2012-6-03	Spain	v	China PR	Sevilla, Spain

Competitive record

All time results

Main article: China PR national football team results and fixtures

Competition history

FIFA World Cup record

Main article: China PR at the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did Not Enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958	Did Not Qualify
1962	Did Not Enter
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982	Did Not Qualify
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002	Group Stage	31st	3	0	0	3	0	9
2006	Did Not Qualify
2010
2014
2018	To Be Determined
2022
Total	Group Stage	1/19	3	0	0	3	0	9

AFC Asian Cup record

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	6	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

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

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	11	4	2	1	1	4	3
1986	Quarter-finals	9	4	2	1	1	10	7
1990	Quarter-finals	10	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

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

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

Honours

This is a list of honours for the senior Chinese national team

• AFC Asian Cup

• Runners-Up (2): 1984, 2004
• Third Places (2): 1976, 1992
• Fourth Place (2): 1988, 2000

• Asian Games

• Silver Medal (1): 1994
• Bronze Medal (2): 1978, 1998

• East Asian Football Championship

• Winners (2): 2005, 2010
• Third Places (2): 2003, 2008

• Dynasty Cup

• Runners-Up (2): 1990, 1998

• Far Eastern Games

• Winners (9): 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1930, 1934
• Runners-Up (1): 1913

• Nehru Cup

• Runners-Up (4): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986

Statistics

Most capped players

  Still active national team players are highlighted

As of 11 November 2011 the ten players with the most caps for China are:

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Li Weifeng	1997–Present	111	13
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

As of 7 June 2011, the ten highest scorers for China are:

#	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(71)	0.246
9	Fan Zhiyi	1992–2002	16 0(102)	0.157
10	Mai Chao	1986–1992	16 0(49)	0.326

List of head coaches

#	Name	Period	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Win %	Achievements
1	Li Fenglou	1951–1952	1	0	0	1	0	4	00.00%
2	A Joseph	1954–1956	3	2	0	1	4	6	66.67%
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%
	Nian Weisi Ren Bin	1974–1976	27	14	5	8	58	40	51.85%	3rd place at the 1976 AFC Asian Cup
8	Zhang Honggen	1977	10	6	1	3	20	12	60.00%
9	Nian Weisi (3rd time)	1978	14	8	1	5	25	12	57.14%	Bronze medal at the 1978 Asian Games
10	Zhang Honggen (2nd time)	1979	0	0	0	0	0	0	00.00%
11	Nian Weisi (4th time)	1980	5	2	2	1	11	4	40.00%
12	Su Yongshun	1980–1982	20	9	5	6	20	18	45.00%
13	Zhang Honggen (3rd time)	1982	10	3	5	2	11	10	30.00%
14	Zeng Xuelin	1983–1985	42	24	6	12	99	35	57.14%	Runners-up of the 1984 AFC Asian Cup
15	Nian Weisi (5th time)	1985–1986	26	14	7	5	44	24	53.85%
16	Gao Fengwen	1986–1990	56	27	13	16	112	40	48.21%	4th place at the 1988 AFC Asian Cup
17	Xu Genbao	1991–1992	0	0	0	0	0	0	00.00%
*	Chen Xirong (caretaker)	1992	5	3	0	2	9	10	60.00%
18	Klaus Schlappner	1992–1993	25	9	6	10	35	27	36.00%	3rd place at the 1992 AFC Asian Cup
19	Qi Wusheng	1994–1997	55	27	13	15	97	60	49.09%	Silver medal at the 1994 Asian Games
20	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%
21	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
*	Shen Xiangfu (caretaker)	2002	3	1	2	0	5	3	33.33%
22	Arie Haan	Dec 2002 – Nov 2004	30	17	7	6	52	22	56.67%	Runners-up of the 2004 AFC Asian Cup
23	Zhu Guanghu	Mar 2005 – Jul 2007	27	9	6	12	35	37	33.33%	Winners of the East Asian Cup 2005
24	Vladimir Petrović Ratomir Dujković	Sep 2007 – Jun 2008	18	6	7	5	28	16	33.33%	Third place at the East Asian Cup 2008
*	Yin Tiesheng (caretaker)	Dec 2008 – Jan 2009	6	2	0	4	11	12	33.33%
25	Gao Hongbo	Apr 2009 – Aug 2011	38	24	10	4	65	31	60.53%	Winners of 2010 EAFC
26	José Antonio Camacho	Aug 2011 –	7	4	0	3	11	6	45%

See also

• Football in China
• Sports in China

External links

• Chinese Football Association Official Website (Chinese)
• Team China Official Website (Chinese)
• Team China Official Website (English)
• Team China at Sina Website (Chinese)
• Profile on FIFA (English)
• Profile on AFC (English)
• Profile on EAFF (English)
• China National Football Team Database (English)
• RSSSF archive list of international matches up to 2005
• Great Wall Cup of Beijing international youth football tournament in China