China national football team results (1980–1989)

This article lists the results for the China PR national football team between 1980 and 1989.

1980

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scorers
24 February	Singapore	India	1–0¹	1980 Summer Olympics qualification	Huang Xiangdong
27 February	Singapore	Iran	2–2¹	1980 Summer Olympics qualification	Li Fubao, Chi Shangbin
2 March	Singapore	North Korea	1–1¹	1980 Summer Olympics qualification	Own Goal
6 March	Singapore	Sri Lanka	7–0¹	1980 Summer Olympics qualification	Shen Xiangfu(2), Rong Zhixing(2), Chi Shangbin, Gu Guangming, Zuo Shusheng
8 March	Singapore	Singapore	0–1¹	1980 Summer Olympics qualification
16 March	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Malaysia	1–3	Friendly	Li Fubao
12 June	Guangzhou, China	Japan	1–0	Friendly	Li Jinchun
14 June	Guangzhou, China	Hong Kong	7–0	Friendly	Zuo Shusheng(3), Xu Yonglai(2), Huang Xiangdong(2)
18 September	Kuwait City, Kuwait	North Korea	1–2	1980 AFC Asian Cup	Li Fubao
20 September	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Iran	2–2	1980 AFC Asian Cup	Chen Jingang, Xu Yonglai
23 September	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Syria	0–1	1980 AFC Asian Cup
25 September	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Bangladesh	6–0	1980 AFC Asian Cup	Shen Xiangfu(3), Xu Yonglai(3)
21 December	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1–0	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification	Chen Jingang
24 December	Hong Kong	Macau	3–0	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification	Gu Guangming, Zuo Shusheng, Rong Zhixing
26 December	Hong Kong	Japan	1–0	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification	Rong Zhixing
31 December	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	0–0AET 5–4PSO	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
1: Non FIFA 'A' international match

1981

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scorers
4 January	Hong Kong	North Korea	4–2AET	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification	Huang Xiangdong(2), Chen Xirong, Gu Guangming
2 June	Saitama, Japan	Japan	0–0	Friendly
24 September	Beijing, China	New Zealand	0–0	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 October	Auckland, New Zealand	New Zealand	0–1	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
18 October	Beijing, China	Kuwait	3–0	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification	Rong Zhixing, Gu Guangming, Shen Xiangfu
12 November	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Saudi Arabia	4–2	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification	Zuo Shusheng, Chen Jingang, Gu Guangming, Huang Xiangdong
19 November	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Saudi Arabia	2–0	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification	Huang Xiangdong, Cai Jinbiao
30 November	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	0–1	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification

1982

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scorers
10 January	Singapore	New Zealand	1–2	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification	Huang Xiangdong
16 February	Calcutta, India	India	1–1	Nehru Cup 1982	Zuo Shusheng
22 February	Calcutta, India	Uruguay	0–0	Nehru Cup 1982
1 March	Calcutta, India	South Korea	1–1	Nehru Cup 1982	Shen Xiangfu
4 March	Calcutta, India	Uruguay	0–2	Nehru Cup 1982
21 July	Beijing, China	Hong Kong	2–0	Friendly	Zhao Dayu, Shen Xiangfu
23 July	Beijing, China	Morocco	3–3	Friendly	Xu Shugang, Chen Jingang, Zhao Dayu
20 November	New Delhi, India	Malaysia	1–0	1982 Asian Games	Liu Chengde
22 November	New Delhi, India	Bangladesh	1–0	1982 Asian Games	Huang Xiangdong
24 November	New Delhi, India	India	2–2	1982 Asian Games	Shen Xiangfu, Zuo Shusheng
27 November	New Delhi, India	North Korea	0–1	1982 Asian Games

1983

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scorers
20 July	Beijing, China	Thailand	2–1	Friendly	Liu Haiguang, Zuo Shusheng
1 November	Bangkok, Thailand	Hong Kong	4–0¹	1984 Summer Olympics qualification	Zuo Shusheng(2), Liu Haiguang, Gu Guangming
3 November	Bangkok, Thailand	South Korea	3–3¹	1984 Summer Olympics qualification	Liu Haiguang(2), Jia Xiuquan
5 November	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	0–0¹	1984 Summer Olympics qualification
8 November	Bangkok, Thailand	South Korea	0–0¹	1984 Summer Olympics qualification
10 November	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	0–1¹	1984 Summer Olympics qualification
12 November	Bangkok, Thailand	Hong Kong	3–1¹	1984 Summer Olympics qualification	Jia Xiuquan, Li Huajun, Liu Haiguang
4 December	Singapore	Australia	2–1	Merlion Cup 1983	Liu Haiguang, Lin Lefeng
14 December	Singapore	Singapore	0–1¹	Merlion Cup 1983
1: Non FIFA 'A' international match

1984

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scorers
13 January	Calcutta, India	Hungary	1–1¹	Nehru Cup 1984	Zuo Shusheng
15 January	Calcutta, India	Poland	0–1	Nehru Cup 1984
18 January	Calcutta, India	Romania	2–1¹	Nehru Cup 1984	Li Hui, Lü Hongxiang
20 January	Calcutta, India	Argentina	1–0	Nehru Cup 1984	Zhao Dayu
25 January	Calcutta, India	India	3–0	Nehru Cup 1984	Li Huayun(2), Jia Xiuquan
27 January	Calcutta, India	Poland	0–1	Nehru Cup 1984
12 April	Nairobi, Kenya	Kenya	0–1	Friendly
31 May	Ōmiya, Japan	Japan	0–1¹	Friendly
3 June	Sapporo, Japan	Republic of Ireland	0–1	Friendly
21 June	Beijing, China	India	2–0	Friendly	Zuo Shusheng, Li Hui
4 July	Beijing, China	Iran	1–0¹	Friendly	Zhu Bo
29 July	Iaşi, Romania	Romania	2–4	Friendly	Liu Haiguang, Zhao Dayu
31 July	Buzău, Romania	Romania	0–1	Friendly
12 September	Guangzhou, China	Afghanistan	6–0	1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Li Hui(2), Zhao Dayu, Li Huayun, Zuo Shusheng, Yang Zhaohui
15 September	Guangzhou, China	Jordan	6–0	1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Zhao Dayu(2), Li Huayun, Gu Guangming, Li Hui, Yang Zhaohui
17 September	Guangzhou, China	Hong Kong	2–0	1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Zhao Dayu(2)
20 September	Guangzhou, China	Qatar	1–0	1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Zhao Dayu
3 November	Beijing, China	Australia	3–2	Friendly	Zhao Dayu, Lin Qiang, Zuo Shusheng
3 December	Singapore	Iran	0–2	1984 AFC Asian Cup
5 December	Singapore	Singapore	2–0	1984 AFC Asian Cup	Jia Xiuquan, Zhao Dayu
9 December	Singapore	India	3–0	1984 AFC Asian Cup	Lin Lefeng, Gu Guangming, Jia Xiuquan
11 December	Singapore	United Arab Emirates	5–0	1984 AFC Asian Cup	Yang Zhaohui, Jia Xiuquan, Zuo Shusheng, Zhao Dayu, Gu Guangming
14 December	Singapore	Kuwait	1–0AET	1984 AFC Asian Cup	Li Huayun
16 December	Singapore	Saudi Arabia	0–2	1984 AFC Asian Cup
1: Non FIFA 'A' international match

1985

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scorers
21 January	Kochi, India	Soviet Union	2–3¹	Nehru Cup 1985	Mai Chao, Ma Lin
24 January	Kochi, India	Iran	0–4¹	Nehru Cup 1985
29 January	Kochi, India	Yugoslavia	1–1¹	Nehru Cup 1985	Wei Kexing
17 February	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	0–0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
20 February	Macau	Macau	4–0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification	Gu Guangming, Lin Lefeng, Zuo Shusheng,Own Goal
26 February	Macau	Brunei	8–0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification	Zhao Dayu(3), Zuo Shusheng(2), Liu Haiguang(2), Li Hui
1 March	Hong Kong	Brunei	4–0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification	Zhao Dayu(2), Liu Haiguang(2)
12 May	Beijing, China	Macau	6–0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification	Yang Chaohui(2), Jia Xiuquan, Li Hui, Zhao Dayu, Wang Huiliang
19 May	Beijing, China	Hong Kong	1–2	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification	Li Hui
16 September	Lae, Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	4–1	Friendly	Liu Haiguang(2), Ma Lin, Wu Qunli
19 September	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	1–1	Friendly	Liu Haiguang
21 September	Canberra, Australia	Australia	0–2¹	Friendly
24 September	Sydney, Australia	Australia	1–1¹	Friendly	Ma Lin
27 September	Brisbane, Australia	Australia	0–3	Friendly
1: Non FIFA 'A' international match

1986

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scorers
3 January	Doha, Qatar	Qatar	1–1¹	Friendly	Li Huajun
25 January	Trivandrum, India	India	0–0	Nehru Cup 1986
28 January	Trivandrum, India	Peru	3–1	Nehru Cup 1986	Ma Lin(2), Chen Dong
11 May	Naples, Italy	Italy	0–2	Friendly
28 May	Beijing, China	Iran	2–1	Friendly	Li Hui, Liu Haiguang
23 August	Singapore	North Korea	0–0	Merlion Cup 1986
25 August	Singapore	Indonesia	3–0	Merlion Cup 1986	Ma Lin, Liu Haiguang, Mai Chao
28 August	Singapore	Malaysia	4–0	Merlion Cup 1986	Jia Xiuquan, Ma Lin, Liu Haiguang, Li Hui
30 August	Singapore	Canada	1–0	Merlion Cup 1986	Ma Lin
1 September	Singapore	Singapore	3–0	Merlion Cup 1986	Tang Yaodong, Mai Chao, Li Hui
3 September	Singapore	Singapore	2–1AET	Merlion Cup 1986	Liu Haiguang, Qin Guorong
6 September	Singapore	North Korea	2–1	Merlion Cup 1986	Ma Lin, Qin Guorong
20 September	Busan, Korea Republic	Bahrain	5–1	1986 Asian Games	Ma Lin(2), Liu Haiguang, Liu Zhongchang, Qin Guorong
22 September	Busan, Korea Republic	India	2–1	1986 Asian Games	Ma Lin(2)
28 September	Busan, Korea Republic	South Korea	2–4	1986 Asian Games	Li Hui(2)
1 October	Busan, Korea Republic	Kuwait	1–1AET 5–6PSO	1986 Asian Games	Own Goal
1: Non FIFA 'A' international match

1987

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scorers
7 March	León, Mexico	Mexico	2–3	Friendly	Jia Xiuquan, Tang Yaodong
10 April	Guangzhou, China	Philippines	9–0¹	1988 Summer Olympics qualification	Ma Lin(3), Li Hui(3), Jia Xiuquan, Liu Haiguang, Qin Guorong
13 April	Guangzhou, China	Philippines	10–0¹	1988 Summer Olympics qualification	Ma Lin(4), Jia Xiuquan(2), Mai Chao(2), Liu Haiguang,Own Goal
19 April	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	0–0¹	1988 Summer Olympics qualification
20 May	Guangzhou, China	Hong Kong	1–0¹	1988 Summer Olympics qualification	Tang Yaodong
23 September	Guangzhou, China	Nepal	8–0¹	1988 Summer Olympics qualification	Wang Baoshan(3), Li Hui(3), Zhu Ping, Duan Ju
26 September	Guangzhou, China	Nepal	12–0¹	1988 Summer Olympics qualification	Wang Baoshan(3), Ma Lin(2), Duan Ju(2), Li Hui, Jia Xiuquan, Tang Yaodong, Mai Chao,Own Goal
4 October	Guangzhou, China	Japan	0–1¹	1988 Summer Olympics qualification
11 October	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	1–0¹	1988 Summer Olympics qualification	Ma Lin
18 October	Guangzhou, China	Thailand	2–0¹	1988 Summer Olympics qualification	Liu Haiguang, Tang Yaodong
26 October	Tokyo, Japan	Japan	2–0¹	1988 Summer Olympics qualification	Liu Haiguang, Tang Yaodong
1: Non FIFA 'A' international match

1988

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scorers
5 February	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	South Yemen	0–0	1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification
8 February	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Bangladesh	4–0	1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Mai Chao(2), Liu Haiguang, Wu Qunli
10 February	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	0–0	1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification
14 February	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Thailand	5–0	1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Mai Chao(2), Xie Yuxin, Jia Xiuquan, Liu Haiguang
16 February	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	India	1–0	1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Liu Haiguang
8 May	Hangzhou, China	North Korea	0–0¹	Friendly
2 June	Nagoya, Japan	Japan	3–0	Friendly	Wang Baoshan, Gao Sheng, Ma Lin
17 September	Busan, Korea Republic	West Germany	0–3¹	1988 Summer Olympics
19 September	Busan, Korea Republic	Sweden	0–2¹	1988 Summer Olympics
21 September	Busan, Korea Republic	Tunisia	0–0¹	1988 Summer Olympics
4 December	Doha, Qatar	Syria	3–0	1988 AFC Asian Cup	Xie Yuxin(2), Gao Sheng
6 December	Doha, Qatar	Bahrain	1–0	1988 AFC Asian Cup	Zhang Xiaowen
10 December	Doha, Qatar	Kuwait	2–2	1988 AFC Asian Cup	Ma Lin(2)
12 December	Doha, Qatar	Saudi Arabia	0–1	1988 AFC Asian Cup
14 December	Doha, Qatar	South Korea	1–2AET	1988 AFC Asian Cup	Mai Chao
16 December	Doha, Qatar	Iran	0–0AET 0–3PSO	1988 AFC Asian Cup
1: Non FIFA 'A' international match

1989

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	Scorers
23 February	Guangzhou, China	Bangladesh	2–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification	Wang Baoshan, Mai Chao
28 February	Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	3–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification	Ma Lin(2), Tang Yaodong
4 March	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification	Wang Baoshan, Ma Lin
10 May	Tokyo, Japan	Japan	2–2	Friendly	Own Goal, Zhang Xiaowen
13 May	Okayama, Japan	Japan	0–2	Friendly
15 July	Shenyang, China	Iran	2–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification	Liu Haiguang, Zhang Xiaowen
22 July	Tehran, Iran	Iran	2–3	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification	Mai Chao, Ma Lin
29 July	Shenyang, China	Thailand	2–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification	Jia Xiuquan, Ma Lin
20 September	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	0–2	Friendly
12 October	Singapore	Saudi Arabia	2–1	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification	Mai Chao(2)
17 October	Singapore	United Arab Emirates	1–2	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification	Tang Yaodong
20 October	Singapore	South Korea	0–1	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
24 October	Singapore	North Korea	1–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification	Xie Yuxin
28 October	Singapore	Qatar	1–2	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification	Ma Lin

References

v t e China national football team
General	Chinese Football Association History Managers Home stadiums
Statistics	Results All-time results EAFF Cup Asian Games Olympics
Results	1913–49 1950–69 1970–89 1990–2009 2010–19 2020–present
Players	Players Individual statistics Naturalized
World Cup Finals	Summary 2002
Asian Cup Finals	Summary 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027
Rivalries	Hong Kong Japan South Korea
Matches	1984 AFC Asian Cup final May 19 Incident against Hong Kong (1985) 2004 AFC Asian Cup final
Other teams	B team Olympic U-20 U-17 Women's U-20 U-17 Futsal U-20 Beach soccer

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Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran 1941–1959 1960–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present Kyrgyzstan 2020–present Tajikistan 2020–present Turkmenistan Uzbekistan 1992–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh 1973–1999 2000–2019 2020–present Bhutan India 1938–1959 1960–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present Maldives Nepal 1972–1989 1990–2009 2010–present Pakistan 1950–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present Sri Lanka 1950–1979 1980–2009 2010–present
East Asia (EAFF)	China 1913–1949 1950–1969 1970–1989 1990–2009 2010–2019 2020–present Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Japan 1917–1939 1940–1949 1950–1959 1960–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present North Korea 1956–1979 1980–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present South Korea 1948–1959 1960–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands^†
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia 1922–1949 1950–1979 1980–1999 2000–2019 2020–present Brunei Cambodia 2010–2019 2020–present Indonesia 1934–1949 1950–1979 1980–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present Laos 1961–1999 2000–2019 2020–present Malaysia 2010–2019 2020–present Myanmar 1950–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present Philippines 1913–1948 1950–1979 1980–1999 2000–2009 2000–2019 2020–present Singapore 1948–1969 1970–1989 1990–1999 2000–2019 2020–present Thailand 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present Timor-Leste Vietnam 1991–2019 2020–present
Defunct	Aden Lahej North Yemen South Vietnam South Yemen
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