China national under-23 football team

China U-23
Association	Chinese Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Antonio Puche
Captain	Liu Haofan
FIFA code	CHN
First colours	Second colours
Summer Olympics
Appearances	1 (first in 2008)
Best result	Group stage (2008)
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 2013)
Best result	Runners-up (2026)
Asian Games
Appearances	5 (first in 2002)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2002, 2006, 2022)

The China national under-23 football team, also known as the China Olympic team (国奥队), represents the People's Republic of China in international football competitions in the Olympic Games, Asian Games, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments. It is governed by the Chinese Football Association (CFA). It combines two teams: China U-23 national team and China U-21 selection team.^[1]

Competition history

* DNE = Did not enter; DNQ = Did not qualify; QBW = Qualified but withdrew.
* Pos = Position; P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against.
* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games record

For 1900 to 1988, see China national football team.

Year	Result	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A
1992 to 2004	did not qualify
2008	Group stage	13	3	0	1	2	1	6
2012 to 2024	did not qualify
Total*	-	-	8	0	2	6	1	17

* Including 1900 to 1988

Asian Games record

For 1951 to 1998, see China national football team.

Year	Result	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A
2002	Quarter-finals	5	4	3	0	1	9	1
2006	Quarter-finals	5	4	3	1	0	8	4
2010	Round of 16	12	4	2	0	2	5	7
2014	Round of 16	14	3	1	0	2	1	5
2018	Round of 16	9	4	3	0	1	14	5
2022	Quarter-finals	7	5	3	1	1	10	3
2026	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total*	-	-	24	15	2	7	47	25

* Including 1951 to 1998

Asian Games History
Year	Round	Score	Result
2002	Round 1	China 4–0 Turkmenistan	Win
	Round 1	China 3–0 Bangladesh	Win
	Round 1	China 2–0 India	Win
	Quarterfinals	China 0–1 Japan	Loss
2006	Round 1	China 1–0 Iraq	Win
	Round 1	China 3–1 Malaysia	Win
	Round 1	China 2–1 Oman	Win
	Quarterfinals	China 2–2 (7–8, penalties) Iran	Draw
2010	Round 1	China 0–3 Japan	Loss
	Round 1	China 2–1 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Round 1	China 3–0 Malaysia	Win
	Round of 16	China 0–3 South Korea	Loss
2014	Round 1	China 0–3 North Korea	Loss
	Round 1	China 1–0 Pakistan	Win
	Round of 16	China 0–2 Thailand	Loss
2018	Round 1	China 6–0 Timor-Leste	Win
	Round 1	China 3–0 Syria	Win
	Round 1	China 2–1 United Arab Emirates	Win
	Round of 16	China 3–4 Saudi Arabia	Loss
2022	Round 1	China 5–1 India	Win
	Round 1	China 4–0 Myanmar	Win
	Round 1	China 0–0 Bangladesh	Draw
	Round of 16	China 1–0 Qatar	Win
	Quarter-finals	China 0–2 South Korea	Loss

East Asian Games record

Year	Result	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A
1993	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	21	5
1997	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	15	7
2001	did not enter
2005	Champions	1st	5	4	0	1	16	4
2009	Group stage	5th	2	1	0	1	1	3
2013	Group stage	5th	4	0	1	3	1	7
Total	1 title	1st	21	11	3	7	54	26

AFC U-23 Asian Cup record

	Olympic Games Qualification

Year	Result	Final Stage						Preliminary Stage
Year	Result	M	W	D	L	F	A	M	W	D	L	F	A
2013	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	5	5	3	2	0	12	3
2016	Group stage	3	0	0	3	4	9	3	3	0	0	13	0
2018	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	3	3	2	1	0	4	1
2020	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	4	3	2	1	0	15	2
2022	Withdrawn
2024	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	4	2	1	1	0	2	1
2026	Runners-up	6	2	3	1	4	4	3	2	1	0	12	1
Total	Runners-up	21	4	3	14	16	29	19	13	6	0	58	8

Recent results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss

2025

20 March 2025 CFA Team China Cup	China	0–0	Uzbekistan	Yancheng, China
19:35 UTC+8				Stadium: Yancheng Olympic Sports Center Stadium Attendance: 6,198 Referee: Du Jianxin (China)

23 March 2025 CFA Team China Cup	China	1–0	South Korea	Yancheng, China
15:30 UTC+8	Liu Haofan 86'			Stadium: Yancheng Olympic Sports Center Stadium Attendance: 18,985 Referee: Ai Kun (China)

25 March 2025 CFA Team China Cup	China	1–1	Vietnam	Yancheng, China
19:35 UTC+8	Afrden 71' (pen.)		Nguyễn Quốc Việt 31'	Stadium: Yancheng Olympic Sports Center Stadium Attendance: 8,628 Referee: Dai Yige (China)

7 June Friendly	Belarus	1–1	China	Minsk, Belarus
18:00 UTC+3	Nikita Baranok 48' (pen.)		Maksim Burko 78' (o.g.)	Stadium: New Belarus National Stadium Attendance: 33,145 Referee: Nikita Shiyan (Belarus)

3 September 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup Q	China	2–1	Timor-Leste	Xi'an, China
19:35	Behram Abduweli 40' Wang Yudong 45'	Report	Freitas 54'	Stadium: Xi'an International Football Center Attendance: 23,802 Referee: Chae Sang-hyeop (South Korea)

6 September 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup Q	Northern Mariana Islands	0–10	China	Xi'an, China
19:35		Report	Behram Abduweli 45+4', 74', 83' Li Xinxiang 46' Zhu Pengyu 47', 86' Wang Yudong 67' (pen.), 89' Xiang Yuwang 70' Kuai Jiwen 73'	Stadium: Xi'an International Football Center Attendance: 30,982 Referee: Wiwat Jumpao-on (Thailand)

9 September 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup Q	Australia	0–0	China	Xi'an, China
19:35		Report		Stadium: Xi'an International Football Center Attendance: 33,022 Referee: Asker Nadjafaliev (Uzbekistan)

10 October Friendly	China	3–1	Thailand	Kunming, China
16:00	Kuai Jiwen 55' Yang Haoyu 68' Behram Abduweli 90'		Thanakrit Chotmuangpak 28'	Stadium: Haigeng Sports Training Center

14 October Friendly	China	0–0	Thailand	Kunming, China
16:00				Stadium: Haigeng Sports Training Center Referee: Xing Qi (China)

12 November 2025 Panda Cup	China	0–1	Vietnam	Chengdu, China
19:35 UTC+8			Phạm Minh Phúc 80'	Stadium: Shuangliu Sports Centre Attendance: 4,137 Referee: Shen Yinhao (China)

15 November 2025 Panda Cup	China	2–0	South Korea	Chengdu, China
19:35 UTC+8	Behram Abduweli 71', 81'			Stadium: Shuangliu Sports Centre Attendance: 10,089 Referee: Tang Shunqi (China)

18 November 2025 Panda Cup	China	0–0	Uzbekistan	Chengdu, China
19:35 UTC+8				Stadium: Shuangliu Sports Centre Attendance: 4,218 Referee: Dai Yige (China)

2026

3 January Friendly	Iran	1–0	China	Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
			Umidjan Yusup 60' (o.g.)	Stadium: Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi Stadium

8 January 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup GS	Iraq	0–0	China	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
17:00		Report		Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Sports City Stadium Attendance: 960 Referee: Asker Nadjafaliev (Uzbekistan)

11 January 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup GS	China	1–0	Australia	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
14:30	Peng Xiao 43'	Report		Stadium: Al-Shabab Club Stadium Attendance: 475 Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

14 January 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup GS	Thailand	0–0	China	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
14:30		Report		Stadium: Al-Shabab Club Stadium Attendance: 484 Referee: Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)

17 January 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup QF	Uzbekistan	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	China	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
14:30		Report		Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City Stadium Attendance: 578 Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)
	Penalties
	Bakhromov Saidnurullaev Karimov Abdullaev		Liu Haofan Peng Xiao Xiang Yuwang Yang Haoyu Wang Bohao

20 January 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup SF	Vietnam	0–3	China	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
18:30		Report	Peng Xiao 47' Xiang Yuwang 52' Wang Yudong 90+8'	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City Stadium Attendance: 1,141 Referee: Alex King (Australia)

24 January 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup Final	China	0–4	Japan	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
18:00		Report	Ozeki 12' Ogura 20', 76' Satō 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City Stadium Attendance: 8,188 Referee: Faisal Al-Balawi (Saudi Arabia)

25 March Xi'an International Youth Tournament	China	v	Thailand	Xi'an, China
19:35 UTC+8		Source		Stadium: Xi'an International Football Center

28 March Xi'an International Youth Tournament	China	v	North Korea	Xi'an, China
19:35 UTC+8		Source		Stadium: Xi'an International Football Center

31 March Xi'an International Youth Tournament	China	v	Iran	Xi'an, China
19:35 UTC+8		Source		Stadium: Xi'an International Football Center

Olympic Games fixtures

2008 Olympic Games

Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

All times local (GMT+8)

2008-08-07

19:45

China	1–1	New Zealand
Dong Fangzhuo 88'	(Report)	Brockie 53'

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 41,407

Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

2008-08-10

19:45

Belgium	2–0	China
Dembélé 8' Mirallas 80'	(Report)

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 45,756

Referee: Héctor Baldassi (Argentina)

2008-08-13

19:45

China	0–3	Brazil
	(Report)	Diego 18' Thiago Neves 69', 73'

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 38,790

Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa)

Players

China U-23 current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Luan Yi	(2005-08-16)16 August 2005 (aged 20)	Shijiazhuang Gongfu
12	1GK	Huo Shenping	(2003-11-26)26 November 2003 (aged 22)	Zhejiang FC
16	1GK	Li Hao	(2004-03-06)6 March 2004 (aged 21)	Qingdao West Coast

2	2DF	Hu Hetao	(2003-10-05)5 October 2003 (aged 22)	Chengdu Rongcheng
3	2DF	He Yiran	(2005-02-27)27 February 2005 (aged 20)	Changchun Yatai
4	2DF	Umidjan Yusup	(2004-02-28)28 February 2004 (aged 21)	Shanghai Port
5	2DF	Liu Haofan	(2003-10-23)23 October 2003 (aged 22)	Zhejiang FC
15	2DF	Peng Xiao	(2005-07-28)28 July 2005 (aged 20)	Shandong Taishan
17	2DF	Bao Shimeng	(2003-07-02)2 July 2003 (aged 22)	Suzhou Dongwu
19	2DF	Zhang Aihui	(2005-05-27)27 May 2005 (aged 20)	Zhejiang FC
23	2DF	Alex Yang	(2005-06-13)13 June 2005 (aged 20)	Qingdao West Coast

6	3MF	Xu Bin	(2004-05-02)2 May 2004 (aged 21)	Wolverhampton
8	3MF	Mutellip Iminqari	(2004-05-02)2 May 2004 (aged 21)	Qingdao West Coast
10	3MF	Wang Yudong	(2006-11-23)23 November 2006 (aged 19)	Zhejiang FC
11	3MF	Kuai Jiwen	(2006-02-28)28 February 2006 (aged 19)	Shanghai Port
13	3MF	Wang Bohao	(2005-07-18)18 July 2005 (aged 20)	FC Den Bosch
14	3MF	Yang Haoyu	(2006-05-25)25 May 2006 (aged 19)	Shanghai Shenhua
18	3MF	Chen Zeshi	(2005-02-21)21 February 2005 (aged 20)	Shandong Taishan
20	3MF	Li Zhenquan	(2003-12-16)16 December 2003 (aged 22)	Chongqing Tongliang Long
21	3MF	Bao Shengxin	(2003-08-01)1 August 2003 (aged 22)	Zhejiang FC
22	3MF	Mao Weijie	(2005-05-25)25 May 2005 (aged 20)	Dalian Yingbo

7	4FW	Xiang Yuwang	(2003-12-18)18 December 2003 (aged 22)	Chongqing Tongliang Long
9	4FW	Behram Abduweli	(2003-03-08)8 March 2003 (aged 22)	Shenzhen Peng City

Previous squads

Olympic Games

2008 Summer Olympics squads – China

Asian Games

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Overage players in Olympic Games

Tournament	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
2008	Li Weifeng (DF)	Zheng Zhi (MF)	Han Peng (FW)

China U-23 captains

Period	Captain	Vice Captain	Third Captain
1990–1992	Fan Zhiyi	Xu Hong	—
1993–1994	Zhang Enhua	Yang Chen	—
1995–1996	Shen Si	Zhang Enhua	–
1998–1999	Li Weifeng	Zhang Ran	—
2001–2004	Du Wei	Hu Zhaojun	—
2006	Chen Tao	—	—
2006 Asian Games	Zheng Zhi	—	—
2007	Chen Tao	Feng Xiaoting	Zhou Haibin
2007–2008	Li Weifeng	Zhou Haibin	—
2008 Olympic Games	Zheng Zhi	Li Weifeng	Zhou Haibin
2009–2010	Zhang Linpeng	Wu Xi	Piao Cheng
2010 Asian Games	Wang Dalei	Zhang Linpeng	Wu Xi
2011	Wang Dalei	Zhang Linpeng	Wu Xi
2012	Jin Jingdao	—	—
2013–2014	Shi Ke	Wang Tong	—
2014 Asian Games	Shi Ke	Li Ang	—
2015	Wang Tong	Shi Ke	—
2016	Chen Zhechao	Cheng Jin	—
2017–2018	He Chao	Gao Zhunyi	—
2019–2020	Huang Zhengyu	—
2023	Tao Qianglong	—
2024	Afrden Asqer	—
2025–	Liu Haofan	—

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Antonio Puche
Assistant coaches	Pepe de La Sagra
	David Campillo Quirante
	Huang Bowen
Goalkeeping coaches	Tomo Gluic
Fitness coaches	Nacho Bondia
Fitness coaches	Huang Bowen
Video analysts	Zhang Bin
Video analysts	Jiang Yong
Match analyst	Sui Han
Doctors	Wang Shucheng
Team coordinator	Yuan Jiayang
Physiotherapists	Vacant

List of head coaches

Manage records only includes international results.

From 1981–1983 as "China Expectful team", 1983–1990 as "China B team".

Name	Period	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Win %
Zhang Shixun	1981	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
Zhang Jingtian	1982–1984	13	6	2	5	24	13	46.15%
Zhang Honggen	1985	5	4	0	1	15	6	80.00%
Xu Genbao	1987–1990	18	6	6	6	24	23	33.33%

as China National Olympic team.

Name	Period	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Win %
Xu Genbao	May 1990 – Jan 1992	21	15	4	2	78	14	71.43%
Qi Wusheng	Mar 1993 – Sep 1993	8	3	2	3	22	11	37.50%
Radivoje Ognjanović	Sep 1993 – Nov 1994	1	1	0	0	3	0	100%
Qi Wusheng	Nov 1994 – Mar 1996	17	10	3	4	44	25	58.82%
Bobby Houghton	Oct 1998 – Nov 1999	21	15	2	4	46	11	71.43%
Shen Xiangfu	Dec 2001 – May 2004	35	16	7	12	56	38	45.71%
Jia Xiuquan	Apr 2006 – Oct 2006	7	1	2	4	1	7	14.23%
Ratomir Dujković	Nov 2006 – Jul 2008	26	11	10	5	34	27	42.31%
Yin Tiesheng	Jul 2008 – Aug 2008	5	1	2	2	2	6	20.00%
Miroslav Blažević	Nov 2010 – Aug 2011	5	2	1	2	4	4	50.00%
Fu Bo	Mar 2012 – Jan 2016	56	19	12	25			33.93%
Chen Yang	Sep 2016 – Feb 2017	9	4	2	3			44.44%
Massimiliano Maddaloni	Mar 2017 – Sep 2019	20	9	6	5			45%
Aleksandar Janković	Feb 2021 – Mar 2023	2	1	0	1			50%
Cheng Yaodong	Mar 2023 – May 2024	9	4	1	4			44.45%
Antonio Puche	Aug 2024 – Present	19	7	9	3			36.84%

References

^ "U21选拔队没有国家队队徽却为国家队荣誉而战斗". 29 March 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
^ "U23国足亚洲杯名单出炉！王钰栋10号，依木兰、朱鹏宇等四人落选". 163.com (in Chinese). 2026-01-04. Retrieved 2026-01-04.

External links

Team China – official website (in Chinese) (in English)
Chinese Football Association – official website (in Chinese)
Profile on FIFA (archived 10 June 2007)
Profile on Beijing 2008 (archived 9 August 2008)

Head-to-head record

The following table shows China's head-to-head record in the Football at the Summer Olympics and AFC U-23 Asian Cup.

In Football at the Summer Olympics

Opponent	Pld	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Belgium	1	0	1	0	2	−2
Brazil	1	0	1	0	3	−3
New Zealand	1	1	0	1	1	+0
Total	3	1	2	1	6	−5

In AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Australia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Iran	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	000.00
Iraq	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Japan	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	000.00
Oman	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Qatar	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	000.00
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
South Korea	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	000.00
Syria	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Thailand	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Uzbekistan	4	0	1	3	1	5	−4	000.00
Vietnam	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Total	21	4	3	14	16	29	−13	019.05

[1] "U21选拔队没有国家队队徽却为国家队荣誉而战斗". 29 March 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2018-09-18.

[2] "U23国足亚洲杯名单出炉！王钰栋10号，依木兰、朱鹏宇等四人落选". 163.com (in Chinese). 2026-01-04. Retrieved 2026-01-04.

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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 Hanoi Tragedy (2022)
Other teams	B team Olympic U-20 U-17 Women's U-20 U-17 Futsal U-20 Beach soccer

v t e National under-23 football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA

Competition history

Olympic Games record

Asian Games record

East Asian Games record

AFC U-23 Asian Cup record

Recent results and fixtures

2025

2026

Olympic Games fixtures

2008 Olympic Games

Players

China U-23 current squad

Previous squads

Overage players in Olympic Games

China U-23 captains

Coaching staff

List of head coaches

See also

References

External links

Head-to-head record

In Football at the Summer Olympics

In AFC U-23 Asian Cup