China national under-23 football team

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]

China U-23
AssociationChinese Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachAntonio Puche
CaptainAfrden Asqer
FIFA codeCHN
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Second colours
Summer Olympics
Appearances1 (first in 2008)
Best resultGroup stage (2008)
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Appearances5 (first in 2013)
Best resultGroup stage (2013, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2024)
Asian Games
Appearances5 (first in 2002)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2002, 2006, 2022)

Competition history

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* 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

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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

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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   East Timor 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

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

AFC U-23 Championship record

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Olympic Games Qualification
Year Pos Final Stage Preliminary Stage
P W D L F A P 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 To be determined
Total Best result: Group stage 15 2 0 13 12 25 14 10 4 0 44 6

Recent results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Lose

2023

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U-23 national team

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23 December 2023 (2023-12-23) Friendly China   0–1   Malaysia Shanghai, China
14:00 UTC+8 Harith   90+5' Stadium: Jinshan Sports Centre
26 December 2023 (2023-12-26) Friendly China   2–1   Malaysia Shanghai, China
14:00 UTC+8 Du   5'
Tao   45+4'
Izwan   34' Stadium: Jinshan Sports Centre

2024

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23 March 2024 Friendly Saudi Arabia   1–0   China Al Wakrah, Qatar
21:30 UTC+3
Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium
26 March 2024 (2024-03-26) Friendly Saudi Arabia   2–0   China Al Wakrah, Qatar
21:30 (UTC+3)
Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium
2 April 2024 (2024-04-02) Friendly Qatar   0–2   China Doha, Qatar
15:00 (UTC+3)
Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
4 April 2024 (2024-04-04) Friendly China   2–1   Malaysia Doha, Qatar
20:30 (UTC+3)
Stadium: Qatar University Stadium
7 April 2024 (2024-04-07) Friendly China   1–0   Jordan Doha, Qatar
Stadium: Suheim bin Hamad Stadium
11 April 2024 (2024-04-11) Friendly China   0–2   Uzbekistan Doha, Qatar
16 April 2024 (2024-04-16) 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup Japan   1–0   China Al Rayyan, Qatar
16:00
Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)
19 April 2024 (2024-04-19) 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup China   0–2   South Korea Doha, Qatar
16:00
Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Al-Shammari (Qatar)
22 April 2024 (2024-04-22) 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup United Arab Emirates   1–2   China Doha, Qatar
16:00
Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

Olympic Games fixtures

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2008 Olympic Games

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All times local (GMT+8)

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

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

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

Players

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China U-23 current squad

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The following players were called up for the friendly match against   Vietnam U21,   Malaysia U21 and   Uzbekistan U21 from 4 September 2024 to 10 September 2024.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1GK Yu Jinyong (2004-07-06)6 July 2004 (aged 20)   Shandong Taishan
1GK Chen Xing (2004-03-28)28 March 2004 (aged 20)   Wuhan Three Towns
1GK Nureli Abbas (2004-09-26)26 September 2004 (aged 19)   Beijing Guoan

2DF Hu Hetao (2003-10-05)5 October 2003 (aged 20)   Chengdu Rongcheng
2DF Liu Haofan (2003-10-23)23 October 2003 (aged 20)   Zhejiang Professional
2DF Zhang Yixuan (2004-08-18)18 August 2004 (aged 20)   Shijiazhuang Gongfu
2DF Bao Shimeng (2003-07-02)2 July 2003 (aged 21)   Shanghai Port
2DF Liu Langzhou (2003-01-08)8 January 2003 (aged 21)   Guangzhou FC
2DF Zhou Jianyi (2004-08-23)23 August 2004 (aged 20)   Cangzhou Mighty Lions

3MF Mutellip Iminqari (2004-05-02)2 May 2004 (aged 20)   Chengdu Rongcheng
3MF Abduhelil Osmanjan (2003-08-24)24 August 2003 (aged 20)   Qingdao West Coast
3MF Hu Haoyue (2003-06-01)1 June 2003 (aged 21)   Suzhou Dongwu
3MF Liu Yujie (2003-11-22)22 November 2003 (aged 20)   Shanghai Shenhua
3MF Chen Xuhuang (2003-04-03)3 April 2003 (aged 21)   Shanghai Port
3MF Wei Zhiwei (2004-12-21)21 December 2004 (aged 19)   Meizhou Hakka
3MF Liao Rongxiang (2004-10-27)27 October 2004 (aged 19)   Chengdu Rongcheng
3MF Chen Zhexuan (2003-09-24)24 September 2003 (aged 20)   Shijiazhuang Gongfu
3MF Zhang Tao (2003-08-26)26 August 2003 (aged 20)   Wuhan Three Towns

4FW Afrden Asqer (2003-09-15)15 September 2003 (aged 20)   Wuhan Three Towns
4FW Mewlan Mijit (2004-01-27)27 January 2004 (aged 20)   Shandong Taishan
4FW Liu Xiaolong (2003-09-09)9 September 2003 (aged 20)   Shanghai Port
4FW Jia Boyan (2003-11-30)30 November 2003 (aged 20)   Nantong Zhiyun
4FW Ghenifa Arafat (2004-05-12)12 May 2004 (aged 20)   Suzhou Dongwu
4FW Wang Shijie (2004-01-22)22 January 2004 (aged 20)   Guangzhou FC
4FW He Xiaoke (2004-01-21)21 January 2004 (aged 20)   Shandong Taishan

Previous squads

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Overage players in Olympic Games

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

China U-23 captains

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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

Coaching staffs

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China U-23 coaching staff

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Position Name Nationality
Manager Cheng Yaodong   China
Assistant Manager Choi Jin-cheul   South Korea
Coach Wan Houliang   China
Goalkeeper coach Zong Lei   China
Video Analyst Peng Sun   China
Bin Liu   China
Team Doctor Lijun Tang   China
Jin Long   China
Chen Bin   China
Technical employee Liu Bin   China
Wang Zewen   China
Staff Sui Han   China
Chen Feng   China

China U-21 coaching staff

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Position Name Nationality
Manager Cheng Yaodong   China
Assistant Manager Sun Jihai   China
Coach Zhiqiang Hou   China
Goalkeeper coach Li Leilei   China
Fitness coach Xiaodong Cao   China
Kai Mei   China
Video Analyst Xiaochuan Li   China
Team Doctor Ding Ran   China
Wang Xiaowei   China
Qian Jiyun   China
Technical employee Dong Wuzhi   China
Xing Weizhen   China
Sun Peng   China
Staff Du Lida   China
Zhao Hang   China

List of head coaches

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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 % Achievements
  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 % Achievements
  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 – 20 9 6 5 45%
  Sun Jihai May 2017 – 6 1 2 3 16.67%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "U21选拔队没有国家队队徽 却为国家队荣誉而战斗". Archived from the original on 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
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INTERN 3
Note 2