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China national under-17 football team

China U-17
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationChinese Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachKenichi Uemura
FIFA codeCHN
First colours
Second colours
AFC U-17 Asian Cup
Appearances14 (first in 1985)
Best resultChampions (1992, 2004)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1985)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1985, 2005)

The China national under-17 football team, also known as the China Junior Team (国少队), represents the People's Republic of China in international football competitions in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and the AFC U-17 Asian Cup, as well as any other under-17 international football tournaments. It is governed by the Football Association of the People's Republic of China.

Tournament records

AFC U-17 Asian Cup record

Year Result Pos Pld W D L GF GA
Qatar 1985 Group stage 7th 3 0 2 1 2 3
Qatar 1986 did not qualify
Thailand 1988 Third place 3rd 6 2 4 0 7 4
United Arab Emirates 1990 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 11 2
Saudi Arabia 1992 Champions 1st 5 3 2 0 9 4
Qatar 1994 Group stage 5th 4 2 0 2 14 5
Thailand 1996 Group stage 6th 4 1 1 2 5 10
Qatar 1998 did not qualify
Vietnam 2000 Group stage 5th 4 2 0 2 13 12
United Arab Emirates 2002 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 1 13 4
Japan 2004 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 10 5
Singapore 2006 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 10 5
Uzbekistan 2008 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 4 4
Uzbekistan 2010 Group stage 12th 3 0 1 2 1 4
Iran 2012 Group stage 9th 3 0 3 0 4 4
Thailand 2014 Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 2 6
India 2016 did not qualify
Malaysia 2018 did not qualify
Thailand 2023 Group stage 13th 3 0 1 2 4 9
Saudi Arabia 2025 Qualified
Total 2 Titles 16/20 62 27 17 18 109 81

FIFA U-17 World Cup record

Year Result Pos P W D L F A
China 1985 Quarter-finals 8th 4 2 1 1 8 7
Canada 1987 did not qualify
Scotland 1989 Group stage 12th 3 1 1 1 1 3
Italy 1991 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 4 7
Japan 1993 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 2 5
Ecuador 1995 did not qualify
Egypt 1997
New Zealand 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 2001
Finland 2003 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 5 7
Peru 2005 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 2 1 4 7
South Korea 2007 did not qualify
Nigeria 2009
Mexico 2011
United Arab Emirates 2013
Chile 2015
India 2017
Brazil 2019
Indonesia 2023
Qatar 2025 to be determined
Total Quarter-finals 6/20 20 4 7 9 24 36

Recent results and fixtures

2022

5 October 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup QF China  9–0  Cambodia Shepparton
15:00 Report Stadium: Shepparton Sports City
Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)
7 October 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup QF Northern Mariana Islands  0–11  China Shepparton
15:00 Report
Stadium: Shepparton Sports City
Referee: Songkran Bunmeekiart (Thailand)
9 October 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup QF Australia  3–1  China Shepparton
15:00
Report Stadium: Shepparton Sports City
Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

2023

19 June 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS China  3–5  Australia Chonburi
17:00
Report
Stadium: Chonburi Stadium
Attendance: 215
Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)
22 June 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS Saudi Arabia  3–0  China Chonburi
17:00 Report Stadium: Chonburi Stadium
Attendance: 233
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

Current squad

The following 23 players were named in the squad for the 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification.[1]

Manager: Kenichi Uemura

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Li Ao (2008-04-16)16 April 2008 (aged 16) China Tianjin Jinmen Tiger
2 2DF Jiang Zhiqin (2008-01-16)16 January 2008 (aged 16) China Guangdong GZ-Power
3 2DF Wen Zhanlin (2008-07-28)28 July 2008 (aged 16) China Meizhou Hakka
4 2DF Elnizar Lohman (2008-04-14)14 April 2008 (aged 16) China Evergrande Football School
5 2DF Sun Tianyu (2008-11-19)19 November 2008 (aged 15) China Hubei Istar
6 3MF Chen Zifan (2008-01-29)29 January 2008 (aged 16) China Jiangsu FA
7 4FW Bunyamin Abdusalam (2008-04-09)9 April 2008 (aged 16) China Evergrande Football School
8 3MF Liu Jiale (2008-12-02)2 December 2008 (aged 15) China Evergrande Football School
9 3MF Wei Xiangxin (2008-03-06)6 March 2008 (aged 16) China Guangdong Mingtu
10 4FW Hebibilla Nurhaji (2008-12-31)31 December 2008 (aged 15) China Chengdu Rongcheng
11 4FW Wang Yi (2008-03-25)25 March 2008 (aged 16) China Shandong Taishan
12 2DF Wang Gengrui (2008-09-16)16 September 2008 (aged 16) China Evergrande Football School
13 1GK Ihsen Ilham (2008-08-08)8 August 2008 (aged 16) China Shandong Taishan
14 3MF Yao Junyu (2008-01-09)9 January 2008 (aged 16) China Shandong Taishan
15 2DF Li Qitao (2008-02-03)3 February 2008 (aged 16) China Guangdong GZ-Power
16 2DF Yan Qiandong (2008-01-01)1 January 2008 (aged 16) China Evergrande Football School
17 2DF Li Junpeng (2009-02-19)19 February 2009 (aged 15) China Shandong Taishan
18 4FW Li Xiang (2008-01-13)13 January 2008 (aged 16) China Shandong Taishan
19 3MF Yan Yuzhe (2008-02-27)27 February 2008 (aged 16) China The Affiliated High School of SCNU
20 3MF Lai Jiantao (2008-11-24)24 November 2008 (aged 15) China Meizhou Hakka
21 3MF Zhang Chengrui (2008-03-15)15 March 2008 (aged 16) China Dalian FA
22 3MF Bian Yulang (2008-05-10)10 May 2008 (aged 16) China Shanghai Port
23 1GK Liu Binglin (2008-08-30)30 August 2008 (aged 16) China Evergrande Football School

References

  1. ^ "U17国少23人大名单:布尼亚明、艾比布拉在列,李钧鹏入选". Dongqiudi. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

Head-to-head record

The following table shows China's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and AFC U-17 Asian Cup.