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China national under-23 football team

China U-23
AssociationChinese Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachAntonio Puche
CaptainAfrden Asqer
FIFA codeCHN
First colours
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)

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

Year Result Pos P W D L F A
1992 to 2004 did not qualify
China 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

Year Result Pos P W D L F A
South Korea 2002 Quarter-finals 5 4 3 0 1 9 1
Qatar 2006 Quarter-finals 5 4 3 1 0 8 4
China 2010 Round of 16 12 4 2 0 2 5 7
South Korea 2014 Round of 16 14 3 1 0 2 1 5
Indonesia 2018 Round of 16 9 4 3 0 1 14 5
China 2022 Quarter-finals 7 5 3 1 1 10 3
Japan 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

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

AFC U-23 Championship record

Olympic Games Qualification
Year Pos Final Stage Preliminary Stage
P W D L F A P W D L F A
Oman 2013 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 5 5 3 2 0 12 3
Qatar 2016 Group stage 3 0 0 3 4 9 3 3 0 0 13 0
China 2018 Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 3 3 2 1 0 4 1
Thailand 2020 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 4 3 2 1 0 15 2
Uzbekistan 2022 Withdrawn
Qatar 2024 Group stage 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 2 1
Saudi Arabia 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

  Win   Draw   Lose

2023

U-23 national team

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

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

2008 Olympic Games

All times local (GMT+8)

China 1–1 New Zealand
Dong Fangzhuo 88' (Report) Brockie 53'
Attendance: 41,407
Belgium 2–0 China
Dembélé 8'
Mirallas 80'		 (Report)
Attendance: 45,756
China 0–3 Brazil
(Report) Diego 18'
Thiago Neves 69', 73'
Attendance: 38,790

Players

China U-23 current squad

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) China Shandong Taishan
1GK Chen Xing (2004-03-28)28 March 2004 (aged 20) China Wuhan Three Towns
1GK Nureli Abbas (2004-09-26)26 September 2004 (aged 19) China Beijing Guoan
2DF Hu Hetao (2003-10-05)5 October 2003 (aged 20) China Chengdu Rongcheng
2DF Liu Haofan (2003-10-23)23 October 2003 (aged 20) China Zhejiang Professional
2DF Zhang Yixuan (2004-08-18)18 August 2004 (aged 20) China Shijiazhuang Gongfu
2DF Bao Shimeng (2003-07-02)2 July 2003 (aged 21) China Shanghai Port
2DF Liu Langzhou (2003-01-08)8 January 2003 (aged 21) China Guangzhou FC
2DF Zhou Jianyi (2004-08-23)23 August 2004 (aged 20) China Cangzhou Mighty Lions
3MF Mutellip Iminqari (2004-05-02)2 May 2004 (aged 20) China Chengdu Rongcheng
3MF Abduhelil Osmanjan (2003-08-24)24 August 2003 (aged 20) China Qingdao West Coast
3MF Hu Haoyue (2003-06-01)1 June 2003 (aged 21) China Suzhou Dongwu
3MF Liu Yujie (2003-11-22)22 November 2003 (aged 20) China Shanghai Shenhua
3MF Chen Xuhuang (2003-04-03)3 April 2003 (aged 21) China Shanghai Port
3MF Wei Zhiwei (2004-12-21)21 December 2004 (aged 19) China Meizhou Hakka
3MF Liao Rongxiang (2004-10-27)27 October 2004 (aged 19) China Chengdu Rongcheng
3MF Chen Zhexuan (2003-09-24)24 September 2003 (aged 20) China Shijiazhuang Gongfu
3MF Zhang Tao (2003-08-26)26 August 2003 (aged 20) China Wuhan Three Towns
4FW Afrden Asqer (2003-09-15)15 September 2003 (aged 20) China Wuhan Three Towns
4FW Mewlan Mijit (2004-01-27)27 January 2004 (aged 20) China Shandong Taishan
4FW Liu Xiaolong (2003-09-09)9 September 2003 (aged 20) China Shanghai Port
4FW Jia Boyan (2003-11-30)30 November 2003 (aged 20) China Nantong Zhiyun
4FW Ghenifa Arafat (2004-05-12)12 May 2004 (aged 20) China Suzhou Dongwu
4FW Wang Shijie (2004-01-22)22 January 2004 (aged 20) China Guangzhou FC
4FW He Xiaoke (2004-01-21)21 January 2004 (aged 20) China Shandong Taishan

Previous squads

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 —

Coaching staffs

China U-23 coaching staff

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

China U-21 coaching staff

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

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 % Achievements
China Zhang Shixun 1981 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
China Zhang Jingtian 1982–1984 13 6 2 5 24 13 46.15%
China Zhang Honggen 1985 5 4 0 1 15 6 80.00%
China 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
China Xu Genbao May 1990 – Jan 1992 21 15 4 2 78 14 71.43%
China Qi Wusheng Mar 1993 – Sep 1993 8 3 2 3 22 11 37.50%
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Radivoje Ognjanović Sep 1993 – Nov 1994 1 1 0 0 3 0 100%
China Qi Wusheng Nov 1994 – Mar 1996 17 10 3 4 44 25 58.82%
England Bobby Houghton Oct 1998 – Nov 1999 21 15 2 4 46 11 71.43%
China Shen Xiangfu Dec 2001 – May 2004 35 16 7 12 56 38 45.71%
China Jia Xiuquan Apr 2006 – Oct 2006 7 1 2 4 1 7 14.23%
Serbia Ratomir Dujković Nov 2006 – Jul 2008 26 11 10 5 34 27 42.31%
China Yin Tiesheng Jul 2008 – Aug 2008 5 1 2 2 2 6 20.00%
Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Blažević Nov 2010 – Aug 2011 5 2 1 2 4 4 50.00%
China Fu Bo Mar 2012 – Jan 2016 56 19 12 25 33.93%
China Chen Yang Sep 2016 – Feb 2017 9 4 2 3 44.44%
Italy Massimiliano Maddaloni Mar 2017 – 20 9 6 5 45%
China Sun Jihai May 2017 – 6 1 2 3 16.67%

See also

References

  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.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_national_under-22_football_team