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China national under-20 football team

National association football team

Summary

National association football team

Field	Value
Name	China U-20
Badge	China national football team.svg
Badge_size	150px
FIFA Trigramme	CHN
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Association	Chinese Football Association
Coach	Dejan Đurđević
Captain	Shi Songchen
Regional name	FIFA U-20 World Cup
Regional cup apps	5
Regional cup first	1983
Regional cup best	Quarter-finals (1985)
2ndRegional name	AFC U-20 Asian Cup
2ndRegional cup apps	21
2ndRegional cup first	1975
2ndRegional cup best	Champions (1985)
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The China national under-20 football team, also known as the China Youth Team (国青队), represents the People's Republic of China in international football competitions in the FIFA U-20 World Cup and the AFC U-20 Asian Cup, as well as any other under-20 international football tournaments. It is governed by the Chinese Football Association (CFA).

History

In 2017, the under-20 team began playing in the Regionalliga Südwest, a fourth-division German league, as part of an agreement between the two countries. The team would play friendly matches to fill in for the missing 20th club in the league's schedule. During the team's match on 17 November against TSV Schott Mainz, the display of a Tibetan flag led to the team walking off in protest. In the aftermath, all upcoming friendly matches were cancelled.

On 28 September 2018, China U-19 Yellow (B team) was organised as support for the national under-20 football team. Serbian manager Aleksandar Janković was appointed the first head coach of the team

Honours

AFC U-20 Asian Cup :Winners (1): 1985 :Runners-up (3): 1982, 1996, 2004 :Third-places (2): 1966, 2000
East Asian Games :Winners (1): 2005 :Third-places (2): 1993, 1997

Competition history

FIFA World Youth Championship / FIFA U-20 World Cup record

Year	Result	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A
1977 to 1981	DNE	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
MEX 1983	First round	12	3	1	0	2	5	8
USSR 1985	Quarter-finalist	7	4	2	0	2	5	5
1987 to 1995	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
MAS 1997	First round	18	3	0	2	1	2	3
1999	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ARG 2001	Last 16	15	4	1	1	2	2	3
2003	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
NED 2005	Last 16	10	4	3	0	1	11	7
2007 to 2025	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
AZEUZB 2027	TBD	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	–	–	18	7	3	8	25	26

DNE = Did not enter; DNQ = Did not qualify; 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.

AFC U-19 Championship/AFC U-20 Asian Cup

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1959 to 1974	DNPNationalist China take part in AFC Youth Championship 1959 to 1974, not China PR.
KUW 1975	Quarterfinals	5	2	2	1	6	3
THA 1976	Quarterfinals	4	1	2	1	7	8
IRN 1977	DNP
BAN 1978	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	3	4
THA 1980	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
THA 1982	Runners-up	3	1	2	0	4	3
UAE 1985	Champions	3	2	1	0	5	3
KSA 1986	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
QAT 1988	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	3	9
1990 to 1994	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
KOR 1996	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	16	9
THA 1998	Group Stage	4	1	1	2	7	8
IRN 2000	3rd Place	6	3	2	1	7	5
QAT 2002	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	7	10
MAS 2004	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	10	3
IND 2006	Quarterfinals	4	3	0	1	5	3
KSA 2008	Quarterfinals	4	2	2	0	9	1
CHN 2010	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	6	4
UAE 2012	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	5
MYA 2014	Quarterfinals	4	1	2	1	5	6
BHR 2016	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	0	3
IDN 2018	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	2	2
UZB 2020	DNQ and cancelled	–	–	–	–	–	–
UZB 2023	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	5	6
CHN 2025	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	2	8	6
CHN 2027	Qualified as hosts	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	–	80	33	19	28	117	101

DNP : Did not participate
DNQ : Did not qualify

[[Toulon Tournament]]

[[Torneo di Viareggio]]

2019 Torneo di Viareggio

Recent matches

2023

Kumata
Tanaka
Iminqari
Xu Bin
Bekberdinov
Zhenishbekov
Kim Yong-hak
Sung Jin-young
Choi Seok-hyun
Iminqari
Ševelj
Zhu Qiwen
Šego
Barišić
Bušnja
Zhu Yue

2024

Figo
Peng Xiao
Zhong Wen
Ji Da-bin
Wang Yudong
Ning Fangze
Qu Geping
Ning Fangze
Wang Yudong
Shi Songchen
Wang Yudong
Liu Chengyu
Tang Tianyi
Zhu Pengyu
Bai Yutao
Du Yuezheng
Wu Yongqiang
Chen Zeshi
Bennie
He Yiran

2025

Kuai Jiwen
Liu Chengyu
Faragalla
Madavinov
Madanov
Liu Chengyu
Wang Yudong
Mao Weijie
Zhu Pengyu
Kuai Jiwen
Memeti
Agosti
Al-Yuhaybi

Squad

Current coaches

Current squad

The 23 players below were called up for 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup from 12 February 2025 to 1 March 2025.

List of head coaches

Manage records only includes International Country results

#	Name	Period	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	Win %	Achievements
1	Hungary A Joseph	1954 – 1955	1	1	0	0	3	2	100%
2	China Nian Weisi	1966 – 1971	13	2	8	3	12	21	15.83%	3rd place at the 1966 AFC Youth Championship
3	China Sun Baorong	1972 – 1973	4	2	1	1	12	8	50.00%
4	China Chen Chengda	1974	6	3	1	2	7	9	50.00%
5	China Zhang Honggen	1975 – 1976	9	3	4	2	13	9	33.33%
6	China Xian Dihong	1976	1	0	0	1	2	3	0
7	China Zhang Shixun	1976	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
8	China Chen Jiagen	1977	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
9	China Zhang Honggen	1977	3	2	1	0	4	2	66.67%
10	China Chen Jiagen (2nd time)	1978	6	2	0	4	7	9	33.33%
11	China Zhang Junxiu	1978	6	1	0	5	3	12	16.67%
12	China Xian Dixiong (2nd time)	1979	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
13	China Shao Xiankang	1980	4	1	0	3	1	19	25.00%
14	China Zhang Junxiu (2nd time)	1980	4	2	0	2	13	4	50.00%
15	China Gao Fengwen	1981 – 1983	18	12	3	3	32	17	66.67%	Runners-up of the 1982 AFC Youth Championship
first round of the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship
	China Xie Hongjun	1983 (U-19)	4	1	0	3	3	7	25.00%
	China Li Chuanqi	1983 (U-18)	5	1	0	4	3	17	20.00%
16	China Zhang Zhicheng	1984 – 1986	32	18	4	10	63	23	56.25%	Champions of the 1985 AFC Youth Championship
Quarter final of the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship
17	China Liu Minxin	1986 – 1988	21	15	2	4	58	20	71.43%
18	China Chen Xirong	1988 – 1990	23	12	3	8	53	20	52.17%
19	China Zhu Guanghu	1991 – 1992	7	2	3	2	9	9	28.57%
20	China Zhang Zhicheng (2nd time)	1993 – 1994	2	1	0	1	2	2	50.00%
21	China Gai Zengchen	1995 – 1996	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
22	China Tang Pengju	1996 – 1997	14	11	1	2	48	16	78.57%	Runners-up of the 1996 AFC Youth Championship
23	China Zhu Guanghu (2nd time)	1997 – 1998	24	7	7	10	30	27	29.17%	First round of the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship
24	China Chen Jingang	1998	4	1	1	2	7	8	25.00%
25	England Keith Blunt	1999	0	0	0	0	0	0	–
26	CHN Shen Xiangfu	2000 – 2001	27	13	5	9	46	29	48.15%	3rd place at the 2000 AFC Youth Championship
Round of 16 of the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship
27	CHN Wang Baoshan	2001 – 2002	8	4	2	2	15	13	50.00%
28	CHN Jia Xiuquan	2003 – 2004	6	5	1	0	17	2	83.33%
29	CHN Yin Tiesheng	2004 – 2005	18	9	4	5	21	12	50.00%	Runners-up at the 2004 AFC Youth Championship
30	Germany Eckhard Krautzun	2005	8	4	1	3	16	13	50.00%	Round of 16 of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship
	CHN Jia Xiuquan	2006 (U-21)	5	4	0	1	12	4	80.00%
31	CHN Jia Xiuquan (2nd time)	2005 – 2006	17	10	3	3	48	19	58.82%
32	CHN Liu Chunming	2007 – 2008	26	12	7	7	53	20	46.15%
33	CHN Su Maozhen	2009 – 2011
34	NED Jan Olde Riekerink	2011 – 2012
35	ARG Luis Manuel Blanco	2012
36	CHN Li Bing	2013 – 2014
37	CHN Zheng Xiong (Caretaker)	2014
38	CHN Li Ming	2015 – 2018
39	CHN Cheng Yaodong	2018 – 2024

Notes

References

Head-to-head record

The following table shows China's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Total

References

Bartlett, Evan. (22 June 2017). "Chinese U20 team set to become newest member of German fourth division". [[The Independent]].
(18 November 2017). "China under-20s protest Tibetan flags at friendly in Germany". [[The Washington Post]].
(22 December 2017). "Freundschaftsspiele mit chinesischer U 20 werden nicht fortgesetzt". dfb.
(28 September 2018). "足协宣布组建U19黄队扬戈维奇出任球队主教练". Sina.
(8 February 2025). "中国U20亚洲杯大名单：王钰栋领衔，唐天翼落选，泰山队7人入选". baijiahao.baidu.com.

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