China national under-23 football team

China U-23
Association	Chinese Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Antonio Puche
Captain	Afrden Asqer
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	5 (first in 2013)
Best result	Group stage (2013, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2024)
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	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

	Olympic Games Qualification

Year	Pos	Final Stage						Preliminary Stage
Year	Pos	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

Win Draw Lose

2024

23 March 2024 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	1–0	China	Al Wakrah, Qatar
21:30 UTC+3	Al-Shuwaifi 13'			Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium

26 March 2024 (2024-03-26) Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–0	China	Al Wakrah, Qatar
21:30 (UTC+3)	Al-Ghamdi 17' Asiri 90'			Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium

2 April 2024 (2024-04-2) Friendly	Qatar	0–2	China	Doha, Qatar
15:00 (UTC+3)			Liang Shaowen 38' Abduweli 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

4 April 2024 (2024-04-4) Friendly	China	2–1	Malaysia	Doha, Qatar
20:30 (UTC+3)	Asqer 26' (pen.), 85' (pen.)		Tierney 61'	Stadium: Qatar University Stadium

7 April 2024 (2024-04-7) Friendly	China	1–0	Jordan	Doha, Qatar
				Stadium: Suheim bin Hamad Stadium

11 April 2024 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	Matsuki 8'			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			Lee Young-jun 23', 69'	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	Fawzi 48'		Xie Wenneng 24' Liu Zhurun 45+5'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)

2025

Under-22 national team

21 March CFA Team China 2025	China	v	Uzbekistan	Yancheng, China
18:35 UTC+8

23 March CFA Team China 2025	China	v	South Korea	Yancheng, China
14:30 UTC+8

25 March CFA Team China 2025	China	v	Vietnam	Yancheng, China
18:35 UTC+8

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 Yancheng tournament against Uzbekistan, South Korea, Vietnam from 20 March 2025 to 25 March 2025.^[2]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Yu Jinyong	(2004-07-06)6 July 2004 (aged 20)	Shandong Taishan
1GK	Huo Shenping	(2003-11-26)26 November 2003 (aged 21)	Zhejiang FC
1GK	Li Hao	(2004-03-06)6 March 2004 (aged 20)	Qingdao West Coast

2DF	Liu Haofan	(2003-10-23)23 October 2003 (aged 21)	Zhejiang FC
2DF	Wang Shiqin	(2003-06-24)24 June 2003 (aged 21)	Zhejiang FC
2DF	Umidjan Yusup	(2004-02-28)28 February 2004 (aged 21)	Shanghai Port
2DF	He Yiran	(2005-02-27)27 February 2005 (aged 20)	Changchun Yatai
2DF	Zhang Yixuan	(2004-08-18)18 August 2004 (aged 20)	Qingdao Red Lions
2DF	Bao Shimeng	(2003-07-02)2 July 2003 (aged 21)	Suzhou Dongwu
2DF	Peng Xiao	(2005-07-28)28 July 2005 (aged 19)	Shandong Taishan
2DF	Chen Zhexuan	(2003-09-24)24 September 2003 (aged 21)	Shijiazhuang Gongfu
2DF	Alex Yang	(2005-06-13)13 June 2005 (aged 19)	Qingdao West Coast
2DF	Xiang Rongjun	(2004-03-31)31 March 2004 (aged 20)	Qingdao West Coast
2DF	Wang Yifan	(2005-01-11)11 January 2005 (aged 20)	Suzhou Dongwu

3MF	Mutellip Iminqari	(2004-05-02)2 May 2004 (aged 20)	Chengdu Rongcheng
3MF	Kuai Jiwen	(2006-02-28)28 February 2006 (aged 19)	Shanghai Port
3MF	Yang Haoyue	(2006-05-25)25 May 2006 (aged 18)	Shanghai Shenhua
3MF	Xiang Yuwang	(2003-12-18)18 December 2003 (aged 21)	Chongqing Tonglianglong
3MF	Wei Zhiwei	(2004-12-21)21 December 2004 (aged 20)	Meizhou Hakka
3MF	Li Zhenquan	(2003-12-16)16 December 2003 (aged 21)	Chongqing Tonglianglong
3MF	Sherzat Nur	(2004-01-01)1 January 2004 (aged 21)	Liaoning Tieren
3MF	Imran Memet	(2005-05-03)3 May 2005 (aged 19)	Shandong Taishan
3MF	Mewlan Mijit	(2004-01-27)27 January 2004 (aged 21)	Shandong Taishan
3MF	Chen Zeshi	(2005-02-21)21 February 2005 (aged 20)	Shandong Taishan
3MF	Bao Shengxin	(2003-08-01)1 August 2003 (aged 21)	Zhejiang FC
3MF	Xu Bin	(2004-05-02)2 May 2004 (aged 20)	Qingdao West Coast

4FW	Afrden Asqer	(2003-09-15)15 September 2003 (aged 21)	Shanghai Port
4FW	Liu Xiaolong	(2003-09-09)9 September 2003 (aged 21)	Qingdao West Coast
4FW	Mao Weijie	(2005-05-28)28 May 2005 (aged 19)	Dalian Yingbo

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	—

Coaching staffs

China U-23 coaching staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Head Coach	Antonio Puche	Spain
Assistant Coach	Pepe de La Sagra	Spain
Assistant Coach	David Campillo Quirante	Spain
Assistant Coach	Huang Bowen	China
Trainer	Yu Dabao	China
Goalkeeper coach	Tomo Gluic	Croatia
Fitness coach	Nacho Bondia	Spain

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	6	3	1	2			50%

References

^ "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.
^ "U22国足名单出炉！5名泰山球员入选" (in Chinese (China)). baidu.com. 4 March 2025.

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Iran	2	0	2	2	4	−2	000.00
Iraq	1	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Japan	1	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Oman	1	1	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Qatar	2	0	2	2	5	−3	000.00
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
South Korea	2	0	2	0	3	−3	000.00
Syria	1	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Uzbekistan	3	0	3	1	5	−4	000.00
Total	15	2	13	12	25	−13	013.33

[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.

[2] "U22国足名单出炉！5名泰山球员入选" (in Chinese (China)). baidu.com. 4 March 2025.

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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
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 Championship record

Recent results and fixtures

2024

2025

Under-22 national team

Olympic Games fixtures

2008 Olympic Games

Players

China U-23 current squad

Previous squads

Overage players in Olympic Games

China U-23 captains

Coaching staffs

China U-23 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