China national under-20 football team

China U-20

Association	Chinese Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Li Ming
FIFA code	CHN
First colours Second colours

The China national under-20 football team, also known as the China Youth Team (中青队), represents the People's Republic of China in international football competitions in the FIFA U-20 World Cup and the AFC Youth Championship, as well as any other under-20 international football tournaments. It is governed by the Chinese Football Association (CFA).

Honours

• AFC Youth Championship

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	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1983	First round	12	3	1	0	2	5	8
1985	Quarter-finalist	7	4	2	0	2	5	5
1987 to 1995	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1997	First round	18	3	0	2	1	2	3
1999	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2001	Last 16	15	4	1	1	2	2	3
2003	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2005	Last 16	10	4	3	0	1	11	7
2007 to 2015	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
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

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1959 to 1974	DNP
1966 [note 1]	DNP
1975	Quarterfinals	5	2	2	1	6	3
1976	Quarterfinals	4	1	2	1	7	8
1977	DNP
1978	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	3	4
1980	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
1982	Runners-up	3	1	2	0	4	3
1985	Champions	3	2	1	0	5	3
1986	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
1988	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	3	9
1990 to 1994	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
1996	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	16	9
1998	Group Stage	4	1	1	2	7	8
2000	3rd Place	6	3	2	1	7	5
2002	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	7	10
2004	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	10	3
2006	Quarterfinals	4	3	0	1	5	3
2008	Quarterfinals	4	2	2	0	9	1
2010	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	6	4
2012	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	2	5
2014	Quarterfinals	4	1	2	1	5	6
2016	Qualified	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total		66	29	17	20	102	84

• DNP : Did Not Participate
• DNQ : Did Not Qualify

Recent matches

The Qualification Stage of 2016 AFC U-19 Championship.

China PR  v  Malaysia

2 October 2015	China PR	6–0	Malaysia	Huai’an Sports Centre Stadium, Huai'an
19:35	Zhang Yuning  32' (pen.), 34' Gao Haisheng  48', 53' Yao Daogang  58' Shan Huanhuan  87'			Attendance: 5,188 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Macau  v  China PR

4 October 2015	Macau	0–7	China PR	Huai’an Sports Centre Stadium, Huai'an
19:35			Gao Huaze  12', 18' Yang Liyu  25' Yan Dinghao  51' Zhang Yuning  72', 74' Shan Huanhuan  85'	Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

North Korea  v  China PR

6 October 2015	North Korea	0–3	China PR	Huai’an Sports Centre Stadium, Huai'an
19:35			Zhang Yuning  37' Lin Liangming  39', 61'	Attendance: 12,000

Squad

Current coaches

Head Coach	Li Ming
Assistant coaches

Current Squad

Squad selected for the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification from September 28 to October 6, 2015.

#	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Club
Goalkeepers
1	Zhang Yan（张岩）	30 March 1997	Beijing Guoan
22	Li Zheng（李铮）	18 March 1997	Unattached
23	Shi Xiaodong (施晓东)	26 February 1997	Shanghai SIPG
Defenders
2	Zhang Hongjiang (张宏疆)	13 June 1997	Dalian Transcendence F.C.
3	Wei Zhen（魏震）
4	Huang Chuang (黄闯)	2 January 1997	Wuhan Zall
5	Liu Boyang (刘博洋)	18 January 1997	Beijing Renhe
6	Li Yang (李扬)	2 February 1995	Wuhan Zall
15	Yao Daogang (姚道刚)	1 September 1997	Wuhan Zall
20	Gao Haisheng（高海生）	6 January 1997	Shanghai SIPG
Midfielders
7	Feng Boxuan（冯博轩）	18 March 1997	S.C.U. Torreense
8	Yan Dinghao（严鼎皓）	6 April 1998	Hangzhou Greentown
10	Zhang Yuan（张源）	28 January 1997
11	Lin Liangming (林良铭)	4 June 1997	Real Madrid Juvenil A
13	Huang Cong (黄聪)	6 January 1997	AS Trenčín
14	Gao Huaze (高华泽)	20 October 1997	Hangzhou Greentown
16	Xu Tianyuan (徐天沅)	8 May 1997	Rayo Vallecano Juvenil A
18	Shan Huanhuan（单欢欢）	24 January 1999	Beijing Guoan F.C.
21	Huang Zichang（黄紫昌）		Jiangsu Suning F.C.
24	Wu Wei (吴伟)	5 February 1997	Hangzhou Greentown
25	Zhao Jianfei (赵建飞)		Shandong Luneng
Strikers
9	Zhang Yuning (张玉宁)	5 January 1997	Vitesse Arnhem
17	Yang Liyu（杨立瑜）	Gondomar S.C.

List of head coaches

Manage records only includes International Country results

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

Notes

1. Nationalist China take part in AFC Youth Championship 1966, not China PR.

References

External links

• Chinese Football Association Official Website (Chinese)
• Team China Official Website (Chinese)
• Profile on FIFA
• Profile on AFC