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]

* 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.

• 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

• 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  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

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

Year	Pos	Final Stage						Preliminary Stage
		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

  Win   Draw   Lose

China  v  Malaysia

23 December 2023 (2023-12-23) Friendly	China	0–1	Malaysia	Shanghai, China
14:00 UTC+8			Harith 90+5'	Stadium: Jinshan Sports Centre

China  v  Malaysia

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

Saudi Arabia  v  China

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

Saudi Arabia  v  China

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

Qatar  v  China

2 April 2024 (2024-04-02) Friendly	Qatar	0–2	China	Doha, Qatar
15:00 (UTC+3)			Liang Shaowen 38' Abduweli 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

China  v  Malaysia

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

China  v  Jordan

7 April 2024 (2024-04-07) Friendly	China	1–0	Jordan	Doha, Qatar
				Stadium: Suheim bin Hamad Stadium

China  v  Uzbekistan

11 April 2024 (2024-04-11) Friendly

China

0–2

Uzbekistan

Doha, Qatar

Japan  v  China

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)

China  v  South Korea

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)

United Arab Emirates  v  China

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)

• 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)

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

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

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

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
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 %	Achievements
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 –	20	9	6	5			45%
Sun Jihai	May 2017 –	6	1	2	3			16.67%

• China national football team

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