China national under-20 football team

China U-20
Association	Chinese Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Dejan Đurđević
Captain	Chen Zihan
FIFA code	CHN
First colours	Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	5 (first in 1983)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1985)
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
Appearances	21 (first in 1975)
Best result	Champions (1985)

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.^[1] 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.^[2] In the aftermath, all upcoming friendly matches were cancelled.^[3]

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^[4]

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	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
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 2025	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
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	DNP^{[note 1]}
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	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	0	3
2018	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	2	2
~~2020~~	DNQ and cancelled	–	–	–	–	–	–
2023	Quarterfinals	4	1	1	2	5	6
2025	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	2	8	6
2027	Qualified as hosts	–	–	–	–	–	–
2029	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

The following is a list of match results in the last 24 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

Win Draw Loss Fixture

2024

22 March Friendly	Indonesia	1–1	China	Jakarta, Indonesia
20:30 UTC+7	Figo 90+1' (pen.)		Peng Xiao 14'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium

25 March Friendly	China	1–1	Indonesia	Jakarta, Indonesia
19:30 UTC+7	Zhong Wen 86'		Ji Da-bin 90+1'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium

30 May Friendly	China	2–0	Myanmar	Hebei, China
--:-- UTC+8	Wang Yudong Ning Fangze			Stadium: Xianghe National Football Training Base

1 June Friendly	China	3–1	Myanmar	Hebei, China
--:-- UTC+8	Qu Geping Ning Fangze Wang Yudong		Shi Songchen (o.g.)	Stadium: Xianghe National Football Training Base

4 June Weinan International Tournament	China	1–0	Vietnam	Weinan, China
19:35 UTC+8	Wang Yudong 10'			Stadium: Weinan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Kun Ai (China)

8 June Weinan International Tournament	Uzbekistan	0–0	China	Weinan, China
19:35 UTC+8				Stadium: Weinan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Du Jianxin (China)

10 June Weinan International Tournament	China	2–0	South Korea	Weinan, China
19:35 UTC+8	Liu Chengyu 78', 90'			Stadium: Weinan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Jin Jingyuan (China)

11 October Friendly	Saudi Arabia	0–0	China	Hofuf, Saudi Arabia
19:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium

14 October Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–0	China	Hofuf, Saudi Arabia
19:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium

13 November Panda Cup	China	6–0	Mongolia	Chengdu, China
19:00 UTC+8	Tang Tianyi 5' Zhu Pengyu 28', 41' Bai Yutao 31' Du Yuezheng 55' Wu Yongqiang 87'			Stadium: Shuangliu Sports Centre

16 November Panda Cup	China	1–1	Australia	Chengdu, China
19:35 UTC+8	Chen Zeshi 2'		Bennie 22'	Stadium: Shuangliu Sports Centre

19 November Panda Cup	China	0–1	Kyrgyzstan	Chengdu, China
18:00 UTC+8			He Yiran 38' (o.g.)	Stadium: Shuangliu Sports Centre

2025

12 February AFC U-20 Asian Cup GS	China	2–1	Qatar	Shenzhen, China
19:30 UTC+8	Kuai Jiwen 17' Liu Chengyu 21'	Report	Faragalla 55'	Stadium: Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Centre Stadium Attendance: 5,152 Referee: Qasim Al-Hatmi (Oman)

15 February AFC U-20 Asian Cup GS	Kyrgyzstan	2–5	China	Shenzhen, China
19:30 UTC+8	Madavinov 25' Madanov 64'	Report	Liu Chengyu 13' Wang Yudong 45' Mao Weijie 49' Zhu Pengyu 80', 90+2'	Stadium: Bao'an Stadium Attendance: 7,944 Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

18 February AFC U-20 Asian Cup GS	China	1–2	Australia	Shenzhen, China
19:30	Kuai Jiwen 29'	Report	Memeti 23' Agosti 25'	Stadium: Bao'an Stadium Attendance: 8,743 Referee: Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait)

22 February AFC U-20 Asian Cup QF	Saudi Arabia	1–0	China	Shenzhen, China
16:15	Al-Yuhaybi 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Shenzhen Youth Football Training Base Centre Stadium Attendance: 6,058 Referee: Alex King (Australia)

2026

5 February Friendly	China	1–0	Uzbekistan	Zhaoqing, China
16:00 UTC+8	Jia Weiwei 6'			Stadium: Zhaoqing New District Sports Center Stadium Referee: Liang Songshang (China)

9 February Friendly	China	1–1	Uzbekistan	Zhaoqing, China
16:00 UTC+8	Yang Mingrui 59'		Nurbek Sarsenbaev 30'	Stadium: Zhaoqing New District Sports Center Stadium Referee: Li Haixin (China)

28 March Yiwu International Tournament	China	1–0	Australia	Yiwu, China
15:00 UTC+8	Yang Mingrui 31'	Report		Stadium: Yiwu Meihu Sports Centre Attendance: 10,397 Referee: Wang Di (China)

31 March Yiwu International Tournament	China	2–4	Australia	Yiwu, China
19:35 UTC+8	Yang Mingrui 68', 87'		Macallister 48' (pen.) Antoniou 56' Dobson 76' Tatu 82'	Stadium: Yiwu Meihu Sports Centre Attendance: 6,749 Referee: Zhang Lei (China)

31 May Maurice Revello Tournament	China	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Avignon, France
15:00 UTC+2	Dahal 12' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Parc des Sports Referee: Natálie Čampišová (Czech Republic)

2 June Maurice Revello Tournament	China	0–3	DR Congo	Aubagne, France
15:00 UTC+2		Report	Bayanginisa 58' Makala 62' Balumuene 83'	Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny Referee: Natálie Čampišová (Czech Republic)

5 June Maurice Revello Tournament	Colombia	0–1	China	Avignon, France
15:00 UTC+2		Report	Liu Jiale 1'	Stadium: Parc des Sports Referee: Florian Exner (Germany)

7 June Maurice Revello Tournament	China	0–3	Tunisia	Aubagne, France
18:30 UTC+2		Report	Chtai-Telamio 13' Dhouib 50' Dhaou 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de Lattre-de-Tassigny Referee: Olivia Tschon (Austria)

Squad

Current coaches

Team manager	Ren Ziqian
Head coach	Dejan Đurđević
Assistant coach	Wan Houliang Slobodan Ristić
Trainer	Dong Xuesheng
Goalkeeper coach	Li Leilei
Team doctor	Feng Sheyang

Current squad

The players below were called up for Maurice Revello Tournament from 25 May to 15 June 2026.^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
23	1GK	An Zhicheng	(2007-01-15)15 January 2007 (aged 19)	Changchun Yatai
12	1GK	Fan Mengtong	(2007-03-21)21 March 2007 (aged 19)	Guangzhou Dandelion
1	1GK	Ihsen Ilham	(2008-08-08)8 August 2008 (aged 17)	Shandong Taishan B

2	2DF	Chen Zihan	(2007-03-21)21 March 2007 (aged 19)	Shandong Taishan B
27	2DF	Song Hengda	(2007-06-28)28 June 2007 (aged 18)	Jiangsu Changjin
15	2DF	Guo Wuyue	(2007-05-08)8 May 2007 (aged 19)	Shaanxi Union
5	2DF	Yue Ruijie	(2007-11-20)20 November 2007 (aged 18)	Chongqing Tonglianglong
4	2DF	Elnizar Lohman	(2008-04-14)14 April 2008 (aged 18)	Evergrande Football School
19	2DF	Deng Jiefu	(2007-06-28)28 June 2007 (aged 18)	Beijing Guoan
31	2DF	Wang Gengrui	(2008-09-16)16 September 2008 (aged 17)	Qingdao West Coast
28	2DF	Peng Shunjie	(2007-07-03)3 July 2007 (aged 18)	Dalian Yingbo
13	2DF	Huang Shenghao	(2007-01-08)8 January 2007 (aged 19)	Guangdong GZ-Power

16	3MF	Wu Zhicheng	(2007-09-15)15 September 2007 (aged 18)	Changchun Yatai
14	3MF	Liu Jiale	(2008-02-12)12 February 2008 (aged 18)	Chongqing Tonglianglong
24	3MF	Zhang Tongrui	(2007-12-31)31 December 2007 (aged 18)	Jiangsu Changjin
30	3MF	Yang Zhanpeng	(2007-03-05)5 March 2007 (aged 19)	Qingdao West Coast
26	3MF	Zhu Xinyu	(2008-05-07)7 May 2008 (aged 18)	Guangdong Mingtu
7	3MF	Yang Mingrui	(2007-04-05)5 April 2007 (aged 19)	Dalian Yingbo
21	3MF	Ye Wenjie	(2007-06-19)19 June 2007 (aged 18)	Jiangsu Changjin
9	3MF	Wei Xiangxing	(2008-03-05)5 March 2008 (aged 18)	Meizhou Hakka
18	3MF	Alexander Xie	(2007-05-05)5 May 2007 (aged 19)	VfB Stuttgart
20	3MF	Jiang Yixiang	(2008-01-20)20 January 2008 (aged 18)	Jiangxi Dingnan United
11	4FW	Miao Rundong	(2007-05-22)22 May 2007 (aged 19)	Jiangsu Changjin
24	4FW	Zhang Tongrui	(2007-12-31)31 December 2007 (aged 18)	Jiangsu Changjin
17	4FW	Bunyamin Abdusalam	(2008-04-09)9 April 2008 (aged 18)	Yunnan Yukun

10	4FW	Jia Weiwei	(2007-02-22)22 February 2007 (aged 19)	Qingdao West Coast
8	4FW	Zhang Jiaming	(2007-03-07)7 March 2007 (aged 19)	FK Voždovac

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 – 2018
39	Cheng Yaodong	2018 – 2024
40	Dejan Đurđević	2024 – Present

Notes

↑ Nationalist China take part in AFC Youth Championship 1959 to 1974, not China PR.

References

↑ Bartlett, Evan (22 June 2017). "Chinese U20 team set to become newest member of German fourth division". The Independent. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
↑ "China under-20s protest Tibetan flags at friendly in Germany". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 18 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
↑ "Freundschaftsspiele mit chinesischer U 20 werden nicht fortgesetzt". dfb. 22 December 2017.
↑ "足协宣布组建U19黄队扬戈维奇出任球队主教练". Sina. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
↑ "国足U19集训名单：吴启鹏、邓捷夫、苗润东、谢初筠在列" (in Chinese (China)). dongqiudi.com. 22 May 2026.

External links

Chinese Football Association Official Website (in Chinese)
Team China Official Website Archived 2007-10-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
Profile on FIFA
Profile on AFC

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 %
Argentina	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	000.00
Austria	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Chile	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Czech Republic	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
England	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Germany	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Ghana	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Mexico	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Panama	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Paraguay	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Republic of Ireland	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Soviet Union	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Turkey	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Ukraine	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
United States	2	1	0	1	1	1	+0	050.00
Total	18	7	3	8	25	26	−1	038.89

[5] Nationalist China take part in AFC Youth Championship 1959 to 1974, not China PR.

[1] Bartlett, Evan (22 June 2017). "Chinese U20 team set to become newest member of German fourth division". The Independent. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

[2] "China under-20s protest Tibetan flags at friendly in Germany". The Washington Post. Associated Press. 18 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2017.

[3] "Freundschaftsspiele mit chinesischer U 20 werden nicht fortgesetzt". dfb. 22 December 2017.

[4] "足协宣布组建U19黄队扬戈维奇出任球队主教练". Sina. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.

[6] "国足U19集训名单：吴启鹏、邓捷夫、苗润东、谢初筠在列" (in Chinese (China)). dongqiudi.com. 22 May 2026.

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