| Association | Chinese Football Association | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Cheng Yaodong | ||
| FIFA code | CHN | ||
| |||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1983) | ||
| Best result | Round of 16 (2001, 2005) | ||
| AFC U-19 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 18 (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 Youth Championship, as well as any other under-20 international football tournaments. It is governed by the Chinese Football Association (CFA).
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]
| Year | Result | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977to1981 | DNE | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 1983 |
First round | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
 1985 |
Quarter-finalist | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 1987to1995 | 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 |
| 2007to2023 | DNQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
 2025 |
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.
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959to1974 | 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 |
| 1990to1994 | 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 |
Qualified as hosts | ||||||
| Total | 76 | 31 | 19 | 26 | 109 | 95 | |
v China
| 3 March AFC U-20 Asian Cup GS | Japan | 2–1 | China | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 15:00 UST +05:00 |
|
Report | Stadium: JAR Stadium Attendance: 251 Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq) |
v Saudi Arabia
| 6 March AFC U-20 Asian Cup GS | China | 2–0 | Saudi Arabia | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 17:00 UST +05:00 |
 72' |
Report | Stadium: Milliy Stadium Attendance: 325 Referee: Yahya Al-Mulla (UAE) |
v
Kyrgyzstan
| 9 March AFC U-20 Asian Cup GS | China | 1–1 | Kyrgyzstan | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 17:00 UST +05:00 |
|
Report |
|
Stadium: JAR Stadium Attendance: 235 Referee: Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait) |
v China
| 12 March AFC U-20 Asian Cup QF | South Korea | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | China | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 15:00 UST +05:00 |
100' 105' |
Report |
|
Stadium: JAR Stadium Attendance: 467 Referee: Yahya Al-Mulla (UAE) |
v China
| 1 June Friendly | Croatia | 1–1 | China | Velika Gorica, Croatia |
|
Report |
|
Stadium: Stadion Radnik |
v China
| 3 June Friendly | Croatia | 4–1 | China | Velika Gorica, Croatia |
| 17:30 |
68' 82', 86' |
Report |
|
Stadium: Stadion Radnik |
v China
| 22 March Friendly | Indonesia | 1–1 | China | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 20:30 UTC+7 |
|
Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium |
v Indonesia
| 25 March Friendly | China | 1–1 | Indonesia | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 19:30 UTC+7 |
|
|
Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium |
v Myanmar
| 30 May Friendly | China | 2–0 | Myanmar | Hebei, China |
| --:-- UTC+8 |
|
Stadium: Xianghe National Football Training Base |
v Myanmar
| 1 June Friendly | China | 3–1 | Myanmar | Hebei, China |
| --:-- UTC+8 |
|
|
Stadium: Xianghe National Football Training Base |
v
Vietnam
| 4 June Weinan International Tournament | China | 1–0 | Vietnam | Weinan, China |
| 19:35 UTC+8 |
|
Stadium: Weinan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Kun Ai (China) |
v 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) |
v South Korea
| 10 June Weinan International Tournament | China | 2–0 | South Korea | Weinan, China |
| 19:35 UTC+8 |
|
Stadium: Weinan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Jin Jingyuan (China) |
| Team manager | Zhang Chao |
| Lin Lefeng
| |
| Head coach | Cheng Yaodong
|
| Assistant coach | Wu Bing  Antonio Puche
|
| Zhang Xinxin
| |
| Fitness coach | Cao Xiaodong
|
| Goalkeeper coach | Jia Chunhua
|
| Team doctor | Wang Dongzhen |
| Shen Chunfeng | |
| Wang Lei
|
The following players were called up for the training camp from 9 March 2024 to 20 March 2024.[5]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GK | Liu Qiwei | (2005-12-21)21 December 2005 (aged 18) | Shandong Taishan
| |||
| 1GK | Yao Haoyang | (2006-10-28)28 October 2006 (aged 17) | Yunnan Yukun
| |||
| 1GK | Xie Gongbo | (2006-05-22)22 May 2006 (aged 17) | Nantong Haimen Codion
| |||
| 2DF | Lu Jiaqiang | (2005-04-11)11 April 2005 (aged 18) | Shenzhen FA
| |||
| 2DF | Liu Tiecheng | (2006-04-22)22 April 2006 (aged 17) | Shanghai Port
| |||
| 2DF | Peng Xiao | (2005-07-28)28 July 2005 (aged 18) | Shandong Taishan
| |||
| 2DF | Yusup Amut | (2005-02-15)15 February 2005 (aged 19) | Shandong Taishan
| |||
| 2DF | Imran Memet | (2005-05-03)3 May 2005 (aged 18) | Shandong Taishan
| |||
| 2DF | Ye Daoxin | (2005-11-03)3 November 2005 (aged 18) | Zhejiang Pro
| |||
| 2DF | He Yiran | (2005-02-17)17 February 2005 (aged 19) | Changchun Yatai
| |||
| 2DF | Wei Suowei | (2005-05-20)20 May 2005 (aged 18) | Hubei Istar
| |||
| 3MF | Kuai Jiwen | (2006-02-28)28 February 2006 (aged 18) | Shanghai Port
| |||
| 3MF | Tang Rui | (2005-07-12)12 July 2005 (aged 18) | Shandong Taishan
| |||
| 3MF | Chen Zeshi | (2005-02-21)21 February 2005 (aged 19) | Shandong Taishan
| |||
| 3MF | Fu Yuxuan | (2005-08-22)22 August 2005 (aged 18) | Shandong Taishan
| |||
| 3MF | Xu Junchi | (2005-01-09)9 January 2005 (aged 19) | Zhejiang Pro
| |||
| 3MF | Yang Haoyu | (2006-05-25)25 May 2006 (aged 17) | Shanghai Shenhua
| |||
| 3MF | Gao Le | (2006-10-26)26 October 2006 (aged 17) | Shanghai Jiading Huilong
| |||
| 3MF | Wei Zixian | (2005-05-20)20 May 2005 (aged 18) | Hubei Istar
| |||
| 3MF | Xia Zihao | (2005-03-27)27 March 2005 (aged 18) | Hubei Istar
| |||
| 4FW | Zhong Wen | (2005-03-05)5 March 2005 (aged 19) | Shenzhen FA
| |||
| 4FW | Mei Shuaijun | (2005-02-08)8 February 2005 (aged 19) | Shandong Taishan
| |||
| 4FW | Lu Junwei | (2005-12-22)22 December 2005 (aged 18) | Shandong Taishan
| |||
| 4FW | Liu Chengyu | (2006-07-02)2 July 2006 (aged 17) | Shanghai Shenhua
| |||
| 4FW | Liu Ye | (2006-06-12)12 June 2006 (aged 17) | Nantong Zhiyun
| |||
| 4FW | Shahzat Ghojaehmet | (2006-07-07)7 July 2006 (aged 17) | Heilongjiang Ice City
| |||
| 4FW | Zhe Pengyu | (2005-05-09)9 May 2005 (aged 18) | Dalian Young Boy
| |||
| 4FW | Wang Haobin | (2006-08-11)11 August 2006 (aged 17) | Shandong Taishan
| |||
| 4FW | Su Yuliang | (2005-01-26)26 January 2005 (aged 19) |  Graficar Belgrad
| |||
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 – |
|
| |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National teams |
| ||||
| League system |
| ||||
| Domestic cups |
| ||||
| Regional tournaments |
| ||||
| International tournaments |
| ||||
| Awards |
| ||||
| Lists |
| ||||
| |||||
|
| |
|---|---|
| West Asia (WAFF) |
|
| Central Asia (CAFA) |
|
| South Asia (SAFF) |
|
| East Asia (EAFF) |
|
| Southeast Asia (AFF) |
|
| |
|
AFC U-20 Asian Cup winners
| |
|---|---|
Indonesia &  Burma Thailand South Korea & Burma Burma &  Israel Israel Israel & Burma Israel Burma Burma & Thailand Burma Israel Israel Iran India & Iran Iraq & Iran North Korea & Iran Iraq Iraq & South Korea South Korea South Korea China Saudi Arabia Iraq South Korea Saudi Arabia Syria South Korea South Korea Iraq South Korea South Korea North Korea United Arab Emirates North Korea South Korea Qatar Japan Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan |
|
| |
|---|---|
| |
|
