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DeutschChina national football team records and statistics
This is a list of China national football team's all kinds of competitive records.
Individual records
[edit]Player records
[edit]- As of 26 March 2024.[1]
- Players in bold are still active with China.
Most capped players[edit]
| Top goalscorers[edit]
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Manager records
[edit]- Most manager appearances
Gao Fengwen: 56
Team records
[edit]- Biggest victory
- 19–0 vs. Guam, 26 January 2000
Competitive record
[edit]FIFA World Cup
[edit]China has only appeared at the one World Cup with the appearance being in the 2002 FIFA World Cup where they finished bottom of the group which included a 4–0 loss to Brazil.[2]
| Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | F | A | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | ||
 1930 | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | ||||||||||||||
| 1934 to 1954 | Did not enter | Declined participation | ||||||||||||||
 1958 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1962 to 1978 | Did not enter | Declined participation | ||||||||||||||
 1982 | Did not qualify | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 8 | |||||||||
 1986 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 2 | ||||||||||
 1990 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 9 | ||||||||||
 1994 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 | ||||||||||
 1998 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 16 | ||||||||||
  2002 | Group stage | 31st | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 5 | ||
 2006 | Did not qualify | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||
 2010 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 4 | ||||||||||
 2014 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 9 | ||||||||||
 2018 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 11 | ||||||||||
 2022 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 22 | ||||||||||
 2026 | To be determined | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | |||||||||
  2030 | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
 2034 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 1/21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 135 | 75 | 22 | 36 | 279 | 113 | ||
AFC Asian Cup
[edit]| Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
 1956 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
 1960 | ||||||||||||||||
 1964 | ||||||||||||||||
 1968 | ||||||||||||||||
 1972 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | ||
 1980 | Group stage | 7th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
 1984 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 1988 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
 1992 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
 1996 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | ||
 2000 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
 2004 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | Qualified as hosts | |||||||
   2007 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 2011 | 9th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | |||
 2015 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2019 | 6th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 1 | |||
| 2023 | Group stage | 18th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 3 | ||
| 2027 | Qualified | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
| Total | 14/19 | 0 titles | 59 | 23 | 15 | 21 | 88 | 66 | 66 | 43 | 13 | 10 | 187 | 35 | ||
Record by opponent
[edit]| AFC Asian Cup matches (by team) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Australia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | –2 |
 Bahrain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
 Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 |
 India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 |
 Iran | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | –7 |
 Iraq | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 |
| Japan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | –5 |
| Kuwait | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
 Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
 North Korea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Philippines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
| Qatar | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | –3 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
| South Korea | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | –4 |
 Syria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 |
 Tajikistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 |
 Uzbekistan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | –4 |
Summer Olympics
[edit]| Year | Result | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1900 to  1928 | Did not enter | ||||||||
 1936 | First round | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
 1948 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
 1952 to 1956 | Withdrew after qualifying | ||||||||
| 1960 to 1976 | Not an IOC member | ||||||||
 1980 to 1984 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 1988 | First round | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 3/25 | - | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | |
For 1992 to 2016, see China national under-23 football team
Asian Games
[edit]| Year | Result | Rank | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1954 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1958 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1962 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1966 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1970 | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1974 | First round | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | |
| 1978 | Third place | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | |
| 1982 | Quarter-finals | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| 1986 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | ||
| 1990 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 1994 | Runners-up | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | |
| 1998 | Third place | 3 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 7 | |
| Total* | 7/13 | - | 37 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 85 | 38 | |
* Including 1998 onwards (until 2010)
For 2002 to 2018, see China national under-23 football team
EAFF East Asian Cup
[edit]| Year | Result | Pos | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Third place | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2005 | Champions | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |
| 2008 | Third place | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2010 | Champions | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2013 | Runners-up | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 2017 | Third place | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2019 | Third place | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Total | - | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 35 | 29 |
Head-to-head record
[edit]The China national football team has played over 500 matches with the teams of other nations from around the world, and has won approximately half of them.
- As of 10 September 2024, Counted for the FIFA A-level match only.
| Nations | First Played | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Confederation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan | 1984 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | AFC |
 Albania | 1973 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | UEFA |
 Algeria | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | CAF |
 Andorra | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | UEFA |
 Argentina | 1984 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | CONMEBOL |
| Australia | 1983 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -6 | AFC |
| Bahrain | 1986 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 8 | +6 | AFC |
| Bangladesh | 1980 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | AFC |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1997 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | UEFA |
 Botswana | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | CAF |
| Brazil | 2002 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | -12 | CONMEBOL |
 Brunei | 1975 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 | AFC |
 Bhutan | 2015 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | AFC |
 Cambodia | 1963 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | +21 | AFC |
| Canada | 1984 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | CONCACAF |
 Chile | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | CONMEBOL |
 Colombia | 1995 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | CONMEBOL |
 DR Congo | 1977 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | CAF |
 Costa Rica | 2002 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -2 | CONCACAF |
 Croatia | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | UEFA |
 Cuba | 1971 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | CONCACAF |
 Czech Republic | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | UEFA |
 Egypt | 1963 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | CAF |
 El Salvador | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | CONCACAF |
 England | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | UEFA |
 Estonia | 2003 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | UEFA |
 Fiji | 1975 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | OFC |
| Finland | 1952 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | UEFA |
 France | 2006 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | UEFA |
| Germany | 2005 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | UEFA |
 Ghana | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | CAF |
 Guam | 2000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | +33 | AFC |
 Guinea | 1965 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | CAF |
 Haiti | 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | CONCACAF |
 Honduras | 2006 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | CONCACAF |
 Hong Kong | 1975 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 8 | +28 | AFC |
 Hungary | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | UEFA |
 Iceland | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | UEFA |
| India | 1956 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | AFC |
| Indonesia | 1957 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 8 | +24 | AFC |
| Iran | 1976 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 39 | -21 | AFC |
| Iraq | 1976 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 18 | -1 | AFC |
| Italy | 1986 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | UEFA |
 Jamaica | 1977 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | CONCACAF |
| Japan | 1975 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 42 | -16 | AFC |
 Jordan | 1984 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 8 | +16 | AFC |
 Kazakhstan | 1997 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | UEFA |
 Kenya | 1984 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | CAF |
| North Korea | 1959 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 17 | +12 | AFC |
| South Korea | 1978 | 35 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 23 | 50 | -27 | AFC |
| Kuwait | 1975 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 16 | +7 | AFC |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2009 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | AFC |
 Laos | 2011 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | AFC |
 Latvia | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | UEFA |
| Lebanon | 1998 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | AFC |
 Macau | 1978 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | +20 | AFC |
 Macedonia | 2004 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | UEFA |
| Malaysia | 1976 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 7 | +28 | AFC |
 Maldives | 2001 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | +27 | AFC |
 Mali | 1966 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | CAF |
| Mexico | 1987 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | CONCACAF |
| Morocco | 1977 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | CAF |
 Myanmar | 1957 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 4 | +28 | AFC |
 Nepal | 1972 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | AFC |
| Netherlands | 1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | UEFA |
 New Zealand | 1975 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 17 | -3 | OFC |
 Norway | 1992 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | UEFA |
 Oman | 1998 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | +4 | AFC |
 Pakistan | 1963 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | +15 | AFC |
 Palestine | 2006 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | AFC |
 Papua New Guinea | 1985 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | OFC |
 Paraguay | 1996 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | CONMEBOL |
 Peru | 1978 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | CONMEBOL |
| Philippines | 1978 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 | +32 | AFC |
 Poland | 1984 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | UEFA |
| Portugal | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | UEFA |
| Qatar | 1978 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 17 | +6 | AFC |
 Republic of Ireland | 1984 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | UEFA |
 Romania | 1984 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | UEFA |
| Saudi Arabia | 1978 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 28 | -3 | AFC |
 Senegal | 1972 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | CAF |
 Serbia | 2000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | -7 | UEFA |
 Sierra Leone | 1974 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | CAF |
| Singapore | 1984 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 9 | +27 | AFC |
 Slovenia | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | UEFA |
 Somalia | 1972 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | CAF |
| Soviet Union | 1959 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | UEFA |
| Spain | 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | UEFA |
 Sri Lanka | 1972 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | AFC |
 Sudan | 1957 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | CAF |
| Sweden | 2001 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | UEFA |
 Switzerland | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | UEFA |
| Syria | 1966 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 14 | +15 | AFC |
| Tajikistan | 1997 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | AFC |
 Tanzania | 1966 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | CAF |
| Thailand | 1975 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 57 | 21 | +36 | AFC |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 2001 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | CONCACAF |
 Tunisia | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | CAF |
 Turkey | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | UEFA |
 Turkmenistan | 1994 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | AFC |
| United Arab Emirates | 1984 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | AFC |
| United States | 1977 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -10 | CONCACAF |
| Uruguay | 1982 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | CONMEBOL |
| Uzbekistan | 1994 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -6 | AFC |
 Venezuela | 1978 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | CONMEBOL |
| Vietnam | 1997 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 8 | +18 | AFC |
 Wales | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -6 | UEFA |
 Yemen | 1988 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | AFC |
 Zambia | 1972 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | CAF |
 Zimbabwe | 1997 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | CAF |
| Total | 1956 | 601 | 287 | 130 | 184 | 1,075 | 612 | +448 | All |
References
[edit]- ^ Roberto Mamrud. "China – Record International Players". Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ^ Lawrence, Amy (9 June 2002). "Brazil in the groove". The Guardian. Seogwipo, South Korea.
Sources
[edit]- Fixtures and Results on FIFA.com
- Team China Official Website Archived 2007-10-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
- China International Matches on RSSSF
- China Matches on Elo Ratings