China 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.

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 4 2 1 1 8 7
      2030 To be determined
  2034
Total Group stage 1/21 3 0 0 3 0 9 130 75 21 34 277 103

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 Did not enter Did not enter
  1964 Did not enter Did not enter
  1968 Did not enter Did not enter
  1972 Did not enter Did not enter
  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 To be determined To be determined
Total 13/18 0 Titles 59 23 15 21 88 66 58 39 11 8 166 26


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 26 March 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 27 6 8 13 26 35 -9 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 34 2 11 21 23 49 -26 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 20 7 5 8 24 26 -2 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 23 16 3 4 56 20 +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 597 286 129 182 1,066 608 +457 All

References edit

  1. ^ Roberto Mamrud. "China – Record International Players". Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  2. ^ Lawrence, Amy (9 June 2002). "Brazil in the groove". The Guardian. Seogwipo, South Korea.

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