China national under-20 football team

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).

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. 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. In the aftermath, all upcoming friendly matches were cancelled.

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

Honours

• AFC Youth Championship

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

* 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

• DNP : Did not participate
• DNQ : Did not qualify

Toulon Tournament

• 1979 Toulon Tournament
• 1980 Toulon Tournament
• 1983 Toulon Tournament as Tianjin
• 1998 Toulon Tournament
• 2002 Toulon Tournament
• 2004 Toulon Tournament
• 2006 Toulon Tournament
• 2007 Toulon Tournament
• 2011 Toulon Tournament
• 2014 Toulon Tournament
• 2015 Toulon Tournament
• 2018 Toulon Tournament
• 2019 Toulon Tournament

Torneo di Viareggio

• 2019 Torneo di Viareggio

Recent matches

2023

2024

Squad

Current coaches

Current squad

The following players were called up for the training camp from 9 March 2024 to 20 March 2024.

List of head coaches

Manage records only includes International Country results

Notes

References

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