China U-20

Association	Chinese Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Dejan Đurđević
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	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]

• 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

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 2023	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
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	Qualified as hosts
Total		76	31	19	26	109	95

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

• 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

• 2019 Torneo di Viareggio

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

The following players were called up for 2024 Panda Cup from 7 November 2024 to 20 November 2024.^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Liu Qiwei	(2005-12-21)21 December 2005 (aged 18)	Shandong Taishan
	1GK	Yuan Jianrui	(2005-02-08)8 February 2005 (aged 19)	Shenzhen 2028
	1GK	Zhang Haoran	(2006-07-18)18 July 2006 (aged 18)	Tianjin Jinmen Tiger
	2DF	Peng Xiao	(2005-07-28)28 July 2005 (aged 19)	Shandong Taishan
	2DF	Shi Songchen	(2005-12-30)30 December 2005 (aged 18)	Shandong Taishan
	2DF	Imran Memet	(2005-05-03)3 May 2005 (aged 19)	Shandong Taishan
	2DF	He Yiran	(2005-02-17)17 February 2005 (aged 19)	Changchun Yatai
	2DF	Xu Junchi	(2005-01-09)9 January 2005 (aged 19)	Shijiazhuang Gongfu
	2DF	Alex Yang	(2005-06-03)3 June 2005 (aged 19)	CE L'Hospitalet
	2DF	Yu Tianle	(2005-10-28)28 October 2005 (aged 19)	Hubei Istar
	2DF	Yu Guize	(2005-02-28)28 February 2005 (aged 19)	ND Gorica
	2DF	Huang Ming	(2005-05-28)28 May 2005 (aged 19)	Shanghai Shenhua
	3MF	Tang Rui	(2005-07-12)12 July 2005 (aged 19)	Shandong Taishan
	3MF	Chen Zeshi	(2005-02-21)21 February 2005 (aged 19)	Shandong Taishan
	3MF	Bai Yutao	(2006-12-08)8 December 2006 (aged 17)	Guangzhou FC
	3MF	Zhang Zhixiong	(2006-09-17)17 September 2006 (aged 18)	Guangzhou FC
	3MF	Wang Yifan	(2005-01-11)11 January 2005 (aged 19)	Shanghai Shenhua
	3MF	Xiong Jizheng	(2005-05-16)16 May 2005 (aged 19)	Wuhan Three Towns
	3MF	Chen Shihan	(2005-05-11)11 May 2005 (aged 19)	Union Rochefortoise
	3MF	Mao Weijie	(2005-05-28)28 May 2005 (aged 19)	Dalian Young Boy
	4FW	Zhu Pengyu	(2005-05-09)9 May 2005 (aged 18)	Dalian Young Boy
	4FW	Du Yuezheng	(2005-09-14)14 September 2005 (aged 18)	Marbella FC

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 –

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