China national football team records and statistics

This is a list of China national football team's all kinds of competitive records.

Individual records

Player records

As of 26 March 2024.[1]
Players in bold are still active with China.

Manager records

Most manager appearances
Gao Fengwen: 56

Team records

Biggest victory
19–0 vs. Guam, 26 January 2000

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Main article: China at the FIFA World Cup

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]

China's FIFA World Cup record
 Qualification record
Year Round Position M W D L GF GA M W D L GF GA Link
1930 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member Link
1934 Did not enter Declined participation Link
1938 Link
1950 Link
1954 Link
1958 Did not qualify 3 1 1 1 4 5 Link
1962 Did not enter Declined participation Link
1966 Link
1970 Link
1974 Link
1978 Link
1982 Did not qualify 12 7 2 3 19 8 Link
1986 6 4 1 1 23 2 Link
1990 11 7 0 4 18 9 Link
1994 8 6 0 2 18 4 Link
1998 14 8 3 3 24 16 Link
2002 Group stage 31st 3 0 0 3 0 9 14 12 1 1 38 5 Link
2006 Did not qualify 6 5 0 1 14 1 Link
2010 8 3 3 2 14 4 Link
2014 8 5 0 3 23 9 Link
2018 18 8 5 5 35 11 Link
2022 18 7 4 7 39 22 Link
2026 16 5 2 9 16 29 Link
2030 To be determined
2034
Total Group stage 1/23 3 0 0 3 0 9 142 78 22 42 285 125 Link

AFC Asian Cup

See also: China at the AFC Asian Cup
China's AFC Asian Cup record
 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


Summer Olympics

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

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

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

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

  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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