This is a list of China national football team's all kinds of competitive records.
Individual records
Player records
- As of 26 March 2024.
- Players in bold are still active with China.
Most capped players
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Top goalscorers
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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 CupChina 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.
China's FIFA World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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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 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | |||||||||
2030 | To be determined | |||||||||||||||
2034 | ||||||||||||||||
Total | Group stage | 1/21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 137 | 77 | 22 | 38 | 283 | 118 |
AFC Asian Cup
See also: China at the AFC Asian CupChina's AFC Asian Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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
- 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
- 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