China national under-23 football team

The China national under-23 football team, also known as the China Olympic team (国奥队), represents the People's Republic of China in international football competitions in the Olympic Games, Asian Games, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments. It is governed by the Chinese Football Association (CFA). It combines two teams: China U-23 national team and China U-21 selection team.

Competition history * DNE = Did not enter; DNQ = Did not qualify; QBW = Qualified but withdrew. * 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.

Olympic Games record For 1900 to 1988, see China national football team. YearResultPosPWDLFA1992 to 2004did not qualify 2008Group stage133012162012 to 2024did not qualifyTotal*--8026117 * Including 1900 to 1988

Asian Games record For 1951 to 1998, see China national football team. YearResultPosPWDLFA 2002Quarter-finals5430191 2006Quarter-finals5431084 2010Round of 1612420257 2014Round of 1614310215 2018Round of 1694301145 2022Quarter-finals75311103 2026Bronze medal3rd623185Total*--3017585530 * Including 1951 to 1998 Asian Games HistoryYearRoundScoreResult2002Round 1 4–0 WinRound 1 3–0 WinRound 1 2–0 WinQuarterfinals 0–1 Loss2006Round 1 1–0 WinRound 1 3–1 WinRound 1 2–1 WinQuarterfinals 2–2 (7–8, penalties) Draw2010Round 1 0–3 LossRound 1 2–1 WinRound 1 3–0 WinRound of 16 0–3 Loss2014Round 1 0–3 LossRound 1 1–0 WinRound of 16 0–2 Loss2018Round 1 6–0 WinRound 1 3–0 WinRound 1 2–1 WinRound of 16 3–4 Loss2022Round 1 5–1 WinRound 1 4–0 WinRound 1 0–0 DrawRound of 16 1–0 WinQuarter-finals 0–2 Loss2026Round 1 2–1 WinRound 1 0–0 DrawRound 1 0–0 DrawQuarter-finals 3–0 WinSemi-finals 1–2 Loss3rd place match 2–2 (4–3, penalties) Draw

East Asian Games record YearResultPosPWDLFA 1993Third place3rd5311215 1997Third place3rd5311157 2001did not enter 2005Champions1st5401164 2009Group stage5th210113 2013Group stage5th401317Total1 title1st2111375426

AFC U-23 Asian Cup record Olympic Games Qualification

Year Result Final Stage Preliminary StageMWDLFAMWDLFA 2013Group stage3003255320123 2016Group stage3003493300130 2018Group stage310243321041 2020Group stage3003043210152 2022Withdrawn 2024Group stage310224211021 2026Silver Medal6231443210121 2028To be determinedTotalRunners-up2143141629191360588

Recent results and fixtures

2025

2026

Olympic Games fixtures 2008 Olympic Games Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament All times local (GMT+8)

Players Current squad The following players were called up for the 2026 Asian Games.

* Over-aged player.

Previous squads

Olympic Games 2008 Summer Olympics squads – China Asian Games 2002 Asian Games squads – China 2006 Asian Games squads – China 2010 Asian Games squads – China 2014 Asian Games squads – China 2018 Asian Games squads – China 2022 Asian Games squads – China

AFC U-23 Asian Cup 2013 AFC U-22 Championship 2016 AFC U-23 Championship 2018 AFC U-23 Championship 2020 AFC U-23 Championship 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Overage players in Olympic Games TournamentPlayer 1Player 2Player 3 Li Weifeng (DF) Zheng Zhi (MF) Han Peng (FW)

Captains {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !Period !Captain !Vice Captain !Third Captain |- |1990–1992 |style="text-align:left;"|Fan Zhiyi |style="text-align:left;"|Xu Hong | — |- |1993–1994 |style="text-align:left;"|Zhang Enhua |style="text-align:left;"|Yang Chen | — |- |1995–1996 |style="text-align:left;"|Shen Si |style="text-align:left;"|Zhang Enhua | – |- |1998–1999 |style="text-align:left;"|Li Weifeng |style="text-align:left;"|Zhang Ran | — |- |2001–2004 |style="text-align:left;"|Du Wei |style="text-align:left;"|Hu Zhaojun | — |- |2006 |style="text-align:left;"|Chen Tao |— | — |- |2006 Asian Games |style="text-align:left;"|Zheng Zhi | — | — |- |2007 |style="text-align:left;"|Chen Tao |style="text-align:left;"|Feng Xiaoting |style="text-align:left;"|Zhou Haibin |- |2007–2008 |style="text-align:left;"|Li Weifeng |style="text-align:left;"|Zhou Haibin | — |- |2008 Olympic Games |style="text-align:left;"|Zheng Zhi |style="text-align:left;"|Li Weifeng |style="text-align:left;"|Zhou Haibin |- |2009–2010 |style="text-align:left;"|Zhang Linpeng |style="text-align:left;"|Wu Xi |style="text-align:left;"|Piao Cheng |- |2010 Asian Games |style="text-align:left;"|Wang Dalei |style="text-align:left;"|Zhang Linpeng |style="text-align:left;"|Wu Xi |- |2011 |style="text-align:left;"|Wang Dalei |style="text-align:left;"|Zhang Linpeng |style="text-align:left;"|Wu Xi |- |2012 |style="text-align:left;"|Jin Jingdao | — | — |- |2013–2014 |style="text-align:left;"|Shi Ke |style="text-align:left;"|Wang Tong | — |- |2014 Asian Games |style="text-align:left;"|Shi Ke |style="text-align:left;"|Li Ang | — |- |2015 |style="text-align:left;"|Wang Tong |style="text-align:left;"|Shi Ke | — |- |2016 |style="text-align:left;"|Chen Zhechao |style="text-align:left;"|Cheng Jin | — |- |2017–2018 |style="text-align:left;"|He Chao |style="text-align:left;"|Gao Zhunyi | — |- |2019–2020 |style="text-align:left;"|Huang Zhengyu | — |- |2022–2023 |style="text-align:left;"|Tao Qianglong | — |- |2024 |style="text-align:left;"|Afrden Asqer | — |- |2025– |style="text-align:left;"|Liu Haofan |style="text-align:left;"|Xu Bin |- </table>

Coaching staff Position Name Head coach Antonio PucheAssistant coaches Pepe de la Sagra David Campillo Quirante Huang Bowen Goalkeeping coaches Tomo GluicFitness coaches Nacho Bondia Huang BowenVideo analysts Zhang Bin Jiang YongMatch analyst Sui Han Doctors Wang Shucheng Team coordinator Yuan Jiayang Physiotherapist Vacant

List of head coaches Manage records only includes international results.

From 1981–1983 as "China Expectful team", 1983–1990 as "China B team". NamePeriodPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGAWin %Achievements Zhang Shixun1981000000— Zhang Jingtian1982–198413625241346.15% Zhang Honggen1985540115680.00% Xu Genbao1987–199018666242333.33%

as China National Olympic team.

NamePeriodPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGAWin %Achievements Xu GenbaoMay 1990 – Jan 1992211542781471.43% Qi WushengMar 1993 – Sep 19938323221137.50% Radivoje OgnjanovićSep 1993 – Nov 1994110030100% Qi WushengNov 1994 – Mar 1996171034442558.82% Bobby HoughtonOct 1998 – Nov 1999211524461171.43% Shen XiangfuDec 2001 – May 20043516712563845.71% Jia XiuquanApr 2006 – Oct 200671241714.23% Ratomir DujkovićNov 2006 – Jul 20082611105342742.31% Yin TieshengJul 2008 – Aug 200851222620.00% Miroslav BlaževićNov 2010 – Aug 201152124450.00% Fu BoMar 2012 – Jan 20165619122533.93% Chen YangSep 2016 – Feb 2017942344.44% Massimiliano MaddaloniMar 2017 – Sep 20192096545% Aleksandar JankovićFeb 2021 – Mar 2023210150% Cheng YaodongMar 2023 – May 2024941444.45% Antonio PucheAug 2024 – Present321414443.75%

China national under-23 football team

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