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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).
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| Association | Chinese Football Association | ||
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| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Dejan Đurđević | ||
| FIFA code | CHN | ||
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| 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) | ||
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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]
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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
| Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| 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
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
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2023
| 3 March AFC U-20 Asian Cup GS | Japan  | 2–1 | China | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 15:00 UST +05:00 |
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Report | Stadium: JAR Stadium Attendance: 251 Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq) |
| 6 March AFC U-20 Asian Cup GS | China | 2–0 | Saudi Arabia | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 17:00 UST +05:00 | Report | Stadium: Milliy Stadium Attendance: 325 Referee: Yahya Al-Mulla (UAE) |
| 9 March AFC U-20 Asian Cup GS | China | 1–1 |  Kyrgyzstan | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 17:00 UST +05:00 |
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Stadium: JAR Stadium Attendance: 235 Referee: Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait) |
| 12 March AFC U-20 Asian Cup QF | South Korea | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | China | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 15:00 UST +05:00 |
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Report |
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Stadium: JAR Stadium Attendance: 467 Referee: Yahya Al-Mulla (UAE) |
| 1 June Friendly | Croatia  | 1–1 | China | Velika Gorica, Croatia |
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Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Radnik |
| 3 June Friendly | Croatia | 4–1 | China | Velika Gorica, Croatia |
| 17:30 | Report |
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Stadium: Stadion Radnik |
2024
| 22 March Friendly | Indonesia | 1–1 | China | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 20:30 UTC+7 |
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Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium |
| 25 March Friendly | China | 1–1 | Indonesia | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 19:30 UTC+7 |
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Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Madya Stadium |
| 30 May Friendly | China | 2–0 | Myanmar | Hebei, China |
| --:-- UTC+8 |
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Stadium: Xianghe National Football Training Base |
| 1 June Friendly | China | 3–1 | Myanmar | Hebei, China |
| --:-- UTC+8 |
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Stadium: Xianghe National Football Training Base |
| 4 June Weinan International Tournament | China | 1–0 |  Vietnam | Weinan, China |
| 19:35 UTC+8 |
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Stadium: Weinan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Kun Ai (China) |
| 8 June Weinan International Tournament | Uzbekistan | 0–0 | China | Weinan, China |
| 19:35 UTC+8 | Stadium: Weinan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Du Jianxin (China) |
| 10 June Weinan International Tournament | China | 2–0 | South Korea | Weinan, China |
| 19:35 UTC+8 |
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Stadium: Weinan Sports Center Stadium Referee: Jin Jingyuan (China) |
| 11 October Friendly | Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | China | Hofuf, Saudi Arabia |
| 19:00 UTC+3 | Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium |
| 14 October Friendly | Saudi Arabia | 2–0 | China | Hofuf, Saudi Arabia |
| 19:00 UTC+3 | Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium |
| 13 November Panda Cup | China | 6–0 |  Mongolia | Chengdu, China |
| 19:00 UTC+8 |
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Stadium: Shuangliu Sports Centre |
| 16 November Panda Cup | China | 1–1 |  Australia | Linzi, China |
| 19:35 UTC+8 |
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Stadium: Linzi Stadium |
| 19 November Panda Cup | China | 0–1 | Kyrgyzstan | Chengdu, China |
| 18:00 UTC+8 |
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Stadium: Shuangliu Sports Centre |
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Current coaches
| 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 |
Current squad
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 | ||
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| GK | Liu Qiwei | 21 December 2005 (aged 18) | Shandong Taishan | |||
| GK | Yuan Jianrui | 8 February 2005 (aged 19) | Shenzhen 2028 | |||
| GK | Zhang Haoran | 18 July 2006 (aged 18) | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger | |||
| DF | Peng Xiao | 28 July 2005 (aged 19) | Shandong Taishan | |||
| DF | Shi Songchen | 30 December 2005 (aged 18) | Shandong Taishan | |||
| DF | Imran Memet | 3 May 2005 (aged 19) | Shandong Taishan | |||
| DF | He Yiran | 17 February 2005 (aged 19) | Changchun Yatai | |||
| DF | Xu Junchi | 9 January 2005 (aged 19) | Shijiazhuang Gongfu | |||
| DF | Alex Yang | 3 June 2005 (aged 19) |  CE L'Hospitalet | |||
| DF | Yu Tianle | 28 October 2005 (aged 19) | Hubei Istar | |||
| DF | Yu Guize | 28 February 2005 (aged 19) |  ND Gorica | |||
| DF | Huang Ming | 28 May 2005 (aged 19) | Shanghai Shenhua | |||
| MF | Tang Rui | 12 July 2005 (aged 19) | Shandong Taishan | |||
| MF | Chen Zeshi | 21 February 2005 (aged 19) | Shandong Taishan | |||
| MF | Bai Yutao | 8 December 2006 (aged 17) | Guangzhou FC | |||
| MF | Zhang Zhixiong | 17 September 2006 (aged 18) | Guangzhou FC | |||
| MF | Wang Yifan | 11 January 2005 (aged 19) | Shanghai Shenhua | |||
| MF | Xiong Jizheng | 16 May 2005 (aged 19) | Wuhan Three Towns | |||
| MF | Chen Shihan | 11 May 2005 (aged 19) |  Union Rochefortoise | |||
| MF | Mao Weijie | 28 May 2005 (aged 19) | Dalian Young Boy | |||
| FW | Zhu Pengyu | 9 May 2005 (aged 18) | Dalian Young Boy | |||
| FW | Du Yuezheng | 14 September 2005 (aged 18) | Marbella FC | |||
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Manage records only includes International Country results
| # | Name | Period | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | Win % | Achievements |
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| 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 – |
- Nationalist China take part in AFC Youth Championship 1959 to 1974, not China PR.
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