Asia · AFC

China (2026)

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Matches: 7; 7 with a result
Won · drawn · lost: 3-1-3; 3 W · 1 D · 3 L
Goals: 7; 11 against
Goal difference: -4

General Information

Chinese Football Association

Founded: 1924
FIFA entry: 1931
Average height in 2026: 1.82 m
Average age in 2026: 26.0 years
Confederation: Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
Continent: Asia
Infos provided by: The-Sports.org

Coaches in 2026

Jiayi Shao(Coach)

Date of birth: 10 April 1980
Place of birth: Beijing, China
Height: 1.88 m
Matches: 7 (0 official · 7 friendlies)

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Players of China in 2026

46 players

Name	Born	Position	Club	M	S	G
				FIFA
Goalkeepers4
Junling Yan	28 January 1991	Goalkeeper	Shanghai Port	3	1	0
Dianzuo Liu	26 June 1990	Goalkeeper	Chengdu Rongcheng	2	0	0
Bingliang Yan	3 April 2000	Goalkeeper	Tianjin Jinmen Tiger	1	1	0
Hao Li	6 March 2004	Goalkeeper	Qingdao West Coast	1	0	0
Defenders13
Yang Liu	17 June 1995	Left Back	Shandong Taishan	5	2	0
Alex Yang	13 June 2005	Right Back	Shanghai Port	4	0	0
Chenjie Zhu	23 August 2000	Centre Back	Shanghai Shenhua	4	0	0
Haofan Liu	23 October 2003	Centre Back	Zhejiang Professional	3	1	0
Pengfei Han	28 April 1993	Centre Back	Chengdu Rongcheng	2	2	0
Zhen Wei	12 February 1997	Centre Back	Shanghai Port	2	2	0
Tyias Browning	27 May 1994	Centre Back	Shanghai Port	2	1	0
Zhunyi Gao	21 August 1995	Centre Back	Shandong Taishan	2	0	0
Hetao Hu	5 October 2003	Left Back	Chengdu Rongcheng	1	1	0
Yang Li	22 July 1997	Centre Back	Chengdu Rongcheng	1	1	0
Umidjan Yusup	28 February 2004	Centre Back	Shanghai Port	1	1	0
Aihui Zhang	27 May 2005	Centre Back	Zhejiang Professional	1	0	0
Gengrui Wang	16 September 2008	Left Back	Qingdao West Coast	0	2	0
Midfielders14
Shangyuan Wang	2 June 1993	Defensive Midfielder	Henan FC	5	2	0
Jiahui Huang	7 October 2000	Attacking Midfielder	Tianjin Jinmen Tiger	4	3	0
Wenneng Xie	6 February 2001	Right Midfielder	Shandong Taishan	3	3	0
Serginho	15 March 1995	Attacking Midfielder	Beijing Guoan	2	0	1
Bin Xu	2 May 2004	Defensive Midfielder	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	0
Shenghao Huang	1 August 2007	Defensive Midfielder	Guangdong GZ-Power	1	1	0
Weijie Mao	28 May 2005	Attacking Midfielder	Dalian Yingbo	1	1	0
Mingrui Yang	5 April 2007	Right Midfielder	Dalian Yingbo	1	1	0
Mingyang Yang	11 July 1995	Defensive Midfielder	Chengdu Rongcheng	1	1	0
Yihao Zhong	23 March 1996	Left Midfielder	Henan FC	1	0	0
Wai Tsun Dai	25 July 1999	Defensive Midfielder	Shenzhen Peng City	0	4	0
Tianyi Gao	1 July 1998	Defensive Midfielder	Shanghai Shenhua	0	3	0
Jin Cheng	18 February 1995	Attacking Midfielder	Zhejiang Professional	0	2	0
Jiwen Kuai	28 February 2006	Attacking Midfielder	Shanghai Port	0	1	0
Forwards15
Shihao Wei	8 April 1995	Left Winger	Chengdu Rongcheng	7	0	1
Yuning Zhang	5 January 1997	Centre Forward	Beijing Guoan	4	0	2
Yudong Wang	23 November 2006	Left Winger	Zhejiang Professional	3	1	0
Ziming Wang	5 August 1996	Centre Forward	Chengdu Rongcheng	2	1	3
Pu Chen	15 January 1997	Left Winger	Shandong Taishan	2	1	0
Liangming Lin	4 June 1997	Left Winger	Beijing Guoan	1	3	0
Bunyamin Abdusalam	9 April 2008	Left Winger	Yunnan Yukun	1	2	0
Qianglong Tao	20 November 2001	Right Winger	Zhejiang Professional	1	1	0
Behram Abduweli	8 March 2003	Centre Forward	Chengdu Rongcheng	0	3	0
Dun Ba	16 September 1995	Right Winger	Tianjin Jinmen Tiger	0	2	0
Lei Wu	19 November 1991	Secondary striker	Shanghai Port	0	2	0
Songyuan Zhao	7 April 2009	Centre Forward	Tsinghua University High School	0	2	0
Yuezheng Du	14 September 2005	Centre Forward	Chongqing Tonglianglong	0	1	0
Chengyu Liu	2 July 2006	Centre Forward	Shanghai Shenhua	0	1	0
Pengyu Zhu	9 May 2005	Centre Forward	Dalian Yingbo	0	1	0

M = matches from the start, S = as a substitute, G = goals; non-FIFA: matches in which this team or the opponent was not a FIFA member.

Matches of China in 2026

7 matches

2 Oct 2026Friendly · Chongqing Longxing Football StadiumHvs.PalestineMatch report: China vs. Palestine 0–5Defeat
27 Sept 2026Friendly · Chongqing Longxing Football StadiumHvs.New ZealandMatch report: China vs. New Zealand 0–3Defeat
24 Sept 2026Friendly · Chongqing Longxing Football StadiumHvs.MaldivesMatch report: China vs. Maldives 3–0Win
9 Jun 2026Friendly · Jinhua StadiumHvs.ThailandMatch report: China vs. Thailand 0–0Draw
5 Jun 2026Friendly · Jalan Besar StadiumAvs.SingaporeMatch report: Singapore vs. China 1–2Win
31 Mar 2026Friendly · AAMI ParkAvs.CameroonMatch report: Cameroon vs. China 2–0Defeat
27 Mar 2026Friendly · Stadium AustraliaHvs.CuraçaoMatch report: China vs. Curaçao 2–0Win

Match Progress for China

3 W · 1 D · 3 L

One dot per match with a result, on the date it was played; planned or cancelled matches are left out.

Favorite Opponents of China

106 countries

Opponent	M	W	D	L	G
South Korea	38	2	12	24	26
Japan	32	6	8	18	27
Thailand	29	18	5	6	57
Iran	25	6	5	14	21
Hong Kong	24	17	5	2	42
Saudi Arabia	21	6	5	10	24
Qatar	20	7	6	7	21
Kuwait	19	10	3	6	26
North Korea	18	9	5	4	27
Singapore	17	12	3	2	38
Iraq	17	6	3	8	21
Uzbekistan	15	6	1	8	18
Syria	14	7	2	5	23
New Zealand	13	2	5	6	9
Indonesia	12	8	2	2	26
Jordan	12	6	5	1	25
Australia	12	4	2	6	12
Malaysia	11	7	3	1	22
United Arab Emirates	11	5	4	2	16
India	10	6	4	0	15
Philippines	9	8	1	0	49
Vietnam	9	8	0	1	26
Bahrain	9	5	4	0	16
Oman	9	4	1	4	15
Maldives	7	7	0	0	31
Myanmar	7	7	0	0	27
Palestine	7	3	2	2	8
Lebanon	6	4	2	0	13
Tajikistan	6	4	2	0	9
Bangladesh	5	5	0	0	16
North Macedonia	5	3	2	0	4
Costa Rica	5	1	2	2	6
USA	5	1	1	3	5
Uruguay	5	0	2	3	1
Macau	4	4	0	0	20
Pakistan	4	4	0	0	14
Kyrgyzstan	4	4	0	0	11
Turkmenistan	4	3	1	0	10
Tunisia	4	1	2	1	3
Guam	3	3	0	0	33
Nepal	3	3	0	0	25
Cambodia	3	3	0	0	11
Finland	3	3	0	0	6
Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	5
Yemen	3	2	0	1	5
Honduras	3	1	1	1	3
Paraguay	3	1	1	1	3
Sweden	3	0	1	2	2
Brazil	3	0	1	2	0
Mexico	3	0	0	3	2
Bhutan	2	2	0	0	18
Laos	2	2	0	0	13
Brunei	2	2	0	0	12
Sri Lanka	2	2	0	0	10
Trinidad & Tobago	2	2	0	0	7
Estonia	2	2	0	0	4
Papua New Guinea	2	1	1	0	5
Canada	2	1	0	1	3
Colombia	2	1	0	1	2
France	2	1	0	1	2
Haiti	2	0	1	1	5
Germany	2	0	1	1	1
Romania	2	0	0	2	2
Ireland	2	0	0	2	0
Netherlands	2	0	0	2	0
Poland	2	0	0	2	0
Portugal	2	0	0	2	0
Spain	2	0	0	2	0
Yugoslavia	2	0	0	2	0
Afghanistan	1	1	0	0	6
Mongolia	1	1	0	0	6
Botswana	1	1	0	0	4
Bosnia & Herzegovina	1	1	0	0	3
Peru	1	1	0	0	3
Zimbabwe	1	1	0	0	3
Hungary	1	1	0	0	2
Norway	1	1	0	0	2
Curaçao	1	1	0	0	2
Algeria	1	1	0	0	1
Argentina	1	1	0	0	1
Jamaica	1	1	0	0	1
Latvia	1	1	0	0	1
Morocco	1	0	1	0	3
El Salvador	1	0	1	0	2
Congo	1	0	1	0	1
Croatia	1	0	1	0	1
Ghana	1	0	1	0	1
Andorra	1	0	1	0	0
Chile	1	0	1	0	0
North Yemen	1	0	1	0	0
Czechia	1	0	0	1	1
Mali	1	0	0	1	1
Switzerland	1	0	0	1	1
Cameroon	1	0	0	1	0
Egypt	1	0	0	1	0
England	1	0	0	1	0
Iceland	1	0	0	1	0
Italy	1	0	0	1	0
Kenya	1	0	0	1	0
Serbia	1	0	0	1	0
Slovenia	1	0	0	1	0
Turkey	1	0	0	1	0
Wales	1	0	0	1	0
Serbia & Montenegro	1	0	0	1	0
Germany (Olympic)	1	0	0	1	0
Sweden (Olympic)	1	0	0	1	0
Total	592	273	125	194	1,005

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All matches of the team (any status); a penalty shoot-out decides won or lost, goals are without shoot-out kicks. M links to the head-to-head record.

All Time World Cup Stats for China

Games Total: 145
Goals: 290
Goals Against: 138
Games W/D/L: 79/21/45
Avg. Goals / Match: 2.00
Avg. Goals Against / Match: 0.95

Top Players

Most Goals Scored: 20; Lei Wu
Most Matches: 39; Lei Wu
Most Yellow Cards: 7; Linpeng Zhang
Most Red Cards: 1; Liqiang Dong

Final tournaments and qualifiers; goals include penalty shoot-out kicks.

All-time top 50 of China

Matches

Scope

#	Name	Position	Years	M	11	S	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow cards	Red cards
1	Li, Weifeng	Centre Back	1998–2011	109	107	2	13	0	14	1	0
2	Zheng, Zhi	Defensive Midfielder	2002–2019	108	98	10	15	3	13	1	1
3	Gao, Lin	Right Winger	2005–2019	106	82	24	21	4	12	0	0
4	Fan, Zhiyi	Centre Back	1992–2002	105	103	2	17	0	13	0	0
5	Zhang, Linpeng	Right Back	2009–2024	105	104	1	5	6	22	0	1
6	Hao, Haidong	Centre Forward	1992–2004	102	93	9	37	0	7	1	0
7	Wu, Lei	Secondary striker	2010–2026	101	84	17	37	7	7	0	0
8	Zhu, Bo	Right Back	1983–1993	92	91	1	1	0	2	0	0
9	Li, Ming	Right Midfielder	1992–2004	90	77	13	9	0	5	0	0
10	Wu, Xi	Centre Midfielder	2011–2024	90	75	15	9	8	6	0	0
11	Li, Tie	Defensive Midfielder	1997–2007	90	83	7	6	0	13	0	0
12	Hao, Junmin	Right Midfielder	2005–2022	88	60	28	13	8	5	0	0
13	Zhao, Xuri	Defensive Midfielder	2003–2019	86	62	24	2	1	12	0	1
14	Ma, Mingyu	Left Midfielder	1996–2002	85	73	12	12	0	3	0	0
15	Sun, Jihai	Centre Back	1996–2008	79	67	12	1	0	11	0	1
16	Qu, Bo	Right Winger	2001–2013	75	42	33	18	2	4	0	0
17	Feng, Xiaoting	Centre Back	2004–2019	75	63	12	1	3	5	0	0
18	Li, Jinyu	Centre Forward	1997–2008	72	48	24	24	0	6	0	0
19	Yu, Hai	Left Midfielder	2009–2018	72	51	21	11	2	3	0	0
20	Xu, Yunlong	Centre Back	2000–2008	72	51	21	7	0	6	0	1
21	Zhao, Junzhe	Centre Midfielder	1998–2008	71	63	8	2	0	5	0	0
22	Du, Wei	Centre Back	2001–2016	68	57	11	4	0	6	0	0
23	Ou, Chuliang	Goalkeeper	1992–2002	68	66	2	0	0	2	0	0
24	Yu, Dabao	Centre Back	2010–2022	67	34	33	19	6	4	0	0
25	Jia, Xiuquan	Defender	1983–1992	67	67	0	8	0	4	0	0
26	Li, Bing	Striker	1992–2001	66	56	10	19	0	4	0	0
27	Sun, Xiang	Left Back	2002–2013	66	59	7	4	2	11	0	0
28	Yan, Junling	Goalkeeper	2014–2026	64	61	3	0	0	0	0	0
29	Liu, Haiguang	Centre Forward	1983–1990	63	55	8	24	0	0	0	0
30	Zhang, Enhua	Centre Back	1995–2002	62	58	4	6	0	3	0	0
31	Xie, Yuxin	Centre Midfielder	1987–1996	60	48	12	11	0	2	0	0
32	Peng, Weiguo	Midfielder	1992–1997	58	45	13	11	0	3	0	0
33	Yu, Hanchao	Left Winger	2009–2019	57	31	26	9	2	2	0	0
34	Lin, Lefeng	Defender	1977–1985	57	57	0	3	0	0	0	0
35	Yang, Xu	Centre Forward	2009–2019	55	29	26	29	6	4	0	0
36	Zuo, Shusheng	Attacking Midfielder	1978–1985	55	53	2	15	0	3	0	0
37	Mai, Chao	Left Midfielder	1986–1992	53	52	1	16	0	2	0	1
38	Su, Maozhen	Centre Forward	1994–2002	52	38	14	26	0	0	0	0
39	Gu, Guangming	Right Midfielder	1978–1992	52	49	3	7	0	0	0	0
40	Jiang, Jin	Goalkeeper	1997–2002	52	50	2	0	0	1	0	0
41	Xu, Hong	Defender	1992–1998	50	47	3	4	0	5	0	1
42	Wu, Chengying	Centre Back	1996–2002	50	47	3	2	0	6	1	0
43	Guo, Yijun	Defender	1986–1992	50	50	0	1	0	1	0	0
44	Li, Hui	Midfielder	1983–1988	49	46	3	14	0	1	0	0
45	Ma, Lin	Centre Forward	1985–1990	48	38	10	20	0	4	0	0
46	Zhang, Yuning	Centre Forward	2016–2026	48	31	17	9	9	6	0	0
47	Wei, Shihao	Left Winger	2017–2026	45	28	17	5	6	6	0	0
48	Wu, Qunli	Left Midfielder	1985–1993	44	38	6	8	0	1	0	0
49	Zeng, Cheng	Goalkeeper	2009–2018	44	40	4	0	0	2	0	0
50	Lü, Hongxiang	Left Back	1982–1986	43	42	1	1	0	1	0	0

M = matches from the start (11) and as a substitute (S), as on the player pages.
Only FIFA matches count.
Assists are only known where the assisting player was recorded.

Top 10 duos of China

#	Assist	Goal	Years	Goals	%
1	Yu, Dabao	Wang, Yongpo	2013	3	38
2	Hao, Junmin	Wu, Lei	2016–2019	3	8
3	Chen, Tao	Hao, Junmin	2011–2012	2	15
4	Yang, Xu	Deng, Zhuoxiang	2011	2	29
5	Wu, Xi	Wu, Lei	2015–2019	2	5
6	Wu, Xi	Yu, Dabao	2015–2019	2	11
7	Wang, Gang	Yang, Xu	2019	2	7
8	Wei, Shihao	Elkeson	2019	2	40
9	Li, Lei	Wu, Xi	2019	2	22
10	Zhang, Linpeng	Elkeson	2021–2023	2	40

Assister → scorer pairs with at least two goals in the team's FIFA matches. The assisting player is only known for 156 of 694 goals.