- Friendlies - September
China30
Maldives0013:35End- Friendlies - September
- China00
New Zealand3213:35End - Friendlies - October
- China00
Palestine5313:35End - Friendlies - October
- China00
Tajikistan1013:35End - Friendlies - November
- China0
Malaysia013:00 - Friendlies - November
- China0
Bahrain013:00 - Asian Cup - Group C
Iran0China0resch.- Asian Cup - Group C
- China0
Syria0resch.
Topscorer Friendlies 2026
| # | Player | Pos | Matches | Scores | 11m | Ratio | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Z. Wang | Ziming Wang | Forward | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0,75 |
| 2 |  | Y. Zhang | Yuning Zhang | Forward | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0,5 |
| 3 |  | Serginho | Serginho | Midfield | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0,5 |
 | S. Wei | Shihao Wei | Forward | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0,13 |
Appearances Friendlies 2026
| # | Player | Pos | Matches | Min. | Start | In | Out | Scores | Yellow | Yellow-Red | Red | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | S. Wei | Shihao Wei | Forward | 8 | 560 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 |  | Y. Liu | Yang Liu | Defence | 7 | 464 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |  | S. Wang | Shangyuan Wang | Midfield | 8 | 462 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 |  | J. Huang | Jiahui Huang | Midfield | 8 | 405 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 |  | C. Zhu | Chenjie Zhu | Defence | 4 | 353 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Record Players
| # | Name | Start | In | Out | Min. | Matches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Linpeng Zhang | 101 | 1 | 10 | 8.879 | 102 |
| 2 |  | Lei Wu | 83 | 18 | 30 | 7.384 | 101 |
| 3 |  | Zhi Zheng | 91 | 9 | 19 | 7.794 | 100 |
| 4 |  | Lin Gao | 76 | 14 | 47 | 6.097 | 90 |
| 5 |  | Xi Wu | 75 | 14 | 42 | 6.037 | 89 |
All-time best penalty takers
| # | Name | Matches | 11m | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Lei Wu | 101 | 6 |
| Zhi Zheng | 100 | 6 | |
| 3 | | Lin Gao | 90 | 5 |
| 4 |  | Yongpo Wang | 17 | 4 |
| 5 |  | Xizhe Zhang | 36 | 3 |
Squad
Profile
- Full name
- Football Association of the People's Republic of China
- Country
- China
- Members
- 7.252.078
- Founded
- 01.01.1924
News ticker
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- 19.03.2019Critics round on Cannavaro over China role
- 15.03.2019Legend Cannavaro named new coach of China
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- 25.01.2019China hunts for Lippi successor after Asian Cup 'fiasco'
- 24.01.2019Clinical Iran reach Asian Cup quarters to face VAR-assisted Japan
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- 20.01.2019China roar back from behind to reach Asian Cup quarters
- 19.01.2019Practise penalties? No point, says China's Lippi
- 10.01.2019Five things from the Asian Cup's first round
- 08.01.2019Lippi says China facing striker crisis
- 07.01.2019China saved by goalie howler in narrow win over Kyrgyzstan
- 03.01.2019Lippi left needing a Chinese miracle at Asian Cup
- 20.11.2018More woe for Lippi as China held at home by Palestine
- 20.11.2018More woe for Lippi as China held at home by Palestine
- 31.10.2018China's national football coach to leave after Asian Cup
- 12.10.2018China and India, football's biggest minnows, in rare clash
- 01.10.2018"I want to go home," says China's veteran Italian coach Lippi
