China national under-17 football team

China U-17
Association	Chinese Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Bin Ukishima
FIFA code	CHN
First colours	Second colours
AFC U-17 Asian Cup
Appearances	16 (first in 1985)
Best result	Champions (1992, 2004)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1985)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1985, 2005)

The China national under-17 football team, also known as the China Junior Team (国少队), represents the People's Republic of China in international football competitions in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and the AFC U-17 Asian Cup, as well as any other under-17 international football tournaments. It is governed by the Football Association of the People's Republic of China.

Tournament records

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Year	Result	Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A
1985	Quarter-finals	8th	4	2	1	1	8	7
1987	did not qualify
1989	Group stage	12th	3	1	1	1	1	3
1991	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	4	7
1993	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	2	5
1995	did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	5	7
2005	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	4	7
2007	did not qualify
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2023
2025
Total	Quarter-finals	6/20	20	4	7	9	24	36

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

Year	Result	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985	Group stage	7th	3	0	2	1	2	3
1986	did not qualify
1988	Third place	3rd	6	2	4	0	7	4
1990	Third place	3rd	5	3	1	1	11	2
1992	Champions	1st	5	3	2	0	9	4
1994	Group stage	5th	4	2	0	2	14	5
1996	Group stage	6th	4	1	1	2	5	10
1998	did not qualify
2000	Group stage	5th	4	2	0	2	13	12
2002	Third place	3rd	6	5	0	1	13	4
2004	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	10	5
2006	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	10	5
2008	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	4	4
2010		12th	3	0	1	2	1	4
2012		9th	3	0	3	0	4	4
2014		11th	3	1	0	2	2	6
2016	did not qualify
2018	did not qualify
2023	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	4	9
2025	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	4	4
Total	2 Titles	16/20	65	28	17	20	113	85

Recent results and fixtures

2022

5 October 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup QF		9–0	Cambodia	Shepparton
15:00	Zhang Junjie 16' Huang Kaijun 24' Wang Yudong 26', 59', 61' Kuai Jiwen 45+1' Wang Haobin 86' Li Ming 87' Ouyang Jiaxin 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Shepparton Sports City Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

7 October 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup QF	Northern Mariana Islands	0–11		Shepparton
15:00		Report	Huang Kaijun 13' Zhang Junjie 26', 31' Liu Chengyu 30', 42' Mei Shuaijun 34' (pen.) Wang Haobin 38' Wang Yudong 60', 71', 80', 90+2'	Stadium: Shepparton Sports City Referee: Songkran Bunmeekiart (Thailand)

9 October 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup QF	Australia	3–1		Shepparton
15:00	Irankunda 7' (pen.), 65' di Pizio 70'	Report	Wang Yudong 25'	Stadium: Shepparton Sports City Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

2023

16 June 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS	Tajikistan	1–1		Chonburi
21:00	Gafurov 36'	Report	Wang Yudong 6'	Stadium: Chonburi Stadium Attendance: 373 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)

19 June 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS		3–5	Australia	Chonburi
17:00	Wang Yudong 14', 62' Kuai Jiwen 45+7'	Report	Irankunda 9', 18' De Abreu 12' Glasson 25' Amanatidis 90+8'	Stadium: Chonburi Stadium Attendance: 215 Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)

22 June 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS	Saudi Arabia	3–0		Chonburi
17:00	Al-Muwallad 45' Al-Bishri 79' Al-Yahebi 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Chonburi Stadium Attendance: 233 Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)

2024

19 October 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup QF	Bahrain	0–2		Dalian
19:35		Report	Hebibilla Nurhaji 2' Bian Yulang 60'	Stadium: Puwan Stadium Attendance: 238 Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan)

23 October 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup QF		6–0	Bhutan	Dalian
15:30	Wei Xiangxin 34' Hebibilla Nurhaji 47', 60' Li Xiang 49', 90+5' Yang Qiandong 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Puwan Stadium

25 October 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup QF		9–0	Maldives	Dalian
17:00	Yang Qiandong 6', 25', 67' Wen Zhanlin 47' Zhang Chengrui 64' Bunyamin Abdusalam 66' Wei Xiangxin 77', 80' Bian yulang 86'			Stadium: Puwan Stadium Referee: Suhail Al-Mulla (United Arab Emirates)

27 October 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup QF	South Korea	2–2		Dalian
19:35	Jun Min-seong 8' Lee Ji-ho 87' (pen.)		Yao Junyu 44' Wei Xiangxin 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Puwan Stadium Referee: Suhail Al-Mulla (United Arab Emirates)

2025

3 April 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS	Saudi Arabia	2–1		Taif
20:15	Matari 11' Al-Daghnah 45+2'	Report	Wei Xiangxin 90+8'	Stadium: King Fahd Sports City Attendance: 498 Referee: Mohammed Al-Shammari (Qatar)

6 April 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS		1–2	Uzbekistan	Taif
18:00	Zhang Chengrui 33'	Report	Khasanov 45+1' Aliev 86'	Stadium: Okadh Sport Club Stadium Attendance: 79 Referee: Venkatesh Ramachandran (India)

9 April 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS	Thailand	0–2		Taif
20:15		Report	Bunyamin Abdusalam 56' (pen.) Jiang Zhiqin 59'	Stadium: Okadh Sport Club Stadium Attendance: 60 Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

15 April Montaigu Tournament	France	0–0	China	Montaigu-Vendée
18:30				Stadium: Stade Montaigu Referee: Axel Laine (France)

17 April Montaigu Tournament	China	1–0	Cameroon	Talmont-Saint-Hilaire
18:30	Xiao Chenxi 35'			Stadium: Stade des Ribandeaux

21 April Montaigu Tournament	China	0–2	Mexico	Montaigu-Vendée
18:30			Santiago Cisneros 31' Uziel Vargas 55' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Montaigu

28 May 2025 CFA Team China U-16 Cup	China	2–1	Saudi Arabia	Hohhot
19:35	He Sifan 7' Shuai Weihao 90'		Abdullah 67'	Stadium: National North Football Training Base Attendance: 11,756 Referee: Zhang Lei (China)

30 May 2025 CFA Team China U-16 Cup	China	2–2	Vietnam	Hohhot
19:35	Liang Shiyu 12' Wan Xiang 16'		Lê Trọng Đại Nhân 47' Le Sy Bach 84'	Stadium: National North Football Training Base Attendance: 9,234 Referee: Du Jianxin (China)

1 June 2025 CFA Team China U-16 Cup	China	5–2	Australia	Hohhot
19:35	Wan Xiang 9' Shuai Weihao 39' Liang Shiyu 71' Zhang Bolin 81' Xie Jin 85'		Hassarari 2' Li Junpeng 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: National North Football Training Base Attendance: 17,511 Referee: Zhang Lei (China)

4 July 2025 CFA Team China Peace Cup	China	1–1	Japan	Shenyang
19:35	Liang Shiyu 46'		Wada Takeshi 19'	Stadium: Shenyang Urban Stadium Attendance: 6,900 Referee: Ai Kun (China)

6 July 2025 CFA Team China Peace Cup	China	2-1	Uzbekistan	Shenyang
19:35	Kuang Zhaolei 1' Zhou Yunuo 87'		Akhrorbek Ravshanbekov 45+3'	Stadium: Shenyang Urban Stadium Attendance: 4,907 Referee: Jin Jingyuan (China)

8 July 2025 CFA Team China Peace Cup	China	3-4	South Korea	Shenyang
19:35	Lu Qizheng 7' Kuang Zhaolei 56' Xie Jin 58'		Kim Jiho 12', 43' Nam Ian 45' Choi Minjun 66'	Stadium: Shenyang Urban Stadium Attendance: 6,781 Referee: Maimaitijiang Aihemaiti (China)

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Bin Ukishima
Assistant coach	Ishikawa Kei
Assistant coach	Cao Yang
Goalkeeping coach	Adauto Alexandre Masson
Fitness coach	Wu Mingkun

Current squad

The following players were called up for the CFA Team China Peace Cup Tournament from 4 July to 8 July 2025^[1]^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
12	1GK	Xu Zengfu	(2009-01-19)19 January 2009 (aged 16)	Shandong Taishan
21	1GK	Li Qifu	(2009-01-03)3 January 2009 (aged 16)	Meizhou Hakka
30	1GK	Qin Ziniu	(2009-07-10)10 July 2009 (aged 15)	Evergrande Football School
-	1GK	Kuang Zihao	(2009-09-18)18 September 2009 (aged 15)	Shenzhen 2028
-	1GK	Zhou Yucheng	(2009-01-09)9 January 2009 (aged 16)	Yixing Zhoutiejiuteng

2	2DF	Jin Yucheng	(2009-06-15)15 June 2009 (aged 16)	NK Lokomotiva Zagreb
3	2DF	Zhang Xuyao	(2009-03-22)22 March 2009 (aged 16)	Shandong Taishan
4	2DF	Li Junpeng	(2009-02-19)19 February 2009 (aged 16)	Shandong Taishan
5	2DF	Gu Boyu	(2009-01-17)17 January 2009 (aged 16)	Shanghai Shenhua
13	2DF	Li Mingjie	(2009-04-27)27 April 2009 (aged 16)	Shanghai Port
16	2DF	Lu Qizheng	(2009-06-06)6 June 2009 (aged 16)	Evergrande Football School
17	2DF	Zhang Junhao	(2009-01-03)3 January 2009 (aged 16)	Shandong Taishan
18	2DF	Nan Zixun	(2009-03-23)23 March 2009 (aged 16)	Tsinghua University High School
-	2DF	Yu Jianan	(2009-05-13)13 May 2009 (aged 16)	Evergrande Football School
-	2DF	Kong Xinuo	(2009-05-22)22 May 2009 (aged 16)	Shandong Taishan

6	3MF	Lu Junbo	(2009-05-07)7 May 2009 (aged 16)	Shandong Taishan
8	3MF	Xu Zhengpeng	(2009-03-15)15 March 2009 (aged 16)	Wuhan Three Towns
10	3MF	Zhou Yunuo	(2009-02-26)26 February 2009 (aged 16)	Tsinghua University High School
20	3MF	Ailikamu Yilihong	(2009-05-07)7 May 2009 (aged 16)	Evergrande Football School
22	3MF	Wan Xiang	(2009-04-21)21 April 2009 (aged 16)	Hubei Istar
24	4FW	Xiao Chenxi	(2009-01-07)7 January 2009 (aged 16)	Shandong Taishan
25	3MF	Tan Yujin	(2009-02-04)4 February 2009 (aged 16)	Chongqing No.8 Secondary School

7	4FW	He Sifan	(2009-01-14)14 January 2009 (aged 16)	Shandong Taishan
9	4FW	Zhang Bolin	(2009-12-30)30 December 2009 (aged 15)	Henan FA
11	4FW	Shuai Weihao	(2009-01-05)5 January 2009 (aged 16)	Chengdu Rongcheng
14	4FW	Kuang Zhaolei	(2009-03-13)13 March 2009 (aged 16)	CF Damm
15	4FW	Liang Shiyu	(2009-05-06)6 May 2009 (aged 16)	Wuhan Three Towns
32	4FW	Xie Jin	(2009-08-21)21 August 2009 (aged 15)	CF Fuenlabrada
33	4FW	Wang Feiniya	(2009-03-19)19 March 2009 (aged 16)	Evergrande Football School
-	4FW	Yelearesi Wumuerbieke	(2009-01-04)4 January 2009 (aged 16)	Jiangsu Anbeisi

References

^ "中国足球协会关于组织中国U-16国家男子足球队2025年第三期集训并参加沈阳"和平杯"国际足球锦标赛的通知". Chinese Football Association (in Chinese). 2025-06-16. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
^ "中国足球协会关于组织中国U-16国家男子足球队2025年第三期集训并参加沈阳和平杯国际足球锦标赛的补充通知". Chinese Football Association (in Chinese). 2025-06-30. Retrieved 2025-07-03.

External links

Chinese Football Association Official Website (in Chinese)
Team China Official Website Archived 2007-10-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
Profile on FIFA
Profile on AFC

Head-to-head record

The following table shows China's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and AFC U-17 Asian Cup.

In FIFA U-17 World Cup

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Bolivia	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Canada	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Chile	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Colombia	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Costa Rica	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Finland	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Germany	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Ghana	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Guinea	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Italy	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Mexico	1	0	1	0	3	3	+0	000.00
Nigeria	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Peru	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Poland	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Tunisia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Turkey	1	0	0	1	1	5	−4	000.00
United States	2	1	0	1	4	4	+0	050.00
Total	20	4	7	9	24	36	−12	020.00

In AFC U-17 Asian Cup

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Australia	3	0	0	3	4	10	−6	000.00
Bahrain	2	0	1	1	0	6	−6	000.00
Bangladesh	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Hong Kong	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
India	4	2	1	1	11	7	+4	050.00
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Iran	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Iraq	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	025.00
Japan	4	1	0	3	4	13	−9	025.00
Jordan	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Kuwait	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Myanmar	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	100.00
Nepal	1	1	0	0	6	2	+4	100.00
North Korea	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	050.00
Oman	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00
Qatar	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	033.33
Saudi Arabia	5	2	1	2	8	8	+0	040.00
South Yemen	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	000.00
Syria	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
Tajikistan	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Thailand	5	3	2	0	6	2	+4	060.00
Turkmenistan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
United Arab Emirates	4	1	3	0	3	2	+1	025.00
Uzbekistan	4	2	1	1	14	3	+11	050.00
Vietnam	2	0	1	1	5	6	−1	000.00
Yemen	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total	65	28	17	20	113	85	+28	043.08

[1] "中国足球协会关于组织中国U-16国家男子足球队2025年第三期集训并参加沈阳"和平杯"国际足球锦标赛的通知". Chinese Football Association (in Chinese). 2025-06-16. Retrieved 2025-07-03.

[2] "中国足球协会关于组织中国U-16国家男子足球队2025年第三期集训并参加沈阳和平杯国际足球锦标赛的补充通知". Chinese Football Association (in Chinese). 2025-06-30. Retrieved 2025-07-03.

[1]

[2]

National under-17 football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC U-17 Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA