China national under-20 football team
The China national under-20 football team, also known as the China Youth Team, 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.
History
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. 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. In the aftermath, all upcoming friendly matches were cancelled.On 28 September 2018, China U-19 Yellow was organised as support for the national under-20 football team. Serbian manager Aleksandar Janković was appointed the first head coach of the team
Honours
- AFC Youth Championship
- East Asian Games
Competition history
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
- DNP : Did Not Participate
- DNQ : Did Not Qualify
Recent matches
2017
2018
Squad
Current coaches
Current Squad
The following players were called up for 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.Recent call ups
The following players were called up for 2018 AFC U-19 Championship.List of head coaches
Manage records only includes International Country results| # | Name | Period | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | Win % | Achievements |
| 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 | 1978 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 33.33% | |
| 11 | Zhang Junxiu | 1978 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16.67% | |
| 12 | Xian Dixiong | 1979 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 13 | Shao Xiankang | 1980 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 25.00% | |
| 14 | Zhang Junxiu | 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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 25.00% | ||
| Li Chuanqi | 1983 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 80.00% | ||
| 31 | Jia Xiuquan | 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 | 2014 | ||||||||
| 38 | Li Ming | 2015 – 2018 | ||||||||
| 39 | Cheng Yaodong | 2018 – |