China national football team records and statistics

This is a list of China national football team's all kinds of competitive records.

As of 26 March 2024.^[1]

Players in bold are still active with China.

Most manager appearances

Gao Fengwen: 56

Biggest victory

19–0 vs. Guam, 26 January 2000

China has only appeared at the one World Cup with the appearance being in the 2002 FIFA World Cup where they finished bottom of the group which included a 4–0 loss to Brazil.^[2]

China's FIFA World Cup record v t e											Qualification record
Year		Round	Position	M	W	D	L	GF	GA		M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Link
1930		Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member						Link
1934		Did not enter									Declined participation						Link
1938																	Link
1950																	Link
1954																	Link
1958		Did not qualify									3	1	1	1	4	5	Link
1962		Did not enter									Declined participation						Link
1966																	Link
1970																	Link
1974																	Link
1978																	Link
1982		Did not qualify									12	7	2	3	19	8	Link
1986											6	4	1	1	23	2	Link
1990											11	7	0	4	18	9	Link
1994											8	6	0	2	18	4	Link
1998											14	8	3	3	24	16	Link
2002		Group stage	31st	3	0	0	3	0	9		14	12	1	1	38	5	Link
2006		Did not qualify									6	5	0	1	14	1	Link
2010											8	3	3	2	14	4	Link
2014											8	5	0	3	23	9	Link
2018											18	8	5	5	35	11	Link
2022											18	7	4	7	39	22	Link
2026											16	5	2	9	16	29	Link
2030		To be determined
2034
Total		Group stage	1/23	3	0	0	3	0	9		142	78	22	42	285	125	Link

China's AFC Asian Cup record v t e											Qualification record
Year		Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956		Did not enter									Did not enter
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976		Third place	3rd	4	1	1	2	2	4		5	4	0	1	14	4
1980		Group stage	7th	4	1	1	2	9	5		3	2	0	1	5	2
1984		Runners-up	2nd	6	4	0	2	11	4		4	4	0	0	15	0
1988		Fourth place	4th	6	2	2	2	7	5		5	2	3	0	10	1
1992		Third place	3rd	5	1	3	1	6	6		3	3	0	0	7	0
1996		Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	0	3	6	7		3	3	0	0	16	1
2000		Fourth place	4th	6	2	2	2	11	7		3	3	0	0	29	0
2004		Runners-up	2nd	6	3	2	1	13	6		Qualified as hosts
2007		Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	7	6		6	3	2	1	7	3
2011			9th	3	1	1	1	4	4		6	4	1	1	13	5
2015		Quarter-finals	7th	4	3	0	1	5	4		6	2	2	2	5	6
2019			6th	5	3	0	2	7	7		8	5	2	1	27	1
2023		Group stage	18th	3	0	2	1	0	1		8	6	1	1	30	3
2027		Qualified									6	2	2	2	9	9
Total		14/19	0 titles	59	23	15	21	88	66		66	43	13	10	187	35

Year		Result	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1900 to 1928		Did not enter
1936		First round	12	1	0	0	1	0	2
1948			14	1	0	0	1	0	4
1952 to 1956		Withdrew after qualifying
1960 to 1976		Not an IOC member
1980 to 1984		Did not qualify
1988		First round	14	3	0	1	2	0	5
Total		3/25	-	5	0	1	4	0	11

For 1992 to 2016, see China national under-23 football team

Year		Result	Rank	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1951		Did not enter
1954		Did not enter
1958		Did not enter
1962		Did not enter
1966		Did not enter
1970		Did not enter
1974		First round	10	3	1	0	2	7	4
1978		Third place	3	7	5	0	2	16	5
1982		Quarter-finals	7	4	2	1	1	4	3
1986			8	4	2	1	1	10	7
1990			6	4	2	0	2	8	4
1994		Runners-up	2	7	5	1	1	16	8
1998		Third place	3	8	6	0	2	24	7
Total*		7/13	-	37	23	3	11	85	38

* Including 1998 onwards (until 2010)

For 2002 to 2018, see China national under-23 football team

Year		Result	Pos	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2003		Third place	3	3	1	0	2	3	4
2005		Champions	1	3	1	2	0	5	3
2008		Third place	3	3	1	0	2	5	5
2010		Champions	1	3	2	1	0	5	0
2013		Runners-up	2	3	1	2	0	7	6
2015			2	3	1	1	1	3	3
2017		Third place	3	3	0	2	1	4	5
2019		Third place	3	3	1	0	2	3	3
Total			-	24	8	8	8	35	29

The China national football team has played over 500 matches with the teams of other nations from around the world, and has won approximately half of them.

As of 10 September 2024, Counted for the FIFA A-level match only.

Nations	First Played	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Confederation
Afghanistan	1984	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	AFC
Albania	1973	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	UEFA
Algeria	2004	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	CAF
Andorra	2004	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	UEFA
Argentina	1984	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	CONMEBOL
Australia	1983	10	4	2	4	11	17	-6	AFC
Bahrain	1986	7	3	4	0	14	8	+6	AFC
Bangladesh	1980	5	5	0	0	15	0	+15	AFC
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1997	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	UEFA
Botswana	2009	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	CAF
Brazil	2002	3	0	1	2	0	12	-12	CONMEBOL
Brunei	1975	3	3	0	0	22	1	+21	AFC
Bhutan	2015	2	2	0	0	18	0	+18	AFC
Cambodia	1963	6	6	0	0	24	3	+21	AFC
Canada	1984	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1	CONCACAF
Chile	2003	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	CONMEBOL
Colombia	1995	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	CONMEBOL
DR Congo	1977	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	CAF
Costa Rica	2002	5	1	2	2	6	8	-2	CONCACAF
Croatia	2017	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	UEFA
Cuba	1971	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	CONCACAF
Czech Republic	2018	1	0	0	1	1	4	-3	UEFA
Egypt	1963	2	0	1	1	0	2	-2	CAF
El Salvador	2008	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	CONCACAF
England	1996	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	UEFA
Estonia	2003	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	UEFA
Fiji	1975	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	OFC
Finland	1952	4	3	0	1	6	7	-1	UEFA
France	2006	2	1	0	1	2	3	-1	UEFA
Germany	2005	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	UEFA
Ghana	2012	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CAF
Guam	2000	3	3	0	0	33	0	+33	AFC
Guinea	1965	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	CAF
Haiti	2003	2	0	1	1	5	6	-1	CONCACAF
Honduras	2006	3	1	1	1	3	1	+2	CONCACAF
Hong Kong	1975	22	13	6	3	36	8	+28	AFC
Hungary	2004	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	UEFA
Iceland	2017	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	UEFA
India	1956	12	7	5	0	17	5	+12	AFC
Indonesia	1957	13	10	2	1	32	8	+24	AFC
Iran	1976	23	4	6	13	18	39	-21	AFC
Iraq	1976	16	6	2	8	17	18	-1	AFC
Italy	1986	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	UEFA
Jamaica	1977	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	CONCACAF
Japan	1975	28	6	8	14	26	42	-16	AFC
Jordan	1984	11	6	4	1	24	8	+16	AFC
Kazakhstan	1997	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	UEFA
Kenya	1984	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	CAF
North Korea	1959	21	11	5	5	29	17	+12	AFC
South Korea	1978	35	2	11	22	23	50	-27	AFC
Kuwait	1975	18	8	5	5	23	16	+7	AFC
Kyrgyzstan	2009	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	AFC
Laos	2011	2	2	0	0	13	3	+10	AFC
Latvia	2010	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	UEFA
Lebanon	1998	6	4	2	0	13	1	+12	AFC
Macau	1978	5	5	0	0	22	2	+20	AFC
Macedonia	2004	5	3	2	0	4	0	+4	UEFA
Malaysia	1976	14	10	3	1	35	7	+28	AFC
Maldives	2001	6	6	0	0	28	1	+27	AFC
Mali	1966	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	CAF
Mexico	1987	3	0	0	3	2	7	-5	CONCACAF
Morocco	1977	2	1	1	0	6	5	+1	CAF
Myanmar	1957	10	8	0	2	32	4	+28	AFC
Nepal	1972	1	1	0	0	6	2	+4	AFC
Netherlands	1996	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4	UEFA
New Zealand	1975	16	3	6	7	14	17	-3	OFC
Norway	1992	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	UEFA
Oman	1998	7	3	1	3	11	7	+4	AFC
Pakistan	1963	8	5	2	1	23	8	+15	AFC
Palestine	2006	6	4	2	0	10	2	+8	AFC
Papua New Guinea	1985	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	OFC
Paraguay	1996	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	CONMEBOL
Peru	1978	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	CONMEBOL
Philippines	1978	8	7	1	0	33	1	+32	AFC
Poland	1984	2	0	0	2	0	2	-2	UEFA
Portugal	2002	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	UEFA
Qatar	1978	20	8	5	7	23	17	+6	AFC
Republic of Ireland	1984	2	0	0	2	0	2	-2	UEFA
Romania	1984	2	0	0	2	2	5	-3	UEFA
Saudi Arabia	1978	21	7	5	9	25	28	-3	AFC
Senegal	1972	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	CAF
Serbia	2000	4	0	0	4	0	7	-7	UEFA
Sierra Leone	1974	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	CAF
Singapore	1984	14	11	3	0	36	9	+27	AFC
Slovenia	2002	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	UEFA
Somalia	1972	2	2	0	0	10	5	+5	CAF
Soviet Union	1959	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	UEFA
Spain	2005	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4	UEFA
Sri Lanka	1972	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	AFC
Sudan	1957	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	CAF
Sweden	2001	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	UEFA
Switzerland	2006	1	0	0	1	1	4	-3	UEFA
Syria	1966	15	8	2	5	29	14	+15	AFC
Tajikistan	1997	6	4	2	0	9	1	+8	AFC
Tanzania	1966	3	2	1	0	15	8	+7	CAF
Thailand	1975	24	16	4	4	57	21	+36	AFC
Trinidad and Tobago	2001	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	CONCACAF
Tunisia	2015	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CAF
Turkey	2002	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	UEFA
Turkmenistan	1994	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	AFC
United Arab Emirates	1984	11	4	5	2	16	8	+8	AFC
United States	1977	8	1	2	5	7	17	-10	CONCACAF
Uruguay	1982	6	1	2	3	2	9	-7	CONMEBOL
Uzbekistan	1994	14	5	1	8	15	21	-6	AFC
Venezuela	1978	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	CONMEBOL
Vietnam	1997	9	8	0	1	26	8	+18	AFC
Wales	2018	1	0	0	1	0	6	-6	UEFA
Yemen	1988	4	2	1	1	5	1	+4	AFC
Zambia	1972	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	CAF
Zimbabwe	1997	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	CAF
Total	1956	601	287	130	184	1,075	612	+448	All

• Fixtures and Results on FIFA.com
• Team China Official Website Archived 2007-10-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)
• China International Matches on RSSSF
• China Matches on Elo Ratings