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China PR national football team

China PR
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) 龙之队 Lóngzhī Duì
(Team Dragon) 国足Guó Zú
Association Chinese Football Association
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach Marcello Lippi
Captain Zheng Zhi
Most caps Li Weifeng (112)
Top scorer Hao Haidong (41)
FIFA code CHN
FIFA ranking
Current 81 Increase 1 (12 January 2017)
Highest 37 (December 1998)
Lowest 109 (March 2013)
Elo ranking
Current 77 (23 January 2017)
Highest 18 (27 May 1930)
Lowest 80 (December 2008)
First international
 Philippines 2–1 Republic of China Republic of China (1912–49)
(Manila, Philippines; 4 February 1913)
Biggest win
China China PR 19–0 Guam 
(Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 26 January 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Brazil 8–0 China PR China
(Recife, Brazil; 10 September 2012)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (first in 2002)
Best result Group stage, 2002
Asian Cup
Appearances 11 (first in 1976)
Best result Runners-up, 1984 and 2004
China national football team
China national football team 06-JUN-2008-ANZstad.jpg
The players of the Chinese national team prior to taking on Australia in a World Cup qualification game on 22 June 2008. The match was played at Stadium Australia in Sydney.
Traditional Chinese 中國國家足球隊
Simplified Chinese 中国国家足球队
Nickname
Traditional Chinese 萬里長城
Simplified Chinese 万里长城
Literal meaning The Great Wall

The Chinese national football team (Chinese: 中国国家足球队; pinyin: Zhōngguó Guójiā Zúqiú Duì), recognized as China PR by FIFA, is the national association football team of the People's Republic of China and is governed by the Chinese Football Association. The team is colloquially referred to as "Team China" (Chinese: 中国队), the "National Team" (Chinese: 国家队) or "Guózú" (Chinese: 国足, short for Chinese: 国家足球队; pinyin: Guójiā Zúqiú Duì; literally: "national football team").

The team was founded in 1924 by the Republic of China and joined FIFA in 1931. Following the Chinese Civil War, the Chinese Football Association was reformed by the newly founded People's Republic of China. They remained affiliated with FIFA until 1958, when they withdrew, but they rejoined the organisation in 1979.

China has won the EAFF East Asian Cup twice in 2005 and 2010 and have been runners-up at the AFC Asian Cup twice in 1984 and 2004. Although China failed to score a goal in their FIFA World Cup debut appearance during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, losing all their matches, qualifying for the tournament has been considered the greatest accomplishment in the country's football history.


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