Chinese national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
龙之队 Lóngzhī Duì (Team Dragon) 国足Guó Zú |
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| 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  1 (12 January 2017)
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| 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  (Manila, Philippines; 4 February 1913) |
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| Biggest win | |
 China PR 19–0 Guam  (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; 26 January 2000) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Brazil 8–0 China PR (Recife, Brazil; 10 September 2012) |
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| 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 |
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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.
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| Traditional Chinese | 中國國家足球隊 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国国家足球队 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 萬里長城 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 万里长城 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | The Great Wall | ||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhōngguó Guójiā zúqiúduì |
| Wade–Giles | Chungkuo Kuochia Tsuch'iutui |
| Yale Romanization | Jūnggwó Gwójyā dzúchyúdwèi |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wànlǐ Chángchéng |
| Wade–Giles | Wanli Ch'angch'eng |
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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