China national under-17 football team

China U-17
Association	Chinese Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East 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.

Recent results and fixtures

2024

19 October 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup Q	Bahrain	0–2	China	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 Q	China	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 Attendance: 166 Referee: Suhail Abdulla Ali Abdulla Al Mulla (United Arab Emirates)

25 October 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup Q	China	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'	Report		Stadium: Puwan Stadium Attendance: 180 Referee: Wael G. Haidar (Lebanon)

27 October 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup Q	South Korea	2–2	China	Dalian
19:35	Jun Min-seong 8' Lee Ji-ho 87' (pen.)	Report	Yao Junyu 44' Wei Xiangxin 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Puwan Stadium Attendance: 488 Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan)

2025

U-17

3 April 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup GS	Saudi Arabia	2–1	China	Taif, Saudi Arabia
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	China	1–2	Uzbekistan	Taif, Saudi Arabia
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	China	Taif, Saudi Arabia
20:15		Report	Bunyamin Abdusalam 56' (pen.) Jiang Zhiqin 59'	Stadium: Okadh Sport Club Stadium Attendance: 60 Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

U-16

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

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

19 April Montaigu Tournament	China	2–1	Vendée	Talmont-Saint-Hilaire, France
18:00	Xie Jin 62' Li Junpeng 78'		Paco Zomenio 53'	Stadium: Stade des Ribandeaux

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

24 April Friendly	China	1–1 (5-6 p)	Wales	Oldenzaal, Netherlands
16:00	Zhang Bolin 9'		Harvey Gray 64'	Stadium: Sportpark Vondersweijde Referee: Erik ter Brake (Netherlands)
	Penalties
	Liang Shiyu Xiao Chenxi Li Wenbo He Sifan Zhang Xuyao Li Junpeng		Harvey Gray Archie Lorimer Rob Tankiewicz Carter Heywood Ashton Williams Louis Evans

25 April Friendly	Netherlands	3–0	China	Oldenzaal, Netherlands
16:00	Donny van der Lijcke 74' Jadiel Pereira da Gama 80' Luca Nas 90'			Stadium: Sportpark Vondersweijde Referee: Sander Huijs (Netherlands)

28 May 2025 CFA Team China U-16 Cup	China	2–1	Saudi Arabia	Hohhot
19:35	He Sifan 7' Shuai Weihao 90+2'		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 Ji-ho 12', 43' Nam I-an 45' Choi Min-jun 66'	Stadium: Shenyang Urban Stadium Attendance: 6,781 Referee: Mehmetjan Ahmet (China)

8 October Friendly	China	4–0	India	Xianghe
19:00	Li Cheng 5', ?' Zhang Bolin ?' Xiao Chenxi ?'			Stadium: National Football Training Centre

10 October Friendly	China	0–1	India	Xianghe
19:00			Wangkheirakpam 75'	Stadium: National Football Training Centre

13 October Friendly	China	0–2	North Korea	Xianghe
19:00			Choi Gu-il 46' Ju Kwang-ryong 58'	Stadium: National Football Training Centre

16 October Friendly	China	4–1	North Korea	Xianghe
19:00	Zhang Bolin 22', 40', 44', 57'		Choi Gu-il 45+1'	Stadium: National Football Training Centre

22 November 2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup Q	Bahrain	0-4	China	Chongqing
19:35		Report	Shuai Weihao 6', 25' Wan Xiang 27' (pen.) Zhang Bolin 90+3'	Stadium: Tongliang Long Stadium Attendance: 15,981 Referee: Sajëçon Zajniddinov (Tajikistan)

24 November 2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup Q	China	14-0	Timor-Leste	Chongqing
19:35	Zhang Bolin 6', 30' Zhang Xuyao 17' Xie Jin 33', 44', 64' Shuai Weihao 36', 54', 79' Wang Heyi 51' Wan Xiang 59' (pen.) Zhao Songyuan 71', 77', 90'	Report		Stadium: Yongchuan Sports Center Attendance: 7,117 Referee: Rashid Abdulla Hassan (United Arab Emirates)

26 November 2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup Q	China	12-0	Brunei	Chongqing
19:35	Zhao Songyuan 11', 45+8', 45+9', 54', 58', 79' Kuang Zhaolei 19' Li Mingjie 39' Wan Xiang 45+3' Zhang Bolin 51', 63', 74'	Report		Stadium: Tongliang Long Stadium Attendance: 13,757 Referee: Harish Kundu (India)

28 November 2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup Q	Sri Lanka	0-8	China	Chongqing
19:35		Report	Zhao Songyuan 13' Zhang Xuyao 30' Kuang Zhaolei 41' He Sifan 47' Shuai Weihao 55' Wan Xiang 75', 77' Zhang Bolin 84'	Stadium: Tongliang Long Stadium Attendance: 15,346 Referee: Iv Tina (Cambodia)

30 November 2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup Q	China	4-0	Bangladesh	Chongqing
19:35	Shuai Weihao 8', 38', 53' Zhao Songyuan 89'	Report		Stadium: Tongliang Long Stadium Attendance: 15,291 Referee: Yahya Al-Balushi (Oman)

U-15

13 April UEFA Under-16 Development Tournament	Russia	2–0	China	Minsk, Belarus
14:00	Ramil Gainullin 46' Filipp Kovalchuk 71'			Stadium: Technical Center ABFF Attendance: 157 Referee: Roman Zelenkovsky (Belarus)

15 April UEFA Under-16 Development Tournament	China	1–0	Kazakhstan	Minsk, Belarus
11:00	Musajiang Aihemaiti 71'			Stadium: Technical Center ABFF Attendance: 77 Referee: Dmitriy Korzhik (Belarus)

18 April UEFA Under-16 Development Tournament	Belarus	3–0	China	Minsk, Belarus
14:00	Marat Titov 47' Vladislav Voronin 56' Matvey Chichin 71'			Stadium: Technical Center ABFF Attendance: 328 Referee: Olga Blotskaya (Belarus)

18 December 2025 EAFF U-15 Championship	China	0–3	Japan	Zhangzhou
15:00		Report	Eita Sawaguchi 34' Soma Iida 50' Ren Isobe 55'	Stadium: Hooray International Football Training Base Stadium Referee: Bai Qitao (China)

20 December 2025 EAFF U-15 Championship	South Korea	1–1	China	Zhangzhou
15:00	Junhyeok Choi 43'	Report	Pan Chaowei 27' (pen.)	Stadium: Hooray International Football Training Base Stadium Referee: Zhang Yihao (China)

22 December 2025 EAFF U-15 Championship	China	v	Hong Kong	Zhangzhou
15:00				Stadium: Hooray International Football Training Base Stadium

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 23 players were called up for the 2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification.^[1]^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Qin Ziniu	(2009-07-10)10 July 2009 (aged 16)	Evergrande Football School
12	1GK	Chen Chengyun	(2010-02-20)20 February 2010 (aged 15)	Yokohama F. Marinos
23	1GK	Cao Yu	(2009-03-06)6 March 2009 (aged 16)	Beijing Guoan

2	2DF	Jin Feng	(2009-09-04)4 September 2009 (aged 16)	Jiangning Football Training Base
4	2DF	Nan Zixun	(2009-03-23)23 March 2009 (aged 16)	Tsinghua University High School
5	2DF	Li Junpeng	(2009-02-19)19 February 2009 (aged 16)	Shandong Taishan
6	2DF	Jin Yucheng	(2009-06-15)15 June 2009 (aged 16)	NK Lokomotiva Zagreb
8	2DF	Zhang Xuyao	(2009-03-22)22 March 2009 (aged 16)	Shandong Taishan
13	2DF	Li Mingjie	(2009-04-27)27 April 2009 (aged 16)	Shanghai Port
14	2DF	Zhang Junhao	(2009-01-03)3 January 2009 (aged 16)	Shandong Taishan
22	2DF	Cheng Shenghan	(2009-04-18)18 April 2009 (aged 16)	Evergrande Football School

3	3MF	Xie Jin	(2009-08-21)21 August 2009 (aged 16)	CF Fuenlabrada
7	3MF	Zhou Yunuo	(2009-02-26)26 February 2009 (aged 16)	Tsinghua University High School
10	3MF	Kuang Zhaolei	(2009-03-13)13 March 2009 (aged 16)	CE Atlètic Lleida
11	3MF	He Sifan	(2009-01-14)14 January 2009 (aged 16)	Shandong Taishan
15	3MF	Kong Xinuo	(2009-05-22)22 May 2009 (aged 16)	Shandong Taishan
16	3MF	Chen Bingxi	(2009-06-01)1 June 2009 (aged 16)	Tsinghua University High School
17	3MF	Wang Heyi	(2009-06-17)17 June 2009 (aged 16)	Guangzhou Yangcheng
18	3MF	Xu Zhengpeng	(2009-03-15)15 March 2009 (aged 16)	Wuhan Three Towns
19	3MF	Wan Xiang	(2009-04-21)21 April 2009 (aged 16)	F.K. Akademija Fudbala Duljaj

9	4FW	Zhang Bolin	(2009-12-30)30 December 2009 (aged 15)	Henan Xingtu
20	4FW	Zhao Songyuan	(2009-04-07)7 April 2009 (aged 16)	Tsinghua University High School
21	4FW	Shuai Weihao	(2009-01-05)5 January 2009 (aged 16)	Chengdu Rongcheng

Competitive record

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
2026	qualified
Total	2 Titles	16/20	65	28	17	20	113	85

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

References

^ "中国足球协会关于组织中国U-16国家男子足球队2025年第五期集训的通知". Chinese Football Association (in Chinese). 2025-11-04. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
^ "中国U-16国家男子足球队参赛名单出炉！". weibo (in Chinese). Chinese Football Team. 2025-11-21. Retrieved 2025-11-21.

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

[1] "中国足球协会关于组织中国U-16国家男子足球队2025年第五期集训的通知". Chinese Football Association (in Chinese). 2025-11-04. Retrieved 2025-11-10.

[2] "中国U-16国家男子足球队参赛名单出炉！". weibo (in Chinese). Chinese Football Team. 2025-11-21. Retrieved 2025-11-21.

[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)	China 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