The China national under-20 football team, also known as the China Youth Team (国青队), represents the

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in international

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competitions in the FIFA U-20 World Cup and the

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, as well as any other under-20 international football tournaments. It is governed by the

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(CFA).

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

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, the display of a

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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 (B team) was organised as support for the national under-20 football team. Serbian manager

Aleksandar Janković Aleksandar Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Јанковић; born 6 May 1972) is a Serbian football coach and former football player. He is currently manager of the China national under-23 football team. Playing career He playe ...

was appointed the first head coach of the team

Honours

:''Winners (1):'' 1985 :''Runners-up (3):''

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, 1996,

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:''Third-places (2):'' 1966,

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* East Asian Games :''Winners (1):''

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:''Third-places (2):''

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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

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AFC U-19 Championship

* ''DNP'' : Did Not Participate * ''DNQ'' : Did Not Qualify

Toulon Tournament

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* 1980 Toulon Tournament * 1983 Toulon Tournament as

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* 2002 Toulon Tournament *

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2011 Toulon Tournament The 2011 Toulon Tournament was the 39th edition of the Toulon Tournament and took place from 1 June to 10 June. Ivory Coast were the defending champions, but they failed to win a single match and were eliminated in the group stage. Colombia won ...

2014 Toulon Tournament The 2014 Toulon Tournament was the 42nd edition of the Toulon Tournament. The competition took place between 21 May and 1 June 2014 mostly in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of South Eastern France. Brazil successfully defended their title, ...

2015 Toulon Tournament The 2015 Toulon Tournament was the 43rd edition of the Toulon Tournament. The competition began on 27 May and ended on 7 June 2015. Participants AFC * * CAF * * CONCACAF * * * UEFA * * * Source: Squads Venues Group stage Group A ...

2018 Toulon Tournament The 2018 Toulon Tournament (officially french: 46ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello) was the 46th edition of the Toulon Tournament. It was held in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône from 26 May to 9 June 2018. Engl ...

2019 Toulon Tournament The 2019 Toulon Tournament (officially french: 47ème Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello) was the 47th edition of the Toulon Tournament. It was held in the department of Bouches-du-Rhône from 1 to 15 June 2019. England w ...

Torneo di Viareggio

* 2019 Torneo di Viareggio

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

Notes

References

External links

Chinese Football Association Official Website

Team China Official Website

on

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