China women's national football team (, recognized as China PR by
FIFA
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) represents the
People's Republic of China
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in international
women's football competitions and is governed by the
Chinese Football Association
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.
China women's team won silver medals at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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and the
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. It also has won 9 titles at
Asian Cup
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and 3 Gold medals at
Asian Games
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.
Nicknamed the Steel Roses ( zh, link=no, 铿锵玫瑰),
they won several international titles in the 1990s,
during the Golden Generation.
The team lost some pace in the continent to the national teams of
Japan
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and
Australia
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after the start of the 21st century although in 2023, the team was ranked as the 15th best in the world and also won the ninth
AFC Asian Cup
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in their story, the first since 2006.
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
;Legend
2024
2025
Fixtures and Resultson TheCFA
Fixtures and Resultson Soccerway
Head-to-head record
, ''after the match against ''.
;''counted for the
FIFA
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A-level matches only.''
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
Manager history
*
Cong Zheyu (1986–1988)
*
Shang Ruihua (1988–1991)
*
Ma Yuanan (1991–2001)
*
Ma Liangxing (2002–2003)
*
Zhang Haitao (2003–2004)
*
Wang Haiming (2004–2005, 2007; caretaker)
*
Pei Encai (2005)
*
Ma Liangxing (2005–2006)
*
Marika Domanski-Lyfors (2007)
*
Élisabeth Loisel (2007–2008)
*
Shang Ruihua (2008–2010)
*
Li Xiaopeng (2011–2012)
*
Hao Wei (2012–2015)
*
Bruno Bini
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Under his charge, his team finished in fourth position in both the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2012 Summer Olympic ...
(2015–2017)
*
Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson (2017–2018)
*
Jia Xiuquan (2018–2021)
*
Shui Qingxia (2021–2023)
*
Wang Jun (2023; caretaker)
*
Ante Milicic (2024–)
Players
Current squad
*The following players were called up for the
Friendly game against On 31 May 2025.
''Caps and goals are correct as of 25 February 2025, after the match against
Mexico
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.''
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the squad in the last 12 months.
Records
Most capped players
, ''the ten players with the most appearances for China are'':
Top goalscorers
''the five highest goalscorers for China are'':
Honours
Major competitions
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FIFA Women's World Cup
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: ''Runners-up:''
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
*
Olympic Games
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: ''Runners-up:''
1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
*
AFC Women's Asian Cup
: Winners:
1986,
1989
1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...
,
1991
It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
,
1993
The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as:
* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
,
1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
,
1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
,
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
,
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
,
2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
: ''Runners-up:''
2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater.
In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
,
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
*
CONCACAF W Championship
: ''Third place:''
2000
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year.
Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
Continental
*
Asian Games
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1
: Winners:
1990,
1994
The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.
In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
,
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
: ''Runners-up:''
2002
The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
,
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
Regional
*
EAFF Women's Football Championship
: ''Runners-up:''
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
,
2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
Friendly
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Albena Cup
: Winners: 1990
*
Algarve Cup
: Winners: 1999, 2002
: ''Runners-up:'' 1997, 2003
*
Four Nations Tournament
: Winners: 2005, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
*
Yongchuan International Tournament
: Winners: 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
;Notes:
# Competition organized by the
OCA, officially not recognized by FIFA.
Competitive record
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
FIFA Women's World Cup
Olympic Games
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
Minor tournaments
EAFF E-1 Football Championship
Algarve Cup
Four Nations Tournament
Yongchuan International Tournament
Pinatar Cup
See also
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Sport in China
**
Football in China
***
Women's football in China
*
Chinese Football Association
The Chinese Football Association (), abbreviated as CFA (), is the governing body for association football, beach soccer and futsal in the People's Republic of China (Mainland China). The CFA organizes the men's and women's national teams an ...
(CFA)
* China women's national football team
**
China women's national football team results and fixtures
** List of China women's international footballers
*
China women's national under-20 football team
*
China women's national under-17 football team
*
China women's national futsal team
References
External links
China women's national football team– official website
– official website (last updated in 2019) a
FIFA profilea
fifa.com
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Asian women's national association football teams