The China women's national football team (, recognized as China PR by

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) represents the People's Republic of China in international

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competitions and is governed by the Chinese Football Association. China women's team won silver medals at the

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and the

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. It also has won 9 titles at

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and 3 Gold medals at

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Team image

Nicknames

The China women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "''铿锵玫瑰'' (Steel Roses)".

FIFA World Ranking

, ''after the match against ''. Best Ranking Best Mover Worst Ranking Worst Mover

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

2022

2023

Official ResultsChina Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

Cong Zheyu Cong Zheyu () is a former China, Chinese Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward for the Chinese national football team. He was the first coach of the China women's football team. Career statistic ...

(1986–1988) *

Shang Ruihua Shang Ruihua (born 18 November 1944) is a Chinese football coach, who led the China women's national football team on two separate occasions. He guided the home nation to a quarter final place at the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup during his first s ...

(1988–1991) * Ma Yuanan (1991–2001) *

Ma Liangxing Ma Liangxing (; born 29 November 1957) is a Chinese football manager. Career Ma was the head coach of the China women's national team at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Wo ...

(2002–2003) *

Zhang Haitao Zhang may refer to: Chinese culture, etc. * Zhang (surname) (張/张), common Chinese surname ** Zhang (surname 章), a rarer Chinese surname * Zhang County (漳县), of Dingxi, Gansu * Zhang River (漳河), a river flowing mainly in Henan * ''Zha ...

(2003–2004) *

Wang Haiming Wang may refer to: Names * Wang (surname) (王), a common Chinese surname * Wāng (汪), a less common Chinese surname * Titles in Chinese nobility * A title in Korean nobility * A title in Mongolian nobility Places * Wang River in Thailand ...

(2004–2005) * Pei Encai (2005) *

(2005–2006) *

(caretaker) (2007) * Marika Domanski-Lyfors (2007) * Élisabeth Loisel (2007–2008) *

(2008–2010) * Li Xiaopeng (2011–2012) *

Hao Wei Hao Wei (; ; born 27 December 1976) is a Chinese football coach and former international Association football, footballer. He is the manager of the Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C., Shandong Luneng. Player career Club ...

(2012–2015) *

Bruno Bini Bruno Bini (born 1 October 1954) is a former French football manager who formerly managed the French women's national team. Under his charge, his team finished in fourth position in both the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2012 Summer Olympics ...

(2015–2017) * Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson (2017–2018) * Jia Xiuquan (2018–2021) *

Shui Qingxia Shui Qingxia (; born 18 December 1966 in Funing County, Jiangsu, Funing) is a female PR China, Chinese association football player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 1996 she won the silver medal wi ...

(2021–)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the

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.
''Caps and goals are correct as of 23 January 2022 after the match against Iran.''

Records

Most capped players

, ''the ten players with the most appearances for China are'':

Top goalscorers

''the five highest goalscorers for China are'':

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

The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and longest-running women's international football events and has been nicknamed the "Mini FIFA Women's World Cup".

Four Nations Tournament

Yongchuan International Tournament

Head-to-head record

, ''after the match against ''. ; ''counted for the

br>A-level matches
only.''

Honours

Intercontinental

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: ''Runners-up:''

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

* Olympic Games : ''Runners-up:''

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

Continental

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: Winners:

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

: ''Runners-up:''

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

: Winners:

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

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 frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

: ''Runners-up:''

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

Regional

* EAFF Women's Football Championship : ''Runners-up:''

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

Other tournaments

* Albena Cup : Winners: 1990 * Algarve Cup : Winners: 1999, 2002 : ''Runners-up:''

, 2003 * Four Nations Tournament : Winners: 2005, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 * Yongchuan International Tournament : Winners: 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019

References

External links

China women's national football team
– official website

– official website (last updated in 2019) a

FIFA profile
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fifa.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:China Women's National Football Team Asian women's national association football teams

Team image

Nicknames

FIFA World Ranking

Results and fixtures

2022

2023

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

Players

Current squad

Records

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

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

Head-to-head record

Honours

Intercontinental

Continental

Regional

Other tournaments

See also

References

External links