China women's national football team

People's Republic of China

Nickname(s)

The Steel / Forceful Roses
(铿锵玫瑰)

Association

Chinese Football Association

Sub-confederation

EAFF (East Asia)

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Head coach

Hao Wei

Captain

Wu Haiyan

Most caps

Pu Wei (219)

Top scorer

Sun Wen (106)

FIFA code

CHN

FIFA ranking

3 (27 March 2015)

Highest FIFA ranking

4 (July 2003)

Lowest FIFA ranking

19 (August 2012)

First colours

Second colours

First international

United States 2–1 China PR

(Jesolo, Italy; 20 July 1986)

Biggest win

China PR 21–0 Philippines

(Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; 24 September 1995)

Biggest defeat

Germany 8–0 China PR

(Patras, Greece; 11 August 2004)

World Cup

Appearances

6 (First in 1991)

Best result

Runners-up (1999)

AFC Women's Asian Cup

Appearances

13 (First in 1986)

Best result

Winners (1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006)

Honours

FIFA World Cup
Silver	1999 United States	Team
Summer Olympics
Silver	1996 Atlanta	Team
Asian Games
Gold	1990 Beijing	Team
Gold	1994 Hiroshima	Team
Gold	1998 Bangkok	Team
Silver	2002 Busan	Team
Bronze	2006 Doha	Team

The China PR women's national football team represents the People's Republic of China in international women's association football.^[1] It is governed by the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team is colloquially referred to as "Team China" (中国队), the "National Team" (国家队) or "Guózú" (国足, short for 国家足球, which means "national football").

Records

China had held the record of going for 442 minutes without conceding a World Cup goal, until it was broken by Germany on September 26, 2007, when Germany beat Norway 3-0 in the semi-finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007.^[2]

Honours

FIFA Women's World Cup

Runners-up (1): 1999

Olympic Games

Runners-up (1): 1996^[3]^[4]

AFC Women's Asian Cup

Winners (8, record): 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006

Runners-up (2): 2003, 2008

Third places (1): 2001, 2014

Algarve Cup

Winners (2): 1999, 2002

Runners-up (2): 1997, 2003

Third places (3): 1996, 2000, 2001

Asian Games

Winners (3, record): 1990, 1994, 1998

Runners-up (1): 2002

Third places (1): 2006

EAFF Women's East Asian Cup

Runners-up (1): 2010

Competition history

FIFA World Cup

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	10	4	+6
1995	Fourth Place	6	2	2	2	11	10	+1
1999	Runners Up	6	5	1	0	19	2	+17
2003	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1
2007	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	2	5	7	-2
2011	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Qualified	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	6/7	24	13	5	6	48	25	+23

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Olympic Games
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1996	Runners-up	5	3	1	1	11	5	+6
2000	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1
2004	Group Stage	2	0	1	1	1	9	-8
2008	Quarter-finalists	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1
2012	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	4/5	14	6	4	4	22	22	+0

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Asian Cup

Women's Asian Cup
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1975	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1977	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1979	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Champions	4	4	0	0	23	0	+23
1989	Champions	5	5	0	0	16	2	+14
1991	Champions	5	5	0	0	29	1	+28
1993	Champions	5	4	1	0	20	2	+18
1995	Champions	5	5	0	0	46	0	+46
1997	Champions	5	5	0	0	39	1	+38
1999	Champions	6	6	0	0	47	2	+45
2001	Third Place	5	4	0	1	40	3	+37
2003	Runners Up	5	4	0	1	33	3	+30
2006	Champions	5	3	1	1	7	3	+4
2008	Runners Up	5	3	0	2	10	5	+5
2010	Fourth Place	5	2	1	2	6	3	+3
2014	Third place	5	3	1	1	13	3	+10
Total	13/18	65	53	4	8	329	28	+301

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Algarve Cup

1994 : Did not enter
1995 : Did not enter
1996 : Third place
1997 : Runners-up
1998 : Fifth place
1999 : Champions
2000 : Third place
2001 : Third place
2002 : Champions
2003 : Runners-up
2004 : Sixth place
2005 : Seventh place
2006 : Sixth place
2007 : Tenth place
2008 : Ninth place
2009 : Fifth place
2010 : Fourth place
2011 : Seventh place
2012 : Ninth place
2013 : Sixth place
2014 : Fifth place
2015 : Twelfth place

Asian Games

1990 : Champions
1994 : Champions
1998 : Champions
2002 : Runners-up
2006 : Third place
2010 : Fourth place
2014 : Fifth place

EAFF East Asian Cup

2005 : Fourth place
2008 : Third place
2010 : Runners-up
2013 : Fourth place

Squad

The squad for the 2015 Algarve Cup.

Head coach: Hao Wei

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Zhang Yue	(1990-09-30) 30 September 1990	Beijing Enterprises Group
12	1GK	Wang Fei	(1990-03-22) 22 March 1990	Turbine Potsdam

2	2DF	Liu Shanshan	(1992-03-16) 16 March 1992	Hebei Zhongji
3	2DF	Wang Shanshan	(1990-01-27) 27 January 1990	Tianjin Huisen
4	2DF	Li Jiayue	(1990-06-08) 8 June 1990	Shanghai Guotai Junan
5	2DF	Wu Haiyan (c)	(1993-02-26) 26 February 1993	Shandong
6	2DF	Li Dongna	(1988-12-06) 6 December 1988	Suwon FMC

7	3MF	Xu Yanlu	(1991-09-16) 16 September 1991	Jiangsu Huatai
10	3MF	Li Ying	(1993-01-07) 7 January 1993	Shandong
13	3MF	Gao Qi	(1991-08-21) 21 August 1991	Guangdong
16	3MF	Lei Jiahui	(1995-09-22) 22 September 1995	Henan
17	3MF	Gu Yasha	(1990-11-28) 28 November 1990	Beijing Enterprises Group
18	3MF	Han Peng	(1989-12-20) 20 December 1989	Tianjin Huisen
19	3MF	Tan Ruyin	(1994-07-17) 17 July 1994	Guangdong
21	3MF	Wang Lisi	(1991-11-28) 28 November 1991	Jiangsu Huatai
23	3MF	Ren Guixin	(1988-12-19) 19 December 1988	Changchun Dazhong Zhuoyue
24	3MF	Tang Jiali	(1995-03-16) 16 March 1995	Shanghai Guotai Junan
25	3MF	Zhang Rui	(1991-08-21) 21 August 1991	Liberation Army

8	4FW	Ma Jun	(1989-03-06) 6 March 1989	Daejeon Sportstoto
11	4FW	Yang Li	(1991-01-31) 31 January 1991	Jiangsu Huatai
14	4FW	Zhao Rong	(1991-08-02) 2 August 1991	Beijing Enterprises Group

Recent and forthcoming fixtures

Results list the China PR's goal tally first.

Date	Location	Opponent	Result	Competition	Scorers
6 April 2014	Commerce City, United States	United States	0–2	Friendly
10 April 2014	San Diego, United States	United States	0–3	Friendly
5 May 2014	Guangzhou, China	Hong Kong	6–0	Friendly	Unknown
9 May 2014	Guangzhou, China	Chinese Taipei	4–0	Friendly	Li Dongna (pen.), Li Ying, Ma Xiaoxu, Huang Yini
15 May 2014	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Thailand	7–0	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup	Li Dongna, Li Ying, Yang Li (4), Xu Yanlu
17 May 2014	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Myanmar	3–0	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup	Ren Guixin, Ma Xiaoxu, Yang Li
19 May 2014	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	South Korea	0–0	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup
22 May 2014	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Japan	1–2 a.e.t.	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup	Li Dongna (pen.)
25 May 2014	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	South Korea	2–1	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup	Park Eun-sun (o.g.), Yang Li
5 September 2014	Beijing, China	Vietnam	5–0	Friendly	Yang Li (4), Gu Yasha
9 September 2014	Beijing, China	Thailand	2–2	Friendly	Ma Jun (2)
15 September 2014	Incheon, South Korea	Japan	0–0	2014 Asian Games
18 September 2014	Incheon, South Korea	Chinese Taipei	4–0	2014 Asian Games	Han Peng, Yang Li, Zhang Rui, Ma Jun
22 September 2014	Incheon, South Korea	Jordan	5–0	2014 Asian Games	Yang Li (4), Li Dongna
26 September 2014	Ansan, South Korea	North Korea	0–1	2014 Asian Games
10 December 2014	Brasília, Brazil	United States	1–1	2014 Torneio Internacional de Brasília	Han Peng
14 December 2014	Brasília, Brazil	Argentina	6–0	2014 Torneio Internacional de Brasília	Wang Shuang, Tang Jiali, Gu Yasha, Zhang Rui (3)
18 December 2014	Brasília, Brazil	Brazil	1–4	2014 Torneio Internacional de Brasília	Ren Guixin
21 December 2014	Brasília, Brazil	Argentina	0–0	2014 Torneio Internacional de Brasília
11 January 2015	Shenzhen, China	Mexico	0–0	2015 Shenzhen International Tournament
13 January 2015	Shenzhen, China	South Korea	2–3	2015 Shenzhen International Tournament	Li Ying, Tang Jiali
15 January 2015	Shenzhen, China	Canada	1–2	2015 Shenzhen International Tournament	Gu Yasha
4 March 2015	Albufeira, Portugal	Brazil	0–0	2015 Algarve Cup
6 March 2015	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	Germany	0–2	2015 Algarve Cup
9 March 2015	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	Sweden	0–3	2015 Algarve Cup
11 March 2015	Parchal, Portugal	Portugal	3–3 7–8 PSO	2015 Algarve Cup	Xu Yanlu, Wang Shanshan, Gu Yasha
9 April 2015	Manchester, England	England	1–2	Friendly	Wang Shanshan
6 June 2015	Edmonton, Canada	Canada	–	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
11 June 2015	Edmonton, Canada	Netherlands	–	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
15 June 2015	Winnipeg, Canada	New Zealand	–	2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
1 August 2015	Wuhan, China	South Korea	–	2015 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup
4 August 2015	Wuhan, China	North Korea	–	2015 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup
8 August 2015	Wuhan, China	Japan	–	2015 EAFF Women's East Asian Cup

All Time Results

As of 9 April 2015; Counted for the FIFA A-level matches only.

Nations	First Played	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Confederation
Argentina	2007	5	3	1	1	9	1	+8	CONMEBOL
Australia	1988	37	19	9	9	67	36	+31	AFC
Brazil	1986	9	1	4	4	7	17	-10	CONMEBOL
Canada	1987	26	14	5	7	50	26	+24	CONCACAF
Chile	2009	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	CONMEBOL
Chinese Taipei	1989	14	14	0	0	45	0	+45	AFC
Czech Republic	2004	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	UEFA
Denmark	1991	15	9	4	3	31	13	+18	UEFA
England	2005	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	UEFA
Finland	1989	14	11	2	1	37	5	+32	UEFA
France	1990	9	4	3	2	11	7	+4	UEFA
Germany	1991	29	8	6	15	30	54	-24	UEFA
Ghana	1999	4	4	0	0	12	2	+10	CAF
Guam	1999	2	2	0	0	24	0	+24	AFC
Guatemala	2000	1	1	0	0	14	0	+14	CONCACAF
Hong Kong	1989	8	8	0	0	67	0	+67	AFC
Hungary	2007	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	UEFA
Iceland	2007	6	2	0	4	5	9	-4	UEFA
India	1998	2	2	0	0	28	0	+28	AFC
Indonesia	1986	1	1	0	0	9	0	+9	AFC
Italy	1986	5	1	1	3	3	7	-4	UEFA
Ivory Coast	1988	1	1	0	0	8	1	+7	CAF
Japan	1986	32	15	6	11	48	26	+22	AFC
Jordan	2006	3	3	0	0	27	1	+26	AFC
Kazakhstan	1995	2	2	0	0	16	0	+16	UEFA
North Korea	1989	30	10	7	13	30	29	+1	AFC
South Korea	1990	35	25	5	5	95	24	+71	AFC
Malaysia	1986	2	2	0	0	17	0	+17	AFC
Mexico	2000	9	7	2	0	14	2	+12	CONCACAF
Myanmar	2004	2	2	0	0	14	0	+14	AFC
Netherlands	1988	10	5	4	1	14	9	+5	UEFA
New Zealand	1991	16	13	0	3	40	10	+30	OFC
Nigeria	2000	5	3	1	1	11	7	+4	CAF
Norway	1987	26	9	3	14	29	35	-6	UEFA
Philippines	1995	3	3	0	0	47	0	+47	AFC
Portugal	1996	6	4	2	0	17	4	+13	UEFA
Romania	1991	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	UEFA
Russia	1991	12	9	2	1	17	6	+11	UEFA
Scotland	2003	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	UEFA
Serbia	1989	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5	UEFA
South Africa	2003	3	3	0	0	26	0	+26	CAF
Sweden	1987	24	7	7	10	24	33	-9	UEFA
Switzerland	2009	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	UEFA
Thailand	1989	8	7	1	0	40	5	+35	AFC
United States	1986	53	8	13	32	35	93	-58	CONCACAF
Uzbekistan	1997	3	3	0	0	30	0	+30	AFC
Vietnam	2002	10	10	0	0	36	2	+34	AFC
Wales	2011	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	UEFA

Players

Most capped players

As of December 18, 2008, the players with the most caps for China are:

Pos	Player	Caps	Tenure
1	Pu Wei	219	1997–2013
2	Li Jie	200	1997–2008
3	Fan Yunjie	192	1992–2004
4	Han Duan	188	2000–2011
5	Zhao Lihong	174	1992–2004
6	Wang Liping	173	1992–2004
7	Wen Lirong	170	1986–2001
8	Liu Yali	156	2000–2008
9	Sun Wen	152	1990–2005
10	Liu Ailing	150	1987–2000
11	Liu Ying	148	1993–2003
12	Pan Lina	139	1999–2007
12	Bai Jie	139	1997–2003
14	Bi Yan	127	2002–2013
15	Sun Qingmei	115	1984–1997
16	Zhang Ouying	107	1993–2007

Top scorers

As of December 18, 2008, the players with the most goals are:

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Years
1	Sun Wen	106	152	1990–2005
2	Han Duan	101	188	2000–2011
3	Bai Jie	83	139	1997–2003
4	Liu Ailing	80	150	1987–2000
5	Zhao Lihong	68	174	1992–2004

Coaches

Cong Zheyu (1984–1988)
Shang Ruihua (1988–1991)
Ma Yuanan (1991–2001)
Ma Liangxing (2002–2003)
Zhang Haitao (2003–2004)
Wang Haiming (2004–2005)
Pei Encai (2005)
Ma Liangxing (2005–2006)
Wang Haiming (Caretaker) (2007)
Marika Domanski-Lyfors (2007)
Élisabeth Loisel (2007–2008)
Shang Ruihua (2008–2010)
Li Xiaopeng (2011–2012)
Hao Wei (2012–)

References

↑ Joshua Frank (1986-03-01). "Missing from the World Cup? China". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | Women | Germany 3-0 Norway". BBC News. 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
↑ JERE LONGMANPublished: July 10, 1999 (1999-07-10). "SOCCER: WOMEN'S WORLD CUP; Soccer's Move: Grass Roots to Grand Stage - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
↑ GEORGE VECSEYPublished: August 02, 1996 (1996-08-02). "Women's Soccer: 76,481 Fans, 1 U.S. Gold - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-11-01.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by 1983 Thailand	AFC Women's Champions 1986 (First title) 1989 (Second title) 1991 (Third title) 1993 (Fourth title) 1995 (Fifth title) 1997 (Sixth title) 1999 (Seventh title)	Succeeded by 2001 North Korea
Preceded by 2003 North Korea	AFC Women's Champions 2006 (Eighth title)	Succeeded by 2008 North Korea

Football in China

Chinese Football Association

National teams

men:	Men's Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17 U-14

women:	Women's U-20 U-17

League system

men:	Super League League One League Two

women:	Women's league

Domestic cups

men:	CFA Cup Super Cup Super League Cup National Games

women:	Women's Cup

Awards

Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year

Lists

List of Chinese international footballers
List of clubs
List of venues
Foreign players
All-time Table

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate footballers
Managers
Referees
Venues
Records

National women's football teams of Asia (AFC)

† Provisional Associate Member - Not a member of FIFA

National football teams of East Asia (EAFF)

Men's	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands†

Women's	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands†

^†AFC provisional Associate Member * FIFA and AFC use Hong Kong and Macau; the EAFF uses Hong Kong, China and Macau, China.

Algarve Cup winners

1994: Norway 1995: Sweden 1996: Norway 1997: Norway 1998: Norway 1999: China PR 2000: United States 2001: Sweden 2002: China PR 2003: United States 2004: United States 2005: United States 2006: Germany 2007: United States 2008: United States 2009: Sweden 2010: United States 2011: United States 2012: Germany 2013: United States 2014: Germany 2015: United States

National sports teams of China

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