China PR

Nickname(s)	? (Steel Roses)
Association	Chinese Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
	EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach	Jia Xiuquan (Red/A team) Park Tae-ha (Yellow/B team)
Captain	Wu Haiyan
Most caps	Pu Wei (219)
Top scorer	Sun Wen (106)
FIFA code	CHN
FIFA ranking
Current	15 1 (13 December 2019)[1]
Highest	4 (July 2003)
Lowest	19 (August 2012)
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	7 (first in 1991)
Best result	Runners-up (1999)
Asian Cup
Appearances	13 (first in 1986)
Best result	Winners (1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006)
Medal record FIFA World Cup 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Summer Olympics Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament Asian Games Football at the 1990 Asian Games Football at the 1994 Asian Games Football at the 1998 Asian Games Football at the 2002 Asian Games Football at the 2018 Asian Games Football at the 2006 Asian Games

The China women's national football team (Chinese: ; pinyin: Zh?ngguó Guóji? N?z? Zúqiú Duì), recognized as China PR by FIFA, is governed by the Chinese Football Association.^[2] The team is colloquially referred to as "Zh?ngguó N?zú" (Chinese: ?, short for Chinese: ; pinyin: Zh?ngguó Guóji? N?z? Zúqiú Duì; literally: 'Chinese national women's football team').

Competition history

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Quarter-finals	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	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	3	2	+1
2007		4	2	0	2	5	7	-2
2011	Did not qualify
2015	Quarter-finals	5	2	1	2	4	4	0
2019	Round of 16	4	1	1	2	1	3	-2
Total	7/8	33	16	7	10	53	32	+21

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
1991	Group stage	16 November	Norway	W 4-0	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
		19 November	Denmark	D 2-2	Guangdong Provincial Stadium, Guangzhou
		21 November	New Zealand	W 4-1	New Plaza Stadium, Foshan
	Quarter-finals	24 November	Sweden	L 0-1	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
1995	Group stage	6 June	United States	D 3-3	Strömvallen, Gävle
		8 June	Australia	W 4-2	Arosvallen, Västerås
		10 June	Denmark	W 3-1
	Quarter-finals	13 June	Sweden	D 1-1 (4-3 pen)	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
	Semi-finals	15 June	Germany	L 0-1
	Third place play-off	17 June	United States	L 0-2	Strömvallen, Gävle
1999	Group stage	19 June	Sweden	W 2-1	Spartan Stadium, San Jose
		23 June	Ghana	W 7-0	Civic Stadium, Portland
		26 June	Australia	W 3-1	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
	Quarter-finals	30 June	Russia	W 2-0	Spartan Stadium, San Jose
	Semi-finals	4 July	Norway	W 5-0	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
	Final	17 June	United States	D 0-0 (4-5 pen)	Rose Bowl, Pasadena
2003	Group stage	21 September	Ghana	W 1-0	The Home Depot Center, Carson
		25 September	Australia	D 1-1
		28 September	Russia	W 1-0	PGE Park, Portland
	Quarter-finals	2 October	Canada	L 0-1
2007	Group stage	12 September	Denmark	W 3-2	Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan
		15 September	Brazil	L 0-4
		20 September	New Zealand	W 2-0	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
	Quarter-finals	23 September	Norway	L 0-1	Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan
2015
	Group stage	6 June	Canada	L 0-1	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
		11 June	Netherlands	W 1-0
		15 June	New Zealand	D 2-2	Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
	Round of 16	20 June	Cameroon	W 1-0	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
	Quarter-finals	23 September	United States	L 0-1	Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa
2019	Group stage	8 June	Germany	L 0-1	Roazhon Park, Rennes
		13 June	South Africa	W 1-0	Parc des Princes, Paris
		17 June	Spain	D 0-0	Stade Océane, Le Havre
	Round of 16	25 June	Italy	L 0-2	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier

Summer Olympics

Olympic Games record
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		2	0	1	1	1	9	-8
2008		4	2	1	1	5	4	+1
2012	Did not qualify
2016		4	1	1	2	2	4	-2
2020	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	4/6	18	7	5	6	24	26	-2

Algarve Cup

The Algarve Cup is a global invitational tournament for national teams in women's soccer hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious women's football events, alongside the Women's World Cup and Women's Olympic Football.

Algarve Cup
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	GD
1994	Did not enter
1995
1996	Third place	4	3	0	1	9	5	4
1997	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	6	1	5
1998	5th place	4	3	0	1	6	5	1
1999	Champions	4	4	0	0	10	1	9
2000	Third place	4	3	0	1	9	4	5
2001		4	3	0	1	11	3	8
2002	Champions	4	4	0	0	10	3	7
2003	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	5	3	2
2004	6th place	4	1	2	1	5	2	3
2005	7th place	4	0	1	3	1	6	-5
2006	6th place	4	1	1	2	6	2	4
2007	10th place	4	0	0	4	2	9	-7
2008	9th place	4	0	1	3	2	10	-8
2009	5th place	4	2	1	1	3	4	-1
2010	Fourth place	4	1	1	2	3	8	-5
2011	7th place	4	1	0	3	3	5	-2
2012	9th place	4	1	0	3	1	3	-2
2013	6th place	4	1	1	2	2	7	-5
2014	5th place	4	1	1	2	2	3	-1
2015	12th place	4	0	2	2	3	8	-5
2016	Did not enter
2017	10th place	4	0	1	3	2	5	-3
2018	11th place	4	1	0	3	3	7	-4
Total	22/25	88	35	13	40	104	104	0

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1975	Did not enter
1977
1979
1981
1983
1986	Champions	4	4	0	0	23	0	+23
1989		5	5	0	0	16	2	+14
1991		5	5	0	0	29	1	+28
1993		5	4	1	0	20	2	+18
1995		5	5	0	0	46	0	+46
1997		5	5	0	0	39	1	+38
1999		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
2018		5	4	0	1	19	5	+14
Total	14/19	70	57	4	9	348	33	+315

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Hosts / Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD
1990	Champions	5	5	0	0	26	0	+26
1994		4	3	1	0	10	1	+9
1998		5	5	0	0	28	0	+28
2002	Runners-up	5	3	2	0	11	3	+8
2006	Third place	5	3	0	2	22	4	+18
2010	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	11	4	+7
2014	5th place	4	2	1	1	9	1	+8
2018	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	31	1	+30
2022	TBD
2026	TBD
Total	8/8	39	28	5	6	149	14	+135

EAFF Women's Football Championship

EAFF Women's Football Championship record
Hosts / Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	Fourth place	3	0	1	2	0	3	-3
2008	Third place	3	1	1	1	3	5	-2
2010	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	5	3	2
2013	Fourth place	6	4	0	2	12	5	7
2015		3	0	0	3	2	6	-4
2017	Third place	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1
2019		6	4	1	1	19	3	16
2021
Total	7/7	27	12	3	12	44	29	15

Honours

International

• FIFA Women's World Cup
  • Runners-up: 1999
• Olympic Games
  • Runners-up: 1996^[3][4]
• Algarve Cup
  • Winners: 1999, 2002
  • Runners-up: 1997, 2003
  • Third place: 1996, 2000, 2001
• Four Nations Tournament
  • Winners: 2005, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Yongchuan International Tournament
  • Winners: 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
• International Women's Football Tournament
• Albena Cup
  • Winners: 1990

Continental

• AFC Women's Asian Cup
  • Winners: 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006
  • Runners-up: 2003, 2008
  • Third places: 2001, 2014, 2018
• Asian Games
  • Winners: 1990, 1994, 1998
  • Runners-up: 2002, 2018
  • Third places: 2006

Regional

• EAFF Women's East Asian Cup
  • Runners-up: 2010
  • Third place: 2008, 2017, 2019

Team

Current squad

The following 23 players were named to the squad for the 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final round.

Caps and goals as of 25 June 2019 after match against  Italy.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Zhu Yu ()	(1997-07-23) 23 July 1997 (age 22)			Wuhan Jianghan University
2	2DF	Liu Shanshan ()	(1992-03-16) 16 March 1992 (age 27)			Beijing BG Phoenix
3	2DF	Lin Yuping ()	(1992-02-28) 28 February 1992 (age 27)			Wuhan Jianghan University
4	2DF	Li Mengwen ()	(1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 (age 24)			Jiangsu Suning
5	2DF	Wu Haiyan ()	(1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 (age 26)			Wuhan Jianghan University
6	2DF	Zhai Qingwei ()	(1996-09-24) 24 September 1996 (age 23)			Jiangsu Suning
7	4FW	Wang Shuang ()	(1995-01-23) 23 January 1995 (age 25)			Wuhan Jianghan University
8	3MF	Ma Jun ()	(1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 (age 30)			Jiangsu Suning
9	3MF	Tang Jiali ()	(1995-03-16) 16 March 1995 (age 24)			Jiangsu Suning
10	4FW	Li Ying ()	(1993-01-07) 7 January 1993 (age 27)			Meizhou Huijun
11	4FW	Yang Li ()	(1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 (age 26)			Jiangsu Suning
12	1GK	Peng Shimeng ()	(1998-05-12) 12 May 1998 (age 21)			Jiangsu Suning
13	4FW	Song Duan ()	(1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 24)			Dalian
14	2DF	Wang Ying ()	(1997-11-18) 18 November 1997 (age 22)			Wuhan Jianghan University
15	3MF	Fang Jie ()	(1999-11-11) 11 November 1999 (age 20)			Shanghai Shengli
16	4FW	Yang Man ()	(1995-11-02) 2 November 1995 (age 24)			Shandong Sports Lottery
17	4FW	Gu Yasha ()	(1990-11-28) 28 November 1990 (age 29)			Beijing BG Phoenix
18	1GK	Bi Xiaolin ()	(1989-09-18) 18 September 1989 (age 30)			Dalian
19	3MF	Pang Fengyue ()	(1989-01-19) 19 January 1989 (age 31)			Changchun Zhuoyue
20	3MF	Zhang Rui ()	(1989-01-17) 17 January 1989 (age 31)			Changchun Zhuoyue
21	3MF	Yao Wei ()	(1997-09-01) 1 September 1997 (age 22)			Wuhan Jianghan University
22	2DF	Luo Guiping ()	(1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 26)			Meizhou Huijun
23	4FW	Zhang Xin ()	(1992-05-23) 23 May 1992 (age 27)			Shanghai Shengli

Statistics

Most capped players

As of 25 October 2015, the ten players with the most appearances for China are:

Top goalscorers

As of 25 October 2015, the five highest goalscorers for China are:

List of managers

• 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 (2012-2015)
• Bruno Bini (2015-2017)
• Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson (2017-2018)
• Jia Xiuquan (2018-)

Recent and forthcoming fixtures

Results list China's goal tally first.

Date	Location	Opponent	Result	Competition	Scorers
17 January 2019	Meizhou, China	Nigeria	3-0	2019 Meizhou Four Nations Tournament	Zhang Rui, Li Ying (2)
20 January 2019	Meizhou, China	South Korea	1-0	2019 Meizhou Four Nations Tournament	Gu Yasha
1 March 2019	Algarve, Portugal	Norway	1-3	2019 Algarve Cup	Wang Shanshan
4 March 2019	Algarve, Portugal	Denmark	0-1	2019 Algarve Cup
6 March 2019	Algarve, Portugal	Netherlands	1-1 (2-4 p)	2019 Algarve Cup	Yao Wei
4 April 2019	Wuhan, China	Russia	4-1	2019 Wuhan International Tournament	Yang Li, Wang Shanshan (2), Song Duan
7 April 2019	Wuhan, China	Cameroon	1-0	2019 Wuhan International Tournament	Wang Shanshan
31 May 2019	Creteil, France	France	1-2	Friendly	Wang Shanshan
8 June 2019	Rennes, France	Germany	0-1	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
13 June 2019	Paris, France	South Africa	1-0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup	Li Ying
17 June 2019	Le Havre, France	Spain	0-0	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
25 June 2019	Montpellier, France	Italy	0-2	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
7 November 2019	Chongqing, China	New Zealand	2-0	2019 Yongchuan International Tournament	Wang Shuang (2)
10 November 2019	Chongqing, China	Brazil	0-0 (4-2 p)	2019 Yongchuan International Tournament
10 December 2019	Busan, South Korea	South Korea	0-0	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final Round
14 December 2019	Busan, South Korea	Japan	0-3	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final Round
17 December 2019	Busan, South Korea	Chinese Taipei	1-0	2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship Final Round	Wu Haiyan
7 February 2020	Sydney, Australia	Thailand	6-1	2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament	Li Ying (2), Zhang Xin, Wang Shanshan, Tang Jiali (2)
10 February 2020	Sydney, Australia	Chinese Taipei	5-0	2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament	Tang Jiali, Wu Haiyan, Wang Shanshan (2), Li Ying
13 February 2020	Sydney, Australia	Australia	1-1	2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament	Tang Jiali
6 March 2020		South Korea		2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
11 March 2020		South Korea		2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Competitive record

All-time results

As of 14 December 2019; 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	43	19	11	13	71	50	+21	AFC
Brazil	1986	11	1	5	5	9	22	-13	CONMEBOL
Cameroon	2015	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	CAF
Canada	1987	28	14	5	9	50	28	+22	CONCACAF
Chile	2009	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	CONMEBOL
Chinese Taipei	1989	16	16	0	0	48	0	+48	AFC
Colombia	2018	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	CONMEBOL
Costa Rica	2016	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	CONCACAF
Croatia	2017	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	UEFA
Czech Republic	2004	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	UEFA
Denmark	1991	17	10	4	4	32	14	+18	UEFA
England	2005	5	3	1	1	6	3	+3	UEFA
Finland	1989	16	13	2	1	43	8	+35	UEFA
France	1990	11	4	3	4	12	12	0	UEFA
Germany	1991	31	8	6	17	30	56	-26	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	10	10	0	0	80	0	+80	AFC
Hungary	2007	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	UEFA
Iceland	2007	8	2	1	5	8	13	-5	UEFA
India	1998	2	2	0	0	28	0	+28	AFC
Indonesia	1986	1	1	0	0	9	0	+9	AFC
Italy	1986	8	2	2	4	6	10	-4	UEFA
Ivory Coast	1988	1	1	0	0	8	1	+7	CAF
Japan	1986	38	16	6	16	51	37	+14	AFC
Jordan	2006	4	4	0	0	35	2	+33	AFC
Kazakhstan	1995	2	2	0	0	16	0	+16	UEFA
North Korea	1989	36	11	8	17	36	38	-2	AFC
South Korea	1990	41	29	6	6	102	26	+76	AFC
Malaysia	1986	2	2	0	0	17	0	+17	AFC
Mexico	2000	11	8	3	0	17	4	+13	CONCACAF
Mongolia	2018	1	1	0	0	10	0	+10	AFC
Myanmar	2004	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	AFC
Netherlands	1988	12	6	5	2	16	11	+5	UEFA
New Zealand	1991	17	13	1	3	42	12	+30	OFC
Nigeria	2000	6	4	1	1	14	7	+7	CAF
Norway	1987	27	9	3	16	30	40	-10	UEFA
Philippines	1995	4	4	0	0	50	0	+50	AFC
Portugal	1996	8	4	3	1	18	6	+12	UEFA
Romania	1991	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	UEFA
Russia	1991	13	11	2	1	23	8	+15	UEFA
Scotland	2003	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	UEFA
Serbia	1989	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5	UEFA
South Africa	2003	5	5	0	0	29	0	+29	CAF
Spain	2015	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3	UEFA
Sweden	1987	26	7	9	10	24	33	-9	UEFA
Switzerland	2009	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	UEFA
Tajikistan	2018	1	1	0	0	16	0	+16	AFC
Thailand	1989	16	15	1	0	67	7	+60	AFC
United States	1986	58	9	13	36	37	99	-62	CONCACAF
Ukraine	2017	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	UEFA
Uzbekistan	1997	4	4	0	0	34	1	+33	AFC
Vietnam	2002	13	13	0	0	50	2	+48	AFC
Wales	2011	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	UEFA
Zimbabwe	2016	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	CAF
Total	1986	582	311	101	170	1285	551	+734	All

References

External links

• Official website (in Chinese)
• FIFA profile

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