This is a list of China national football team's all kinds of competitive records.
Individual records Player records . Players in bold are still active with China.
Most capped players
RankNameCapsGoalsCareer 1 Li Weifeng 112 14 1998–2011 2 Gao Lin 109 22 2005–2019 3 Zheng Zhi 108 15 2002–20194 Hao Haidong 106 41 1992–2004 Fan Zhiyi 106 17 1992–2002 6 Li Tie 92 6 1997–2010 7 Zhao Xuri 87 2 2003–present8 Ma Mingyu 86 12 1996–2002 Li Ming 86 8 1992–2004 10 Hao Junmin 88 13 2005–present
Top goalscorers
RankNameGoalsCapsRatioCareer 1 Hao Haidong 41 106 1992–2004 2 Yang Xu 29 55 2009–2023 3 Su Maozhen 27 53 1994–2002 4 Li Jinyu 24 70 1997–2008 5 Wu Lei36 98 2010–present 6 Gao Lin 22 109 2005–2019 7 Ma Lin 21 45 1985–19908 Liu Haiguang 20 57 1983–1990 Li Bing 20 65 1992–200110 Zhao Dayu 19 29 1982–1986 Yu Dabao 19 67 2010–present
Manager records Most manager appearances Gao Fengwen: 56
Team records Biggest victory 19–0 vs. Guam, 26 January 2000
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup
China has only appeared at the one World Cup with the appearance being in the 2002 FIFA World Cup where they finished bottom of the group which included a 4–0 loss to Brazil.
AFC Asian Cup
Summer Olympics YearResultPos 1900 to 1928Did not enter 1936First round12100102 194814100104 1952 to 1956Withdrew after qualifying 1960 to 1976Not an IOC member 1980 to 1984Did not qualify 1988First round14301205Total3/25-5014011
For 1992 to 2016, see China national under-23 football team
Asian Games YearResultRank 1951Did not enter 1954Did not enter 1958Did not enter 1962Did not enter 1966Did not enter 1970Did not enter 1974First round10310274 1978Third place37502165 1982Quarter-finals7421143 198684211107 19906420284 1994Runners-up27511168 1998Third place38602247Total*7/13-37233118538 * Including 1998 onwards (until 2010)
For 2002 to 2018, see China national under-23 football team
EAFF East Asian Cup YearResultPos* 2003Third place3310234 2005Champions1312053 2008Third place3310255 2010Champions1321050 2013Runners-up2312076 20152311133 2017Third place3302145 2019Third place3310233Total-248883529
Head-to-head record The China national football team has played over 500 matches with the teams of other nations from around the world, and has won approximately half of them. , Counted for the FIFA A-level match only. NationsFirst PlayedPWDLGFGAGDConfederation1984110060+6AFC19731010110UEFA2004110010+1CAF20041010000UEFA1984110010+1CONMEBOL1983175392332-9AFC19869540168+8AFC19805500150+15AFC1997110030+3UEFA2009110041+3CAF20023012012-12CONMEBOL19753300221+21AFC20152200180+18AFC19636600243+21AFC2026100102–2AFC1984320187+1CONCACAF20031010000CONMEBOL1995210125−3CONMEBOL1977110032+1CAF2002512268-2CONCACAF20171010110UEFA1971110010+1CONCACAF2026110020+2CONCACAF2018100114-3UEFA1963201102-2CAF20081010220CONCACAF1996100103-3UEFA2003220040+4UEFA1975110041+3OFC1952430167-1UEFA2006210123-1UEFA2005201112-1UEFA20121010110CAF20003300330+33AFC1965321083+5CAF2003201156-1CONCACAF2006311131+2CONCACAF1975281972497+42AFC2004110021+1UEFA2017100102-2UEFA195614851247+17AFC19571912344416+28AFC19762557132143-22AFC19761973919190AFC1986100102-2UEFA1977330050+5CONCACAF197539129185357-4AFC198412651259+16AFC1997320152+3UEFA1984100101-1CAF19592110652819+9AFC197839213242659-33AFC1975188552316+7AFC2009220051+4AFC20112200133+10AFC2010110010+1UEFA19986420131+12AFC19786600253+22AFC2004532040+4UEFA1976151041358+27AFC20017700311+30AFC1966210153+2CAF1987300327-5CONCACAF1977211065+1CAF195711902354+31AFC19724400312+29AFC1996200204-4UEFA1975173681420-6OFC2004532040+4UEFA1992110021+1UEFA1998104151513+2AFC196395222310+13AFC20068521177+10AFC1985211052+3OFC1996311134-1CONMEBOL1978210143+1CONMEBOL1978131210503+47AFC1984200202-2UEFA2002100102-2UEFA1978219572417+7AFC1984200202-2UEFA1984310235-2UEFA1959100101-1UEFA19782275102529-4AFC1972211052+3CAF20005005011-11UEFA1974110041+3CAF19841913424012+28AFC20021010000UEFA19722200105+5CAF1959100101-1UEFA19722200107+3AFC2005200204-4UEFA19722200100+10AFC1957110041+3CAF2001301226-4UEFA2006100114-3UEFA1966158252914+15AFC1997742192+7AFC19663210158+7CAF19753321667225+47AFC2001220072+5CONCACAF20152020110CAF2002200207-7UEFA19944310103+7AFC198411452168+8AFC197792251019-9CONCACAF1982612329-7CONMEBOL1994155281723-6AFC1978110010+1CONMEBOL19971211013311+22AFC2018100106-6UEFA19885311111+10AFC19721010330CAF1997110031+2CAFTotal19567013381482151,277727+550All
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References
Sources Fixtures and Results on FIFA.com Team China Official Website China International Matches on RSSSF China Matches on Elo Ratings