| China U-20 | |
| Badge Size: | 100px |
| Fifa Trigramme: | CHN |
| Confederation: | AFC (Asia) |
| Coach: | Cheng Yaodong |
| Regional Name: | FIFA U-20 World Cup |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 5 |
| Regional Cup First: | 1983 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Round of 16 (2001, 2005) |
| 2Ndregional Name: | AFC U-19 Championship |
| 2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 18 |
| 2Ndregional Cup First: | 1975 |
| 2Ndregional Cup Best: | Champions (1985) |
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The China national under-20 football team, also known as the China Youth Team (国青队), represents the People's Republic of China in international football competitions in the FIFA U-20 World Cup and the AFC Youth Championship, as well as any other under-20 international football tournaments. It is governed by the Chinese Football Association (CFA).
In 2017, the under-20 team began playing in the Regionalliga Südwest, a fourth-division German league, as part of an agreement between the two countries. The team would play friendly matches to fill in for the missing 20th club in the league's schedule.[1] During the team's match on 17 November against TSV Schott Mainz, the display of a Tibetan flag led to the team walking off in protest.[2] In the aftermath, all upcoming friendly matches were cancelled.[3]
On 28 September 2018, China U-19 Yellow (B team) was organised as support for the national under-20 football team. Serbian manager Aleksandar Janković was appointed the first head coach of the team[4]
Winners (1): 1985
Runners-up (3): 1982, 1996, 2004
Third-places (2): 1966, 2000
Winners (1): 2005
| Year | Result | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 to 1981 | DNE | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
 1983 | First round | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1985 | Quarter-finalist | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| 1987 to 1995 | DNQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1997 | First round | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1999 | DNQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
 2001 | Last 16 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2003 | DNQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2005 | Last 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | |
| DNQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| TBD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Total | - | - | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 26 |
| width=80 | Year | width=100 | Result | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNP[5] | |||||||||||||||
| Quarterfinals | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| Quarterfinals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||
| DNP | |||||||||||||||
| Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| DNQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
| Runners-up | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| Champions | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||
| DNQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
| Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||||||||
| DNQ | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
| Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 9 | |||||||||
| Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||
| 3rd Place | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||
| Quarterfinals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||
| Runners-up | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | |||||||||
| Quarterfinals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||
| Quarterfinals | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||
| Quarterfinals | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||
| Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| Quarterfinals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
 2020 | DNQ and cancelled | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Quarterfinals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| Qualified as hosts | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 76 | 31 | 19 | 26 | 109 | 95 | |||||||||
| Team manager |  Zhang Chao |
| Lin Lefeng | |
| Head coach | |
| Assistant coach | |
| Zhang Xinxin | |
| Fitness coach | |
| Goalkeeper coach | Jia Chunhua |
| Team doctor | Wang Dongzhen |
| Shen Chunfeng | |
| Wang Lei | |
The following players were called up for the training camp from 9 March 2024 to 20 March 2024.[6]
Manage records only includes International Country results
| width=18% | Name | Period | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | Win % | Achievements | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  A Joseph | 1954 - 1955 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 100% | ||
| 2 | Nian Weisi | 1966 - 1971 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 15.83% | 3rd place at the 1966 AFC Youth Championship | |
| 3 | Sun Baorong | 1972 – 1973 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 50.00% | ||
| 4 | Chen Chengda | 1974 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 50.00% | ||
| 5 | Zhang Honggen | 1975 – 1976 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 33.33% | ||
| 6 | Xian Dihong | 1976 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 7 | 1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| 8 | 1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| 9 | Zhang Honggen | 1977 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.67% | ||
| 10 | Chen Jiagen (2nd time) | 1978 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 33.33% | ||
| 11 | 1978 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16.67% | |||
| 12 | Xian Dixiong (2nd time) | 1979 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Shao Xiankang | 1980 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 25.00% | ||
| 14 | Zhang Junxiu (2nd time) | 1980 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 50.00% | ||
| 15 | Gao Fengwen | 1981 - 1983 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 66.67% | Runners-up of the 1982 AFC Youth Championship first round of the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship | |
| 1983 (U-19) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 25.00% | ||||
| Li Chuanqi | 1983 (U-18) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 20.00% | |||
| 16 | Zhang Zhicheng | 1984 - 1986 | 32 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 63 | 23 | 56.25% | Champions of the 1985 AFC Youth Championship Quarter final of the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship | |
| 17 | Liu Minxin | 1986 - 1988 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 58 | 20 | 71.43% | ||
| 18 | Chen Xirong | 1988 - 1990 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 53 | 20 | 52.17% | ||
| 19 | Zhu Guanghu | 1991 - 1992 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 28.57% | ||
| 20 | Zhang Zhicheng (2nd time) | 1993 - 1994 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 50.00% | ||
| 21 | Gai Zengchen | 1995 - 1996 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 22 | 1996 - 1997 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 16 | 78.57% | Runners-up of the 1996 AFC Youth Championship | ||
| 23 | Zhu Guanghu (2nd time) | 1997 - 1998 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 27 | 29.17% | First round of the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship | |
| 24 | Chen Jingang | 1998 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 25.00% | ||
| 25 | Keith Blunt | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 26 | 2000 - 2001 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 29 | 48.15% | 3rd place at the 2000 AFC Youth Championship Round of 16 of the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship | ||
| 27 | 2001 - 2002 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 50.00% | |||
| 28 | 2003 - 2004 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 83.33% | |||
| 29 | 2004 - 2005 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 50.00% | Runners-up at the 2004 AFC Youth Championship | ||
| 30 | 2005 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 50.00% | Round of 16 of the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship | ||
| 2006 (U-21) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 80.00% | ||||
| 31 | Jia Xiuquan (2nd time) | 2005 – 2006 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 19 | 58.82% | ||
| 32 | 2007 – 2008 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 20 | 46.15% | |||
| 33 | 2009 – 2011 | ||||||||||
| 34 | 2011 – 2012 | ||||||||||
| 35 | 2012 | ||||||||||
| 36 | 2013 - 2014 | ||||||||||
| 37 | Zheng Xiong (Caretaker) | 2014 | |||||||||
| 38 | Li Ming | 2015 – 2018 | |||||||||
| 39 | Cheng Yaodong | 2018 – |