China women's national football team explained

Type:	Women
China
Nickname:	Chinese: 铿锵玫瑰 (Steel Roses)
Badge:	China national football team.svg
Badge Size:	140px
Association:	Chinese Football Association
Confederation:	AFC (Asia)
Sub-Confederation:	EAFF (East Asia)
Coach:	Ante Milicic
Captain:	Wu Haiyan
Most Caps:	Pu Wei (219)
Top Scorer:	Sun Wen (106)
Fifa Trigramme:	CHN
Fifa Max:	4
Fifa Max Date:	July – August 2003
Fifa Min:	19
Fifa Min Date:	August 2012; December 2021; December 2023 – June 2024
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First Game:	2–1 (Jesolo, Italy; 20 July 1986)
Largest Win:	21–0
Largest Loss:	8–0 (Patras, Greece; 11 August 2004)
World Cup Apps:	8
World Cup First:	1991
World Cup Best:	Runners-up (1999)
Regional Name:	Asian Cup
Regional Cup Apps:	13
Regional Cup First:	1986
Regional Cup Best:	Winners (1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2022)

The China women's national football team (recognized as China PR by FIFA) represents the People's Republic of China in international women's football competitions and is governed by the Chinese Football Association.^[1]

China women's team won silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. It also has won 9 titles at Asian Cup and 3 Gold medals at Asian Games.

Nicknamed the Steel Roses (Chinese: 铿锵玫瑰),^{[2] [3]} they won several international titles in the 1990s,^[4] during the Golden Generation. The team lost some pace after the start of the 21st century, winning their last AFC Asian Cup in 2006. In 2023, the team was ranked as the 15th best in the world,^[5] and also won the ninth AFC Asian Cup in their story, the first since 2006.

Results and fixtures

See main article: China women's national football team results (2020–2029).

See also: FIFA International match Calendar.

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

2024

• Official Results
• China Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Team Manager	Chen Yingbiao
	Zheng Chaoyong
Head coach	Ante Milicic
Assistant coach	Liu Lin
	Cheng Xiaoyu
	Liu Jianjiang
	Zhang Jun
Video Analyst	Liu Bin
	Cheng Liang
	Ji Xinyi
Physiotherapist	Mu Yunrui
	Chang Lele
	Zhang Baoju
	Yang Shuai
Doctor	Yi Qing
Kit-Manager	Hou Shisheng
Nutrition	Mai Ruichao

Manager history

• Cong Zheyu (1986–1988)
• Shang Ruihua (1988–1991)
• Ma Yuanan (1991–2001)
• Ma Liangxing (2002–2003)
• Zhang Haitao (2003–2004)
• Wang Haiming (2004–2005, 2007; caretaker)
• Pei Encai (2005)
• Ma Liangxing (2005–2006)
• 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 (2018–2021)
• Shui Qingxia (2021–2023)
• Wang Jun (2023; caretaker)
• Ante Milicic (2024–)

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the friendly match against Australia in June 2024. ^[6]

Caps and goals are correct as of 28 July 2023, after the match against Haiti.

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad in the last 12 months.^INJINJINJINJ

Records

Most capped players

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

Pos	Player	Caps	Career
1	Li Jie	200	1997–2008
2	Fan Yunjie	192	1992–2004
3	Han Duan	188	2000–2011
4	Zhao Lihong	174	1992–2004
5	Wang Liping	173	1992–2004
6	Wen Lirong	170	1986–2001
7	Liu Yali	156	2000–2008
8	Sun Wen	152	1990–2005
8	Ma Xiaoxu	152	2005–2022
10	Liu Ailing	150	1987–2000

Top goalscorers

the five highest goalscorers for China are:

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Career
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
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Competitive record

Champions   Runners-up   Third place   Fourth place  

FIFA Women's World Cup

See main article: China at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	M	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
2023	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	7	-5
	To be determined
Total	8/10	36	17	7	12	55	39	+16

FIFA Women's World Cup history
Year	Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Stadium
1991	Group stage	16 November		W 4–0	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
19 November			D 2–2	Guangdong Provincial Stadium, Guangzhou
21 November			W 4–1	New Plaza Stadium, Foshan
Quarter-finals	24 November		L 0–1	Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
1995	Group stage	6 June		D 3–3	Strömvallen, Gävle
		8 June		W 4–2	Arosvallen, Västerås
		10 June		W 3–1
	Quarter-finals	13 June		D 1–1 (4–3 pen)	Olympia Stadion, Helsingborg
	Semi-finals	15 June		L 0–1
	Third place play-off	17 June		L 0–2	Strömvallen, Gävle
1999	Group stage	19 June		W 2–1	Spartan Stadium, San Jose
		23 June		W 7–0	Civic Stadium, Portland
		26 June		W 3–1	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford
	Quarter-finals	30 June		W 2–0	Spartan Stadium, San Jose
	Semi-finals	4 July		W 5–0	Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough
	Final	17 June		D 0–0 (4–5 pen)	Rose Bowl, Pasadena
2003	Group stage	21 September		W 1–0	The Home Depot Center, Carson
		25 September		D 1–1
		28 September		W 1–0	PGE Park, Portland
	Quarter-finals	2 October		L 0–1
2007	Group stage	12 September		W 3–2	Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan
15 September			L 0–4
20 September			W 2–0	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
Quarter-finals	23 September		L 0–1	Wuhan Stadium, Wuhan
2015
	Group stage	6 June		L 0–1	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
		11 June		W 1–0
		15 June		D 2–2	Winnipeg Stadium, Winnipeg
	Round of 16	20 June		W 1–0	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton
	Quarter-finals	23 September		L 0–1	Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa
2019	Group stage	8 June		L 0–1	Roazhon Park, Rennes
		13 June		W 1–0	Parc des Princes, Paris
		17 June		D 0–0	Stade Océane, Le Havre
	Round of 16	25 June		L 0–2	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier
	Group stage	22 July		L 0–1	Perth Rectangular Stadium, Perth
		28 July		W 1–0	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide
		1 August		L 1–6	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	M	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	Group stage	3	0	1	2	6	17	−11
	Did not qualify
	To be determined
	To be determined
Total	6/8	21	7	6	8	30	43	−13

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Year	Result	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1975	Did not enter
1977
1980
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
2022	Champions	5	4	1	0	19	5	+14
Total	15/19	75	61	5	9	367	38	+329

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Host	Result	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	Champions	5	5	0	0	26	0	+26
		4	3	1	0	10	1	+9
		5	5	0	0	28	0	+28
	Runners-up	5	3	2	0	11	3	+8
	Third place	5	3	0	2	22	4	+18
	Fourth place	5	2	1	2	11	4	+7
	5th place	4	2	1	1	9	1	+8
	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	31	1	+30
	Third place	5	4	0	1	36	4	+32
	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	9/9	44	32	5	7	184	18	+166

Minor tournaments

EAFF E-1 Football Championship

EAFF E-1 Football Championship record
Host	Result	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	Fourth place	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3
	Third place	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2
	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	5	3	2
	Fourth place	6	4	0	2	12	5	7
		3	0	0	3	2	6	−4
	Third place	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1
		6	4	1	1	19	3	16
	Runners-up	3	1	2	0	3	1	2
Total	8/8	30	13	5	12	47	30	17

Algarve Cup

Algarve Cup record
Year	Result	M	W	D	L	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
2019	12th place	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3
2020	Did not enter
2021	Cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Did not enter
2023	Cancelled because of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
Total	23/28	91	35	14	42	106	109	−3

Four Nations Tournament

Four Nations Tournament record
Host	Result	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1998	Third place	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2
2002	Fourth place	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4
2003	Runners-up	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2
2004	Runners-up	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1
2005	Champions	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3
2006	Runners-up	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
2007	Runners-up	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
2008	Runners-up	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1
2009	Champions	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8
2011	Fourth place	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2
2012	Runners-up	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1
2013	Third place	3	1	0	2	2	2	0
2014	Champions	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4
2015	Fourth place	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2
2016	Champions	3	2	1	0	10	0	+10
2017	Champions	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9
2018	Champions	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7
2019	Champions	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Total	18/18	53	28	12	13	82	38	+44

Yongchuan International Tournament

Yongchuan International Tournament record
Host	Result	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2015	Champions	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
2016	Champions	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4
2017	Third place	3	1	1	1	6	6	0
2018	Champions	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3
2019	Champions	2	1	1	0	2	0	0
Total	5/5	13	7	5	1	22	12	+10

Head-to-head record

, after the match against .

counted for the FIFA A-level matches only.^[7]

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	2007	5	3	1	1	9	1	+8	CONMEBOL
	1988	44	19	12	13	72	51	+21	AFC
	1986	13	1	6	6	9	27	−18	CONMEBOL
	2015	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	CAF
	1987	28	14	5	9	50	28	+22	CONCACAF
	2009	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	CONMEBOL
	1989	20	20	0	0	60	0	+60	AFC
	2018	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	CONMEBOL
	2016	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	CONCACAF
	2017	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	UEFA
	2004	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	UEFA
	1991	18	10	4	4	32	15	+17	UEFA
	2005	6	3	1	2	7	9	−2	UEFA
	1989	16	13	2	1	43	8	+35	UEFA
	1990	11	4	3	4	12	12	0	UEFA
	1991	31	8	6	17	30	56	−26	UEFA
	1999	4	4	0	0	12	2	+10	CAF
	1999	2	2	0	0	24	0	+24	AFC
	2000	1	1	0	0	14	0	+14	CONCACAF
	2023	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	CONCACAF
	1989	10	10	0	0	80	0	+80	AFC
	2007	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	UEFA
	2007	8	2	1	5	8	13	−5	UEFA
	1998	2	2	0	0	28	0	+28	AFC
	1986	1	1	0	0	9	0	+9	AFC
	2022	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7	AFC
	1986	8	2	2	4	6	10	−4	UEFA
	1988	1	1	0	0	8	1	+7	CAF
	1986	41	16	8	17	55	42	+13	AFC
	2006	4	4	0	0	35	2	+33	AFC
	1995	2	2	0	0	16	0	+16	UEFA
	1989	37	11	8	18	37	40	−3	AFC
	1990	45	31	8	6	109	30	+79	AFC
	1986	2	2	0	0	17	0	+17	AFC
	2000	11	8	3	0	17	4	+13	CONCACAF
	2018	2	2	0	0	26	0	+26	AFC
	2004	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	AFC
	1988	14	6	5	3	18	19	−1	UEFA
	1991	18	14	1	3	44	12	+32	OFC
	2000	6	4	1	1	14	7	+7	CAF
	1987	28	9	3	16	30	40	−10	UEFA
	1995	4	4	0	0	50	0	+50	AFC
	1996	8	4	3	1	18	7	+11	UEFA
	2023	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	UEFA
	1991	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	UEFA
	1991	14	11	2	1	23	8	+15	UEFA
	2003	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	UEFA
	1989	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5	UEFA
	2003	5	5	0	0	29	0	+29	CAF
	2015	4	0	1	3	2	8	−6	UEFA
	1987	27	7	9	11	25	36	−11	UEFA
	2009	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	UEFA
	2018	1	1	0	0	16	0	+16	AFC
	1989	19	18	1	0	80	8	+72	AFC
	1986	60	9	13	38	38	104	−66	CONCACAF
	2017	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	UEFA
	1997	6	6	0	0	47	1	+46	AFC
	2002	14	14	0	0	53	3	+50	AFC
	2011	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	UEFA
	2021	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	CAF
	2016	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	CAF
Total (61)	1986	626	329	113	184	1373	611	+762	All

Honours

Intercontinental

• FIFA Women's World Cup

Runners-up: 1999

• Olympic Games

Runners-up: 1996^{[8] [9]}

Continental

• AFC Women's Asian Cup

Winners: 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2022

Runners-up: 2003, 2008

• Asian Games

Winners: 1990, 1994, 1998

Runners-up: 2002, 2018

Regional

• EAFF Women's Football Championship

Runners-up: 2010, 2022

Other tournaments

• Albena Cup

Winners: 1990

• Algarve Cup

Winners: 1999, 2002

Runners-up: 1997, 2003

• Four Nations Tournament

Winners: 2005, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

• Yongchuan International Tournament

Winners: 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019

See also

• Sport in China
  • Football in China
    • Women's football in China
• Chinese Football Association (CFA)
• China women's national football team
  • China women's national football team results and fixtures
  • List of China women's international footballers
• China women's national under-20 football team
• China women's national under-17 football team
• China women's national futsal team

External links

• China women's national football team – official website
• China women's national football team – official website (last updated in 2019) at thecfa.cn
• FIFA profile at fifa.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joshua Frank . Los Angeles Times . Missing from the World Cup? China . 1 March 1986 . 31 October 2012.
2. Web site: Wang snatches Olympic football for the Steel Roses. FIFA. 13 April 2021. 13 April 2021.
3. Web site: Harker . Gerry . Anthony . Tao . 2022-02-07 . China completes stunning comeback to win AFC Women's Asian Cup . 2023-06-29 . The China Project . en-US.
4. Web site: 2022-12-24 . China's football focus switches to women . John . Duerden . 2023-06-29 . .
5. Web site: 2022-10-24 . China to bid for 2031 Fifa Women's World Cup in push for top-ranking team . subscription . Echo Xie . 2023-06-29 . South China Morning Post . en.
6. Web site: Name list for the two matches with #Matildas . Twitter . May 20, 2024 . Chinese Women Football Info (Upgrading) (@ChinaWfootball) . May 22, 2024 .
7. Web site: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking . Oct 25, 2012 . Jérôme . Valcke . FIFA . 11 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181212072736/https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/01/79/87/75/circularno.1324-fifa-coca-colaworldranking.pdf . 12 December 2018 . dead.
8. News: Jere . Longman . Women's World Cup: Soccer's Move: Grass Roots to Grand Stage . . 10 July 1999 . 31 October 2012.
9. Web site: George . Vecsey . Women's Soccer: 76,481 Fans, 1 U.S. Gold . . 2 August 1996 . 1 November 2012.