China women's national football team

For current information on this topic, see 2009 in Chinese football.

China

Nickname(s)	The Steel / Forceful Roses (铿锵玫瑰)
Association	Chinese Football Association
Head coach	Shang Ruihua
Most caps	Li Jie (220)
Top scorer	Sun Wen (120)
FIFA ranking	12
Highest FIFA ranking	4 (July 2003)
Lowest FIFA ranking	14 (March 2008)
Home colours Away 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	5 (First in 1991)
Best result	Runners-up, 1999
Olympic Games
Appearances	4 (First in 1996)
Best result	Runners-up, 1996
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Appearances	11 (First in 1986)
Best result	Winners (8 times), 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006

The China women's national football team represents the People's Republic of China in international women's 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.^[1]

Honours

• FIFA Women's World Cup

Runners-up (1): 1999

• Olympic Games

Runners-up (1): 1996

• 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

• 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

• Women's East Asian Cup

Runners-up (1): 2008

Competition history

FIFA Women's World Cup record

• 1991: Fifth place
• 1995: Fourth place
• 1999: Runners-up
• 2003: Quarter-finalists
• 2007: Quarter-finalists
• 2011: see 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Olympic Games record

• 1996: Runners-up
• 2000: Fifth place
• 2004: Ninth place
• 2008: Fifth place
• 2012: see Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics

AFC Women's Asian Cup record

• 1975 to 1983 - Did not enter
• 1986 : Champions
• 1989 : Champions
• 1991 : Champions
• 1993 : Champions
• 1995 : Champions
• 1997 : Champions
• 1999 : Champions
• 2001 : Third place
• 2003 : Runners-up
• 2006 : Champions
• 2008 : Runners-up
• 2010 : Qualified

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

Asian Games

• 1990 : Champions
• 1994 : Champions
• 1998 : Champions
• 2002 : Runners-up
• 2006 : Third place
• 2010 : Qualified as host nation
• 2014 :

East Asian Football Championship

• 2005 : Fourth place
• 2008 : Third place
• 2010 : Qualified

Recent matches

2009 Algarve Cup

All times local (GMT)

2009-03-04 15:00	Sweden	0 – 0	China PR	Estadio Municipal, Lagos
		Report

2009-03-06 13:15	Germany	3 – 0	China PR	Estadio Municipal, Albufeira
	Kerstin Garefrekes  37'  67' Kim Kulig  58'	Report

2009-03-09 13:15	Finland	0 – 1	China PR	Estadio Municipal, Vila Real de Santo António
		Report	Bi Yan  76'

Fifth place match

2009-03-11 11:30	Iceland	1 – 2	China PR	Estádio José Arcanjo, Olhão
	Harpa Thorsteinsdóttir  45'	Report	Lou Jiahui  25' Xu Yuan  75'

Friendly matches

2009-02-25 16:00 GMT+1	Germany	1 – 1	China PR	Bielefelder Alm, Bielefeld Attendance: 17,236
	Inka Grings  2'	Report	Xu Yuan  20'

2009-01-14 19:35 GMT+8	China PR	1 – 0	Korea Republic	Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou
	Bi Yan  35'	Report

2009-01-12 19:35 GMT+8	China PR	1 – 0	Finland	Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou
	Wang Dandan  41'	Report

2009-01-10 20:05 GMT+8	China PR	6 – 0	New Zealand	Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou
	Bi Yan  3' Yuan Fan  28' Xu Yuan  50'  66' Han Duan  83'  90'	Report

2008-12-17 19:30 GMT-5	United States	1 – 0	China PR	Ford Field, Detroit Attendance: 11,933 Referee: Margaret Domka (USA)
	Heather O'Reilly  32'	Report

2008-12-13 18:10 GMT-8	United States	1 – 0	China PR	The Home Depot Center, Carson Attendance: 3,619 Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
	Tina Ellertson  61'	Report

Squad

Most recent squad

Friendly matches against USA.

Name	DOB	Club	Caps (Goals)
Goalkeepers
Zhang Yanru	Jan 10, 1987	Jiangsu Huatai	49 (0)
Weng Xiaojie	Jul 27, 1987	Jiangsu Huatai	2 (0)
Defenders
Yuan Fan	Nov 6, 1986	Shanghai SVA	34 (1)
Zhang Ying	Jun 27, 1985	Shanghai SVA	86 (5)
Zhou Gaoping	Oct 20, 1986	Jiangsu Huatai	44 (4)
Liu Huana	May 17, 1981	Shaanxi Ouya	49 (7)
Weng Xinzhi	Jun 15, 1987	Jiangsu Huatai	38 (0)
Gao Yan	Oct 13, 1985	Shanghai SVA	2 (0)
Midfielders
Bi Yan (C)	Feb 17, 1984	Dalian Shide	127 (14)
Zhang Na	Mar 10, 1984	Hebei Yuandong	33 (2)
Gu Yasha	Nov 28, 1990	Beijing Zhaotai	11 (1)
Lou Jiahui	May 26, 1991	Henan Shisanxiang	14 (1)
Zhang Rui	Jan 17, 1989	Army	1 (0)
Wang Dandan	May 1, 1985	Beijing Zhaotai	20 (2)
Strikers
Liu Sa	Jul 11, 1987	Beijing Zhaotai	20 (3)
Xu Yuan	Nov 17, 1985	Shanghai SVA	25 (9)
Han Duan	Jun 15, 1983	Los Angeles Sol	158 (100)
Wang Kun	Oct 20, 1985	Hebei Yuandong	67 (5)

Squad for the 2008 Olympics

#	Name	Club	Date of Birth	Pld
Goalkeepers
1	Zhang Yanru	Jiangsu Huatai	January 10, 1987(1987-01-10) (age 21)	3	0	1	0	0
18	Han Wenxia	Dalian Haichang	August 23, 1976(1976-08-23) (age 31)	1	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	Yuan Fan	Shanghai Shenhua	November 6, 1986(1986-11-06) (age 21)	0	0	0	0	0
3	Li Jie (C)	Beijing Zhaotai	July 8, 1979(1979-07-08) (age 29)	4	0	0	0	0
4	Zhang Ying	Shanghai Shenhua	June 27, 1985(1985-06-27) (age 23)	4	0	0	0	0
5	Weng Xinzhi	Jiangsu Huatai	June 15, 1988(1988-06-15) (age 20)	4	0	0	0	0
11	Pu Wei	Shanghai Shenhua	August 20, 1980(1980-08-20) (age 27)	4	0	0	0	0
13	Jiang Shuai	Tianjin Huisen	June 7, 1982(1982-06-07) (age 26)	0	0	0	0	0
14	Liu Huana	Shaanxi Guoli	May 17, 1981(1981-05-17) (age 27)	4	0	0	0	0
15	Zhou Gaoping	Jiangsu Huatai	October 20, 1986(1986-10-20) (age 21)	4	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	Zhang Na	Hebei Huabei	March 10, 1984(1984-03-10) (age 24)	4	0	0	0	0
7	Bi Yan	Dalian Haichang	February 17, 1984(1984-02-17) (age 24)	4	0	0	0	0
12	Lou Jiahui	Henan Jianye	May 26, 1991(1991-05-26) (age 17)	1(3)	0	1	0	0
16	Wang Dandan	Beijing Chengjiang	May 1, 1985(1985-05-01) (age 23)	0(3)	0	0	0	0
17	Gu Yasha	Beijing Chengjiang	November 28, 1990(1990-11-28) (age 17)	0(2)	1	0	0	0
Forwards
8	Xu Yuan	Gansu Tianma	November 17, 1985(1985-11-17) (age 22)	4	2	0	0	0
9	Han Duan	Dalian Haichang	June 15, 1983(1983-06-15) (age 25)	3	1	0	0	0
10	Liu Sa	Beijing Zhaotai	July 11, 1987(1987-07-11) (age 21)	0(2)	0	0	0	0
Coach
	Shang Ruihua		November 18, 1944(1944-11-18) (age 63)

Players

Most capped Players

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

Top scorers

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

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–present)

See also

• Football in China

References

1. ^ Germany 3-0 Norway

External links

• Chinese Football Association (Chinese)
• Team China Official Website (Chinese)
• Profile on FIFA (English)
• Profile on Beijing 2008 (English)
• Profile on AFC (English)
• Profile on EAFF (English)

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