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China women's national football team

The China women's national football team (Chinese: 中国国家女子足球队; pinyin: Zhōngguó Guójiā Nǚzǐ Zúqiú Duì, 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.[2]

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),[3][4] they won several international titles in the 1990s,[5] during the Golden Generation.[4] The team lost some pace after the start of the 21st century,[5] winning their last AFC Asian Cup in 2006.[4] In 2023, the team was ranked as the 15th best in the world,[6] and also won the ninth AFC Asian Cup in their story, the first since 2006.[4]

Results and fixtures

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

Legend

  Win  Draw  Lose  Void or postponed  Fixture

2023

2024

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 28 February 2024

Manager history

Players

Current squad

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.

Records

Competitive record

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

FIFA Women's World Cup

Olympic Games

AFC Women's Asian Cup

Asian Games

Minor tournaments

EAFF E-1 Football Championship

Algarve Cup

Four Nations Tournament

Yongchuan International Tournament

Head-to-head record

As of 5 December 2023, after the match against  United States.
counted for the FIFA A-level matches only.[8]

Honours

China vs Sweden 2016 Olympic

Intercontinental

Runners-up: 1999
Runners-up: 1996[9][10]

Continental

Winners: 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2022
Runners-up: 2003, 2008
Winners: 1990, 1994, 1998
Runners-up: 2002, 2018

Regional

Runners-up: 2010, 2022

Other tournaments

Winners: 1990
Winners: 1999, 2002
Runners-up: 1997, 2003
Winners: 2005, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Winners: 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019

See also

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ Joshua Frank (1 March 1986). "Missing from the World Cup? China". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Wang snatches Olympic football for the Steel Roses". FIFA. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Harker, Gerry; Tao, Anthony (7 February 2022). "China completes stunning comeback to win AFC Women's Asian Cup". The China Project. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  5. ^ a b Duerden, John (24 December 2022). "China's football focus switches to women". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  6. ^ Echo Xie (24 October 2022). "China to bid for 2031 Fifa Women's World Cup in push for top-ranking team". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  7. ^ Chinese Women Football Info (Upgrading) (@ChinaWfootball) (20 May 2024). "Name list for the two matches with #Matildas". Twitter. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  8. ^ Valcke, Jérôme (25 October 2012). "FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  9. ^ Longman, Jere (10 July 1999). "Women's World Cup: Soccer's Move: Grass Roots to Grand Stage". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  10. ^ Vecsey, George (2 August 1996). "Women's Soccer: 76,481 Fans, 1 U.S. Gold". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

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