China Football Team

Former Everton midfielder Li Tie named new head coach of China national team

As a player, Li represented China on 92 occasions, including at the finals of the 2002 World Cup, the country’s only appearance at the competition to date

Hong Kong football team fans jeer China's national anthem in 2-0 defeat at East Asian Championship

Ji Xiang opened the scoring after seven minutes, and Zhang Xizhe sealed China’s first win since Marcello Lippi resigned as head coach in November from the penalty spot with 19 minutes remaining

FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers: China head coach Marcello Lippi quits after defeat to Syria in crucial clash

A clearly infuriated Lippi, the 71-year-old Italian World Cup winner, made a brief but angry appearance in front of the media after the 2-1 defeat on Thursday in Dubai.

2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers: Brazil-born Elkeson expects more naturalised foreign players in China squad in future

He may be the first, but Brazil-born striker Elkeson believes he will not be the only foreign player to be naturalised during China’s attempt to secure World Cup qualification for the first time in almost two decades.

AFC Asian Cup 2019: Yu Dabao scores second-half winner as China narrowly avoid dropping points against minnows Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz goalkeeper Pavel Matiash committed a howler when he palmed the ball into his own net shortly after half-time before Beijing Guoan forward Yu Dabao grabbed the winner

Coach Stephen Constantine proud of India's performance against China, says it's difficult to beat his team

Proud of his players for playing out a remarkable draw against China, head coach Stephen Constantine on Saturday said the Indian team may not match the quality of top Asian sides but it has developed into a "very difficult one to beat".

Goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu shines as gritty India secure goalless draw against China in international friendly

A gritty India thwarted a wave of Chinese onslaughts to play out a remarkable goalless draw in an international football friendly played for the first time after 21 years between the two countries on Saturday.

Highlights, India vs China, football friendly: Blue Tigers manage to hold hosts to an fighting draw

Catch the Live score and updates from the friendly football match between China and India taking place in Suzhou.

China national football team coach Marcello Lippi says team cannot afford to take India lightly ahead of friendly in Suzhou

Former World Cup-winning coach Marcelo Lippi acknowledged India's rapid rise in the recent FIFA rankings and said China cannot afford to take the visitors lightly in the historic friendly to be played at the iconic Suzhou Olympic Stadium on Saturday.

Coach Stephen Constantine picks Sandesh Jhingan as India's captain for friendly against China

Sandesh Jhingan will lead the Indian football team against China on Saturday as coach Stephen Constantine termed the burly defender as one of the leaders of the team, going forward.