Editing China national football team (section)

{{Short description|Men's association football team}}
{{About|the men's team|the women's team|China women's national football team|the team that represents the Republic of China (also known as [[Taiwan]])|Chinese Taipei national football team}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox national football team
| Name                  = China 
| Nickname              = {{lang|zh|龙之队}} {{nowrap|(Dragon Team)}}
| Badge                 = China national football team.svg
| Badge_size            = 135px
| Association           = {{nowrap|[[Chinese Football Association]] (CFA)}}
| Sub-confederation     = [[East Asian Football Federation|EAFF]] (East Asia)
| Confederation         = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] (Asia)
| Coach                 = [[Branko Ivanković]]
| Captain               = [[Wang Dalei]]
| Most caps             = [[Li Weifeng]] (112)
| Top scorer            = [[Hao Haidong]] (39)
| Home Stadium          = [[List of football stadiums in China|Various]]
| FIFA Trigramme        = CHN
| FIFA Rank             = {{FIFA World Rankings|CHN}}
| FIFA max              = 37
| FIFA max date         = December 1998
| FIFA min              = 109
| FIFA min date         = March 2013
| Elo Rank              = {{World Football Elo Ratings|China}}
| Elo max               = 23
| Elo max date          = May 1934
| Elo min               = 92
| Elo min date          = October 1992
| First game            = {{nowrap|''As Republic of China (1912–1949)''<br />{{fb|Philippines|1912}} 2–1 '''{{fb-rt|Republic of China (1912–1949)|1912}}'''<br />([[Manila]], [[Insular Government of the Philippine Islands|Philippines]]; 1 February 1913)<br />''As People's Republic of China (1949–present)''<br />{{fb|Finland}} 4–0 {{fb-rt|China}}<br />([[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]; 4 August 1952)}}
| Largest win           = {{fb|CHN}} 19–0 {{fb-rt|GUM}}<br />([[Ho Chi Minh City]], [[Vietnam]]; 26 January 2000)
| Largest loss          = {{fb|BRA}} 8–0 {{fb-rt|CHN}}<br />([[Recife]], [[Brazil]]; 10 September 2012)
| World cup apps        = 1
| World cup first       = 2002
| World cup best        = Group stage ([[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])
| Regional name         = [[AFC Asian Cup|Asian Cup]]
| Regional cup apps     = 14
| Regional cup first    = [[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976]]
| Regional cup best     = Runners-up ([[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]])
| 2ndRegional name      = [[EAFF E-1 Football Championship|EAFF East Asian Cup/EAFF E-1 Football Championship]]
| 2ndRegional cup apps  = 9
| 2ndRegional cup first = [[2003 East Asian Football Championship|2003]]
| 2ndRegional cup best  = '''Champions''' ([[2005 East Asian Football Championship|2005]], [[2010 East Asian Football Championship|2010]])
| 3rdRegional name      = [[Dynasty Cup]]
| 3rdRegional cup apps  = 4
| 3rdRegional cup first = [[1990 Dynasty Cup|1990]]
| 3rdRegional cup best  = Runners-up ([[1990 Dynasty Cup|1990]], [[1998 Dynasty Cup|1998]])
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The '''China national football team''' ({{lang-zh|s=中国国家足球队|t=中國國家足球隊|p=Zhōngguó guójiā zúqiú duì}}), recognised as '''China PR''' by [[FIFA]], represents [[China]] in men's international [[association football]] and is governed by the [[Chinese Football Association]] (CFA).

China won the [[EAFF East Asian Cup]] in [[2005 East Asian Football Championship|2005]] and [[2010 East Asian Football Championship|2010]], was runner-up at the [[AFC Asian Cup]] in [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]] and [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]] and made its sole [[FIFA World Cup]] appearance in [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]], losing all matches without scoring a goal.