Editing China national football team (section)

== Team image ==

[[File:Chinese national football team 2011.jpg|thumb|350px|left|The national football team of China in 2011]]

The team is known as the "Dragon Team" ({{lang-zh|c=龙之队|p=Lóng zhī duì}}),<ref>{{Cite web|title="龙之队球迷会"助威超级企鹅足球名人赛 6月2日虹口约吗？_体育_腾讯网|url=https://sports.qq.com/a/20180530/034628.htm|access-date=2021-06-12|date=2018-05-30|website=sports.qq.com|language=zh|archive-date=30 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730135813/https://sports.qq.com/a/20180530/034628.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> "Team China" ({{lang-zh|c=中国队}}), the "National Team" ({{lang-zh|c=国家队}}) or "''Guózú''" ({{lang-zh|c=国足}}, short for {{lang-zh|c=国家足球队|p=Guójiā Zúqiú Duì|l=national football team|}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/teams/team=43812/profile-detail.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627092810/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/teams/team=43812/profile-detail.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 June 2014|title=China PR: Profile |publisher=FIFA |access-date=30 September 2016}}</ref>
{{Commons|China national football team kits}}
China's home kit is traditionally all-red with a white or yellow trim while their away kit is traditionally an inverted version of the home kit, fully white with a red trim. During the [[1996 AFC Asian Cup]], China employed a third kit which was all blue with a white trim and was used against [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] during the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4CYU7XTKz8  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/f4CYU7XTKz8 |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=( السعودية 4 – 3 الصين ) ربع نهائي كأس آسيا 1996 |publisher=YouTube |date=7 February 2009 |access-date=2 December 2013|language=ar}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The 2022–24 season marks the first time the team had a turquoise blue secondary kit, replace the white kit worn in previous seasons. The team has also started to use cooling vests in certain warmer climates.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=221678&version=1&template_id=57&parent_id=56 |title= Gulf Times- Qatar's top-selling English daily newspaper - Homepage|website=www.gulf-times.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209042529/http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=221678&version=1&template_id=57&parent_id=56 |archive-date=9 December 2007}}</ref> After decades of having [[Adidas]] producing the team's kits, China's current kit has been produced and manufactured by [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] since 2015.

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! Kit supplier !! Period !! Contract<br />announcement !! Contract<br />duration !! Value !! Notes
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| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Adidas]]
| 1991–2014
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| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
| 2015–present
| {{Center|2015-01-03}}
| 2015–2026 (11 years)
| [[United States dollar|$]]16 million per year
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://mobile.ytsports.cn/news-255.html|title=Nike officially replaced Adidas as Chinese national football partner|date=2015-01-04|publisher=YT Sports|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204122307/http://mobile.ytsports.cn/news-255.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2015-01/21/content_19365921.htm|title=New sponsor Nike sparks national football team revival|date=2015-01-21|last=Chen|first=Mu|publisher=China Daily|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204230945/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2015-01/21/content_19365921.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

=== Rivalries ===

==== Japan ====
{{main|China–Japan football rivalry}}
Traditionally, China's greatest rival has been [[Japan national football team|Japan]]. This rivalry was exemplified after their 3–1 defeat in the [[2004 AFC Asian Cup Final]] on home soil.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/09/world/in-soccer-loss-a-glimpse-of-china-s-rising-ire-at-japan.html|title=In Soccer Loss, a Glimpse of China's Rising Ire at Japan|date=2004-08-09|last=Yardley|first=Jim|work=The New York Times|access-date=11 August 2022|archive-date=28 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728083532/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/09/world/in-soccer-loss-a-glimpse-of-china-s-rising-ire-at-japan.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The subsequent rioting by Chinese fans at the [[Workers' Stadium]] was said to be provoked by controversial officiating during the tournament and the heightened [[anti-Japanese sentiment]] at the time.

==== South Korea ====
{{Main|China–South Korea football rivalry}}
Another rivalry is with neighbour [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] who China played 27 matches against between 1978 and 2010, without winning a single match. The media coined the term "[[Konghanzheng|Koreaphobia]]" to describe this phenomenon, but China finally registered its first win against South Korea on 10 February 2010, winning 3–0 during the [[2010 East Asian Football Championship]] and eventually going on to win the tournament. Traced further, China met South Korea (then known as Korea) for the first time in 1949 in a friendly in [[British Hong Kong]], where China clinched the first and only win over Korea in 61 years.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/china-pr-v-korea-republic-02-january-1949-225641/ | title=China PR v Korea Republic, 02 January 1949 }}</ref> There is also another political dimension behind the fuelling of this rivalry, mostly because of the long [[Sino-Korean War (disambiguation)|history of wars]] between the two states.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/2081092/amid-rising-tensions-china-ready-war-south-korea-football-pitch-least | title=China ready for 'football war' with South Korea amid rising tensions | date=22 March 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.risingpowersinitiative.org/publication/the-history-war-between-china-and-south-korea/ | title=The History War between China and South Korea | date=13 August 2021 }}</ref>

==== Hong Kong ====
{{Main|China–Hong Kong football rivalry}}
[[China–Hong Kong football rivalry|A rivalry]] with [[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]] has been created due to [[Hong Kong–Mainland China conflict|political tension]]s as well as issues during [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2018 World Cup qualification]]. With Hong Kong fans booing the Chinese national anthem, which Hong Kong share with China, 2018 World Cup qualifier matches were also very tense with both matches resulting in 0–0 draws.