Editing China national football team (section)

=== Early People's Republic (1950–1979) ===
The newly instated [[China|People's Republic of China]] reformed CFA before having FIFA acknowledge their 1931 membership on 14 June 1952.<ref name=360doc>{{cite news|url=https://www.163.com/sports/article/39TS1BEK00051C88.html|title=1949年-1979年中国足球国家队大事记|publisher=sports.163.com|date=19 March 2007|access-date=31 August 2016|archive-date=26 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726045939/https://www.163.com/sports/article/39TS1BEK00051C88.html|url-status=live |author1=网易 }}</ref> [[Finland]], who were one of the first nations to hold diplomatic relations with China's new government, invited the country to take part in the [[1952 Summer Olympics]]. [[Li Fenglou]] would become the country's first permanent manager to lead them in the tournament, however the Chinese delegation was delayed and they missed the entire competition, nevertheless the [[Finland national football team]] would still greet Li and the Chinese team with a friendly game on 4 August 1952 making it People's Republic of China's official first game, which ended in a 4–0 defeat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/match.php?date=1952-08-04|title=China PR 0–4 Finland|publisher=teamchina.freehostia.com|date=31 October 2004|access-date=31 August 2016|archive-date=6 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406235747/http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/match.php?date=1952-08-04|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/live-scores/teams/country=chn/men/matches/index.html#year1952|title=Matches|date=n.d.|publisher=FIFA|archive-date=2016-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412044811/http://www.fifa.com/live-scores/teams/country=chn/men/matches/index.html#year1952}}</ref> In preparation for entering their first FIFA competition, China sent a young squad to train in Hungary in 1954.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wildeastfootball.net/2018/03/china-sends-u20s-to-train-abroad-gets-foreign-coach-fails-to-qualify-for-world-cup/|title=China sends U20s to train abroad, gets foreign coach, fails to qualify for World Cup – Wild East Football|website=wildeastfootball.net|language=en-GB|access-date=9 June 2018|last=Ross|first=Donald|date=2018-03-26|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612145116/https://wildeastfootball.net/2018/03/china-sends-u20s-to-train-abroad-gets-foreign-coach-fails-to-qualify-for-world-cup/}}</ref> However, when they entered the [[1958 FIFA World Cup qualification]] process China were knocked out by [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]].<ref name="chinaresults">{{cite web |title=China National Football Team Database |url=http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/index.php?y1=1913&y2=2010 |publisher=China National Football Team Database |access-date=7 July 2010 |archive-date=30 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830141450/http://teamchina.freehostia.com/en/index.php?y1=1913&y2=2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 7 June 1958, China stopped participating within any FIFA recognised football events when FIFA officially started to recognise the Republic of China as a different country.<ref name=360doc/> This sparked a diplomatic argument that had already seen China withdraw from the [[1956 Summer Olympics]] for the same reasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.olympic.cn/china_oly/china_olympic/2004-03-30/124550.html|title=10th–15th Olympic Summer Games: 1936–1952|publisher=en.olympic.cn|date=30 March 2004|access-date=31 August 2016|archive-date=19 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919084635/http://en.olympic.cn/china_oly/china_olympic/2004-03-30/124550.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> For years the People's Republic of China would only play in friendlies with nations who recognized them as the sole heir to the China name.<ref name="chinaresults" /> On 25 October 1971 the [[United Nations]] would recognise the People's Republic country as the sole heir to the China name in their [[United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758|General Assembly Resolution 2758 act]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Homburg |first1= Heidrun |date=2006 |title= FIFA and the "Chinese Question", 1954–1980: an exercise of statutes |url= https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/handle/document/5007/ssoar-hsr-2006-no_1__no_115-homburg-fifa_and_the_chinese_question.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y&lnkname=ssoar-hsr-2006-no_1__no_115-homburg-fifa_and_the_chinese_question.pdf |journal= Zeitschriftenartikel |volume=1 |issue=31 |pages=81–83 |doi= 10.12759/hsr.31.2006.1.69-72|access-date=2020-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222105013/https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/bitstream/handle/document/5007/ssoar-hsr-2006-no_1__no_115-homburg-fifa_and_the_chinese_question.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y&lnkname=ssoar-hsr-2006-no_1__no_115-homburg-fifa_and_the_chinese_question.pdf |archive-date=2020-02-22 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.people.com.cn/GB/4992382.html|title=以足球名义纪念霍英东 为中国推开国际足联大门 (2)|publisher=sports.people.com.cn|date=2006-11-02|access-date=2020-05-23|archive-date=5 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305225413/http://sports.people.com.cn/GB/4992382.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.people.com.cn/GB/4992385.html |title=以足球名义纪念霍英东 为中国推开国际足联大门 (5) |publisher=sports.people.com.cn |date=2006-11-02 |access-date=2020-05-23 |archive-date=28 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628215608/http://sports.people.com.cn/GB/4992385.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Due to this hearing in 1973, the Nationalist Chinese team, which had been using the name "Republic of China", would stop using that name and would eventually rename themselves as "Chinese Taipei" in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctfa.com.tw/aboutus/ctfa-profile.html|title=Chinese Taipei Football Association Introduction|publisher=www.ctfa.com.tw|date=20 April 2011|access-date=31 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522073818/http://www.ctfa.com.tw/aboutus/ctfa-profile.html|archive-date=22 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> These acts would see China rejoin the international sporting community, first by becoming a member of the [[Asian Football Confederation]] in 1974 and by rejoining FIFA again in 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oceaniafootballcenter.org/2019/12/04/tbt-04-when-israel-almost-made-history-in-oceania/|title=TBT #04 – When Israel almost made history in Oceania|publisher=Oceania Football Center|date=2019-12-04|last=Amadeu|first=Pedro|access-date=11 August 2022|archive-date=11 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811060041/https://oceaniafootballcenter.org/2019/12/04/tbt-04-when-israel-almost-made-history-in-oceania/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/fifa-proposals-israel-settlements-fall-short-palestinians-161330438--sow.html|title=FIFA proposals on Israel settlements fall short: Palestinians|date=2017-04-03|publisher=Yahoo! Sports|access-date=2022-08-11|archive-date=11 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811060041/https://sports.yahoo.com/news/fifa-proposals-israel-settlements-fall-short-palestinians-161330438--sow.html|url-status=live}}</ref>