# China national under-17 football team

The China national under-17 football team, also known as the China Junior Team (国少队), represents the People's Republic of China in international football competitions in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and the AFC U-17 Asian Cup, as well as any other under-17 international football tournaments. It is governed by the Football Association of the People's Republic of China.

## Tournament records
### AFC U-17 Asian Cup record

| Year | Result | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1985 | Group stage | 7th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1986 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1988 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| 1990 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| 1992 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| 1994 | Group stage | 5th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 |
| 1996 | Group stage | 6th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 1998 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2000 | Group stage | 5th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 12 |
| 2002 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 |
| 2004 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| 2006 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| 2008 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2010 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2014 | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2018 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2023 | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2025 | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified | Qualified |
| Total | 2 Titles | 16/20 | 62 | 27 | 17 | 18 | 109 | 81 |

### FIFA U-17 World Cup record

| Year | Result | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A |
| 1985 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| 1987 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1989 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1991 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 1993 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 1995 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1997 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1999 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2001 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2003 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2005 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2007 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2009 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2011 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2013 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2015 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2017 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2019 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2023 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2025 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| Total | Quarter-finals | 6/20 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 36 |

## Current squad

The following 23 players were named in the squad for the 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification.
Manager: Kenichi Uemura
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Li Ao | (2008-04-16)16 April 2008 (aged 16) | Tianjin Jinmen Tiger |
| 2 | 2DF | Jiang Zhiqin | (2008-01-16)16 January 2008 (aged 16) | Guangdong GZ-Power |
| 3 | 2DF | Wen Zhanlin | (2008-07-28)28 July 2008 (aged 16) | Meizhou Hakka |
| 4 | 2DF | Elnizar Lohman | (2008-04-14)14 April 2008 (aged 16) | Evergrande Football School |
| 5 | 2DF | Sun Tianyu | (2008-11-19)19 November 2008 (aged 15) | Hubei Istar |
| 6 | 3MF | Chen Zifan | (2008-01-29)29 January 2008 (aged 16) | Jiangsu FA |
| 7 | 4FW | Bunyamin Abdusalam | (2008-04-09)9 April 2008 (aged 16) | Evergrande Football School |
| 8 | 3MF | Liu Jiale | (2008-12-02)2 December 2008 (aged 15) | Evergrande Football School |
| 9 | 3MF | Wei Xiangxin | (2008-03-06)6 March 2008 (aged 16) | Guangdong Mingtu |
| 10 | 4FW | Hebibilla Nurhaji | (2008-12-31)31 December 2008 (aged 15) | Chengdu Rongcheng |
| 11 | 4FW | Wang Yi | (2008-03-25)25 March 2008 (aged 16) | Shandong Taishan |
| 12 | 2DF | Wang Gengrui | (2008-09-16)16 September 2008 (aged 16) | Evergrande Football School |
| 13 | 1GK | Ihsen Ilham | (2008-08-08)8 August 2008 (aged 16) | Shandong Taishan |
| 14 | 3MF | Yao Junyu | (2008-01-09)9 January 2008 (aged 16) | Shandong Taishan |
| 15 | 2DF | Li Qitao | (2008-02-03)3 February 2008 (aged 16) | Guangdong GZ-Power |
| 16 | 2DF | Yan Qiandong | (2008-01-01)1 January 2008 (aged 16) | Evergrande Football School |
| 17 | 2DF | Li Junpeng | (2009-02-19)19 February 2009 (aged 15) | Shandong Taishan |
| 18 | 4FW | Li Xiang | (2008-01-13)13 January 2008 (aged 16) | Shandong Taishan |
| 19 | 3MF | Yan Yuzhe | (2008-02-27)27 February 2008 (aged 16) | The Affiliated High School of SCNU |
| 20 | 3MF | Lai Jiantao | (2008-11-24)24 November 2008 (aged 15) | Meizhou Hakka |
| 21 | 3MF | Zhang Chengrui | (2008-03-15)15 March 2008 (aged 16) | Dalian FA |
| 22 | 3MF | Bian Yulang | (2008-05-10)10 May 2008 (aged 16) | Shanghai Port |
| 23 | 1GK | Liu Binglin | (2008-08-30)30 August 2008 (aged 16) | Evergrande Football School |