China national football B team

China B

Association	Chinese Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach	Marcello Lippi
Home stadium	N/A
First colours Second colours
First international
Italy U20 2–3 China B  (Cerveteri, Italy; 17 June 1981)

China B is a secondary football team run occasionally as support for the China national football team.

History

Before Joining FIFA, the Chinese national football team's main duty was to play friendlies with friendly countries. Sometimes a B team was created when the national team was occupied elsewhere. There was no obvious age or skill difference between the A and B teams. In 1957, the national white team was defeated by the national red team and lost the ticket to Melbourne. After the defeat, the national white team was regarded as the national B team before relegating to a regional team, the Tianjin Football Team.^[1] More B teams were created from time and time since. Coaches include Zhang Jingtian, Ha Zengguang, Fang Renqiu and Chen Fulai,^[2]

Chinese Football Association organised a China B team in 1981 with the name of China Hope in order to provide more international experiences for the young talents of the league.^[3] The team was dissolved in 1982 after a brawl with the Tunisia national football team. In 1984 another B team was established, coached by Zhang Jingtian. In 1986 a third national team, the national yellow team was created based on the championship team Liaoning FC.^[4]

The B team sometimes compete in the CFA leagues and won the league title in 1989 under the coaching of Xu Genbao. In the same year FIFA and IOC agreed to limit soccer players participating in the Olympics to be under 23, and the China B was rebranded as the China national under-23 football team.

On 2 May 2017, a new China B team was reorganised by China national football team manager Marcello Lippi.^[5]

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Head coach	Marcelo Lippi	Italy
Assistant coaches	Li Tie	China
	Massimiliano Maddaloni	Italy
	Narciso Pezzotti	Italy
	Fabrizio Del Rosso	Italy
Goalkeeper coach	Michelangelo Rampulla	Italy
Fitness coach	Claudio Gaudino	Italy
Management	Massimo Neri	Italy
Tactics analyst	Silvano Cotti	Italy
Technical employee	Enrico Castellacci	Italy
Staff	Ricardo Gallego	Spain

Players

Current squad

• The following 22 players were called up in the training camp as China national B football team.^[5] Before the training began, injured Xu Xin and Yang Xu were replaced by Liu Junshuai and Yang Liyu.^[6]
• Match date: 15 - 17 May 2017

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Shi Xiaotian	(1990-03-06) 6 March 1990 (age 34)	0	0	Liaoning FC
	1GK	Zou Dehai	(1993-02-27) 27 February 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Hangzhou Greentown
	2DF	Deng Hanwen	(1995-01-08) 8 January 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Beijing Renhe
	2DF	Gao Zhunyi	(1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Hebei China Fortune
	2DF	Shi Ke	(1993-01-08) 8 January 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Shanghai SIPG
	2DF	He Guan	(1993-01-25) 25 January 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Shanghai SIPG
	2DF	Wang Shangyuan	(1993-06-02) 2 June 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Guangzhou Evergrande
	2DF	Fu Huan	(1993-07-12) 12 July 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Shanghai SIPG
	2DF	Liu Junshuai	(1995-01-10) 10 January 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Shandong Luneng
	2DF	Liu Yiming	(1995-02-28) 28 February 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Tianjin Quanjian
	2DF	Li Shuai	(1995-06-18) 18 June 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Dalian Yifang
	2DF	Yao Junsheng	(1995-10-29) 29 October 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Meizhou Hakka
	3MF	Liao Lisheng	(1993-04-29) 29 April 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Guangzhou Evergrande
	3MF	Liu Binbin	(1993-06-16) 16 June 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Shandong Luneng
	3MF	Chen Zhizhao	(1988-03-14) 14 March 1988 (age 36)	0	0	Guangzhou R&F
	3MF	Li Lei	(1992-05-30) 30 May 1992 (age 32)	0	0	Beijing Guoan
	3MF	Wu Xinghan	(1993-02-24) 24 February 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Shandong Luneng
	3MF	Tang Shi	(1995-01-24) 24 January 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Beijing Guoan
	3MF	He Chao	(1995-04-19) 19 April 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Changchun Yatai
	4FW	Xiao Zhi	(1985-05-28) 28 May 1985 (age 39)	0	0	Guangzhou R&F
	4FW	Wei Shihao	(1995-04-08) 8 April 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Shanghai SIPG
	4FW	Yang Liyu	(1997-02-13) 13 February 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Tianjin Teda

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the last twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
MF	Xu Xin	(1994-04-19) 19 April 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Guangzhou Evergrande	Training Camp, 15–17 May 2017 ^INJ
FW	Yang Xu	(1988-02-12) 12 February 1988 (age 36)	0	0	Liaoning FC	Training Camp, 15–17 May 2017 ^INJ

Recent and forthcoming fixtures

2017

China B v Tianjin Quanjian

17 May 2017 Friendly	China B	0 - 0	Tianjin Quanjian	Tianjin, China
		Report

References

1. 花城, Guangdong People's Publishing House, 1986, ISSN 1000-789X, Issues 4-6, p149
2. 回忆国足第一代追梦人
3. 国家二队22年后重张^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. People's Daily, March 2, 1986, p3 促进足球腾飞的尝试——国家体委有关负责人谈国家红、黄队
5. 国足二队集训名单出炉:里皮挂帅 廖力生等人入选
6. 刘奕鸣:尽快达到里皮要求 傅欢:二队更年轻放得开