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
	1 GK	Shi Xiaotian	(1990-03-06) 6 March 1990 (age 32)	0	0	Liaoning FC
	1 GK	Zou Dehai	(1993-02-27) 27 February 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Hangzhou Greentown
	2 DF	Deng Hanwen	(1995-01-08) 8 January 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Beijing Renhe
	2 DF	Gao Zhunyi	(1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Hebei China Fortune
	2 DF	Shi Ke	(1993-01-08) 8 January 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Shanghai SIPG
	2 DF	He Guan	(1993-01-25) 25 January 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Shanghai SIPG
	2 DF	Wang Shangyuan	(1993-06-02) 2 June 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Guangzhou Evergrande
	2 DF	Fu Huan	(1993-07-12) 12 July 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Shanghai SIPG
	2 DF	Liu Junshuai	(1995-01-10) 10 January 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Shandong Luneng
	2 DF	Liu Yiming	(1995-02-28) 28 February 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Tianjin Quanjian
	2 DF	Li Shuai	(1995-06-18) 18 June 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Dalian Yifang
	2 DF	Yao Junsheng	(1995-10-29) 29 October 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Meizhou Hakka
	3 MF	Liao Lisheng	(1993-04-29) 29 April 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Guangzhou Evergrande
	3 MF	Liu Binbin	(1993-06-16) 16 June 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Shandong Luneng
	3 MF	Chen Zhizhao	(1988-03-14) 14 March 1988 (age 34)	0	0	Guangzhou R&F
	3 MF	Li Lei	(1992-05-30) 30 May 1992 (age 30)	0	0	Beijing Guoan
	3 MF	Wu Xinghan	(1993-02-24) 24 February 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Shandong Luneng
	3 MF	Tang Shi	(1995-01-24) 24 January 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Beijing Guoan
	3 MF	He Chao	(1995-04-19) 19 April 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Changchun Yatai
	4 FW	Xiao Zhi	(1985-05-28) 28 May 1985 (age 37)	0	0	Guangzhou R&F
	4 FW	Wei Shihao	(1995-04-08) 8 April 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Shanghai SIPG
	4 FW	Yang Liyu	(1997-02-13) 13 February 1997 (age 25)	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 28)	0	0	Guangzhou Evergrande	Training Camp, 15–17 May 2017 INJ
FW	Yang Xu	(1988-02-12) 12 February 1988 (age 34)	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
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