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 PR B  (Cerveteri, Italy; 17 June 1981)

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

History[]

Chinese Football Association organised the first 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.^[1] China B was defunct in 1989. On 2 May 2017, a new China B team was reorganised by China national football team manager Marcello Lippi.^[2]

Coaching staff[]

Position	Name	Nationality
Head coach	Marcelo Lippi	Italy
Assistant coaches	Li Tie	China
	Massimiliano Maddaloni	Italy
		Italy
	Fabrizio Del Rosso	Italy
Goalkeeper coach	Michelangelo Rampulla	Italy
Fitness coach		Italy
Management		Italy
Tactics analyst		Italy
Technical employee		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.^[2] Before the training began, injured Xu Xin and Yang Xu were replaced by Liu Junshuai and Yang Liyu.^[3]
• 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 31)	0	0	Liaoning FC
	1GK	Zou Dehai	(1993-02-27) 27 February 1993 (age 28)	0	0	Hangzhou Greentown
	2DF	Deng Hanwen	(1995-01-08) 8 January 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Beijing Renhe
	2DF	Gao Zhunyi	(1995-08-21) 21 August 1995 (age 26)	0	0	Hebei China Fortune
	2DF	Shi Ke	(1993-01-08) 8 January 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Shanghai SIPG
	2DF	He Guan	(1993-01-25) 25 January 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Shanghai SIPG
	2DF	Wang Shangyuan	(1993-06-02) 2 June 1993 (age 28)	0	0	Guangzhou Evergrande
	2DF	Fu Huan	(1993-07-12) 12 July 1993 (age 28)	0	0	Shanghai SIPG
	2DF	Liu Junshuai	(1995-01-10) 10 January 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Shandong Luneng
	2DF	Liu Yiming	(1995-02-28) 28 February 1995 (age 26)	0	0	Tianjin Quanjian
	2DF	Li Shuai	(1995-06-18) 18 June 1995 (age 26)	0	0	Dalian Yifang
	2DF	Yao Junsheng	(1995-10-29) 29 October 1995 (age 26)	0	0	Meizhou Hakka
	3MF	Liao Lisheng	(1993-04-29) 29 April 1993 (age 28)	0	0	Guangzhou Evergrande
	3MF	Liu Binbin	(1993-06-16) 16 June 1993 (age 28)	0	0	Shandong Luneng
	3MF	Chen Zhizhao	(1988-03-14) 14 March 1988 (age 33)	0	0	Guangzhou R&F
	3MF	Li Lei	(1992-05-30) 30 May 1992 (age 29)	0	0	Beijing Guoan
	3MF	Wu Xinghan	(1993-02-24) 24 February 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Shandong Luneng
	3MF	Tang Shi	(1995-01-24) 24 January 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Beijing Guoan
	3MF	He Chao	(1995-04-19) 19 April 1995 (age 26)	0	0	Changchun Yatai
	4FW	Xiao Zhi	(1985-05-28) 28 May 1985 (age 36)	0	0	Guangzhou R&F
	4FW	Wei Shihao	(1995-04-08) 8 April 1995 (age 26)	0	0	Shanghai SIPG
	4FW	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 27)	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[]

References[]