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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. More B teams were created from time and time since. Coaches include Zhang Jingtian, Ha Zengguang, Fang Renqiu and Chen Fulai,

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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. 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

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. The B team sometimes compete in the CFA leagues and won the league title in 1989 under the coaching of

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. In the same year

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and IOC agreed to limit soccer players participating in the Olympics to be under 23, and the China B was rebranded as the

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. On 2 May 2017, a new China B team was reorganised by

manager

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Coaching staff

Players

Current squad

* The following 22 players were called up in the training camp as China national B football team. Before the training began, injured Xu Xin and Yang Xu were replaced by Liu Junshuai and Yang Liyu.刘奕鸣:尽快达到里皮要求傅欢:二队更年轻放得开
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Recent call-ups

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

Recent and forthcoming fixtures

2017

References

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