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

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
	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.[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 32)	0	0	Liaoning FC
	1GK	Zou Dehai	(1993-02-27) 27 February 1993 (age 29)	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 27)	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 29)	0	0	Guangzhou Evergrande
	2DF	Fu Huan	(1993-07-12) 12 July 1993 (age 29)	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 27)	0	0	Tianjin Quanjian
	2DF	Li Shuai	(1995-06-18) 18 June 1995 (age 27)	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 29)	0	0	Guangzhou Evergrande
	3MF	Liu Binbin	(1993-06-16) 16 June 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Shandong Luneng
	3MF	Chen Zhizhao	(1988-03-14) 14 March 1988 (age 34)	0	0	Guangzhou R&F
	3MF	Li Lei	(1992-05-30) 30 May 1992 (age 30)	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 27)	0	0	Changchun Yatai
	4FW	Xiao Zhi	(1985-05-28) 28 May 1985 (age 37)	0	0	Guangzhou R&F
	4FW	Wei Shihao	(1995-04-08) 8 April 1995 (age 27)	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 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

References

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