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China Youth (中国ユース) is a youth national football team that appeared in the Captain Tsubasa manga series.

In Golden-23, the team participating in the AFC Youth Championship is called U-19 China (U-19中国代表).

Description[]

China Youth is the Chinese national team that consists of players in the age group between 16 and 20 years.

History[]

Battle of World Youth[]

China Youth were in group B along with Japan, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and UAE in the AFC Youth Championship.

Golden-23[]

U-19 China was one of the teams playing in the AFC Youth Championship. They did not actually make an appearance, only their result were shown in the manga.

Uniforms[]

Battle of World Youth[]

Home	Away

Home: Red shirt with v-neck collar with the "中国" ideograms written in black on the chest, white shorts and red socks. The numbers on the back are black
Away: White shirt with v-neck collar, three red diagonal stripes on the sleeves and the "中国" ideograms written in red on the chest, red shorts with three diagonal stripes in the right leg and red socks. This uniform was worn in the match against UAE Youth. This uniform is inspired on the China uniform worn in the 1994 Asian Games.
Keeper: Drab olive (or yellow) jersey with white collar and the "中国" ideograms written in black on the chest, black shorts and white socks.

Results[]

Battle of World Youth[]

AFC Youth Championship[]

Group stage	China Youth	3-0	UAE Youth
Group stage	China Youth	2-0	Uzbekistan Youth
Group stage	China Youth	3-6	Japan Youth
Group stage	China Youth	0-1	Saudi Arabia Youth

Golden-23[]

AFC Youth Championship[]

Quarter-finals	U-19 China	W-L	U-19 Saudi Arabia
Semi-finals	U-19 China	L-W	U-19 South Korea

Squad[]

Battle of World Youth[]

No.	Pos.	Player
1	GK	Xu Guangzhi
	GK	unknown name

2	DF	Gao Fengde
3	DF	Cao Jingjiang
4	DF	Fan Leyong
5	DF	Xie Xuedong

6	MF	Peng Fuyi
7	MF	Jiang Shouren
8	MF	Hu Jianliang
10	MF^[1]	Wu Junren
16	MF	Xiao Junguang

9^[2]	FW	Fei Xiang
11	FW^[3]	Wang Zhongming