Among the national teams at all levels of Chinese football, there is a team from obscurity to a blockbuster, this team has won the Asian Junior Championship to enter the World Junior Championship, and reached the top 8 in the World Junior Championship and won the seventh place, showing the style of young players in Chinese football to fans around the world, that is, the 88 National Junior Team, because the 88 age group is between the 85 and 89 Olympic age groups, it is too small compared with the 85 age group, and the 89 age group is older than the 89 age group, when there are only more than 100 players available for selection in the country. In July 2003, the 88 National Juniors officially formed a team, with Zhang Ning as the head coach, which was the first national junior team responsible for management after the establishment of the Youth and Youth Department of the Chinese Football Association, and successfully qualified in the Asian Junior Championship qualifiers 3 months later, including a 23-0 victory over the Chinese Macao team, which also created the largest score difference in the international competition of Chinese football men's and women's football teams at all levels.
Since then, the 88-nation junior team has participated in a series of competitions such as the 16th Grana Chin Cup, the 2nd Sanix Cup, the 19th Grabica Cup, etc. In September 2004, the 11th Japan Asian Junior Championship was low-key, Zheng Long, Zhu Zhengrong, Feng Renliang lost the Asian Junior Championship, the group stage won consecutive victories over Thailand and North Korea, the third loss to Japan to enter the knockout round, the 1/4 final victory over Oman, the semi-final 3:0 victory over Iran, the final again defeated North Korea to win the Asian Junior Championship, which is the Chinese national junior team following Yu Genwei in 1992 , Qu Shengqing, Li Xiaopeng, Yao Xia, Xiao Zhanbo, Liu Yue, Song Lihui and others won the Asian Junior Championship again after winning the 5th Saudi Asian Junior Championship 12 years later, which was highly concerned and valued by the domestic media and fans for a time, plus the 85 national youth team that just entered the World Youth Championship in the Netherlands, for a time China had two national teams entering the world-class championship at the same time, and the goalkeeper of the 88 national junior team Wang Dalei won the Asian Junior Championship mvp with his outstanding performance.
In September 2005, after participating in the 17th Granachin Cup, the 3rd Sanix Cup and the first Don Quixote Cup and a series of warm-up matches, after participating in the 11th Peru World Junior Championships, Li Xuepeng, Ma Leilei, Zuo Junlong, Gu Junjie, who participated in the Asian Junior Championships, Yu Liang lost the draft, the first group match drew with Costa Rica, the main centre-back Gu Cao was sent off with a red card for a tackle foul, and in the second game against the host Peru, left-back Deng Zhuoxiang shot a foot from 30 meters away to win the world wave. Goalkeeper Wang Dalei was shown a red card by the referee after the game for provoking fans to miss the last group game, the third game with Wang Xuanhong's goal to draw Ghana into the quarterfinals, in the quarterfinals against the European Youth Championship champion Turkey Yang Xu scored a goal to lose to the opponent 1:5, and finally the national junior team won the 7th place in the World Junior Championship, creating the best result of the previous national junior team. Since then, the development of this group of players is different, some played in the Chinese Super League to become an international footballer, some obscure early retirement, now the 17-year-old green onion teenager has long passed the age of standing, now inventory the 88 national junior team to participate in the World Junior Championship team members and the current situation, welcome rational fans to leave a message to discuss, no quality trolls please consciously detour.
Goalkeeper: No. 1 Wang Dalei, who played for Dalian Railway Club at the time, born in 1989, did not concede a single goal in the knockout stage of the Asian Junior Championship, won the Most Valuable Player of the Asian Junior Championship with his outstanding performance, became the first player in the history of the Asian Junior Championship to be mvp as a goalkeeper, and he was also nominated for the AFC Annual Best Newcomer. Wang Dalei also became famous because of this battle, he also tattooed this honor on his arm to motivate himself, after the World Junior Championship Wang Dalei has been selected for the 85 national youth team, the 89 national Olympic team, from Shanghai Liancheng to Shanghai Shenhua to Shandong Luneng, he gradually became the top goalkeeper of Chinese football, many times selected for the national team to participate in the Asian Cup, East Asian Cup, World Cup qualifiers and other important events, wang Dalei is currently participating in the Qatar World Cup qualifiers with the national team in the top 12.
Goalkeeper: No. 17 Chi Wenyi, who played for Yanbian at the time, had excellent basic skills Chi Wenyi was selected in the last minute of 2004 to participate in the big roster of the National Junior Team to participate in the Asian Junior Championship, in the 2005 World Junior Championship, he replaced the substitute goalkeeper Gu Junjie of Zhejiang Greentown during the Asian Junior Championship, because of Wang Dalei's outstanding performance, he has been playing as a substitute, the third game of the World Junior Group Stage against Ghana, because Wang Dalei was suspended, he appeared as the main goalkeeper in the game many times to resist and play very well, and tried to ensure that the national junior team group qualified. Successfully reached the knockout round, after the World Junior Championship, he played for Yanbian for many years, played very steadily, transferred to Beijing Guoan in the 2018 season, but did not get too many opportunities to play, in 2019 transferred to Hebei Huaxia Happiness team to play so far.
Right-back: No. 2 Cui Nanri, who played for Yanbian at the time, from Yanbian Song Qingling Football School, not tall but tough in the 2003 National Urban Games, he was the main right-back in the team, helped Yanbian to win the long-lost national football championship, with excellent performance was selected by Zhang Ning into the national junior team, in 2004 Asian Junior Championship he was the main right back of the 88 national junior team, for the team to win the championship, head coach Zhang Ning favored him, He was a substitute in the 2005 World Junior Championships, came off the bench in two group games against Peru and Ghana, played for Yanbian since the World Junior Games, left the professional arena to join the Yanbian University football team after the 2009 season, returned to Yanbian Fude in the 2014 season but has not played, and has now retired.
Right-back: No. 3 Tang Naixin, who played for Dongguan Nancheng at the time, tall but technically outstanding Tang Naixin did not participate in the 2004 Asian Junior Championship, in 2005 he was finally selected for the World Junior Championship roster with the all-round attribute of playing both center-back and right-back, and squeezed the original main right-back Cui Nanri to the bench, playing four games as the main player, when Gu Cao was sent off and suspended, he returned to the center-back position, in the first game against Costa Rica, the score was behind, After breaking the ball in the backcourt, he drove straight into the front of the penalty area to equalize, scoring the team's first goal in the World Junior Championship, after the World Junior Championship, he played for Chengdu Sheffield United, Tianjin Songjiang, Sichuan West Zhigu and other teams, after retiring from retirement, he entered the Sichuan Football Association as a youth team coach, and began to serve as the assistant coach of the 01 age group national youth team in 2019.
Centre-back: No. 4 Li Linfeng, who played for Qingdao Hailifeng at the time, had a strong sense of tall position, entered the national junior team in 2004, but lost the 2004 Asian Junior Championship list at the last moment, in the 2005 World Junior Championship due to the lack of defenders of the national junior team, as one of the few young players who played in the club, he was successfully selected for the World Junior Championship roster, and appeared in two games in the group stage, is an important substitute rotation player for the team, after the World Junior Championship he has played for Qingdao Hailifeng and Qingdao Zhongneng. After retiring in 2018, Zeng Lihao Football Club served as the head coach, and in 2020, he joined Qingdao Zhongchuang Hengtai in the Chinese Second Division to participate in the Chinese Second Division.
Center back: No. 5 Gu Cao, who played for shanghai sports school at the time, had excellent physical fitness, strong bounce header ability, was once known as Little Fan Zhiyi because of his similar figure and kicking posture, from the early days of the formation of the national junior team was the main center back and served as the captain, the first game of the World Junior Championship was sent off by a red card for tackling, this is also the first red card of his career, after the World Junior Championship, he entered the Shanghai Shenhua team at the age of 18, and in 2008 was brought to Henan Jianye team by Jia Xiuquan to gradually become the main defender and team captain, Gu Cao's defensive ability is very prominent, In henan Jianye, who is not strong, his defensive data every season is among the best players in the league, but his grumpy personality and fierce style of play have made him one of the famous villains in the Chinese Super League.
Centre-back: No. 20 Wang Weilong, who played for Shandong Luneng Football School at the time, defended steadily and had an excellent overall view, he became the leader of the echelon after entering Luneng Football School in 2000, he and Gu Cao were the best combination of central defenders after entering the national junior team in 2003, in the Asian Junior Championship final against North Korea, it was he who scored a header in the 85th minute to help the team win the championship, he played 4 games as the main center back in the World Junior Championship, and in 2006 he entered the Luneng first team but failed to get more opportunities Since then, he has transferred to Jiangsu Sainty Team, Shanghai Shenxin, Shenzhen Kaisa, and has been loaned to Meizhou Hakka, Shenyang City Construction and other teams, during which he was selected for the national youth team to participate in the 2008 Saudi Asian Youth Championship, and after retiring in 2021, he served as an assistant coach at Qingdao Manatee Club.
Left-back: No. 16 Deng Zhuoxiang, then played for the Guangdong Mingfeng Youth Team, fast, excellent technology, in the early days of the establishment of the national junior team is the absolute main force in the team, because there is no suitable candidate for the left-back position by the head coach Zhang Ning from full-back to full-back, with the team to participate in the Asian Junior Championship, in the World Junior Championship as the main force to play 4 games, in the group stage against the host Peru he shot 30 meters away from the world wave to help the team win the opponent, when it was praised by foreign media as China Carlos, After the World Junior Championship, he joined the Wuhan Optics Valley team and began to emerge, successively playing for Jiangsu Sainty, Shandong Luneng, Shanghai Shenhua, Qingdao Huanghai, Beijing Beikong and many other clubs, during which he was selected for the national team many times, was the absolute main force in the midfield during Gao Hongbo's coaching of the national team, he broke through the south Korean team gate with three people in the East Asian final four, defeated the world champion France with a free kick, and the wonderful performance of the free kick to kill Kuwait in the Asian Cup has also become a classic picture of Chinese football, and currently plays for the Wuhan Sanzhen team in the Chinese League One.
Back: No. 6 Cai Yaohui, who played for Dongguan Nancheng team at the time, both offensive and defensive, tough style, he was once the star of hope in Guangdong football, but also the confidant of head coach Zhang Ning, has always been the core player in the national junior team, in 2004 before the start of the Asian Junior Championship due to injury and finally failed to be selected, the World Junior Championship he played four games in the second half of the substitute, after the World Junior Championship he joined Guangzhou Evergrande's predecessor Guangzhou Medical Team, has contributed to the rise of Evergrande, in 2010 Evergrande rushed to overtake he has not found a suitable team, He represented Zhaoqing Hengtai in the Chinese Champions League, and later moved to futsal and seven-a-side football matches.
Back: No. 13 Li Zhuangfei, who played for Shandong Luneng Football School at the time, had comprehensive technology, steady style of play, and excellent overall view during the Luneng Football School, and won the 2002 U15 Nike Cup China Championship with his teammates such as Cui Peng and Wang Yongpo, and represented China in the Portuguese Global Finals that year, entered the national junior team as captain in 2003 to participate in the Asian Junior Championship, he was the absolute core of the offensive and defensive conversion on the field, and played four games as the main back of the World Junior Championship. After the World Junior Championship, due to the abundant talent of Luneng midfielders, he began to play for Xiamen Blue Lions, Wuhan Optics Valley, Jiangsu Sainty, Qingdao Zhongneng and many other teams in 2006, during which he encountered many injury problems, and transferred to Zibo Keju in 2018.
Right forward: No. 19 Huang Jie, who played at Shanghai Sijing Football School at the time, had excellent physical fitness, delicate technology, and was able to shoot suddenly, was a powerful weapon for the right side of the national junior team, and was the main right forward of the national junior team, in the 2004 Asian Junior Championship semi-final against Iran, he helped the team defeat Iran to reach the final, he started in all four games in the World Junior Championship, and was selected for the 08 Star Team, the 89 National Youth Team and the National Olympic Team in 2006, he joined Shanghai United City in 2006, and he did not have many opportunities to play after merging with Shenhua He then joined Changchun Yatai with Gao Hongbo, who has always valued him, and helped the team win the 2007 Chinese Super League championship, after Gao Hongbo left Yatai, he had few opportunities to play, after which he has successively loaned Shanghai Zhongbang and Wuhan Zhuoer, and joined Qinghai Senke in 2012, and is now retired.
Left forward: No. 14 Du Longquan, who played for Dalian Shide Youth Team at the time, had abundant physical fitness, strong wing assault ability, and could be qualified as a full-back and full-back, he and Li Xuepeng and Wang Xuanhong entered the national junior team from Dalian Shide Youth Team to participate in the Asian Junior Championship, and all four games in the World Junior Championships appeared, in 2006, together with Li Xuepeng and Wang Xuanhong, they entered the Dalian Shide first team together, but they have not had more opportunities to play, and since then the football careers of the three have begun to go in different directions. Li Xuepeng gradually gained the main position in Shide and eventually joined Guangzhou Evergrande, becoming an international and honorary plus, and he began to join Fushun Xinye and Shenzhen Kaisa in 2011, became the main force during Shenzhen Kaisa and changed to the back position, in 2018, he was transferred to Wuhan Zhuoer team by Li Tie, but after a short period of main force, he suffered injuries again, and now he has disappeared from the big list of Wuhan this season.
Front: No. 15 Wang Xuanhong, who played for dalian Shide youth team at the time, excellent technology, good at organization and scheduling, quite talented, he was the core of the team when he debuted, in dalian Shide youth team wearing no. 10, he was an absolute midfield engine, the achievement at that time was far above Li Xuepeng and other teammates, in 2003 he was selected for the national junior team, in 2004 as the main player to participate in the Asian Junior Championship, in 2005 he appeared 3 times in the World Junior Championships, In the last game of the group stage against Ghana, it was he who scored a header in the second half to help the team equalize and successfully advance to the knockout round, in the 2006 national u19 Cup competition, he and Li Xuepeng, Du Longquan led the Dalian Shide U19 echelon team all the way to win the championship, and then entered the Shide first team and had a brief highlight moment, also was selected for the 89 national Olympic team, since 2012 he has played for Chongqing Lifan, Qingdao Manatee, Beijing Renhe, and has transferred to Guizhou Hengfeng in 2020.
Centre forward: No. 8 Yang Jian, who played for Shenzhen Jianlibao Youth Team at the time, balanced attack and defense, outstanding footwork, tenacious style, in the 88 national junior team he was an important player in the main force and substitute rotation, in the 2004 Asian Junior Championship final, it was he who assisted the center-back Wang Weilong to score a deadly goal to help the team win the championship, he had three games in the World Junior Championship, after the World Junior Championship he entered the Shenzhen first team, but has not been an absolute main force, joined the Chinese Second Division Shenzhen Fengpeng team in 2012, and then transferred to Guangdong Rizhiquan, Guizhou Hengfeng Shenyang City Construction and other teams are currently playing in the Chinese League A as the core of the midfield in Shenyang City Construction.
Front: No. 10 Zhu Yifan, then played for Beijing Guoan Youth Team, excellent passing and possession ability, good at long-range shooting, he is the representative of the technical players in the national junior team, the organization and scheduling ability is favored by head coach Zhang Ning, in the 2004 Asian Junior Championship 1/4 final was his goal elimination Oman helped the team successfully advance to the semifinals, he started in three games in the World Junior Championship, after the game, the Portuguese Benfica team invited him to go to the trial training, in 2007 entered the Guoan first team but did not get too many opportunities, In the 2013 season, he transferred to Henan Jianye and helped the team to succeed with outstanding performances, and has since played for Changchun Yatai and Jiangxi Liansheng, Hebei Elite, Shenyang City Construction, Nantong Zhiyun, and currently plays for the championship team Jinan Xingzhou Club.
Right forward: No. 11 Zhang Xu, who played for Shandong Luneng Football School at the time, strong ability to go back and forth on the flanks, good at breaking through the inside shot, he entered the national junior team from Luneng Football School with teammates Li Zhuangfei and Wang Weilong, in the football school with Wang Yongpo in 87 years, Cui Peng was a teammate of the same echelon, accompanied by the team to participate in the Asian Junior Championship, he failed to get the opportunity to play in the World Junior Championship, after the End of the World Junior Championship, he has also been waiting for opportunities in the Luneng Reserve Team, after the expiration of his contract in 2007, he has found many clubs but failed to transfer successfully. Subsequently, he entered Zhejiang University as a football student, helped Zhejiang University win many championships, and won many honors such as best scorer and best player, and currently continues his football dream in the domestic futsal field.
Forward: No. 7 Yu Dabao, then played for Qingdao Hailifeng team, excellent physical fitness, fast speed, strong impact, Yu Dabao entered the national junior team in the early days of the establishment of the team, and entered the Hailifeng reserve team, in 2004 Asian Junior Championship and 2005 World Junior Championship he was not an absolute main force, after the World Junior Championship he went to Benfica team trial training and signed to join, after several teams in Portugal returned to Tianjin Teda in 2010, since then his career began to gradually succeed, His outstanding performance in Tianjin Teda has allowed him to be selected for the national team many times, and has transferred to Dalian Albin and Beijing Guoan, in the national team he has repeatedly been in danger in key games, was made a national football lucky general by the stadium, after joining Guoan due to the fierce competition in the forward line, he was gradually transformed into a center-back, whether in Guoan or the national team are not satisfactory, and are currently participating in the Qatar World Cup qualifier round of 12 with the national team.
Forward: No. 9 Gu Jinjin, who played for Tianjin Teda Echelon at the time, fast, excellent personal skills, light running position, strong ability to grasp opportunities, when he was 12 years old, he was rated as the best striker and Nike future star in the small A competition, was widely optimistic by the industry, after entering the national junior team in 2003, he has been the main force of forward iron, Yu Dabao, Wang Gang, Yang Xudu were his substitutes, the World Junior Championship 4 starts to play all the games, and then in the TEDA team he has been waiting for opportunities, entering the first team in 2009, But before he began to prove himself on the field, he had to undergo surgery due to a brain disease, and in the following years he has been recovering from his illness, and in 2013, he did not want to give up football and returned to Taida to participate in winter training, but in a training, he completely left the stadium with an accidental fracture of his ankle, and this ill-fated former genius striker finally failed to appear on the Chinese Super League stage that he infinitely aspired to, which was regrettable.
Forward: No. 18 Yang Xu, then played for the Liaoning Hongyun echelon, excellent physical fitness, strong header ability, in 2003 after being selected for the national junior team to become the team's main striker, he and Gu Jinjin's forward combination tacit understanding, in the Asian Junior Preliminary Round of the national junior team 23-0 victory over Macau, China, Yang Xu debuted for the national junior team, and scored 7 goals in the game, in 2004 in the Asian Junior Championship Yang Xu scored 3 goals in 6 games, became the team's top scorer and helped the team win the championship, After that, he was selected by Clauschen, who was the coach of the national youth at the time, and was recruited into the 08 Olympic Star football team, and went to Germany for training with the team. In the match with the Real Madrid u18 youth team scored a goal to help the team to achieve victory, in the 2005 World Junior Championship Yang Xu started all 4 games, and scored a goal in the game against Turkey, after which he became the main striker of the Liaoning Hongyun team, and was selected for the Youth Team to participate in the India Asian Youth Championship, and then selected for the national Olympic team to participate in important events such as the Toulon Cup and finally failed to participate in the Beijing Olympic Games due to injury, after 2012, he successively played for Shandong Luneng, Changchun Yatai and Tianjin Quanjian, during which he was selected for the national team to participate in various important competitions The national team scored a total of 28 goals, which is the player with the most goals in the active national football team, and joined Shanghai Shenhua in 2020.
Forward: No. 12 Wang Gang, who played for Tianjin Lokomotiv Club at the time, fast and strong impact, in 2003, when the national junior team was established, Wang Gang was selected together with lokomotiv teammates Ma Leilei and Feng Renliang, Feng Renliang was first selected due to injury before the Asian Junior Championship, and Ma Leilei was not selected before the World Junior Championship, Wang Gang insisted all the way to the end of the World Junior Championship, although he only appeared as a short substitute during the World Junior Championship, but his outstanding performance in 2006 when he participated in the Portuguese Four Nations Tournament with the national youth team made him noticed by Benfica. In 2007, Wang Gang joined Benfica to start his career in foreign countries, after several seasons, he returned to China in 2011 to join Shandong Luneng, and was gradually transformed into a right winger, right forward and right back, after which he joined Beijing Renhe and Beijing Guoan team, during which he was selected for important events such as the World Cup qualifiers of the national team with his outstanding performance, and is currently participating in the Qatar World Cup Qualifiers round of 12 with the national team.