Data map: Jankovic.
Image source: Visual China
China News Service, February 24th. The new coach of the Chinese men's football team finally has the answer today.
The Chinese Football Association announced on the 24th that it has hired Serbian Jankovic as the head coach of the Chinese National Men's Football Team.
Jankovic, who was born in 1972, has taught in many countries and has rich coaching experience.
In September 2018, he served as the head coach of the Yellow Team of the Chinese U-19 (1999 age group) National Men's Football Team.
Since then, Jankovic has taught in China for a long time and has a relatively good understanding of the current situation of Chinese football.
Looking back at the history of the national football team, there have been more than 30 coaches in the past 70 years. Among them are not only famous Chinese football players like Nian Weisi, but also foreign coaches with great reputation in international football such as Milu and Ali Han.
After taking over the national football coach this time, Jankovic's task is to lead the team to prepare for the 2023 Asian Cup and the 2026 World Cup Asian qualifiers.
Can he save the Chinese men's football team in trouble?
1st term: Li Fenglou
Chinese sports activist and football legend.
In 1952, the People's Republic of China established the first national football team, and Li Fenglou served as the first national team coach of the Chinese men's football team.
2nd term: Ambel Joseph (Hungary)
In 1954, in order to quickly improve the level of football, China decided to send a team to study in Hungary.
At that time, there were 25 players who went to Hungary to study abroad, including football legend Zhang Honggen, Nian Weisi, Chen Chengda, Zeng Xuelin and a group of names that later resounded throughout the history of Chinese football.
At that time, the coach of the Chinese team in Hungary was Joseph, and he was also the first foreign coach in the strict sense of Chinese football.
3rd term: Dai Linjing
Dai Linjing was originally the head coach of the Bayi Team of the People's Liberation Army.
In 1957, he served as the head coach of the Chinese National Football Team.
He led his team to participate in the sixth World Cup qualifiers, but lost to the Indonesian team in the first game and was eliminated.
4th term: Chen Chengda
Chen Chengda is a veteran of the Chinese football world. He studied in the Department of Architecture and Engineering of St. John's University in Shanghai in his youth and was a member of the first national football team in New China.
He served as the coach of the Chinese men's football team from 1958 to 1962, but the Chinese men's football team did not participate in any major competitions during his tenure.
5th term: Nian Weisi
Nian Weisi was born in Beijing in 1933. Influenced by his brother when he was young, he loved football and went to Hungary to study.
In 1963, Nian Weisi took office as the coach of the Chinese men's football team.
During his printing, the Chinese team participated in the football match of the first Emerging Power Games held in Jakarta. This is also the second time that the Chinese team participated in an official international competition.
In the competition, the Chinese team won the first place in the group after beating Mali and tying the Indonesian team. However, they lost to Uruguay in the quarter-finals and failed to advance further.
6th term: Fang Renqiu
In 1959, he successively served as the coach of the Chinese youth team and the second Chinese team. From 1961 to 1963, he was selected as the head of the China Aid Cambodia Sports Team and concurrently served as the head coach of the Cambodian national team.
In 1964, he returned to China to serve as the coach of the Chinese men's national football team. During his tenure, there were no major events, and Nian Weisi took over later.
Data map: Nian Weisi (third from left).
Photo by Zhong Xin issued by China News Agency
7th term: Nian Weisi
In 1965, Nian Weisi took over the national football team and became the coach of the Chinese men's football team for the second time.
In this position, he has been in charge of the Chinese men's football team until 1976.
Among them, he served as the team leader from 1974 to 1976, and Ren Bin was responsible for the actual head coaching affairs.
8th term: Zhang Honggen
He is the most famous football star in the early days of New China, the number one star of Chinese football in the 1950s, and one of the best players in Chinese football history.
He took over as the coach of the national football team in 1977, and there were no major events during his term of office.
9th term: Nian Weisi
In 1978, Nian Weisi came out three times to take over the national football team.
He led the team to participate in the Asian Games that year, and won the bronze medal by beating the Iraqi team 1-0 in the final for third place.
The 10th term: Zhang Honggen
Zhang Honggen is also serving as the coach of the national football team for the second time, and there are no major events.
Eleventh term: Nian Weisi
Nian Weisi took over again in 1980, but resigned after leading the team to lose in the Olympic qualifiers.
12th term: Su Yongshun
In 1980, Su Yongshun led the Chinese team to participate in the World Cup Asia-region qualifiers, and finally returned with hatred, and he himself left for Canada.
The 13th term: Zhang Honggen
In 1982, Zhang Honggen served as the coach of the national football team for the third time and led the team to participate in the Asian Games of that year, but was eliminated after losing to North Korea.
14th: Zeng Xuelin
In 1983, the national football team under Zeng Xuelin participated in the 23rd Olympic qualifiers, but the group failed to qualify.
In the 1985 World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team unexpectedly lost to Hong Kong, China, which also triggered the famous "519" incident, and Zeng Xuelin was forced to resign.
Data map: Nian Weisi
15th term: Nian Weisi
After the "519" incident, Nian Weisi took over the national team for the fifth time in 1985 and participated in the 1986 Asian Games.
The 16th term: Gao Fengwen
In 1986, Gao Fengwen was in charge of the coach of the Chinese team. He led the team to obtain the right to participate in the Seoul Olympics. This was the first time that the Chinese team participated in a world-class international competition.
In 1988, the Chinese team won the fourth place in the Asian Cup.
In 1989, in the 14th World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team handed over the victory.
17th: Xu Genbao
In 1991, Xu Genbao also served as the head coach of the national team and the Olympic team, but he announced his dismissal a year later.
18th: Schlappner (Germany)
In 1992, the Chinese team ushered in the first foreign coach in the true sense-German Schlappner.
In the same year, he led the Chinese team to win the third place in the 10th Asian Cup, but failed to qualify for the 1993 World Cup qualifying group stage and had to leave.
Data map: Shrapner.
No. 19: Qi Wusheng
Qi Wusheng took office in 1994.
In 1995, the Chinese team failed to qualify for the 26th Olympic Games qualifiers.
In 1997, the Chinese team participated in the top ten World Cup qualifiers but failed to qualify, and Qi Wusheng dismissed get out of class.
The 20th: Houghton (UK)
The British Horton took over the Chinese team in 1998 and won the third place in the Asian Games in the same year, but failed to qualify for the 1999 Olympic qualifiers.
21st: Milutinovic (Yugoslavia)
The "magic coach" Milutinovic can be called the most successful head coach of the Chinese team so far. He led the Chinese team to qualify for the group stage in the top ten match in 2001 and successfully entered the World Cup in Korea and Japan, realizing the dreams of generations of Chinese people .
In 2002, Milu led the Chinese team to the World Cup, and resigned after losing all three group matches.
The 22nd: Ali Han (Netherlands)
The Dutchman Ali Han became the head coach of the Chinese team in 2002 and participated in the 2004 World Cup qualifiers, but failed to qualify.
In the Asian Cup held in the same year, Ali Han led the Chinese team to the final, but unfortunately lost to Japan and missed the championship.
Data map: Zhu Guanghu.
Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency
The 23rd: Zhu Guanghu
Zhu Guanghu took over the Chinese team in 2005 and won the 2005 East Asian Football Championship and the East Asian Games championship, but he was sadly dismissed after the 2007 Asian Cup defeat to Uzbekistan.
The 24th: Dujkovic/Folado (Yugoslavia)
In September 2007, Dujkovic became the coach of the national team, and his friend Folado was the executive coach.
However, the Chinese team was eliminated at the bottom of the group in the World Cup qualifiers, and the two also dismissed get out of class.
The 25th: Gao Hongbo
Gao Hongbo has served as the new coach of the national football team since 2009. Although he had a brilliant record of drawing against Germany and defeating France in the warm-up match, he was forced to dismiss get out of class because he failed to qualify for the 2011 Asian Cup.
26th: Camacho (Spain)
In 2011, Spaniard Camacho took office.
But during his coaching period, the national football team not only missed the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, but also lost to the Thai team with a humiliating 1:5.
Finally, in 2013, Camacho was dismissed.
The 27th: Perrin (France)
In 2014, the Frenchman Alan Perrin took office and led the national football team to qualify in the 2015 Asian Cup. He lost to the host Australia in the knockout round and was eliminated.
Subsequent poor results in the World Cup qualifiers led to his dismissal.
Data map: Gao Hongbo coaching on the sidelines Image source: Visual China
28th: Gao Hongbo
On February 3, 2016, Gao Hongbo once again became the head coach of the Chinese team, leading the national football team to the top 12 miraculously.
However, due to only 1 draw and 3 losses in the first 4 matches of the top 12, Gao Hongbo sadly resigned.
29th: Lippi
On October 22, 2016, Lippi officially became the coach of the Chinese national team.
During his 829 days in office, he led the Chinese men's football team to play 30 games, with 10 wins, 9 draws and 11 losses.
During this period, there were not only the climax of overcoming "Korea-phobia" 1:0 in the top 12, but also the trough of consecutive disastrous defeats in the China Cup.
After leading the Chinese men's football team to the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup in 2019, Lippi resigned.
30th: Lippi
The coaching position of the national football team has been vacant for a few months, and there has also been a period of "national football training team" in which Cannavaro was briefly in charge.
On May 24, 2019, Lippi returned.
On November 15, 2019, after the Chinese men's football team lost 1:2 to Syria, Lippi announced his resignation again at the post-match press conference.
During the 6 months of "Second Entry", the Ribbon Team played 7 games and achieved a record of 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Among them, there were only 2 winless games, which happened to be the most critical two games of the top 40 games.
Data map: Lippi Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency
31st: Li Tie
In January 2020, the Chinese Football Association announced that Li Tie will be the head coach of the national football team.
Li Tie once played for Everton Club in the Premier League and represented the national team in the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan.
After retiring, he transformed into a coach and led the national football team to the top 12 of the Qatar World Preliminaries in the Asian region. He resigned halfway through the schedule.
In November 2022, it was officially notified that Li Tie, the former head coach of the Chinese National Men's Football Team, was investigated. He became the first head coach of the Chinese National Men's Football Team to be investigated.
The 32nd: Li Xiaopeng
In December 2021, the Chinese Football Association official announced Li Xiaopeng as the head coach of the national football team.
After transforming into a coach, Li Xiaopeng once coached the Chinese women's football team and was awarded the best coach of the year in the Chinese Super League during his tenure as the coach of Shandong Luneng Taishan.
As the "firefighting coach", Li Xiaopeng led his team to participate in 4 rounds of Qatar World Preliminaries in Asia, and achieved 1 draw and 3 losses.
Due to the poor performance of the team, after the top 12 matches, selecting coaches for the National Football Association has become one of the key tasks of the Football Association, until today the official announced that Kovic took office.
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