Taipei Football Association and to readmit the Chinese Football Association was passed on 7 July 1980. In 1992 the CFA under the auspices of the General Administration of Sport of China released plan to improve the quality of football in the nation. The plan included hiring Klaus Schlappner to coach the national team and as a technical adviser for the football federation and had the stated goals of attempting to enter the 1994 World Cup, to be among the top five teams in the 1995 Women's World Cup, qualify for the 1996 Olympic Games, represent Asia in the 1998 World Cup, to reach the quarter-finals of the 2000 Olympic Games, and to be among the top four teams in the 2002 World Cup. Then in 1998, the then-Minister of Sports announced a ten-year plan for Chinese football with goals to reach the World Cup finals and become one of the top sixteen teams in the world by 2002. National teams Men's national team The China national football team ( represents the People's Republic of China in international association football. Since rejoining the international football community, the team achieved their highest FIFA ranking of 37 in December 1998. The men's national team has won the EAFF East Asian Cup in 2005 and 2010, was runner-up at the AFC Asian Cup in 1984 and 2004, and made its sole FIFA World Cup appearance in 2002, losing all matches without scoring a goal. Women's national team The China women's national football team (), represents the People's Republic of China in international association football. The team is colloquially referred to as "Zhōngguó Nǚzú" (, and has been nicknamed the "Steel Roses" (). The team achieved their highest FIFA ranking of 4 in 2003. The women's team has won AFC Women's Asian Cup a record 8 times in 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2006 and were runners-up a two times in 2003, 2008. They were also runners up at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. Professional leagues Professional football in China is organized by the CFA and currently consists of four professional leagues organized in a hierarchical format with promotion and relegation between the leagues. The Chinese Football Association Super League is the top flight of professional football in China after a rebranding of the National Football Jia A League in 2004. Also founded in 2004, the Chinese Football Association China League