2011 AFC Asian Cup squads

This article lists the confirmed national football squads for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup tournament held in Qatar between 7 January and 29 January 2011. Before announcing their final squad, several teams named a provisional squad of 23 to 30 players, but each country's final squad of 23 players had to be submitted by 28 December 2010. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 6 hours before the team's first Asian Cup game. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the tournament, including all pre-tournament friendlies. Player's age is their age on the opening day of the tournament.

Group A

Qatar

Head coach: Bruno Metsu

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Qasem Burhan	(1985-12-15)15 December 1985 (aged 25)	17	Al-Gharrafa
2	2DF	Hamid Ismail	(1986-01-15)15 January 1986 (aged 24)	9	Al-Rayyan
3	2DF	Mohammed Kasola	(1986-08-13)13 August 1986 (aged 24)	10	Al-Sadd
4	3MF	Lawrence Quaye	(1984-08-22)22 August 1984 (aged 26)	6	Al-Gharrafa
5	4FW	Hassan Al-Haydos	(1990-12-11)11 December 1990 (aged 20)	5	Al-Sadd
6	2DF	Bilal Mohammed (c)	(1986-06-02)2 June 1986 (aged 24)	56	Al-Gharrafa
7	3MF	Wesam Rizik	(1981-02-25)25 February 1981 (aged 29)	38	Al-Sadd
8	2DF	Mesaad Al-Hamad	(1986-02-11)11 February 1986 (aged 24)	31	Al-Sadd
9	4FW	Jaralla Al-Marri	(1988-04-03)3 April 1988 (aged 22)	6	Al-Rayyan
10	4FW	Hussein Yasser	(1984-01-19)19 January 1984 (aged 26)	15	Zamalek
11	4FW	Fábio César	(1979-02-24)24 February 1979 (aged 31)	22	Al-Rayyan
12	4FW	Yusef Ahmed	(1988-10-14)14 October 1988 (aged 22)	15	Al-Sadd
13	2DF	Ibrahim Majid	(1990-05-12)12 May 1990 (aged 20)	31	Al-Sadd
14	3MF	Khalfan Ibrahim	(1988-02-18)18 February 1988 (aged 22)	28	Al-Sadd
15	3MF	Talal Al-Bloushi	(1986-05-22)22 May 1986 (aged 24)	39	Al-Sadd
16	4FW	Mohamed El-Sayed	(1987-01-01)1 January 1987 (aged 24)	5	Umm-Salal
17	3MF	Abdulaziz Al Sulaiti	(1988-06-11)11 June 1988 (aged 22)	0	Al-Arabi
18	2DF	Ibrahim Al-Ghanim	(1983-06-27)27 June 1983 (aged 27)	45	Al-Gharrafa
19	2DF	Khalid Muftah	(1992-07-02)2 July 1992 (aged 18)	2	Lekhwiya
20	2DF	Ali Afif	(1988-01-20)20 January 1988 (aged 22)	26	Al-Sadd
21	1GK	Mohammed Mubarak	(1984-08-11)11 August 1984 (aged 26)	2	Qatar SC
22	1GK	Saad Al-Sheeb	(1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 20)	3	Al-Sadd
23	4FW	Sebastián Soria	(1983-11-08)8 November 1983 (aged 27)	46	Qatar SC

Uzbekistan

Head coach: Vadim Abramov

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Temur Juraev	(1984-05-12)12 May 1984 (aged 26)	9	Pakhtakor Tashkent
2	4FW	Ulugbek Bakayev	(1978-11-28)28 November 1978 (aged 32)	29	Tobol
3	2DF	Shavkat Mullajanov	(1986-01-19)19 January 1986 (aged 24)	4	Olmaliq
4	2DF	Anzur Ismailov	(1985-04-21)21 April 1985 (aged 25)	27	Bunyodkor
5	2DF	Aziz Ibragimov	(1986-07-21)21 July 1986 (aged 24)	15	Bohemians
6	2DF	Sakhob Juraev	(1987-01-19)19 January 1987 (aged 23)	14	Bunyodkor
7	3MF	Aziz Haydarov	(1985-07-08)8 July 1985 (aged 25)	26	Bunyodkor
8	3MF	Server Djeparov (c)	(1982-10-03)3 October 1982 (aged 28)	66	FC Seoul
9	3MF	Odil Ahmedov	(1987-11-25)25 November 1987 (aged 23)	33	Pakhtakor Tashkent
10	3MF	Shavkat Salomov	(1985-11-13)13 November 1985 (aged 25)	5	Nasaf Qarshi
11	4FW	Marat Bikmaev	(1986-01-01)1 January 1986 (aged 25)	22	Alania Vladikavkaz
12	1GK	Ignatiy Nesterov	(1983-06-20)20 June 1983 (aged 27)	50	Bunyodkor
13	3MF	Olim Navkarov	(1983-03-03)3 March 1983 (aged 27)	7	Qizilqum Zarafshon
14	3MF	Stanislav Andreev	(1988-05-06)6 May 1988 (aged 22)	9	Pakhtakor Tashkent
15	4FW	Alexander Geynrikh	(1984-10-06)6 October 1984 (aged 26)	55	Pakhtakor Tashkent
16	4FW	Maksim Shatskikh	(1978-08-30)30 August 1978 (aged 32)	52	Arsenal Kyiv
17	3MF	Sanzhar Tursunov	(1986-12-29)29 December 1986 (aged 24)	2	Volga Nizhny Novgorod
18	3MF	Timur Kapadze	(1981-09-05)5 September 1981 (aged 29)	74	Bunyodkor
19	3MF	Jasur Hasanov	(1983-08-02)2 August 1983 (aged 27)	18	Lekhwiya
20	2DF	Farrukh Nurliboev	(1991-01-06)6 January 1991 (aged 20)	1	Olmaliq
21	1GK	Murod Zukhurov	(1983-02-23)23 February 1983 (aged 27)	1	Nasaf Qarshi
22	2DF	Viktor Karpenko	(1977-09-07)7 September 1977 (aged 33)	45	Bunyodkor
23	3MF	Vagiz Galiulin	(1987-10-10)10 October 1987 (aged 23)	7	Sibir Novosibirsk

Kuwait

Head coach: Goran Tufegdžić

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Khaled Al-Rashidi	(1987-04-20)20 April 1987 (aged 23)	0	Al-Arabi
2	2DF	Yaqoub Al Taher	(1983-10-27)27 October 1983 (aged 27)	46	Al-Ettifaq[1]
3	2DF	Fahad Awadh	(1985-02-26)26 February 1985 (aged 25)	26	Al-Kuwait
4	2DF	Hussain Fadel	(1984-10-09)9 October 1984 (aged 26)	36	Qadsia
5	3MF	Ahmad Ajab	(1984-05-13)13 May 1984 (aged 26)	26	Qadsia
6	2DF	Amer Al Fadhel	(1988-04-21)21 April 1988 (aged 22)	14	Qadsia
7	3MF	Fahad Al Enezi	(1988-09-01)1 September 1988 (aged 22)	16	Kazma
8	3MF	Saleh Al Sheikh	(1982-05-29)29 May 1982 (aged 28)	31	Qadsia
9	3MF	Ali Maqseed	(1986-12-11)11 December 1986 (aged 24)	12	Al-Arabi
10	4FW	Khaled Khalaf	(1983-08-15)15 August 1983 (aged 27)	30	Al-Arabi
11	3MF	Fahad Al Ansari	(1987-02-25)25 February 1987 (aged 23)	21	Qadsia
12	4FW	Abdullah Al Shemali	(1988-01-19)19 January 1988 (aged 22)	5	Al-Shabab[1]
13	2DF	Musaed Neda	(1983-07-08)8 July 1983 (aged 27)	68	Qadsia
14	3MF	Talal Al-Amer	(1987-02-22)22 February 1987 (aged 23)	21	Qadsia
15	3MF	Waleed Ali	(1980-11-03)3 November 1980 (aged 30)	68	Al-Kuwait
16	4FW	Hamad Al-Enezi	(1986-10-05)5 October 1986 (aged 24)	22	Qadsia
17	4FW	Bader Al-Mutawa	(1985-01-10)10 January 1985 (aged 25)	102	Qadsia
18	3MF	Jarah Al Ateeqi	(1981-10-15)15 October 1981 (aged 29)	48	Al-Kuwait
19	2DF	Ahmed Saad Al Rashidi	(1983-08-16)16 August 1983 (aged 27)	8	Al-Arabi
20	4FW	Yousef Nasser	(1990-10-09)9 October 1990 (aged 20)	18	Kazma[1]
21	3MF	Abdulaziz Al Misha'an	(1988-10-19)19 October 1988 (aged 22)	11	Qadsia[2]
22	1GK	Nawaf Al-Khaldi (c)	(1981-05-25)25 May 1981 (aged 29)	45	Qadsia
23	1GK	Hameed Youssef	(1987-08-10)10 August 1987 (aged 23)	3	Al-Salmiya

China

Head coach: Gao Hongbo

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Yang Zhi	(1983-06-06)6 June 1983 (aged 27)	21	Beijing Guoan
2	2DF	Li Xuepeng	(1988-09-18)18 September 1988 (aged 22)	3	Dalian Shide
3	2DF	Wang Qiang	(1984-07-23)23 July 1984 (aged 26)	12	Changsha Ginde
4	2DF	Zhao Peng	(1983-06-20)20 June 1983 (aged 27)	20	Henan Construction
5	2DF	Du Wei (c)	(1982-02-09)9 February 1982 (aged 28)	54	Hangzhou Greentown
6	3MF	Zhou Haibin	(1985-07-19)19 July 1985 (aged 25)	42	Shandong Luneng
7	3MF	Zhao Xuri	(1985-12-03)3 December 1985 (aged 25)	39	Shaanxi Zhongjian
8	3MF	Hao Junmin	(1987-03-24)24 March 1987 (aged 23)	30	Schalke
9	4FW	Yang Xu	(1988-02-12)12 February 1988 (aged 22)	8	Liaoning Whowin
10	3MF	Deng Zhuoxiang	(1988-10-24)24 October 1988 (aged 22)	20	Shandong Luneng
11	4FW	Qu Bo	(1981-07-15)15 July 1981 (aged 29)	66	Shaanxi Zhongjian
12	1GK	Guan Zhen	(1985-02-06)6 February 1985 (aged 25)	1	Jiangsu Sainty
13	2DF	Liu Jianye	(1987-06-17)17 June 1987 (aged 23)	12	Jiangsu Sainty
14	3MF	Wang Song	(1983-10-12)12 October 1983 (aged 27)	7	Hangzhou Greentown
15	3MF	Yu Tao	(1981-10-15)15 October 1981 (aged 29)	8	Shanghai Shenhua
16	3MF	Huang Bowen	(1987-07-13)13 July 1987 (aged 23)	15	Beijing Guoan
17	2DF	Zhang Linpeng	(1989-05-09)9 May 1989 (aged 21)	14	Guangzhou Evergrande
18	4FW	Gao Lin	(1986-02-14)14 February 1986 (aged 24)	41	Guangzhou Evergrande
19	3MF	Yang Hao	(1983-08-19)19 August 1983 (aged 27)	22	Beijing Guoan
20	2DF	Rong Hao	(1987-04-07)7 April 1987 (aged 23)	26	Hangzhou Greentown
21	3MF	Yu Hai	(1987-06-04)4 June 1987 (aged 23)	19	Shaanxi Zhongjian
22	1GK	Zeng Cheng	(1987-01-08)8 January 1987 (aged 23)	9	Henan Construction
23	2DF	Li Jianbin	(1989-01-19)19 January 1989 (aged 21)	0	Chengdu Blades

Group B

Japan

Head coach: Alberto Zaccheroni

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Eiji Kawashima	(1983-03-20)20 March 1983 (aged 27)	16	Lierse
2	2DF	Masahiko Inoha	(1985-08-28)28 August 1985 (aged 25)	0	Kashima Antlers
3	2DF	Daiki Iwamasa	(1982-01-30)30 January 1982 (aged 28)	4	Kashima Antlers
4	3MF	Yasuyuki Konno	(1983-01-25)25 January 1983 (aged 27)	40	FC Tokyo
5	2DF	Yuto Nagatomo	(1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 24)	34	Cesena
6	2DF	Atsuto Uchida	(1988-03-27)27 March 1988 (aged 22)	34	FC Schalke 04
7	3MF	Yasuhito Endō	(1980-01-28)28 January 1980 (aged 30)	100	Gamba Osaka
8	3MF	Daisuke Matsui	(1981-05-11)11 May 1981 (aged 29)	29	Tom Tomsk
9	4FW	Shinji Okazaki	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 24)	35	Shimizu S-Pulse
10	3MF	Shinji Kagawa	(1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 21)	17	Borussia Dortmund
11	4FW	Ryoichi Maeda	(1981-10-09)9 October 1981 (aged 29)	7	Júbilo Iwata
12	2DF	Ryota Moriwaki	(1986-04-06)6 April 1986 (aged 24)	0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
13	3MF	Hajime Hosogai	(1986-06-10)10 June 1986 (aged 24)	3	FC Augsburg
14	3MF	Jungo Fujimoto	(1984-03-24)24 March 1984 (aged 26)	6	Shimizu S-Pulse
15	3MF	Takuya Honda	(1985-04-17)17 April 1985 (aged 25)	0	Shimizu S-Pulse
16	3MF	Yōsuke Kashiwagi	(1987-12-15)15 December 1987 (aged 23)	1	Urawa Red Diamonds
17	3MF	Makoto Hasebe (c)	(1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 26)	37	VfL Wolfsburg
18	3MF	Keisuke Honda	(1986-06-13)13 June 1986 (aged 24)	23	CSKA Moscow
19	4FW	Tadanari Lee	(1985-12-19)19 December 1985 (aged 25)	0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
20	2DF	Mitsuru Nagata	(1983-04-06)6 April 1983 (aged 27)	1	Urawa Red Diamonds
21	1GK	Shusaku Nishikawa	(1986-06-18)18 June 1986 (aged 24)	3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
22	2DF	Maya Yoshida	(1988-08-24)24 August 1988 (aged 22)	1	VVV-Venlo
23	1GK	Shūichi Gonda	(1989-03-03)3 March 1989 (aged 21)	1	FC Tokyo

Jordan

Head coach: Adnan Hamad

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Amer Shafi	(1982-02-14)14 February 1982 (aged 28)	82	Al-Wehdat
2	2DF	Mohammad Muneer	(1982-04-17)17 April 1982 (aged 28)	41	Tishreen
3	2DF	Suleiman Al-Salman	(1987-06-27)27 June 1987 (aged 23)	17	Al-Ramtha
4	3MF	Baha' Abdul-Rahman	(1987-01-05)5 January 1987 (aged 24)	26	Al-Faisaly
5	2DF	Mohammad Al-Dmeiri	(1987-08-30)30 August 1987 (aged 23)	6	Al-Wehdat
6	3MF	Saeed Murjan	(1990-02-10)10 February 1990 (aged 20)	4	Al-Arabi
7	3MF	Amer Deeb	(1980-02-04)4 February 1980 (aged 30)	79	Al-Wehdat
8	2DF	Bashar Bani Yaseen	(1977-11-01)1 November 1977 (aged 33)	89	Al-Jazeera
9	3MF	Odai Al-Saify	(1986-04-26)26 April 1986 (aged 24)	37	Alki Larnaca
10	4FW	Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek	(1983-06-16)16 June 1983 (aged 27)	18	Al-Faisaly
11	4FW	Ra'ed Al-Nawateer	(1988-05-05)5 May 1988 (aged 22)	22	Al-Jazeera
12	1GK	Lo'ai Al-Amaireh	(1977-11-30)30 November 1977 (aged 33)	31	Al-Faisaly
13	4FW	Hamza Al-Dardour	(1991-05-12)12 May 1991 (aged 19)	1	Al-Ramtha
14	4FW	Abdallah Deeb	(1987-03-03)3 March 1987 (aged 23)	37	Shabab Al-Ordon
15	3MF	Shadi Abu Hash'hash	(1981-01-20)20 January 1981 (aged 29)	14	Al Taawon
16	2DF	Basem Fat'hi	(1982-09-01)1 September 1982 (aged 28)	51	Al-Wehdat
17	2DF	Hatem Aqel (c)	(1978-06-21)21 June 1978 (aged 32)	91	Al-Raed
18	3MF	Hassan Abdel-Fattah	(1982-08-17)17 August 1982 (aged 28)	55	Al-Wehdat
19	2DF	Anas Bani Yaseen	(1988-11-29)29 November 1988 (aged 22)	30	Najran
20	3MF	Alaa' Al-Shaqran	(1988-04-21)21 April 1988 (aged 22)	6	Shabab Al-Ordon
21	3MF	Ahmad Abdel-Halim	(1986-09-14)14 September 1986 (aged 24)	24	Al-Wehdat
22	1GK	Moataz Yaseen	(1982-11-03)3 November 1982 (aged 28)	2	Shabab Al-Ordon
23	3MF	Anas Hijah	(1988-07-13)13 July 1988 (aged 22)	5	Al-Faisaly

Saudi Arabia

Head coach: José Peseiro (sacked after the first match, replaced by Nasser Al-Johar)

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Waleed Abdullah	(1986-04-19)19 April 1986 (aged 24)	34	Al-Shabab
2	2DF	Abdullah Shuhail	(1985-01-22)22 January 1985 (aged 25)	28	Al-Shabab
3	2DF	Osama Hawsawi	(1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 26)	54	Al-Hilal
4	2DF	Hamad Al-Montashari	(1982-06-22)22 June 1982 (aged 28)	54	Al-Ittihad
5	2DF	Osama Al-Muwallad	(1984-05-16)16 May 1984 (aged 26)	38	Al-Ittihad
6	3MF	Ahmed Otaif	(1983-04-14)14 April 1983 (aged 27)	30	Al-Shabab
7	2DF	Kamel Al-Mousa	(1982-08-29)29 August 1982 (aged 28)	12	Al-Ahli
8	3MF	Manaf Abushgeer	(1980-02-05)5 February 1980 (aged 30)	4	Al-Ittihad
9	4FW	Naif Hazazi	(1988-07-27)27 July 1988 (aged 22)	14	Al-Ittihad
10	3MF	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	(1980-12-08)8 December 1980 (aged 30)	68	Al-Hilal
11	4FW	Nasser Al-Shamrani	(1983-11-23)23 November 1983 (aged 27)	28	Al-Shabab
12	2DF	Mishaal Al-Saeed	(1983-07-18)18 July 1983 (aged 27)	6	Al-Ittihad
13	3MF	Moataz Al-Musa	(1987-08-06)6 August 1987 (aged 23)	1	Al-Ahli
14	3MF	Saud Kariri	(1980-07-08)8 July 1980 (aged 30)	46	Al-Ittihad
15	3MF	Abdoh Otaif	(1984-04-02)2 April 1984 (aged 26)	50	Al-Shabab
16	3MF	Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari	(1988-10-11)11 October 1988 (aged 22)	6	Al-Hilal
17	3MF	Taisir Al-Jassim	(1984-07-25)25 July 1984 (aged 26)	52	Al-Ahli
18	4FW	Nawaf Al-Abed	(1990-01-26)26 January 1990 (aged 20)	6	Al-Hilal
19	3MF	Mohammad Massad	(1983-02-17)17 February 1983 (aged 27)	0	Al-Ahli
20	4FW	Yasser Al-Qahtani (c)	(1982-10-10)10 October 1982 (aged 28)	92	Al-Hilal
21	1GK	Mabrouk Zaid	(1979-02-11)11 February 1979 (aged 31)	36	Al-Ittihad
22	1GK	Hussain Shae'an	(1989-05-23)23 May 1989 (aged 21)	0	Al-Shabab
23	4FW	Muhannad Assiri	(1986-10-14)14 October 1986 (aged 24)	16	Al-Wehda

Syria

Head coach: Valeriu Tiţa

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Mosab Balhous (c)	(1983-10-05)5 October 1983 (aged 27)	72	Al-Karamah
2	2DF	Belal Abduldaim	(1983-06-01)1 June 1983 (aged 27)	24	Al-Karamah
3	2DF	Ali Diab	(1982-05-23)23 May 1982 (aged 28)	80	Al-Shorta
4	2DF	Jehad Al Baour	(1987-06-27)27 June 1987 (aged 23)	2	Al-Jaish
5	3MF	Feras Esmaeel	(1983-01-03)3 January 1983 (aged 28)	70	Al-Jaish
6	4FW	Jehad Al-Hussain	(1982-07-30)30 July 1982 (aged 28)	72	Al-Qadsia
7	3MF	Abdelrazaq Al-Hussain	(1986-09-15)15 September 1986 (aged 24)	33	Al-Karamah
8	3MF	Taha Dyab	(1990-07-23)23 July 1990 (aged 20)	5	Al-Ittihad
9	3MF	Qusay Habib	(1987-04-15)15 April 1987 (aged 23)	5	Al-Shorta
10	4FW	Firas Al-Khatib	(1983-06-09)9 June 1983 (aged 27)	49	Al-Qadsia
11	3MF	Adel Abdullah	(1984-01-12)12 January 1984 (aged 26)	29	Al-Karamah
12	4FW	Mohamed Al Zeno	(1983-02-05)5 February 1983 (aged 27)	45	Al-Karamah
13	2DF	Nadim Sabagh	(1985-08-04)4 August 1985 (aged 25)	5	Al-Jaish
14	4FW	Wael Ayan	(1985-04-09)9 April 1985 (aged 25)	43	Al-Faisaly
15	2DF	Ahmad Al Saleh	(1990-05-20)20 May 1990 (aged 20)	2	Al-Jaish
16	1GK	Radwan Al Azhar	(1979-05-12)12 May 1979 (aged 31)	25	Al-Majd
17	2DF	Abdulkader Dakka	(1985-01-10)10 January 1985 (aged 25)	37	Al-Ittihad
18	4FW	Abdul Fattah Al Agha	(1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 26)	32	Wadi Degla
19	4FW	Sanharib Malki	(1984-03-01)1 March 1984 (aged 26)	7	KSC Lokeren
20	3MF	Louay Chanko	(1979-11-29)29 November 1979 (aged 31)	7	AaB
21	2DF	Burhan Sahyouni	(1986-04-07)7 April 1986 (aged 24)	9	Al-Jaish
22	1GK	Adnan Al Hafez	(1984-04-23)23 April 1984 (aged 26)	3	Al-Wehda
23	3MF	Samer Awad	(1982-02-09)9 February 1982 (aged 28)	11	Al-Majd

Group C

South Korea

Head coach: Cho Kwang-rae

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Jung Sung-ryong	(1985-01-04)4 January 1985 (aged 26)	24	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2	2DF	Choi Hyo-jin	(1983-08-18)18 August 1983 (aged 27)	10	Sangju Sangmu Phoenix
3	2DF	Hwang Jae-won	(1981-04-13)13 April 1981 (aged 29)	4	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
4	2DF	Cho Yong-hyung	(1983-11-03)3 November 1983 (aged 27)	39	Al-Rayyan
5	2DF	Kwak Tae-hwi	(1981-07-08)8 July 1981 (aged 29)	16	Kyoto Sanga FC
6	3MF	Lee Yong-rae	(1986-04-17)17 April 1986 (aged 24)	1	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
7	3MF	Park Ji-sung (c)	(1981-02-25)25 February 1981 (aged 29)	95	Manchester United
8	3MF	Yoon Bit-garam	(1990-05-07)7 May 1990 (aged 20)	3	Gyeongnam FC
9	4FW	Yoo Byung-soo	(1988-03-26)26 March 1988 (aged 22)	2	Incheon United
10	4FW	Ji Dong-won	(1991-05-28)28 May 1991 (aged 19)	1	Jeonnam Dragons
11	4FW	Son Heung-min	(1992-07-08)8 July 1992 (aged 18)	1	Hamburger SV
12	2DF	Lee Young-pyo	(1977-04-23)23 April 1977 (aged 33)	121	Al Hilal
13	3MF	Koo Ja-cheol	(1989-02-27)27 February 1989 (aged 21)	10	Jeju United
14	2DF	Lee Jung-soo	(1980-01-08)8 January 1980 (aged 30)	33	Al-Sadd
15	2DF	Hong Jeong-ho	(1989-08-12)12 August 1989 (aged 21)	3	Jeju United
16	3MF	Ki Sung-yueng	(1989-01-24)24 January 1989 (aged 21)	30	Celtic
17	3MF	Lee Chung-yong	(1988-07-02)2 July 1988 (aged 22)	31	Bolton Wanderers
18	3MF	Kim Bo-kyung	(1989-10-06)6 October 1989 (aged 21)	8	Cerezo Osaka
19	4FW	Yeom Ki-hun	(1983-03-30)30 March 1983 (aged 27)	39	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
20	4FW	Kim Shin-wook	(1988-04-14)14 April 1988 (aged 22)	3	Ulsan Hyundai
21	1GK	Kim Yong-dae	(1979-10-11)11 October 1979 (aged 31)	21	FC Seoul
22	2DF	Cha Du-ri	(1980-07-25)25 July 1980 (aged 30)	52	Celtic
23	1GK	Kim Jin-hyeon	(1987-07-06)6 July 1987 (aged 23)	0	Cerezo Osaka

Australia

Head coach: Holger Osieck

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Mark Schwarzer	(1972-10-06)6 October 1972 (aged 38)	82	Fulham
2	2DF	Lucas Neill (c)	(1978-03-09)9 March 1978 (aged 32)	63	Galatasaray
3	2DF	David Carney	(1983-11-30)30 November 1983 (aged 27)	32	Blackpool
4	4FW	Tim Cahill	(1979-12-06)6 December 1979 (aged 31)	46	Everton
5	3MF	Jason Culina	(1980-08-05)5 August 1980 (aged 30)	56	Gold Coast United
6	2DF	Sasa Ognenovski	(1979-04-03)3 April 1979 (aged 31)	1	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
7	2DF	Brett Emerton	(1979-02-22)22 February 1979 (aged 31)	78	Blackburn Rovers
8	2DF	Luke Wilkshire	(1981-10-02)2 October 1981 (aged 29)	50	Dynamo Moscow
9	4FW	Scott McDonald	(1983-08-21)21 August 1983 (aged 27)	20	Middlesbrough
10	3MF	Harry Kewell	(1978-09-22)22 September 1978 (aged 32)	47	Galatasaray
11	4FW	Nathan Burns	(1988-07-23)23 July 1988 (aged 22)	5	AEK Athens
12	1GK	Nathan Coe	(1984-06-01)1 June 1984 (aged 26)	0	SønderjyskE
13	2DF	Jade North	(1982-01-07)7 January 1982 (aged 29)	31	Wellington Phoenix
14	3MF	Brett Holman	(1984-03-27)27 March 1984 (aged 26)	38	AZ
15	3MF	Mile Jedinak	(1984-08-03)3 August 1984 (aged 26)	16	Gençlerbirliği
16	3MF	Carl Valeri	(1984-08-14)14 August 1984 (aged 26)	29	Sassuolo
17	3MF	Matt McKay	(1983-01-11)11 January 1983 (aged 27)	6	Brisbane Roar
18	1GK	Brad Jones	(1982-03-19)19 March 1982 (aged 28)	2	Liverpool
19	3MF	Tommy Oar[3]	(1991-12-10)10 December 1991 (aged 19)	3	Utrecht
20	2DF	Matthew Spiranovic	(1988-06-27)27 June 1988 (aged 22)	5	Urawa Red Diamonds
21	2DF	Jonathan McKain	(1982-09-21)21 September 1982 (aged 28)	14	Al-Nassr
22	3MF	Neil Kilkenny	(1985-12-19)19 December 1985 (aged 25)	2	Leeds United
23	4FW	Robbie Kruse	(1988-10-05)5 October 1988 (aged 22)	0	Melbourne Victory

Bahrain

Head coach: Salman Sharida

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Mahmood Abdulla	(1980-06-01)1 June 1980 (aged 30)	0	Al-Muharraq
2	2DF	Rashed Al-Hooti	(1989-12-24)24 December 1989 (aged 21)	6	East Riffa
3	2DF	Abdulla Al-Marzooqi	(1980-12-12)12 December 1980 (aged 30)	67	Al-Sailiya
4	3MF	Abdulla Baba Fatadi	(1985-11-02)2 November 1985 (aged 25)	27	Al-Ittihad Kalba
5	2DF	Saleh Abdulhameed	(1982-08-04)4 August 1982 (aged 28)	5	Al-Najma
6	2DF	Abbas Ayyad	(1987-05-11)11 May 1987 (aged 23)	13	Al-Ahli
7	3MF	Hamad Rakea Al-Anezi	(1984-04-22)22 April 1984 (aged 26)	17	Riffa
8	4FW	Jaycee John Okwunwanne	(1985-10-08)8 October 1985 (aged 25)	43	Eskişehirspor
9	3MF	Abdulwahab Al-Malood	(1990-06-07)7 June 1990 (aged 20)	2	Al-Muharraq
10	2DF	Waleed Al-Hayam	(1991-02-03)3 February 1991 (aged 19)	10	Al-Muharraq
11	4FW	Ismail Abdullatif	(1986-09-11)11 September 1986 (aged 24)	55	Riffa
12	3MF	Faouzi Aaish	(1985-02-27)27 February 1985 (aged 25)	50	Al-Sailiya
13	3MF	Mahmood Abdulrahman	(1984-11-22)22 November 1984 (aged 26)	34	Al-Shamal
14	2DF	Salman Isa (c)	(1977-07-12)12 July 1977 (aged 33)	101	Al-Arabi
15	2DF	Abdullah Omar	(1987-01-01)1 January 1987 (aged 24)	35	Neuchâtel Xamax
16	2DF	Dawood Saad	(1982-12-06)6 December 1982 (aged 28)	4	Riffa
17	2DF	Hussain Ali Baba	(1982-02-11)11 February 1982 (aged 28)	63	Al-Shabab
18	3MF	Abdulwahab Al-Safi	(1987-04-13)13 April 1987 (aged 23)	14	Al-Ahli
19	3MF	Mahmood Al-Ajmi	(1987-05-08)8 May 1987 (aged 23)	0	Riffa
20	4FW	Abdulla Al-Dakeel	(1985-06-03)3 June 1985 (aged 25)	17	Al-Muharraq
21	1GK	Ahmed Mushaima	(1982-12-13)13 December 1982 (aged 28)	0	Al Ahli
22	1GK	Abbas Ahmed Khamis	(1983-06-13)13 June 1983 (aged 27)	10	Al-Ahli
23	2DF	Ebrahim Al Mishkhas	(1980-07-07)7 July 1980 (aged 30)	14	Al-Muharraq

India

Head coach: Bob Houghton

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Subrata Pal	(1986-12-24)24 December 1986 (aged 24)	30	Pune
2	2DF	Govin Singh	(1988-01-03)3 January 1988 (aged 23)	0	East Bengal
3	2DF	N.S. Manju	(1987-05-09)9 May 1987 (aged 23)	22	Mohun Bagan
4	2DF	Rakesh Masih	(1987-03-18)18 March 1987 (aged 23)	1	Mohun Bagan
5	2DF	Anwar Ali	(1984-09-24)24 September 1984 (aged 26)	23	Dempo
6	3MF	Baldeep Singh	(1987-01-12)12 January 1987 (aged 23)	2	JCT
7	3MF	Pappachen Pradeep	(1983-04-28)28 April 1983 (aged 27)	37	Mumbai
8	3MF	Renedy Singh	(1979-06-20)20 June 1979 (aged 31)	55	United Sikkim
9	4FW	Abhishek Yadav	(1980-06-10)10 June 1980 (aged 30)	28	Mumbai
10	3MF	Clifford Miranda	(1982-07-11)11 July 1982 (aged 28)	19	Dempo
11	4FW	Sunil Chhetri	(1984-08-03)3 August 1984 (aged 26)	40	Sporting Kansas City
12	2DF	Deepak Mondal	(1979-10-13)13 October 1979 (aged 31)	42	Mohun Bagan
13	1GK	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu	(1992-02-03)3 February 1992 (aged 18)	0	AIFF XI
14	2DF	Mahesh Gawli	(1980-01-23)23 January 1980 (aged 30)	56	Dempo
15	4FW	Baichung Bhutia (c)	(1976-12-15)15 December 1976 (aged 34)	102	East Bengal
16	2DF	Mehrajuddin Wadoo	(1984-02-12)12 February 1984 (aged 26)	25	East Bengal
17	2DF	Surkumar Singh	(1983-03-21)21 March 1983 (aged 27)	44	Mohun Bagan
18	4FW	Mohammed Rafi	(1982-05-24)24 May 1982 (aged 28)	4	Churchill Brothers
19	2DF	Gouramangi Singh	(1985-01-25)25 January 1985 (aged 25)	30	Churchill Brothers
20	3MF	Climax Lawrence	(1979-01-16)16 January 1979 (aged 31)	51	Dempo
21	1GK	Subhasish Roy Chowdhury	(1986-09-27)27 September 1986 (aged 24)	1	Dempo
22	2DF	Syed Rahim Nabi	(1985-12-14)14 December 1985 (aged 25)	20	East Bengal
23	3MF	Steven Dias	(1983-12-25)25 December 1983 (aged 27)	32	Churchill Brothers

Group D

North Korea

Head coach: Jo Tong-sop

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Ri Myong-guk	(1986-09-09)9 September 1986 (aged 24)	37	Pyongyang City
2	2DF	Cha Jong-hyok	(1985-09-25)25 September 1985 (aged 25)	37	Wil
3	2DF	Ri Jun-il	(1987-08-24)24 August 1987 (aged 23)	30	Sobaeksu
4	3MF	Pak Nam-chol	(1985-07-02)2 July 1985 (aged 25)	35	April 25
5	2DF	Ri Kwang-chon	(1985-09-04)4 September 1985 (aged 25)	41	April 25
6	3MF	Choe Myong-ho	(1988-07-03)3 July 1988 (aged 22)	5	Pyongyang City
7	3MF	Ryang Yong-gi	(1982-01-07)7 January 1982 (aged 29)	10	Vegalta Sendai
8	3MF	Ji Yun-nam	(1976-11-20)20 November 1976 (aged 34)	32	April 25
9	4FW	Jong Tae-se	(1984-03-02)2 March 1984 (aged 26)	27	VfL Bochum
10	3MF	Hong Yong-jo (c)	(1982-05-22)22 May 1982 (aged 28)	69	Unattached
11	3MF	Mun In-guk	(1978-09-29)29 September 1978 (aged 32)	45	April 25
12	2DF	Jon Kwang-ik	(1988-04-05)5 April 1988 (aged 22)	11	Amrokgang
13	2DF	Pak Chol-jin	(1985-09-05)5 September 1985 (aged 25)	36	Amrokgang
14	2DF	Pak Nam-chol	(1988-10-03)3 October 1988 (aged 22)	6	Amrokgang
15	3MF	Kim Yong-jun	(1983-07-19)19 July 1983 (aged 27)	86	Pyongyang City
16	4FW	Choe Kum-chol	(1987-02-09)9 February 1987 (aged 23)	18	Rimyongsu
17	3MF	An Yong-hak	(1978-10-25)25 October 1978 (aged 32)	30	Kashiwa Reysol
18	1GK	Kim Myong-gil	(1984-10-16)16 October 1984 (aged 26)	31	Amrokgang
19	4FW	An Chol-hyok	(1985-06-27)27 June 1985 (aged 25)	19	Rimyongsu
20	2DF	Ri Kwang-hyok	(1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 23)	5	Kyonggongop
21	4FW	Pak Chol-min	(1988-12-10)10 December 1988 (aged 22)	8	Rimyongsu
22	1GK	Ri Kwang-il	(1988-04-13)13 April 1988 (aged 22)	0	Sobaeksu
23	3MF	Kim Kuk-jin	(1989-01-05)5 January 1989 (aged 22)	2	Wil

United Arab Emirates

Head coach: Srečko Katanec

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Majed Nasser	(1984-04-01)1 April 1984 (aged 26)	53	Al Wasl
2	2DF	Khalid Sebil Lashkari	(1987-06-22)22 June 1987 (aged 23)	8	Al-Jazira
3	2DF	Mohamed Ahmed	(1989-04-16)16 April 1989 (aged 21)	3	Al Shabab
4	3MF	Subait Khater	(1980-02-27)27 February 1980 (aged 30)	99	Al-Jazira
5	3MF	Amer Abdulrahman	(1989-07-03)3 July 1989 (aged 21)	6	Baniyas
6	2DF	Fares Jumaa	(1988-12-30)30 December 1988 (aged 22)	26	Al Ain
7	4FW	Ali Al-Wehaibi	(1983-10-27)27 October 1983 (aged 27)	33	Al Ain
8	2DF	Hamdan Al-Kamali	(1989-05-02)2 May 1989 (aged 21)	15	Al Wahda
9	4FW	Mohamed Al-Shehhi	(1988-03-28)28 March 1988 (aged 22)	45	Al Wahda
10	4FW	Ismail Matar	(1983-04-07)7 April 1983 (aged 27)	88	Al Wahda
11	4FW	Ahmed Khalil	(1991-06-08)8 June 1991 (aged 19)	17	Al-Ahli
12	1GK	Obaid Al-Taweela	(1979-08-26)26 August 1979 (aged 31)	5	Al-Ahli
13	4FW	Theyab Awana	(1990-04-08)8 April 1990 (aged 20)	5	Baniyas
14	2DF	Walid Abbas	(1985-06-11)11 June 1985 (aged 25)	18	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi
15	4FW	Ismail Al Hammadi	(1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 22)	27	Al-Ahli
16	3MF	Amer Mubarak	(1987-12-27)27 December 1987 (aged 23)	32	Al-Nasr
17	2DF	Yousif Jaber	(1985-02-25)25 February 1985 (aged 25)	28	Baniyas
18	2DF	Abdullah Mousa	(1987-02-23)23 February 1987 (aged 23)	3	Al-Jazira
19	4FW	Saeed Al-Kass (c)	(1976-02-20)20 February 1976 (aged 34)	60	Al Wasl
20	4FW	Saeed Al-Kathiri	(1988-03-28)28 March 1988 (aged 22)	3	Al Wahda
21	2DF	Mahmoud Khamees	(1987-10-28)28 October 1987 (aged 23)	0	Al-Wehda
22	1GK	Ali Khasif	(1987-06-09)9 June 1987 (aged 23)	3	Al-Jazira
23	3MF	Omar Abdulrahman	(1991-09-20)20 September 1991 (aged 19)	3	Al Ain

Iraq

Head coach: Wolfgang Sidka

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Ali Mutashar	(1989-06-11)11 June 1989 (aged 21)	4	Al-Talaba
2	2DF	Mohammed Ali Karim	(1986-06-25)25 June 1986 (aged 24)	23	Al-Zawraa
3	2DF	Bassim Abbas	(1982-07-01)1 July 1982 (aged 28)	70	Konyaspor
4	3MF	Qusay Munir	(1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 29)	60	Qatar SC
5	3MF	Nashat Akram	(1984-09-12)12 September 1984 (aged 26)	96	Al-Wakrah
6	3MF	Saad Abdul-Amir	(1992-01-19)19 January 1992 (aged 18)	9	Al-Karkh
7	4FW	Emad Mohammed	(1982-07-24)24 July 1982 (aged 28)	89	Shahin Bushehr
8	3MF	Samer Saeed	(1987-07-01)1 July 1987 (aged 23)	20	Al-Ahly Tripoli
9	4FW	Mustafa Karim	(1987-07-21)21 July 1987 (aged 23)	26	Al-Sailiya
10	4FW	Younis Mahmoud (c)	(1983-02-03)3 February 1983 (aged 27)	86	Al-Gharafa
11	4FW	Hawar Mulla Mohammed	(1981-06-01)1 June 1981 (aged 29)	95	Esteghlal
12	1GK	Mohammed Gassid	(1986-12-10)10 December 1986 (aged 24)	30	Erbil
13	3MF	Karrar Jassim	(1987-06-11)11 June 1987 (aged 23)	33	Tractor Sazi
14	2DF	Salam Shakir	(1986-07-31)31 July 1986 (aged 24)	27	Al-Khor
15	2DF	Ali Rehema	(1985-08-08)8 August 1985 (aged 25)	61	Al-Wakrah
16	2DF	Samal Saeed	(1986-01-07)7 January 1986 (aged 25)	32	Najaf
17	3MF	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	(1987-12-22)22 December 1987 (aged 23)	27	Al Kharaitiyat
18	4FW	Mahdi Karim	(1983-12-10)10 December 1983 (aged 27)	83	Erbil
19	3MF	Ahmed Ayad	(1989-01-01)1 January 1989 (aged 22)	15	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
20	3MF	Muthana Khalid	(1989-06-14)14 June 1989 (aged 21)	10	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
21	2DF	Ahmed Ibrahim	(1992-02-25)25 February 1992 (aged 18)	3	Erbil
22	1GK	Haidar Raad	(1991-04-27)27 April 1991 (aged 19)	1	Al-Karkh
23	2DF	Saad Attiya	(1987-02-26)26 February 1987 (aged 23)	16	Erbil

Iran

Head coach: Afshin Ghotbi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Mehdi Rahmati	(1983-02-02)2 February 1983 (aged 27)	56	Sepahan
2	2DF	Khosro Heydari	(1983 -09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 27)	22	Sepahan
3	2DF	Farshid Talebi	(1981-08-24)24 August 1981 (aged 29)	1	Zob Ahan
4	2DF	Jalal Hosseini	(1982-02-03)3 February 1982 (aged 28)	56	Sepahan
5	2DF	Hadi Aghili	(1981-01-15)15 January 1981 (aged 29)	49	Sepahan
6	3MF	Javad Nekounam (c)	(1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 30)	122	Osasuna
7	4FW	Gholamreza Rezaei	(1984-08-06)6 August 1984 (aged 26)	34	Persepolis
8	3MF	Masoud Shojaei	(1984-06-09)9 June 1984 (aged 26)	35	Osasuna
9	4FW	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	(1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 27)	32	Zob Ahan
10	4FW	Karim Ansarifard	(1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 20)	9	Saipa
11	2DF	Ehsan Hajsafi	(1990-02-25)25 February 1990 (aged 20)	30	Sepahan
12	1GK	Ebrahim Mirzapour	(1978-09-16)16 September 1978 (aged 32)	75	Paykan
13	2DF	Mohsen Bengar	(1979-07-06)6 July 1979 (aged 31)	12	Sepahan
14	3MF	Andranik Teymourian	(1983-03-06)6 March 1983 (aged 27)	51	Tractor Sazi
15	3MF	Ghasem Hadadifar	(1983-07-12)12 July 1983 (aged 27)	1	Zob Ahan
16	4FW	Reza Norouzi	(1982-09-21)21 September 1982 (aged 28)	0	Foolad
17	3MF	Mohammad Nouri	(1983-01-09)9 January 1983 (aged 27)	14	Persepolis
18	3MF	Pejman Nouri	(1980-07-13)13 July 1980 (aged 30)	30	Malavan
19	4FW	Mohammad Gholami	(1983-02-13)13 February 1983 (aged 27)	8	Steel Azin
20	2DF	Mohammad Nosrati	(1981-01-10)10 January 1981 (aged 29)	74	Tractor Sazi
21	4FW	Arash Afshin	(1989-01-21)21 January 1989 (aged 21)	0	Foolad
22	1GK	Shahab Gordan	(1984-05-22)22 May 1984 (aged 26)	0	Zob Ahan
23	3MF	Iman Mobali	(1982-11-03)3 November 1982 (aged 28)	56	Esteghlal

Player representation

Clubs represented by five or more players

Players	Club
11	Al-Sadd, Qadsia
7	Al-Ittihad, Al-Shabab
6	Al-Hilal, Al-Wehdat, Bunyodkor, Sepahan
5	Al-Gharrafa, Al-Jaish, Al-Karamah, Al-Muharraq, Al Wahda, Dempo

By club nationality

Players	Asian Clubs
36	Qatar
31	Saudi Arabia
24	Kuwait,  UAE
22	China
21	Iran
20	India, Japan
19	Syria
18	Jordan
17	North Korea
15	Bahrain, Uzbekistan
14	South Korea
11	Iraq
4†	Australia

^† Including Jade North who played for Wellington Phoenix, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League.

Players	Clubs Outside Asia
9	England
7	Germany
6	Russia
5	Turkey
3	Netherlands, Switzerland
2	Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, Italy, Scotland, Spain
1	Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Kazakhstan, Libya, Romania, Ukraine, United States

By club Federation

Players	Federation
311†	AFC
49	UEFA
3	CAF
1	CONCACAF

^† Including Jade North who played for Wellington Phoenix, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League. All other New Zealand clubs are members of the OFC.

By representatives of domestic league

National Squad	No. of players playing in home leagues
Australia	4†
Bahrain	15
China	22
India	20
Iran	21
Iraq	11
Japan	14
Jordan	18
Kuwait	22
North Korea	17
Qatar	22
Saudi Arabia	23
South Korea	12
Syria	19
United Arab Emirates	23
Uzbekistan	15

^† Including Jade North who played for Wellington Phoenix, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League.

References