This article lists the squads for the 1996 AFC Asian Cup played in United Arab Emirates. 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, which was 4 December 1996.
Group A
editIndonesia
editHead coach: Muhammad Danurwindo
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Kurnia Sandy | 24 August 1975 (aged 21) | |||
| 2 | DF | Agung Setyabudi | 2 November 1972 (aged 24) | |||
| 3 | DF | Suwandi Siswoyo | 10 March 1972 (aged 24) | |||
| 4 | DF | Yeyen Tumena | 16 May 1976 (aged 20) | |||
| 5 | DF | Aples Gideon Tecuari | 21 April 1973 (aged 23) | |||
| 6 | DF | Sudirman (captain) | 24 April 1969 (aged 27) | |||
| 7 | FW | Widodo Putro | 8 November 1970 (aged 26) | |||
| 8 | FW | Ronny Wabia | 23 June 1970 (aged 26) | |||
| 9 | DF | Budiman Yunus | 5 August 1972 (aged 24) | |||
| 10 | FW | Indriyanto Nugroho | 14 September 1976 (aged 20) | |||
| 11 | MF | Bima Sakti | 23 January 1976 (aged 20) | |||
| 12 | MF | Chris Yarangga | 21 February 1973 (aged 23) | |||
| 14 | FW | Ansar Razak | 18 January 1974 (aged 22) | |||
| 15 | MF | Francis Wewengkang | 10 January 1971 (aged 25) | |||
| 16 | DF | Marzuki Badriawan | 20 October 1967 (aged 29) | |||
| 17 | DF | Ritham Madubun | 1 April 1971 (aged 25) | |||
| 18 | MF | Supriyono Paimin | 8 August 1975 (aged 21) | |||
| 20 | GK | Hendro Kartiko | 24 April 1973 (aged 23) |
Kuwait
editHead coach: Milan Macala
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Khaled Al-Fadhli | 15 May 1974 (aged 22) | |||
| 2 | DF | Osama Hussain | 11 August 1970 (aged 26) | |||
| 3 | DF | Jamal Mubarak | 21 March 1974 (aged 22) | |||
| 4 | DF | Yousef Al-Dokhi | 2 August 1973 (aged 23) | |||
| 5 | DF | Mohamed Al-Kaledi (captain) | 13 February 1971 (aged 25) | |||
| 6 | DF | Wael Sulaiman | 8 August 1964 (aged 32) | |||
| 7 | MF | Bader Haji | 19 December 1967 (aged 28) | |||
| 9 | FW | Bashar Abdullah | 12 October 1977 (aged 19) | |||
| 10 | FW | Khaled Fairouz | 25 November 1966 (aged 30) | |||
| 11 | MF | Abdullah Wabran | 7 February 1971 (aged 25) | |||
| 12 | MF | Fawaz Al-Ahmad | 9 November 1969 (aged 27) | |||
| 14 | MF | Ayman Al-Hussaini | 22 November 1967 (aged 29) | |||
| 15 | DF | Ali Abdulkareem | ||||
| 16 | DF | Sami Al-Lanqawi | ||||
| 17 | MF | Esam Sakeen | 2 June 1971 (aged 25) | |||
| 18 | FW | Waleed Nassar | 5 March 1969 (aged 27) | |||
| 19 | FW | Hani Al-Saqer | 8 January 1973 (aged 23) | |||
| 20 | FW | Jasem Al-Huwaidi | 28 October 1972 (aged 24) | |||
| 21 | GK | Falah Al-Majidi | 13 November 1970 (aged 26) | |||
| 22 | GK | Hussain Al-Mekaimi |
South Korea
editHead coach: Park Jong-Hwan
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Kim Byung-ji | 8 April 1970 (aged 26) | 14 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Kim Pan-keun | 5 March 1966 (aged 30) | 49 | 3 | |
| 3 | DF | Park Kwang-hyun | 24 July 1967 (aged 29) | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Kang Chul | 2 November 1971 (aged 25) | 32 | 1 | |
| 5 | DF | Huh Ki-tae | 13 July 1967 (aged 29) | 12 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Shin Hong-gi | 4 May 1968 (aged 28) | 44 | 3 | |
| 7 | MF | Shin Tae-yong | 11 May 1970 (aged 26) | 18 | 2 | |
| 8 | FW | Roh Sang-rae | 15 December 1970 (aged 25) | 15 | 5 | |
| 9 | FW | Kim Do-hoon | 21 July 1970 (aged 26) | 18 | 8 | |
| 11 | MF | Ko Jeong-woon | 27 June 1966 (aged 30) | 61 | 9 | |
| 12 | DF | Lee Ki-hyung | 28 September 1974 (aged 22) | 8 | 4 | |
| 13 | MF | Park Nam-yeol | 4 May 1970 (aged 26) | 15 | 1 | |
| 17 | DF | Ha Seok-ju | 20 February 1968 (aged 28) | 55 | 17 | |
| 18 | FW | Hwang Sun-hong | 14 July 1968 (aged 28) | 67 | 39 | |
| 19 | FW | Seo Jung-won | 17 December 1970 (aged 25) | 52 | 12 | |
| 20 | DF | Hong Myung-bo | 14 February 1969 (aged 27) | 73 | 9 | |
| 21 | GK | Kim Bong-soo | 4 December 1970 (aged 26) | 8 | 0 | |
| 22 | MF | Lee Young-jin | 27 March 1972 (aged 24) | 5 | 1 | |
| 23 | DF | Yoo Sang-chul | 18 October 1971 (aged 25) | 21 | 2 | |
| 24 | MF | Kim Joo-sung | 17 January 1966 (aged 30) | 73 | 13 |
United Arab Emirates
editHead coach: Tomislav Ivić
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Juma Rashed | 12 December 1972 (aged 23) | |||
| 2 | DF | Abdulrahman Ibrahim | 9 November 1974 (aged 22) | |||
| 3 | MF | Munther Abdullah | 12 January 1975 (aged 21) | |||
| 4 | DF | Abdulrahman Al-Haddad | 10 November 1966 (aged 30) | |||
| 5 | DF | Yousuf Hussain | 8 July 1965 (aged 31) | |||
| 6 | DF | Ismail Rashid Ismail | 27 October 1972 (aged 24) | |||
| 7 | MF | Bakheet Saad Mubarak | 15 October 1970 (aged 26) | |||
| 10 | FW | Adnan Al-Talyani | 4 March 1964 (aged 32) | |||
| 11 | FW | Zuhair Bakhit | 13 July 1967 (aged 29) | |||
| 12 | DF | Hassan Mubarak | 13 April 1968 (aged 28) | |||
| 13 | MF | Abdul Aziz Mohamed | 16 September 1977 (aged 19) | |||
| 14 | FW | Khamees Saad Mubarak | 4 October 1970 (aged 26) | |||
| 15 | MF | Mohamed Ali | 12 December 1965 (aged 30) | |||
| 16 | MF | Hassan Saeed | ||||
| 17 | GK | Muhsin Musabah | 1 October 1964 (aged 32) | |||
| 18 | MF | Ahmed Ibrahim Ali | 5 November 1974 (aged 22) | |||
| 19 | FW | Kazem Ali | 3 September 1978 (aged 18) | |||
| 20 | FW | Sultan Al Kabbani | ||||
| 21 | MF | Mohamed Omar | 11 November 1976 (aged 20) | |||
| 23 | FW | Adel Mohamed | 5 November 1974 (aged 22) |
Group B
editIran
editHead coach: Mohammad Mayeli Kohan
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh (c) | 25 May 1966 (aged 30) | |||
| 2 | DF | Naeem Saadavi | 16 June 1969 (aged 27) | |||
| 3 | DF | Ali Akbar Ostad-Asadi | 17 September 1965 (aged 31) | |||
| 4 | MF | Karim Bagheri | 24 February 1974 (aged 22) | |||
| 5 | DF | Afshin Peyrovani | 6 February 1970 (aged 26) | |||
| 6 | MF | Sirous Dinmohammadi | 2 July 1970 (aged 26) | |||
| 7 | MF | Ali Reza Mansourian | 12 December 1971 (aged 24) | |||
| 8 | MF | Mojtaba Moharrami | 16 April 1965 (aged 31) | |||
| 9 | MF | Hamid Reza Estili | 4 January 1967 (aged 29) | |||
| 10 | FW | Ali Daei | 21 March 1969 (aged 27) | |||
| 11 | FW | Khodadad Azizi | 22 June 1971 (aged 25) | |||
| 12 | MF | Mehdi Mahdavikia | 24 July 1977 (aged 19) | |||
| 14 | DF | Mohammad Khakpour | 20 February 1969 (aged 27) | |||
| 18 | DF | Farshad Falahatzadeh | 21 March 1967 (aged 29) | |||
| 19 | MF | Ali Akbar Yousefi | 12 September 1969 (aged 27) | |||
| 20 | MF | Dariush Yazdani | 6 June 1977 (aged 19) | |||
| 21 | FW | Ali Mousavi | 22 April 1974 (aged 22) | |||
| 22 | GK | Nima Nakisa | 1 May 1975 (aged 21) | |||
| 24 | FW | Alimirza Ostovari | 1 June 1973 (aged 23) | |||
| 25 | MF | Mehrdad Minavand | 30 November 1975 (aged 21) |
Iraq
editHead coach: Yahya Alwan
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Emad Hashim | 10 February 1969 (aged 27) | |||
| 2 | DF | Samir Kadhim | 11 December 1969 (aged 26) | |||
| 3 | DF | Walid Khalid | 1 January 1970 (aged 26) | |||
| 4 | DF | Jabbar Hashim | 1 January 1970 (aged 26) | |||
| 5 | DF | Radhi Shenaishil (c) | 11 August 1969 (aged 27) | |||
| 6 | MF | Essam Hamad | 22 October 1973 (aged 23) | |||
| 7 | MF | Khalid Mohammed Sabbar | 23 February 1972 (aged 24) | |||
| 8 | MF | Mohammed Jassim | 1 January 1971 (aged 25) | |||
| 9 | FW | Ali Wahaib | 24 December 1975 (aged 20) | |||
| 10 | FW | Qahtan Chathir | 20 July 1973 (aged 23) | |||
| 11 | FW | Sahib Abbas | 1 January 1972 (aged 24) | |||
| 12 | DF | Haidar Mahmoud | 19 September 1973 (aged 23) | |||
| 14 | MF | Adel Nima | 26 February 1970 (aged 26) | |||
| 15 | FW | Hussam Fawzi | 1 January 1974 (aged 22) | |||
| 16 | DF | Haidar Abdul-Jabar | 25 August 1976 (aged 20) | |||
| 17 | FW | Laith Hussein | 13 October 1968 (aged 28) | |||
| 18 | DF | Hassan Matrud | 1 January 1976 (aged 20) | |||
| 19 | MF | Ahmed Daham | 12 October 1967 (aged 29) | |||
| 21 | GK | Ahmed Ali | 1 January 1967 (aged 29) | |||
| 22 | GK | Jalil Zaidan | 2 November 1967 (aged 29) |
Saudi Arabia
editHead coach: Nelo Vingada
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Mohammed Al Deayea | 2 August 1972 (aged 24) | ||
| 2 | DF | Mohammed Al-Jahani | 28 September 1974 (aged 22) | ||
| 3 | DF | Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi | 1 September 1971 (aged 25) | ||
| 4 | DF | Abdullah Sulaiman Zubromawi | 15 November 1973 (aged 23) | ||
| 5 | DF | Ahmad Jamil Madani | 6 January 1970 (aged 26) | ||
| 6 | MF | Fuad Anwar | 13 October 1970 (aged 26) | ||
| 8 | MF | Khalid Al-Temawi | 19 April 1969 (aged 27) | ||
| 9 | FW | Sami Al-Jaber | 11 December 1972 (aged 23) | ||
| 10 | FW | Fahad Al-Mehallel | 11 November 1970 (aged 26) | ||
| 12 | MF | Ibrahim Al-Harbi | 10 July 1975 (aged 21) | ||
| 13 | DF | Hussain Sulimani | 21 January 1977 (aged 19) | ||
| 14 | MF | Khalid Al-Muwallid | 23 November 1971 (aged 25) | ||
| 15 | FW | Youssif Al-Thunian | 18 November 1963 (aged 33) | ||
| 16 | MF | Khamis Al-Owairan | 8 September 1973 (aged 23) | ||
| 17 | MF | Abdullah Al-Garni | 19 September 1978 (aged 18) | ||
| 19 | DF | Khalid Al-Rashaid | 3 August 1974 (aged 22) | ||
| 20 | FW | Hamzah Falatah | 8 October 1972 (aged 24) | ||
| 21 | GK | Hussein Al-Sadiq | 15 October 1973 (aged 23) | ||
| 22 | GK | Tisir Al-Antaif | 16 February 1974 (aged 22) | ||
| 24 | MF | Khamis Al-Zahrani | 3 August 1976 (aged 20) | ||
| 25 | FW | Abdullah Al-Dosari | 10 November 1977 (aged 19) |
Thailand
editHead coach: Arjhan Srong-ngamsub
Group C
editChina
editHead coach: Qi Wusheng
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | DF | Wei Qun | 10 February 1971 (aged 25) | 6 | 1 | |
| 4 | DF | Zhang Enhua | 28 April 1973 (aged 23) | 5 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Xu Hong | 14 May 1968 (aged 28) | 29 | 3 | |
| 6 | DF | Fan Zhiyi | 6 November 1969 (aged 27) | 34 | 1 | |
| 7 | FW | Hao Haidong | 9 May 1970 (aged 26) | 32 | 10 | |
| 8 | MF | Ma Mingyu | 4 February 1970 (aged 26) | 9 | 2 | |
| 9 | MF | Cao Xiandong | 19 August 1968 (aged 28) | 10 | 2 | |
| 10 | MF | Li Bing | 16 March 1969 (aged 27) | 35 | 12 | |
| 11 | MF | Peng Weiguo | 3 October 1971 (aged 25) | 31 | 8 | |
| 12 | FW | Su Maozhen | 23 October 1971 (aged 25) | 10 | 3 | |
| 13 | DF | Sun Jihai | 30 September 1977 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | |
| 14 | MF | Jiang Feng | 27 February 1970 (aged 26) | 11 | 0 | |
| 15 | MF | Han Jinming | 28 February 1969 (aged 27) | 3 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | Li Ming | 26 January 1971 (aged 25) | 25 | 0 | |
| 17 | FW | Gao Feng | 22 April 1971 (aged 25) | 17 | 4 | |
| 19 | DF | Wu Chengying | 21 April 1975 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | GK | Ou Chuliang | 26 August 1968 (aged 28) | 31 | 0 | |
| 21 | DF | Liu Yue | 12 July 1975 (aged 21) | 7 | 0 | |
| 22 | GK | Han Wenhai | 28 January 1971 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | FW | Xie Hui | 14 February 1975 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 |
Japan
editHead coach: Shu Kamo
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Nobuyuki Kojima | 17 January 1966 (aged 30) | |||
| 2 | DF | Hiroshige Yanagimoto | 15 October 1972 (aged 24) | |||
| 3 | DF | Naoki Soma | 19 July 1971 (aged 25) | |||
| 4 | DF | Masami Ihara | 18 September 1967 (aged 29) | |||
| 5 | DF | Norio Omura | 6 September 1969 (aged 27) | |||
| 6 | MF | Motohiro Yamaguchi | 29 January 1969 (aged 27) | |||
| 7 | MF | Yasuto Honda | 25 June 1969 (aged 27) | |||
| 8 | MF | Masakiyo Maezono | 29 October 1973 (aged 23) | |||
| 9 | FW | Takuya Takagi | 12 November 1967 (aged 29) | |||
| 10 | MF | Hiroshi Nanami | 28 November 1972 (aged 24) | |||
| 11 | FW | Kazuyoshi Miura | 26 February 1967 (aged 29) | |||
| 12 | DF | Ryuji Michiki | 25 August 1973 (aged 23) | |||
| 13 | MF | Toshihiro Hattori | 23 September 1973 (aged 23) | |||
| 14 | MF | Masayuki Okano | 25 July 1972 (aged 24) | |||
| 15 | MF | Hiroaki Morishima | 30 April 1972 (aged 24) | |||
| 16 | DF | Toshihide Saito | 20 April 1973 (aged 23) | |||
| 17 | DF | Yutaka Akita | 6 August 1970 (aged 26) | |||
| 18 | FW | Shoji Jo | 17 June 1975 (aged 21) | |||
| 19 | GK | Kenichi Shimokawa | 14 May 1970 (aged 26) | |||
| 20 | GK | Seigo Narazaki | 15 April 1976 (aged 20) |
Syria
editHead coach: Yuriy Kurnenin
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Maher Berakdar | 26 March 1968 (aged 28) | |||
| 2 | DF | Yasser Sibai | 6 February 1972 (aged 24) | |||
| 3 | DF | Bashar Srour | 25 May 1973 (aged 23) | |||
| 4 | MF | Hassan Abbas | 24 January 1974 (aged 22) | |||
| 5 | DF | Tarek Jabban | 11 December 1975 (aged 20) | |||
| 6 | DF | Ammar Awad | 10 October 1972 (aged 24) | |||
| 7 | MF | Abdel Kader Rifai | 18 April 1973 (aged 23) | |||
| 8 | MF | Nihad Al Boushi | 28 September 1975 (aged 21) | |||
| 9 | MF | Loay Taleb | 9 August 1975 (aged 21) | |||
| 10 | MF | Mohammad Afash | 31 October 1966 (aged 30) | |||
| 12 | MF | Ali Cheikh Dib | 7 May 1972 (aged 24) | |||
| 13 | MF | Abdul Latif Helou | 8 September 1971 (aged 25) | |||
| 14 | MF | Khaled Zaher | 2 September 1972 (aged 24) | |||
| 15 | FW | Hatem Ghaeb | 25 September 1971 (aged 25) | |||
| 16 | FW | Nader Joukhadar | 19 October 1977 (aged 19) | |||
| 17 | MF | Ammar Rihawi | 20 June 1975 (aged 21) | |||
| 18 | FW | Ammar Shamali | 1 January 1970 (aged 26) | |||
| 23 | MF | Ahmed Kurdughli | 25 September 1975 (aged 21) | |||
| 24 | GK | Salem Bitar | 7 August 1973 (aged 23) | |||
| 25 | GK | Abdul Fattah Kader | 2 August 1975 (aged 21) |
Uzbekistan
editHead coach: Bokhodyr Ibragimov
External links
edit- (in English) Complete results of 1996 Asian Cup at rsssf.com
- (in English) Complete results of 1996 Asian Cup at footballzz.co.uk
- (in English) Squad list at worldfootball.net