2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification

2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Tournament details
Dates	12 March 2015 – 27 March 2018
Teams	45 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	180
Goals scored	577 (3.21 per match)
Attendance	2,478,041 (13,767 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mohammad Al-Sahlawi (14 goals)

The 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification is the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the 17th edition of the international men's football championship of Asia. For the first time, the Asian Cup final tournament will be contested by 24 teams, having been expanded from the 16-team format that had been used since 2004.^[1]

The qualification process will involve four rounds, where the first two doubled as the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification for Asian teams.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
United Arab Emirates	Hosts	9 March 2015	10th	2015	Runners-up (1996)
Qatar	Second Round Group C winners	17 November 2015	10th	2015	Quarter-finals (2000, 2011)
South Korea	Second Round Group G winners	13 January 2016	14th	2015	Winners (1956, 1960)
Japan	Second Round Group E winners	24 March 2016	9th	2015	Winners (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011)
Thailand	Second Round Group F winners	24 March 2016	7th	2007	Third Place (1972)
Saudi Arabia	Second Round Group A winners	24 March 2016	10th	2015	Winners (1984, 1988, 1996)
Australia	Second Round Group B winners	29 March 2016	4th	2015	Winners (2015)
Uzbekistan	Second Round Group H winners	29 March 2016	7th	2015	Fourth Place (2011)
Syria	Second Round Group E runners-up	29 March 2016	6th	2011	Group Stage (1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2011)
Iraq	Second Round Group F runners-up	29 March 2016	9th	2015	Winners (2007)
Iran	Second Round Group D winners	29 March 2016	14th	2015	Winners (1968, 1972, 1976)
China PR	Second Round Group C runners-up	29 March 2016	12th	2015	Runners-up (1984, 2004)

Format

The proposal to merge the preliminary qualification rounds for FIFA World Cup qualifiers with those for the Asian Cup was ratified by the AFC Competitions Committee.^[1]

The qualification structure is as follows:^[1]

• First round: A total of 12 teams (teams ranked 35–46) played home-and-away over two legs. The six winners advanced to the second round.
• Second round: A total of 40 teams (teams ranked 1–34 and six first round winners) were divided into eight groups of five teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches.
  • The eight group winners and the four best group runners-up advanced to the third round of FIFA World Cup qualification as well as qualify for the AFC Asian Cup finals.
  • The next 16 highest ranked teams (the remaining four group runners-up, the eight third-placed teams and the four best group fourth-placed teams) advanced directly to the third round of Asian Cup qualification.
  • The remaining 12 teams entered the play-off round to contest the remaining eight spots in the third round of Asian Cup qualification.^[2]
• Play-off round: At a Competition Committee meeting in November 2014, it was decided that a play-off round of qualifying would be introduced into the qualification procedure.^[3] There were two rounds of home-and-away two-legged play-off matches to determine the final eight qualifiers for the third round.
• Third round: The 24 teams will be divided into six groups of four to play home-and-away round-robin matches, and compete for the remaining slots of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

The play-off round represented a change from the initially announced qualification format – which saw the remaining fourth-placed teams and the four best group fifth-placed teams also advance to the third round.^[1]

Entrants

46 FIFA-affiliated nations from the AFC entered qualification.^[4] In order to determine which nations would compete in the first round and which nations would receive a bye through to the second round, the FIFA World Rankings of January 2015 were used (shown in parentheses).^[5]

Bye to second round (Ranked 1st to 34th)

Competing in first round (Ranked 35th to 46th)

Iran (51)  Japan (54)  South Korea (69)  Uzbekistan (71)  United Arab Emirates (80)  Qatar (92)  Oman (93)  Jordan (93)  China PR (96)  Australia (100)  Saudi Arabia (102)  Bahrain (110)  Iraq (114)  Palestine (115)  Lebanon (122)  Kuwait (125)  Philippines (129)  Maldives (131)  Vietnam (133)  Tajikistan (136)  Myanmar (141)  Afghanistan (142)  Thailand (144)  Turkmenistan (147)  North Korea (150)  Syria (151)  Kyrgyzstan (152)  Malaysia (154)  Hong Kong (156)  Singapore (157)  Indonesia (159)  Laos (160)  Guam (161)  Bangladesh (165)

India (171)  Sri Lanka (172)  Yemen (176)  Cambodia (179)  Chinese Taipei (182)  Timor-Leste (185)    Nepal (186)  Macau (186)  Pakistan (188)  Mongolia (194)  Brunei (198)  Bhutan (209)

Due to the joint format of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers and AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, the hosts of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the United Arab Emirates also entered the second round of AFC Asian Cup qualifiers despite having qualified automatically.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualification competition is as follows.^[6][7][8][9]

Round Matchday Date First round First leg 12 March 2015 Second leg 17 March 2015 Second round Matchday 1 11 June 2015 Matchday 2 16 June 2015 Matchday 3 3 September 2015 Matchday 4 8 September 2015 Matchday 5 8 October 2015 Matchday 6 13 October 2015 Matchday 7 12 November 2015 Matchday 8 17 November 2015 Matchday 9 24 March 2016 Matchday 10 29 March 2016

Round Matchday Date Play-off round Round 1 First leg 2 June 2016 Round 1 Second leg 7 June 2016 Round 2 First leg 6 September 2016 Round 2 Second leg 11 October 2016 Third round Matchday 1 28 March 2017 Matchday 2 13 June 2017 Matchday 3 5 September 2017 Matchday 4 10 October 2017 Matchday 5 14 November 2017 Matchday 6 27 March 2018

First round

The draw for the first round was held on 10 February 2015, 15:30 MST (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[10]

The six teams eliminated from this stage progressed to the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup.^[11]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
India	2–0	Nepal	2–0	0–0
Yemen	3–1	Pakistan	3–1	0–0
Timor-Leste	5–1	Mongolia	4–1	1–0
Cambodia	4–1	Macau	3–0	1–1
Chinese Taipei	2–1	Brunei	0–1	2–0
Sri Lanka	1–3	Bhutan	0–1	1–2

Second round

The draw for the second round was held on 14 April 2015, 17:00 MST (UTC+8), at the JW Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[12][13]

Groups

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification tiebreakers

In league format, the ranking of teams in each group is based on the following criteria (regulations Articles 20.6 and 20.7):[14] Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss) Goal difference Goals scored Points in matches between tied teams Goal difference in matches between tied teams Goals scored in matches between tied teams Away goals scored in matches between tied teams (if the tie is only between two teams in home-and-away league format) Fair play points first yellow card: minus 1 point indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points direct red card: minus 4 points yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	8	6	2	0	28	4	+24	20	Third round and Asian Cup		—	2–1	3–2	2–0	7–0
2	United Arab Emirates	8	5	2	1	25	4	+21	17			1–1	—	2–0	10–0	8–0
3	Palestine	8	3	3	2	22	6	+16	12	Asian Cup qualifying third round		0–0	0–0	—	6–0	7–0
4	Malaysia	8	1	1	6	3	30	−27	4	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round		0–3[lower-alpha 1]	1–2	0–6	—	1–1
5	Timor-Leste	8	0	2	6	2	36	−34	2			0–10	0–1	1–1	0–1	—

Source: FIFA
Notes:

1. The Malaysia v Saudi Arabia match, on 8 September 2015, was abandoned during the 87th minute after a group of supporters threw objects onto the pitch. At the time of the abandonment the score was 2–1 to Saudi Arabia. On 5 October 2015, FIFA decided that this match was forfeited by Malaysia and the result to be declared as a 3–0 win awarded for Saudi Arabia.^[15][16]

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	8	7	0	1	29	4	+25	21	Third round and Asian Cup		—	5–1	3–0	7–0	5–0
2	Jordan	8	5	1	2	21	7	+14	16	Asian Cup qualifying third round		2–0	—	0–0	3–0	8–0
3	Kyrgyzstan	8	4	2	2	10	8	+2	14			1–2	1–0	—	2–2	2–0
4	Tajikistan	8	1	2	5	9	20	−11	5	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round		0–3	1–3	0–1	—	5–0
5	Bangladesh	8	0	1	7	2	32	−30	1			0–4	0–4	1–3	1–1	—

Source: FIFA

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	8	7	0	1	29	4	+25	21	Third round and Asian Cup		—	1–0	2–0	4–0	15–0
2	China PR	8	5	2	1	27	1	+26	17			2–0	—	0–0	4–0	12–0
3	Hong Kong	8	4	2	2	13	5	+8	14	Asian Cup qualifying third round		2–3	0–0	—	2–0	7–0
4	Maldives	8	2	0	6	8	20	−12	6	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round		0–1	0–3	0–1	—	4–2
5	Bhutan	8	0	0	8	5	52	−47	0			0–3	0–6	0–1	3–4	—

Source: FIFA

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	8	6	2	0	26	3	+23	20	Third round and Asian Cup		—	2–0	3–1	6–0	4–0
2	Oman	8	4	2	2	11	7	+4	14	Asian Cup qualifying third round		1–1	—	3–1	1–0	3–0
3	Turkmenistan	8	4	1	3	10	11	−1	13			1–1	2–1	—	1–0	2–1
4	Guam	8	2	1	5	3	16	−13	7			0–6	0–0	1–0	—	2–1
5	India	8	1	0	7	5	18	−13	3	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round		0–3[lower-alpha 1]	1–2	1–2	1–0	—

Source: FIFA
Notes:

1. FIFA awarded Iran a 3–0 win as a result of India fielding the ineligible player Eugeneson Lyngdoh.^[17] The match initially ended 3–0 to Iran.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	8	7	1	0	27	0	+27	22	Third round and Asian Cup		—	5–0	0–0	5–0	3–0
2	Syria	8	6	0	2	26	11	+15	18			0–3	—	1–0	5–2	6–0
3	Singapore	8	3	1	4	9	9	0	10	Asian Cup qualifying third round		0–3	1–2	—	1–0	2–1
4	Afghanistan	8	3	0	5	8	24	−16	9			0–6	0–6	2–1	—	3–0
5	Cambodia	8	0	0	8	1	27	−26	0	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round		0–2	0–6	0–4	0–1	—

Source: FIFA

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand	6	4	2	0	14	6	+8	14	Third round and Asian Cup		—	2–2	1–0	4–2	—
2	Iraq	6	3	3	0	13	6	+7	12			2–2	—	1–0	5–1	—
3	Vietnam	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7	Asian Cup qualifying third round		0–3	1–1	—	4–1	—
4	Chinese Taipei	6	0	0	6	5	19	−14	0	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round		0–2	0–2	1–2	—	—
5	Indonesia (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified due to FIFA suspension[lower-alpha 1]		—	—	—	—	—

Source: FIFA
(D) Disqualified.
Notes:

1. On 30 May 2015, FIFA announced that the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) was suspended with immediate effect for governmental interference.^[18] On 3 June 2015, the AFC confirmed that Indonesia have been excluded from the qualifying competition, and all matches involving them have been cancelled.^[19]

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	8	8	0	0	27	0	+27	24	Third round and Asian Cup		—	1–0	3–0[lower-alpha 1]	4–0	8–0
2	Lebanon	8	3	2	3	12	6	+6	11	Asian Cup qualifying third round		0–3	—	0–1	1–1	7–0
3	Kuwait[lower-alpha 1]	8	3	1	4	12	10	+2	10			0–1	0–0	—	9–0	0–3[lower-alpha 1]
4	Myanmar	8	2	2	4	9	21	−12	8			0–2	0–2	3–0[lower-alpha 1]	—	3–1
5	Laos	8	1	1	6	6	29	−23	4	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round		0–5	0–2	0–2	2–2	—

Source: FIFA
Notes:

1. On 16 October 2015, FIFA announced that the Kuwait Football Association (KFA) was suspended with immediate effect, following a decision from the FIFA Executive Committee that sports law of Kuwait had to be changed before 15 October.^[20] The Myanmar v Kuwait match, scheduled for 17 November 2015, was not played due to that suspension,^[21] and on 13 January 2016, FIFA decided that that match should be forfeited by Kuwait, and awarded as a 3–0 win for Myanmar.^[22] The Kuwait v Laos and South Korea v Kuwait matches, scheduled for 24 and 29 March 2016 respectively, did not take place as scheduled, and on 6 April, FIFA decided that those matches should be forfeited by Kuwait, and awarded as 3–0 wins for Laos and South Korea.^[23]

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan	8	7	0	1	20	7	+13	21	Third round and Asian Cup		—	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
2	North Korea	8	5	1	2	14	8	+6	16	Asian Cup qualifying third round		4–2	—	0–0	2–0	1–0
3	Philippines	8	3	1	4	8	12	−4	10			1–5	3–2	—	2–1	0–1
4	Bahrain	8	3	0	5	10	10	0	9			0–4	0–1	2–0	—	3–0
5	Yemen	8	1	0	7	2	17	−15	3	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round		1–3	0–3[lower-alpha 1]	0–2	0–4	—

Source: FIFA
Notes:

1. FIFA awarded North Korea a 3–0 win as a result of Yemen fielding the ineligible player Mudir Al-Radaei, after North Korea had defeated Yemen 1–0. Al-Radaei failed to serve an automatic one match suspension for receiving two yellow cards earlier in the First Round of the competition.^[24]

Ranking of runner-up teams

To determine the four best runner-up teams, the following criteria are used:

1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
2. Goal difference
3. Goals scored
4. Play-off match(es) on neutral ground (if approved by FIFA Organizing Committee), with extra time and penalty shoot-out if necessary

As a result of Indonesia being disqualified due to FIFA suspension, Group F contains only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team are not counted when determining the ranking of the runner-up teams.^[25]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	F	Iraq	6	3	3	0	13	6	+7	12	Third round and Asian Cup
2	E	Syria	6	4	0	2	14	11	+3	12
3	A	United Arab Emirates	6	3	2	1	16	4	+12	11
4	C	China PR	6	3	2	1	9	1	+8	11
5	H	North Korea	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10	Asian Cup qualifying third round
6	B	Jordan	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10
7	D	Oman	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
8	G	Lebanon	6	1	2	3	3	6	−3	5

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points from matches against teams ranked first, third and fourth in the group; 2) Goal difference from these matches; 3) Goals scored in these matches; 4) Play-off

Ranking of fourth-placed teams

To determine the four best fourth-placed teams, the following criteria were used:

1. Points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss)
2. Goal difference
3. Goals scored
4. Play-off match(es) on neutral ground (if approved by AFC Organizing Committee), with extra time and penalty shoot-out if necessary

As a result of Indonesia being disqualified due to FIFA suspension, Group F contains only four teams compared to five teams in all other groups. Therefore, the results against the fifth-placed team are not counted when determining the ranking of the fourth-placed teams.^[25]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D	Guam	6	1	1	4	1	14	−13	4	Asian Cup qualifying third round
2	G	Myanmar	6	1	1	4	4	18	−14	4
3	H	Bahrain	6	1	0	5	3	10	−7	3
4	E	Afghanistan	6	1	0	5	4	24	−20	3
5	B	Tajikistan	6	0	1	5	3	19	−16	1	Asian Cup qualifying play-off round
6	F	Chinese Taipei	6	0	0	6	5	19	−14	0
7	C	Maldives	6	0	0	6	0	15	−15	0
8	A	Malaysia	6	0	0	6	1	29	−28	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points from matches against teams ranked first to third in the group; 2) Goal difference from these matches; 3) Goals scored in these matches; 4) Play-off

Play-off round

At an AFC Competition Committee meeting in November 2014, it was decided that two rounds of play-off matches would be introduced into the qualification procedure to determine the final eight teams for the main qualifying round.^[3][26]

A total of eight slots for the third round were available from this round (five from round 1, three from round 2).^[26] The three teams eliminated from this stage progressed to the 2016 AFC Solidarity Cup.^[11]

The draw was held on 7 April 2016, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[27]

Round 1

Except the lowest seeded team (Bhutan), the other ten teams were drawn into five pairs. Each pair played two matches on 2 and 7 June 2016 with the winners qualifying for the third round.^[3]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chinese Taipei	2–4	Cambodia	2–2	0–2
Maldives	0–4	Yemen	0–2	0–2
Tajikistan	6–0	Bangladesh	5–0	1–0
Malaysia	6–0	Timor-Leste	3–0	3–0
Laos	1–7	India	0–1	1–6

Round 2

The five losers from round 1 joined Bhutan in this round. The six teams were drawn into three pairs. Each pair played two matches, with the winners qualifying for the third round.^[26]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Maldives	5–1	Laos	4–0	1–1
Bangladesh	1–3	Bhutan	0–0	1–3
Timor-Leste	2–4	Chinese Taipei	1–2	1–2

Third round

A total of 24 teams will compete in the third round of AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. Since the 2019 hosts United Arab Emirates have advanced to the third round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the automatic slot for the hosts is no longer necessary, and a total of 12 slots for the AFC Asian Cup will be available from this round.

Goalscorers

As of all matches played on 11 October 2016

Note: Players in bold are still active in the competition.

14 goals

• Mohammad Al-Sahlawi

11 goals

• Ahmed Khalil

8 goals

• Tim Cahill
• Yang Xu

7 goals

• Sardar Azmoun
• Ali Ashfaq
• Omar Khribin

6 goals

• Chencho Gyeltshen
• Yu Dabao
• Keisuke Honda
• Hamza Al-Dardour
• Son Heung-min
• Manuchekhr Dzhalilov

5 goals

• Tom Rogic
• Mehdi Taremi
• Shinji Kagawa
• Hassan Abdel-Fattah
• Hassan Al-Haidos
• Taisir Al-Jassim
• Ali Mabkhout
• Sardor Rashidov

4 goals

• Mile Jedinak
• Tshering Dorji
• Wu Chun-ching
• Sunil Chhetri
• Jeje Lalpekhlua
• Younis Mahmoud
• Shinji Okazaki
• Abdallah Deeb
• Bader Al-Mutawa
• Yousef Nasser
• Anton Zemlianukhin
• Ahmad Abu Nahyeh
• Boualem Khoukhi
• Mohammed Muntari
• Mohammed Musa
• Osama Omari
• Igor Sergeev

3 goals

• Nathan Burns
• Jiang Ning
• Maya Yoshida
• Khampheng Sayavutthi
• Ahmad Hazwan Bakri
• Jong Il-gwan
• Ri Hyok-chol
• Tamer Seyam
• Jonathan Cantillana
• Misagh Bahadoran
• Ali Assadalla
• Yahya Al-Shehri
• Safuwan Baharudin
• Fazrul Nawaz
• Kwon Chang-hoon
• Lee Jae-sung
• Sanharib Malki
• Mahmoud Maowas
• Akhtam Nazarov
• Teerasil Dangda
• Arslanmyrat Amanow
• Omar Abdulrahman
• Odil Ahmedov
• Lê Công Vinh

2 goals

• Khaibar Amani
• Norlla Amiri
• Mustafa Zazai
• Massimo Luongo
• Mark Milligan
• Aaron Mooy
• Ismail Abdullatif
• Abdulwahab Al-Malood
• Sayed Mohamed Adnan
• Chan Vathanaka
• Wang Yongpo
• Wu Lei
• Yu Hanchao
• Godfred Karikari
• Lam Ka Wai
• Jaimes McKee
• Sandesh Jhingan
• Ashkan Dejagah
• Ehsan Hajsafi
• Ali Adnan
• Justin Meram
• Mu Kanazaki
• Vitalij Lux
• Khonesavanh Sihavong
• Hassan Chaito
• Hassan Maatouk
• Mohd Amri Yahyah
• Ahmed Nashid
• Aung Thu
• Pak Kwang-ryong
• Amad Al-Hosni
• Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri
• Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali
• Jaka Ihbeisheh
• Sameh Maraaba
• Yashir Pinto
• Iain Ramsay
• Karim Boudiaf
• Mohammed Kasola
• Fahad Al-Muwallad
• Khairul Amri
• Jang Hyun-soo
• Ki Sung-yueng
• Koo Ja-cheol
• Suk Hyun-jun
• Abdelrazaq Al Hussain
• Raja Rafe
• Jahongir Ergashev
• Pokklaw Anan
• Theerathon Bunmathan
• Adisak Kraisorn
• Mongkol Tossakrai
• Chiquito do Carmo
• Ramon Saro
• Guwanç Abylow
• Alexander Geynrikh
• Anzur Ismailov
• Nguyễn Văn Toàn
• Abdulwasea Al-Matari
• Ahmed Al-Sarori

1 goal

• Faysal Shayesteh
• Josef Shirdel
• Mathew Leckie
• Tommy Oar
• Sami Al-Husaini
• Hussain Ali Baba
• Mohamed Al Romaihi
• Abdullah Omar
• Jahid Hasan Ameli
• Mamunul Islam
• Biren Basnet
• Jigme Dorji
• Adi Said
• Thierry Bin
• Chhin Chhoeun
• Khoun Laboravy
• Hong Pheng
• Keo Sokpheng
• Sos Suhana
• Prak Mony Udom
• Huang Bowen
• Mei Fang
• Zhang Linpeng
• Zhang Xizhe
• Chen Hao-wei
• Chen Po-liang
• Chen Yi-wei
• Chu En-le
• Huang Wei-min
• Hung Kai-chun
• Wang Rui
• Wen Chih-hao
• Yaki Yen
• Brandon McDonald
• Travis Nicklaw
• Christian Annan
• Bai He
• Chan Siu Ki
• Ju Yingzhi
• Lo Kwan Yee
• Paulinho
• Xu Deshuai
• Fulganco Cardozo
• Sumit Passi
• Mohammed Rafique
• Robin Singh
• Karim Ansarifard
• Saeid Ezatolahi
• Jalal Hosseini
• Alireza Jahanbakhsh
• Kamal Kamyabinia
• Morteza Pouraliganji
• Ramin Rezaeian
• Masoud Shojaei
• Andranik Teymourian
• Mehdi Torabi
• Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
• Ali Hosni
• Dhurgham Ismail
• Mahdi Kamel
• Ahmed Yasin
• Genki Haraguchi
• Hiroshi Kiyotake
• Masato Morishige
• Takashi Usami
• Munther Abu Amarah
• Yaseen Al-Bakhit
• Yousef Al-Naber
• Yousef Al-Rawashdeh
• Baha' Faisal
• Ahmed Samir
• Ali Maqseed
• Aziz Mashaan
• Faisal Zayid
• Ildar Amirov
• Edgar Bernhardt
• Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov
• Almazbek Mirzaliev
• Roda Antar
• Abbas Ahmed Atwi
• Hilal El-Helwe
• Mohammed Ghaddar
• Ali Hamam
• Youssef Mohamad
• Joan Oumari
• Feiz Shamsin
• Leong Ka Hang
• Baddrol Bakhtiar
• Chanturu Suppiah
• Khair Jones
• Mohd Safiq Rahim
• Safee Sali
• Asadhulla Abdulla
• Ali Fasir
• Naiz Hassan
• Hussain Niyaz Mohamed
• Batmönkhiin Erkhembayar
• Kyaw Ko Ko
• Kyaw Zayar Win
• Suan Lam Mang
• Zaw Min Tun
• Jang Kuk-chol
• Ro Hak-su
• So Kyong-jin
• So Hyon-uk
• Mohammed Al-Ghassani
• Saad Al-Mukhaini
• Qasim Said
• Raed Ibrahim Saleh
• Hassan Bashir
• Mus'ab Al-Batat
• Ahmed Awad
• Abdelatif Bahdari
• Matías Jadue
• Pablo Tamburrini
• Khader Yousef
• Manuel Ott
• Javier Patiño
• Stephan Schröck
• Ahmed Abdul Maqsoud
• Akram Afif
• Abdelkarim Hassan
• Ismaeel Mohammad
• Sebastián Soria
• Salman Al-Faraj
• Osama Hawsawi
• Naif Hazazi
• Faris Ramli
• Lee Chung-yong
• Lee Jeong-hyeop
• Nam Tae-hee
• Subash Madushan
• Moayad Ajan
• Oday Al-Jafal
• Ahmad Kallasi
• Omar Midani
• Davron Ergashev
• Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev
• Umedzhon Sharipov
• Parvizdzhon Umarbayev
• Tana Chanabut
• Kroekrit Thaweekarn
• Patrick Fabiano
• Rufino Gama
• Jairo Neto
• José Oliveira
• Rodrigo Silva
• Serdaraly Ataýew
• Artur Geworkýan
• Ruslan Mingazow
• Süleýman Muhadow
• Mekan Saparow
• Mohamed Ahmed
• Ismail Al Hammadi
• Ahmed Al Hashmi
• Habib Fardan
• Abdullah Mousa
• Mohanad Salem
• Stanislav Andreev
• Server Djeparov
• Azizbek Haydarov
• Eldor Shomurodov
• Đinh Tiến Thành
• Trần Phi Sơn
• Ayman Al-Hagri
• Ala Al-Sasi
• Akram Al-Worafi
• Mohammed Boqshan

1 own goal

• Sharif Mukhammad (playing against Japan)
• Khoun Laboravy (playing against Japan)
• Leng Makara (playing against Syria)
• Ildar Amirov (playing against Australia)
• Valery Kichin (playing against Bangladesh)
• Ali Hamam (playing against South Korea)
• Ali Samooh (playing against Yemen)
• Zaw Min Tun (playing against Kuwait)
• Hamdi Al Masri (playing against Japan)
• Serdar Annaorazow (playing against Guam)
• Mekan Saparow (playing against Oman)
• Đinh Tiến Thành (playing against Thailand)

See also

• 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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External links

• AFC Asian Cup, the-AFC.com