1988 AFC Asian Cup squads

Squads for the 1988 AFC Asian Cup tournament in Qatar.

Group A

Iran

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ahmadreza Abedzadeh	(1966-05-25)25 May 1966 (aged 22)	Jandarmeri
2	2DF	Javad Zarincheh	(1966-07-23)23 July 1966 (aged 22)	Esteghlal
4	2DF	Nader Mohammadkhani	(1963-08-23)23 August 1963 (aged 25)	Gostaresh F.C.
5	2DF	Morteza Fonounizadeh	(1961-02-21)21 February 1961 (aged 27)	Persepolis
6	3MF	Mehdi Fonounizadeh	(1962-05-19)19 May 1962 (aged 26)	Daraei
7	3MF	Majeed Namjoo Motlagh	(1967-05-13)13 May 1967 (aged 21)	Esteghlal
8	3MF	Sirous Ghayeghran	(1962-09-22)22 September 1962 (aged 26)	Malavan
9	4FW	Samad Marfavi	(1965-05-18)18 May 1965 (aged 23)	Daraei
10	4FW	Karim Bavi	(1964-12-30)30 December 1964 (aged 23)	Persepolis
11	3MF	Morteza Kermani Moghaddam	(1965-07-11)11 July 1965 (aged 23)	Persepolis
13	2DF	Mojtaba Moharrami	(1962-04-16)16 April 1962 (aged 26)	Persepolis
14	3MF	Mohammad Hassan Ansarifard	(1961-09-24)24 September 1961 (aged 27)	Persepolis
17	4FW	Mohammad Taghavi	(1972-01-08)8 January 1972 (aged 16)	Homa
18	2DF	Siamak Rahimpour	(1963-09-23)23 September 1963 (aged 25)	Shahin F.C.
19	4FW	Farshad Pious	(1962-01-12)12 January 1962 (aged 26)	Al-Ahly
20	3MF	Seyed Ali Eftekhari	(1964-07-29)29 July 1964 (aged 24)	Esteghlal Rasht
21	3MF	Zia Arabshahi	(1958-06-06)6 June 1958 (aged 30)	Persepolis
22	1GK	Ahmad Sajjadi	(1960-07-01)1 July 1960 (aged 28)	Homa

Japan

Head coach: Kenzo Yokoyama

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Hisashi Tsuchida	(1967-02-01)1 February 1967 (aged 21)	0	0	Osaka University of Economics
2	2DF	Nobuhiro Ueno	(1965-08-26)26 August 1965 (aged 23)	0	0	Waseda University
3	2DF	Takumi Horiike	(1965-09-06)6 September 1965 (aged 23)	58	2	Yomiuri FC
4	2DF	Yoshinori Taguchi	(1965-09-14)14 September 1965 (aged 23)	0	0	University of Tsukuba
5	2DF	Yuji Sakakura	(1967-06-07)7 June 1967 (aged 21)	6	0	Juntendo University
6	2DF	Takeshi Motoyoshi	(1967-07-26)26 July 1967 (aged 21)	0	0	Chuo University
7	2DF	Masami Ihara	(1967-09-18)18 September 1967 (aged 21)	122	5	University of Tsukuba
8	2DF	Naoto Otake	(1968-10-18)18 October 1968 (aged 20)	1	0	Juntendo University
9	3MF	Hisanori Shirasawa	(1964-12-13)13 December 1964 (aged 23)	3	0	Yanmar Diesel
10	3MF	Katsumi Oenoki	(1965-04-03)3 April 1965 (aged 23)	5	0	Yamaha
11	3MF	Shunichi Ikenoue	(1967-02-16)16 February 1967 (aged 21)	0	0	Osaka University of Commerce
12	3MF	Masashi Nakayama	(1967-09-23)23 September 1967 (aged 21)	53	21	University of Tsukuba
13	3MF	Hisashi Kurosaki	(1968-05-08)8 May 1968 (aged 20)	24	4	Honda
14	3MF	Satoru Noda	(1969-06-08)8 June 1969 (aged 19)	0	0	Kokushikan University
15	4FW	Yusuke Minoguchi	(1965-08-23)23 August 1965 (aged 23)	0	0	Furukawa Electric
16	4FW	Osamu Maeda	(1965-09-05)5 September 1965 (aged 23)	14	6	ANA SC
17	4FW	Masahiro Sukigara	(1966-04-02)2 April 1966 (aged 22)	0	0	University of Tsukuba
18	4FW	Yoshiyuki Matsuyama	(1966-07-31)31 July 1966 (aged 22)	9	4	Waseda University
19	1GK	Masanori Sanada	(1968-03-06)6 March 1968 (aged 20)	0	0	Juntendo University
20	4FW	Takuya Takagi	(1967-11-12)12 November 1967 (aged 21)	44	27	Osaka University of Commerce

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Caps & Goals listed are recognized career totals while all other stats are listed as they were on 2 December 1988 the tournament's opening day.

South Korea

Head coach: Lee Hoi-Taek

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Cho Byung-deuk	(1958-05-26)26 May 1958 (aged 30)	34	POSCO Atoms
2	2DF	Park Kyung-hoon	(1961-01-19)19 January 1961 (aged 27)	55	POSCO Atoms
3	2DF	Choi Kang-hee	(1959-04-12)12 April 1959 (aged 29)	1	Hyundai Horangi
4	2DF	Cho Min-kook	(1963-07-05)5 July 1963 (aged 25)	26	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
5	2DF	Chung Yong-hwan	(1960-02-10)10 February 1960 (aged 28)	34	Daewoo Royals
6	4FW	Lee Tae-ho	(1961-01-29)29 January 1961 (aged 27)	60	Daewoo Royals
7	3MF	Noh Soo-jin	(1962-02-10)10 February 1962 (aged 26)	16	Yukong Elephants
8	3MF	Chung Hae-won	(1959-07-01)1 July 1959 (aged 29)	44	Daewoo Royals
9	3MF	Hwangbo Kwan	(1965-03-01)1 March 1965 (aged 23)	0	Yukong Elephants
10	4FW	Ham Hyun-gi	(1963-04-26)26 April 1963 (aged 25)	1	Hyundai Horangi
11	4FW	Byun Byung-joo	(1961-04-26)26 April 1961 (aged 27)	52	Daewoo Royals
12	4FW	Kim Bong-gil	(1966-03-15)15 March 1966 (aged 22)	0	Yonsei University
13	2DF	Cho Yoon-hwan	(1961-05-24)24 May 1961 (aged 27)	1	Yukong Elephants
14	4FW	Hwang Sun-hong	(1968-07-14)14 July 1968 (aged 20)	0	Konkuk University
15	2DF	Son Hyung-sun	(1964-02-22)22 February 1964 (aged 24)	0	Daewoo Royals
16	4FW	Kim Joo-sung	(1966-01-17)17 January 1966 (aged 22)	25	Daewoo Royals
17	2DF	Gu Sang-bum	(1964-06-15)15 June 1964 (aged 24)	4	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
18	2DF	Kang Tae-sik	(1963-03-15)15 March 1963 (aged 25)	1	POSCO Atoms
19	3MF	Yeo Bum-kyu	(1962-06-24)24 June 1962 (aged 26)	7	Daewoo Royals
20	1GK	Kim Bong-soo	(1970-12-05)5 December 1970 (aged 17)	0	Korea University

Qatar

Head coach: Procópio Cardoso

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Younes Ahmed	(1963-07-17)17 July 1963 (aged 25)	Al Rayyan
2	2DF	Mohammed Al-Sowaidi	(1962-06-25)25 June 1962 (aged 26)	Al Rayyan
3	2DF	Saad Salman
4	2DF	Yousef Al-Adsani	(1965-10-12)12 October 1965 (aged 23)	Al Sadd
5	2DF	Adel Malallah	(1961-09-15)15 September 1961 (aged 27)	Al Ahli
6	2DF	Sabaan Saalam Mubarak
7	3MF	Adel Khamis	(1965-11-11)11 November 1965 (aged 23)	Al Gharafa
8	3MF	Mohammed Al Ammari	(1965-12-10)10 December 1965 (aged 22)	Al Sadd
9	2DF	Ali Al-Kubaisi
10	3MF	Mubarak Salem Al-Khater	(1966-05-25)25 May 1966 (aged 22)	Al Rayyan
11	4FW	Khalifa Al-Sulaiti		Al Sadd
12	4FW	Mahmoud Soufi	(1971-10-20)20 October 1971 (aged 17)	Al Gharafa
13	3MF	Adel Abu Karbal		Qatar SC
14	3MF	Fahad Al-Kuwari	(1968-12-19)19 December 1968 (aged 19)	Umm Salal
15	4FW	Mansoor Muftah	(1955-11-22)22 November 1955 (aged 33)	Al Rayyan
16	4FW	Khalid Salman	(1963-04-05)5 April 1963 (aged 25)	Al Sadd
17	3MF	Mohamed Ghassen
18	3MF	Yousef Khalaf	(1969-04-07)7 April 1969 (aged 19)
19	2DF	Issa Al-Mohammadi	(1963-12-19)19 December 1963 (aged 24)
20	2DF	Ali Al-Sulaiti
21	3MF	Mohamed Al-Mohannadi	(1967-10-10)10 October 1967 (aged 21)	Al Ahli
22	1GK	Ahmed Al-Majid	(1962-07-18)18 July 1962 (aged 26)	Al Arabi

United Arab Emirates

Head coach: Mario Zagallo

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
17	1GK	Muhsin Musabah	(1964-10-01)1 October 1964 (aged 24)	Al Sharjah SC
4	2DF	Mubarak Ghanim	(1963-09-03)3 September 1963 (aged 25)	Al Khaleej Club
2	2DF	Khalil Ghanim	(1964-11-12)12 November 1964 (aged 24)	Al Khaleej Club
15	2DF	Ibrahim Meer	(1967-07-16)16 July 1967 (aged 21)	Al Sharjah SC
20	3MF	Mohamed Obaid	(1967-08-01)1 August 1967 (aged 21)	Al Ain FC
5	3MF	Abdullah Ali Sultan	(1963-10-01)1 October 1963 (aged 25)	Al Khaleej Club
6	2DF	Abdulrahman Mohamed	(1963-10-01)1 October 1963 (aged 25)	Al-Nasr SC
13	3MF	Hassan Mohamed	(1962-09-23)23 September 1962 (aged 26)	Al Wasl FC
12	3MF	Hussain Ghuloum	(1969-09-24)24 September 1969 (aged 19)	Al Sharjah SC
7	4FW	Fahad Khamees	(1962-01-24)24 January 1962 (aged 26)	Al Wasl FC
10	3MF	Adnan Al-Talyani	(1964-10-30)30 October 1964 (aged 24)	Al-Shaab CSC
19	2DF	Eissa Meer	(1967-07-16)16 July 1967 (aged 21)	Al Sharjah SC
16	2DF	Mohamed Salim	(1968-01-13)13 January 1968 (aged 20)	Al Ahli Club
8	3MF	Khalid Ismaïl	(1965-01-08)8 January 1965 (aged 23)	Al-Nasr SC
3	3MF	Ali Thani Jumaa	(1968-09-18)18 September 1968 (aged 20)	Al Sharjah SC
11	4FW	Zuhair Bakhit	(1967-08-13)13 August 1967 (aged 21)	Al Wasl FC
9	4FW	Abdulaziz Mohamed	(1965-12-12)12 December 1965 (aged 22)	Sharjah SC

Group B

Bahrain

Head coach: Mohammed Al Arabi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Humood Sultan	(1956-01-01)1 January 1956 (aged 32)	Al-Muharraq SC
2	2DF	Abdul Razzaq Abbas
4	3MF	Hamad Al-Jazaf
5	2DF	Adnan Daif		Al-Muharraq SC
6	2DF	Juma Hilal
7	3MF	Nasser Jassim Mohammed
9	4FW	Ebrahim Essa Ahmed
10	4FW	Abdul Aziz Froutan
11	4FW	Shaker Salman
14	3MF	Ali Hassan Yousif
15	2DF	Khamis Eid	(1967-06-11)11 June 1967 (aged 21)	West Riffa SC
16	2DF	Hassan Khalfan
17	3MF	Fayad Mahmoud
19	3MF	Najaf Mohammed
20	3MF	Ali Mohammad Al-Ansari
21	1GK	Abdulrahman Hassan

China

Head coach: Gao Fengwen

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Kong Guoxian	(1965-09-06)6 September 1965 (aged 23)	Guangzhou
2	2DF	Zhu Bo	(1960-09-24)24 September 1960 (aged 28)	Bayi
3	2DF	Gao Sheng	(1962-05-10)10 May 1962 (aged 26)	Liaoning
4	2DF	Guo Yijun	(1963-09-23)23 September 1963 (aged 25)	Guangdong
7	3MF	Xie Yuxin	(1963-12-12)12 December 1963 (aged 24)	FC Zwolle
8	3MF	Tang Yaodong	(1962-02-17)17 February 1962 (aged 26)	Liaoning
10	4FW	Ma Lin	(1962-07-28)28 July 1962 (aged 26)	Liaoning
11	3MF	Wu Wenbing	(1967-11-13)13 November 1967 (aged 21)	Guangdong
12	4FW	Wang Baoshan	(1963-04-13)13 April 1963 (aged 25)	Shaanxi
13	3MF	Lianzhi Shi	(1964-06-03)3 June 1964 (aged 24)	Tianjin
14	3MF	Zhai Biao	(1968-09-14)14 September 1968 (aged 20)	Beijing
15	2DF	Zhang Xiaowen	(1964-07-15)15 July 1964 (aged 24)	Guangdong
16	4FW	Huang Chong	(1963-02-28)28 February 1963 (aged 25)	Liaoning
17	3MF	Mai Chao	(1964-03-09)9 March 1964 (aged 24)	Guangzhou
18	3MF	Duan Ju	(1963-10-03)3 October 1963 (aged 25)	Tianjin
19	2DF	Dong Liqiang	(1965-08-20)20 August 1965 (aged 23)	Liaoning
20	1GK	Zhang Huikang	(1962-07-22)22 July 1962 (aged 26)	Shanghai
21	3MF	Tu Shengqiao	(1968-10-09)9 October 1968 (aged 20)	China B

Kuwait

Head coach: Miguel Pereira

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Samir Said	(1963-11-05)5 November 1963 (aged 25)	Al-Arabi SC
3	2DF	Mahboub Juma'a	(1955-09-17)17 September 1955 (aged 33)	Al-Salmiya SC
4	2DF	Jamal Al-Qabendi	(1959-04-07)7 April 1959 (aged 29)	Kazma SC
2	2DF	Naeem Saad	(1957-01-10)10 January 1957 (aged 31)	Al Tadamun SC
6	3MF	Wael Sulaiman	(1964-08-24)24 August 1964 (aged 24)	Al Jahra SC
5	2DF	Waleed Al-Jasem	(1959-11-18)18 November 1959 (aged 29)	Kuwait SC
11	3MF	Nasser Al-Ghanim	(1961-04-04)4 April 1961 (aged 27)	Kazma SC
16	3MF	Mansour Mohammad Basha		Al-Arabi SC
12	3MF	Abdulaziz Al-Hajeri		Al-Fahaheel FC
10	3MF	Nawaf Al-Anezi
9	4FW	Salah Al-Hasawi	1963 (aged 25)	Kuwait SC
20	1GK	Khaled Al-Shemmari		Kazma SC
13	3MF	Adil Abbas		Kuwait SC
18	2DF	Mubarak Al-Essa
17	2DF	Anbar Saeed		Al-Arabi SC
15	3MF	Tariq Salim		Al Tadamun SC
7	4FW	Fahed Kameel Marzouq	(1971-01-02)2 January 1971 (aged 17)	Al Tadamun SC
8	4FW	Saleh Al-Refae		Kazma SC

Saudi Arabia

Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Abdullah Al-Deayea	(1961-12-01)1 December 1961 (aged 27)	Al-Ta'ee
2	2DF	Abdullah Al-Dosari	(1969-11-01)1 November 1969 (aged 19)	Al-Ettifaq
3	2DF	Hussein Al-Bishi	(1961-06-13)13 June 1961 (aged 27)	Al-Hilal FC
4	2DF	Ahmad Jamil Madani	(1970-01-06)6 January 1970 (aged 18)	Ittihad FC
5	2DF	Saleh Al-Nu'eimeh (C)	(1957-06-24)24 June 1957 (aged 31)	Al-Hilal FC
6	3MF	Saleh Al-Mutlaq	(1966-01-03)3 January 1966 (aged 22)	Al Nassr FC
7	4FW	Yousuf Jazea'a Al-Dosari	(1968-10-13)13 October 1968 (aged 20)	Al-Hilal FC
8	3MF	Fahad Al-Bishi	(1965-09-10)10 September 1965 (aged 23)	Al Nassr FC
9	4FW	Majed Abdullah	(1959-11-01)1 November 1959 (aged 29)	Al Nassr FC
10	3MF	Fahad Al-Musaibeah	(1961-04-04)4 April 1961 (aged 27)	Al-Hilal FC
11	4FW	Mohaisen Al-Jam'an	(1966-01-01)1 January 1966 (aged 22)	Al Nassr FC
12	2DF	Zaki Al-Saleh		Al-Ettifaq
13	2DF	Mohamed Al-Jawad	(1962-11-28)28 November 1962 (aged 26)	Al-Ahli SC
14	3MF	Khaled Al-Muwallid	(1971-11-23)23 November 1971 (aged 17)	Al-Ahli SC
15	3MF	Yousuf Al-Thunayan	(1963-11-18)18 November 1963 (aged 25)	Al-Hilal FC
16	2DF	Tariq Al-Awadi		Al-Hilal FC
17	4FW	Saad Mubarak Al-Dosari	1965 (aged 23)	Al-Hilal FC
19	4FW	Mohamed Al-Suwaiyed	1964 (aged 24)	Ittihad FC
21	1GK	Saud Al-Otaibi	(1969-11-03)3 November 1969 (aged 19)	Al-Shabab
22	1GK	Khaled Al-Sabyani		Al Nassr FC

Syria

Head coach: Anatoliy Azarenkov

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ahmad Eid Berakdar	(1955-05-01)1 May 1955 (aged 33)	Al-Karamah SC
2	2DF	Adnan Sabouni		Al-Ittihad SC
3	2DF	Ammar Habib	(1967-10-25)25 October 1967 (aged 21)	Tishreen SC
4	2DF	Yousef Hawla		Tishreen SC
7	3MF	Walid Abou El-Sel	1963 (aged 25)	Al-Jaish SC
8	3MF	Abdul Kader Kardaghli	(1961-01-01)1 January 1961 (aged 27)	Tishreen SC
9	4FW	Nizar Mahrous	(1963-03-12)12 March 1963 (aged 25)	Saham Club
10	4FW	Faisal Ahmad
11	3MF	Saol Saad
13	2DF	Abdullah Saddikah
14	3MF	Mohammad Jakalan		Al-Ittihad SC
15	3MF	George Khouri	1962 (aged 26)	Al-Jaish SC
16	4FW	Munaf Ramadan	(1972-10-19)19 October 1972 (aged 16)	Jableh SC
17	2DF	Samer Darwish		Al-Wahda SC
18	4FW	Walid Al-Nasser	(1965-06-18)18 June 1965 (aged 23)	Hurriya SC
19	2DF	Joseph Leyous		Hurriya SC
20	3MF	Radwan Ajam	1965 (aged 23)	Al-Karamah SC
22	1GK	Malek Shakuhi	(1960-04-05)5 April 1960 (aged 28)	Jableh SC
23	4FW	Shadi Gilke

References

RSSSF details
亚洲杯 at cnsoccer.titan24.com

^ JSL YEARBOOK 89/90. Japan Soccer League. p. 200. ISBN 4-523-31029-7.

[1] JSL YEARBOOK 89/90. Japan Soccer League. p. 200. ISBN 4-523-31029-7.

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