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The 2015 AFC Asian Cup was an international football tournament that was held in Australia from 9 to 31 January 2015. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

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 30 December 2014. [1] Replacement of injured players was permitted until six 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 FIFA-recognized pre-tournament friendlies. Player's age is their age on the opening day of the tournament.

Group A

Australia

Coach: Ange Postecoglou

On 7 December 2014, Postecoglou named a provisional list of 46 players for the tournament. [2] The final squad was announced on 23 December 2014. [3]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Mathew Ryan (1992-04-08)8 April 1992 (aged 22) 13 0 Belgium Club Brugge
2 2 DF Ivan Franjic (1987-09-10)10 September 1987 (aged 27) 12 0 Russia Torpedo Moscow
3 2 DF Jason Davidson (1991-06-29)29 June 1991 (aged 23) 13 0 England West Bromwich Albion
4 4 FW Tim Cahill (1979-12-06)6 December 1979 (aged 35) 77 36 United States New York Red Bulls
5 2 DF Mark Milligan (1985-08-04)4 August 1985 (aged 29) 33 2 Australia Melbourne Victory
6 2 DF Matthew Spiranovic (1988-06-27)27 June 1988 (aged 26) 21 0 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
7 4 FW Mathew Leckie (1991-02-04)4 February 1991 (aged 23) 16 1 Germany Ingolstadt 04
8 2 DF Chris Herd (1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 25) 3 0 England Aston Villa
9 4 FW Tomi Juric (1991-07-22)22 July 1991 (aged 23) 5 1 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
10 4 FW Robbie Kruse (1988-10-05)5 October 1988 (aged 26) 32 3 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
11 3 MF Tommy Oar (1991-12-10)10 December 1991 (aged 23) 21 1 Netherlands FC Utrecht
12 1 GK Mitchell Langerak (1988-08-22)22 August 1988 (aged 26) 5 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund
13 2 DF Aziz Behich (1990-12-16)16 December 1990 (aged 24) 7 2 Turkey Bursaspor
14 3 MF James Troisi (1988-07-03)3 July 1988 (aged 26) 16 1 Belgium Zulte Waregem
15 3 MF Mile Jedinak ( c) (1984-08-03)3 August 1984 (aged 30) 52 6 England Crystal Palace
16 4 FW Nathan Burns (1988-05-07)7 May 1988 (aged 26) 7 0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
17 3 MF Matt McKay (1983-01-11)11 January 1983 (aged 32) 50 1 Australia Brisbane Roar
18 1 GK Eugene Galekovic (1981-06-12)12 June 1981 (aged 33) 8 0 Australia Adelaide United
19 3 MF Terry Antonis (1993-11-26)26 November 1993 (aged 21) 3 0 Australia Sydney FC
20 2 DF Trent Sainsbury (1992-01-05)5 January 1992 (aged 23) 4 0 Netherlands PEC Zwolle
21 3 MF Massimo Luongo (1992-09-25)25 September 1992 (aged 22) 5 0 England Swindon Town
22 2 DF Alex Wilkinson (1984-08-13)13 August 1984 (aged 30) 11 0 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
23 3 MF Mark Bresciano (1980-02-11)11 February 1980 (aged 34) 81 13 Qatar Al-Gharafa

South Korea

Coach: Germany Uli Stielike

The final squad was announced on 22 December 2014. [4]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Jung Sung-ryong (1985-01-04)4 January 1985 (aged 30) 64 0 South Korea Suwon Bluewings
2 2 DF Kim Chang-soo (1985-09-12)12 September 1985 (aged 29) 13 0 Japan Kashiwa Reysol
3 2 DF Kim Jin-su (1992-06-13)13 June 1992 (aged 22) 9 0 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim
4 2 DF Kim Ju-young (1988-07-09)9 July 1988 (aged 26) 4 0 China Shanghai SIPG
5 2 DF Kwak Tae-hwi (1981-07-08)8 July 1981 (aged 33) 37 5 Saudi Arabia Al Hilal
6 2 DF Park Joo-ho (1987-01-16)16 January 1987 (aged 27) 17 0 Germany Mainz 05
7 4 FW Son Heung-min (1992-07-08)8 July 1992 (aged 22) 34 7 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
8 2 DF Kim Min-woo (1990-02-25)25 February 1990 (aged 24) 9 1 Japan Sagan Tosu
9 4 FW Cho Young-cheol (1989-05-31)31 May 1989 (aged 25) 10 0 Qatar Qatar SC
10 3 MF Nam Tae-hee (1991-07-03)3 July 1991 (aged 23) 16 1 Qatar Lekhwiya
11 4 FW Lee Keun-ho (1985-04-11)11 April 1985 (aged 29) 70 19 Qatar El-Jaish
12 3 MF Han Kyo-won (1990-06-15)15 June 1990 (aged 24) 4 1 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
13 3 MF Koo Ja-cheol (1989-02-27)27 February 1989 (aged 25) 42 13 Germany Mainz 05
14 3 MF Han Kook-young (1990-04-19)19 April 1990 (aged 24) 18 0 Qatar Qatar SC
15 3 MF Lee Myung-joo (1990-04-24)24 April 1990 (aged 24) 12 1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
16 3 MF Ki Sung-yueng ( c) (1989-01-24)24 January 1989 (aged 25) 66 5 Wales Swansea City
17 3 MF Lee Chung-yong (1988-07-02)2 July 1988 (aged 26) 64 6 England Bolton Wanderers
18 4 FW Lee Jung-hyup (1991-06-24)24 June 1991 (aged 23) 0 0 South Korea Sangju Sangmu
19 2 DF Kim Young-gwon (1990-02-27)27 February 1990 (aged 24) 29 1 China Guangzhou Evergrande
20 2 DF Jang Hyun-soo (1991-09-28)28 September 1991 (aged 23) 7 0 China Guangzhou R&F
21 1 GK Kim Seung-gyu (1990-09-30)30 September 1990 (aged 24) 7 0 South Korea Ulsan Hyundai
22 2 DF Cha Du-ri (1980-07-25)25 July 1980 (aged 34) 70 4 South Korea FC Seoul
23 1 GK Kim Jin-hyeon (1987-07-06)6 July 1987 (aged 27) 4 0 Japan Cerezo Osaka

Oman

Coach: France Paul Le Guen

The final squad was announced on 25 December 2014. [5] [6] [7] [8] There were two changes in the final squad: Sulaiman Al-Buraiki replaced Mohannad Al-Zaabi and Amer Said Al-Shatri replaced Saad Al-Mukhaini. [9]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Ali Al-Habsi ( c) (1981-12-30)30 December 1981 (aged 33) 100 0 England Wigan Athletic
2 2 DF Mohammed Al-Musalami (1990-04-27)27 April 1990 (aged 24) 35 2 Oman Fanja
3 2 DF Jaber Al-Owaisi (1989-11-04)4 November 1989 (aged 25) 27 2 Oman Al-Shabab
4 3 MF Ali Al-Jabri (1990-01-29)29 January 1990 (aged 24) 33 0 Oman Fanja
5 2 DF Nasser Al-Shimli (1989-02-15)15 February 1989 (aged 25) 7 0 Oman Al-Oruba
6 4 FW Raed Ibrahim Saleh (1992-06-09)9 June 1992 (aged 22) 42 2 Oman Fanja
7 4 FW Mohammed Al-Siyabi (1988-12-21)21 December 1988 (aged 26) 17 2 Oman Al-Shabab
8 3 MF Eid Al-Farsi (1987-01-31)31 January 1987 (aged 27) 47 4 Oman Al-Oruba
9 4 FW Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali (1989-04-23)23 April 1989 (aged 25) 38 12 Oman Fanja
10 4 FW Qasim Said (1989-04-20)20 April 1989 (aged 25) 58 8 Oman Al-Nasr
11 2 DF Amer Said Al-Shatri (1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 24) 1 0 Oman Dhofar
12 3 MF Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri (1985-02-23)23 February 1985 (aged 29) 108 12 Oman Al-Oruba
13 2 DF Abdul Salam Al-Mukhaini (1988-04-07)7 April 1988 (aged 26) 38 1 Oman Al-Oruba
14 4 FW Yaqoob Abdul-Karim (1985-09-04)4 September 1985 (aged 29) 33 3 Oman Saham
15 2 DF Ali Salim Al-Nahar (1992-08-21)21 August 1992 (aged 22) 17 0 Oman Dhofar
16 2 DF Ali Al-Busaidi (1991-01-21)21 January 1991 (aged 23) 11 0 Oman Al-Nahda
17 2 DF Hassan Mudhafar Al-Gheilani (1980-06-26)26 June 1980 (aged 34) 113 6 Oman Al-Oruba
18 1 GK Mazin Al-Kasbi (1993-04-27)27 April 1993 (aged 21) 13 0 Oman Fanja
19 2 DF Ahmed Al-Mukhaini (1985-05-02)2 May 1985 (aged 29) 0 0 Oman Al-Oruba
20 4 FW Amad Al-Hosni (1984-07-18)18 July 1984 (aged 30) 115 36 Oman Saham
21 3 MF Mohsin Al-Khaldi (1992-01-01)1 January 1992 (aged 23) 1 0 Oman Saham
22 1 GK Sulaiman Al-Buraiki (1986-07-30)30 July 1986 (aged 28) 0 0 Oman Al-Nahda
23 4 FW Said Al-Ruzaiqi (1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 28) 4 3 Oman Al-Nahda

Kuwait

Coach: Tunisia Nabil Maâloul

The final squad was announced on 30 December 2014. [10]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Khaled Al-Rashidi (1987-04-20)20 April 1987 (aged 27) 12 0 Kuwait Al-Salmiya
2 3 MF Amer Al-Fadhel (1988-04-21)21 April 1988 (aged 26) 14 0 Kuwait Qadsia
3 2 DF Fahad Awadh (1985-02-26)26 February 1985 (aged 29) 27 2 Kuwait Al-Kuwait
4 2 DF Hussain Fadhel (1984-10-09)9 October 1984 (aged 30) 43 2 United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda
5 2 DF Fahed Al Hajeri (1991-11-10)10 November 1991 (aged 23) 14 0 Kuwait Qadsia
6 2 DF Khaled Al-Qahtani (1985-02-16)16 February 1985 (aged 29) 14 0 Kuwait Qadsia
7 3 MF Talal Al Fadhel (1990-08-11)11 August 1990 (aged 24) 0 0 Kuwait Kazma
8 3 MF Saleh Al Sheikh (1982-05-29)29 May 1982 (aged 32) 39 1 Kuwait Qadsia
9 3 MF Abdullah Al Buraiki (1987-08-12)12 August 1987 (aged 27) 10 1 Kuwait Al-Kuwait
10 3 MF Aziz Mashaan (1988-10-19)19 October 1988 (aged 26) 7 0 Kuwait Qadsia
11 3 MF Fahad Al Ansari (1987-02-25)25 February 1987 (aged 27) 21 1 Kuwait Qadsia
12 3 MF Sultan Al Enezi (1992-03-29)29 March 1992 (aged 22) 15 0 Kuwait Qadsia
13 2 DF Musaed Neda ( c) (1983-07-08)8 July 1983 (aged 31) 70 15 Saudi Arabia Al-Oruba
14 3 MF Talal Al-Amer (1987-02-22)22 February 1987 (aged 27) 21 0 Kuwait Qadsia
15 4 FW Faisal Al Enezi (1988-06-11)11 June 1988 (aged 26) 0 0 Kuwait Al-Salmiya
16 3 MF Faisal Zaid (1991-10-09)9 October 1991 (aged 23) 1 0 Kuwait Jahra
17 4 FW Bader Al-Mutawa (1985-01-10)10 January 1985 (aged 29) 149 47 Kuwait Qadsia
18 2 DF Khalid El Ebrahim (1992-08-28)28 August 1992 (aged 22) 5 0 Kuwait Qadsia
19 4 FW Abdul Rahman Al Shammari (1993-02-13)13 February 1993 (aged 21) 2 0 Kuwait Al-Nasr
20 4 FW Yousef Nasser (1990-10-09)9 October 1990 (aged 24) 48 30 Kuwait Kazma
21 4 FW Ali Maqseed (1986-12-11)11 December 1986 (aged 28) 58 4 Kuwait Al-Arabi
22 1 GK Sulaiman Abdulghafour (1991-02-21)21 February 1991 (aged 23) 3 0 Kuwait Al-Arabi
23 1 GK Hameed Youssef (1987-08-10)10 August 1987 (aged 27) 6 0 Kuwait Al-Arabi

Group B

Uzbekistan

Coach: Mirjalol Qosimov

The final squad was announced on 30 December 2014. [11]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Eldorbek Suyunov (1991-04-12)12 April 1991 (aged 23) 7 0 Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
2 2 DF Egor Krimets (1992-01-27)27 January 1992 (aged 22) 4 0 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent
3 2 DF Shavkat Mullajanov (1986-01-19)19 January 1986 (aged 28) 23 0 Uzbekistan Olmaliq
4 4 FW Sardor Rashidov (1991-06-14)14 June 1991 (aged 23) 9 2 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
5 2 DF Anzur Ismailov (1985-04-21)21 April 1985 (aged 29) 55 1 China Changchun Yatai
6 4 FW Bahodir Nasimov (1987-05-02)2 May 1987 (aged 27) 11 5 Iran Padideh
7 3 MF Azizbek Haydarov (1985-07-08)8 July 1985 (aged 29) 56 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Shabab
8 3 MF Server Djeparov ( c) (1982-10-03)3 October 1982 (aged 32) 102 23 South Korea Seongnam
9 3 MF Odil Ahmedov (1987-11-25)25 November 1987 (aged 27) 60 11 Russia Krasnodar
10 3 MF Jamshid Iskanderov (1993-10-16)16 October 1993 (aged 21) 9 0 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent
11 4 FW Igor Sergeev (1993-04-30)30 April 1993 (aged 21) 9 4 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent
12 1 GK Ignatiy Nesterov (1983-06-20)20 June 1983 (aged 31) 84 0 Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
13 3 MF Lutfulla Turaev (1988-03-30)30 March 1988 (aged 26) 11 0 Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
14 2 DF Shukhrat Mukhammadiev (1989-06-29)29 June 1989 (aged 25) 2 0 Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
15 3 MF Jasur Hasanov (1983-08-02)2 August 1983 (aged 31) 39 1 Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
16 3 MF Vokhid Shodiev (1986-11-09)9 November 1986 (aged 28) 4 2 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
17 3 MF Sanzhar Tursunov (1986-12-29)29 December 1986 (aged 28) 36 5 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
18 3 MF Timur Kapadze (1981-09-05)5 September 1981 (aged 33) 111 10 Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
19 2 DF Vitaliy Denisov (1987-02-24)24 February 1987 (aged 27) 48 1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
20 2 DF Islom Tukhtakhodjaev (1989-10-30)30 October 1989 (aged 25) 37 0 Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
21 1 GK Akbar Turaev (1989-08-27)27 August 1989 (aged 25) 0 0 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
22 3 MF Farrukh Sayfiev (1991-01-17)17 January 1991 (aged 23) 2 0 Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
23 2 DF Akmal Shorakhmedov (1986-05-10)10 May 1986 (aged 28) 14 0 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor

Saudi Arabia

Coach: Romania Cosmin Olăroiu

The final squad was announced on 25 December 2014. [12] Nasser Al-Shamrani was ruled out for the tournament due to injury and replaced by Ibrahim Ghaleb. [13]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Waleed Abdullah (1986-04-19)19 April 1986 (aged 28) 58 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
2 2 DF Saeed Al-Mowalad (1991-03-09)9 March 1991 (aged 23) 6 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
3 2 DF Osama Hawsawi (1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 30) 103 6 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
4 2 DF Abdullah Al-Zori (1987-08-13)13 August 1987 (aged 27) 37 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
5 2 DF Omar Hawsawi (1985-09-27)27 September 1985 (aged 29) 6 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
6 3 MF Mustafa Al-Bassas (1993-06-02)2 June 1993 (aged 21) 8 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
7 3 MF Salman Al-Faraj (1989-08-01)1 August 1989 (aged 25) 5 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
8 4 FW Yahya Al-Shehri (1990-06-26)26 June 1990 (aged 24) 20 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
9 4 FW Naif Hazazi (1989-01-11)11 January 1989 (aged 25) 46 9 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
10 4 FW Mohammad Al-Sahlawi (1987-01-10)10 January 1987 (aged 27) 7 4 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
11 3 MF Waleed Bakshween (1989-11-12)12 November 1989 (aged 25) 9 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
12 2 DF Hassan Muath Fallatah (1986-01-27)27 January 1986 (aged 28) 48 3 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
13 2 DF Yasser Al-Shahrani (1992-05-25)25 May 1992 (aged 22) 10 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
14 3 MF Saud Kariri ( c) (1980-07-08)8 July 1980 (aged 34) 125 6 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
15 3 MF Ibrahim Ghaleb (1990-09-28)28 September 1990 (aged 24) 15 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
16 2 DF Motaz Hawsawi (1992-02-17)17 February 1992 (aged 22) 7 3 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
17 3 MF Taisir Al-Jassim (1984-07-25)25 July 1984 (aged 30) 90 10 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
18 3 MF Salem Al-Dawsari (1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 23) 17 2 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
19 4 FW Fahad Al-Muwallad (1994-09-14)14 September 1994 (aged 20) 15 5 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
20 3 MF Nawaf Al-Abed (1990-01-26)26 January 1990 (aged 24) 23 2 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
21 1 GK Abdullah Al-Sudairy (1992-02-02)2 February 1992 (aged 22) 1 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
22 1 GK Abdullah Al-Enezi (1990-09-20)20 September 1990 (aged 24) 2 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
23 2 DF Majed Al-Marshedi (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 30) 45 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab

China

Coach: France Alain Perrin

The final squad was announced on 24 December 2014. [14]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Zeng Cheng (1987-01-08)8 January 1987 (aged 28) 30 0 China Guangzhou Evergrande
2 2 DF Ren Hang (1989-02-23)23 February 1989 (aged 25) 10 0 China Jiangsu Sainty
3 2 DF Mei Fang (1989-11-14)14 November 1989 (aged 25) 8 0 China Guangzhou Evergrande
4 2 DF Jiang Zhipeng (1989-03-06)6 March 1989 (aged 25) 7 0 China Guangzhou R&F
5 2 DF Zhang Linpeng (1989-05-09)9 May 1989 (aged 25) 41 4 China Guangzhou Evergrande
6 2 DF Li Ang (1993-09-15)15 September 1993 (aged 21) 1 0 China Jiangsu Sainty
7 4 FW Wu Lei (1991-11-19)19 November 1991 (aged 23) 22 5 China Shanghai SIPG
8 3 MF Cai Huikang (1989-10-10)10 October 1989 (aged 25) 8 0 China Shanghai SIPG
9 4 FW Yang Xu (1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 27) 33 14 China Shandong Luneng
10 3 MF Zheng Zhi ( c) (1980-08-20)20 August 1980 (aged 34) 81 15 China Guangzhou Evergrande
11 3 MF Hao Junmin (1987-03-24)24 March 1987 (aged 27) 49 12 China Shandong Luneng
12 1 GK Yan Junling (1991-01-28)28 January 1991 (aged 23) 0 0 China Shanghai SIPG
13 2 DF Liu Jianye (1987-06-17)17 June 1987 (aged 27) 41 0 China Jiangsu Sainty
14 2 DF Ji Xiang (1990-03-01)1 March 1990 (aged 24) 2 0 China Jiangsu Sainty
15 3 MF Wu Xi (1989-02-19)19 February 1989 (aged 25) 21 1 China Jiangsu Sainty
16 4 FW Sun Ke (1989-08-26)26 August 1989 (aged 25) 22 4 China Jiangsu Sainty
17 3 MF Zhang Chengdong (1989-02-09)9 February 1989 (aged 25) 14 0 China Beijing Guoan
18 4 FW Gao Lin (1986-02-14)14 February 1986 (aged 28) 79 18 China Guangzhou Evergrande
19 3 MF Liu Binbin (1993-06-16)16 June 1993 (aged 21) 2 0 China Shandong Luneng
20 3 MF Yu Hanchao (1987-02-25)25 February 1987 (aged 27) 36 6 China Guangzhou Evergrande
21 3 MF Yu Hai (1987-06-04)4 June 1987 (aged 27) 50 10 China Guizhou Renhe
22 3 MF Liao Lisheng (1993-04-29)29 April 1993 (aged 21) 4 0 China Guangzhou Evergrande
23 1 GK Wang Dalei (1989-01-10)10 January 1989 (aged 25) 10 0 China Shandong Luneng

North Korea

Coach: Jo Tong-sop

The final squad was announced on 30 December 2014. [15]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Ri Myong-guk (1986-09-09)9 September 1986 (aged 28) 61 0 North Korea Pyongyang City
2 2 DF Ri Chang-ho (1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 25) 0 0 North Korea Rimyongsu
3 2 DF Jang Song-hyok (1991-01-18)18 January 1991 (aged 23) 10 2 North Korea Rimyongsu
4 2 DF Jon Kwang-ik (1988-04-05)5 April 1988 (aged 26) 35 2 North Korea Amrokgang
5 2 DF Han Song-hyok (1987-12-11)11 December 1987 (aged 27) 3 0 North Korea Rimyongsu
6 2 DF Ro Hak-su (1990-01-19)19 January 1990 (aged 24) 12 2 North Korea Rimyongsu
7 3 MF Ri Sang-chol (1990-12-26)26 December 1990 (aged 24) 2 2 North Korea Rimyongsu
8 3 MF Ryang Yong-gi (1982-01-07)7 January 1982 (aged 33) 21 4 Japan Vegalta Sendai
9 3 MF Pak Song-chol ( c) (1987-09-24)24 September 1987 (aged 27) 31 10 North Korea Rimyongsu
10 4 FW Pak Kwang-ryong (1992-09-27)27 September 1992 (aged 22) 12 3 Switzerland Basel
11 4 FW Jong Il-gwan (1992-10-30)30 October 1992 (aged 22) 25 6 North Korea Rimyongsu
12 4 FW Om Chol-song (1992-11-12)12 November 1992 (aged 22) 1 0 North Korea April 25
13 2 DF Sim Hyon-jin (1991-01-01)1 January 1991 (aged 24) 9 1 North Korea April 25
14 4 FW Kye Song-hyok (1992-11-12)12 November 1992 (aged 22) 2 1 North Korea April 25
15 2 DF Jang Kuk-chol (1994-02-16)16 February 1994 (aged 20) 11 2 North Korea Hwaebul
16 2 DF Cha Jong-hyok (1985-09-25)25 September 1985 (aged 29) 45 1 Switzerland Wil 1900
17 4 FW So Hyon-uk (1992-04-17)17 April 1992 (aged 22) 3 0 North Korea April 25
18 1 GK Ri Kwang-il (1988-04-13)13 April 1988 (aged 26) 0 0 North Korea April 25
19 3 MF Ri Yong-jik (1991-02-08)8 February 1991 (aged 23) 0 0 Japan Tokushima Vortis
20 4 FW Choe Won (1992-11-25)25 November 1992 (aged 22) 4 0 North Korea Hwaebul
21 3 MF O Hyok-chol (1991-08-02)2 August 1991 (aged 23) 3 1 North Korea April 25
22 1 GK Ju Kwang-min (1990-05-20)20 May 1990 (aged 24) 14 0 North Korea Rimyongsu

Group C

Iran

Coach: Portugal Carlos Queiroz

The final squad was announced on 30 December 2014. [16] On 7 January 2015, Hashem Beikzadeh was replaced by Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh due to injury. [17]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Alireza Haghighi (1988-05-02)2 May 1988 (aged 26) 10 0 Portugal Penafiel
2 2 DF Khosro Heydari (1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 31) 53 0 Iran Esteghlal
3 2 DF Ehsan Hajsafi (1990-02-25)25 February 1990 (aged 24) 66 3 Iran Sepahan
4 2 DF Jalal Hosseini (1982-02-03)3 February 1982 (aged 32) 89 6 Qatar Al-Ahli
5 2 DF Amir Hossein Sadeghi (1981-09-06)6 September 1981 (aged 33) 20 1 Iran Esteghlal
6 3 MF Javad Nekounam ( c) (1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 34) 145 37 Spain Osasuna
7 3 MF Masoud Shojaei (1984-06-09)9 June 1984 (aged 30) 54 5 Qatar Al-Shahania
8 2 DF Morteza Pouraliganji (1992-04-19)19 April 1992 (aged 22) 1 0 Iran Naft Tehran
9 3 MF Omid Ebrahimi (1987-09-16)16 September 1987 (aged 27) 7 0 Iran Esteghlal
10 4 FW Karim Ansarifard (1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 24) 45 9 Spain Osasuna
11 2 DF Vouria Ghafouri (1987-09-20)20 September 1987 (aged 27) 2 0 Iran Sepahan
12 1 GK Mohsen Forouzan (1988-05-03)3 May 1988 (aged 26) 2 0 Iran Esteghlal
13 3 MF Vahid Amiri (1988-04-02)2 April 1988 (aged 26) 1 0 Iran Naft Tehran
14 3 MF Andranik Teymourian (1983-03-06)March 6, 1983 (aged 31) 84 8 Iran Tractor Sazi
15 2 DF Ramin Rezaeian (1990-03-21)21 March 1990 (aged 24) 1 0 Iran Rah Ahan
16 4 FW Reza Ghoochannejhad (1987-09-20)20 September 1987 (aged 27) 19 11 England Charlton Athletic
17 3 MF Soroush Rafiei (1990-03-24)24 March 1990 (aged 24) 2 0 Iran Foolad
18 4 FW Alireza Jahanbakhsh (1993-08-11)11 August 1993 (aged 21) 12 1 Netherlands NEC
19 2 DF Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh (1991-05-11)11 May 1991 (aged 23) 7 0 Iran Persepolis
20 4 FW Sardar Azmoun (1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (aged 20) 4 2 Russia Rubin Kazan
21 3 MF Ashkan Dejagah (1986-06-05)5 June 1986 (aged 28) 19 4 Qatar Al-Arabi
22 1 GK Alireza Beiranvand (1992-09-22)22 September 1992 (aged 22) 1 0 Iran Naft Tehran
23 2 DF Mehrdad Pooladi (1987-02-26)26 February 1987 (aged 27) 24 0 Qatar Al-Shahania

United Arab Emirates

Coach: Mahdi Ali

The final squad was announced on 27 December 2014. [18] Mohamed Fawzi was ruled out for the tournament due to injury and replaced by Salem Saleh.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Majed Naser ( c) (1984-04-01)1 April 1984 (aged 30) 64 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
2 3 MF Hassan Ibrahim Saqer (1990-10-19)19 October 1990 (aged 24) 4 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Shabab
3 2 DF Walid Abbas (1985-06-11)11 June 1985 (aged 29) 15 4 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
4 3 MF Habib Fardan (1990-11-11)11 November 1990 (aged 24) 14 7 United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr
5 3 MF Amer Abdulrahman (1989-07-03)3 July 1989 (aged 25) 37 2 United Arab Emirates Baniyas
6 2 DF Mohanad Salem (1985-03-01)1 March 1985 (aged 29) 3 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
7 4 FW Ali Mabkhout (1990-10-05)5 October 1990 (aged 24) 31 20 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
8 2 DF Hamdan Al-Kamali (1989-05-02)2 May 1989 (aged 25) 31 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda
9 2 DF Abdulaziz Hussain (1990-09-10)10 September 1990 (aged 24) 9 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
10 3 MF Omar Abdulrahman (1991-09-20)20 September 1991 (aged 23) 26 5 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
11 4 FW Ahmed Khalil (1991-06-08)8 June 1991 (aged 23) 57 24 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
12 1 GK Khalid Eisa (1989-09-15)15 September 1989 (aged 25) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
13 3 MF Khamis Esmaeel (1989-08-16)16 August 1989 (aged 25) 6 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
14 2 DF Abdelaziz Sanqour (1989-05-07)7 May 1989 (aged 25) 2 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
15 3 MF Ismail Al Hammadi (1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 26) 51 7 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
16 3 MF Mohamed Abdulrahman (1989-01-01)1 January 1989 (aged 26) 2 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
17 3 MF Majed Hassan (1992-08-01)1 August 1992 (aged 22) 3 1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
18 4 FW Salem Saleh (1991-05-14)14 May 1991 (aged 23) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda
19 2 DF Mohamed Ismail Ahmed Ismail (1983-07-01)1 July 1983 (aged 31) 1 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
20 4 FW Saeed Al-Kathiri (1988-03-28)28 March 1988 (aged 26) 15 4 United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda
21 3 MF Haboush Saleh (1989-07-13)13 July 1989 (aged 25) 8 0 United Arab Emirates Baniyas
22 1 GK Mohamed Yousif (1991-05-25)25 May 1991 (aged 23) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Sharjah
23 2 DF Mohamed Ahmed (1989-04-16)16 April 1989 (aged 25) 9 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain

Qatar

Coach: Algeria Djamel Belmadi

The final squad was announced on 23 December 2014. [19]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Qasem Burhan (1985-12-15)15 December 1985 (aged 29) 66 0 Qatar Al-Gharafa
2 2 DF Mohammed Musa (1986-03-23)23 March 1986 (aged 28) 24 0 Qatar Lekhwiya
3 2 DF Abdelkarim Hassan (1993-08-28)28 August 1993 (aged 21) 28 4 Qatar Al-Sadd
4 2 DF Almahdi Ali Mukhtar (1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 22) 12 1 Qatar Al-Sadd
5 3 MF Abdulaziz Hatem (1990-10-28)28 October 1990 (aged 24) 19 0 Qatar Al-Arabi
6 2 DF Bilal Mohammed ( c) (1986-06-02)2 June 1986 (aged 28) 103 2 Qatar Al-Gharafa
7 2 DF Khalid Muftah (1992-07-02)2 July 1992 (aged 22) 26 1 Qatar Lekhwiya
8 3 MF Ali Assadalla (1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 21) 10 3 Qatar Al-Sadd
9 4 FW Meshal Abdullah (1984-05-02)2 May 1984 (aged 30) 33 6 Qatar Al-Ahli
10 3 MF Khalfan Ibrahim (1988-02-18)18 February 1988 (aged 26) 81 22 Qatar Al-Sadd
11 4 FW Hassan Al-Haydos (1990-12-11)11 December 1990 (aged 24) 49 3 Qatar Al-Sadd
12 4 FW Magid Mohamed (1985-10-11)11 October 1985 (aged 29) 56 8 Qatar El-Jaish
13 2 DF Ibrahim Majid (1990-05-12)12 May 1990 (aged 24) 67 4 Qatar Al-Sadd
14 3 MF Khalid Abdulraouf (1989-11-14)14 November 1989 (aged 25) 4 0 Qatar El-Jaish
15 2 DF Abdurahman Abubakar (1990-08-03)3 August 1990 (aged 24) 2 1 Qatar El-Jaish
16 2 DF Boualem Khoukhi (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 24) 11 6 Qatar Al-Arabi
17 4 FW Ismaeel Mohammad (1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 24) 14 0 Qatar Lekhwiya
18 2 DF Tresor Kangambu (1987-04-08)8 April 1987 (aged 27) 0 0 Qatar Lekhwiya
19 4 FW Mohammed Muntari (1993-12-20)20 December 1993 (aged 21) 0 0 Qatar El-Jaish
20 3 MF Karim Boudiaf (1989-09-16)16 September 1989 (aged 25) 9 0 Qatar Lekhwiya
21 1 GK Ahmed Soufiane (1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 24) 2 0 Qatar El-Jaish
22 1 GK Saad Al-Sheeb (1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 24) 15 0 Qatar Al-Sadd
23 3 MF Ahmed Abdul Maqsoud (1989-08-07)7 August 1989 (aged 25) 9 1 Qatar Umm-Salal

Bahrain

Coach: Marjan Eid

The final squad was announced on 30 December 2014. [20]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Sayed Mohammed Jaffer (1985-08-25)25 August 1985 (aged 29) 54 0 Bahrain Muharraq
2 2 DF Mohamed Husain ( c) (1980-07-31)31 July 1980 (aged 34) 90 8 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
3 2 DF Waleed Al-Hayam (1988-11-04)4 November 1988 (aged 26) 8 0 Bahrain Muharraq
4 3 MF Sayed Saeed (1992-07-17)17 July 1992 (aged 22) 16 4 Bahrain Al-Riffa
5 2 DF Abdulla Shallal (1993-01-31)31 January 1993 (aged 21) 1 0 Bahrain Al-Riffa
6 2 DF Abdulla Yaser (1988-03-27)27 March 1988 (aged 26) 5 0 Bahrain Muharraq
7 3 MF Abdulwahab Al-Safi (1984-06-04)4 June 1984 (aged 30) 36 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah
8 3 MF Sayed Ahmed (1991-03-04)4 March 1991 (aged 23) 9 0 Bahrain Al-Busaiteen
9 3 MF Abdulwahab Al-Malood (1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 25) 15 1 Bahrain Hidd
10 4 FW Mohammed Tayeb Al Alawi (1989-10-13)13 October 1989 (aged 25) 10 5 Bahrain Al-Riffa
11 4 FW Ismail Abdullatif (1986-09-11)11 September 1986 (aged 28) 61 29 Bahrain Muharraq
12 3 MF Faouzi Aaish (1985-02-27)27 February 1985 (aged 29) 59 16 Qatar Al-Sailiya
13 2 DF Abdulla Al-Haza'a (1990-07-19)19 July 1990 (aged 24) 27 0 Bahrain Hidd
14 4 FW Jaycee John Okwunwanne (1985-10-08)8 October 1985 (aged 29) 45 21 Qatar Al-Mesaimeer
15 3 MF Abdullah Omar (1987-01-01)1 January 1987 (aged 28) 42 3 Bahrain Muharraq
16 4 FW Abdulla Yusuf Helal (1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 21) 0 0 Bahrain East Riffa
17 2 DF Hussain Ali Baba (1982-02-11)11 February 1982 (aged 32) 71 1 Bahrain Muharraq
18 2 DF Mohamed Duaij Mahorfi (1989-05-09)9 May 1989 (aged 25) 23 0 Bahrain Al-Riffa
19 4 FW Faisal Bodahoom (1988-09-25)25 September 1988 (aged 26) 0 0 Bahrain East Riffa
20 4 FW Sami Al-Husaini (1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 25) 37 4 Bahrain Al-Busaiteen
21 1 GK Hamed Al-Doseri (1989-07-24)24 July 1989 (aged 25) 1 0 Bahrain Al-Riffa
22 1 GK Ashraf Waheed Al-Sebaie (1991-07-05)5 July 1991 (aged 23) 0 0 Bahrain Manama
23 2 DF Rashed Al-Hooti (1989-12-24)24 December 1989 (aged 25) 16 0 Bahrain Al-Riffa

Group D

Japan

Coach: Mexico Javier Aguirre

The final squad was announced on 15 December 2014. [21] However, defender Atsuto Uchida sustained injury afterwards and was replaced by Naomichi Ueda.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Eiji Kawashima (1983-03-20)20 March 1983 (aged 31) 64 0 Belgium Standard Liège
2 2 DF Naomichi Ueda [22] (1994-10-24)24 October 1994 (aged 20) 0 0 Japan Kashima Antlers
3 2 DF Kosuke Ota (1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (aged 27) 3 0 Japan FC Tokyo
4 3 MF Keisuke Honda (1986-06-13)13 June 1986 (aged 28) 65 24 Italy Milan
5 2 DF Yuto Nagatomo (1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 28) 76 3 Italy Internazionale
6 2 DF Masato Morishige (1987-05-21)21 May 1987 (aged 27) 17 1 Japan FC Tokyo
7 3 MF Yasuhito Endō (1980-01-28)28 January 1980 (aged 34) 148 14 Japan Gamba Osaka
8 3 MF Hiroshi Kiyotake (1989-11-12)12 November 1989 (aged 25) 26 1 Germany Hannover 96
9 4 FW Shinji Okazaki (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 28) 84 40 Germany Mainz 05
10 3 MF Shinji Kagawa (1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 25) 63 19 Germany Borussia Dortmund
11 4 FW Yōhei Toyoda (1985-04-11)11 April 1985 (aged 29) 6 1 Japan Sagan Tosu
12 1 GK Shusaku Nishikawa (1986-06-18)18 June 1986 (aged 28) 15 0 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
13 4 FW Yu Kobayashi (1987-09-23)23 September 1987 (aged 27) 2 0 Japan Kawasaki Frontale
14 4 FW Yoshinori Muto (1992-07-15)15 July 1992 (aged 22) 6 1 Japan FC Tokyo
15 2 DF Yasuyuki Konno (1983-01-25)25 January 1983 (aged 31) 84 2 Japan Gamba Osaka
16 2 DF Tsukasa Shiotani (1988-12-05)5 December 1988 (aged 26) 2 0 Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima
17 3 MF Makoto Hasebe ( c) (1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 30) 83 2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
18 3 MF Takashi Inui (1988-06-02)2 June 1988 (aged 26) 14 2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
19 2 DF Gen Shoji (1992-12-11)11 December 1992 (aged 22) 0 0 Japan Kashima Antlers
20 3 MF Gaku Shibasaki (1992-05-28)28 May 1992 (aged 22) 4 1 Japan Kashima Antlers
21 2 DF Gōtoku Sakai (1991-03-14)14 March 1991 (aged 23) 19 0 Germany VfB Stuttgart
22 2 DF Maya Yoshida (1988-08-24)24 August 1988 (aged 26) 49 3 England Southampton
23 1 GK Masaaki Higashiguchi (1986-05-12)12 May 1986 (aged 28) 0 0 Japan Gamba Osaka

Jordan

Coach: England Ray Wilkins

The final squad was announced on 18 December 2014. [23]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Amer Shafi ( c) (1982-02-14)14 February 1982 (aged 32) 117 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
2 3 MF Rajaei Ayed (1993-07-25)25 July 1993 (aged 21) 12 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
3 2 DF Tareq Khattab (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 (aged 22) 15 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
4 3 MF Samir Raja (1994-09-03)3 September 1994 (aged 20) 1 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
5 2 DF Mohammad Mustafa (1989-10-29)29 October 1989 (aged 25) 27 0 Qatar Al-Khor
6 3 MF Saeed Murjan (1990-02-10)10 February 1990 (aged 24) 38 6 Jordan Al-Ramtha
7 4 FW Mahmoud Za'tara (1991-01-08)8 January 1991 (aged 24) 3 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
8 4 FW Odai Al-Saify (1986-05-26)26 May 1986 (aged 28) 84 10 Kuwait Al-Salmiya
9 3 MF Ahmed Sariweh (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 20) 4 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah
10 4 FW Ahmad Hayel (1983-10-30)30 October 1983 (aged 31) 49 18 Kuwait Al-Arabi
11 2 DF Oday Zahran (1991-01-29)29 January 1991 (aged 23) 30 0 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
12 1 GK Moataz Yaseen (1982-11-03)3 November 1982 (aged 32) 7 0 Jordan That Ras
13 3 MF Khalil Bani Attiah (1991-06-08)8 June 1991 (aged 23) 45 6 Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly
14 4 FW Abdallah Deeb (1987-03-10)10 March 1987 (aged 27) 97 20 Bahrain Al-Riffa
15 3 MF Mohammad Al-Dawud (1992-04-12)12 April 1992 (aged 22) 6 0 Bahrain Hidd
16 3 MF Munther Abu Amarah (1992-04-24)24 April 1992 (aged 22) 9 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
17 3 MF Saleh Rateb (1994-12-18)18 December 1994 (aged 20) 2 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
18 3 MF Ahmed Elias (1990-11-09)9 November 1990 (aged 24) 4 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
19 2 DF Anas Bani Yaseen (1988-11-29)29 November 1988 (aged 26) 71 3 Saudi Arabia Al-Raed
20 4 FW Hamza Al-Dardour (1991-05-12)12 May 1991 (aged 23) 21 4 Saudi Arabia Al-Khaleej
21 2 DF Mohammad Al-Dmeiri (1987-08-30)30 August 1987 (aged 27) 48 2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
22 1 GK Ahmed Abdel-Sattar (1984-07-06)6 July 1984 (aged 30) 7 0 Jordan Al-Jazeera
23 4 FW Yousef Al-Rawashdeh (1990-03-14)14 March 1990 (aged 24) 13 1 Jordan Al-Ramtha

Iraq

Coach: Radhi Shenaishil

The final squad was announced on 29 December 2014. [24]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Ali Yasin (1993-08-09)9 August 1993 (aged 21) 0 0 Iraq Naft Al-Janoob
2 2 DF Ahmed Ibrahim (1992-02-25)25 February 1992 (aged 22) 41 0 United Arab Emirates Ajman
3 2 DF Ali Bahjat (1992-03-03)3 March 1992 (aged 22) 21 0 Iraq Al-Shorta
4 2 DF Ali Faez (1994-09-09)9 September 1994 (aged 20) 8 0 Iraq Erbil
5 3 MF Yaser Kasim (1991-05-10)10 May 1991 (aged 23) 5 1 England Swindon Town
6 2 DF Ali Adnan (1993-12-19)19 December 1993 (aged 21) 27 1 Turkey Rizespor
7 3 MF Amjad Kalaf (1991-10-05)5 October 1991 (aged 23) 18 0 Iraq Al-Shorta
8 4 FW Justin Meram (1988-12-04)4 December 1988 (aged 26) 4 0 United States Columbus Crew
9 3 MF Ahmed Yasin (1991-04-22)22 April 1991 (aged 23) 30 1 Sweden Örebro
10 4 FW Younis Mahmoud ( c) (1983-02-03)3 February 1983 (aged 31) 131 51 Unattached
11 3 MF Humam Tariq (1996-02-10)10 February 1996 (aged 18) 23 0 United Arab Emirates Al Dhafra
12 1 GK Jalal Hassan (1991-05-18)18 May 1991 (aged 23) 14 0 Iraq Erbil
13 3 MF Osama Rashid (1992-01-17)17 January 1992 (aged 22) 9 0 Netherlands Alphense Boys
14 2 DF Salam Shaker (1986-07-31)31 July 1986 (aged 28) 76 4 Iraq Al-Shorta
15 2 DF Dhurgham Ismail (1994-05-23)23 May 1994 (aged 20) 17 1 Iraq Al-Shorta
16 4 FW Marwan Hussein (1992-01-26)26 January 1992 (aged 22) 5 0 Iraq Al-Shorta
17 4 FW Alaa Abdul-Zahra (1987-12-22)22 December 1987 (aged 27) 78 13 Iraq Al-Shorta
18 2 DF Sameh Saeed (1992-05-26)26 May 1992 (aged 22) 2 0 Iraq Baghdad
19 3 MF Mahdi Kamel (1995-01-06)6 January 1995 (aged 20) 10 0 Iraq Al-Shorta
20 1 GK Mohammed Hameed (1993-01-24)24 January 1993 (aged 21) 10 0 Iraq Al-Shorta
21 3 MF Saad Abdul-Amir (1992-01-19)19 January 1992 (aged 22) 36 1 Iraq Erbil
22 3 MF Ali Husni (1994-05-23)23 May 1994 (aged 20) 3 0 Iraq Al-Minaa
23 2 DF Waleed Salem (1992-01-05)5 January 1992 (aged 23) 23 0 Iraq Al-Shorta

Palestine

Coach: Ahmed Al Hassan

The final squad was announced on 25 December 2014. [25]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Tawfiq Ali (1990-11-08)8 November 1990 (aged 24) 14 0 State of Palestine Wadi Al-Nes
2 2 DF Raed Fares (1982-12-06)6 December 1982 (aged 32) 27 0 State of Palestine Thaqafi Tulkarm
3 3 MF Hussam Abu Saleh (1983-02-14)14 February 1983 (aged 31) 44 3 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
4 2 DF Ahmed Harbi (1986-07-16)16 July 1986 (aged 28) 20 1 State of Palestine Al-Am'ary
5 2 DF Haytham TheebWIT (1986-12-03)3 December 1986 (aged 28) 17 1 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
6 2 DF Mousa Abu Jazar (1987-08-28)28 August 1987 (aged 27) 29 1 State of Palestine Shabab Al-Khalil
7 4 FW Ashraf Nu'man (1986-07-29)29 July 1986 (aged 28) 48 13 Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly
8 3 MF Hesham Salhe (1987-11-08)8 November 1987 (aged 27) 9 0 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
9 4 FW Khaled Salem (1989-11-17)17 November 1989 (aged 25) 12 0 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
10 3 MF Ismail Al-Amour (1983-10-02)2 October 1983 (aged 31) 39 7 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
11 4 FW Ahmed Maher (1991-07-22)22 July 1991 (aged 23) 10 5 State of Palestine Shabab Al-Dhahiriya
12 2 DF Tamer Salah (1986-02-03)3 February 1986 (aged 28) 0 0 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
13 3 MF Jaka Ihbeisheh (1986-08-29)29 August 1986 (aged 28) 1 0 Slovenia NK Krka
14 2 DF Abdullah Jaber (1993-02-17)17 February 1993 (aged 21) 10 1 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
15 2 DF Abdelatif Bahdari (1984-02-20)20 February 1984 (aged 30) 29 1 Jordan Al-Wehdat
16 4 FW Mahmoud Eid (1993-06-23)23 June 1993 (aged 21) 4 1 Sweden Nyköping
17 2 DF Alexis NorambuenaINJ (1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 30) 7 0 Poland GKS Belchatow
18 2 DF Mus'ab Al-Batat (1993-11-21)21 November 1993 (aged 21) 7 0 State of Palestine Shabab Al-Dhahiriya
19 4 FW Abdelhamid Abuhabib (1989-06-08)8 June 1989 (aged 25) 25 6 State of Palestine Markaz Balata
20 3 MF Khader Yousef (1984-10-06)6 October 1984 (aged 30) 56 1 State of Palestine Wadi Al-Nes
21 1 GK Ramzi Saleh ( c) (1980-08-08)8 August 1980 (aged 34) 66 0 unattached
22 1 GK Rami Hamadi (1991-04-20)20 April 1991 (aged 23) 0 0 State of Palestine Shabab Al-Khalil
23 3 MF Murad Ismail Said (1982-12-15)15 December 1982 (aged 32) 27 1 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds

Player representation

By age

Players

Goalkeepers

Captains

By club

Clubs with 5 or more players represented are listed.

Players Club
10 Kuwait Qadsia
9 Iraq Al-Shorta
8 China Guangzhou Evergrande, State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds, North Korea Rimyongsu, Jordan Al-Wehdat, Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
7 Oman Al-Oruba, Qatar Al-Sadd
6 United Arab Emirates Al Ain, Bahrain Al-Muharraq, Bahrain Al-Riffa, Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr, Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli, North Korea April 25, Qatar El-Jaish, China Jiangsu Sainty, Qatar Lekhwiya
5 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli, Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab, Oman Fanja, Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent

By club nationality

Players AFC clubs
35 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
33 Qatar Qatar
29 United Arab Emirates UAE
27 China China
23 Kuwait Kuwait
22 Oman Oman
20 Bahrain Bahrain
18 Japan Japan, North Korea North Korea
17 State of Palestine Palestine
16 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
15 Iraq Iraq
14 Iran Iran, Jordan Jordan
7 Australia Australia†, South Korea South Korea

† Including Nathan Burns who played for Wellington Phoenix, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League.

Players Clubs outside AFC
13 Germany Germany
10 England England†
5 Russia Russia
4 Netherlands Netherlands
3 Belgium Belgium
2 Italy Italy, Spain Spain, Sweden Sweden, Turkey Turkey, United States United States, Switzerland Switzerland†
1 Egypt Egypt, Portugal Portugal, Slovenia Slovenia, Poland Poland, Ukraine Ukraine

† Including Ki Sung-yueng who played for Swansea City, a Wales club competing in the Premier League.

† Including Pak Kwang-ryong who played for FC Vaduz, a Liechtenstein club competing in the Swiss Super League.

By club federation

Players Federation
313† AFC
50 UEFA
2 CONCACAF
1 CAF

Including Nathan Burns 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 Players
  China 23
  Qatar 23
  Saudi Arabia 23
  United Arab Emirates 23
  Oman 22
  Kuwait 21
  Bahrain 19
  North Korea 18
  Palestine 17
  Iraq 15
  Uzbekistan 14
  Iran 13
  Japan 13
  Jordan 13
  Australia 7†
  South Korea 5

† Including Nathan Burns who played for Wellington Phoenix, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2015 AFC Asian Cup was an international football tournament that was held in Australia from 9 to 31 January 2015. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

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 30 December 2014. [1] Replacement of injured players was permitted until six 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 FIFA-recognized pre-tournament friendlies. Player's age is their age on the opening day of the tournament.

Group A

Australia

Coach: Ange Postecoglou

On 7 December 2014, Postecoglou named a provisional list of 46 players for the tournament. [2] The final squad was announced on 23 December 2014. [3]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Mathew Ryan (1992-04-08)8 April 1992 (aged 22) 13 0 Belgium Club Brugge
2 2 DF Ivan Franjic (1987-09-10)10 September 1987 (aged 27) 12 0 Russia Torpedo Moscow
3 2 DF Jason Davidson (1991-06-29)29 June 1991 (aged 23) 13 0 England West Bromwich Albion
4 4 FW Tim Cahill (1979-12-06)6 December 1979 (aged 35) 77 36 United States New York Red Bulls
5 2 DF Mark Milligan (1985-08-04)4 August 1985 (aged 29) 33 2 Australia Melbourne Victory
6 2 DF Matthew Spiranovic (1988-06-27)27 June 1988 (aged 26) 21 0 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
7 4 FW Mathew Leckie (1991-02-04)4 February 1991 (aged 23) 16 1 Germany Ingolstadt 04
8 2 DF Chris Herd (1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 25) 3 0 England Aston Villa
9 4 FW Tomi Juric (1991-07-22)22 July 1991 (aged 23) 5 1 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
10 4 FW Robbie Kruse (1988-10-05)5 October 1988 (aged 26) 32 3 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
11 3 MF Tommy Oar (1991-12-10)10 December 1991 (aged 23) 21 1 Netherlands FC Utrecht
12 1 GK Mitchell Langerak (1988-08-22)22 August 1988 (aged 26) 5 0 Germany Borussia Dortmund
13 2 DF Aziz Behich (1990-12-16)16 December 1990 (aged 24) 7 2 Turkey Bursaspor
14 3 MF James Troisi (1988-07-03)3 July 1988 (aged 26) 16 1 Belgium Zulte Waregem
15 3 MF Mile Jedinak ( c) (1984-08-03)3 August 1984 (aged 30) 52 6 England Crystal Palace
16 4 FW Nathan Burns (1988-05-07)7 May 1988 (aged 26) 7 0 New Zealand Wellington Phoenix
17 3 MF Matt McKay (1983-01-11)11 January 1983 (aged 32) 50 1 Australia Brisbane Roar
18 1 GK Eugene Galekovic (1981-06-12)12 June 1981 (aged 33) 8 0 Australia Adelaide United
19 3 MF Terry Antonis (1993-11-26)26 November 1993 (aged 21) 3 0 Australia Sydney FC
20 2 DF Trent Sainsbury (1992-01-05)5 January 1992 (aged 23) 4 0 Netherlands PEC Zwolle
21 3 MF Massimo Luongo (1992-09-25)25 September 1992 (aged 22) 5 0 England Swindon Town
22 2 DF Alex Wilkinson (1984-08-13)13 August 1984 (aged 30) 11 0 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
23 3 MF Mark Bresciano (1980-02-11)11 February 1980 (aged 34) 81 13 Qatar Al-Gharafa

South Korea

Coach: Germany Uli Stielike

The final squad was announced on 22 December 2014. [4]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Jung Sung-ryong (1985-01-04)4 January 1985 (aged 30) 64 0 South Korea Suwon Bluewings
2 2 DF Kim Chang-soo (1985-09-12)12 September 1985 (aged 29) 13 0 Japan Kashiwa Reysol
3 2 DF Kim Jin-su (1992-06-13)13 June 1992 (aged 22) 9 0 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim
4 2 DF Kim Ju-young (1988-07-09)9 July 1988 (aged 26) 4 0 China Shanghai SIPG
5 2 DF Kwak Tae-hwi (1981-07-08)8 July 1981 (aged 33) 37 5 Saudi Arabia Al Hilal
6 2 DF Park Joo-ho (1987-01-16)16 January 1987 (aged 27) 17 0 Germany Mainz 05
7 4 FW Son Heung-min (1992-07-08)8 July 1992 (aged 22) 34 7 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
8 2 DF Kim Min-woo (1990-02-25)25 February 1990 (aged 24) 9 1 Japan Sagan Tosu
9 4 FW Cho Young-cheol (1989-05-31)31 May 1989 (aged 25) 10 0 Qatar Qatar SC
10 3 MF Nam Tae-hee (1991-07-03)3 July 1991 (aged 23) 16 1 Qatar Lekhwiya
11 4 FW Lee Keun-ho (1985-04-11)11 April 1985 (aged 29) 70 19 Qatar El-Jaish
12 3 MF Han Kyo-won (1990-06-15)15 June 1990 (aged 24) 4 1 South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
13 3 MF Koo Ja-cheol (1989-02-27)27 February 1989 (aged 25) 42 13 Germany Mainz 05
14 3 MF Han Kook-young (1990-04-19)19 April 1990 (aged 24) 18 0 Qatar Qatar SC
15 3 MF Lee Myung-joo (1990-04-24)24 April 1990 (aged 24) 12 1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
16 3 MF Ki Sung-yueng ( c) (1989-01-24)24 January 1989 (aged 25) 66 5 Wales Swansea City
17 3 MF Lee Chung-yong (1988-07-02)2 July 1988 (aged 26) 64 6 England Bolton Wanderers
18 4 FW Lee Jung-hyup (1991-06-24)24 June 1991 (aged 23) 0 0 South Korea Sangju Sangmu
19 2 DF Kim Young-gwon (1990-02-27)27 February 1990 (aged 24) 29 1 China Guangzhou Evergrande
20 2 DF Jang Hyun-soo (1991-09-28)28 September 1991 (aged 23) 7 0 China Guangzhou R&F
21 1 GK Kim Seung-gyu (1990-09-30)30 September 1990 (aged 24) 7 0 South Korea Ulsan Hyundai
22 2 DF Cha Du-ri (1980-07-25)25 July 1980 (aged 34) 70 4 South Korea FC Seoul
23 1 GK Kim Jin-hyeon (1987-07-06)6 July 1987 (aged 27) 4 0 Japan Cerezo Osaka

Oman

Coach: France Paul Le Guen

The final squad was announced on 25 December 2014. [5] [6] [7] [8] There were two changes in the final squad: Sulaiman Al-Buraiki replaced Mohannad Al-Zaabi and Amer Said Al-Shatri replaced Saad Al-Mukhaini. [9]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Ali Al-Habsi ( c) (1981-12-30)30 December 1981 (aged 33) 100 0 England Wigan Athletic
2 2 DF Mohammed Al-Musalami (1990-04-27)27 April 1990 (aged 24) 35 2 Oman Fanja
3 2 DF Jaber Al-Owaisi (1989-11-04)4 November 1989 (aged 25) 27 2 Oman Al-Shabab
4 3 MF Ali Al-Jabri (1990-01-29)29 January 1990 (aged 24) 33 0 Oman Fanja
5 2 DF Nasser Al-Shimli (1989-02-15)15 February 1989 (aged 25) 7 0 Oman Al-Oruba
6 4 FW Raed Ibrahim Saleh (1992-06-09)9 June 1992 (aged 22) 42 2 Oman Fanja
7 4 FW Mohammed Al-Siyabi (1988-12-21)21 December 1988 (aged 26) 17 2 Oman Al-Shabab
8 3 MF Eid Al-Farsi (1987-01-31)31 January 1987 (aged 27) 47 4 Oman Al-Oruba
9 4 FW Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali (1989-04-23)23 April 1989 (aged 25) 38 12 Oman Fanja
10 4 FW Qasim Said (1989-04-20)20 April 1989 (aged 25) 58 8 Oman Al-Nasr
11 2 DF Amer Said Al-Shatri (1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 24) 1 0 Oman Dhofar
12 3 MF Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri (1985-02-23)23 February 1985 (aged 29) 108 12 Oman Al-Oruba
13 2 DF Abdul Salam Al-Mukhaini (1988-04-07)7 April 1988 (aged 26) 38 1 Oman Al-Oruba
14 4 FW Yaqoob Abdul-Karim (1985-09-04)4 September 1985 (aged 29) 33 3 Oman Saham
15 2 DF Ali Salim Al-Nahar (1992-08-21)21 August 1992 (aged 22) 17 0 Oman Dhofar
16 2 DF Ali Al-Busaidi (1991-01-21)21 January 1991 (aged 23) 11 0 Oman Al-Nahda
17 2 DF Hassan Mudhafar Al-Gheilani (1980-06-26)26 June 1980 (aged 34) 113 6 Oman Al-Oruba
18 1 GK Mazin Al-Kasbi (1993-04-27)27 April 1993 (aged 21) 13 0 Oman Fanja
19 2 DF Ahmed Al-Mukhaini (1985-05-02)2 May 1985 (aged 29) 0 0 Oman Al-Oruba
20 4 FW Amad Al-Hosni (1984-07-18)18 July 1984 (aged 30) 115 36 Oman Saham
21 3 MF Mohsin Al-Khaldi (1992-01-01)1 January 1992 (aged 23) 1 0 Oman Saham
22 1 GK Sulaiman Al-Buraiki (1986-07-30)30 July 1986 (aged 28) 0 0 Oman Al-Nahda
23 4 FW Said Al-Ruzaiqi (1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 28) 4 3 Oman Al-Nahda

Kuwait

Coach: Tunisia Nabil Maâloul

The final squad was announced on 30 December 2014. [10]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Khaled Al-Rashidi (1987-04-20)20 April 1987 (aged 27) 12 0 Kuwait Al-Salmiya
2 3 MF Amer Al-Fadhel (1988-04-21)21 April 1988 (aged 26) 14 0 Kuwait Qadsia
3 2 DF Fahad Awadh (1985-02-26)26 February 1985 (aged 29) 27 2 Kuwait Al-Kuwait
4 2 DF Hussain Fadhel (1984-10-09)9 October 1984 (aged 30) 43 2 United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda
5 2 DF Fahed Al Hajeri (1991-11-10)10 November 1991 (aged 23) 14 0 Kuwait Qadsia
6 2 DF Khaled Al-Qahtani (1985-02-16)16 February 1985 (aged 29) 14 0 Kuwait Qadsia
7 3 MF Talal Al Fadhel (1990-08-11)11 August 1990 (aged 24) 0 0 Kuwait Kazma
8 3 MF Saleh Al Sheikh (1982-05-29)29 May 1982 (aged 32) 39 1 Kuwait Qadsia
9 3 MF Abdullah Al Buraiki (1987-08-12)12 August 1987 (aged 27) 10 1 Kuwait Al-Kuwait
10 3 MF Aziz Mashaan (1988-10-19)19 October 1988 (aged 26) 7 0 Kuwait Qadsia
11 3 MF Fahad Al Ansari (1987-02-25)25 February 1987 (aged 27) 21 1 Kuwait Qadsia
12 3 MF Sultan Al Enezi (1992-03-29)29 March 1992 (aged 22) 15 0 Kuwait Qadsia
13 2 DF Musaed Neda ( c) (1983-07-08)8 July 1983 (aged 31) 70 15 Saudi Arabia Al-Oruba
14 3 MF Talal Al-Amer (1987-02-22)22 February 1987 (aged 27) 21 0 Kuwait Qadsia
15 4 FW Faisal Al Enezi (1988-06-11)11 June 1988 (aged 26) 0 0 Kuwait Al-Salmiya
16 3 MF Faisal Zaid (1991-10-09)9 October 1991 (aged 23) 1 0 Kuwait Jahra
17 4 FW Bader Al-Mutawa (1985-01-10)10 January 1985 (aged 29) 149 47 Kuwait Qadsia
18 2 DF Khalid El Ebrahim (1992-08-28)28 August 1992 (aged 22) 5 0 Kuwait Qadsia
19 4 FW Abdul Rahman Al Shammari (1993-02-13)13 February 1993 (aged 21) 2 0 Kuwait Al-Nasr
20 4 FW Yousef Nasser (1990-10-09)9 October 1990 (aged 24) 48 30 Kuwait Kazma
21 4 FW Ali Maqseed (1986-12-11)11 December 1986 (aged 28) 58 4 Kuwait Al-Arabi
22 1 GK Sulaiman Abdulghafour (1991-02-21)21 February 1991 (aged 23) 3 0 Kuwait Al-Arabi
23 1 GK Hameed Youssef (1987-08-10)10 August 1987 (aged 27) 6 0 Kuwait Al-Arabi

Group B

Uzbekistan

Coach: Mirjalol Qosimov

The final squad was announced on 30 December 2014. [11]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Eldorbek Suyunov (1991-04-12)12 April 1991 (aged 23) 7 0 Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
2 2 DF Egor Krimets (1992-01-27)27 January 1992 (aged 22) 4 0 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent
3 2 DF Shavkat Mullajanov (1986-01-19)19 January 1986 (aged 28) 23 0 Uzbekistan Olmaliq
4 4 FW Sardor Rashidov (1991-06-14)14 June 1991 (aged 23) 9 2 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
5 2 DF Anzur Ismailov (1985-04-21)21 April 1985 (aged 29) 55 1 China Changchun Yatai
6 4 FW Bahodir Nasimov (1987-05-02)2 May 1987 (aged 27) 11 5 Iran Padideh
7 3 MF Azizbek Haydarov (1985-07-08)8 July 1985 (aged 29) 56 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Shabab
8 3 MF Server Djeparov ( c) (1982-10-03)3 October 1982 (aged 32) 102 23 South Korea Seongnam
9 3 MF Odil Ahmedov (1987-11-25)25 November 1987 (aged 27) 60 11 Russia Krasnodar
10 3 MF Jamshid Iskanderov (1993-10-16)16 October 1993 (aged 21) 9 0 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent
11 4 FW Igor Sergeev (1993-04-30)30 April 1993 (aged 21) 9 4 Uzbekistan Pakhtakor Tashkent
12 1 GK Ignatiy Nesterov (1983-06-20)20 June 1983 (aged 31) 84 0 Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
13 3 MF Lutfulla Turaev (1988-03-30)30 March 1988 (aged 26) 11 0 Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
14 2 DF Shukhrat Mukhammadiev (1989-06-29)29 June 1989 (aged 25) 2 0 Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
15 3 MF Jasur Hasanov (1983-08-02)2 August 1983 (aged 31) 39 1 Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
16 3 MF Vokhid Shodiev (1986-11-09)9 November 1986 (aged 28) 4 2 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
17 3 MF Sanzhar Tursunov (1986-12-29)29 December 1986 (aged 28) 36 5 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava
18 3 MF Timur Kapadze (1981-09-05)5 September 1981 (aged 33) 111 10 Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
19 2 DF Vitaliy Denisov (1987-02-24)24 February 1987 (aged 27) 48 1 Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
20 2 DF Islom Tukhtakhodjaev (1989-10-30)30 October 1989 (aged 25) 37 0 Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent
21 1 GK Akbar Turaev (1989-08-27)27 August 1989 (aged 25) 0 0 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
22 3 MF Farrukh Sayfiev (1991-01-17)17 January 1991 (aged 23) 2 0 Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi
23 2 DF Akmal Shorakhmedov (1986-05-10)10 May 1986 (aged 28) 14 0 Uzbekistan Bunyodkor

Saudi Arabia

Coach: Romania Cosmin Olăroiu

The final squad was announced on 25 December 2014. [12] Nasser Al-Shamrani was ruled out for the tournament due to injury and replaced by Ibrahim Ghaleb. [13]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Waleed Abdullah (1986-04-19)19 April 1986 (aged 28) 58 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
2 2 DF Saeed Al-Mowalad (1991-03-09)9 March 1991 (aged 23) 6 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
3 2 DF Osama Hawsawi (1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 30) 103 6 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
4 2 DF Abdullah Al-Zori (1987-08-13)13 August 1987 (aged 27) 37 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
5 2 DF Omar Hawsawi (1985-09-27)27 September 1985 (aged 29) 6 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
6 3 MF Mustafa Al-Bassas (1993-06-02)2 June 1993 (aged 21) 8 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
7 3 MF Salman Al-Faraj (1989-08-01)1 August 1989 (aged 25) 5 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
8 4 FW Yahya Al-Shehri (1990-06-26)26 June 1990 (aged 24) 20 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
9 4 FW Naif Hazazi (1989-01-11)11 January 1989 (aged 25) 46 9 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
10 4 FW Mohammad Al-Sahlawi (1987-01-10)10 January 1987 (aged 27) 7 4 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
11 3 MF Waleed Bakshween (1989-11-12)12 November 1989 (aged 25) 9 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
12 2 DF Hassan Muath Fallatah (1986-01-27)27 January 1986 (aged 28) 48 3 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
13 2 DF Yasser Al-Shahrani (1992-05-25)25 May 1992 (aged 22) 10 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
14 3 MF Saud Kariri ( c) (1980-07-08)8 July 1980 (aged 34) 125 6 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
15 3 MF Ibrahim Ghaleb (1990-09-28)28 September 1990 (aged 24) 15 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
16 2 DF Motaz Hawsawi (1992-02-17)17 February 1992 (aged 22) 7 3 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
17 3 MF Taisir Al-Jassim (1984-07-25)25 July 1984 (aged 30) 90 10 Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli
18 3 MF Salem Al-Dawsari (1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 23) 17 2 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
19 4 FW Fahad Al-Muwallad (1994-09-14)14 September 1994 (aged 20) 15 5 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
20 3 MF Nawaf Al-Abed (1990-01-26)26 January 1990 (aged 24) 23 2 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
21 1 GK Abdullah Al-Sudairy (1992-02-02)2 February 1992 (aged 22) 1 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
22 1 GK Abdullah Al-Enezi (1990-09-20)20 September 1990 (aged 24) 2 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
23 2 DF Majed Al-Marshedi (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 30) 45 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab

China

Coach: France Alain Perrin

The final squad was announced on 24 December 2014. [14]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Zeng Cheng (1987-01-08)8 January 1987 (aged 28) 30 0 China Guangzhou Evergrande
2 2 DF Ren Hang (1989-02-23)23 February 1989 (aged 25) 10 0 China Jiangsu Sainty
3 2 DF Mei Fang (1989-11-14)14 November 1989 (aged 25) 8 0 China Guangzhou Evergrande
4 2 DF Jiang Zhipeng (1989-03-06)6 March 1989 (aged 25) 7 0 China Guangzhou R&F
5 2 DF Zhang Linpeng (1989-05-09)9 May 1989 (aged 25) 41 4 China Guangzhou Evergrande
6 2 DF Li Ang (1993-09-15)15 September 1993 (aged 21) 1 0 China Jiangsu Sainty
7 4 FW Wu Lei (1991-11-19)19 November 1991 (aged 23) 22 5 China Shanghai SIPG
8 3 MF Cai Huikang (1989-10-10)10 October 1989 (aged 25) 8 0 China Shanghai SIPG
9 4 FW Yang Xu (1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 27) 33 14 China Shandong Luneng
10 3 MF Zheng Zhi ( c) (1980-08-20)20 August 1980 (aged 34) 81 15 China Guangzhou Evergrande
11 3 MF Hao Junmin (1987-03-24)24 March 1987 (aged 27) 49 12 China Shandong Luneng
12 1 GK Yan Junling (1991-01-28)28 January 1991 (aged 23) 0 0 China Shanghai SIPG
13 2 DF Liu Jianye (1987-06-17)17 June 1987 (aged 27) 41 0 China Jiangsu Sainty
14 2 DF Ji Xiang (1990-03-01)1 March 1990 (aged 24) 2 0 China Jiangsu Sainty
15 3 MF Wu Xi (1989-02-19)19 February 1989 (aged 25) 21 1 China Jiangsu Sainty
16 4 FW Sun Ke (1989-08-26)26 August 1989 (aged 25) 22 4 China Jiangsu Sainty
17 3 MF Zhang Chengdong (1989-02-09)9 February 1989 (aged 25) 14 0 China Beijing Guoan
18 4 FW Gao Lin (1986-02-14)14 February 1986 (aged 28) 79 18 China Guangzhou Evergrande
19 3 MF Liu Binbin (1993-06-16)16 June 1993 (aged 21) 2 0 China Shandong Luneng
20 3 MF Yu Hanchao (1987-02-25)25 February 1987 (aged 27) 36 6 China Guangzhou Evergrande
21 3 MF Yu Hai (1987-06-04)4 June 1987 (aged 27) 50 10 China Guizhou Renhe
22 3 MF Liao Lisheng (1993-04-29)29 April 1993 (aged 21) 4 0 China Guangzhou Evergrande
23 1 GK Wang Dalei (1989-01-10)10 January 1989 (aged 25) 10 0 China Shandong Luneng

North Korea

Coach: Jo Tong-sop

The final squad was announced on 30 December 2014. [15]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Ri Myong-guk (1986-09-09)9 September 1986 (aged 28) 61 0 North Korea Pyongyang City
2 2 DF Ri Chang-ho (1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 25) 0 0 North Korea Rimyongsu
3 2 DF Jang Song-hyok (1991-01-18)18 January 1991 (aged 23) 10 2 North Korea Rimyongsu
4 2 DF Jon Kwang-ik (1988-04-05)5 April 1988 (aged 26) 35 2 North Korea Amrokgang
5 2 DF Han Song-hyok (1987-12-11)11 December 1987 (aged 27) 3 0 North Korea Rimyongsu
6 2 DF Ro Hak-su (1990-01-19)19 January 1990 (aged 24) 12 2 North Korea Rimyongsu
7 3 MF Ri Sang-chol (1990-12-26)26 December 1990 (aged 24) 2 2 North Korea Rimyongsu
8 3 MF Ryang Yong-gi (1982-01-07)7 January 1982 (aged 33) 21 4 Japan Vegalta Sendai
9 3 MF Pak Song-chol ( c) (1987-09-24)24 September 1987 (aged 27) 31 10 North Korea Rimyongsu
10 4 FW Pak Kwang-ryong (1992-09-27)27 September 1992 (aged 22) 12 3 Switzerland Basel
11 4 FW Jong Il-gwan (1992-10-30)30 October 1992 (aged 22) 25 6 North Korea Rimyongsu
12 4 FW Om Chol-song (1992-11-12)12 November 1992 (aged 22) 1 0 North Korea April 25
13 2 DF Sim Hyon-jin (1991-01-01)1 January 1991 (aged 24) 9 1 North Korea April 25
14 4 FW Kye Song-hyok (1992-11-12)12 November 1992 (aged 22) 2 1 North Korea April 25
15 2 DF Jang Kuk-chol (1994-02-16)16 February 1994 (aged 20) 11 2 North Korea Hwaebul
16 2 DF Cha Jong-hyok (1985-09-25)25 September 1985 (aged 29) 45 1 Switzerland Wil 1900
17 4 FW So Hyon-uk (1992-04-17)17 April 1992 (aged 22) 3 0 North Korea April 25
18 1 GK Ri Kwang-il (1988-04-13)13 April 1988 (aged 26) 0 0 North Korea April 25
19 3 MF Ri Yong-jik (1991-02-08)8 February 1991 (aged 23) 0 0 Japan Tokushima Vortis
20 4 FW Choe Won (1992-11-25)25 November 1992 (aged 22) 4 0 North Korea Hwaebul
21 3 MF O Hyok-chol (1991-08-02)2 August 1991 (aged 23) 3 1 North Korea April 25
22 1 GK Ju Kwang-min (1990-05-20)20 May 1990 (aged 24) 14 0 North Korea Rimyongsu

Group C

Iran

Coach: Portugal Carlos Queiroz

The final squad was announced on 30 December 2014. [16] On 7 January 2015, Hashem Beikzadeh was replaced by Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh due to injury. [17]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Alireza Haghighi (1988-05-02)2 May 1988 (aged 26) 10 0 Portugal Penafiel
2 2 DF Khosro Heydari (1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 31) 53 0 Iran Esteghlal
3 2 DF Ehsan Hajsafi (1990-02-25)25 February 1990 (aged 24) 66 3 Iran Sepahan
4 2 DF Jalal Hosseini (1982-02-03)3 February 1982 (aged 32) 89 6 Qatar Al-Ahli
5 2 DF Amir Hossein Sadeghi (1981-09-06)6 September 1981 (aged 33) 20 1 Iran Esteghlal
6 3 MF Javad Nekounam ( c) (1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 34) 145 37 Spain Osasuna
7 3 MF Masoud Shojaei (1984-06-09)9 June 1984 (aged 30) 54 5 Qatar Al-Shahania
8 2 DF Morteza Pouraliganji (1992-04-19)19 April 1992 (aged 22) 1 0 Iran Naft Tehran
9 3 MF Omid Ebrahimi (1987-09-16)16 September 1987 (aged 27) 7 0 Iran Esteghlal
10 4 FW Karim Ansarifard (1990-04-03)3 April 1990 (aged 24) 45 9 Spain Osasuna
11 2 DF Vouria Ghafouri (1987-09-20)20 September 1987 (aged 27) 2 0 Iran Sepahan
12 1 GK Mohsen Forouzan (1988-05-03)3 May 1988 (aged 26) 2 0 Iran Esteghlal
13 3 MF Vahid Amiri (1988-04-02)2 April 1988 (aged 26) 1 0 Iran Naft Tehran
14 3 MF Andranik Teymourian (1983-03-06)March 6, 1983 (aged 31) 84 8 Iran Tractor Sazi
15 2 DF Ramin Rezaeian (1990-03-21)21 March 1990 (aged 24) 1 0 Iran Rah Ahan
16 4 FW Reza Ghoochannejhad (1987-09-20)20 September 1987 (aged 27) 19 11 England Charlton Athletic
17 3 MF Soroush Rafiei (1990-03-24)24 March 1990 (aged 24) 2 0 Iran Foolad
18 4 FW Alireza Jahanbakhsh (1993-08-11)11 August 1993 (aged 21) 12 1 Netherlands NEC
19 2 DF Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh (1991-05-11)11 May 1991 (aged 23) 7 0 Iran Persepolis
20 4 FW Sardar Azmoun (1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (aged 20) 4 2 Russia Rubin Kazan
21 3 MF Ashkan Dejagah (1986-06-05)5 June 1986 (aged 28) 19 4 Qatar Al-Arabi
22 1 GK Alireza Beiranvand (1992-09-22)22 September 1992 (aged 22) 1 0 Iran Naft Tehran
23 2 DF Mehrdad Pooladi (1987-02-26)26 February 1987 (aged 27) 24 0 Qatar Al-Shahania

United Arab Emirates

Coach: Mahdi Ali

The final squad was announced on 27 December 2014. [18] Mohamed Fawzi was ruled out for the tournament due to injury and replaced by Salem Saleh.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Majed Naser ( c) (1984-04-01)1 April 1984 (aged 30) 64 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
2 3 MF Hassan Ibrahim Saqer (1990-10-19)19 October 1990 (aged 24) 4 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Shabab
3 2 DF Walid Abbas (1985-06-11)11 June 1985 (aged 29) 15 4 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
4 3 MF Habib Fardan (1990-11-11)11 November 1990 (aged 24) 14 7 United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr
5 3 MF Amer Abdulrahman (1989-07-03)3 July 1989 (aged 25) 37 2 United Arab Emirates Baniyas
6 2 DF Mohanad Salem (1985-03-01)1 March 1985 (aged 29) 3 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
7 4 FW Ali Mabkhout (1990-10-05)5 October 1990 (aged 24) 31 20 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
8 2 DF Hamdan Al-Kamali (1989-05-02)2 May 1989 (aged 25) 31 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda
9 2 DF Abdulaziz Hussain (1990-09-10)10 September 1990 (aged 24) 9 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
10 3 MF Omar Abdulrahman (1991-09-20)20 September 1991 (aged 23) 26 5 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
11 4 FW Ahmed Khalil (1991-06-08)8 June 1991 (aged 23) 57 24 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
12 1 GK Khalid Eisa (1989-09-15)15 September 1989 (aged 25) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
13 3 MF Khamis Esmaeel (1989-08-16)16 August 1989 (aged 25) 6 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
14 2 DF Abdelaziz Sanqour (1989-05-07)7 May 1989 (aged 25) 2 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
15 3 MF Ismail Al Hammadi (1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 26) 51 7 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
16 3 MF Mohamed Abdulrahman (1989-01-01)1 January 1989 (aged 26) 2 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
17 3 MF Majed Hassan (1992-08-01)1 August 1992 (aged 22) 3 1 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
18 4 FW Salem Saleh (1991-05-14)14 May 1991 (aged 23) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda
19 2 DF Mohamed Ismail Ahmed Ismail (1983-07-01)1 July 1983 (aged 31) 1 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
20 4 FW Saeed Al-Kathiri (1988-03-28)28 March 1988 (aged 26) 15 4 United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda
21 3 MF Haboush Saleh (1989-07-13)13 July 1989 (aged 25) 8 0 United Arab Emirates Baniyas
22 1 GK Mohamed Yousif (1991-05-25)25 May 1991 (aged 23) 0 0 United Arab Emirates Sharjah
23 2 DF Mohamed Ahmed (1989-04-16)16 April 1989 (aged 25) 9 0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain

Qatar

Coach: Algeria Djamel Belmadi

The final squad was announced on 23 December 2014. [19]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Qasem Burhan (1985-12-15)15 December 1985 (aged 29) 66 0 Qatar Al-Gharafa
2 2 DF Mohammed Musa (1986-03-23)23 March 1986 (aged 28) 24 0 Qatar Lekhwiya
3 2 DF Abdelkarim Hassan (1993-08-28)28 August 1993 (aged 21) 28 4 Qatar Al-Sadd
4 2 DF Almahdi Ali Mukhtar (1992-03-02)2 March 1992 (aged 22) 12 1 Qatar Al-Sadd
5 3 MF Abdulaziz Hatem (1990-10-28)28 October 1990 (aged 24) 19 0 Qatar Al-Arabi
6 2 DF Bilal Mohammed ( c) (1986-06-02)2 June 1986 (aged 28) 103 2 Qatar Al-Gharafa
7 2 DF Khalid Muftah (1992-07-02)2 July 1992 (aged 22) 26 1 Qatar Lekhwiya
8 3 MF Ali Assadalla (1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 21) 10 3 Qatar Al-Sadd
9 4 FW Meshal Abdullah (1984-05-02)2 May 1984 (aged 30) 33 6 Qatar Al-Ahli
10 3 MF Khalfan Ibrahim (1988-02-18)18 February 1988 (aged 26) 81 22 Qatar Al-Sadd
11 4 FW Hassan Al-Haydos (1990-12-11)11 December 1990 (aged 24) 49 3 Qatar Al-Sadd
12 4 FW Magid Mohamed (1985-10-11)11 October 1985 (aged 29) 56 8 Qatar El-Jaish
13 2 DF Ibrahim Majid (1990-05-12)12 May 1990 (aged 24) 67 4 Qatar Al-Sadd
14 3 MF Khalid Abdulraouf (1989-11-14)14 November 1989 (aged 25) 4 0 Qatar El-Jaish
15 2 DF Abdurahman Abubakar (1990-08-03)3 August 1990 (aged 24) 2 1 Qatar El-Jaish
16 2 DF Boualem Khoukhi (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 24) 11 6 Qatar Al-Arabi
17 4 FW Ismaeel Mohammad (1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 24) 14 0 Qatar Lekhwiya
18 2 DF Tresor Kangambu (1987-04-08)8 April 1987 (aged 27) 0 0 Qatar Lekhwiya
19 4 FW Mohammed Muntari (1993-12-20)20 December 1993 (aged 21) 0 0 Qatar El-Jaish
20 3 MF Karim Boudiaf (1989-09-16)16 September 1989 (aged 25) 9 0 Qatar Lekhwiya
21 1 GK Ahmed Soufiane (1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 24) 2 0 Qatar El-Jaish
22 1 GK Saad Al-Sheeb (1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 24) 15 0 Qatar Al-Sadd
23 3 MF Ahmed Abdul Maqsoud (1989-08-07)7 August 1989 (aged 25) 9 1 Qatar Umm-Salal

Bahrain

Coach: Marjan Eid

The final squad was announced on 30 December 2014. [20]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Sayed Mohammed Jaffer (1985-08-25)25 August 1985 (aged 29) 54 0 Bahrain Muharraq
2 2 DF Mohamed Husain ( c) (1980-07-31)31 July 1980 (aged 34) 90 8 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
3 2 DF Waleed Al-Hayam (1988-11-04)4 November 1988 (aged 26) 8 0 Bahrain Muharraq
4 3 MF Sayed Saeed (1992-07-17)17 July 1992 (aged 22) 16 4 Bahrain Al-Riffa
5 2 DF Abdulla Shallal (1993-01-31)31 January 1993 (aged 21) 1 0 Bahrain Al-Riffa
6 2 DF Abdulla Yaser (1988-03-27)27 March 1988 (aged 26) 5 0 Bahrain Muharraq
7 3 MF Abdulwahab Al-Safi (1984-06-04)4 June 1984 (aged 30) 36 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah
8 3 MF Sayed Ahmed (1991-03-04)4 March 1991 (aged 23) 9 0 Bahrain Al-Busaiteen
9 3 MF Abdulwahab Al-Malood (1989-07-21)21 July 1989 (aged 25) 15 1 Bahrain Hidd
10 4 FW Mohammed Tayeb Al Alawi (1989-10-13)13 October 1989 (aged 25) 10 5 Bahrain Al-Riffa
11 4 FW Ismail Abdullatif (1986-09-11)11 September 1986 (aged 28) 61 29 Bahrain Muharraq
12 3 MF Faouzi Aaish (1985-02-27)27 February 1985 (aged 29) 59 16 Qatar Al-Sailiya
13 2 DF Abdulla Al-Haza'a (1990-07-19)19 July 1990 (aged 24) 27 0 Bahrain Hidd
14 4 FW Jaycee John Okwunwanne (1985-10-08)8 October 1985 (aged 29) 45 21 Qatar Al-Mesaimeer
15 3 MF Abdullah Omar (1987-01-01)1 January 1987 (aged 28) 42 3 Bahrain Muharraq
16 4 FW Abdulla Yusuf Helal (1993-06-12)12 June 1993 (aged 21) 0 0 Bahrain East Riffa
17 2 DF Hussain Ali Baba (1982-02-11)11 February 1982 (aged 32) 71 1 Bahrain Muharraq
18 2 DF Mohamed Duaij Mahorfi (1989-05-09)9 May 1989 (aged 25) 23 0 Bahrain Al-Riffa
19 4 FW Faisal Bodahoom (1988-09-25)25 September 1988 (aged 26) 0 0 Bahrain East Riffa
20 4 FW Sami Al-Husaini (1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 25) 37 4 Bahrain Al-Busaiteen
21 1 GK Hamed Al-Doseri (1989-07-24)24 July 1989 (aged 25) 1 0 Bahrain Al-Riffa
22 1 GK Ashraf Waheed Al-Sebaie (1991-07-05)5 July 1991 (aged 23) 0 0 Bahrain Manama
23 2 DF Rashed Al-Hooti (1989-12-24)24 December 1989 (aged 25) 16 0 Bahrain Al-Riffa

Group D

Japan

Coach: Mexico Javier Aguirre

The final squad was announced on 15 December 2014. [21] However, defender Atsuto Uchida sustained injury afterwards and was replaced by Naomichi Ueda.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Eiji Kawashima (1983-03-20)20 March 1983 (aged 31) 64 0 Belgium Standard Liège
2 2 DF Naomichi Ueda [22] (1994-10-24)24 October 1994 (aged 20) 0 0 Japan Kashima Antlers
3 2 DF Kosuke Ota (1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (aged 27) 3 0 Japan FC Tokyo
4 3 MF Keisuke Honda (1986-06-13)13 June 1986 (aged 28) 65 24 Italy Milan
5 2 DF Yuto Nagatomo (1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 28) 76 3 Italy Internazionale
6 2 DF Masato Morishige (1987-05-21)21 May 1987 (aged 27) 17 1 Japan FC Tokyo
7 3 MF Yasuhito Endō (1980-01-28)28 January 1980 (aged 34) 148 14 Japan Gamba Osaka
8 3 MF Hiroshi Kiyotake (1989-11-12)12 November 1989 (aged 25) 26 1 Germany Hannover 96
9 4 FW Shinji Okazaki (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 28) 84 40 Germany Mainz 05
10 3 MF Shinji Kagawa (1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 25) 63 19 Germany Borussia Dortmund
11 4 FW Yōhei Toyoda (1985-04-11)11 April 1985 (aged 29) 6 1 Japan Sagan Tosu
12 1 GK Shusaku Nishikawa (1986-06-18)18 June 1986 (aged 28) 15 0 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
13 4 FW Yu Kobayashi (1987-09-23)23 September 1987 (aged 27) 2 0 Japan Kawasaki Frontale
14 4 FW Yoshinori Muto (1992-07-15)15 July 1992 (aged 22) 6 1 Japan FC Tokyo
15 2 DF Yasuyuki Konno (1983-01-25)25 January 1983 (aged 31) 84 2 Japan Gamba Osaka
16 2 DF Tsukasa Shiotani (1988-12-05)5 December 1988 (aged 26) 2 0 Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima
17 3 MF Makoto Hasebe ( c) (1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 30) 83 2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
18 3 MF Takashi Inui (1988-06-02)2 June 1988 (aged 26) 14 2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
19 2 DF Gen Shoji (1992-12-11)11 December 1992 (aged 22) 0 0 Japan Kashima Antlers
20 3 MF Gaku Shibasaki (1992-05-28)28 May 1992 (aged 22) 4 1 Japan Kashima Antlers
21 2 DF Gōtoku Sakai (1991-03-14)14 March 1991 (aged 23) 19 0 Germany VfB Stuttgart
22 2 DF Maya Yoshida (1988-08-24)24 August 1988 (aged 26) 49 3 England Southampton
23 1 GK Masaaki Higashiguchi (1986-05-12)12 May 1986 (aged 28) 0 0 Japan Gamba Osaka

Jordan

Coach: England Ray Wilkins

The final squad was announced on 18 December 2014. [23]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Amer Shafi ( c) (1982-02-14)14 February 1982 (aged 32) 117 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
2 3 MF Rajaei Ayed (1993-07-25)25 July 1993 (aged 21) 12 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
3 2 DF Tareq Khattab (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 (aged 22) 15 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
4 3 MF Samir Raja (1994-09-03)3 September 1994 (aged 20) 1 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
5 2 DF Mohammad Mustafa (1989-10-29)29 October 1989 (aged 25) 27 0 Qatar Al-Khor
6 3 MF Saeed Murjan (1990-02-10)10 February 1990 (aged 24) 38 6 Jordan Al-Ramtha
7 4 FW Mahmoud Za'tara (1991-01-08)8 January 1991 (aged 24) 3 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
8 4 FW Odai Al-Saify (1986-05-26)26 May 1986 (aged 28) 84 10 Kuwait Al-Salmiya
9 3 MF Ahmed Sariweh (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 20) 4 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah
10 4 FW Ahmad Hayel (1983-10-30)30 October 1983 (aged 31) 49 18 Kuwait Al-Arabi
11 2 DF Oday Zahran (1991-01-29)29 January 1991 (aged 23) 30 0 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordon
12 1 GK Moataz Yaseen (1982-11-03)3 November 1982 (aged 32) 7 0 Jordan That Ras
13 3 MF Khalil Bani Attiah (1991-06-08)8 June 1991 (aged 23) 45 6 Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly
14 4 FW Abdallah Deeb (1987-03-10)10 March 1987 (aged 27) 97 20 Bahrain Al-Riffa
15 3 MF Mohammad Al-Dawud (1992-04-12)12 April 1992 (aged 22) 6 0 Bahrain Hidd
16 3 MF Munther Abu Amarah (1992-04-24)24 April 1992 (aged 22) 9 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
17 3 MF Saleh Rateb (1994-12-18)18 December 1994 (aged 20) 2 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
18 3 MF Ahmed Elias (1990-11-09)9 November 1990 (aged 24) 4 0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
19 2 DF Anas Bani Yaseen (1988-11-29)29 November 1988 (aged 26) 71 3 Saudi Arabia Al-Raed
20 4 FW Hamza Al-Dardour (1991-05-12)12 May 1991 (aged 23) 21 4 Saudi Arabia Al-Khaleej
21 2 DF Mohammad Al-Dmeiri (1987-08-30)30 August 1987 (aged 27) 48 2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
22 1 GK Ahmed Abdel-Sattar (1984-07-06)6 July 1984 (aged 30) 7 0 Jordan Al-Jazeera
23 4 FW Yousef Al-Rawashdeh (1990-03-14)14 March 1990 (aged 24) 13 1 Jordan Al-Ramtha

Iraq

Coach: Radhi Shenaishil

The final squad was announced on 29 December 2014. [24]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Ali Yasin (1993-08-09)9 August 1993 (aged 21) 0 0 Iraq Naft Al-Janoob
2 2 DF Ahmed Ibrahim (1992-02-25)25 February 1992 (aged 22) 41 0 United Arab Emirates Ajman
3 2 DF Ali Bahjat (1992-03-03)3 March 1992 (aged 22) 21 0 Iraq Al-Shorta
4 2 DF Ali Faez (1994-09-09)9 September 1994 (aged 20) 8 0 Iraq Erbil
5 3 MF Yaser Kasim (1991-05-10)10 May 1991 (aged 23) 5 1 England Swindon Town
6 2 DF Ali Adnan (1993-12-19)19 December 1993 (aged 21) 27 1 Turkey Rizespor
7 3 MF Amjad Kalaf (1991-10-05)5 October 1991 (aged 23) 18 0 Iraq Al-Shorta
8 4 FW Justin Meram (1988-12-04)4 December 1988 (aged 26) 4 0 United States Columbus Crew
9 3 MF Ahmed Yasin (1991-04-22)22 April 1991 (aged 23) 30 1 Sweden Örebro
10 4 FW Younis Mahmoud ( c) (1983-02-03)3 February 1983 (aged 31) 131 51 Unattached
11 3 MF Humam Tariq (1996-02-10)10 February 1996 (aged 18) 23 0 United Arab Emirates Al Dhafra
12 1 GK Jalal Hassan (1991-05-18)18 May 1991 (aged 23) 14 0 Iraq Erbil
13 3 MF Osama Rashid (1992-01-17)17 January 1992 (aged 22) 9 0 Netherlands Alphense Boys
14 2 DF Salam Shaker (1986-07-31)31 July 1986 (aged 28) 76 4 Iraq Al-Shorta
15 2 DF Dhurgham Ismail (1994-05-23)23 May 1994 (aged 20) 17 1 Iraq Al-Shorta
16 4 FW Marwan Hussein (1992-01-26)26 January 1992 (aged 22) 5 0 Iraq Al-Shorta
17 4 FW Alaa Abdul-Zahra (1987-12-22)22 December 1987 (aged 27) 78 13 Iraq Al-Shorta
18 2 DF Sameh Saeed (1992-05-26)26 May 1992 (aged 22) 2 0 Iraq Baghdad
19 3 MF Mahdi Kamel (1995-01-06)6 January 1995 (aged 20) 10 0 Iraq Al-Shorta
20 1 GK Mohammed Hameed (1993-01-24)24 January 1993 (aged 21) 10 0 Iraq Al-Shorta
21 3 MF Saad Abdul-Amir (1992-01-19)19 January 1992 (aged 22) 36 1 Iraq Erbil
22 3 MF Ali Husni (1994-05-23)23 May 1994 (aged 20) 3 0 Iraq Al-Minaa
23 2 DF Waleed Salem (1992-01-05)5 January 1992 (aged 23) 23 0 Iraq Al-Shorta

Palestine

Coach: Ahmed Al Hassan

The final squad was announced on 25 December 2014. [25]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Tawfiq Ali (1990-11-08)8 November 1990 (aged 24) 14 0 State of Palestine Wadi Al-Nes
2 2 DF Raed Fares (1982-12-06)6 December 1982 (aged 32) 27 0 State of Palestine Thaqafi Tulkarm
3 3 MF Hussam Abu Saleh (1983-02-14)14 February 1983 (aged 31) 44 3 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
4 2 DF Ahmed Harbi (1986-07-16)16 July 1986 (aged 28) 20 1 State of Palestine Al-Am'ary
5 2 DF Haytham TheebWIT (1986-12-03)3 December 1986 (aged 28) 17 1 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
6 2 DF Mousa Abu Jazar (1987-08-28)28 August 1987 (aged 27) 29 1 State of Palestine Shabab Al-Khalil
7 4 FW Ashraf Nu'man (1986-07-29)29 July 1986 (aged 28) 48 13 Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly
8 3 MF Hesham Salhe (1987-11-08)8 November 1987 (aged 27) 9 0 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
9 4 FW Khaled Salem (1989-11-17)17 November 1989 (aged 25) 12 0 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
10 3 MF Ismail Al-Amour (1983-10-02)2 October 1983 (aged 31) 39 7 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
11 4 FW Ahmed Maher (1991-07-22)22 July 1991 (aged 23) 10 5 State of Palestine Shabab Al-Dhahiriya
12 2 DF Tamer Salah (1986-02-03)3 February 1986 (aged 28) 0 0 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
13 3 MF Jaka Ihbeisheh (1986-08-29)29 August 1986 (aged 28) 1 0 Slovenia NK Krka
14 2 DF Abdullah Jaber (1993-02-17)17 February 1993 (aged 21) 10 1 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds
15 2 DF Abdelatif Bahdari (1984-02-20)20 February 1984 (aged 30) 29 1 Jordan Al-Wehdat
16 4 FW Mahmoud Eid (1993-06-23)23 June 1993 (aged 21) 4 1 Sweden Nyköping
17 2 DF Alexis NorambuenaINJ (1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 30) 7 0 Poland GKS Belchatow
18 2 DF Mus'ab Al-Batat (1993-11-21)21 November 1993 (aged 21) 7 0 State of Palestine Shabab Al-Dhahiriya
19 4 FW Abdelhamid Abuhabib (1989-06-08)8 June 1989 (aged 25) 25 6 State of Palestine Markaz Balata
20 3 MF Khader Yousef (1984-10-06)6 October 1984 (aged 30) 56 1 State of Palestine Wadi Al-Nes
21 1 GK Ramzi Saleh ( c) (1980-08-08)8 August 1980 (aged 34) 66 0 unattached
22 1 GK Rami Hamadi (1991-04-20)20 April 1991 (aged 23) 0 0 State of Palestine Shabab Al-Khalil
23 3 MF Murad Ismail Said (1982-12-15)15 December 1982 (aged 32) 27 1 State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds

Player representation

By age

Players

Goalkeepers

Captains

By club

Clubs with 5 or more players represented are listed.

Players Club
10 Kuwait Qadsia
9 Iraq Al-Shorta
8 China Guangzhou Evergrande, State of Palestine Hilal Al-Quds, North Korea Rimyongsu, Jordan Al-Wehdat, Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
7 Oman Al-Oruba, Qatar Al-Sadd
6 United Arab Emirates Al Ain, Bahrain Al-Muharraq, Bahrain Al-Riffa, Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr, Saudi Arabia Al-Ahli, North Korea April 25, Qatar El-Jaish, China Jiangsu Sainty, Qatar Lekhwiya
5 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli, Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab, Oman Fanja, Uzbekistan Lokomotiv Tashkent

By club nationality

Players AFC clubs
35 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
33 Qatar Qatar
29 United Arab Emirates UAE
27 China China
23 Kuwait Kuwait
22 Oman Oman
20 Bahrain Bahrain
18 Japan Japan, North Korea North Korea
17 State of Palestine Palestine
16 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
15 Iraq Iraq
14 Iran Iran, Jordan Jordan
7 Australia Australia†, South Korea South Korea

† Including Nathan Burns who played for Wellington Phoenix, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League.

Players Clubs outside AFC
13 Germany Germany
10 England England†
5 Russia Russia
4 Netherlands Netherlands
3 Belgium Belgium
2 Italy Italy, Spain Spain, Sweden Sweden, Turkey Turkey, United States United States, Switzerland Switzerland†
1 Egypt Egypt, Portugal Portugal, Slovenia Slovenia, Poland Poland, Ukraine Ukraine

† Including Ki Sung-yueng who played for Swansea City, a Wales club competing in the Premier League.

† Including Pak Kwang-ryong who played for FC Vaduz, a Liechtenstein club competing in the Swiss Super League.

By club federation

Players Federation
313† AFC
50 UEFA
2 CONCACAF
1 CAF

Including Nathan Burns 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 Players
  China 23
  Qatar 23
  Saudi Arabia 23
  United Arab Emirates 23
  Oman 22
  Kuwait 21
  Bahrain 19
  North Korea 18
  Palestine 17
  Iraq 15
  Uzbekistan 14
  Iran 13
  Japan 13
  Jordan 13
  Australia 7†
  South Korea 5

† Including Nathan Burns who played for Wellington Phoenix, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League.

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