2007 AFC Asian Cup squads explained

See main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup. This article lists the confirmed national football squads for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup tournament jointly held in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam between 7 July and 29 July 2007.

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 16 June 2007. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team's first Asian Cup game. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the tournament, including all pre-tournament friendlies.

Group A

Thailand

Head coach: Charnwit Polcheewin

Iraq

Head coach: Jorvan Vieira

Australia

Head coach: Graham Arnold

Oman

Head coach: Gabriel Calderón

Group B

Vietnam

Head coach: Alfred Riedl[1]

United Arab Emirates

Head coach: Bruno Metsu

Japan

Head coach: Ivica Osim[2]

Qatar

Head coach: Džemaludin Mušović

Group C

Malaysia

Head coach: Norizan Bakar

China

Head coach: Zhu Guanghu

Iran

Head coach: Amir Ghalenoei

Uzbekistan

Head coach: Rauf Inileev

Group D

Indonesia

Head coach: Ivan Kolev

Bahrain

Head coach: Milan Máčala

South Korea

Head coach: Pim Verbeek

Saudi Arabia

Head coach: Hélio dos Anjos

Player representation

Clubs represented by five or more players
Players Club
11 Al-Sadd
9 Muharraq Club
7 Pakhtakor Tashkent
6
5
By club nationality
Players Asian Clubs
38 Qatar
28 United Arab Emirates
26 Vietnam
25 Saudi Arabia
23 Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia
19 China
18 Korea Republic
16 Uzbekistan
15 Thailand
14 Iran
13 Bahrain
8 Iraq, Kuwait, Oman
3 Australia, Jordan, Lebanon
2 Kazakhstan, Singapore
Players Clubs Outside Asia
17 England
6 Germany
4 Russia
3 Italy, Netherlands
2 Cyprus, Libya, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine
1 Poland, Scotland, Serbia, Switzerland
By club Federation
Players Federation
317†AFC
45UEFA
2CAF
By representatives of domestic league
National Squad No. of players playing in home leagues
Australia3
Bahrain13
China19
Indonesia23
Iran11
Iraq8
Japan21
Malaysia23
Oman8
Qatar23
Saudi Arabia23
South Korea18
Thailand15
United Arab Emirates23
Uzbekistan16
Vietnam23

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Đội tuyển Việt Nam chuẩn bị cho Asian Cup 2007: Luồng gió trẻ . 6 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304140155/http://www.sggp.org.vn/phutrangthethao/2007/6/104476/ . 4 March 2016 . dead .
  2. http://soccer4us.net/index.php?showtopic=2711&st=20 日本サッカー