# Football at the 1978 Asian Games – Men's team squads

Squads for the Football at the 1978 Asian Games played in Bangkok, Thailand.

## Group A
### China

Head coach: Nian Weisi
| No. | Pos. | Player |
| 1 | 1GK | Li Fusheng |
| 14 | | He Jia |
| 4 | | Lin Lefeng |
| 3 | | Liu Zhicai |
| 2 | | Xiang Hengqing |
| 17 | | Yang Anli |
| 16 | | Wang Feng |
| 6 | 3MF | Chi Shangbin |
| 11 | 4FW | Rong Zhixing |
| 18 | | Li Fubao |
| 7 | | Yang Yumin |
| 15 | | Shen Xiangfu |
| | | Liu Jinshan |
| | | Liu Lifu |
| | | Wang Changtai |

### Iraq

Head coach: Ammo Baba
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1GK | Raad Hammoudi | (1953-05-01)1 May 1953 (aged 25) | Al-Shorta |
| 1GK | Fatah Nsaief | (1951-02-02)2 February 1951 (aged 27) | Al Jaish |
| 2DF | Ibrahim Ali | (1950-07-01)1 July 1950 (aged 28) | Al-Zawraa |
| 2DF | Hassan Farhan | (1953-06-29)29 June 1953 (aged 25) | Al Jaish |
| 2DF | Wathiq Aswad | (1957-07-01)1 July 1957 (aged 21) | Al-Talaba |
| 2DF | Nadhim Shaker | (1958-12-18)18 December 1958 (aged 19) | Al Tayaran |
| 2DF | Adnan Dirjal | (1960-01-26)26 January 1960 (aged 18) | Al-Zawraa |
| 2DF | Abdul-Karim Farhan | (1956-11-26)26 November 1956 (aged 22) | Al-Talaba |
| 2DF | Adnan Jafar | (1949-12-29)29 December 1949 (aged 28) | Al-Shorta |
| 3MF | Alaa Ahmad | (1952-01-01)1 January 1952 (aged 26) | Al-Minaa |
| 3MF | Hadi Ahmed | (1951-01-01)1 January 1951 (aged 27) | Al-Minaa |
| 3MF | Dhurgham Mahdi | (1951-07-01)1 July 1951 (aged 27) | Al-Sinaa SC |
| 3MF | Hesham Mustafa | (1952-07-01)1 July 1952 (aged 26) | Al-Tayaran |
| 3MF | Hussein Ali Thajil | (1958-07-01)1 July 1958 (aged 20) | Al Tayaran |
| 4FW | Ali Hussein Mahmoud | (1953-01-01)1 January 1953 (aged 25) | Al-Shorta |
| 4FW | Ali Kadhim | (1949-01-01)1 January 1949 (aged 29) | Al-Zawraa |
| 4FW | Hussein Saeed | (1958-01-21)21 January 1958 (aged 20) | Al-Talaba |
| 4FW | Ahmed Subhi | (1952-01-01)1 January 1952 (aged 26) | Al-Amana |
| 4FW | Mahdi Abdul-Sahib | (1956-07-28)28 July 1956 (aged 22) | Al-Talaba |
| 4FW | Ara Hamparsum | (1952-07-07)7 July 1952 (aged 26) | Al-Amana |

### Qatar

Head coach:
| Pos. | Player |
| 1GK | Mohammad Sami Wafa |
| 2DF | Mubarak Anbar Al-Ali |
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### Saudi Arabia

Head coach: David Woodfield
| No. | Pos. | Player |
| 1 | 1GK | Salem Marwan |
| 2 | 2DF | Jasim al-Qartas |
| 3 | 2DF | Saleh Al-Nu'eimeh |
| 4 | 3MF | Issa Khalifa Al-Dosari |
| 5 | 2DF | Tawfiq al-Moghren |
| 7 | 3MF | Yousef Khames |
| 8 | 3MF | Saleh Khalifa Al-Dosari |
| 9 | 4FW | Majed Abdullah |
| 11 | 3MF | Ahmad al-Saqeer |
| 12 | 2DF | Ibrahim Tahseen |
| 13 | 3MF | Fahad al-Habshi |
| 14 | 4FW | Issa Hamdan |
| 15 | 2DF | Ahmad al-Nifawi |
| 18 | 4FW | Sultan bin Naseeb |
| 19 | 1GK | Ibrahim al-Yousef |
| 20 | 1GK | Taiseer al-Saqabi |
| | 4FW | Abdullah Abdraboh |
| | 2DF | Saad Breek |
| | 3MF | Issa al-Dosari |
| | 4FW | Saud Jassim |
| | 3MF | Issa Khawaji |
| | 2DF | Wajdi Mubarak |

## Group B
### Burma

Head coach:
* Pos.
* 1GK
* 2DF
* 2DF
* 3MF
* 2DF
* 3MF
* 4FW
* 4FW
* 4FW
* 4FW
* 4FW

### North Korea

Head coach: Pak Du-Sok
| No. | Pos. | Player |
| 1 | 1GK | Kim Gang-Il |
| 2 | | Kim In-Chan |
| 3 | | Kim Mu-Gil |
| 4 | | Cha Jong-Sok |
| 5 | | Kim Jong-Min |
| 6 | | An Chang-Nam |
| 7 | | Hong Song-Nam |
| 8 | | Kim Bok-Nam |
| 9 | | An Se-Uk |
| 10 | | Pak Jong-Hon |
| 11 | | Ri Chang-Ha |
| 17 | | Kim Mun-Chol |

### Thailand

Head coach: Peter Schnittger
| No. | Pos. | Player |
| 1 | 1GK | Vasin Masapong |
| 2 | | Manus Ratanatisol |
| 3 | | Jirasak Chareonchand |
| 16 | | Prapan Premsri |
| 14 | | Witoon Trikuna |
| 12 | | Chamreon Kamnil |
| 10 | 4FW | Niwat Srisawat |
| 9 | | Pichai Kongsri |
| 13 | | Boonlert Aeochareon |
| 18 | | Vitheechai Sornlak |
| 11 | | Somcit Chuayeoomchoom |
| 15 | | Kition Laokeukoonpong |
| 8 | | Thawiwat Acklasala |

## Group C
### Bangladesh

Head coach: Werner Bickelhaupt
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1GK | Shahidur Rahman Shantoo (c) | (1947-11-17)17 November 1947 (aged 31) | Mohammedan SC |
| 1GK | Moinul Karim Moin | | Sadharan Bima CSC |
| 2DF | Sawpan Kumar Das | (1958-11-10)10 November 1958 (aged 20) | Wari Club Dhaka |
| 2DF | Shamsul Alam Manju | (1955-03-14)14 March 1955 (aged 23) | Mohammedan SC |
| 2DF | Abul Hossain | (1957-07-02)2 July 1957 (aged 21) | Azad Sporting Club |
| 2DF | Mohammad Abu Yusuf | (1957-09-11)11 September 1957 (aged 21) | Rahmatganj MFS |
| 2DF | Mostafa Hossain Mukul | (1957-11-12)12 November 1957 (aged 21) | Team BJMC |
| 2DF | Zakir Hossain Badal | | Mohammedan SC |
| 3MF | Milon Karmakar Basu | | Team BJMC |
| 3MF | Ashish Bhadra | (1960-03-14)14 March 1960 (aged 18) | Rahmatganj MFS |
| 3MF | Kowsar Ali | (1958-11-20)20 November 1958 (aged 20) | Team BJMC |
| 3MF | Pranab Kumar Dey Banu | | Mohammedan SC |
| 3MF | Syed Nazmul Hassan Lovan | (1958-09-20)20 September 1958 (aged 20) | Wari Club Dhaka |
| 3MF | Hasanuzzaman Khan Bablu | (1955-05-05)5 May 1955 (aged 23) | Brothers Union |
| 4FW | Yusuf Buli | | Mohammedan SC |
| 4FW | Hassan Ahmedul Haque | (1958-01-02)2 January 1958 (aged 20) | Team BJMC |
| 4FW | Mohammed Mohsin | (1963-04-03)3 April 1963 (aged 15) | Brothers Union |
| 4FW | Sheikh Mohammad Aslam | (1958-03-01)1 March 1958 (aged 20) | Victoria SC |
| 4FW | Enayetur Rahman Khan | (1951-02-28)28 February 1951 (aged 27) | Mohammedan SC |

### India

Head coach: Arun Ghosh
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1GK | Bhaskar Ganguly | | East Bengal |
| 1GK | Bhaskar Maity | | Bengal |
| 1GK | Surjit Singh | | |
| 2DF | Gurdev Singh Gill (c) | (1950-04-20)20 April 1950 (aged 24) | East Bengal |
| 2DF | Chinmoy Chatterjee | | East Bengal |
| 2DF | Shyamal Banerjee | | Bengal |
| 2DF | Compton Dutta | | Bengal |
| 2DF | Subrata Bhattacharya | (1953-03-03)3 March 1953 (aged 21) | Mohun Bagan |
| 2DF | Nicholas Pereira | | |
| 2DF | D. Sekaran | | |
| 2DF | Gurcharan Singh Parmar | | |
| 3MF | Prasun Banerjee | (1955-04-06)6 April 1955 (aged 19) | East Bengal |
| 3MF | Pushparaj Kumar | | Karnataka |
| 3MF | A. Devraj Doraiswamy | | Karnataka |
| 3MF | M.M. Jacob | | |
| 3MF | Thomas Fernandes | | |
| 4FW | Xavier Pius | | |
| 4FW | Francis D'Souza | | |
| 4FW | Mohammed Akbar | | |
| 4FW | Harjinder Singh | | JCT Mills |
| 4FW | Surajit Sengupta | (1951-08-30)30 August 1951 (aged 23) | East Bengal |
| 4FW | Bidesh Ranjan Bose | (1953-11-15)15 November 1953 (aged 21) | Bengal |

### Malaysia

Head coach: Chow Kwai Lam
| No. | Pos. | Player |
| 1 | 1GK | R. Arumugam |
| 22 | | Jamal Rashid |
| 4 | | Yahya Jusoh |
| 6 | 3MF | Shukor Salleh |
| 3 | 2DF | Soh Chin Aun |
| 5 | 2DF | Santokh Singh |
| 19 | | Khor Sek Leng |
| 10 | 4FW | Mokhtar Dahari |
| 9 | 4FW | Isa Bakar |
| 12 | | Bakri Ibni |
| 11 | | Ali Abdullah |

## Group D
### Bahrain

Head coach: Jack Mansell
| No. | Pos. | Player |
| 1 | 1GK | Hamood Sultan |
| 2 | | Youssef Sharida |
| 15 | | Rashid Jamber |
| 5 | | Nazir Al-Dirzali |
| 4 | | Faisal Sanad |
| 14 | | Hamed Mohammed |
| 10 | | Ibrahim Suwayed |
| 9 | | Khalil Shwayer |
| 7 | | Karim Al-Mulla |
| 11 | | Mohammed Fahad |

### Japan

Head coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Mitsuhisa Taguchi | (1955-02-14)14 February 1955 (aged 23) | Mitsubishi Motors |
| | 2DF | Masatoshi Matsunaga | (1950-12-22)22 December 1950 (aged 27) | Mitsubishi Motors |
| 3 | 2DF | Hiroshi Ochiai | (1946-02-28)28 February 1946 (aged 32) | Mitsubishi Motors |
| 4 | 2DF | Keizo Imai | (1950-11-19)19 November 1950 (aged 28) | Fujita Industrial |
| 5 | 2DF | Kazuo Saito | (1951-07-27)27 July 1951 (aged 27) | Mitsubishi Motors |
| 6 | 3MF | Nobuo Fujishima | (1950-04-08)8 April 1950 (aged 28) | Nippon Kokan |
| 7 | 4FW | Haruhisa Hasegawa | (1957-04-14)14 April 1957 (aged 21) | Osaka University of Commerce |
| 8 | 3MF | Mitsunori Fujiguchi | (1949-08-17)17 August 1949 (aged 29) | Mitsubishi Motors |
| 9 | 4FW | Hiroyuki Usui | (1953-08-04)4 August 1953 (aged 25) | Hitachi |
| 10 | 3MF | Nobutoshi Kaneda | (1958-02-16)16 February 1958 (aged 20) | Chuo University |
| 11 | 4FW | Yoshikazu Nagai | (1952-04-16)16 April 1952 (aged 26) | Furukawa Electric |
| 12 | 2DF | Atsuyoshi Furuta | (1952-10-27)27 October 1952 (aged 26) | Toyo Industries |
| | 2DF | Tsutomu Sonobe | (1958-03-29)29 March 1958 (aged 20) | Fujita Industrial |
| 14 | 3MF | Hideki Maeda | (1954-05-13)13 May 1954 (aged 24) | Furukawa Electric |
| 15 | 3MF | Hisashi Kato | (1956-04-24)24 April 1956 (aged 22) | Waseda University |
| 16 | 4FW | Hiromi Hara | (1958-10-19)19 October 1958 (aged 20) | Waseda University |
| 17 | 4FW | Masaru Kawaguchi | (1956-12-19)19 December 1956 (aged 21) | Osaka University of Commerce |
| | 1GK | Tatsuhiko Seta | (1952-01-08)8 January 1952 (aged 26) | Hitachi |

### South Korea

Head coach: Ham Heung-chul
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Kim Hwang-ho | (1954-08-15)15 August 1954 (aged 24) | ROK Navy FC |
| 2 | 2DF | Hong Sung-ho | (1954-12-20)20 December 1954 (aged 23) | POSCO FC |
| 3 | 2DF | Kim Ho-gon | (1950-03-26)26 March 1950 (aged 28) | Seoul Trust Bank FC |
| 4 | 2DF | Cho Kwang-rae | (1954-03-19)19 March 1954 (aged 24) | POSCO FC |
| 5 | 2DF | Hwang Jae-man | (1953-01-24)24 January 1953 (aged 25) | ROK Air Force FC |
| 6 | 2DF | Park Sung-hwa | (1955-05-07)7 May 1955 (aged 23) | POSCO FC |
| 7 | 3MF | Shin Hyun-ho | (1953-09-21)21 September 1953 (aged 25) | POSCO FC |
| 8 | 3MF | Cho Young-jeung | (1954-08-18)18 August 1954 (aged 24) | ROK Navy FC |
| 9 | 3MF | Lee Young-moo | (1953-07-26)26 July 1953 (aged 25) | POSCO FC |
| 10 | 4FW | Lee Kang-Jo | (1954-10-27)27 October 1954 (aged 24) | Korea Auto Insurance FC |
| 11 | 4FW | Cha Bum-Kun | (1953-05-22)22 May 1953 (aged 25) | ROK Air Force FC |
| 12 | 2DF | Choi Jong-Duk | (1954-06-24)24 June 1954 (aged 24) | POSCO FC |
| 15 | 3MF | Huh Jung-Moo | (1955-01-13)13 January 1955 (aged 23) | ROK Navy FC |
| 17 | 3MF | Park Sang-in | (1952-11-16)16 November 1952 (aged 26) | Commercial Bank of Korea FC |
| 18 | 3MF | Kim Sung-nam | (1954-07-19)19 July 1954 (aged 24) | ROK Navy FC |
| 19 | 3MF | Kim Kang-nam | (1954-07-19)19 July 1954 (aged 24) | ROK Navy FC |
| 20 | 4FW | Oh Seok-jae | (1958-10-13)13 October 1958 (aged 20) | Konkuk University |
| 21 | 1GK | Kim Hee-chun | (1955-10-19)19 October 1955 (aged 23) | ROK Air Force FC |
| 22 | 2DF | Kim Hee-tae | (1953-07-10)10 July 1953 (aged 25) | ROK Air Force FC |
| 23 | 1GK | Cho Byung-deuk | (1958-05-26)26 May 1958 (aged 20) | POSCO FC |

### Kuwait

Head coach: Mario Zagallo
| No. | Pos. | Player |
| 1 | 1GK | Ahmed Al-Tarabulsi |
| 20 | 1GK | Jasem Bahman |
| 2 | 2DF | Mohammad Abbas |
| 5 | 2DF | Ibrahim Al-Duraihim |
| 13 | 2DF | Redha Maarafi |
| 17 | 2DF | Hussein Al-Jaser |
| 3 | 2DF | Mahboub Juma'a |
| 14 | 2DF | Abdullah Mayoof |
| 11 | 3MF | Hamad Bouhamad |
| 15 | 3MF | Saud Bouhamad |
| 6 | 3MF | Saad Al-Houti |
| 18 | 3MF | Saleh Al-Asfoor |
| 8 | 3MF | Farouk Ibrahim |
| 4 | 3MF | Abdullah Al-Buloushi |
| 12 | 4FW | Badir Bu Abbas |
| 19 | 4FW | Mohammed Shuaeb |
| 16 | 4FW | Faisal Al-Dakhil |
| 9 | 4FW | Jasem Yaqoub |
| 7 | 4FW | Fathi Kameel |
| 10 | 4FW | Abdulaziz Al-Anberi |