# 1988 AFC Asian Cup squads

Squads for the 1988 AFC Asian Cup tournament in Qatar.

## Group A
### Iran

Head coach: Parviz Dehdari
| 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 |
* 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 | | |