# 1976 AFC Asian Cup squads

Squads for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup played in Iran.

## Group A
### China

Head coach: Nian Weisi
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Hu Zhigang | (1944-02-29)29 February 1944 (aged 32) | Shanghai |
| 2 | 2DF | Qi Wusheng (c) | (1944-05-20)20 May 1944 (aged 32) | Liaoning |
| 3 | 2DF | Guan Zhirui | (1953-04-12)12 April 1953 (aged 23) | Guangdong |
| 4 | 3MF | Chi Shangbin | (1949-09-19)19 September 1949 (aged 26) | Liaoning |
| 5 | 2DF | Xiang Hengqing | (1947-07-15)15 July 1947 (aged 28) | Shandong |
| 6 | 3MF | He Jia | 1953 | Guangdong |
| 7 | 3MF | Chen Xirong | 1953 | Guangdong |
| 8 | 3MF | Li Guoning | 1942 | Fujian |
| 9 | 4FW | Wang Jilian | (1946-02-15)15 February 1946 (aged 30) | Bayi Football Team |
| 10 | 4FW | Rong Zhixing | (1948-07-30)30 July 1948 (aged 27) | Guangdong |
| 11 | 3MF | Du Zhiren | 1953 | Guangdong |
| 12 | 1GK | Li Fusheng | (1953-01-04)4 January 1953 (aged 23) | Bayi Football Team |
| 13 | 2DF | Cai Jinbiao | 1954 | Guangdong |
| 14 | 3MF | Zhang Qun | 1950 | Bayi Football Team |
| 15 | 4FW | Zhang Yiming | 1948 | Liaoning |
| 16 | 3MF | Yang Anli | (1950-05-07)7 May 1950 (aged 26) | Bayi Football Team |
| 17 | 4FW | Yu Jinglian | (1953-03-05)5 March 1953 (aged 23) | Liaoning |
| 18 | 4FW | Li Weimiao | (1950-03-31)31 March 1950 (aged 26) | Beijing |

### Kuwait

Head coach: Mário Zagallo
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Ahmed Al-Tarabulsi | (1947-03-22)22 March 1947 (aged 29) | Kuwait SC |
| 20 | 1GK | Sanad Sihan | | Kazma SC |
| 3 | 2DF | Mahboub Juma'a | (1955-09-17)17 September 1955 (aged 20) | Al Salmiya |
| 2 | 2DF | Adnan Abdullah | | Al-Arabi SC |
| 13 | 2DF | Redha Maarafi | | Al Qadisiya |
| 4 | 2DF | Hussein Mohammad | | Kazma SC |
| 14 | 2DF | Abdullah Mayouf | (1953-12-03)3 December 1953 (aged 22) | Kazma SC |
| 5 | 2DF | Ibrahim Duraihem (c) | | Kuwait SC |
| 8 | 3MF | Farouq Ibrahim | | Al Qadisiya |
| 11 | 3MF | Hamad Bouhamad | | Al Qadisiya |
| 6 | 3MF | Saad Al-Houti | (1954-05-24)24 May 1954 (aged 22) | Kuwait SC |
| 18 | 3MF | Saleh Al-Asfoor | | Al Salmiya |
| 15 | 3MF | Saud Bouhamad | | Al Qadisiya |
| 7 | 4FW | Fathi Kameel | (1955-05-23)23 May 1955 (aged 21) | Al Tadamun |
| 16 | 4FW | Faisal Al-Dakhil | (1957-08-13)13 August 1957 (aged 18) | Al Qadisiya |
| 12 | 4FW | Mohammed Abdullah | | Kuwait SC |
| 9 | 4FW | Jasem Yaqoub | (1953-10-25)25 October 1953 (aged 22) | Al Qadisiya |
| 10 | 4FW | Abdulaziz Al-Anberi | (1954-01-03)3 January 1954 (aged 22) | Kuwait SC |

### Malaysia

Head coach : Datuk Maui Kuppan
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Ratuk Arumugam | (1953-01-31)31 January 1953 (aged 23) | Selangor FA |
| 20 | 1GK | Hamid Ramli | | Kelantan FA |
| 2 | 2DF | Zainuddin Hussein | | Negeri Sembilan FA |
| 3 | 2DF | Abdullah Ali | | Selangor FA |
| 5 | 2DF | Santokh Singh | (1952-06-22)22 June 1952 (aged 23) | Selangor FA |
| 8 | 2DF | Yahya Jusoh | | Terengganu FA |
| 14 | 2DF | Radzi Ahmad | | |
| 6 | 3MF | Shukor Salleh | | Penang FA |
| 16 | 3MF | Khor Sek Leng | (1952-10-25)25 October 1952 (aged 23) | Kedah FA |
| 9 | 3MF | Isa Bakar | (1952-12-25)25 December 1952 (aged 23) | Penang FA |
| 17 | 3MF | Mohsen Vithilinggam | | Kedah FA |
| 7 | 3MF | Ali Bakar | | Penang FA |
| 4 | 3MF | Parwan Umaparam | | Perak FA |
| 10 | 4FW | Mokhtar Dahari (c) | (1953-11-13)13 November 1953 (aged 22) | Selangor FA |
| 15 | 4FW | Idris Daud | | Kelantan FA |
| 19 | 4FW | Irfan Bakti | (1951-04-01)1 April 1951 (aged 25) | Kelantan FA |
| 13 | 4FW | P. Dharmalingam | | Selangor FA |

## Group B
### Iran

Head coach : Heshmat Mohajerani
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Mansour Rashidi | (1947-11-12)12 November 1947 (aged 28) | Taj |
| 18 | 1GK | Mehdi Asgarkhani | (1948-03-25)25 March 1948 (aged 28) | Persepolis |
| 3 | 2DF | Hassan Nazari | (1956-08-19)19 August 1956 (aged 19) | Taj |
| 4 | 2DF | Bijan Zolfagharnasab | (1949-06-07)7 June 1949 (aged 26) | Persepolis |
| 8 | 2DF | Nasrollah Abdollahi | (1951-09-02)2 September 1951 (aged 24) | Shahbaz |
| 2 | 2DF | Andranik Eskandarian | (1951-12-31)31 December 1951 (aged 24) | Taj |
| 12 | 2DF | Hassan Nayebagha | (1950-09-17)17 September 1950 (aged 25) | Homa |
| 15 | 2DF | Sahameddin Mirfakhraei | (1951-02-04)4 February 1951 (aged 25) | Homa |
| 7 | 3MF | Ali Parvin | (1946-09-20)20 September 1946 (aged 29) | Persepolis |
| 5 | 3MF | Parviz Ghelichkhani (c) | (1945-12-04)4 December 1945 (aged 30) | Daraei |
| 6 | 3MF | Ebrahim Ghasempour | (1957-09-11)11 September 1957 (aged 18) | Sanat Naft |
| 15 | 3MF | Mohammad Sadeghi | (1952-03-16)16 March 1952 (aged 24) | PAS Tehran |
| 13 | 3MF | Alireza Azizi | (1950-01-12)12 January 1950 (aged 26) | Persepolis |
| 16 | 3MF | Garnik Shahbandari | 1954 | Daraei |
| 11 | 4FW | Alireza Khorshidi | 1952 | Homa |
| 9 | 4FW | Nasser Nouraei | (1954-06-16)16 June 1954 (aged 21) | Persepolis |
| 17 | 4FW | Gholam Hossein Mazloomi | (1950-01-13)13 January 1950 (aged 26) | Shahbaz |
| 10 | 4FW | Hassan Rowshan | (1955-10-24)24 October 1955 (aged 20) | Taj |

### Iraq

Head coach: Lenko Grčić (Kaka)
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Jalal Abdul-Rahman | (1946-05-06)6 May 1946 (aged 30) | Al-Zawraa |
| 2 | 2DF | Mejbel Fartous (c) | (1950-07-06)6 July 1950 (aged 25) | Al-Tayaran |
| 3 | 2DF | Adel Khudhair | (1954-07-01)1 July 1954 (aged 21) | Al-Zawraa |
| 4 | 2DF | Ibrahim Ali | (1950-07-01)1 July 1950 (aged 25) | Al-Zawraa |
| 5 | 2DF | Kadhim Kamil | (1951-07-01)1 July 1951 (aged 24) | Al-Tayaran |
| 6 | 3MF | Hassani Alwan | (1955-01-01)1 January 1955 (aged 21) | Al-Zawraa |
| 8 | 4FW | Falah Hassan | (1951-07-01)1 July 1951 (aged 24) | Al-Zawraa |
| 10 | 4FW | Ahmed Subhi | (1955-01-01)1 January 1955 (aged 21) | Al-Baladiyat |
| 11 | 4FW | Thamer Yousif | (1953-07-01)1 July 1953 (aged 22) | Al-Zawraa |
| 12 | 3MF | Douglas Aziz | (1942-01-01)1 January 1942 (aged 34) | Al-Shorta |
| 13 | 2DF | Mohammed Tabra | (1950-12-23)23 December 1950 (aged 25) | Al-Shorta |
| 14 | 3MF | Sabah Abdul-Jalil | (1951-07-01)1 July 1951 (aged 24) | Al-Baladiyat |
| 15 | 4FW | Ali Kadhim | (1949-01-01)1 January 1949 (aged 27) | Al-Zawraa |
| 16 | 4FW | Kadhim Waal | (1951-01-01)1 January 1951 (aged 25) | Al-Tayaran |
| 17 | 3MF | Fatah Mohammed | (1950-10-09)9 October 1950 (aged 25) | Al-Zawraa |
| 18 | 2DF | Ali Hussein Battush | (1950-01-01)1 January 1950 (aged 26) | Al-Zawraa |
| 19 | 3MF | Hesham Mustafa | (1952-07-01)1 July 1952 (aged 23) | Al-Tayaran |
| 21 | 1GK | Raad Hammoudi | (1953-04-20)20 April 1953 (aged 23) | Al-Shorta |

### South Yemen

Head coach: Ali Mohsen Al-Moraisi
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Tarek Ali Raban | | Al-Mina SC Tawahi |
| 20 | 1GK | Adel Ismail Mohammed | | Shamsan SC |
| 2 | 2DF | Hussain Jalab | | Al-Tilal SC |
| 5 | 2DF | Aziz Abdulrahman | | Al-Tilal SC |
| 4 | 2DF | Abdullah Salah al-Hirar | | Al-Wehda |
| 6 | 2DF | Osman Khaleb | | Al-Wehda |
| 14 | 2DF | Hussain Amar | | Al-Tilal SC |
| 3 | 2DF | Osam Abdah Omar | | Shamsan SC |
| 13 | 3MF | Mohammed Sharaf Ahmed (c) | | Al-Tilal SC |
| 16 | 3MF | Awaz Salem Awaz Awazeen | | Al-Tilal SC |
| 8 | 3MF | Abdullah Ba-Aamer | (1954-10-21)21 October 1954 (aged 21) | Al-Wehda |
| 17 | 3MF | Abdulredha Ibrahim | | |
| 7 | 3MF | Monir Medhesh | | Al-Wehda |
| 9 | 3MF | Nasser Hadi | | Al-Wehda |
| 11 | 4FW | Jamil Sayf | | Shamsan SC |
| 10 | 4FW | Abubakar Al-Mass | (1955-07-01)1 July 1955 (aged 20) | Al-Tilal SC |
| 15 | 4FW | Aziz Salem | | Al-Wehda |
| 19 | 4FW | Mohammed Salah Abdullah | | Al-Tilal SC |