AFC Asian Cup records and statistics

This is a list of records and statistics of the AFC Asian Cup.

Summary

First four edition of competition only had four or five teams and played in one single group. Since 1972, the final tournament has introduced the knockout stage. Since 2019, no third place play-off has been played.

Bold text denotes team was host country.

Team Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Semi-finalist Top 4
total
 Japan 4 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011) 1 (2019) — 1 (2007) — 6
 Saudi Arabia 3 (1984, 1988, 1996) 3 (1992, 2000, 2007) — — — 6
 Iran 3 (1968, 1972, 1976) — 4 (1980, 1988, 1996, 2004) 1 (1984) 2 (2019, 2023) 10
 South Korea 2 (1956, 1960) 4 (1972, 1980, 1988, 2015) 4 (1964, 2000, 2007, 2011) — 1 (2023) 11
 Qatar 2 (2019, 2023) — — — — 2
 Israel 1 (1964) 2 (1956, 1960) 1 (1968) — — 4
 Kuwait 1 (1980) 1 (1976) 1 (1984) 1 (1996) — 4
 Australia 1 (2015) 1 (2011) — — — 2
 Iraq 1 (2007) — — 2 (1976, 2015) — 3
 China — 2 (1984, 2004) 2 (1976, 1992) 2 (1988, 2000) — 6
 United Arab Emirates — 1 (1996) 1 (2015) 1 (1992) 1 (2019) 4
 India — 1 (1964) — — — 1
 Myanmar[a] — 1 (1968) — — — 1
 Jordan — 1 (2023) — — — 1
 Hong Kong — — 1 (1956) 1 (1964) — 2
 Chinese Taipei[b] — — 1 (1960) 1 (1968) — 2
 Thailand — — 1 (1972) — — 1
 Vietnam[c] — — — 2 (1956, 1960) — 2
 Cambodia[d] — — — 1 (1972) — 1
 North Korea — — — 1 (1980) — 1
 Bahrain — — — 1 (2004) — 1
 Uzbekistan — — — 1 (2011) — 1

AFC Asian Cup Results

General statistics by tournament

Further information: AFC Asian Cup qualifiers

Source:[1][2][3]

Year Host(s) Winners Winning coach Top scorer(s) (goals) Best player award
1956  Hong Kong  South Korea South Korea Kim Sung-gan Israel Nahum Stelmach (4) —
1960  South Korea  South Korea South Korea Kim Yong-sik South Korea Cho Yoon-ok (4)
1964  Israel  Israel Israel Yosef Merimovich India Inder Singh (2)
Israel Mordechai Spiegler (2)
1968  Iran  Iran Iran Mahmoud Bayati Iran Homayoun Behzadi (4)
Israel Moshe Romano (4)
Israel Giora Spiegel (4)
1972  Thailand  Iran Iran Mohammad Ranjbar Iran Hossein Kalani (5) Iran Ebrahim Ashtiani
1976  Iran  Iran Iran Heshmat Mohajerani Iran Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (3)
Iran Nasser Nouraei (3)
Kuwait Fathi Kamel (3) 		Iran Ali Parvin
1980  Kuwait  Kuwait Brazil Carlos Alberto Parreira Iran Behtash Fariba (7)
South Korea Choi Soon-ho (7) 		—
1984  Singapore  Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Khalil Al-Zayani China Jia Xiuquan (3)
Iran Shahrokh Bayani (3)
Iran Nasser Mohammadkhani (3) 		China Jia Xiuquan
1988  Qatar  Saudi Arabia Brazil Carlos Alberto Parreira South Korea Lee Tae-ho (3) South Korea Kim Joo-sung[4]
1992  Japan  Japan Netherlands Hans Ooft Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Bishi (3) Japan Kazuyoshi Miura
1996  United Arab Emirates  Saudi Arabia Portugal Nelo Vingada Iran Ali Daei (8) Iran Khodadad Azizi
2000  Lebanon  Japan France Philippe Troussier South Korea Lee Dong-gook (6) Japan Hiroshi Nanami
2004  China  Japan Brazil Zico Bahrain A'ala Hubail (5)
Iran Ali Karimi (5) 		Japan Shunsuke Nakamura
2007  Indonesia
 Malaysia
 Thailand
 Vietnam 		 Iraq Brazil Jorvan Vieira Iraq Younis Mahmoud (4)
Japan Naohiro Takahara (4)
Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani (4) 		Iraq Younis Mahmoud[5]
2011  Qatar  Japan Italy Alberto Zaccheroni South Korea Koo Ja-cheol (5) Japan Keisuke Honda[6]
2015  Australia  Australia Australia Ange Postecoglou United Arab Emirates Ali Mabkhout (5) Australia Massimo Luongo[7]
2019  United Arab Emirates  Qatar Spain Félix Sánchez Qatar Almoez Ali (9) Qatar Almoez Ali
2023  Qatar  Qatar Spain Tintín Márquez Qatar Akram Afif (8) Qatar Akram Afif
2027  Saudi Arabia TBD TBD TBD TBD

Debut of national teams

Year Debuting teams Successor teams
Teams No. Cum.
1956  Hong Kong,  Israel,  South Korea,  South Vietnam 4 4
1960  Republic of China 1 5
1964  India 1 6
1968  Iran,  Burma 2 8
1972  Iraq,  Khmer Republic,  Kuwait,  Thailand 4 12
1976  China,  Malaysia,  South Yemen 3 15
1980  Bangladesh,  North Korea,  Qatar,  Syria,  United Arab Emirates 5 20
1984  Saudi Arabia,  Singapore 2 22
1988  Bahrain,  Japan 2 24
1992 None 0 24
1996  Indonesia,  Uzbekistan 2 26
2000  Lebanon 1 27
2004  Jordan,  Oman,  Turkmenistan 3 30
2007  Australia 1 31  Vietnam
2011 None 0 31
2015  Palestine 1 32
2019  Kyrgyzstan,  Philippines,  Yemen 3 35
2023  Tajikistan 1 36

Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.[8][9]

As of 2023 AFC Asian Cup
Rank Team Part M W D L GF GA GD Points
1  Iran 15 74 45 20 9 143 55 +88 155
2  South Korea 15 73 38 19 16 117 74 +43 133
3  Japan 10 53 33 12 8 104 52 +52 111
4  Saudi Arabia 11 52 23 15 14 74 50 +24 84
5  China 13 59 23 15 21 88 66 +22 84
6  Qatar 11 46 19 12 15 66 52 +14 69
7  Iraq 10 42 18 7 17 54 52 +2 61
8  United Arab Emirates 11 48 16 13 19 47 64 -17 61
9  Uzbekistan 8 33 15 7 11 49 50 -1 52
10  Kuwait 10 41 14 10 17 47 51 -4 52
11  Australia 5 26 15 5 6 49 17 +32 50
12  Jordan 5 22 10 7 5 30 18 +12 37
13  Syria 7 25 8 5 12 19 30 -11 29
14  Israel 4 13 9 0 4 28 15 +13 27
15  Bahrain 7 27 7 6 14 33 44 -11 27
16  Thailand 8 28 3 11 14 22 54 -32 20
17  Oman 5 16 3 5 8 12 20 -8 14
18  North Korea 5 18 3 2 13 15 40 -25 11
19  Indonesia 5 16 3 2 11 13 38 -25 11
20  India 5 16 3 1 12 12 33 -21 10
21  Vietnam 5 18 2 3 13 21 43 -22 9
22  Myanmar 1 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
23  Malaysia 4 12 1 4 7 10 28 -18 7
24  Lebanon 3 9 1 3 5 8 17 -9 6
25  Palestine 3 10 1 3 6 7 21 -14 6
26  Tajikistan 1 5 1 2 2 3 4 -1 5
27  Chinese Taipei 2 7 1 2 4 5 12 -7 5
28  Singapore 1 4 1 1 2 3 4 -1 4
29  Cambodia 1 5 1 1 3 8 10 -2 4
30  Kyrgyzstan 2 7 1 1 5 7 12 -5 4
31  Hong Kong 4 13 0 3 10 10 30 -20 3
32  Turkmenistan 2 6 0 1 5 7 16 -9 1
33  Philippines 1 3 0 0 3 1 7 -6 0
34  South Yemen 1 2 0 0 2 0 9 -9 0
35  Yemen 1 3 0 0 3 0 10 -10 0
36  Bangladesh 1 4 0 0 4 2 17 -15 0

Comprehensive team results by tournament

Legend

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).

Team British Hong Kong
1956
(4) 		South Korea
1960
(4) 		Israel
1964
(4) 		Iran
1968
(5) 		Thailand
1972
(6) 		Iran
1976
(6) 		Kuwait
1980
(10) 		Singapore
1984
(10) 		Qatar
1988
(10) 		Japan
1992
(8) 		United Arab Emirates
1996
(12) 		Lebanon
2000
(12) 		China
2004
(16) 		Indonesia
Malaysia
Thailand
Vietnam
2007
(16) 		Qatar
2011
(16) 		Australia
2015
(16) 		United Arab Emirates
2019
(24) 		Qatar
2023
(24) 		Saudi Arabia
2027
(24) 		TBD
2031
(32) 		Total
West Asian members
 Bahrain Part of  UK × • × •• × GS • × • 4th GS GS GS R16 R16 7
 Iraq Not an AFC member GS 4th × × × × QF QF QF 1st QF 4th R16 R16 10
 Jordan Not an AFC member • × × • • × • • QF • QF GS R16 2nd 5
 Kuwait Not an AFC member × GS 2nd 1st 3rd GS • 4th QF GS • GS GS × • 10
 Lebanon Not an AFC member × • × • × × × • GS • × • • GS GS 3
 Oman Not an AFC member • × • • • GS GS • GS R16 GS 5
 Palestine Not an AFC member • • • • GS GS R16 3
 Qatar Part of  United Kingdom • GS GS GS GS • QF GS GS QF GS 1st 1st 11
 Saudi Arabia Not an AFC member •• × 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd GS 2nd GS GS R16 R16 Q 12
 Syria Not an AFC member • × GS GS GS • GS • • • GS • GS R16 7
 United Arab Emirates Part of  United Kingdom × GS GS GS 4th 2nd • GS GS GS 3rd SF R16 11
 Yemen Not an AFC member • • × • • • • • • GS • 1
Central Asian Members
 Iran × • × 1st 1st 1st 3rd 4th 3rd GS 3rd QF 3rd QF QF QF SF 3rd 15
 Kyrgyzstan Part of  Soviet Union • • • × • • R16 GS 2
 Tajikistan Part of  Soviet Union • • • × • • • QF 1
 Turkmenistan Part of  Soviet Union • • GS × • • GS • 2
 Uzbekistan Part of  Soviet Union GS GS QF QF 4th QF R16 QF 8
South Asian Members
 Bangladesh Part of  Pakistan × GS • • • × • • • • • • • 1
 India × • 2nd • × × × GS • • • • • • GS • GS GS 5
East Asian Members
 China Not an AFC member 3rd GS 2nd 4th 3rd QF 4th 2nd GS GS QF QF GS 13
 Chinese Taipei • 3rd × 4th × × OFC member • • • • • • • • • 2
 Hong Kong 3rd • 4th 5th • • • • • • • • • • • • • GS 4
 Japan × × × • × • × × GS 1st QF 1st 1st 4th 1st QF 2nd QF 10
 North Korea Not an AFC member •• 4th × • GS × • • × GS GS GS × 5
 South Korea 1st 1st 3rd • 2nd • 2nd GS 2nd • QF 3rd QF 3rd 3rd 2nd QF 4th 15
Southeast Asian Members
 Australia OFC member QF 2nd 1st QF QF 5
 Cambodia • × × • 4th × × × × × × • × × • • • • 1
 Indonesia × × × • • • • • • • GS GS GS GS • • × R16 5
 Malaysia • • • • • GS GS • • • • • • GS • • • GS 4
 Myanmar × × × 2nd × × × × × × • • • × • • • • 1
 Philippines • • × • × × • • × × • • × × • • GS • 1
 Singapore × • × • × • • GS × • • • • • • • • • 1
 Thailand × × • • 3rd •• • • • GS GS GS GS GS • • R16 R16 8
 Vietnam 4th 4th • • • • × × × × • • • QF • • QF GS 5
Former AFC Members
 Israel 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd •• Expelled from AFC UEFA member 4
 South Yemen GS × × • Part of  Yemen 1
Team British Hong Kong
1956
(4) 		South Korea
1960
(4) 		Israel
1964
(4) 		Iran
1968
(5) 		Thailand
1972
(6) 		Iran
1976
(6) 		Kuwait
1980
(10) 		Singapore
1984
(10) 		Qatar
1988
(10) 		Japan
1992
(8) 		United Arab Emirates
1996
(12) 		Lebanon
2000
(12) 		China
2004
(16) 		Indonesia
Malaysia
Thailand
Vietnam
2007
(16) 		Qatar
2011
(16) 		Australia
2015
(16) 		United Arab Emirates
2019
(24) 		Qatar
2023
(24) 		Saudi Arabia
2027
(24) 		TBD
2031
(32) 		Total

Results of host nations

Year Host nation Finish
1956  Hong Kong Third place
1960  South Korea Champions
1964  Israel Champions
1968  Iran Champions
1972  Thailand Third place
1976  Iran Champions
1980  Kuwait Champions
1984  Singapore Group stage
1988  Qatar Group stage
1992  Japan Champions
1996  United Arab Emirates Runners-up
2000  Lebanon Group stage
2004  China Runners-up
2007  Indonesia Group stage
 Malaysia Group stage
 Thailand Group stage
 Vietnam Quarter-finals
2011  Qatar Quarter-finals
2015  Australia Champions
2019  United Arab Emirates Semi-finals
2023  Qatar Champions
2027  Saudi Arabia TBD

Results of defending finalists

Year Defending champions Finish Defending runners-up Finish
1960  South Korea Champions  Israel Runners-up
1964  South Korea Third place  Israel Champions
1968  Israel Third place  India did not qualify
1972  Iran Champions  Burma Withdrew
1976  Iran Champions  South Korea did not qualify
1980  Iran Third place  Kuwait Champions
1984  Kuwait Third place  South Korea Group Stage
1988  Saudi Arabia Champions  China Fourth Place
1992  Saudi Arabia Runners-up  South Korea did not qualify
1996  Japan Quarter-finals  Saudi Arabia Champions
2000  Saudi Arabia Runners-up  United Arab Emirates did not qualify
2004  Japan Champions  Saudi Arabia Group stage
2007  Japan Fourth place  China Group stage
2011  Iraq Quarter-finals  Saudi Arabia Group stage
2015  Japan Quarter-finals  Australia Champions
2019  Australia Quarter-finals  South Korea Quarter-finals
2023  Qatar Champions  Japan Quarter-finals
2027  Qatar TBD  Jordan TBD

Teams never qualified for finals tournaments

See also: AFC Asian Cup qualifiers

Legend

  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).

Team 1956
(4) 		1960
(4) 		1964
(4) 		1968
(5) 		1972
(6) 		1976
(6) 		1980
(8) 		1984
(8) 		1988
(8) 		1992
(8) 		1996
(12) 		2000
(12) 		2004
(16) 		2007
(16) 		2011
(16) 		2015
(16) 		2019
(24) 		2023
(24) 		Attempts
 Afghanistan × × × × × • • • × × × × • × • • • • 8
 Bhutan × × × × × × × × × × × • • × • • • • 6
 Brunei × × × × • • × × × × × • • × • × • • 7
 Guam × × × × × × × × × × • • • × • • × • 6
 Kazakhstan[e] Part of  Soviet Union • • UEFA member 2
 Laos × × × × × × × × × × × • • × × • • • 5
 Macau × × × × × × • × × • • • • × • • • • 9
 Maldives Part of  UK × × × × × × × • • • × • • • • 7
 Mongolia Not AFC member • • × • • • • 6
   Nepal Not AFC member × × × • • × • • • × • • • • 9
 Northern Mariana Islands Not AFC member × • × × 1
 Pakistan × • × • × × × • • • • • • • • • • • 13
 Sri Lanka × × × × • × • • × × • • • × • • • • 10
 Timor-Leste Part of  Portugal Part of  Indonesia × • × × × • ×[f] 2

Other records

Individual records

Most Valuable Player

Source:[13]

Year Player
1956 —
1960
1964
1968 Myanmar Ba Pu
1972 Iran Ebrahim Ashtiani
1976 Iran Ali Parvin
1980 —
1984 China Jia Xiuquan
1988 South Korea Kim Joo-sung
1992 Japan Kazuyoshi Miura
1996 Iran Khodadad Azizi
2000 Japan Hiroshi Nanami
2004 Japan Shunsuke Nakamura
2007 Iraq Younis Mahmoud
2011 Japan Keisuke Honda
2015 Australia Massimo Luongo
2019 Qatar Almoez Ali
2023 Qatar Akram Afif

Overall top goalscorers

Players in bold are still active at international level.

Rank Player Country Years Goals
1 Ali Daei  Iran 1996, 2000, 2004 14
2 Almoez Ali  Qatar 2019, 2023 11
3 Lee Dong-gook  South Korea 2000, 2004, 2007 10
4 Naohiro Takahara  Japan 2000, 2007 9
Ali Mabkhout  United Arab Emirates 2015, 2019, 2023
Akram Afif  Qatar 2019, 2023
7 Jasem Al-Huwaidi  Kuwait 1996, 2000 8
Younis Mahmoud  Iraq 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
Sardar Azmoun  Iran 2015, 2019, 2023
9 Hossein Kalani  Iran 1968, 1972 7
Faisal Al-Dakhil  Kuwait 1976, 1980, 1984
Behtash Fariba  Iran 1980
Choi Soon-ho  South Korea 1980
Son Heung-min  South Korea 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
14 Yasser Al-Qahtani  Saudi Arabia 2004, 2007, 2011 6
Alexander Geynrikh  Uzbekistan 2004, 2007, 2011
Tim Cahill  Australia 2007, 2011, 2015
Ahmed Khalil  United Arab Emirates 2011, 2015, 2019
Aymen Hussein  Iraq 2019, 2023
Mehdi Taremi  Iran 2019, 2023
21 Woo Sang-kwon  South Korea 1956, 1960 5
Nahum Stelmach  Israel 1956, 1960, 1964
Ali Jabbari  Iran 1968, 1972
Chung Hae-won  South Korea 1980, 1988
Hwang Sun-hong  South Korea 1988, 1996
Akinori Nishizawa  Japan 2000
Shao Jiayi  China 2000, 2004, 2007
Ali Karimi  Iran 2000, 2004, 2007
A'ala Hubail  Bahrain 2004, 2007
Ismail Abdullatif  Bahrain 2007, 2011, 2015
Koo Ja-cheol  South Korea 2011, 2015, 2019
Hassan Al-Haydos  Qatar 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023

Top goalscorers in one tournament

Players in bold are still active at international level.

Goals Player Representing Year Ref.
9 Almoez Ali  Qatar 2019 [14]
8 Ali Daei  Iran 1996 [15]
Akram Afif  Qatar 2023 [16]
7 Behtash Fariba  Iran 1980 [17]
Choi Soon-ho  South Korea [17]
6 Lee Dong-gook  South Korea 2000 [18]
5 Hossein Kalani  Iran 1972 [19]
Ali Karimi  Iran 2004 [20]
A'ala Hubail  Bahrain [20]
Koo Ja-cheol  South Korea 2011 [21]
Ali Mabkhout  United Arab Emirates 2015 [22]

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of AFC Asian Cup hat-tricks

Most tournament wins

Times Player Representing Years
3 Parviz Ghelichkhani Iran Iran 1968, 1972, 1976

Most tournament appearances

The table lists the players who have appeared in four or more different tournaments.

Tournaments Player Years
5 Uzbekistan Ignatiy Nesterov 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
4 United Arab Emirates Adnan Al-Talyani 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996
China Li Ming 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004
Iran Mehdi Mahdavikia 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007
South Korea Kim Yong-dae 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011
Iran Javad Nekounam 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
Iraq Younis Mahmoud 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
Japan Yasuhito Endō 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
Saudi Arabia Saud Kariri 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
Qatar Bilal Mohammed 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
Uzbekistan Server Djeparov 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
Uzbekistan Timur Kapadze 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
China Zheng Zhi 2004, 2007, 2015, 2019
Oman Ahmed Kano 2004, 2007, 2015, 2019
Jordan Amer Shafi 2004, 2011, 2015, 2019
United Arab Emirates Ismail Matar 2004, 2007, 2011, 2019
Uzbekistan Marat Bikmaev 2004, 2007, 2011, 2019
Iran Masoud Shojaei 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
Saudi Arabia Waleed Abdullah 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
Uzbekistan Anzur Ismailov 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
China Zhang Linpeng 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
Iran Ehsan Hajsafi 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
Iran Karim Ansarifard 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
South Korea Son Heung-min 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
Qatar Hassan Al-Haydos 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
Qatar Saad Al-Sheeb 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023


Younis Mahmoud is the only player in the history of the tournament to score a goal in four separate tournaments.

Source:[23]

Fastest goals scored from kick-off

Only three goals in the history of the tournament have been scored in the first minute of their respective games.

Source:[24]

Match records

Attendance by year

Year Matches Attendance
Total Average Highest
1992 16 316,496 19,781  JPN –  KSA Final 60,000
1996 26 448,000 17,231  IRN –  KUW
 UAE –  KSA 		3rd place match
Final 		60,000
2000 26 276,488 10,634  LIB –  IRN Group stage 52,418
2004 32 937,650 29,302  CHN –  JPN Final 62,000
2007 32 724,222 22,632  KSA –  IDN
 IDN –  KOR 		Group stage 88,000
2011 32 405,361 12,668  QAT –  UZB Group stage 47,413
2015 32 705,705 22,053  KOR –  AUS Final 76,385
2019 51 644,307 12,633  UAE –  IND Group stage 43,206
2023 51 1,507,790 29,565  JOR –  QAT Final 86,492

Highest attendance

Awards

Main article: AFC Asian Cup awards

Team of the Tournament

Edition Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
1980[25] Iran Nasser Hejazi Kuwait Naeem Saad
Malaysia Soh Chin Aun
Kuwait Mahboub Juma'a
Iran Mehdi Dinvarzadeh 		Iran Abdolreza Barzegari
Kuwait Saad Al-Houti
South Korea Lee Young-moo 		South Korea Choi Soon-ho
Kuwait Faisal Al-Dakhil
Kuwait Jasem Yaqoub
1984 Unknown or not awarded
1988[26]
(18 players) 		China Zhang Huikang
Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Deayea 		Saudi Arabia Mohamed Al-Jawad
Saudi Arabia Saleh Nu'eimeh
South Korea Park Kyung-hoon
South Korea Chung Yong-hwan 		China Xie Yuxin
United Arab Emirates Mohamed Salim
Kuwait Mahboub Juma'a
Iran Sirous Ghayeghran
South Korea Chung Hae-won
Qatar Adel Khamis
Kuwait Abdulaziz Al-Hajeri
South Korea Byun Byung-joo 		Saudi Arabia Youssef Al-Thunayan
Saudi Arabia Majed Abdullah
South Korea Kim Joo-sung
China Wang Baoshan
1992 Unknown or not awarded
1996[27] Saudi Arabia Mohamed Al-Deayea Saudi Arabia Abdullah Zubromawi
United Arab Emirates Yousef Saleh
Iran Mohammad Khakpour 		Iran Mehrdad Minavand
United Arab Emirates Mohamed Ali
Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Muwallid
United Arab Emirates Saad Bakheet Mubarak 		Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Mehallel
Kuwait Jasem Al-Huwaidi
Iran Ali Daei
2000[28] China Jiang Jin South Korea Hong Myung-bo
Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
Kuwait Jamal Mubarak 		Japan Hiroshi Nanami
Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Temyat
Iraq Abbas Obeid
Iran Karim Bagheri
Japan Shunsuke Nakamura 		South Korea Lee Dong-gook
Japan Naohiro Takahara
2004[29] Japan Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi Japan Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Japan Yuji Nakazawa
China Zheng Zhi
Iran Mehdi Mahdavikia 		Japan Shunsuke Nakamura
China Shao Jiayi
China Zhao Junzhe
Bahrain Talal Yousef 		Bahrain A'ala Hubail
Iran Ali Karimi
2007[30]
(fan-voted) 		South Korea Lee Woon-jae Japan Yuji Nakazawa
Australia Lucas Neill
Iraq Bassim Abbas
Iran Rahman Rezaei 		Japan Shunsuke Nakamura
Australia Harry Kewell
South Korea Lee Chun-soo
Iraq Nashat Akram 		Japan Naohiro Takahara
Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani
2011 Not awarded
2015[31] Australia Mathew Ryan Iraq Dhurgham Ismail
South Korea Kwak Tae-hwi
Australia Trent Sainsbury
South Korea Cha Du-ri 		Australia Massimo Luongo
United Arab Emirates Omar Abdulrahman
South Korea Ki Sung-yueng 		United Arab Emirates Ali Mabkhout
Australia Tim Cahill
South Korea Son Heung-min
2019[32]
(23 players) 		Iran Alireza Beiranvand
Japan Shūichi Gonda
Qatar Saad Al Sheeb 		United Arab Emirates Bandar Al-Ahbabi
Qatar Boualem Khoukhi
Japan Maya Yoshida
Qatar Bassam Al-Rawi
Japan Yuto Nagatomo
Qatar Abdelkarim Hassan
South Korea Kim Min-jae 		Iran Omid Ebrahimi
Qatar Abdulaziz Hatem
Iran Ashkan Dejagah
Australia Tom Rogic
Japan Gaku Shibasaki
Qatar Hassan Al-Haydos 		Qatar Akram Afif
Qatar Almoez Ali
Iran Sardar Azmoun
Vietnam Nguyễn Quang Hải
China Wu Lei
United Arab Emirates Ali Mabkhout
Japan Yuya Osako

Fair play award

  • First awarded in 1984
Year Winner
1984  China
1988 Not awarded
1992
1996  Iran
2000  Saudi Arabia
2004  China
2007  Japan
2011  South Korea
2015  Australia[33]
2019  Japan
2023  Qatar

Notes

  1. ^  Burma until 1989.
  2. ^  Republic of China until 1980.
  3. ^ Including results representing  South Vietnam.
  4. ^  Khmer Republic from 1970 to 1975.
  5. ^ Kazakhstan played in two qualification competitions before join to UEFA in 2002, but had never qualified for the Asian Cup.
  6. ^ Timor-Leste were banned from qualifying for the 2023 Asian Cup for using 12 ineligible players between 2011 and 2017 and providing false documents.[10]

References

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