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The 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup is going to be held in the United Arab Emirates, from January 5 to February 1, 2019. The United Arab Emirates is going to host the tournament for the second time, after 1996 as UAE was declared as the host on March 9, 2015.
In this edition of the AFC Asian Cup, 24 teams will participate in the tournament for the first time, as the format of 16 teams has been changed.
UAE qualified for the tournament as the host nation, and the rest 23 places were destined by a qualifying contest between 45 national teams, from March 2015 to March 2018.
In the 2015 edition of AFC Asian Cup, the host nation Australia won the title. The winner of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 will directly qualify for the 2021 FIFA Confederations Cup.
With just seven days to go to the 2019 edition of AFC Asian Cup, the 24 national teams have announced their final 23-man squads. Teams can replace their players from the final squad upto six hours prior to their first game. They can only do the same from the registered 50 players in the preliminary list.
In the inaugral match of the AFC Asian Cup 2019, the United Arab Emirates will lock horns against Bahrain. Zayed Sports City Stadium will host the match.
Group - A
#1 India
Goalkeepers: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (JSW Bengaluru FC), Vishal Kaith (FC Pune City), Amrinder Singh (Mumbai City FC)
Defenders: Salam Ranjan Singh (East Bengal), Subhasish Bose (Mumbai City FC), Sarthak Golui (FC Pune City), Sandesh Jhingan (Kerala Blasters), Pritam Kotal (ATK), Narayan Das (Delhi Dynamos), Anas Edathodika (Kerala Blasters)
Midfielders: Germanpreet Singh (Chennaiyin FC), Anirudh Thapa (Chennaiyin FC), Vinit Ra (Delhi Dynamos), Muhammed Ashique Kuruniyan (FC Pune City), Pronay Halder (ATK), Kumam Udanta Singh (JSW Bengaluru FC), Rowllin Borgers (NorthEast United), Jackichand Singh Telem (FC Goa), Hali Charan Narzary (Kerala Blasters)
Forwards: Sumeet Passi (Jamshedpur FC), Balwant Singh (ATK), Sunil Chhetri (JSW Bengaluru FC), Jeje Lalpekhlua (Chennaiyin FC)
Head Coach - Stephen Constantine (ENG)
#2 United Arab Emirates
Goalkeepers: Ali Khaseif Humaid (AL JAZZIRA), Khalid Eisa Bilal (AL AIN), Mohamed Hasan Alshamsi (AL WEHDA)
Defenders: Walid Abbas Murad (SHABAB ALAHLI DUBAI), Khalifa Mubarak Ghanim (AL NASR), Fares Juma Al Saadi (AL AIN), Bandar Mohamed Al Ahbabi (AL AIN), Khalifa Mubarak Alhammadi (AL JAZZIRA), Alhasan Saleh Easa (AL SHARJAH), Ismail Ahmed Mohamed (AL AIN), Mohamed Ahmad Gharib (AL AIN)
Midfielders: Ali Hassan Ali Salmin (AL WASL), Amer Abdulrahman Abdulla (AL AIN), Majed Hassan Ahmad (SHABAB ALAHLI DUBAI), Khamis Esmaeel Zayed (AL WASL), Rayan Yaslam Al Jaberi (AL AIN), Ismail Salem Alhammadi (SHABAB ALAHLI DUBAI), Mohamed Abdulrahman Alraqi (AL AIN), Saif Rashid Alshemeili (AL SHARJAH), Khalfan Mubarak Alshamsi (AL JAZZIRA)
Forwards: Ali Ahmed Mabkhout (AL JAZZIRA), Ismaeil Matar Aljneibi (AL WEHDA), Ahmed Khalil Aljunaibi (SHABAB ALAHLI DUBAI)
Head Coach - Alberto Zaccheroni (ITA)
#3 Thailand
Goalkeepers: Chatchai Bootprom (BG Pathum United F.C.), Saranon Anuin (Singha Chiangrai United), Siwarak Tedsungnoen (Buriram United)
Defenders: Theerathon Bunmathan (Muangthong United), Chalermpong Kerdkaew (Nakhon Ratchasima), Adison Promrak (Muangthong United), Pansa Hemviboon (Buriram United), Korrakot Wiriya-Udomsiri (Buriram United), Suphan Thongsong (Suphanburi), Mika Chunuonsee (True Bangkok United), Tristan DO (True Bangkok United)
Midfielders: Sasalak Haiprakhon (Buriram United), Sumanya Purisay (True Bangkok United), Thitiphan Puangjan (BG Pathum United F.C.), Sanrawat Dechmitr (True Bangkok United), Tanaboon Kesarat (BG Pathum United F.C.), Chanathip Songkrasin (Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo), Pokklaw A-Nan (True Bangkok United)
Forwards: Adisak Kraisorn (Muangthong United), Teerasil Dangda (Muangthong United), Sirod Chatthong (PT Prachuap), Chananan Pombupha (Suphanburi), Supachai Chaided (Buriram United)
Head Coach - Milovan Rajevac (SRB)
#4 Bahrain
Goalkeepers: Sayed Shubbar Alawi (NAJMA), Yusuf Habib Hasan (MALKIYAH), Abdulkarim Fardan Abdulkarim (RIFFA)
Defenders: Sayed Mahdi Baqer (NASR), Waleed Mohamed Alhayam (MUHARRAQ), Hamad Mahmood Alshamsan (RIFFA), Ahmed Merza Moosa (HIDD), Ahmed Ali Juma (MUHARRAQ), Sayed Redha Isa (RIFFA), Ahmed Mubarak Bughammar (HIDD), Ahmed Abdulla Ali (NAJMA)
Midfielders: Sayed Dhiya Saeed (NASR), Abdulwahab Ali Alsafi (MUHARRAQ), Mohamed Jasim Marhoon (RIFFA), Ali Jaafar Madan (NAJMA), Ali Abdula Haram (RIFFA), Jasim Ahmed Alshaikh (AHLI), Komail Hasan Alaswad (RIFFA), Jamal Rashed Abdulrahman (MUHARRAQ)
Forwards: Mahdi Faisal Alhumaidan (AHLI), Abdulla Yusuf Helal (BOHEMIANS 1905), Mohamed Saad Alromaihi (MANAMA), Sami Mohamed Alhusaini (EAST RIFFA)
Head Coach - Miroslav Soukup (CZE)
Group - B
#1 Australia
Goalkeepers: Mathew Ryan (Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.), Mitchell Langerak (Nagoya Grampus), Daniel Vukovic (K.R.C. Genk)
Defenders: Milos Degenek (Red Star Belgrade), Alex Gersbach (Rosenborg BK), Rhyan Bert Grant (Sydney FC), Mark Milligan (Hibernian F.C.), Matthew Jurman (Al-Ittihad Jeddah), AZIZ BEHICH (PSV Eindhoven), Josh Risdon (Western Sydney Wanderers FC), Trent Sainsbury (PSV Eindhoven)
Midfielders: Massimo Luongo (Queens Park Rangers F.C.), James Jeggo (FK Austria Wien), Mustafa Amini (Aarhus Gymnastikforening), Jackson Irvine (Hull City AFC)
Forwards: Mathew Leckie (Hertha BSC), Jamie Maclaren (Hibernian F.C.), Robbie Kruse (VFL Bochum), Andrew Nabbout (Urawa Red Diamonds), MARTIN BOYLE (Hibernian F.C.), CHRIS IKONOMIDIS (Perth Glory FC), Awer Mabil (Fc Midtjylland), Tom Rogic (Celtic FC)
Head Coach - Graham Arnold (AUS)
#2 Syria
Goalkeepers: Ibrahim Alma (Al Wahda), Mahmoud Alyoussef (Al Jablin), Ahmad Madanieh (Al Jaish)
Defenders: Ahmad Alsaleh (Al Ahed), Mouaiad Al Ajaan (Al Jazeera), Jehad Al Baour (Al Refaa), Omro Al Midani (Al Ahram), Amro Jeniat (Al Shabab), Hussein Aljwayed (Al Zawraa), Nadim Sabag (Tashreen), Abdul Malek Alanizan (Al Jaish)
Midfielders: Omar Khrbin (Al Hilal), Mahmoud Almawas (Umm Salal), Mohammed Osman (Al Salmiya), Osama Omari (Qatar), Tamer Hag Mohamad (Auhud), Ahmad Ashkar (Al Jaish), Yousef Kalfa (Al Hazem), Mhd Zaher Almedani (Air Force), Khaled Almbayed (Al Wahda), Fahad Youssef (Al Syliah)
Forwards: Omar Alsoma (Al Ahli), Mardek Mrdkian (Al Jazeera)
Head Coach - Bernd Stange (GER)
#3 Palestine
Goalkeepers: Tawfiq Abuhammad (Wadi Alnes), Amr J.M.Kaddura (Landskrona), Rami Hamada (Hilal Al Quds)
Defenders: Mustafa Kabir (Sarmiento), Mohammed Saleh (Floriana), Musab Battat (Ahli Alkhalel), Jaka Hbaisha (Bravo Slovenia), Abdallah Jaber (Ahli Alkhalel), Abdallatif Albahdari (Balata), Tamer Salah (Hilal Al Quds)
Midfielders: Mohammed B A Rashid (Al Birah), Shadi Shaban (Ahli Alkhalel), Jonathan Zorrilla (Hilal Al Quds), Tamer Seyam (Hassania Agadir), Sameh Maraaba (Ahli Alkhalel), Pablo Bravo (Al Birah), Oday Ibrahim Dabbagh (Hilal Al Quds), Nathmi Albadawi (Cincinnati), Alexis Norabuena (Melipila), Mohammed Darwish (Hilal Al Quds)
Forwards: Yaser Islame (CD Coquimbo), Khaled Salem (Balata), Mahmoud Wadi (Al Masri)
Head Coach - Ould Ali Noureddine (FRA)
#4 Jordan
Goalkeepers: Amer Shafi (Shabab Alaordon), Ahmad Nawwas (Al Jazeera), Mutaz Yasin (Al Fisaly)
Defenders: Feras Shilbaya (Al Jazeera), Tareq Khattab (Salmieh), Yazan Alarab (Al Jazeera), Bara Marie (Al Fisaly), Mohammad Al Basha (Al Wehdat), Anas Bani-Yaseen (Al Fisaly), Salem Alajalin (Al Fisaly)
Midfielders: Baha' Abdelrahman (Al Fisaly), Saeed Almurjan (Al Wehdat), Yousef Rawshdeh (Al Fisaly), Obieda Alsamrieh (Al Wehdat), Ahmad Saleh (Al Jazeera), Khalil Baniateyah (Al Fisaly), Saleh Ratib (Al Wehdat), Yazan Thalji (Al Wehdat)
Forwards: Baha' Seif (Al Wehdat), Yaseen Bakheet (Daba Al Fojera), Ahmad Ersan (Al Fisaly), Mousa Suleiman (APOEL), Oudi Al Qara (Dafar)
Head Coach - Vital Borkelmans (BEL)
Group - C
#1 South Korea
Goalkeepers: Kim Seunggyu (Vissel Kobe), Kim Jin-Hyeon (Cerezo Osaka), Jo Hyeonwoo (Daegu FC)
Defenders: Lee Yong (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors), Kim Jinsu (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors), Kim Minjae (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors), Hong Chul (Suwon Samsung Bluewings), Jung Seunghyun (Kashima Antlers), Kim Younggwon (Guangzhou Evergrande), Kwon Kyungwon (Tianjin Quanjian), Kim Moonhwan (Busan IPark)
Midfielders: Jung Wooyoung (Al Sadd SC), Hwang Inbeom (Daejeon Citizen), Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur), Ju Sejong (Asan Mugunghwa), Lee Jaesung (Holstein Kiel), Hwang Heechan (Hamburger SV), Na Sangho (Gwangju FC), Koo Jacheol (FC Augsburg), Ki Sungyueng (Newcastle United), Lee Chung-Yong (VFL Bochum)
Forwards: Ji Dong-won (FC Augsburg), Hwang Uijo (Gamba Osaka)
Head Coach - Paulo Bento (POR)
#2 China
Goalkeepers: Yan Junling (Shanghai SIPG), Guo Quanbo (Beijing Guo'an), Wang Dalei (Shangdong Luneng)
Defenders: Liu Yiming (Tianjin Quanjin), Yu Yang (Shanghai SIPG), Zhang Linpeng (Guangzhou Evergrande), Shi Ke, Feng Xiaoting (Guangzhou Evergrande), Zhang Chengdong (Heibei China Fortune), Liu Yang (Shangdong Luneng)
Midfielders: Zhao Xuri (Tianjin Quanjin), Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande), Hao Junmin (Shangdong Luneng), Chi Zhongguo (Beijing Guo'an), Wu Xi (Jiangsu Suning), Jin Jingdao (Shangdong Luneng), Yu Hanchao (Guangzhou Evergrande), Piao Cheng (Beijing Guo'an)
Forwards: Wu Lei (Shanghai SIPG), Xiao Zhi (Guangzhou R&F), Wei Shihao (Beijing Guo'an), Gao Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande), Yu Dabao (Beijing Guo'an)
Head Coach - Marcello Lippi (ITA)
#3 Kyrgyzstan
Goalkeepers: Matiash Pavel (No club affiliation), Kadyrbekov Kutman (Dordoi), Kashuba Valerii (Dordoi)
Defenders: Kichin Valerii (Enisaey), Kozubaev Tamirlan (Dordoi), Iusupov Mustafa (Dordoi), Akmatov Aizar (Alga), Maier Viktor (SC Wiedenbruck), Tagoe Daniel (Chittagong Abahani)
Midfielders: Rustamov Tursunali (Alga), Sydykov Aziz (Dordoi), Bernhardt Edgar (GKS Tychy), Sagynbaev Bekzhan (Dordoi), Abdurakhmanov Odilzhon (Alay), Akhmedov Murolimzhon (Dordoi), Zhyrgalbek Uulu Kairat (Dordoi), Duishobekov Baktyiar (Bashundhara Kings), Musabekov Farkhat (Dordoi), Zemlianukhin Anton (Ilbirs), Israilov Akhlidin (No club affiliation)
Forwards: Murzaev Mirlan (Somaspor), Batyrkanov Ernist (Dordoi), Lux Vitalij (SSV Ulm 1846)
Head Coach - Alexander Krestinin (RUS)
#4 Philippines
Goalkeepers: Nathanael Ace Villanueva (Kaya FC Iloilo), Michael Falkesgaard (Bangkok United FC), Kevin Ray Hansen (AC Horsens)
Defenders: Alvaro Silva (Kedah FC), Carlos Alberto De Murga (Ceres Negros FC), Luke Woodland (Suphanburi FC), Daisuke Sato (Sepsi OSK), Stephan Palla (Buriram United), Adam Tull (No club affiliation), Curt Dizon (Ceres Negros FC), Paul Mulders (Ceres Negros FC)
Midfielders: John Patrick Strauss (Erzgebirge), Mike Rigoberto Ott (Ceres Negros FC), Manuel Ott (Ceres Negros FC), Kevin Ingreso (Ceres Negros FC), Stephan Schrock (Ceres Negros FC), Miguel Tanton (Ceres Negros FC)
Forwards: Iain Ramsay (Sukhothai FC), Jovin Bedic (Kaya FC Iloilo), Phil Younghusband (Davao Aguilas FC), Patrick Reichelt (Ceres Negros FC), Javier Patino (Buriram United), James Younghusband (Davao Aguilas FC)
Head Coach - Sven Goran Eriksson (SWE)
Group - D
#1 Iran
Goalkeepers: Ali Reza Safarbeiranvand (Persepolis F.C.), Amir Abed Zadeh (CS Maritimo), Sayedpayam Niazmandghader (Sepahan S.C.)
Defenders: Vorya Ghafouri (Esteghlal F.C.), Ehsan Haji Safi (Tractor Sazi F.C.), Roozbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal F.C.), Milad Mohammadikeshmarzi (FC Akhmat Grozny), Morteza Pouraliganji (Kas Eupen), Mohammadhossein Kanani Zadegan (Machine Sazi), Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal F.C.), Seyedmajid Hosseini (Trabzonspor), Ramin Rezaeiansemeskandi (Al-Shahania SC)
Midfielders: Ahmad Noorollahi (Persepolis F.C.), Masoud Soleimani Shojaei (Tractor Sazi F.C.), Omid Ebrahimi Zarandini (Al Ahli SC), Vahid Amiri (Trabzonspor), Seyed Saman Ghoddoos (SC Amiens), Mahdi Torabi (Persepolis F.C.), Mehdi Taremi (Al-Gharafa), Alireza Jahan Bakhsh Jirandeh (Brighton & Hove Albion), Seyed Ashkan Dejagah (Tractor Sazi F.C.)
Forwards: Sardar Azmoun (Rubin Kazan), Karim Ansari Fard (Nottingham Forest)
Head Coach - Carlos Quieroz (POR)
#2 Iraq
Goalkeepers: Jalal Hassan Hachim (ALZAWRAA), Mohammed Kassid (AIR FORCE), Mohammed Hameed (ALSHORTA)
Defenders: Ahmed Ibrahim (AL ARABI), Frans Dhia Haddad (HOBRO AK), Suad Natiq Naji (AIR FORCE), Ali Faez Atiyah (KHRATIAT), Ali Adnan Kadhim (ATLANTA), Alaa Ali Mhawi (ALSHORTA), Rebin Ghareeb Solaka (AL KHOR), Waleed Salim Al-Lami (ALSHORTA)
Midfielders: Safaa Hadi Al-Furaiji (ALZAWRAA), Osamah Jabbar Shafeeq (SANAT CLARA), Ahmed Yaseen Gheni (AL KHOR), Humam Tareq Faraj (ESTIGHLAL), Bashar Resan Bonyan (PERSEPOLIS), Amjed Attwan Kadhim (ALSHORTA), Ali Hisny Faisal (AIR FORCE), Hussein Al-Saedi (QATAR), Mahdi Kamil Shiltagh (ALSHORTA)
Forwards: Mohanad Ali Kadhim (ALSHORTA), Aymen Hussein (SAFAQSI), Alaa Abbas Abdulnabi (ALZAWRAA)
Head Coach - Srecko Katanec (SVN)
#3 Vietnam
Goalkeepers: Bui T Dung (FLC THANH HOA), Nguyen Tuan Manh (SANNA KHANH HOA BVN), Dang Van Lam (HAI PHONG)
Defenders: Do Duy Manh (HANOI), Que Ngoc Hai (SONG LAM NGHE AN), B Tien Dung (VIETTEL), Doan Van Hau (HANOI), Ho Tan Tai (BECAMEX BINH DUONG), Nguyen Thanh Chung (HANOI)
Midfielders: Luong Xuan Truong (HOANG ANH GIA LAI), Nguyen Huy Hung (QUANG NAM), Nguyen Trong Hoang (FLC THANH HOA), Ngan Van Dai (HANOI), Nguyen Phong Hong Duy (HOANG ANH GIA LAI), Tran Minh Vuong (HOANG ANH GIA LAI), Pham Duc Huy (HANOI), Do Hung Dung (HANOI), Phan Van Duc (SONG LAM NGHE AN)
Forwards: Nguyen Van Toan (HOANG ANH GIA LAI), Nguyen Cong Phuong (HOANG ANH GIA LAI), Ha Duc Chinh (SHB DA NANG), Nguyen Quang Hai (HANOI), Nguyen Tien Linh (BECAMEX BINH DUONG)
Head Coach - Park Hangeso (KOR)
#4 Yemen
Goalkeepers: Mohammed Ali Ayash (BESHMARKA ARBIL), Salem Al-Harsh (WEHDA ADEN), Saoud Abdullah Al-Sowadi (ALSAQR TAIZ)
Defenders: Rami Ali Al-Wasmani (AHLI SANAA), Mohammed Fuad Omar (MUAITHEER), Mudir Abdurabu Al-Radaei (AL-ARABI), Abdulaziz Mohammed Al-Gumaei (MUSEMEER), Ala Addin Mahdi (ALRESTAQ), Ammar Hamsan (QATAR CLUB), Mohammed Ali Buqshan (ALKHOUR)
Midfielders: Ahmed Saeed Abdulrab (WEHDA ADEN), Wahid Mohammed Al-Khyat (AHLI SANAA), Ala Mohammed Al Sasi (ALSELEAH), Hussein Ahmed Al-Ghazi (ALWAKRAH)
Forwards: Emad Mansoor Tawfik (BADIH), Mohammed Ba Rowis (WEHDA ADEN), Ahmed Abdullah Alos (WEHDA ADEN), Salem Al-Omzae (ALTILAL ADEN), Ali Hafeedh (WEHDA ADEN), Ahmed Nabil Dhabaan (DUBA), Abdulwasea Al-Matari (DUBA ALHUSN), Mohammed Al-Huthaifi (ALKRITIAT), Ahmed Al-Sarori (MARKHEEAH)
Head Coach - Jan Kocian (SVK)
Group - E
#1 Saudi Arabia
Goalkeepers: Waleed Ali (Al Nassr), Mohammed Alowais (Al Ahli), Mohammed Alyami (Al Batin)
Defenders: Mohammed Alburayk (Al Hilal), Abdulelah Alamri (Al Wehda), Ali Hadi Albulayhi (Al Hilal), Omar Othman (Al Nassr), Hamdan Alshamrani (Al Faisaly), Yaseer Alshahrani (Al Hilal), Mohammed Al Fatil (Al Ahli)
Midfielders: Ayman Alkhulaif (Al Ahli), Salman Alfaraj (Al Hilal), Yahia Alshehri (Al Nassr), Salem Aldawsari (Al Hilal), Hatan Bahbri (Al Shabab), Abdullah Otayf (Al Hilal), Ibrahim Ghaleb (Al Nassr), Hussain Almoqahwi (Al Ahli), Abdullah Alkhaibari (Al Shabab), Abdulrahman Ghareeb (Al Ahli), Abdulaziz Albishi (Al Faisaly)
Forwards: Mohammed Alsaiari (Al Hazm), Fahad Almuwallad (Al Ittihad)
Head Coach - Juan Pizzi (ARG)
#2 Qatar
Goalkeepers: Saad Al Sheeb (Al Sadd), Yousof Hassan Ali (Al Gharafa), Mohammed Ahmed Albakri (Al Khor)
Defenders: Pedro Correia (Al Sadd), Abdelkarim Hassan (Al Sadd), Tarek Salman (Al Sadd), Hamid Ismaeil Khaleefa (Al Sadd), Tameem Mohammed Almuhaza (Al Gharafa), Bassam Alrawi (Al Duhail), Abdulkareem Salem Al-Ali (Al Sailiya), Assim Omer Madibo (Al Duhail)
Midfielders: Ahmed Fathy (Al Arabi), Abdelaziz Hatim (Al Gharafa), Ahmad Moein Doozandeh (Qatar SC), Karim Boudiaf (Al Duhail), Salem Al Hajri (Al Sadd), Boualem Khoukhi (Al Sadd), A.Rahman Mohamed Moustafa (Al Ahli SC), Ali Hassan Afif (Al Duhail)
Forwards: Ahmed Alaaeldin Abdelmotaal (Al Gharafa), Hasan Alhaydos (Al Sadd), Akram Hassan Afif (Al Sadd), Almoez Ali (Al Duhail)
Head Coach - Felix Sanchez Bas (ESP)
#3 Lebanon
Goalkeepers: Mehdi Kahlil (Al Ahed), Ahmad Taktouk (Safa), Mostafa Matar (Salam Zgharta)
Defenders: Kassem El Zein (Nejmeh), Mootaz Bellah El Jounaidi (Al Ansar), Nour Mansour (Al Ahed), Joan Oumari (Al Nasr), George Felix Melki (AFC Eskilstuna), Mohamad Zein El Abidine Tahan (Safa), Walid Ismail (Salam Zgharta), Ali Hamam (Nejmeh)
Midfielders: Samir Ayass (Al Ahed), Mohamad Haidar (Al Ahed), Robert Alexander Melki (AFC Eskilstuna), Adnan Haidar (Al Ansar), Nader Matar (Nejmeh), Haytham Faour (Al Ahed), Hassan Chaitou (Al Ansar)
Forwards: Hassan Maatouk (Nejmeh), Hassan Chaito (Al Ansar), Hilal Alhelwe (Apollon Smirnis F.C.), Rabih Ataya (Al Ahed), Bassel Jradi (Hadjuk Split)
Head Coach - Miodrag Radulovic (MNE)
#4 North Korea
Goalkeepers: Ri Myong Guk (Pyongyang SC), Sin Hyok (Kigwancha SC), Kang Ju Hyok (Hwaepul SC)
Defenders: Kim Chol Bom (4.25 SC), Jang Kuk Chol (Hwaepul SC), Kim Song Gi (Fujieda MYFC), An Song Il (4.25 SC), Ri Thong IL (Kigwancha SC ), Sim Hyon Jin (4.25 SC), Ri Chang Ho (Hwaepul SC), Ri IL Jin (Sobaeksu SC)
Midfielders: Kim Yong IL (Kigwancha SC), Kim Kyong Hun (Kyonggongopsong SC), Kang Kuk Chol (Rimyongsu SC), Ri Un Chol (Sonbong SC), Ri Yong Jik (Tokyo Verdy 1969 FC), Choe Song Hyok (Unione Sportiva Arezzo), Ri Kum Chol (Wolmido FC)
Forwards: Han Kwang Song (Cagliari Calcio S.P.A.), Ri Hyok Chol (Rimyongsu SC), Pak Kwang Ryong (SKN St. Polten), Jong Il Gwan (Luzern FC), Rim Kwang Hyok (Kigwancha SC)
Head Coach - Kim Yong Jun (PRK)
Group - F
#1 Japan
Goalkeepers: Higashiguchi Masaaki (Gamba Osaka), Gonda Shuichi (Sagan Tosu), Schmidt Daniel (Vegalta Sendai)
Defenders: Miura Genta (Gamba Osaka), Muroya Sei (FC Tokyo), Sasaki Sho (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Nagatomo Yuto (Galatasaray), Tomiyasu Takehiro (Sint-Truidense VV), Sakai Hiroki (Olympique de Marseille), Makino Tomoaki (Urawa Red Diamonds), Yoshida Maya (Southampton)
Midfielders: Endo Wataru (Sint-Truidense VV), Shibasaki Gaku (Getafe CF), Haraguchi Genki (Hannover 96), Minamino Takumi (FC Red Bull Salzburg), Nakajima Shoya (Portimonense S.C.), Ito Junya (Kashiwa Reysol), Aoyama Toshihiro (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Morita Hidemasa (Kawasaki Frontale), Doan Ritsu (FC Groningen)
Forwards: Kitagawa Koya (Shimizu S-Pulse), Muto Yoshinori (Newcastle United), Osako Yuya (SV Werder Bremen)
Head Coach - Moriyasu Hajime (JPN)
#2 Uzbekistan
Goalkeepers: Ignatiy Nesterov (Lokomotiv), Sanjar Kuvvatov (Nasaf), Utkir Yusupov (Kokand 1912)
Defenders: Akmal Shorakhmedov (Pakhtakor), Dostonbek Tursunov (Renofa Yamaguchi), Farrukh Sayfiev (Pakhtakor), Anzur Ismailov (Lokomotiv), Davronbek Khashimov (Navbakhor), Oleg Zoteev (Lokomotiv), Egor Krimets (Pakhtakor), Islom Tukhtakhujaev (Lokomotiv)
Midfielders: Ikromjon Alibaev (Seoul), Odil Akhmedov (Shanghai SIPG), Azizbek Turgunboev (Navbakhor), Dostonbek Khamdamov (Anzhi), Fozil Musaev (Jubilo Iwata), Otabek Shukurov (Sharjah), Javokhir Sidikov (Kokand 1912), Odiljon Xamrobekov (Nasaf)
Forwards: Sardor Rashidov (Lokomotiv), Marat Bikmaev (Lokomotiv), Jaloliddin Masharipov (Pakhtakor), Eldor Shomurodov (Rostov)
Head Coach - Hector Cuper (ARG)
#3 Oman
Goalkeepers: Ammar Al-Rusheidi (Al Suwaiq), Faiyz Al Rusheidi (Al Ain), Ahmed Al Rawahi (Al Nasr)
Defenders: Mohammed Al Musallami (Dhofar), Mohammed Al Rawahi (Al Wakra), Mohammed Al Balushi (Al Nahda), Saad Al Mukhaini (Al Nasser), Khalid Al Braiki (Al Nar), Ali Al Busaidi (Dhofar), Mahmood Al Mushaifri (Al Nasr)
Midfielders: Yaseen Al-Sheyadi (Al Suwaiq), Mohsin Al Khaldi (Sohar), Ahmed Al Mahaijri (Messimer), Ali Al Jabri (Al Nahda), Salaah Al Yahyaei (Dhofar), Mataz Saleh Raboh (Dhofar), Harib Al Saadi (Dhofar)
Forwards: Jameel Al Yahmadi (Al Wakra), Muhsen Al Ghassani (Al Suwaiq), Mohammed Al-Ghassani (Saham), Raed Saleh (Valletta), Khalid Al-Hajri (Al Nasr), Mohammed Al Hosni (Al Nahda)
Head Coach - Peter Verbeek (NED)
#4 Turkmenistan
Goalkeepers: Orazmuhamedov Mammet (F.C. ALTYN ASYR), Babayev Batyr (F.C. AHAL), Gorbunov Nikita (F.C. SHAGADAM)
Defenders: Babajanov Zafar (F.C. ALTYN ASYR), Annaguliyev Guychmyrat (F.C. AHAL), Saparov Mekan (F.C. ALTYN ASYR), Ylyasov Vezirgeldi (F.C. AHAL), Batyrov Gurbangeldi (F.C.ALTYN ASYR), Annaorazov Serdar (F.C. ALTYN ASYR)
Midfielders: Amanov Arslan (F.C. BUKHARA), Mingazov Ruslan (F.C. PRIBRAM), Gurbanov Merdan (F.C. AHAL), Tamurkin Ilya (No club affiliation), Geldiyev Serdar (F.C. ALTYN ASYR), Atayev Ahmet (F.C. PERCELA LAMONGAN), Hojayev Resul (F.C. ALTYN ASYR), Orazalyyev Dovran (F.C.AHAL)
Forwards: Orazsahedov Vahyt (F.C. ALTYN ASYR), Muhadov Suleyman (F.C. AHAL), Yakshiyev Murat (F.C. ALTYN ASYR), Titov Mihail (F.C. ALTYN ASYR), Annadurdyyev Altymyrat (F.C. ALTYN ASYR), Annayev Myrat (F.C. AHAL)
Head Coach - Hojageldiyev Yazguly (TKM)
