1976 AFC Asian Cup squads

Squads for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup played in Iran.

Group A

 China PR

Head coach: Nian Weisi

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	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

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ahmed Al-Tarabulsi	(1947-03-22)22 March 1947 (aged 29)			Kuwait SC
3	2DF	Mahboub Mubarak	(1956-09-17)17 September 1956 (aged 19)			Al Salmiya
18	2DF	Saleh Al-Asfour
4	2DF	Hussein Mohammed
14	2DF	Abdullah Al-Mayouf
5	2DF	Ibrahim Al-Dourahim (c)
8	3MF	Faruq Ibrahim
11	3MF	Hamad Bu-Hamad				Al Qadisiya
6	3MF	Saad Al-Houti	(1954-05-24)24 May 1954 (aged 22)			Kuwait SC
7	3MF	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
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
20	1GK	Saad Sihan
15		Masood Bu-Hamad
2	2DF	Adnan Abdullah
13		Redha Maarafi

 Malaysia^[1]

Head coach : M. Kuppan

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	R. Arumugam	(1953-01-31)31 January 1953 (aged 23)			Selangor FA
20	1GK	Hamid Ramli				Kelantan FA
2	2DF	Zainuddin Hussein				Negeri Sembilan FA
11	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	M. Vithilinggam				Kedah FA
7	3MF	Ali Bakar				Penang FA
4	3MF	P. Umaparam				Perak FA
10	4FW	Mokhtar Dahari (c)	(1953-11-13)13 November 1953 (aged 22)			Selangor FA
15		Idris Daud				Kelantan FA
	4FW	Irfan Bakti	(1951-04-01)1 April 1951 (aged 25)			Kelantan FA
	4FW	P. Dharmalingam				Selangor FA

Group B

 Iran

Head coach : Heshmat Mohajerani

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Mansour Rashidi	(1947-11-12)12 November 1947 (aged 28)			Taj
	1GK	Mehdi Asgarkhani	(1948-03-25)25 March 1948 (aged 28)			Aboomoslem
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
	2DF	Sahameddin Mirfakhraei	(1951-02-04)4 February 1951 (aged 25)			Homa
7	3MF	Ali Parvin	(1947-09-25)25 September 1947 (aged 28)			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)			Homa
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)

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Jalal Abdul-Rahman	1946 (aged 30)			Al-Zawra'a SC
12	2DF	Douglas Aziz	1942 (aged 34)			Al-Shorta SC
2	2DF	Mujbel Fartous (C)	1950 (aged 26)			Al-Tayaran
3	2DF	Adel Khdhaier				Al-Mina'a SC
4	2DF	Ibrahim Ali
5	2DF	Kadhim Kamil
6	2DF	Hussein Ali
	3MF	Hassani Alwan	1955 (aged 21)			Al-Zawra'a SC
13	2DF	Mohammed Tabra	1949 (aged 27)			Al-Shorta SC
8	4FW	Falah Hassan	(1951-07-01)1 July 1951 (aged 24)			Al-Zawra'a SC
16	4FW	Kadhim Waal	1950 (aged 26)			Al-Tayaran
15	4FW	Ali Kadhim	(1949-01-01)1 January 1949 (aged 27)			Al-Zawra'a SC
10	4FW	Ahmed Subhi				Assalat Al-Ma'a Club
18	4FW	Ali Hussein Mahmoud	1953 (aged 23)			Al-Shorta SC
19		Hesham Mustafa
14	3MF	Sabah Abdul-Jalil				Al-Zawra'a SC
17		Fatah Mohammed
11	4FW	Thamer Yousif	1953 (aged 23)			Al-Zawra'a SC
21	1GK	Raad Hammoudi	(1953-04-20)20 April 1953 (aged 23)			Al-Shorta SC

 South Yemen

Head coach: Ali Mohsen Al-Moraisi

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	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
	4FW	Aziz Salem				Al-Wehda
	4FW	Mohammed Salah Abdullah				Al-Tilal SC

References

External links

• China National Football Team Database