The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the 7th edition of the men's

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest cont ...

, a quadrennial international

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tournament organised by the

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(AFC). The finals were hosted by

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

between 15 and 30 September 1980. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five.

won their first championship, beating

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

in the final 3–0.

Qualification

Venues

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see ''

1980 AFC Asian Cup squads Squads for the 1980 AFC Asian Cup tournament. Group A Bangladesh Head coach: Abdur Rahim Head coach: Su Yongshun Head coach: Hassan Habibi Head coach: Yang Song-Guk ...

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Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

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Choi Soon-ho Choi Soon-ho (Hangul: 최순호; Hanja: 崔淳鎬; born 10 January 1962) is a former South Korean football manager and player. International career Choi was named in the South Korean squad for the 1980 AFC Asian Cup. He scored seven goals ...

Behtash Fariba Behtash Fariba ( fa, بهتاش فریبا; born February 11, 1955) is a retired Iranian football player and now coach Club career He played for a few clubs, including Rah Ahan F.C., Pas Tehran and Esteghlal F.C. With Pas F.C. he won the Irani ...

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Faisal Al-Dakhil Faisal Ali Al-Dakhil (), also spelled Al-Dakheel ( ar, فيصل الدخيل) (born 13 August 1957) is a Kuwaiti footballer. Al-Dakhil was among the Kuwaiti players who won the 1980 Asian Cup. He played four matches for Kuwait at the 1980 Sum ...

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Jasem Yaqoub Jasem Yaqoub Sultan Al-Besara ( ar, جاسم يعقوب سلطان البصارة; born 25 October 1953 in Kuwait City) is a former Kuwaiti professional footballer. He represented the Kuwait national team at both the 1980 Summer Olympics and 198 ...

* Xu Yonglai ;3 goals *

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Hossein Faraki Hossein Faraki ( fa, حسین فرکی, born 22 March 1957) is a retired Iranian football player and a coach. Personal life He was born on 22 March 1957 in Tehran, Iran. He began playing football with PAS Tehran in 1976. Faraki has a son named ...

* Chung Hae-won ;2 goals *

Abdolreza Barzegari Abdolreza Barzegari ( fa, عبدالرضا برزگری; born 3 July 1958 in Abadan, Iran) is a former Iranian football player. Playing career Barzagari known as "The Persian Black Pearl", he started playing football at a young age in his nei ...

* Hamid Alidousti * Saad Al-Houti * Tukamin Bahari * Zulkifli Hamzah *

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* Pak Jong-hun * Mansoor Muftah *

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Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Chunnu Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Chunnu played for the Bangladesh national football team for 10 years between 1975 and 1985. The left-winger represented Bangladesh in 50 international matches in which he scored 17 official goals during his 10-year long natio ...

Kazi Salahuddin Kazi Md. Salahuddin ( bn, কাজী সালাউদ্দিন; born 23 September 1953) is a Bangladeshi former football player currently serving as a president of South Asian Football Federation. He was a member of the Shadhin Bangla ...

Chen Jingang Chen Jinjang (Chinese: 陈金刚; born February 4, 1958) is a Chinese coach and a former international football player. As a player, he was predominantly remembered for his time at Tianjin City while internationally he played for China in the 19 ...

Li Fubao Li Fubao is a Chinese football player who played for China in the 1980 Asian Cup The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the 7th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederat ...

Hassan Roshan Hassan Rowshan ( fa, حسن روشن, born 2 June 1955) is an Iranian football coach, manager, and former player. He usually played as a striker. He is currently the head of technical committee of Esteghlal. Early life Rowshan was 13 when h ...

Iraj Danaeifard Iraj Danaeifard ( fa, ايرج دانايی فرد, 11 March 1951 – 12 December 2018) was an Iranian football player who played most of his career for Taj (currently Esteghlal) and also the Iran national football team. Club career Danaeifa ...

Abdulaziz Al-Anberi Abdulaziz Al-Anberi, also spelled Abdul-Aziz Al-Anbari (born 3 January 1954 in Kaifan) is a Kuwaiti footballer. Career Al-Anberi began his sporting career as a basketball and volleyball player. However, in 1976, he decided to focus on football, ...

Fathi Kameel Fathi Kameel Matar Marzouq ( ar, فتحي كميل مطر مرزوق; born 23 May 1955) was a Kuwaiti football player in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He helped Kuwait qualify to the World Cup in 1982 by scoring a goal against New Zealand. Fa ...

* Abdah Alif * * *

Hwang Sang-hoi Hwang Sang-hoi () is a North Korean former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian ...

Kim Jong-man Kim Jong-Man (born March 3, 1978), often anglicised to Jong-Man Kim, is a South Korean mixed martial artist who currently competes in the Featherweight (MMA), Featherweight division. While Kim has mostly fought in South Korea, he has also appe ...

* * Hwang Seok-keun * Lee Jung-il * Jawdat Suleiman * Ghanem Al-Hajri

Awards

Top scorer *

Team of the Tournament

Final standings

References

External links

South Korea International Matches

Kuwait Football Association

All-Star Team
New Straits Times, 2 October 1980, Page 27

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