Listed below are the dates and results for the

2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...

qualification Qualification is either the process of qualifying for an achievement, or a credential attesting to that achievement, and may refer to: * Professional qualification, attributes developed by obtaining academic degrees or through professional exper ...

rounds for

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

. The Asian Football Confederation was allocated four and half qualifying berths for the

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 ...

and

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

, the co-hosts, qualified automatically, leaving two and half spots open for competition between 40 teams.

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

withdrew from the tournament after being placed in Group 2 but before any matches had been played, therefore reducing the group to 3 teams.

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous ...

and

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

chose not to participate. Asia's two remaining automatic qualifying berths were taken by

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

defeated

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

for the chance to become the possible third Asian qualifier, but lost to

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

in the intercontinental play-off. There were 588 goals scored in 155 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 3.79 goals per match.

Tournament structure

There were three rounds of play: *First Stage: The 39 teams were divided into 9 groups of 4 teams each, and 1 group of 3 teams. The teams played against each other twice, except in Group 2, where the teams played against each other once. The group winners would advance to the Final Round. *Second Stage: The 10 teams were divided into 2 groups of 5 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. The runners-up would advance to the AFC Play-off. *Play-off: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would advance to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental Play-off.

First round

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Group 10

Second round

Group A

Group B

Play-off

---- ''Iran win 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the UEFA–AFC qualification play-off.''

Intercontinental play-off

Qualified teams

The following four teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers , 11 goals= *{{flagicon, OMA

Hani Al-Dhabit Hani Al-Dhabit Faraj Bait Al-Noobi ( ar, هاني الضابط فرج بيت النوبي; born 15 October 1979), commonly known as Hani Al-Dhabit, is an Omani footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dhofar S.C.S.C. in Oman Professional League. ...

*{{flagicon, SYR

Said Bayazid Said Bayazid ( ar, سيد بيازيد; born 20 January 1977) is a Syrian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Bayazid played for most of his career in Greece, including one season with Proodeftiki and two seasons ...

*{{flagicon, KSA

Talal Al-Meshal Talal Al-Meshal ( ar, طلال المشعل) (born 7 June 1978) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer. Club career A prolific striker, Al-Meshal played for Al-Ahli, Al-Nassr, Al-Ittihad, Al-Markhiya and Al-Raed. He played for Al-Ittihad at the ...

, 10 goals= *{{flagicon, IRN

Ali Daei Ali Daei ( fa, ; born 21 March 1969) is an Iranian football manager and former player. A striker, he was the captain of the Iranian national team between 2000 and 2006 and played in the German Bundesliga for Arminia Bielefeld, Bayern Munich ...

*{{flagicon, KSA

Obeid Al-Dosari Obeid Al-Dosari ( ar, عُبيد الدوسري) (born 2 October 1975) is retired a Saudi Arabian football player who played most of his career for Al Wahda and Al Ahli. He played for the Saudi Arabia national football team and was a partic ...

*{{flagicon, THA

Kiatisuk Senamuang Kiatisuk Senamuang ( th, เกียรติศักดิ์ เสนาเมือง; born 11 August 1973) is a Thai football manager and former footballer (played between 1989 and October 2007) who is manager of V.League 1 club Hoàng ...

*{{flagicon, UAE Yaser Salem Ali *{{flagicon, UZB

Jafar Irismetov Jafar Irismetov (russian: Джафар Ирисметов) (born 23 August 1976) is a former Uzbekistan footballer and coach. Playing career On 29 December 2012 IFFHS published list of ''The World's most successful Top Division Goal Scorer amon ...

, 9 goals= *{{flagicon, IRQ, 1991

Hesham Mohammed Husham Mohammed Fayadh Al-Dulaimi ( ar, هشام محمد فياض الدليمي, simply known as Husham Mohammed, born 10 May 1974 in Ramadi, Iraq) is a former Iraqi football striker who last played for Al-Karkh in Iraq. He made his debut ...

*{{flagicon, OMA Yaqoob Juma Al-Mukhaini , 8 goals= *{{flagicon, KSA

Sami Al-Jaber Sami Abdullah Al-Jaber ( ar, سامي الجابر; born 11 December 1972) is a Saudi Arabian football manager and former professional player who played as a striker. He spent the entirety of his career with Al-Hilal apart from a five-month ...

*{{flagicon, UZB

Mirjalol Qosimov Mirjalol Kushakovich Qosimov ( uz, Mirjalol Qoʻshoqovich Qosimov, russian: Мирджалол Кушакович Касымов; in English also: Mirdjalal Kasimov or Kasymov) (born 17 September 1970) is a former head coach of the Uzbekistan na ...

, 7 goals= *{{flagicon, CHN

Xie Hui Xie Hui (謝晦) (390–426), courtesy name Xuanming (宣明), was a high-level general of the Chinese Liu Song dynasty, who, along with his colleagues Xu Xianzhi and Fu Liang, deposed Emperor Shao after the death of Emperor Wu (Liu Yu) due to ...

*{{flagicon, IRQ, 1991 Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail *{{flagicon, NEP

Nirajan Rayamajhi Nirajan Rayamajhi ( ne, निराजन रायमाझी; born 29 January 1980) is a Nepalese former professional footballer. He last played as a striker for the Nepal national football team and New Road Team (N.R.T.) Rayamajhi is best kn ...

*{{flagicon, QAT Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi *{{flagicon, SYR Bashar Serur *{{flagicon, THA Seksan Piturat , 6 goals= *{{flagicon, IRN Ali Karimi *{{flagicon, IRQ, 1991

Emad Mohammed Emad Mohammed Ridha ( ar, عماد محمد رضا, born 24 July 1982) is a coach and former Iraqi football striker, currently managing Iraq U20. Club career On 25 June 2007, Emad renewed his contract with Sepahan for another season in a deal ...

, 5 goals= *{{flagicon, BHR, 1972 Yusuf A'Amer Al Sadi *{{flagicon, JOR Esam Abu Touk *{{flagicon, QAT

Mubarak Mustafa Mubarak Mustafa Fazli Noorallah ( ar, مبارك مصطفى; born 30 March 1973) is a Qatari former footballer who works as a sports analyst for Al Kass. He is known for his numerous achievements with Qatari club Al-Arabi, as well as being the f ...

*{{flagicon, LIB

Roda Antar Roda Abdelhassan Antar ( ar, رضا عبد الحسن عنتر; born 12 September 1980) is a Lebanese professional football manager and former player. Formerly captain of Lebanon, Antar scored 20 goals for his country as a midfielder. Antar sta ...

*{{flagicon, OMA

Fawzi Bashir Fawzi Bashir Rajab Bait Doorbeen ( ar, فوزي بشير رجب بيت دوربين; born 6 May 1984), commonly known as Fawzi Bashir, is an Omani former Association football, footballer who last played for Dhofar S.C.S.C. in Oman Professional Le ...

*{{flagicon, KSA

Abdullah Bin Shehan Abdullah may refer to: * Abdullah (name), a list of people with the given name or surname * Abdullah, Kargı, Turkey, a village * ''Abdullah'' (film), a 1980 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Khan * '' Abdullah: The Final Witness'', a 2015 Pakis ...

*{{flagicon, VIE

Nguyen Hong Son Nguyễn () is the most common Vietnamese surname. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. Nguyên (元）is a different word and surname. By some estimates 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this s ...

, 4 goals= *{{flagicon, CHN

Fan Zhiyi Fan Zhiyi (; born 6 November 1969) is a Chinese coach and former international footballer. He played as a defender for Shanghai Shenhua, Crystal Palace, Dundee, Shanghai COSCO Huili, Cardiff City, Buler Rangers and Shanghai Zobon. He was c ...

*{{flagicon, CHN

Li Weifeng Li Weifeng (; born 1 December 1978) is a Chinese football manager and former international footballer. He is the manager of the Chinese Super League side Guangzhou City FC. Club career Li Weifeng started his football career with Tianjin Loco ...

*{{flagicon, CHN

Qi Hong Qi Hong (; born June 3, 1976 in Shanghai) is a former Chinese international footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or shadow striker throughout his career. At Shanghai Shenhua he won the league and Chinese FA Cup with them before co ...

*{{flagicon, IND

Jo Paul Ancheri Jo Paul Ancheri (born 2 August 1976) is an Indian former professional football player who captained the Indian Football team. He was named the AIFF Player of the Year by the All India Football Federation in 1994 and 2001. He currently works ...

*{{flagicon, INA

Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto (born 13 July 1976) is a former professional football from Indonesia. Normally playing as a striker, Kurniawan has the fourth most caps and goals for the Indonesia national football team with 33 goals in 59 appearances. ...

*{{flagicon, INA

Uston Nawawi Uston Nawawi (born 6 September 1978 in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia) is a retired Indonesian footballer who last played as a midfielder for Deltras Sidoarjo. He is former player of the Indonesia national team. His cousin, Rendy Irawan, is also ...

*{{flagicon, KAZ

Oleg Litvinenko Oleg Litvinenko (russian: Олег Литвиненко; 23 November 1973 – 19 November 2007) was a Kazakh International footballer from Taraz, who played as a forward. Career Club In 1998, Litvinenko was banned from football for one-year, ...

*{{flagicon, LIB

Haitham Zein Haitham Ali Mohamad Al Haj Ali Zein (; born 6 January 1979), or simply Haitham Zein, is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a forward. He played for numerous Lebanese Premier League clubs, mainly at Tadamon Sour, and represented Lebanon ...

*{{flagicon, LIB

Wartan Ghazarian Vardan Martun Ghazaryan (; ; born 1 December 1969) is a Association football, football coach and former player. Born in Armenia, Ghazaryan moved to Lebanon and obtained Lebanese nationality law, citizenship through naturalisation in 1994. He pl ...

*{{flagicon, MAS Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli *{{flagicon, SYR Nihad Haj *{{flagicon, SYR Mohammed Nasser *{{flagicon, TJK Sukhrob Khamidov *{{flagicon, TKM, 1997 Kakha Gogoladze *{{flagicon, UAE Saeed Al Kass *{{flagicon, UZB Nikolay Shirshov *{{flagicon, YEM Adel Al-Salemi , 3 goals= *{{flagicon, CHN Xu Yunlong *{{flagicon, IRN

Farhad Majidi Farhad Majidi ( fa, فرهاد مجیدی; born 3 June 1976) is an Iranian football coach and former player who currently manages Al-Ittihad Kalba SC in UAE Pro League. He mostly played as attacking midfielder for Esteghlal when he was a footba ...

*{{flagicon, IRQ, 1991

Ahmad Kadhim Ahmed Kadhim Assad ( ar, احمد کاظم عصاد; born on 1 July 1976) is an Iraqi professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of club Salam Zgharta Salam Zgharta Football Club ( ar, نادي السلام ...

*{{flagicon, KAZ

Ruslan Baltiev Ruslan Takhiruly Baltiyev ( kk, Рұслан Тахирұлы Балтиев, ''Rūslan Tahirūly Baltiev''; born 16 September 1978) is a retired Kazakh football midfielder. He is a former Kazakh international, whom he is the top goalscorer. ...

*{{flagicon, KAZ Igor Avdeyev *{{flagicon, KAZ

Konstantin Gorovenka Konstantin Aleksandrovich Gorovenko (russian: Константин Александрович Горовенко; born 10 January 1977) is a Kazakh former international football player and technical director of FC Maktaaral. Career Managerial ...

*{{flagicon, KUW

Jasem Al Huwaidi Jasem Mohammed Ibrahim Al Huwaidi ( ar, جاسم محمد ابراهيم الهويدي, born 28 October 1972 in Kuwait City) is a retired Kuwaiti Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Career ...

*{{flagicon, LIB

Moussa Hojeij Moussa Ali Hojeij (; born 6 August 1974) is a Lebanese football manager and former player who is the head coach of club Safa. Hojeij was the best player in the Al-Manar Football Festival several times, and was captain of the national team. H ...

*{{flagicon, LIB Santos *{{flagicon, OMA

Taqi Mubarak Taqi Mubarak Al-Siyabi commonly known as Taqi Mubarak ( ar, تقي مبارك السيابي; born 20 August 1978) is an Omani footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. ...

*{{flagicon, OMA Mohammed Khamis Al-Araimi *{{flagicon, OMA

Majdi Shaaban Samir Majdy and Majdi or Mejdi or Egyptian variants Magdi or Magdy (in Arabic مجدي) are given names and a surnames. Notable people with the name include: Given name Majdi *Majdi Allawi (born 1970), lebanese Maronite priest * Majdi Halabi (1985-2005) ...

*{{flagicon, PAK

Gohar Zaman Gohar Zaman (born December 15, 1979) is a retired Pakistani footballer, who played as a midfielder for Pakistan Airlines and Allied Bank. He was forced to retire in 2002 due to an injury. Zaman won National League thrice with Allied Bank, first ...

*{{flagicon, KSA

Mohammad Al-Shalhoub Mohammad Bandar Al-Shalhoub ( ar, محمد بندر الشلهوب; born 8 December 1980) is a former Saudi Arabian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for Al Hilal in the Saudi Professional League. A legend of Saudi football, he w ...

*{{flagicon, SRI Imthyas Raheem *{{flagicon, SYR Mouhanad Bouchi *{{flagicon, SYR Jomard Moussa *{{flagicon, TJK Rustam Khojaev *{{flagicon, UAE Mohammad Omar *{{flagicon, UZB Vladimir Maminov *{{flagicon, YEM

Abdulsalam Al Ghurbani Abdulsalam Al Ghurbani (Arabic: عبدالسلام الغرباني ) (born 1 December 1976) is a Yemeni football Midfield and Club Al-Sha'ab Ibb International goals Honours Club ;Al-Sha'ab Ibb *Yemeni League: 2 ::2003, 2004 * Yemeni Presi ...

, 2 goals= *{{flagicon, BHR, 1972

Mohamed Salmeen Mohamed Ahmed Youssef Salmeen ( ar, محمد احمد يوسف سالمين; born 4 November 1980) is a Bahraini former professional footballer who played for Muharraq and the Bahrain national team. He was captain of the Bahrain national team a ...

*{{flagicon, BHR, 1972 Husain Mohammed *{{flagicon, BHR, 1972 Hussain Ali Ahmed *{{flagicon, BAN Rokonuzzaman Kanchan *{{flagicon, CAM Chea Makara *{{flagicon, CHN

Wu Chengying Wu Chengying (; Pinyin: ''Wú Chéngyīng''; born 21 April 1975 in Shanghai) is a Chinese former international football player who spent the majority of his career at Shanghai Shenhua where he won the league and Chinese FA Cup before moving to Sh ...

*{{flagicon, CHN Yang Chen *{{flagicon, CHN

Li Jinyu Li Jinyu (; born 6 July 1977) is a former international player who is currently the head coach of Wuhan. As a player he represented Liaoning Whowin and Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League and spent one season on loan at French club ...

*{{flagicon, CHN

Qu Bo Qu Bo is the name of: *Qu Bo (writer) (1923–2002), Chinese author *Qu Bo (footballer) Qu Bo (; born 15 July 1981) is a Chinese retired footballer. Club career Qu Bo started his football career playing for Tianjin Locomotive's youth team wh ...

*{{flagicon, CHN

Ma Mingyu Ma Mingyu (; born 4 February 1970, in Chongqing, Sichuan) is a former Chinese International football player. He represented Sichuan Quanxing throughout the majority of his career, having several spells with them. He also represented Guangdong ...

*{{flagicon, CHN

Hao Haidong Hao Haidong (; born 9 May 1970) is a Chinese former international footballer. He currently holds the record for being China's top goalscorer. As a player he represented Bayi Football Team, Dalian Shide and Sheffield United in a career that saw ...

*{{flagicon, IND Jules Alberto *{{flagicon, IND Baichung Bhutia *{{flagicon, IND

I. M. Vijayan Inivalappil Mani Vijayan (born 25 April 1969), also known by the nickname Kalo Harin (Blackbuck), is a former professional football player who also captained the India national football team. He played as a striker, where he formed a successf ...

*{{flagicon, INA

Bambang Pamungkas Bambang Pamungkas (born 10 June 1980), also known as Bepe, is an Indonesian Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player. As a footballer, he predominantly played for Persija Jakarta and the Indonesia nation ...

*{{flagicon, IRN Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht *{{flagicon, IRQ, 1991

Sabah Jeayer Sabah Jeayer, (born 26 May 1970) is an Iraqi football forward who played for Iraq in the 2000 Asian Cup, Talaba SC, and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. Sabah Jeayer was a talented forward, who is great in the air and also a goalscorer capable of rising t ...

*{{flagicon, JOR Badran Al-Shagran *{{flagicon, JOR Rateb Al Awadat *{{flagicon, KAZ Maksim Shevchenko *{{flagicon, KAZ Dmitriy Byakov *{{flagicon, KUW Khalaf Al-Mutairi *{{flagicon, KGZ Ilia Kovalenko *{{flagicon, LIB Faisal Antar *{{flagicon, LIB Marcílio *{{flagicon, MDV

Ali Umar Ali Umar, Commissioner of Sports of Maldives (born 5 August 1980) is a Maldivian former footballer until his retirement in 2013. After he retired, he became a Member of the normalization committee appointed by FIFA to Football Association of Mal ...

*{{flagicon, MDV Adam Abdulativ *{{flagicon, MAS

Hairuddin Omar Hairuddin Bin Omar (born 29 September 1979) also known as Hai-O is a Malaysian former international football player. He spent most of his career as a forward but can also play as a midfielder. Club career Born and raised in Setiu, 70 kilometr ...

*{{flagicon, NEP

Basanta Thapa Basanta Thapa (born 10 April 1977) is a Nepali former footballer who is last known to have played as a forward for MMC. Career Thapa is a former Nepal international. He won Player of the Martyrs' Memorial League 2061. He started his career wi ...

*{{flagicon, NEP

Hari Khadka Hari Khadka ( ne, हरी खँड्का) (born 26 November 1976) is a Nepalese former footballer who last played for Zejtun Corinthians F.C. He is also the leading goal scorers for Nepal alongside Nirajan Rayamajhi—both with 13 goal ...

*{{flagicon, PLE Emad Abou El-Kair *{{flagicon, PLE Mohammed Al-Jeesh *{{flagicon, PLE Imad Ayoub *{{flagicon, QAT Ahmed Khalifa *{{flagicon, QAT

Waleed Hamza Waleed Hamzah Rasoul Al-Bloushi is a Qatari football (soccer) player who was awarded the Asian Young Footballer of the Year by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1999. He played at 2004 AFC Asian Cup. He is of Pakistani origin. He play ...

*{{flagicon, QAT Jassem Al-Tamimi *{{flagicon, QAT Abdul-Aziz Hassan *{{flagicon, QAT Dhahi Noubi *{{flagicon, KSA

Hussein Sulaimani Hussein Omar Abdulghani Sulaimani ( ar, حسين عمر عبد الغني سليماني; born 21 January 1977) is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a left-back in the Saudi Professional League. Club career Al-Ahli A ...

*{{flagicon, KSA

Abdullah Al-Waked Abdullah Al-Waked Al-Shahrani ( ar, عبد الله الواكد الشهراني) (born 29 September 1975) is a Saudi Arabian football player. He played most of his career for Al Shabab and Al Ittihad and is playing now with Al-Nasr. He pla ...

*{{flagicon, SRI

Kasun Jayasuriya Kasun Nadika Jayasuriya (born 25 March 1980) is a retired Sri Lankan football player who last played for Saunders Sports Club and the Sri Lanka national football team. He is also the all-time top goalscorer for the Sri Lankan national team wi ...

*{{flagicon, SRI

Channa Ediri Bandanage Channa Ediri Bandanage (born 22 September 1978) is a Sri Lankan international footballer who played for Blue Star SC as a forward. Bandanage has won the most number of caps for Sri Lanka national football team with 64 and is the second leadi ...

*{{flagicon, SYR Raghdan Shehadeh *{{flagicon, SYR Khaled Zaher *{{flagicon, THA Therdsak Chaiman *{{flagicon, TJK Aliyor Ashurmamadov *{{flagicon, TJK Zaker Berdykulov *{{flagicon, TKM, 1997 Djumadurdy Meredov *{{flagicon, TKM, 1997

Wladimir Baýramow Vladimir Karajayevich Bayramov or Wladimir Karajaýewiç Baýramow ( rus, links=no, Владимир Караджаевич Байрамов, Vladimir Karadzhayevich Bayramov; born 2 August 1980) is a former football player who last played as a ...

*{{flagicon, UAE Subait Khater *{{flagicon, UAE

Faisal Khalil Faisal Khalil Sebait Mubarak Al-Junaibi ( ar, فيصل خليل سبيت مبارك الجنيبي; born 4 December 1982) is an Emirati footballer who plays as a centre forward for Al-Hamriyah and formerly for the UAE national football team. C ...

*{{flagicon, UZB Georgi Georgiev *{{flagicon, VIE Nguyen Luong Phuc , 1 goal= *{{flagicon, BHR, 1972 Khamis Eid *{{flagicon, BHR, 1972 Mohammad Hassan *{{flagicon, BHR, 1972

Talal Yousef Talal Yousef Mohammed (born 24 February 1975), known mainly as Talal Yousef, is a former Bahraini footballer. Yousef played mainly as an attacking midfielder and sometimes as a striker. He is currently retired from playing with the Bahrain nat ...

*{{flagicon, BHR, 1972 Ghazi Alkhwari *{{flagicon, BHR, 1972 Khaled Al-Dossari *{{flagicon, BHR, 1972 Abdallah Marzouki *{{flagicon, CHN Li Bing *{{flagicon, CHN Li Xiaopeng *{{flagicon, CHN Yu Genwei *{{flagicon, CHN Sun Maozhen *{{flagicon, HKG Chan Ho Man *{{flagicon, HKG Feng Ji-zhi *{{flagicon, HKG Keung He-chi *{{flagicon, IND Abdul Hakim *{{flagicon, INA Agung Setyabudi *{{flagicon, INA

Bima Sakti Bima Sakti Tukiman (born 23 January 1976) is a retired Indonesian footballer and current head coach of the Indonesia U16 football team. He was named after the galaxy Milky Way, called "'' Bima Sakti''" in Indonesian language. Club career Dur ...

*{{flagicon, INA Samel Nasa *{{flagicon, INA Aples Tecuari *{{flagicon, INA Eko Purdjianto *{{flagicon, INA

Ismed Sofyan Ismed Sofyan (born 28 August 1979) is an Indonesian former footballer who plays as a right back or a wing back. His speciality are free kick taking and assisting with high-curved pass. He has made 53 appearances for the Indonesia national footba ...

*{{flagicon, IRQ, 1991

Habib Jafar Habib ( ar, حبيب, ''ḥabīb''; ), sometimes written as Habeeb, is an Arabic masculine given name, occasional surname, and honorific, with the meaning "beloved" or "my love", or "darling". It also forms the famous Arabic word ‘''Habibi’'' ...

*{{flagicon, IRQ, 1991 Haider Abdullah *{{flagicon, IRQ, 1991

Amer Mushraf Amer Mushraf (born 1 July 1975) is a former Iraqi football forward who played for Iraq in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification. He played for the national team between 1995 and 2001. On 23 April 2001, Amer scored his first goal against Nepa ...

*{{flagicon, IRQ, 1991

Haidar Najim Haidar Najim (born 1 July 1967) is a former Iraqi football forward who played for Iraq in the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification and 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification. He played for the national team between 1997 and 2001. Honours Club ...

*{{flagicon, IRQ, 1991 Leith Hussein *{{flagicon, IRQ, 1991

Qahtan Chathir Qahtan Chathir is an Iraqi football forward who played for Iraq in the 1996 Asian Cup. He also played for Al Talaba, Al Karkh, Al Ittihad, Al-Thaid, Al Sinaa. Career Playing career Qahtan Chathir played for Al Talaba, Al Karkh, Al Itti ...

*{{flagicon, IRN

Mehdi Hasheminasab Seyyed Mehdi Hasheminasab ( fa, سید مهدی هاشمی‌نسب; born January 27, 1974) is a retired Iranian footballer. Club career He served his golden days in Persepolis and Esteghlal. Club career statistics International career After ...

*{{flagicon, IRN

Sirous Dinmohammadi Sirous Dinmohammadi ( fa, سیروس دین‌محمدی, born 2 July 1970 in Tabriz) is a retired Iranian football player. Club career He is most notably for playing for Tractor and Esteghlal. Career statistics International career Di ...

*{{flagicon, IRN Yahya Golmohammadi *{{flagicon, IRN

Mehdi Mahdavikia Mehdi Mahdavikia ( fa, ; born 24 July 1977) is an Iranian professional football coach and former player usually played as a right winger or right back. He is currently under contract by Hamburger SV as a youth coach, and also manages his own ...

*{{flagicon, IRN

Mehrdad Minavand Mehrdad Minavand ( fa, مهرداد میناوند ; 30 November 1975 – 27 January 2021) was an Iranian professional footballer and coach. He played mostly as a left midfielder but was also deployed as a left winger or left-back. Club caree ...

*{{flagicon, JOR Belal Al Laham *{{flagicon, JOR Mahmoud Shelbaieh *{{flagicon, JOR Ghanem Yousef Aldayeh *{{flagicon, KAZ Rafael Urazbakhtin *{{flagicon, KAZ Yevgeniy Lunev *{{flagicon, KAZ Askhat Kadyrkulov *{{flagicon, KUW Naser Al-Sauhi *{{flagicon, KUW Bashar Abdullah *{{flagicon, KUW Ali Asel *{{flagicon, KUW Faraj Laheeb *{{flagicon, KGZ Zamirbek Jumagulov *{{flagicon, LAO Phengta Phounsamay *{{flagicon, LAO Valasine Dalaphone *{{flagicon, LAO Chanthy Souksombaph *{{flagicon, LIB Mohammad Kassas *{{flagicon, LIB Korken Yenkibarian *{{flagicon, MAC Kit Leong Cheong *{{flagicon, MAC Kim Meng Leong *{{flagicon, MDV

Ali Shiham Ali Shiham (born 26 June 1975) is a former Maldivian international footballer. International career Ali Shiham has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches for Maldives. He is well known as the first player to score a hat-trick for Maldiv ...

*{{flagicon, MDV Ashraf Luthfy *{{flagicon, MDV Ismail Naseem *{{flagicon, MDV

Mohamed Jameel Mohamed Jameel (born 4 October 1975) is a Maldivian footballer nicknamed "Jambey", who plays as a defender for New Radiant. He was a member of the Maldives national football team. He is from the island of Eydhafushi, Baa Atoll. International ...

*{{flagicon, MAS

Rosdi Talib Rosdi Bin Talib (born 11 January 1976) is a Malaysian former international footballer. Rosdi plays mainly as a left-back but can also plays as a defensive midfielder. Club career Rosdi started his career in the early 1990s at Terengganu yout ...

*{{flagicon, MAS Irwan Fadzli Idrus *{{flagicon, MNG Bayarzorig Davaa *{{flagicon, MNG B. Buman-Uchral *{{flagicon, NEP

Bal Gopal Maharjan Bal Gopal Maharjan ( ne, बाल गोपाल महर्जन) is a retired Nepali football player who most recently was coaching the Nepal men's national team. He was in the squad which won the historic 1993 SAG gold. After his retirem ...

*{{flagicon, NEP Deepak Lama *{{flagicon, OMA

Nasser Zayid Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-re ...

*{{flagicon, OMA

Mohammed Khamis Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monoth ...

*{{flagicon, OMA

Taqi Al Siyabi Taqi or Taghi ( fa, تقی, translit=Taqī, az, Tağı) is a male Arabic given name and surname. It may refer to: Compound forms given on further disambiguation pages *Mohammad Taqi (disambiguation) *Taqi al-Din (disambiguation) Early imams *Muh ...

*{{flagicon, OMA

Samir Said Samir Said (5 November 1963 – 15 April 2012) was a professional Kuwaiti football goalkeeper who played for Kuwait in the 1984 Asian Cup. Death On April 15, 2012 he died in a car accident. Honours *Asian Cup: :Third Place : 1984 ...

*{{flagicon, OMA R. Salem *{{flagicon, OMA Badr al-Mahrooqi *{{flagicon, PAK Muhammad Arshad *{{flagicon, PAK Muhammad Riaz *{{flagicon, PLE Fadi Abulatifa *{{flagicon, PLE Jamal Al-Holi *{{flagicon, PHI

Yanti Barsales Yanti Armentia Barsales (born February 6, 1973) is a Filipino former footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward for the Philippine Air Force F.C., Philippine Air Force and the Philippines national football team, Philippin ...

*{{flagicon, PHI Jimmy Dona *{{flagicon, QAT

Dahi Al Naemi Dahi Al Naemi (born 5 September 1978) is a Qatari footballer who is a defender for Umm-Salal. Al Naemi played for Qatar at the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Ecuador. He subsequently played for the senior national team in FIFA World Cup ...

*{{flagicon, QAT Abdul Nasser Ali Al Obaidly *{{flagicon, KSA

Marzouk Al-Otaibi Marzouk Al-Otaibi ( ar, مرزوق العتيبي; born 7 November 1975) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer, who last played as a center forward for Al-Markhiya in Qatar. Club career Al-Otaibi started his career at Al-Shabab Club. In 1999, h ...

*{{flagicon, KSA

Mohsin Harthi Mohsin al-Harthi ( ar, محسن الحارثي) (born 17 July 1976) is a Saudi Arabian footballer. Career At the club level, Al-Harthi played most of his career for Al-Nasr. He also played for the Saudi Arabia national football team, and was a ...

*{{flagicon, KSA Al Hasan Al-Yami *{{flagicon, KSA

Abdullah Jumaan Al-Dosari Abdullah Mohamed Al-Jumaan Al-Dosari ( ar, عبد الله محمد الجمعان الدوسري; born 10 November 1977) is a Saudi Arabian footballer. Career At the club level, Al-Dosari played most of his career for Al-Hilal. He also playe ...

*{{flagicon, KSA Ibrahim Al-Harbi *{{flagicon, KSA

Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi Mohammed Saleh Al-Khilaiwi ( ar, محمد الخليوي;‎ 21 August 1971 – 13 June 2013) was a Saudi football defender from Saudi Arabia. At the club level, he played mostly for Al-Ittihad in his home country. Career Between 1992 and 200 ...

*{{flagicon, SIN

Noh Alam Shah Mohd Noh Alam Shah (born 3 September 1980) is a retired professional football player from Singapore who currently manages Tanjong Pagar United. Once regarded as one of the best forwards in South East Asia, Alam Shah was a member of the Singapor ...

*{{flagicon, SIN Mohd Noor Ali *{{flagicon, SIN Ishak Ratna *{{flagicon, SRI Weerarathne Kassun *{{flagicon, SYR

Tarek Jabban Tarek Jabban ( ar, طارق جبان; born 11 December 1975) is a Syrian former footballer. He last played for Al-Jaish, which competes in the Syrian Premier League, the top division in Syria. He played as a defender, wearing the shirt with numb ...

*{{flagicon, SYR

Maher Malki Maher may refer to: Name *Maher (given name), an Arabic given name *Maher (surname), list of people with the name Places *Maher Island, an Antarctic island *Maher, Colorado, an unincorporated community in the United States *Maher, West Virgi ...

*{{flagicon, SYR Faras Al Khatib *{{flagicon, SYR Maher Al Sayed *{{flagicon, THA Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul *{{flagicon, THA

Niweat Siriwong Niweat Siriwong ( th, นิเวศ ศิริวงศ์, born July 18, 1977) is a Thai retired footballer. Niweat is a vastly experienced player and has played overseas in Singapore and Vietnam during his career. He was known for his long-r ...

*{{flagicon, THA Surachai Jirasirichote *{{flagicon, THA Surachai Jirasirichote *{{flagicon, THA

Sutee Suksomkit Sutee Suksomkit ( th, สุธี สุขสมกิจ, born June 5, 1978) is a Thai professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Thai League 3 club Bankhai United. He is known for his skillful style of play, ...

*{{flagicon, THA

Worrawoot Srimaka Worrawoot Srimaka ( Thai: วรวุฒิ ศรีมะฆะ) is a Thai football coach and former player. He was a striker who scored 29 goals for the Thailand national football team. Club career His career began in 1991 with Thai Farmer ...

*{{flagicon, TJK

Tokhirjon Muminov Tokhirjon Muminov ( tg, Тоҳирҷон Муъминов; born 6 August 1970) is a retired Tajikistani footballer, and current manager of Fayzkand. Career Managerial career On 10 August 2012, Muminov ended his first stint as Khayr Vahdat man ...

*{{flagicon, TJK Denis Knitel *{{flagicon, TJK

Rahmatullo Fuzailov Rakhmatullo Kayumovich Fuzaylov (russian: Рахматулло Каюмович Фузайлов; born 16 September 1978) is a Tajikistan footballer coach and a former international player. He is the manager of the Tajikistan national under-17 te ...

*{{flagicon, TJK Shukhrat Jabbarov *{{flagicon, TJK Rustam Usmonov *{{flagicon, TKM, 1997

Rejepmyrat Agabaýew Rejepmyrat Agabaýew (born 1 August 1973) is a professional Turkmenistani football player. Now working as a coach in FC Okzhetpes Football Club Okzhetpes ( kk, Оқжетпес Футбол Клубы, ''Oqjetpes Kókshetaý Fýtbol Klýby'') ...

*{{flagicon, TKM, 1997

Goçguly Goçgulyýew Goçguly Hangulyýewiç Goçgulyýew (born 26 May 1977) is a retired Turkmen footballer, and current assistant coach of the Altyn Asyr FK. Club career Graduate youth football school in Balkanabat. He began his career at the club Arkaç in 199 ...

*{{flagicon, TKM, 1997 Yuri Borodolimov *{{flagicon, TKM, 1997 Gurbangeldi Durdyýew *{{flagicon, UAE Mohammad Ibrahim Hussain *{{flagicon, UAE

Abdulsalaam Jumaa Abdulsalam Jumaa Al Junaibi (born 23 May 1977) is an Emirati former footballer who is a midfielder for Al Dhafra. He is a member of the United Arab Emirates national football team. See also * List of men's footballers with 100 or more interna ...

*{{flagicon, UAE Fahed Masoud *{{flagicon, UAE Gharib Hareb *{{flagicon, UAE Fahd Ali *{{flagicon, UAE Zuhair Bakhit *{{flagicon, UAE

Aziz Al-Anbari Aziz ( ar, عزيز, , is an Arabic male name. The feminine form of both the adjective and the given name is Aziza (disambiguation), Aziza. ''Aziz'' in Arabic language, Arabic is derived from the triliteral, root ''ʕ-z-z'' with a meaning of "st ...

*{{flagicon, UAE

Abdulrahman Ibrahim Abdulrahman Ibrahim (born 9 November 1974) is a former Emirati footballer. He played as center-back and was considered one of the best defenders in the UAE League. He was one of the favourite defenders to be selected for the different U.A.E. nat ...

*{{flagicon, UZB Maxim Shatskikh *{{flagicon, UZB

Alexei Dionisiyev Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian language, Russian and Bulgarian language, Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek language, Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "D ...

*{{flagicon, UZB Ulugbek Bakayev *{{flagicon, UZB Andrey Akopyants *{{flagicon, VIE Nguyễn Trung Vĩnh *{{flagicon, VIE Nguyen Van Sy *{{flagicon, YEM Anwar Ahmed *{{flagicon, YEM

Adel Abdullah Adel Ahmed Abdullah ( ar, عادل أحمد عبدالله; born 12 January 1984), commonly known as Adel Abdullah, is a Syrian footballer who plays for Sur SC in Oman Professional League. Club career Nizwa In 2014, he moved to Oman where he ...

*{{flagicon, YEM Ali Aboud Awad , 1 own goal= *{{flagicon, HKG Feng Ji-zhi (playing against

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...

) *{{flagicon, THA Surachai Jirasirichote (playing against

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

) *{{flagicon, OMA

Nabil Ashoor Nabil Ashoor Ramadhan Bait Faraj Allah ( ar, نبيل عاشور رمضان بيت فرج الله; born 7 April 1982), commonly known as Nabil Ashoor, is an Omani footballer who plays for Dhofar S.C.S.C. in the Oman Professional League. Club c ...

(playing against

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...

) *{{flagicon, BRU Ali Momin (playing against the

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