This article lists the confirmed national football squads for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup tournament held in

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 ...

between 7 January and 29 January 2011. Before announcing their final squad, several teams named a provisional squad of 23 to 30 players, but each country's final squad of 23 players had to be submitted by 28 December 2010. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 6 hours before the team's first Asian Cup game. Players marked ( c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the tournament, including all pre-tournament friendlies. Player's age is their age on the opening day of the tournament.

Group A

Qatar

Head coach:

Bruno Metsu Bruno Jean Cornil Metsu (28 January 1954 – 15 October 2013) was a French footballer and football manager. During his senior playing career from 1973 to 1987, he played for seven different clubs in his native France. From 1988 until his death, ...

Uzbekistan

Head coach:

Vadim Abramov Vadim Karlenovich Abramov ( hy, Վադիմ Աբրամով; russian: Вадим Абрамов) is a former Uzbekistani football player of Armenian-Russian descent. Abramov was born in 1953 in Baku, Azerbaijan. He served as Uzbekistan's head co ...

Kuwait

Head coach: Goran Tufegdžić

China PR

Head coach:

Gao Hongbo Gao Hongbo (; born January 25, 1966 in Beijing) is a retired Chinese football striker and head coach of China League One side Beijing Enterprises. He previously managed the China national football team from 2009 to 2011, and in 2016. Appoint ...

Group B

Japan

Head coach:

Alberto Zaccheroni Alberto Zaccheroni (; born 1 April 1953) is an Italian football manager, formerly in charge of the United Arab Emirates and Japan national football teams. He has managed a number of top clubs in Serie A, the high point of his career being his s ...

Jordan

Head coach: Adnan Hamad

Saudi Arabia

Head coach:

José Peseiro José Vítor dos Santos Peseiro (born 4 April 1960) is a Portuguese football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the manager of the Nigeria national team. After an unassuming career as a player, he went on to coach sever ...

(sacked after the first match, replaced by

Nasser Al-Johar Nasser Hamad Al-Johar ( ar, ناصر الجوهر; born 6 January 1946) is a Saudi Arabian football coach and former player. Club career Al-Johar played for Al Nassr FC. Managerial career Al-Johar coached the Saudi Arabia national football tea ...

)

Syria

Head coach: Valeriu Tiţa

Group C

South Korea

Head coach:

Cho Kwang-rae Cho Kwang-rae ( ko, 조광래, born March 19, 1954) is a former South Korean football player and manager. He is the current executive director of Daegu FC. International career Cho was selected for the university students' national team for t ...

Australia

Head coach:

Holger Osieck Holger Osieck (born 31 August 1948) is a German football manager who last managed the Australia national team. Prior to the Australian role, he most recently managed J. League club Urawa Red Diamonds, where he won the 2007 AFC Champions League ...

Bahrain

Head coach:

Salman Sharida Salman Ahmed Rashed Shareeda ( ar, سلمان أحمد راشد شريدة; born 19 May 1968) is a Bahraini Association football, football coach and former player who is the head coach of Bahraini club Hidd SCC, Hidd. Club career Shareeda bega ...

India

Head coach:

Bob Houghton Robert Douglas Houghton (born 30 October 1947) is an English football manager and former player. His career has spanned over 30 years and 10 countries. He is most famous for taking Swedish club Malmö FF to the 1979 European Cup Final, where th ...

Group D

North Korea

Head coach:

Jo Tong-sop Jo Tong-sop (born May 1, 1959) is a North Korean football manager and former player. He was most recently the head coach of the North Korea national football team. It was his second stint in charge of the national team, having previously manage ...

United Arab Emirates

Head coach: Srečko Katanec

Iraq

Head coach: Wolfgang Sidka

Iran

Head coach:

Afshin Ghotbi Afshin Ghotbi ( fa, افشین قطبی, born 8 February 1964 in Tehran) is an Iranian-American football coach who works as head coach of Vancouver FC in the Canadian Premier League. Early life Afshin Ghotbi was born in Tehran. He is the son ...

Player representation

;Clubs represented by five or more players ;By club nationality ^† Including

Jade North Jade Bronson North (born 7 January 1982) is an Aboriginal Australian former professional footballer who played as a centre back or right back. He was a member of the Australia national association football team, Australian national team, and is ...

who played for

Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wellington, New Zealand. It competes in the Australian A-League, under licence from Football Federation Australia. Phoenix entered the competition in the ...

, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League. ;By club Federation ^† Including

who played for

, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League. All other New Zealand clubs are members of the OFC. ;By representatives of domestic league ^† Including

who played for

, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League.

References

"China squad"
''The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
"Kuwait squad"
''The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2011-1-7.
"Qatar squad"
''The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2011-1-7.
"Uzbekistan squad"
''The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
"Japan squad"
''The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
"Jordan squad"
''The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
"Saudi Arabia squad"
''The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
"Syria squad"
''The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
"Regulations"

"Australia squad"
''The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
"Bahrain squad"
''The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
"India squad"
''The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
"Korea Republic squad"
''The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
"DPR Korea squad"
''The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
"Iran squad"
''The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
"Iraq squad"
''The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
"United Arab Emirates squad"
''The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 2010-12-30. {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 Afc Asian Cup Squads Squads AFC Asian Cup squads