The following is a list of squads for each national team competing at the
2016 AFC U-23 Championship, The tournament took place during January 2016 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 ...
. It was the second U-23 age group competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation. As the tournament was not held during the
FIFA International Match Calendar
The FIFA International Match Calendar (sometimes abbreviated as the FIFA Calendar or FIFA Days) is an outline agreement between FIFA, the six continental football confederations, the European Club Association, and FIFPro, which sets out which ...
, clubs were not obligated to release the players.
Each team had to submit 23 players in their national team squads. The full squad listings are below.
Players in boldface have been capped at full international level at some point in their career.
Group A
Qatar
Head coach:
Félix Sánchez Bas
Syria
Head coach:
Muhannad Al Fakir
Iran
Head coach:
Mohammad Khakpour
Mohammad Khakpour ( fa, محمد خاکپور, born February 20, 1969) is a retired Iranian football player.
Playing career
Khakpour played for a few clubs, including Persepolis FC, Pas Tehran, Vanspor, Geylang United and MetroStars (United ...
China
Head coach:
Fu Bo
Group B
Saudi Arabia
Head coach:
Adrie Koster
Adrianus Cornelis "Adrie" Koster (; born 18 November 1954) is a Dutch football manager who was most recently the manager of Willem II. He is a former winger and former manager of Ajax, Club Brugge and the Netherlands U21 team.
Career
He pla ...
Japan
Head coach:
Makoto Teguramori
is a Japanese professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Thai League 1 club BG Pathum United.
Playing career
Teguramori was born in Gonohe, Aomori on November 14, 1967. After graduating from high school, he joined ...
North Korea
Head coach:
Yun Jong-su
Yun Jong-su (; born 3 January 1962) is a former North Korean football player and the current head coach of the North Korea national football team.
He also led North Korea during the 2006 and 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
The 2014 FI ...
Thailand
Head coach:
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 ...
Squad announced on 29 December 2015.
Group C
Iraq
Head coach:
Abdul Ghani Shahad
South Korea
Head coach:
Shin Tae-yong
Shin Tae-yong (, Hanja: 申台龍; born on 11 May 1970) is a South Korean former professional footballer and manager who is currently coaching the Indonesia national football team. He is the first man to win the Asian Club Championship/AFC Cha ...
Squad announced on 27 December 2015.
Uzbekistan
Head coach:
Samvel Babayan
Samvel Andraniki Babayan ( hy, Սամվել Անդրանիկի Բաբայան; born 5 March 1965) is an Armenian military commander and politician from Nagorno-Karabakh. He was one of the founders and main commanders of the Artsakh Defence Army ...
Yemen
Head coach:
Amin Al-Sanini
Group D
Jordan
Head coach:
Jamal Abu-Abed
Jamal Ahmed Abu Abed (born 19 January 1965) is a Jordanian professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of Jordanian club Al-Faisaly.
Career statistics International
Honours Player
Al-Faisaly
* Jordan League: 1983, ...
Australia
Head coach:
Aurelio Vidmar
Aurelio Vidmar ( ; born 3 February 1967) is an Australian association football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Thai League 1 club Bangkok United.
He is a former captain of the Australia national team and former coach ...
United Arab Emirates
Head coach:
Abdullah Mesfer
Vietnam
Head coach:
Toshiya Miura
References
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2016 AFC U-23 Championship