2000 AFC Asian Cup
The 2000 AFC Asian Cup was the 12th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international association football, football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Lebanon between 12 and 29 O ...
is an international
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tournament that was held in
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 ...
from 12 to 29 October 2000. The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.
The position listed for each player is per the official squad list published by AFC. The age listed for each player is on 5 January 2019, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches that are of a different nationality than their own national team.
Group A
Iran
Head coach:
Jalal Talebi
Jalal Talebi ( fa, جلال طالبی, born 23 March 1942) is a retired Iranian football player and manager.
Playing career
Talebi had a very short playing career in which he played for Daraei, Taj (Esteghlal) and the Iran national football ...
Iraq
Head coach:
Milan Živadinović
Milan Živadinović ( sr-cyr, Милан Живадиновић, ; 15 December 1944 – 17 July 2021) was a Serbian football player and coach. He was also the scout for Ghanaian footballers for Southeast Europe. In his homeland he was nicknamed ...
Lebanon
Head coach:
Josip Skoblar
Josip Skoblar (born 12 March 1941) is a Croatian former professional football player and manager. He was primarily a forward, and also capable of playing on both wings.
He played for Zadar, OFK Belgrade, Hannover 96, Marseille and NK Rijeka. W ...
Thailand
Head coach:
Peter Withe
Peter Withe (born 30 August 1951) is an English former football manager and striker who played between 1971 and 1990. At Nottingham Forest he won the Anglo-Scottish Cup and Second Division promotion in 1976–77, First Division and the Foot ...
Group B
China
Head coach:
Bora Milutinović
Velibor "Bora" Milutinović ( sr-Cyrl, Велибор Бора Милутиновић; born 7 September 1944) is a Serbian former professional footballer and manager.
He has managed at five editions of the FIFA World Cup, tied for the record a ...
Dušan Uhrin
Dušan Uhrin (born 5 February 1943) is a Czech and Slovak football coach and former player. He was the coach of Slovan Bratislava. Although he was born in the Nitra District in the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia, he has lived in Prague since th ...
South Korea
Head coach:
Huh Jung-moo
Huh Jung-moo (Korean: 허정무, Hanja: 許丁茂; born 13 January 1955) is a former South Korean football player and manager.
Playing career
Huh was one of the best South Korean college footballers before starting his semi-professional care ...
Group C
Japan
Head coach:
Philippe Troussier
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Qatar
Head coach:
Džemal Hadžiabdić
Džemaludin "Džemal" Hadžiabdić, commonly known as Čorba or Jamal Haji (born 25 July 1953), is a Bosnian professional football manager and former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Playing career International
He made his debu ...
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 ...
Uzbekistan
Head coach:
Yuriy Sarkisyan
Yuriy Vazgenovich Sarkisyan ( hy, Յուրի Վազգենի Սարգսյան, russian: Юрий Вазгенович Саркисян; born 30 May 1947) is an Uzbekistani association football, football manager (association football), manager and f ...