This article lists the confirmed national football squads for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup tournament jointly held in
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...
,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...
,
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
and
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making ...
between 7 July and 29 July 2007.
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 16 June 2007. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 24 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.
Group A
Thailand
Head coach:
Charnwit Polcheewin
Iraq
Head coach:
Jorvan Vieira
Jorvan Vieira (born September 29, 1953) is a Brazilian-Portuguese football coach and former player who played for Botafogo, Vasco da Gama and Portuguesa in the Brazil Serie A, and a current manager of ENPPI.
Career
Playing career
Vieira was ...
Australia
Head coach:
Graham Arnold
Graham James Arnold (born 3 August 1963) is an Australian soccer manager and former player. Arnold was appointed to work as an assistant coach of the Australian national soccer team in 2000. After head coach Frank Farina was sacked in 2005, Ar ...
Oman
Head coach:
Gabriel Calderón
Gabriel Humberto Calderón (born 7 February 1960) is an Argentinian professional football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of UAE Pro League side, Khor Fakkan Club.
Calderón played in several teams including Argentine Ra ...
Group B
Vietnam
Head coach:
Alfred Riedl
Alfred Riedl (2 November 1949 – 8 September 2020) was an Austrian football player and manager. As a player he was a striker. His last coaching role was with the Indonesia national football team.
Playing career
Club career
He first played fo ...
United Arab Emirates
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, ...
Japan
Head coach:
Ivica Osim
Ivan Osim (6 May 1941 – 1 May 2022), best known as Ivica Osim, was a Bosnian professional footballer and football manager. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Bosnian football managers of all time and as one of the most influential foo ...
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* Replaced Ryūji Bando who pulled out with injury.
Qatar
Head coach: Džemaludin Mušović
Group C
Malaysia
Head coach: Norizan Bakar
Norizan bin Bakar (born 27 January 1961 in Kampung Datuk Kaya Man, Perlis) is a former Malaysian football player. He currently the Director of Football for Felcra F.C.
Club career
Norizan played for his home state Perlis in semi-pro league ...
China
Head coach: Zhu Guanghu
Zhu Guanghu (; born September 25, 1949 in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese football coach and a former player. As a player, he was predominantly remembered for his time at Shanghai Football Team before going into management where he started of ...
Iran
Head coach: Amir Ghalenoei
Uzbekistan
Head coach: Rauf Inileev
Rauf Talgatovich Inileev (russian: Рауф Талгатович Инилеев) (born 8 September 1950) is a football manager and former player.
Playing career
In 1973, he joined Pakhtakor Tashkent and played for the reserve team. He then mov ...
* Replaced Asror Aliqulov who pulled out with injury.
Group D
Indonesia
Head coach: Ivan Kolev
Bahrain
Head coach: Milan Máčala
Milan Máčala (born 4 August 1943) is a Czech football coach who coached various clubs in the Czech Republic and the Middle East.
He has previously coached in the area with the national teams of Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, ...
South Korea
Head coach: Pim Verbeek
Saudi Arabia
Head coach: Hélio dos Anjos
Player representation
;Clubs represented by five or more players
;By club nationality
;By club Federation
;By representatives of domestic league
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2007 Afc Asian Cup Squads
AFC Asian Cup squads