1976 AFC Asian Cup squads

Squads for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup played in Iran.

Group A

China

Head coach: Nian Weisi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Hu Zhigang	(1944-02-29)29 February 1944 (aged 32)	Shanghai
2	2DF	Qi Wusheng (c)	(1944-05-20)20 May 1944 (aged 32)	Liaoning
3	2DF	Guan Zhirui	(1953-04-12)12 April 1953 (aged 23)	Guangdong
4	3MF	Chi Shangbin	(1949-09-19)19 September 1949 (aged 26)	Liaoning
5	2DF	Xiang Hengqing	(1947-07-15)15 July 1947 (aged 28)	Shandong
6	3MF	He Jia	1953	Guangdong
7	3MF	Chen Xirong	1953	Guangdong
8	3MF	Li Guoning	1942	Fujian
9	4FW	Wang Jilian	(1946-02-15)15 February 1946 (aged 30)	Bayi Football Team
10	4FW	Rong Zhixing	(1948-07-30)30 July 1948 (aged 27)	Guangdong
11	3MF	Du Zhiren	1953	Guangdong
12	1GK	Li Fusheng	(1953-01-04)4 January 1953 (aged 23)	Bayi Football Team
13	2DF	Cai Jinbiao	1954	Guangdong
14	3MF	Zhang Qun	1950	Bayi Football Team
15	4FW	Zhang Yiming	1948	Liaoning
16	3MF	Yang Anli	(1950-05-07)7 May 1950 (aged 26)	Bayi Football Team
17	4FW	Yu Jinglian	(1953-03-05)5 March 1953 (aged 23)	Liaoning
18	4FW	Li Weimiao	(1950-03-31)31 March 1950 (aged 26)	Beijing

Kuwait

Head coach: Mário Zagallo

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ahmed Al-Tarabulsi	(1947-03-22)22 March 1947 (aged 29)	Kuwait SC
20	1GK	Sanad Sihan		Kazma SC
3	2DF	Mahboub Juma'a	(1955-09-17)17 September 1955 (aged 20)	Al Salmiya
2	2DF	Adnan Abdullah		Al-Arabi SC
13	2DF	Redha Maarafi		Al Qadisiya
4	2DF	Hussein Mohammad		Kazma SC
14	2DF	Abdullah Mayouf	(1953-12-03)3 December 1953 (aged 22)	Kazma SC
5	2DF	Ibrahim Duraihem (c)		Kuwait SC
8	3MF	Farouq Ibrahim		Al Qadisiya
11	3MF	Hamad Bouhamad		Al Qadisiya
6	3MF	Saad Al-Houti	(1954-05-24)24 May 1954 (aged 22)	Kuwait SC
18	3MF	Saleh Al-Asfoor		Al Salmiya
15	3MF	Saud Bouhamad		Al Qadisiya
7	4FW	Fathi Kameel	(1955-05-23)23 May 1955 (aged 21)	Al Tadamun
16	4FW	Faisal Al-Dakhil	(1957-08-13)13 August 1957 (aged 18)	Al Qadisiya
12	4FW	Mohammed Abdullah		Kuwait SC
9	4FW	Jasem Yaqoub	(1953-10-25)25 October 1953 (aged 22)	Al Qadisiya
10	4FW	Abdulaziz Al-Anberi	(1954-01-03)3 January 1954 (aged 22)	Kuwait SC

Malaysia

Head coach : Datuk Maui Kuppan

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ratuk Arumugam	(1953-01-31)31 January 1953 (aged 23)	Selangor FA
20	1GK	Hamid Ramli		Kelantan FA
2	2DF	Zainuddin Hussein		Negeri Sembilan FA
3	2DF	Abdullah Ali		Selangor FA
5	2DF	Santokh Singh	(1952-06-22)22 June 1952 (aged 23)	Selangor FA
8	2DF	Yahya Jusoh		Terengganu FA
14	2DF	Radzi Ahmad
6	3MF	Shukor Salleh		Penang FA
16	3MF	Khor Sek Leng	(1952-10-25)25 October 1952 (aged 23)	Kedah FA
9	3MF	Isa Bakar	(1952-12-25)25 December 1952 (aged 23)	Penang FA
17	3MF	Mohsen Vithilinggam		Kedah FA
7	3MF	Ali Bakar		Penang FA
4	3MF	Parwan Umaparam		Perak FA
10	4FW	Mokhtar Dahari (c)	(1953-11-13)13 November 1953 (aged 22)	Selangor FA
15	4FW	Idris Daud		Kelantan FA
19	4FW	Irfan Bakti	(1951-04-01)1 April 1951 (aged 25)	Kelantan FA
13	4FW	P. Dharmalingam		Selangor FA

Group B

Iran

Head coach : Heshmat Mohajerani

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Mansour Rashidi	(1947-11-12)12 November 1947 (aged 28)	Taj
18	1GK	Mehdi Asgarkhani	(1948-03-25)25 March 1948 (aged 28)	Persepolis
3	2DF	Hassan Nazari	(1956-08-19)19 August 1956 (aged 19)	Taj
4	2DF	Bijan Zolfagharnasab	(1949-06-07)7 June 1949 (aged 26)	Persepolis
8	2DF	Nasrollah Abdollahi	(1951-09-02)2 September 1951 (aged 24)	Shahbaz
2	2DF	Andranik Eskandarian	(1951-12-31)31 December 1951 (aged 24)	Taj
12	2DF	Hassan Nayebagha	(1950-09-17)17 September 1950 (aged 25)	Homa
15	2DF	Sahameddin Mirfakhraei	(1951-02-04)4 February 1951 (aged 25)	Homa
7	3MF	Ali Parvin	(1946-09-20)20 September 1946 (aged 29)	Persepolis
5	3MF	Parviz Ghelichkhani (c)	(1945-12-04)4 December 1945 (aged 30)	Daraei
6	3MF	Ebrahim Ghasempour	(1957-09-11)11 September 1957 (aged 18)	Sanat Naft
15	3MF	Mohammad Sadeghi	(1952-03-16)16 March 1952 (aged 24)	PAS Tehran
13	3MF	Alireza Azizi	(1950-01-12)12 January 1950 (aged 26)	Persepolis
16	3MF	Garnik Shahbandari	1954	Daraei
11	4FW	Alireza Khorshidi	1952	Homa
9	4FW	Nasser Nouraei	(1954-06-16)16 June 1954 (aged 21)	Persepolis
17	4FW	Gholam Hossein Mazloomi	(1950-01-13)13 January 1950 (aged 26)	Shahbaz
10	4FW	Hassan Rowshan	(1955-10-24)24 October 1955 (aged 20)	Taj

Iraq

Head coach: Lenko Grčić (Kaka)

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Jalal Abdul-Rahman	(1946-05-06)6 May 1946 (aged 30)	Al-Zawraa
2	2DF	Mejbel Fartous (c)	(1950-07-06)6 July 1950 (aged 25)	Al-Tayaran
3	2DF	Adel Khudhair	(1954-07-01)1 July 1954 (aged 21)	Al-Zawraa
4	2DF	Ibrahim Ali	(1950-07-01)1 July 1950 (aged 25)	Al-Zawraa
5	2DF	Kadhim Kamil	(1951-07-01)1 July 1951 (aged 24)	Al-Tayaran
6	3MF	Hassani Alwan	(1955-01-01)1 January 1955 (aged 21)	Al-Zawraa
8	4FW	Falah Hassan	(1951-07-01)1 July 1951 (aged 24)	Al-Zawraa
10	4FW	Ahmed Subhi	(1955-01-01)1 January 1955 (aged 21)	Al-Baladiyat
11	4FW	Thamer Yousif	(1953-07-01)1 July 1953 (aged 22)	Al-Zawraa
12	3MF	Douglas Aziz	(1942-01-01)1 January 1942 (aged 34)	Al-Shorta
13	2DF	Mohammed Tabra	(1950-12-23)23 December 1950 (aged 25)	Al-Shorta
14	3MF	Sabah Abdul-Jalil	(1951-07-01)1 July 1951 (aged 24)	Al-Baladiyat
15	4FW	Ali Kadhim	(1949-01-01)1 January 1949 (aged 27)	Al-Zawraa
16	4FW	Kadhim Waal	(1951-01-01)1 January 1951 (aged 25)	Al-Tayaran
17	3MF	Fatah Mohammed	(1950-10-09)9 October 1950 (aged 25)	Al-Zawraa
18	2DF	Ali Hussein Battush	(1950-01-01)1 January 1950 (aged 26)	Al-Zawraa
19	3MF	Hesham Mustafa	(1952-07-01)1 July 1952 (aged 23)	Al-Tayaran
21	1GK	Raad Hammoudi	(1953-04-20)20 April 1953 (aged 23)	Al-Shorta

South Yemen

Head coach: Ali Mohsen Al-Moraisi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Tarek Ali Raban		Al-Mina SC Tawahi
20	1GK	Adel Ismail Mohammed		Shamsan SC
2	2DF	Hussain Jalab		Al-Tilal SC
5	2DF	Aziz Abdulrahman		Al-Tilal SC
4	2DF	Abdullah Salah al-Hirar		Al-Wehda
6	2DF	Osman Khaleb		Al-Wehda
14	2DF	Hussain Amar		Al-Tilal SC
3	2DF	Osam Abdah Omar		Shamsan SC
13	3MF	Mohammed Sharaf Ahmed (c)		Al-Tilal SC
16	3MF	Awaz Salem Awaz Awazeen		Al-Tilal SC
8	3MF	Abdullah Ba-Aamer	(1954-10-21)21 October 1954 (aged 21)	Al-Wehda
17	3MF	Abdulredha Ibrahim
7	3MF	Monir Medhesh		Al-Wehda
9	3MF	Nasser Hadi		Al-Wehda
11	4FW	Jamil Sayf		Shamsan SC
10	4FW	Abubakar Al-Mass	(1955-07-01)1 July 1955 (aged 20)	Al-Tilal SC
15	4FW	Aziz Salem		Al-Wehda
19	4FW	Mohammed Salah Abdullah		Al-Tilal SC

External links

• China National Football Team Database