This article lists the confirmed national football squads for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup tournament held in Qatar 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
Uzbekistan Head coach: Vadim Abramov
Kuwait Head coach: Goran Tufegdžić
China Head coach: Gao Hongbo
Group B
Japan Head coach: Alberto Zaccheroni
Jordan Head coach: Adnan Hamad
Saudi Arabia Head coach: José Peseiro (sacked after the first match, replaced by Nasser Al-Johar)
Syria Head coach: Valeriu Tiţa
Group C
South Korea Head coach: Cho Kwang-rae
Australia Head coach: Holger Osieck
Bahrain Head coach: Salman Sharida
India Head coach: Bob Houghton
Group D
North Korea Head coach: Jo Tong-sop
United Arab Emirates Head coach: Srečko Katanec
Iraq Head coach: Wolfgang Sidka
Iran Head coach: Afshin Ghotbi
Statistics By age Goalkeepers Oldest: Mark Schwarzer () Youngest: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu ()
Captains Oldest: Saeed Al-Kass () Youngest: Bilal Mohammed ()
Coaches Oldest: Bob Houghton () () Youngest: Goran Tufegdžić () ()
Player representation Clubs represented by five or more players Players Club11 Al-Sadd, Qadsia7 Al-Ittihad, Al-Shabab6 Al-Hilal, Al-Wehdat, Bunyodkor, Sepahan5 Al-Gharrafa, Al-Jaish, Al-Karamah, Al-Muharraq, Al Wahda, Dempo
By club nationality Players Asian Clubs36 Qatar31 Saudi Arabia24 Kuwait, 22 China21 Iran20 India, Japan19 Syria18 Jordan17 North Korea15 Bahrain, Uzbekistan14 South Korea11 Iraq4† Australia † Including Jade North who played for Wellington Phoenix, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League.
Players Clubs Outside Asia9 England7 Germany6 Russia5 Turkey3 Netherlands, Switzerland2 Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, Italy, Scotland, Spain1 Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Kazakhstan, Libya, Romania, Ukraine, United States
By club Federation Players Federation311†AFC49UEFA3CAF1CONCACAF † Including Jade North who played for Wellington Phoenix, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League. All other New Zealand clubs are members of the OFC.
By representatives of domestic league National Squad No. of players playing in home leagues Australia4† Bahrain15 China22 India20 Iran21 Iraq11 Japan14 Jordan18 Kuwait22 North Korea17 Qatar22 Saudi Arabia23 South Korea12 Syria19 United Arab Emirates23 Uzbekistan15 † Including Jade North who played for Wellington Phoenix, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League.
References
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