AFC Asian Cup records and statistics
This is a list of records and statistics of the AFC Asian Cup.
Awards
General awards by tournament
Team of the Tournament
Fans' All-time Best XI
In October and November 2018, ahead of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, AFC created the Fans' Asian Cup XI with substitutes. The team was chosen through online voting on the website. This is the list of the XI and substitutes:
Goalkeepers
- Nasser Hejazi
- Noor Sabri (substitute)
Defenders
- Mehdi Mahdavikia
- Saleh Nu'eimeh
- Zheng Zhi
- Jamal Mubarak (substitute)
- Soh Chin Aun (substitute)
Midfielders
- Ali Karimi
- Nashat Akram
- Shao Jiayi
- Server Djeparov
- Keisuke Honda
- Fahad Al-Bishi (substitute)
- Koo Ja-cheol (substitute)
Forwards
- Ali Daei
- Yasser Al Qahtani
- Younis Mahmoud (substitute)
Manager
Source:The AFC
Team records
Summary
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Semi-finalists | Top 2 | Top 4 |
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Japan | 4 (1992*, 2000, 2004, 2011) | 1 (2019) | — | 1 (2007) | — | 5 | 6 |
Saudi Arabia | 3 (1984, 1988, 1996) | 3 (1992, 2000, 2007) | — | — | — | 6 | 6 |
Iran | 3 (1968*, 1972, 1976*) | — | 4 (1980, 1988, 1996, 2004) | 1 (1984) | 1 (2019) | 3 | 9 |
South Korea | 2 (1956, 1960*) | 4 (1972, 1980, 1988, 2015) | 4 (1964, 2000, 2007, 2011) | — | — | 6 | 10 |
Israel1 | 1 (1964*) | 2 (1956, 1960) | 1 (1968) | — | — | 3 | 4 |
Kuwait | 1 (1980*) | 1 (1976) | 1 (1984) | 1 (1996) | — | 2 | 4 |
Australia | 1 (2015*) | 1 (2011) | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
Iraq | 1 (2007) | — | — | 2 (1976, 2015) | — | 1 | 3 |
Qatar | 1 (2019) | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
China PR | — | 2 (1984, 2004*) | 2 (1976, 1992) | 2 (1988, 2000) | — | 2 | 6 |
United Arab Emirates | — | 1 (1996*) | 1 (2015) | 1 (1992) | 1 (2019*) | 1 | 4 |
India | — | 1 (1964) | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Myanmar | — | 1 (1968) | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Hong Kong | — | — | 1 (1956*) | 1 (1964) | — | 0 | 2 |
Chinese Taipei2 | — | — | 1 (1960) | 1 (1968) | — | 0 | 2 |
Thailand | — | — | 1 (1972*) | — | — | 0 | 1 |
Vietnam3 | — | — | — | 2 (1956, 1960) | — | 0 | 2 |
Cambodia | — | — | — | 1 (1972) | — | 0 | 1 |
North Korea | — | — | — | 1 (1980) | — | 0 | 1 |
Bahrain | — | — | — | 1 (2004) | — | 0 | 1 |
Uzbekistan | — | — | — | 1 (2011) | — | 0 | 1 |
* hosts
1 Israel was expelled from the AFC in the early 1970s and eventually became a member of UEFA.[17]
2 as Republic of China
3 as South Vietnam
All-time table
The table is accurate as of the end of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Iran | 14 | 68 | 41 | 19 | 8 | 131 | 48 | 83 | 142 |
2 | South Korea | 14 | 67 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 106 | 64 | 42 | 124 |
3 | Japan | 9 | 48 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 92 | 44 | 48 | 102 |
4 | China PR | 12 | 56 | 23 | 13 | 20 | 88 | 65 | 23 | 82 |
5 | Saudi Arabia | 10 | 48 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 69 | 48 | 21 | 76 |
6 | Kuwait | 10 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 47 | 51 | –4 | 55 |
7 | United Arab Emirates | 10 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 56 | –16 | 55 |
8 | Iraq | 9 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 44 | 45 | –1 | 53 |
9 | Qatar | 10 | 39 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 52 | 47 | 5 | 50 |
10 | Uzbekistan | 7 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 47 | –5 | 43 |
11 | Australia | 4 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 14 | 26 | 40 |
12 | Israel | 4 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 27 |
13 | Jordan | 4 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
14 | Syria | 6 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 28 | –11 | 24 |
15 | Bahrain | 6 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 38 | –9 | 21 |
16 | Thailand | 7 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 52 | –33 | 15 |
17 | Oman | 4 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 17 | –7 | 12 |
18 | North Korea | 5 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 40 | –25 | 11 |
19 | India | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 27 | –15 | 10 |
20 | Vietnam | 4 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 35 | –18 | 9 |
21 | Indonesia | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 28 | –18 | 8 |
22 | Myanmar | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
23 | Malaysia | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | –13 | 6 |
24 | Lebanon | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | –5 | 5 |
25 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | –7 | 5 |
26 | Singapore | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 4 |
27 | Cambodia | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | –2 | 4 |
28 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 3 |
29 | Hong Kong | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | –14 | 3 |
30 | Palestine | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 14 | –13 | 2 |
31 | Turkmenistan | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | –9 | 1 |
32 | Philippines | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | –6 | 0 |
33 | South Yemen | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | –9 | 0 |
34 | Yemen | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | –10 | 0 |
35 | Bangladesh | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | –15 | 0 |
Comprehensive national results by tournament
Team | 1956 (4) |
1960 (4) |
1964 (4) |
1968 (5) |
1972 (6) |
1976 (6) |
1980 (10) |
1984 (10) |
1988 (10) |
1992 (8) |
1996 (12) |
2000 (12) |
2004 (16) |
2007 (16) |
2011 (16) |
2015 (16) |
2019 (24) |
2023 (24) |
Years |
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West Asian Members | |||||||||||||||||||
Bahrain | • | × | •• | × | GS | • | × | • | 4th | GS | GS | GS | R16 | 6 | |||||
Iraq | GS | 4th | × | × | × | × | QF | QF | QF | 1st | QF | 4th | R16 | 9 | |||||
Jordan | • | × | × | • | • | × | • | • | QF | • | QF | GS | R16 | 4 | |||||
Kuwait | × | GS | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | GS | • | 4th | QF | GS | • | GS | GS | × | 10 | ||||
Lebanon | • | × | • | × | × | × | • | GS | • | × | • | • | GS | 2 | |||||
Oman | • | × | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | GS | R16 | 4 | ||||||||
Palestine | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | 2 | ||||||||||||
Qatar | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | QF | GS | GS | QF | GS | 1st | 10 | ||||||
Saudi Arabia | •• | × | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | GS | 2nd | GS | GS | R16 | 10 | ||||||
Syria | • | × | GS | GS | GS | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | 6 | |||||
United Arab Emirates | GS | GS | GS | 4th | 2nd | • | GS | GS | GS | 3rd | SF | 10 | |||||||
Yemen | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 1 | ||||||||
Central Asian Members | |||||||||||||||||||
Iran | × | • | × | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | GS | 3rd | QF | 3rd | QF | QF | QF | SF | 14 | |
Kyrgyzstan | Part of the USSR | • | • | • | × | • | • | R16 | 1 | ||||||||||
Turkmenistan | Part of the USSR | • | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | 2 | ||||||||||
Uzbekistan | Part of the USSR | GS | GS | QF | QF | 4th | QF | R16 | 7 | ||||||||||
South Asian Members | |||||||||||||||||||
Bangladesh | Part of Pakistan | × | GS | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||
India | × | • | 2nd | × | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | 4 | |
East Asian Members | |||||||||||||||||||
China PR | 3rd | GS | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | QF | 4th | 2nd | GS | GS | QF | QF | Q | 13 | |||||
Chinese Taipei | • | 3rd | × | 4th | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |
Hong Kong | 3rd | • | 4th | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 | |
Japan | × | × | × | • | × | • | × | × | GS | 1st | QF | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | QF | 2nd | 9 | |
North Korea | •• | 4th | × | • | GS | × | • | • | × | GS | GS | GS | 5 | ||||||
South Korea | 1st | 1st | 3rd | • | 2nd | • | 2nd | GS | 2nd | • | QF | 3rd | QF | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | QF | 14 | |
Southeast Asian Members | |||||||||||||||||||
Australia | OFC Member | QF | 2nd | 1st | QF | 4 | |||||||||||||
Cambodia | • | × | × | • | 4th | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | 1 | |
Indonesia | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | • | × | 4 | |
Malaysia | Part of Malaya | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | 3 | ||
Myanmar | × | × | × | 2nd | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | 1 | |
Philippines | • | • | × | • | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | GS | 1 | |
Singapore | × | • | × | • | × | • | • | GS | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
Thailand | × | × | • | • | 3rd | •• | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | • | R16 | 7 | |
Vietnam | 4th | 4th | • | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | QF | • | • | QF | 4 | |
Former AFC Members | |||||||||||||||||||
Israel | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | •• | Expelled from AFC | UEFA Member | 4 | |||||||||||
South Yemen | GS | × | × | • | Part of Yemen | 1 |
- Legend
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Map of best results
Results of host nations
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Results of defending champions
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Total hosts
Time(s) | Nation | Year(s) |
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2 | Iran | 1968, 1976 |
Thailand | 1972, 2007* | |
Qatar | 1988, 2011 | |
United Arab Emirates | 1996, 2019 | |
China | 2004, 2023 | |
1 | Hong Kong | 1956 |
South Korea | 1960 | |
Israel | 1964 | |
Kuwait | 1980 | |
Singapore | 1984 | |
Japan | 1992 | |
Lebanon | 2000 | |
Indonesia | 2007* | |
Malaysia | ||
Vietnam | ||
Australia | 2015 |
* co-hosts
National debuts by tournament
Year | Debutants | Total |
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1956 | South Korea, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Israel | 4 |
1960 | Chinese Taipei | 1 |
1964 | India | 1 |
1968 | Iran, Myanmar | 2 |
1972 | Cambodia, Iraq, Kuwait, Thailand | 4 |
1976 | South Yemen, China PR, Malaysia | 3 |
1980 | Bangladesh, North Korea, Qatar, Syria, United Arab Emirates | 5 |
1984 | Saudi Arabia, Singapore | 2 |
1988 | Bahrain, Japan | 2 |
1992 | None | 0 |
1996 | Indonesia, Uzbekistan | 2 |
2000 | Lebanon | 1 |
2004 | Jordan, Oman, Turkmenistan | 3 |
2007 | Australia | 1 |
2011 | None | 0 |
2015 | Palestine | 1 |
2019 | Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Yemen | 3 |
Has never qualified
Afghanistan, Bhutan, Brunei, Guam, Laos, Macau, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste
Longest active AFC Asian Cup droughts
This is a list of droughts associated with the participation of national teams in the AFC Asian Cup.
Does not include teams that have not yet made their first appearance, teams that no longer exist or teams that are no longer members of AFC.
Team | Last appearance | AC Missed |
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Chinese Taipei | 1968 | 13 |
Hong Kong | 1968 | 13 |
Myanmar | 1968 | 13 |
Cambodia | 1972 | 12 |
Bangladesh | 1980 | 10 |
Singapore | 1984 | 9 |
Indonesia | 2007 | 3 |
Malaysia | 2007 | 3 |
Kuwait | 2015 | 1 |
Regional record
Regional federation | Champion(s) | Title(s) |
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WAFF (West Asia) | Saudi Arabia (3), Iraq (1), Kuwait (1), Qatar (1) | 6 |
EAFF (East Asia) | Japan (4), South Korea (2) | 6 |
CAFA (Central Asia) | Iran (3) | 3 |
AFF (Southeast Asia) | Australia (1) | 1 |
SAFF (South Asia) | - | 0 |
Other records
- South Korea, Iran, and Saudi Arabia are the only teams to have won the tournament in their debut appearances.[18]
- Iran hold the record for the most games played, with 68.[19]
- Iran are the only team to have won three consecutive finals of the AFC Asian Cup.[19]
Qualification all-time table
Individual records
Overall top goalscorers
Top goalscorers in one tournament
Goals | Player | Representing | Year | Ref. |
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9 | Almoez Ali | Qatar | 2019 | [22] |
8 | Ali Daei | Iran | 1996 | [20] |
7 | Behtash Fariba | Iran | 1980 | [33] |
Choi Soon-ho | South Korea | [33] | ||
6 | Lee Dong-gook | South Korea | 2000 | [34] |
5 | Hossein Kalani | Iran | 1972 | [35] |
A'ala Hubail | Bahrain | 2004 | [36] | |
Ali Karimi | Iran | [36] | ||
Koo Ja-cheol | South Korea | 2011 | [37] | |
Ali Mabkhout | United Arab Emirates | 2015 | [38] |
Hat-tricks
Most tournament wins
Times | Player | Representing | Years |
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3 | Parviz Ghelichkhani | Iran | 1968, 1972, 1976 |
Most tournaments appeared in
The table below is the players who have appeared four or more times in the history of the tournament.
Times | Name | Tournaments |
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5 | Ignatiy Nesterov | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
4 | Masoud Shojaei | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
Waleed Abdullah | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
Anzur Ismailov | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
Amer Shafi | 2004, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
Zheng Zhi | 2004, 2007, 2015, 2019 | |
Ahmed Kano | 2004, 2007, 2015, 2019 | |
Ismail Matar | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2019 | |
Marat Bikmaev | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2019 | |
Javad Nekounam | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Younis Mahmoud† | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Yasuhito Endō | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Bilal Mohammed | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Saud Kariri | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Server Djeparov | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Timur Kapadze | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
Mehdi Mahdavikia | 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007 | |
Li Ming | 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 | |
Adnan Al-Talyani | 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 |
†Younis Mahmoud is the only player in the history of the tournament to score a goal in four separate tournaments.
Source:[39]
Fastest goals scored from kick-off
Only three goals in the history of the tournament have been scored in the first minute of their respective games.
- Ali Mabkhout (against Bahrain) at the 2015 edition in 14 seconds
- Fathi Kameel (against China PR) at the 1976 edition in 20 seconds
- Xie Yuxin (against Japan) at the 1992 edition in 20 seconds
Source:[40]
Match records
Attendance by year
Year | Matches | Attendance | |||||||
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Total | Average | Lowest | Highest | ||||||
1992 | 16 | 316,496 | 19,781 | KSA – QAT KSA – THA |
Group stage | 4,000 | JPN – KSA | Final | 60,000 |
1996 | 26 | 448,000 | 17,231 | KOR – IDN JPN – CHN UZB – SYR KUW – JPN |
Group stage Group stage Group stage Quarter-finals |
2,000 | IRN – KUW UAE – KSA |
3rd place match Final |
60,000 |
2000 | 26 | 276,488 | 10,634 | KOR – IDN | Group stage | 500 | LIB – IRN | Group stage | 52,418 |
2004 | 32 | 937,650 | 29,302 | QAT – IDN | Group stage | 5,000 | CHN – JPN | Final | 62,000 |
2007 | 32 | 724,222 | 22,632 | OMA – IRQ KSA – BHR |
Group stage | 500 | KSA – IDN IDN – KOR |
Group stage | 88,000 |
2011 | 32 | 405,361 | 12,668 | KSA – JPN | Group stage | 2,022 | QAT – UZB | Group stage | 47,413 |
2015 | 32 | 649,705 | 20,304 | QAT – BHR | Group stage | 4,841 | KOR – AUS | Final | 76,385 |
2019 | 51 | 644,307 | 12,633 | PRK – QAT | Group stage | 452 | UAE – IND | Group stage | 43,206 |
Highest attendance
- The highest ever attendance officially recorded was of 100,000 during the 1976 AFC Asian Cup final between Iran and Kuwait.[19]
Lowest attendance
- The lowest ever attendance officially recorded was of 300 during the 1980 AFC Asian Cup group game between North Korea and Bangladesh.[41]
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