The 1988 AFC Asian Cup was the 9th edition of the men's

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second-oldest c ...

, a quadrennial international

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tournament organised by the

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(AFC). The finals were held in

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between 2 December and 18 December 1988.

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defeated

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

in the final match in

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Qualification

Squads

Venues

First round

All times are Qatar time (

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)

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

All times are Qatar time (

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

With three goals, South Korea's

Lee Tae-Ho Lee Tae-ho (; ; born January 29, 1961) is a South Korean former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent his entire career playing for the Daewoo Royals. In the history of the FIFA World Cup, he was the first player to be ...

is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 40 goals were scored by 28 different players, with only one of them credited as an own goal. 3 goals: *

Lee Tae-ho Lee Tae-ho (; ; born January 29, 1961) is a South Korean former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent his entire career playing for the Daewoo Royals. In the history of the FIFA World Cup, he was the first player to be ...

2 goals: * Ma Lin * Xie Yuxin *

Farshad Pious Farshad Pious (; born 12 January 1962) is an Iranian retired association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward for a number of clubs in Iran, most notably Persepolis F.C., Persepolis, as well as the Iran na ...

Byun Byung-joo Byun Byung-joo (; or ; born 26 April 1961) is a former South Korean association football, football player. International career Byun played for the South Korea national football team in 1986 FIFA World Cup, 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cup, bu ...

Chung Hae-won Chung Hae-won (, 1 July 1959 – 1 May 2020) was a South Korean football player and coach. International career After winning the 1978 AFC Youth Championship as a member of the national under-20 team, Chung played as a left winger or a striker ...

Hwang Sun-hong Hwang Sun-hong (born 14 July 1968) is a South Korean former football player and current manager of the South Korea national under-23 football team and manager of Daejeon Hana Citizen. His playing career included spells abroad at clubs in Germ ...

Kim Joo-sung Kim Joo-sung (born 17 January 1964) is a former South Korean football player. Kim is regarded as one of the greatest Asian footballers of the 20th century. He was nominated for the IFFHS Asia's Player of the Century, finishing second place. ...

Adel Khamis Adel Khamis (born November 11, 1965) is a retired Qatari footballer who played as a defender. He is the first Qatari footballer to play abroad. Career Khamis started his career in the youth teams of Al Gharafa in 1979. He eventually progressed to ...

* Mansour Muftah * Khalid Salman 1 goal: * Fahad Mohamed * Gao Sheng *

Mai Chao Mai Chao (born on March 9, 1964, in Guangzhou, Guangdong) is a Chinese football coach and a former international football player. He spent his whole playing career for Guangzhou Apollo as an attacking left-back. After retiring, he moved into ...

* Zhang Xiaowen *

Karim Bavi Karim Bavi (; 30 December 1964 – 7 December 2022) was an Iranian footballer who played as a striker. Club career Bavi played most of his career for Shahin FC, before moving to another Iranian club Persepolis FC. International career Bavi ...

Adel Abbas Adel Abbas Abdullah (born 24 October 1982) is a Bahraini former footballer who played as a defender for Bahrain in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup. He played club football for Riffa SC Al-Riffa Sports Club () is a Bahraini professional football club b ...

* Mansour Basha *

Saleh Al-Mutlaq Saleh Muhammed al-Mutlaq (; born 1 July 1947) is an Iraqi politician who is the head of the Iraqi Front for National Dialogue, the fifth largest political list in Iraq's parliament. From 21 December 2010 to 11 August 2015, he was one of the thre ...

* Mohamed Al-Suwaiyed *

Fahad Al-Bishi Fahad bin Al-Harifi bin Fahad Al-Husseini Al-Bishi (; born 10 September 1965) is a former Saudi Association football, footballer who played for Al Nassr FC, Al-Nassr FC and the Saudi Arabia national football team, Saudi Arabia national team. He ...

* Yousuf Jazea'a *

Majed Abdullah Majed Ahmed Abdullah (; born 11 January 1959) is a Saudi Arabian former professional association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker for Al Nassr FC, Al-Nassr and the Saudi Arabia national football team, ...

Walid Abu Al-Sel Walid Abu Al-Sel (; born 1963) is a Syrian former football forward who played for Syria in the 1984 and 1988 editions of the AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's nat ...

* Walid Al-Nasser * Hassan Mohamed * Abdulaziz Mohamed 1 own goal *

Muhsin Musabah Muhsin Musabah Faraj Fairouz () (born October 1, 1964) is a retired United Arab Emirati footballer. He played as a goalkeeper for the United Arab Emirates national football team as well as the Sharjah Club in Sharjah. Musabah played all of his ...

(''for Qatar'')

Awards

Most Valuable Player *

Top scorer *

Best Goalkeeper * Zhang Huikang Best Forward *

Team of the Tournament

References

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