The

2015 AFC Asian Cup The 2015 AFC Asian Cup was the 16th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international association football, football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in Australia from 9 to 31 January 201 ...

was an international

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tournament that was held in

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from 9 to 31 January 2015. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. 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 30 December 2014. Replacement of injured players was permitted until six 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 FIFA-recognized pre-tournament friendlies. Player's age is their age on the opening day of the tournament.

Group A

Australia

Coach:

Ange Postecoglou Angelos "Ange" Postecoglou ( ; ; born 27 August 1965) is a soccer manager and former player who was most recently manager of club Tottenham Hotspur. Born in Greece, Postecoglou grew up in Melbourne from the age of five. As a player, he spen ...

On 7 December 2014, Postecoglou named a provisional list of 46 players for the tournament. The final squad was announced on 23 December 2014.

South Korea

Coach:

Uli Stielike Ulrich "Uli" Stielike (born 15 November 1954) is a German former footballer and manager. Usually a central midfielder or sweeper, Stielike was well known for his stamina and footballing intelligence.Radnedge, Keir. (2004). The Complete Encyclop ...

The final squad was announced on 22 December 2014.

Oman

Coach:

Paul Le Guen Paul Joseph Marie Le Guen (, ; born 1 March 1964) is a French professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of French club Le Havre. During his playing career, Le Guen played as a midfielder, and enjoyed a suc ...

The final squad was announced on 25 December 2014. There were two changes in the final squad: Sulaiman Al-Buraiki replaced Mohannad Al-Zaabi and Amer Said Al-Shatri replaced Saad Al-Mukhaini.

Kuwait

Coach: Nabil Maâloul The final squad was announced on 30 December 2014.

Group B

Uzbekistan

Coach: Mirjalol Qosimov The final squad was announced on 30 December 2014.

Saudi Arabia

Coach:

Cosmin Olăroiu Cosmin Aurelian Olăroiu (born 10 June 1969) is a Romanian football manager and former player, who is currently the head coach of United Arab Emirates national team. As a manager, he guided Steaua București to the Divizia A title and Romani ...

The final squad was announced on 25 December 2014.

Nasser Al-Shamrani Nasser Al-Shamrani () (born 23 November 1983) is a former Saudi Arabian association football, footballer who played for the Saudi Arabia national football team, Saudi Arabia national team as a Striker (association football), forward. Often consi ...

was ruled out for the tournament due to injury and replaced by Ibrahim Ghaleb.

China

Coach:

Alain Perrin Alain André Christian Perrin (; born 7 October 1956) is a French professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player. Perrin made his managerial breakthrough at Troyes AC, Troyes, whom he took from t ...

The final squad was announced on 24 December 2014.

North Korea

Coach: Jo Tong-sop The final squad was announced on 30 December 2014.

Group C

Iran

Coach:

Carlos Queiroz Carlos Manuel Brito Leal de Queiroz (; born 1 March 1953) is a Portuguese football manager. He has served as the manager of his native Portugal's national team, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Iran, Colombia, Egypt and Qatar, leading ...

The final squad was announced on 30 December 2014. On 7 January 2015,

Hashem Beikzadeh Hashem Beikzadeh (, born January 22, 1984, in Tehran) is a former Iranian association football, football Defender (association football), defender and Coach (sport), assistant coach of Baadraan Tehran F.C. Club career Beikzadeh is a product of ...

was replaced by Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh due to injury.

United Arab Emirates

Coach:

Mahdi Ali Mahdi Ali Hassan Redha (born 20 April 1965) is a former Emirati footballer and current coach. From 2010 until 2012, Ali led the United Arab Emirates Olympic team to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. It was the nation's first ap ...

The final squad was announced on 27 December 2014. Mohamed Fawzi was ruled out for the tournament due to injury and replaced by Salem Saleh.

Qatar

Coach:

Djamel Belmadi Djamel Belmadi (; born 25 March 1976) is a professional football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Qatar Stars League side Al-Duhail. Born in France, he represented Algeria internationally between 2000 and 2004. As a pl ...

The final squad was announced on 23 December 2014.

Bahrain

Coach:

Marjan Eid Marjan Eid (born 12 May 1979) is a Bahraini association football, football manager (association football), manager who most recently managed the Bahrain national football team. Bahrain results References

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The final squad was announced on 30 December 2014.

Group D

Japan

Coach:

Javier Aguirre Javier Aguirre Onaindía (; born 1 December 1958), nicknamed ''El Vasco'' (The Basque), is a Mexican football Manager (association football), manager and former Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently manag ...

The final squad was announced on 15 December 2014. However, defender

Atsuto Uchida is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Uchida started his career with Kashima Antlers, making his debut in 2006 at the age of 17. After four years and three J1 League Titles, Uchida moved to Germany with Schal ...

sustained injury afterwards and was replaced by Naomichi Ueda.

Jordan

Coach:

Ray Wilkins Raymond Colin Wilkins (14 September 1956 – 4 April 2018) was an English football player and coach. Born into a footballing family with his father and three brothers involved in the game, Wilkins played as a midfielder. He began his career a ...

The final squad was announced on 18 December 2014.

Iraq

Coach:

Radhi Shenaishil Radhi Shenaishil Swadi (; born 11 August 1966) is a former Iraqi footballer and former coach of the Iraq national football team. Playing career Radhi Shenaishil was born and brought up in Al-Thawra City in Baghdad. He captained an Iraqi Und ...

The final squad was announced on 29 December 2014.

Palestine

Coach: Ahmed Al Hassan The final squad was announced on 25 December 2014.

Player representation

By age

Players

*Oldest:

Tim Cahill Timothy Filiga Cahill (; born 6 December 1979) is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as an attacking midfielder but also played as a striker on many occasions. A box-to-box midfielder, Cahill became recognised for "hi ...

() *Youngest: Humam Tariq ()

Goalkeepers

*Oldest: Ramzi Saleh () *Youngest:

Mohammed Hameed Mohammed Hameed Farhan Al-Dulaimi (; born 24 January 1993) is an Iraqi footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Iraq Stars League club Al-Karma and the Iraq national team. He was the team captain in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Club career ...

()

Captains

*Oldest: Saud Kariri () *Youngest:

Ki Sung-yueng Ki Sung-yueng (; ; born 24 January 1989) is a South Korean professional association football, footballer who plays as a central midfielder or a defensive midfielder for the K League 1 club FC Seoul. From 2008 to 2019, Ki was a full internation ...

()

By club

Clubs with 5 or more players represented are listed.

By club nationality

† Including

Nathan Burns Nathan Burns (born 7 May 1988) is a retired Australian people, Australian professional Association football, footballer who played for the Australia men's national soccer team, Australian national team. Club career Adelaide United He formerly ...

who played for

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, a

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club competing in the

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. † Including

who played for

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, a

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club competing in the

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. † Including Pak Kwang-ryong who played for

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, a

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club competing in the

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By club federation

^† Including

who played for

, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League. All other New Zealand clubs are members of the OFC.

By representatives of domestic league

† Including

who played for

, a New Zealand club competing in the

References

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