1976 AFC Asian Cup squads

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Squads for the 1976 AFC Asian Cup played in Iran.

## Group A

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### China

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Head coach:  Nian Weisi

No. | Pos. | Player  | Date of birth (age)  | Club

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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

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Head coach:  Mário Zagallo

No. | Pos. | Player  | Date of birth (age)  | Club

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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

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Head coach :  Datuk Maui Kuppan

No. | Pos. | Player  | Date of birth (age)  | Club

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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

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## Group B

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### Iran

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Head coach :  Heshmat Mohajerani

No. | Pos. | Player  | Date of birth (age)  | Club

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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

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Head coach:  Lenko Grčić (Kaka)

No. | Pos. | Player  | Date of birth (age)  | Club

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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

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Head coach:  Ali Mohsen Al-Moraisi

No. | Pos. | Player  | Date of birth (age)  | Club

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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

## References

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1. ^ "Sertaan Malaysia dim Piala Asia bagai 'mimpi tiba2 jadi kenjataan'". eresources.nlb.gov.sg.

## External links

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* China National Football Team Database

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