AFC Asian Cup records and statistics

This is a list of records and statistics of the AFC Asian Cup.

Summary

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First four edition of competition only had four or five teams and played in one single group. Since 1972, the final tournament has introduced the knockout stage. Since 2019, no third place play-off has been played; from 2023, losing semi-finalists are ranked by the AFC based on goal difference in the semi-finals.^[1]

Bold text denotes team was host country.

More information Team, Champions ...

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Semi-finalist	Top 4 total
Japan	4 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011)	1 (2019)	—	1 (2007)	—	6
Saudi Arabia	3 (1984, 1988, 1996)	3 (1992, 2000, 2007)	—	—	—	6
Iran	3 (1968, 1972, 1976)	—	5 (1980, 1988, 1996, 2004, 2023)	1 (1984)	1 (2019)	10
South Korea	2 (1956, 1960)	4 (1972, 1980, 1988, 2015)	4 (1964, 2000, 2007, 2011)	1 (2023)	—	11
Qatar	2 (2019, 2023)	—	—	—	—	2
Israel	1 (1964)	2 (1956, 1960)	1 (1968)	—	—	4
Kuwait	1 (1980)	1 (1976)	1 (1984)	1 (1996)	—	4
Australia	1 (2015)	1 (2011)	—	—	—	2
Iraq	1 (2007)	—	—	2 (1976, 2015)	—	3
China	—	2 (1984, 2004)	2 (1976, 1992)	2 (1988, 2000)	—	6
United Arab Emirates	—	1 (1996)	1 (2015)	1 (1992)	1 (2019)	4
India	—	1 (1964)	—	—	—	1
Myanmar^[a]	—	1 (1968)	—	—	—	1
Jordan	—	1 (2023)	—	—	—	1
Hong Kong	—	—	1 (1956)	1 (1964)	—	2
Chinese Taipei^[b]	—	—	1 (1960)	1 (1968)	—	2
Thailand	—	—	1 (1972)	—	—	1
Vietnam^[c]	—	—	—	2 (1956, 1960)	—	2
Cambodia^[d]	—	—	—	1 (1972)	—	1
North Korea	—	—	—	1 (1980)	—	1
Bahrain	—	—	—	1 (2004)	—	1
Uzbekistan	—	—	—	1 (2011)	—	1

General statistics by tournament

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Source:^[2]^[3]^[4]

More information Year, Host(s) ...

Year	Host(s)	Winners	Winning coach	Top scorer(s) (goals)	Best player award
1956	Hong Kong	South Korea	Kim Sung-gan	Nahum Stelmach (4)	—
1960	South Korea	South Korea	Kim Yong-sik	Cho Yoon-ok (4)
1964	Israel	Israel	Yosef Merimovich	Inder Singh (2) Mordechai Spiegler (2)
1968	Iran	Iran	Mahmoud Bayati	Homayoun Behzadi (4) Moshe Romano (4) Giora Spiegel (4)
1972	Thailand	Iran	Mohammad Ranjbar	Hossein Kalani (5)	Ebrahim Ashtiani
1976	Iran	Iran	Heshmat Mohajerani	Gholam Hossein Mazloumi (3) Nasser Nouraei (3) Fathi Kamel (3)	Ali Parvin
1980	Kuwait	Kuwait	Carlos Alberto Parreira	Behtash Fariba (7) Choi Soon-ho (7)	—
1984	Singapore	Saudi Arabia	Khalil Al-Zayani	Jia Xiuquan (3) Shahrokh Bayani (3) Nasser Mohammadkhani (3)	Jia Xiuquan
1988	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	Carlos Alberto Parreira	Lee Tae-ho (3)	Kim Joo-sung^[5]
1992	Japan	Japan	Hans Ooft	Fahad Al-Bishi (3)	Kazuyoshi Miura
1996	United Arab Emirates	Saudi Arabia	Nelo Vingada	Ali Daei (8)	Khodadad Azizi
2000	Lebanon	Japan	Philippe Troussier	Lee Dong-gook (6)	Hiroshi Nanami
2004	China	Japan	Zico	A'ala Hubail (5) Ali Karimi (5)	Shunsuke Nakamura
2007	Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam	Iraq	Jorvan Vieira	Younis Mahmoud (4) Naohiro Takahara (4) Yasser Al-Qahtani (4)	Younis Mahmoud^[6]
2011	Qatar	Japan	Alberto Zaccheroni	Koo Ja-cheol (5)	Keisuke Honda^[7]
2015	Australia	Australia	Ange Postecoglou	Ali Mabkhout (5)	Massimo Luongo^[8]
2019	United Arab Emirates	Qatar	Félix Sánchez	Almoez Ali (9)	Almoez Ali
2023	Qatar	Qatar	Tintín Márquez	Akram Afif (8)	Akram Afif
2027	Saudi Arabia	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Debut of national teams

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As of 2024, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Laos, Macau, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Brunei, Timor-Leste and Mongolia are yet to make their debut in the contest.

More information Year, Debuting teams ...

Year	Debuting teams			Successor teams
Year	Teams	No.	Cum.	Successor teams
1956	Hong Kong, Israel, South Korea, South Vietnam	4	4
1960	Republic of China	1	5
1964	India	1	6
1968	Iran, Burma	2	8
1972	Iraq, Khmer Republic, Kuwait, Thailand	4	12
1976	China, Malaysia, South Yemen	3	15
1980	Bangladesh, North Korea, Qatar, Syria, United Arab Emirates	5	20
1984	Saudi Arabia, Singapore	2	22
1988	Bahrain, Japan	2	24
1992	None	0	24
1996	Indonesia, Uzbekistan	2	26
2000	Lebanon	1	27
2004	Jordan, Oman, Turkmenistan	3	30
2007	Australia	1	31	Vietnam
2011	None	0	31
2015	Palestine	1	32
2019	Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Yemen	3	35
2023	Tajikistan	1	36

Overall team records

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In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.^[9]^[10]

As of 2023 AFC Asian Cup

More information Rank, Team ...

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Iran	15	74	45	20	9	143	55	+88	155
2	South Korea	15	73	38	19	16	117	74	+43	133
3	Japan	10	53	33	12	8	104	52	+52	111
4	Saudi Arabia	11	52	23	15	14	74	50	+24	84
5	China	13	59	23	15	21	88	66	+22	84
6	Qatar	11	46	19	12	15	66	52	+14	69
7	Iraq	10	42	18	7	17	54	52	+2	61
8	United Arab Emirates	11	48	16	13	19	47	64	−17	61
9	Kuwait	10	42	15	10	17	47	51	−4	55
10	Uzbekistan	8	33	15	7	11	49	50	−1	52
11	Australia	5	26	15	5	6	49	17	+32	50
12	Jordan	5	22	10	7	5	30	18	+12	37
13	Syria	7	25	8	5	12	19	30	−11	29
14	Israel	4	13	9	0	4	28	15	+13	27
15	Bahrain	7	27	7	6	14	33	44	−11	27
16	Thailand	8	28	3	11	14	22	54	−32	20
17	Oman	5	16	3	5	8	12	20	−8	14
18	North Korea	5	18	3	2	13	15	40	−25	11
19	Indonesia	5	16	3	2	11	13	38	−25	11
20	India	5	16	3	1	12	12	33	−21	10
21	Vietnam	5	18	2	3	13	21	43	−22	9
22	Myanmar	1	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7
23	Malaysia	4	12	1	4	7	10	28	−18	7
24	Lebanon	3	9	1	3	5	8	17	−9	6
25	Palestine	3	10	1	3	6	7	21	−14	6
26	Tajikistan	1	5	1	2	2	3	4	−1	5
27	Chinese Taipei	2	7	1	2	4	5	12	−7	5
28	Singapore	1	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4
29	Cambodia	1	5	1	1	3	8	10	−2	4
30	Kyrgyzstan	2	7	1	1	5	7	12	−5	4
31	Hong Kong	4	13	0	3	10	10	30	−20	3
32	Turkmenistan	2	6	0	1	5	7	16	−9	1
33	Philippines	1	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0
34	South Yemen	1	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9	0
35	Yemen	1	3	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0
36	Bangladesh	1	4	0	0	4	2	17	−15	0

Vietnam consist of South Vietnam.

Comprehensive team results by tournament

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Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
SF – Semi-finals
QF – Quarter-finals
R16 – Round of 16
GS – Group stage

Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•• — Qualified but withdrew / Disqualified after qualification
• — Did not qualify
× — Did not enter / Withdrew from the Asian Cup
— Hosts

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).

More information Team, 1956 (4) ...

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)	2027 (24)	Total
West Asian members
Bahrain	Part of UK			×	•	×	••	×	GS	•	×	•	4th	GS	GS	GS	R16	R16	Q	8
Iraq	Not an AFC member				GS	4th	×	×	×	×	QF	QF	QF	1st	QF	4th	R16	R16	Q	11
Jordan	Not an AFC member				•	×	×	•	•	×	•	•	QF	•	QF	GS	R16	2nd	Q	6
Kuwait	Not an AFC member			×	GS	2nd	1st	3rd	GS	•	4th	QF	GS	•	GS	GS	×	•	Q	11
Lebanon	Not an AFC member			×	•	×	•	×	×	×	•	GS	•	×	•	•	GS	GS		3
Oman	Not an AFC member							•	×	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	GS	R16	GS	Q	6
Palestine	Not an AFC member											•	•	•	•	GS	GS	R16	Q	4
Qatar	Part of United Kingdom					•	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	QF	GS	GS	QF	GS	1st	1st	Q	12
Saudi Arabia	Not an AFC member					••	×	1st	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	GS	2nd	GS	GS	R16	R16	Q	12
Syria	Not an AFC member				•	×	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	R16		7
United Arab Emirates	Part of United Kingdom					×	GS	GS	GS	4th	2nd	•	GS	GS	GS	3rd	SF	R16	Q	12
Yemen	Not an AFC member							•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•		1
Central Asian Members
Iran	×	•	×	1st	1st	1st	3rd	4th	3rd	GS	3rd	QF	3rd	QF	QF	QF	SF	3rd	Q	16
Kyrgyzstan	Part of Soviet Union										•	•	•	×	•	•	R16	GS	Q	3
Tajikistan	Part of Soviet Union										•	•	•	×	•	•	•	QF		1
Turkmenistan	Part of Soviet Union										•	•	GS	×	•	•	GS	•		2
Uzbekistan	Part of Soviet Union										GS	GS	QF	QF	4th	QF	R16	QF	Q	9
South Asian Members
Bangladesh	Part of Pakistan					×	GS	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
India	×	•	2nd	•	×	×	×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	GS		5
East Asian Members
China	Not an AFC member					3rd	GS	2nd	4th	3rd	QF	4th	2nd	GS	GS	QF	QF	GS	Q	14
Chinese Taipei	•	3rd	×	4th	×	×	OFC member			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		2
Hong Kong	3rd	•	4th	5th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS		4
Japan	×	×	×	•	×	•	×	×	GS	1st	QF	1st	1st	4th	1st	QF	2nd	QF	Q	11
North Korea	Not an AFC member					••	4th	×	•	GS	×	•	•	×	GS	GS	GS	×	Q	6
South Korea	1st	1st	3rd	•	2nd	•	2nd	GS	2nd	•	QF	3rd	QF	3rd	3rd	2nd	QF	4th	Q	16
Southeast Asian Members
Australia	OFC member													QF	2nd	1st	QF	QF	Q	6
Cambodia	•	×	×	•	4th	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	1
Indonesia	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	•	×	R16	Q	6
Malaysia	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	GS		4
Myanmar	×	×	×	2nd	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•		1
Philippines	•	•	×	•	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	GS	•		1
Singapore	×	•	×	•	×	•	•	GS	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		1
Thailand	×	×	•	•	3rd	••	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	•	R16	R16		8
Vietnam	4th	4th	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	QF	•	•	QF	GS		5
Former AFC Members
Israel	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	••	Expelled from AFC					UEFA member									4
South Yemen						GS	×	×	•	Part of Yemen										1
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)	2027 (24)	Total

Total hosts

More information Time(s), Nation ...

Time(s)	Nation	Year(s)
3	Qatar	1988, 2011, 2024
2	Iran	1968, 1976
2	Thailand	1972, 2007
2	United Arab Emirates	1996, 2019
1	Hong Kong	1956
1	South Korea	1960
1	Israel	1964
1	Kuwait	1980
1	Singapore	1984
1	Japan	1992
1	Lebanon	2000
1	China	2004
1	Indonesia	2007
1	Malaysia	2007
1	Vietnam	2007
1	Australia	2015
1	Saudi Arabia	2027

Results of host nations

More information Year, Host nation ...

Year	Host nation	Finish
1956	Hong Kong	Third place
1960	South Korea	Champions
1964	Israel	Champions
1968	Iran	Champions
1972	Thailand	Third place
1976	Iran	Champions
1980	Kuwait	Champions
1984	Singapore	Group stage
1988	Qatar	Group stage
1992	Japan	Champions
1996	United Arab Emirates	Runners-up
2000	Lebanon	Group stage
2004	China	Runners-up
2007	Indonesia	Group stage
	Malaysia	Group stage
	Thailand	Group stage
	Vietnam	Quarter-finals
2011	Qatar	Quarter-finals
2015	Australia	Champions
2019	United Arab Emirates	Semi-finals
2023	Qatar	Champions
2027	Saudi Arabia	TBD

Results of defending finalists

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Year	Defending champions	Finish	Defending runners-up	Finish
1960	South Korea	Champions	Israel	Runners-up
1964	South Korea	Third place	Israel	Champions
1968	Israel	Third place	India	did not qualify
1972	Iran	Champions	Burma	Withdrew
1976	Iran	Champions	South Korea	did not qualify
1980	Iran	Third place	Kuwait	Champions
1984	Kuwait	Third place	South Korea	Group Stage
1988	Saudi Arabia	Champions	China	Fourth Place
1992	Saudi Arabia	Runners-up	South Korea	did not qualify
1996	Japan	Quarter-finals	Saudi Arabia	Champions
2000	Saudi Arabia	Runners-up	United Arab Emirates	did not qualify
2004	Japan	Champions	Saudi Arabia	Group stage
2007	Japan	Fourth place	China	Group stage
2011	Iraq	Quarter-finals	Saudi Arabia	Group stage
2015	Japan	Quarter-finals	Australia	Champions
2019	Australia	Quarter-finals	South Korea	Quarter-finals
2023	Qatar	Champions	Japan	Quarter-finals
2027	Qatar	TBD	Jordan	TBD

Other records

Only three teams have won the tournament in their debut appearances:^[11]
- South Korea (1956)
- Iran (1968)
- Saudi Arabia (1984)
Iran hold the record for the most games played, with 74.^[12]
Only Iran have won three consecutive finals of the AFC Asian Cup.^[12]

Individual records

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Most Valuable Player

Source:^[13]

More information Year, Player ...

Year	Player
1956	—
1960
1964
1968	Ba Pu
1972	Ebrahim Ashtiani
1976	Ali Parvin
1980	—
1984	Jia Xiuquan
1988	Kim Joo-sung
1992	Kazuyoshi Miura
1996	Khodadad Azizi
2000	Hiroshi Nanami
2004	Shunsuke Nakamura
2007	Younis Mahmoud
2011	Keisuke Honda
2015	Massimo Luongo
2019	Almoez Ali
2023	Akram Afif

Overall top goalscorers

Players in bold are still active at international level.

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Country	Years	Goals
1	Ali Daei	Iran	1996, 2000, 2004	14
2	Almoez Ali	Qatar	2019, 2023	11
3	Lee Dong-gook	South Korea	2000, 2004, 2007	10
4	Naohiro Takahara	Japan	2000, 2007	9
	Ali Mabkhout	United Arab Emirates	2015, 2019, 2023
	Akram Afif	Qatar	2019, 2023
7	Jasem Al-Huwaidi	Kuwait	1996, 2000	8
	Younis Mahmoud	Iraq	2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
	Sardar Azmoun	Iran	2015, 2019, 2023
10	Hossein Kalani	Iran	1968, 1972	7
	Faisal Al-Dakhil	Kuwait	1976, 1980, 1984
	Behtash Fariba	Iran	1980
	Choi Soon-ho	South Korea	1980
	Son Heung-min	South Korea	2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
15	Yasser Al-Qahtani	Saudi Arabia	2004, 2007, 2011	6
	Alexander Geynrikh	Uzbekistan	2004, 2007, 2011
	Tim Cahill	Australia	2007, 2011, 2015
	Ahmed Khalil	United Arab Emirates	2011, 2015, 2019
	Aymen Hussein	Iraq	2019, 2023
	Mehdi Taremi	Iran	2019, 2023
22	Woo Sang-kwon	South Korea	1956, 1960	5
	Nahum Stelmach	Israel	1956, 1960, 1964
	Ali Jabbari	Iran	1968, 1972
	Chung Hae-won	South Korea	1980, 1988
	Hwang Sun-hong	South Korea	1988, 1996
	Akinori Nishizawa	Japan	2000
	Shao Jiayi	China	2000, 2004, 2007
	Ali Karimi	Iran	2000, 2004, 2007
	A'ala Hubail	Bahrain	2004, 2007
	Ismail Abdullatif	Bahrain	2007, 2011, 2015
	Koo Ja-cheol	South Korea	2011, 2015, 2019
	Hassan Al-Haydos	Qatar	2011, 2015, 2019, 2023

Top goalscorers in one tournament

Players in bold are still active at international level.

More information Goals, Player ...

Goals	Player	Representing	Year	Ref.
9	Almoez Ali	Qatar	2019	^[14]
8	Ali Daei	Iran	1996	^[15]
8	Akram Afif	Qatar	2023	^[16]
7	Behtash Fariba	Iran	1980	^[17]
7	Choi Soon-ho	South Korea	1980	^[17]
6	Lee Dong-gook	South Korea	2000	^[18]
6	Aymen Hussein	Iraq	2023
5	Hossein Kalani	Iran	1972	^[19]
	Ali Karimi	Iran	2004	^[20]
	A'ala Hubail	Bahrain	2004	^[20]
	Koo Ja-cheol	South Korea	2011	^[21]
	Ali Mabkhout	United Arab Emirates	2015	^[22]

Hat-tricks

Most tournament wins

More information Times, Player ...

Times	Player	Representing	Years
3	Parviz Ghelichkhani	Iran	1968, 1972, 1976

Most tournament appearances

The table lists the players who have appeared in four or more different tournaments.

More information Tournaments, Player ...

Tournaments	Player	Years
5	Ignatiy Nesterov	2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
4	Adnan Al-Talyani	1984, 1988, 1992, 1996
	Li Ming	1992, 1996, 2000, 2004
	Mehdi Mahdavikia	1996, 2000, 2004, 2007
	Kim Yong-dae	2000, 2004, 2007, 2011
	Javad Nekounam	2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
	Younis Mahmoud	2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
	Yasuhito Endō	2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
	Saud Kariri	2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
	Bilal Mohammed	2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
	Server Djeparov	2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
	Timur Kapadze	2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
	Zheng Zhi	2004, 2007, 2015, 2019
	Ahmed Kano	2004, 2007, 2015, 2019
	Amer Shafi	2004, 2011, 2015, 2019
	Ismail Matar	2004, 2007, 2011, 2019
	Marat Bikmaev	2004, 2007, 2011, 2019
	Masoud Shojaei	2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
	Waleed Abdullah	2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
	Anzur Ismailov	2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
	Zhang Linpeng	2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
	Ehsan Hajsafi	2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
	Karim Ansarifard	2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
	Son Heung-min	2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
	Hassan Al-Haydos	2011, 2015, 2019, 2023
	Saad Al-Sheeb	2011, 2015, 2019, 2023

Younis Mahmoud is the only player in the history of the tournament to score a goal in four separate tournaments.

Source:^[23]

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:^[24]

Match records

Attendance by year

More information Year, Matches ...

Year	Matches	Attendance
Year	Matches	Total	Average	Highest
1992	16	316,496	19,781	JPN – KSA	Final	60,000
1996	26	448,000	17,231	IRN – KUW UAE – KSA	3rd place match Final	60,000
2000	26	276,488	10,634	LIB – IRN	Group stage	52,418
2004	32	937,650	29,302	CHN – JPN	Final	62,000
2007	32	724,222	22,632	KSA – IDN IDN – KOR	Group stage	88,000
2011	32	405,361	12,668	QAT – UZB	Group stage	47,413
2015	32	705,705	22,053	KOR – AUS	Final	76,385
2019	51	644,307	12,633	UAE – IND	Group stage	43,206
2023	51	1,507,790	29,565	JOR – QAT	Final	86,492

Highest attendance

The highest ever attendance officially recorded was of 112,000 during the 1976 AFC Asian Cup final between Iran and Kuwait.^[12]

Awards

Team of the Tournament

More information Edition, Goalkeepers ...

Edition	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
1980^[25]	Nasser Hejazi	Naeem Saad Soh Chin Aun Mahboub Juma'a Mehdi Dinvarzadeh	Abdolreza Barzegari Saad Al-Houti Lee Young-moo	Choi Soon-ho Faisal Al-Dakhil Jasem Yaqoub
1984	Unknown or not awarded
1988^[26] (18 players)	Zhang Huikang Abdullah Al-Deayea	Mohamed Al-Jawad Saleh Nu'eimeh Park Kyung-hoon Chung Yong-hwan	Xie Yuxin Mohamed Salim Mahboub Juma'a Sirous Ghayeghran Chung Hae-won Adel Khamis Abdulaziz Al-Hajeri Byun Byung-joo	Youssef Al-Thunayan Majed Abdullah Kim Joo-sung Wang Baoshan
1992	Unknown or not awarded
1996^[27]	Mohamed Al-Deayea	Abdullah Zubromawi Yousef Saleh Mohammad Khakpour	Mehrdad Minavand Mohamed Ali Khalid Al-Muwallid Saad Bakheet Mubarak	Fahad Al-Mehallel Jasem Al-Huwaidi Ali Daei
2000^[28]	Jiang Jin	Hong Myung-bo Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi Jamal Mubarak	Hiroshi Nanami Nawaf Al-Temyat Abbas Obeid Karim Bagheri Shunsuke Nakamura	Lee Dong-gook Naohiro Takahara
2004^[29]	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto Yuji Nakazawa Zheng Zhi Mehdi Mahdavikia	Shunsuke Nakamura Shao Jiayi Zhao Junzhe Talal Yousef	A'ala Hubail Ali Karimi
2007^[30] (fan-voted)	Lee Woon-jae	Yuji Nakazawa Lucas Neill Bassim Abbas Rahman Rezaei	Shunsuke Nakamura Harry Kewell Lee Chun-soo Nashat Akram	Naohiro Takahara Yasser Al-Qahtani
2011	Not awarded
2015^[31]	Mathew Ryan	Dhurgham Ismail Kwak Tae-hwi Trent Sainsbury Cha Du-ri	Massimo Luongo Omar Abdulrahman Ki Sung-yueng	Ali Mabkhout Tim Cahill Son Heung-min
2019^[32] (23 players)	Alireza Beiranvand Shūichi Gonda Saad Al Sheeb	Bandar Al-Ahbabi Boualem Khoukhi Maya Yoshida Bassam Al-Rawi Yuto Nagatomo Abdelkarim Hassan Kim Min-jae	Omid Ebrahimi Abdulaziz Hatem Ashkan Dejagah Tom Rogic Gaku Shibasaki Hassan Al-Haydos	Akram Afif Almoez Ali Sardar Azmoun Nguyễn Quang Hải Wu Lei Ali Mabkhout Yuya Osako

Fair play award

First awarded in 1984

More information Year, Winner ...

Year	Winner
1984	China
1988	Not awarded
1992	Not awarded
1996	Iran
2000	Saudi Arabia
2004	China
2007	Japan
2011	South Korea
2015	Australia^[33]
2019	Japan
2023	Qatar

Notes

Burma until 1989.
Republic of China until 1980.
Including results representing South Vietnam.
Khmer Republic from 1970 to 1975.

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