2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
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The Asian Football Confederation
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The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...

 (AFC) section of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification sees teams competing for berths in the final tournament
2014 FIFA World Cup
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 in Brazil
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. As in recent tournaments the AFC will have four direct qualifiers for the finals tournament in addition to a further possible place via the intercontinental play-offs
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)
For the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, there are two scheduled inter-confederation play-offs to determine the final two qualification spots to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.-Format:The four teams participating are:...

 against CONMEBOL
CONMEBOL
The South American Football Confederation , commonly known as CONMEBOL , is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...

's fifth-placed team, which was chosen through a random draw, rather than being decided by FIFA beforehand as in previous tournaments (e.g., 2010 against a team from OFC, 2006 against a team from CONCACAF).

Format

The main qualifying draw is scheduled to take place in Brazil on 30 July 2011. Initially it was announced that the AFC
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...

 Competitions Committee decided to use the 2010 qualification format
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
The Asian Football Confederation was allocated four assured qualifying berths for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and one place in a play-off. 43 teams were in the running for these spots; Laos, Brunei and the Philippines did not attempt to qualify...

 for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The AFC published information in their calendar suggesting qualifiers would start on 8 October 2010 with the first leg of first round ties.

However, prior to the 2010
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...

 finals, FIFA advised the AFC that 2014 qualifiers could not begin until after mid-2011. On 13 August 2010 the AFC announced a format for the qualifiers that was identical to the 2010 format even though the final number of qualifiers had not been determined. A final format, with the initial stages modified slightly from 2010, was announced in March 2011.

Qualification begins with two sets of two-leg knock-out qualification rounds – the first held on 29 June and 2 July and 3 July 2011 and the second on 23 and 28 July – reducing the number of teams in the main draw to 20. As in the 2010 format, the third stage consists of 5 groups of 4 teams (with matches held between September 2011 and February 2012) with the top 2 in each group advancing to 2 groups of 5 that will play a further group stage during 2012. The top two teams in each group qualify for the 2014 finals directly, with the two third-placed teams playing-off for a chance to qualify via a further intercontinental qualifying tie (against a team from either the OFC, CONCACAF or CONMEBOL).

Entrants

43 of the 46 AFC national teams entered qualification. A ranking list for the qualification rounds was released by AFC on 8 March 2011, with an updated list released due to the non-participation of Guam and Bhutan.

The rankings determined the round of qualification that teams began competition:
  • Teams ranked 1–5 (the teams that competed in the 2010 FIFA World Cup
    2010 FIFA World Cup
    The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...

     finals and the intercontinental play-offs
    2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (Inter-confederation play-offs)
    For the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, there are two scheduled inter-confederation playoffs to determine the final two qualification spots to the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals...

    ) do not compete in the qualification rounds, and automatically qualify for the first group stage (drawn in Brazil in July 2011).
  • Teams ranked 6–27 (other teams that advanced past the first round in 2010 qualification
    2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
    The Asian Football Confederation was allocated four assured qualifying berths for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and one place in a play-off. 43 teams were in the running for these spots; Laos, Brunei and the Philippines did not attempt to qualify...

    , plus the three first round losers with the 'best' results) receive a bye to the second round of qualification.
  • Teams ranked 28–43 enter at the first round.

Bye to third round
(Ranked 1st to 5th)
Bye to second round
(Ranked 6th to 27th)
Competing in first round
(Ranked 28th to 43rd)


  • Notes: were suspended by FIFA from September 2009 through May 2011. Their reinstatement came too late for Brunei to participate in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. and are not participating in the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

    First round

    The first round consisted of eight home-and-away series, featuring the 16 lowest ranked teams in Asia. The winners of these series proceeded to the second round.

    Teams were seeded into two pots – Pot 1 included teams ranked 28–35 and Pot 2 teams ranked 36–43.
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    Matches

    The first round draw of the Asian qualifiers took place on 30 March 2011 in Kuala Lumpur
    Kuala Lumpur
    Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

    , Malaysia.
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    Second round

    The second round consisted of fifteen home-and-away series, featuring the 8 winners from the first round and other 22 teams ranked 6–27. The winners of these series then proceeded to the third round.

    Teams were seeded into two pots – Pot 1 included teams ranked 6–20 and Pot 2 teams ranked 21–27 along with the 8 first round winners.
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    First round winners whose identity was not known at the time of the draw

    Matches

    Ties were drawn at the same time as the first round.

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    Note. Both legs of the v tie were awarded 3–0 to Tajikistan after Syria was ruled to have fielded an ineligible player.

    Third round

    The third round will see the 5 automatic qualifiers joined by the 15 winners from the second round. These teams were drawn into five groups of four teams, at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro
    Rio de Janeiro
    Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

    , Brazil
    Brazil
    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

     on 30 July 2011.

    The top two teams from each group will advance to the fourth round.

    The July 2011 FIFA Ranking – released on 27 July – was used to seed the teams. (Rankings shown in brackets)
    Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

    (16)

    (23)

    (28)

    (54)

    (73)

    (83)

    (90)

    (91)

    (92)

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    (104)*

    (107)

    (108)

    (109)

    (115)

    (119)

    (131)

    (137)

    (146)


    Note. were replaced by in the third round on 19 August 2011 following the awarding of both second round matches to Tajikistan.

    Group A

    Group B

    Group C

    Group D

    Group E

    Fourth round

    The fourth round will see the group winners and runners-up from the third round play in two groups of five.

    The top two teams from each group will advance to the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil, while the two third-placed teams advance to the fifth round.

    Qualified teams:

    Seeding

    The draw date, location, and procedure for Round Four will be confirmed by the end of Round Three by the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014. The AFC have proposed that the teams that qualify for this stage will be ranked according to the latest FIFA rankings at the time of the draw.

    Groups

    The matches are currently scheduled to take place between 3 June 2012 and 18 June 2013.

    As the competition partially overlaps with the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
    2013 FIFA Confederations Cup
    The 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup will be held in Brazil in 2013, as a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The tournament is expected to be held from 15–30 June 2013...

    , which is scheduled to be held from 16 June 2013, the AFC decided that the match day will be adjusted only for Japan
    Japan national football team
    The Japan national football team represents Japan in association football and is operated by the Japan Football Association, the governing body for association football in Japan...

    , the representative of AFC for the Confederations Cup, placing them on Position 5 in their group in order not to play on June 18, 2013.

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    Fifth round

    Teams finishing 3rd in the fourth round groups will play each other to determine a possible 5th qualifier from Asia.

    Draw

    The draw date, location, and procedure for Round Five will be confirmed by the end of Round Four by the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014.

    Matches

    The matches are currently scheduled to be played on 6 and 10 September 2013, with the order of the two legs yet to be determined.

    Intercontinental play-off

    The fifth round winner will play CONMEBOL's fifth-placed team in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualifies for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals.
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    Goalscorers

    As of 15 November 2011, there have been 297 goals scored in 96 games, for an average of 3.09 goals per game. Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.

    7 goals Lê Công Vinh
    Le Cong Vinh
    Lê Công Vinh is a Vietnamese footballer who plays for Hanoi F.C. as a striker. He is also a member of the Vietnamese national team.-Sông Lam Nghệ An:...



    6 goals

    Hassan Abdel Fattah
    Hassan Abdel Fattah
    Hassan Abdel-Fattah Mahmoud is a Jordanian footballer of Palestinian origin, He plays as a Attacking Midfielder for Al-Wahdat, and is a member of the Jordan national football team and has always played as player number 18 of Jordan and number 5 of Al-Wahdat.-International career:Apparently, Hassan...


    Park Chu-Young
    Park Chu-Young
    Park Chu-Young is a South Korean footballer who plays for Arsenal in the Premier League and is the current captain for the South Korea national team.-Youth career:...


    5 goals Shinji Okazaki
    Shinji Okazaki
    Shinji Okazaki is a Japanese football player currently playing for VfB Stuttgart of the German Bundesliga.-Career:...



    4 goals

    Joshua Kennedy
    Joshua Kennedy
    Joshua Blake Kennedy is an Australian professional football player who plays as a striker for the Australia national association football team and Nagoya Grampus.- Club career :...

    Yang Xu
    Yang Xu
    Yang Xu is a Chinese international football player who currently plays for Liaoning FC as a striker in the Chinese Super League.-Club career:...

    Cristian Gonzáles
    Mojtaba Jabbari
    Mojtaba Jabbari
    Mojtaba Jabbari is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Iran's Premier Football League's Esteghlal as a midfielder.-Club career:...

    Amer Deeb
    Amer Deeb
    Amer Deeb Mohammad Khalil is a Jordanian footballer of Palestinian origin, who plays for Al-Wahdat and the Jordan national football team and has always played as player number 7 of Jordan and number 8 of Al-Wahdat....

    Ahmed Hayel
    Ahmed Hayel
    Ahmed Hayel Ibrahim is a Jordanian football player who currently plays as a Striker for Al-Faisaly . Hayel is also a member of the Jordan national football team.-International goals:- External links :...


    Yousef Nasser
    Yousef Nasser
    Yousef Nasser is a Kuwaiti footballer who is a forward for the Kuwaiti Premier League club Kazma.-International goals:-Honours:-References:...

    Nasser Al-Shamrani
    Nasser Al-Shamrani
    Nasser Al-Shamrani is a Saudi Arabian football player for the Al-Shabab football club based in Riyadh. Nasser, a forward, moved to Al-Shabab during the beginning of the 2007-2008 season from Al-Wehda. He signed a contract with Al-Shabab for 13 million riyals for 5 seasons...


    3 goals

    Hao Junmin
    Hao Junmin
    Hao Junmin is a Chinese international association football player who currently plays for Shandong Luneng Taishan.-Early career:Hao Junmin began his professional football career with Tianjin Kangshifu during the 2004 Chinese Super League season when he made his league debut on 15 September 2004...

    Karim Ansarifard
    Karim Ansarifard
    Karim Ansarifard is an Iranian footballer who plays for Saipa in Iran Pro League as a Striker and is part of the Iran national football team . His playing style and ability have drawn comparisons to Ali Daei who scouted him and he was declared as Daei's "successor".World Soccer selected...

    Javad Nekounam
    Javad Nekounam
    Javad Nekounam is an Iranian footballer who plays for CA Osasuna in La Liga.Usually playing as a central midfielder, he is known for his passing ability, defensive acumen, ball distribution and powerful long-range shots. He represented his national team over 120 times.-Early years / UAE:Having...

    Younis Mahmoud
    Younis Mahmoud
    Younis Mahmoud Khalef is an Iraqi football striker who currently playes for Al-Wakrah. He was recently removed from his previous club, Al-Gharafa in Qatar despite being the top goal scorer in the league for the third time in five years. He is also the captain of the Iraq national football team...

    Abdallah Deeb
    Visay Phaphouvanin Hassan Maatouk
    Hassan Maatouk
    Hassan Maatouk is a Lebanese football striker who is currently on loan to UAE Pro-League side Ajman Club and the Lebanon national football team.-Career:Hassan plays for Al-Ahed...

    Mohd Safee Mohd Sali
    Mohd Safee Mohd Sali
    Mohd Safee Mohd Sali commonly known as Safee Sali is a professional Malaysian footballer who is a Striker for Pelita Jaya FC of Indonesia...

     Amad Al Hosni
    Amad Al Hosni
    Amad Ali Suleiman Al Hosni, also spelled "Imad" , is an Omani footballer. He currently plays for Al-Ahli Sports Club.-Career:Al Hosni was signed by Charleroi in September 2009 on free transfer...

    Murad Alyan
    Murad Alyan
    Murad Alyan is a Palestinian professional football player currently playing for Hilal Al-Quds of the West Bank Premier League.-Career:...


    Khalfan Ibrahim
    Khalfan Ibrahim
    Khalfan Ibrahim Khalfan Al Khalfan is a Qatari footballer who plays as a striker for Al Sadd. He is also a member of the Qatar national team. He was named the Asian Player of the Year in 2006, becoming the first Qatari to win the title. He played for Al-Arabi on the youth level before moving to Al...

    Aleksandar Đurić Raja Rafe
    Raja Rafe
    Raja Rafe is a Syrian footballer. He currently plays for Al-Shorta and the Syrian National team.-International goals:- Club :*Al-Majd**Syrian Cup:***Runner-up : 2008-09-National Team:*Nehru Cup:**Runner-up : 2009...

     Alexander Geynrikh
    Alexander Geynrikh
    Alexander Geynrikh is a Russian-Uzbek professional footballer forward who plays for Suwon Bluewings and the Uzbekistan national team. He is of partial German descent.-Career:...


    2 goals

    Brett Holman
    Brett Holman
    Brett Trevor Holman is an Australian professional football player. He currently plays as a attacking midfielder or left winger for the Dutch Eredivisie club AZ and the Australia national football team.-Early life:...

    Jahid Hasan Ameli Samel Nasa Kouch Sokumpheak Chen Tao
    Chen Tao (footballer)
    Chen Tao is a Chinese international footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Tianjin Teda in the Chinese Super League.-Shenyang Ginde:...

    Deng Zhuoxiang
    Deng Zhuoxiang
    Deng Zhuoxiang is a Chinese professional association football player currently playing for Shandong Luneng as a midfielder in the Chinese Super League...

    Yu Hai
    Yu Hai (footballer)
    Yu Hai is a Chinese professional association football player who currently plays for Shaanxi Renhe Commercial Chanba in the Chinese Super League.-Club career:...

    Yu Hanchao
    Yu Hanchao
    Yu Hanchao is a Chinese international football player who currently plays for Liaoning FC, where he plays as a midfielder in the Chinese Super League.-Club career:...

    Zheng Zheng
    Zheng Zheng
    Zheng Zheng is a Chinese football player who currently plays as a defender for Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League.-Club career:Zheng Zheng was a graduate of the Shandong Luneng under-19 youth team and would be premoted to the senior team during the 2008 Chinese Super League season where...

    Chen Po-liang
    Chen Po-liang
    Chen Po-liang is a Taiwanese football midfielder. He played for Hong Kong First Division League side TSW Pegasus FC.-Early career:Chen started to display his goal scoring sense since young age. He was the top goalscorer in the National Futsal Championship, in which he scored 28 goals for Minzu...

     Hadi Aghily Gholamreza Rezaei
    Gholamreza Rezaei
    Gholamreza Rezaei is an Iranian Football Striker who currently plays for Persepolis in the Iran Pro League- Club career :He started his career in Fajr Sepasi in his hometown, Shiraz, where he was introduced to Iranian Football. after showing his talent in Fajr, he was bought by Tehrani wealthy...

    Andranik Teymourian
    Andranik Teymourian
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    Nashat Akram
    Nashat Akram
    Nashat Akram Abid Ali is an Iraqi professional footballer who is currently playing for Lekhwiya. He is an Iraqi international. He usually plays as a midfielder. Akram is one of Iraq's promising young prospects, and has been linked with Manchester City and Sunderland...


    Alaa Al-Zahra Mike Havenaar
    Mike Havenaar
    is a Japanese professional footballer of Dutch descent. He currently plays as a striker for J. League Division 1 club Ventforet Kofu. Havenaar speaks Japanese, Dutch and English.- Early life :...

    Shinji Kagawa
    Shinji Kagawa
    is a Japanese footballer who plays for German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund. He previously played for Cerezo Osaka. He has been capped by Japan at international level.-Club career:...

    Musaed Neda
    Musaed Neda
    Musaed Neda is a Kuwaiti football player. He Currently play for Al Qadisiya.Neda scored the first goals of a free directly in the final match against Kuwait Club. He scored three goals from direct free kicks in a game Qadisiya 3 v.s Kuwait 0...

    Manolom Phomsouvanh
    Manolom Phomsouvanh
    Manolom Phomsouvanh is a Laotian footballer who playing for Ezra in Lao League. He is the member of Laotian national team, played at the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.- External links :*...

     Lamnao Singto Ali Al Saadi
    Ali Al Saadi
    Ali Al Saadi is a Lebanese football player who currently is a Safa Beirut player and represents Lebanon internationally. He plays as a defender. He participated in the ONGC Nehru Cup as part of the Lebanese team and scored the winning goal in the opening match against India, defeating India...

    Mahmoud El Ali
    Mahmoud El Ali
    Mahmoud El Ali is a Lebanese footballer who currently plays for Al-Ahed in Lebanon. He represents the Lebanon national football team at international level. He is a striker.-Career:...

    Mohamad Aidil Abd Radzak
    Mohd Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak
    Mohd Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak is a Malaysian footballer who currently plays as a Defender for Negeri Sembilan FA. He also a member of Malaysia national, Malaysia U-23 and former Malaysia U-20 squad...

     Safiq Rahim
    Mohd Safiq Rahim
    Mohd Safiq Rahim is a Malaysian footballer who is currently playing for Selangor FA. He is also a member of Malaysia national, Malaysia U-23 and former Malaysia U-20 squad....

     Anil Gurung
    Anil Gurung
    Anil Gurung is a Nepali international football player who made headlines when he was selected for a trial for Chelsea reserve team and Woking F.C in England. Sahara Club, Nepal and Sahara Football Club, UK jointly initiated the trial-selection process...

     Ju Manu Rai
    Ju Manu Rai
    Ju Manu Rai is a Nepalese footballer, who currently plays for Nepal Police Club and his national side Nepal-Career:...

     Pak Nam-Chol
    Pak Nam-Chol
    Pak Nam-Chol may refer to:* Pak Nam-Chol , North Korea midfielder, currently playing for April 25* Pak Nam-Chol , North Korea defender, currently playing for Amrokgang* Pak Nam-Chol...

    Phil Younghusband
    Phil Younghusband
    Philip James Placer "Phil" Younghusband is an English–Filipino footballer who plays as a forward for and the Philippines national team.- Early years :...


    Yusef Ali Mohammed Razak
    Mohammed Razak
    Mohammed Razak is a Qatari professional association football player who is a midfielder for Lekhwiya Sports Club. Mohammed Razak scored a goal in an friendly game against Bayern Munich for the Qatar national football team on July 9, 2011....

    Mohammed Noor
    Mohammed Noor
    Mohammed Noor Al-Hawsawi is a footballer from Saudi Arabia. He plays for the club side Al-Ittihad and has been called the Saudi Patrick Vieira. He is also considered as one of the best players in Asia....

    Shi Jiayi
    Shi Jiayi
    Shi Jiayi is a naturalized Singaporean football midfielder. He currently plays for Home United.-Club career:Shi started his career at Shanghai state's Football Academy. He moved to Singapore's Sinchi FC in 2003....

    Ji Dong-Won
    Ji Dong-Won
    Ji Dong-Won is a South Korea footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Sunderland and the South Korea national team.-Early Career:...

    Teerasil Dangda
    Teerasil Dangda
    Teerasil Dangda is a Thai footballer, currently playing for Muangthong United. He is also an established member of the Thailand national team, and was in the squad for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. He is a one of young Players to Watch in 2010 of Asia.-Club career:...

    Datsakorn Thonglao Ismail Al Hammadi
    Ismail Al Hammadi
    Ismail Al Hammadi is a footballer from the United Arab Emirates . He currently plays for Al-Ahli Football Club - Dubai.-International goals:-External links:*...

    Mohamed Al Shehhi
    Mohamed Al Shehhi
    Mohamed Saeed al-Shehhi is a professional Emirati footballer. He is nicknamed The Ghost.-Honours:Individual* UAE League: Rookie Of the Year 2006 - 2007.* UAE League:Best Emirati Player 2007 - 2008.-External links:...

    Ismail Matar
    Ismail Matar
    Ismail Matar Ibrahim Khamis Al Mukhaini Al Junaibi , is an Emirati footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Al Wahda and the UAE national team....

    Server Djeparov
    Server Djeparov
    Server Djeparov is an Uzbekistani professional football midfielder who currently plays for Al-Shabab. He has won the Asian Footballer of the Year awards twice, first in 2008 and the other in 2011.-Early life:He was born on 3 October 1982 in Chirchiq, Uzbek SSR...

    Bahodir Nasimov
    Bahodir Nasimov
    Bakhodir Odimdjonovich Nasimov is an Uzbekistani footballer currently playing for Neftchi Baku PFC.-Career:On 22 February 2010 Rubin Kazan signed the Uzbek forward from Dynamo Samarkand on a three-year deal, the 22-year-old recently ended a loan spell at FK Samarqand-Dinamo.It was reported that...

    Huỳnh Quang Thanh
    Huynh Quang Thanh
    Huỳnh Quang Thanh is a Vietnamese footballer who is a defender for Becamex Bình Dương. He is also a member of the Vietnam national football team.-International goal:-Achievement:'*ASEAN Football Championship...

     Nguyễn Quang Hải
    1 goal

    Balal Arezou
    Bilal Arzou
    Bilal Arzou , also known as Balal Arezou, is an Afghan footballer who currently plays for Asker Fotball football club in Norway and Afghanistan national football team...

     Alex Brosque
    Alex Brosque
    Alex Brosque is an Australian professional football player who currently plays for J. League side Shimizu S-Pulse...

    Mile Jedinak
    Mile Jedinak
    Michael John "Mile" Jedinak is an Australian professional football player. He is currently contracted to Crystal Palace of the English Championship...

    Luke Wilkshire
    Luke Wilkshire
    Luke Wilkshire is an Australian football player who plays for Dynamo Moscow in the Russian Premier League...

    Ismail Abdul-Latif Mahmood Al Ajmi
    Mahmood Al Ajmi
    Mahmood Merza Mahdi Ahmed Al Ajmi is a Bahrani football player who currently plays for KF Tirana in the Albanian Superliga and the Bahrain national team.-Pepsi Tournament:...

    Sayed Saeed Mithun Chowdhury
    Mithun Chowdhury Mithun
    Mithun Chowdhury Mithun is a Bangladeshi footballer who plays as a striker for Abahani Chittagong and the Bangladesh national team. He made his international debut in 2009....

     Mohamed Zahid Hossain
    Mohamed Zahid Hossain
    Mohamed Zahid Hossain is a Bangladeshi footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brothers Union and the Bangladesh national team. He made his international debut in 2006....

     Karim Razaul Chhin Chhoeun Khuon Laboravy Qu Bo
    Qu Bo
    Qu Bo is a Chinese professional association football player currently plays for Shaanxi Zhongjian. He also plays for the China national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-Club career:...

    Li Weifeng
    Li Weifeng
    Li Weifeng is a Chinese football defender who currently plays for Tianjin Teda. He has represented the Chinese national football team over 100 times. He also played in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship....

    Zheng Zhi
    Zheng Zhi
    Zheng Zhi is a Chinese professional association football player who currently plays for Guangzhou Evergrande. Starting his career as a defender, he would be moved into central midfield by his coach at Shenzhen Jianlibao and experienced immediate success there by winning the 2004 Chinese Super...

    Chang Han
    Chang Han
    Chang Han is a Taiwanese football player from Amis tribe. He usually plays as a striker. During the 2008 Summer Olympics qualifications, he was usually in the starting line-up in Chinese Taipei's 4-4-2 with Huang Wei-yi...

     Xavier Chen
    Xavier Chen
    Xavier Chen is a Belgian-born Taiwanese footballer who plays mostly as a right back. He currently plays for Y.R. K.V. Mechelen. He previously played for R.S.C. Anderlecht and K.V. Kortrijk and captained the Belgium national under-19 football team.Chen was born to a Taiwanese father and a French...

     Jeje Lalpekhlua
    Jeje Lalpekhlua
    Jeje Lalpekhlua is an Indian footballer who currently plays for Pune F.C. in the I-League. He is being dubbed as the next Baichung Bhutia and is being dubbed as one of the brightest prospects for Indian football. He scored the only goal in a win against Afghanistan in the SAFF Cup group stage match...

     Gouramangi Singh
    Gouramangi Singh
    Moirangthem Gouramangi Singh is an Indian professional association football player who plays as a centre back for I-League team Churchill Brothers.-Club career:...

     Muhammad Ilham
    Muhammad Ilham
    Muhammad Ilham , usually called M. Ilham is an Indonesian professional football player. He currently plays for Persib Bandung. He is famous for his stepovers and dribbling skills. He can play with both feet, and he currently plays the position of a right midfielder.-External links:...

    Mohammad Nasuha
    Mohammad Nasuha
    Mohammad Nasuha is an Indonesian footballer who currently plays for Persib Bandung and the Indonesia national football team...

    Bambang Pamungkas
    Bambang Pamungkas
    Bambang Pamungkas is an Indonesian footballer who currently plays for Persija Jakarta in the Indonesian Super League and the Indonesia national football team. His natural position is striker...

    Muhammad Ridwan Saeid Daghighi Seyed Jalal Hosseini Ali Karimi
    Ali Karimi
    Mohammad Ali Karimi Pashaki better known as Ali Karimi, is an Iranian professional footballer who is currently playing for Persepolis in Iran Pro League. He was awarded the Asian Footballer of the Year in 2004....

    Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
    Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
    Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari is an Iranian football player, he plays as striker for Al Gharrafa in Qatar Stars League.- Club career :Khalatbari began his career with Shamoushak just after being released by Esteghlal's youth academy and joined Aboumoslem in the summer of 2004. After two years with F.C...

    Milad Meydavoudi
    Milad Meydavoudi
    Milad Meydavoudi is an Iranian football player, who currently plays for Esteghlal in Iran's Premier Football League.-Club career:Meydavoudi started his career at Esteghlal Ahvaz with whom he made his professional debut in 2004, He was broght to Esteghlal Ahvaz by Nasser Hejazi from youth team.In...

    Hawar Mulla Mohammed
    Hawar Mulla Mohammed
    Hawar Mulla Mohammed Taher Zebari is an Iraqi Kurdish football player, who plays as Winger and Wingback positions for Zob Ahan in Iran. Hawar is known to be one of the best players in Iraqi national team and was a key figure in Iraq 2007 Asian Cup glory...

    Qusay Munir
    Qusay Munir
    Qusay Muneer Abboodi Al-Hussein is an Iraqi footballer who is a midfielder for Qatar SC in Qatar and the Iraq national football team. Munir, the defensive midfielder of the Iraqi national team, is most noted for playing a big role in addition to playing every single minute in Iraq's successful...

    Yuichi Komano
    Yuichi Komano
    is a Japanese football player. He plays for J. League division 1 side Júbilo Iwata. He is right-footed and mainly plays right full back for the club but he is often employed in the left for Japan national football team.-Playing career:...

    Yasuyuki Konno
    Yasuyuki Konno
    is a Japanese football player who plays for F.C. Tokyo in Japan's professional J. League.He was part of the Japanese 2004 Olympic football team, which finished fourth in group B, below group winners Paraguay, Italy and Ghana....

    Ryoichi Maeda
    Ryoichi Maeda
    is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Jubilo Iwata of the J. League Division 1.-Club career:Maeda was born in Kobe, Japan but spent his childhood in the United States. He was educated at and played for Gyosei Junior High and Ghosei High School in Tokyo. While he was a high school...

    Kengo Nakamura
    Kengo Nakamura
    is a Japanese football midfielder who currently plays for Kawasaki Frontale of the J. League.-Playing style:K.Nakamura is a playmaking midfielder usually employed by Kawasaki Frontale on the central midfield. His view can supply pass very widely over the wide range.Besides passing, Nakamura is...

    Maya Yoshida
    Maya Yoshida
    is a Japanese football player. He is a centre back defender and currently plays for Dutch side VVV-Venlo.-Career:Yoshida had been a defensive midfielder when playing for Grampus's youth team, but was converted to a centre back after promotion to its top team in 2007. In the 2008 season, he was in...

    Baha'a Abdul-Rahman
    Baha'a Abdul-Rahman
    Baha' Abdul-Rahman Mustafa Suleiman is a Jordanian football player who is a member of the Jordan national football team and Al-Faisaly Club of Jordan.-International career:...

    Saeed Murjan
    Saeed Murjan
    Saeed Hassan Murjan is a Jordanian footballer who is a midfielder for Al-Arabi , Jordan U-23, and the Jordan national football team.-International goals:- External links :**...

    Anas Bani Yaseen
    Anas Bani Yaseen
    Anas Walid Khaled Bani Yaseen is a Jordanian footballer who plays as an attacking defender. He is a member of the Jordan national football team and the football club Al Qadsia in Kuwaiti Premier League.-International career:...


    Waleed Ali
    Waleed Ali
    Waleed Ali is a Kuwaiti footballer who is a midfielder for the Iran Pro League club Esteghlal. He formely plays for Khaitan and Al Kuwait.Waleed's most valuable goal came in the 2010 Gulf Cup of Nations Final against Saudi Arabia...

    Fahad Al Ansari
    Fahad Al Ansari
    Fahad Ebrahim Al Ansari is a Kuwaiti footballer who is a Midfielder for the Kuwaiti Premier League club Al Qadsia.-International goals:-References:...

    Fahad Al Enezi
    Fahad Al Enezi
    Fahad Al Anzi is a Kuwaiti footballer who is a midfielder for the Saudi Premier League club Ittihad FC on loan from the Kuwaiti Premier League club Kazma.-FK Partizan:...

    Bader Al-Mutwa Hussain Fadel
    Hussain Fadel
    Hussain Fadel is a Kuwaiti football player.who playes for Al Qadisiya.He played for Al Qadisiya in the 2008 AFC Champions League group stages....

    Sysomvang Kanlaya Khampheng Sayavutthi
    Khampheng Sayavutthi
    Khampheng Sayavutthi born 19 July 1986 in Vientiane, is a Laotian football player, who has played for MCTPC FC in the Lao League, the top division of the Lao football League, and the Laos national team. In 2011 Khampheng moved to the Thai Premier League team Khonkaen F.C. He played 10 games and...

     Souliya Syphasay Soukaphone Vongchiengkham Tarek Al Ali
    Tarek Al Ali
    Tarek Al Ali is a Lebanese footballer. He currently plays for Al-Mabarrah in Lebanon. He plays as a forward, yet some people see he is a midfielder who defends and attacks. He represents Lebanon.-International career:He wears the number 6 shirt for Lebanon....

    Roda Antar
    Roda Antar
    Roda Antar is a Lebanese football midfielder who currently plays for Shandong Luneng Taishan in the Chinese Super League, and is captain of the Lebanon national team....

    Abbas Ali Atwi
    Abbas Ali Atwi
    Abbas Ali Atwi is a Lebanese footballer. He currently plays for the Lebanese side Al Ahed F.C. as a striker. In 2003 and 2004, he played for Olympic Beirut before signing with Al Ahed in 2005. He started his career playing for Al-Bourj FC...

    Mohammed Ghaddar
    Mohammed Ghaddar
    Mohammed Mahmoud Ghaddar is a Lebanese footballer who currently plays for Kelantan FA in the Malaysian Super League and the Lebanon national football team.Ghaddar is the first ever Lebanese footballer to play for Kelantan FA.-Nejmeh:...

    Akram Moghrabi
    Akram Moghrabi
    Akram Moghrabi is a Lebanese professional association football attacking midfielder. Akram Moghrabi is currently a regular starter for his current Lebanese Premier League club Nejmeh. He represents his nation by playing for the Lebanon national football team. Preferably, Scandar is an attacking...

    Leong Ka Hang Abdul Hadi Yahya
    Abdul Hadi Yahya
    Abdul Hadi Yahya is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a forward with Terengganu FA, which he joined from his previous club PBDKT T-Team FC for the 2011 season...

     Khurelbaataryn Tsend-Ayush
    Khurelbaataryn Tsend-Ayush
    Khurelbaataryn Tsend-Ayush is a Mongolian footballer, who plays as a Midfielder for Khoromkhon in Mongolia. He is a member of Mongolia national football team who scored only winning goal of the match against Myanmar 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification on 29 June 2011 in Ulaanbaatar,...

     Mai Aih Naing Pai Soe Bharat Khawas Jagjit Shrestha Sujal Shrestha Bhola Silwal Ismail Sulaiman Al Ajmi Ahmed Mubarak Al Mahaijri Ismail Amour
    Ismail Amour
    Ismail Amour is a Palestinian professional football player currently playing for Al-Am'ary of the West Bank Premier League and the Palestinian national football team. He is known for his blistering pace and trickery.- National Team Goals :-External links:...

     Husam Wadi
    Houssam Wadi
    Houssam Wadi is a Palestinian professional football player currently playing for Gazan club Ittihad Shajeiyah after voiding his contract with Al-Am'ary of the West Bank Premier League. He is known for his versatility, able to play as a centre back and holding midfielder...

     Nate Burkey
    Nate Burkey
    Nathaniel George Payos "Nate" Burkey is a Filipino American soccer player currently playing for Kaya and the Philippines national team...

     Emelio Caligdong
    Emelio Caligdong
    Emelio Asada Caligdong , nicknamed "Chieffy", is a Filipino footballer who plays as a left winger for Philippine Air Force F.C. and the vice-captain of the Philippines national team...

     Ángel Guirado
    Ángel Guirado
    Ángel Guirado Aldeguer is a Spanish–Filipino professional footballer who plays for Global F.C. as a midfielder or a second striker. He also represents the Philippines at international level.-Club career:...

     Stephan Schröck
    Stephan Schröck
    Stephan Markus Cabizares Schröck nicknamed "Schröcki", is a German–Filipino professional footballer who plays for 2nd Bundesliga club SpVgg Greuther Fürth. He represents the Philippines at the international level, after previously featuring for Germany at various youth levels...

     Abdulaziz Al Sulaiti
    Abdulaziz Al Sulaiti
    Abdulaziz Al Sulaiti is a Qatari footballer who is a midfielder for Al-Arabi. He made his debut for the Qatar national football team during the 9th International Friendship Tournament held in December 2009....

    Mohamed El-Sayed Mohammed Kasola
    Mohammed Kasola
    Mohammed Kasola is a Qatari footballer of Ghanaian origin. He currently plays as a defender for Al Sadd.-International career:...

    Meshal Mubarak
    Meshal Mubarak
    Meshal Mubarak Budawood is a Qatari footballer who is a left-back defender for Al-Rayyan Sports Club. He is a member of the Qatar national football team. One of the best hopes of Qatari football, he was loaned to Feyenoord Rotterdam from Qatar SC in 2003.- External links :**...

    Sebastián Soria
    Sebastián Soria
    Andrés Sebastián Soria Quintana , is a naturalized Qatari footballer who plays as a striker for Qatar SC.-Early career:Soria originally had a 2-week trial at Uruguayan club Defensor Sporting in Montevideo as a youngster, however they subsequently rejected Soria, and he returned home.Soria continued...

    Ahmed Al-Fraidi
    Ahmed Al-Fraidi
    Ahmed Al-Fraidi is a Saudi football player.At the age of 17 he joined the Riyadh based club Al-Hilal, where he plays as number 8 on a midfielder position....


    Osama Al-Muwallad
    Osama Al-Muwallad
    Osama Al-Muwallad is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a defender for Al Ittihad. He is also known as Osama Al-Harbi...

    Mohammad Al-Sahlawi
    Mohammad Al-Sahlawi
    Mohammad Al-Sahlawi is a Saudi Arabian football player. He was born in 1987 in Al-Ahsa in Saudi Arabia and plays in the position of striker. He played for Al-Qadisiyah as a striker from 2003 to 2009...

    Hassan Fellatah Osama Hawsawi
    Osama Hawsawi
    Osama Hawsawi is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a defender for Al-Hilal.He is a member of the Saudi Arabian national team. He appeared for his country in the 2007 Gulf Cup and was a member of the Saudi team at the FIFA World Youth Championship...

    Naif Hazazi
    Naif Hazazi
    Naif Hazazi , is a Saudi Arabian footballer, currently playing for the Jeddah-based Al-Ittihad club. He plays as a centre forward....

    Fahrudin Mustafić Qiu Li
    Qiu Li
    Qiu Li is a naturalised Chinese-Singaporean professional association football player. He currently plays as a midfielder/striker for the Home United FC in the S. League.- Football career :...

    Kim Jung-Woo
    Kim Jung-Woo
    Kim Jung-Woo , from Korea University, is a South Korean football player who as of 2011 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.-Career:He started off his career playing for Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i, and then had a spell playing with at Nagoya Grampus Eight of the Japanese J-League.Kim joined Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma of...

    Koo Ja-Cheol Lee Keun-Ho
    Lee Keun-Ho
    Lee Keun-ho is a South Korean football player who currently plays for Japanese club Gamba Osaka in the J. League Division 1.-Personal life:...

    Chathura Gunarathna George Mourad
    George Mourad
    George Mourad is a Assyrian/Syriac Swedish footballer. He currently plays for Mes Kerman of Iran Pro League as a striker.-Club career:After playing for Västra Frölunda IF, he joined IFK Göteborg in 2004 and scored seven goals in his debut season in Allsvenskan. In 2005, he had a disappointing...

     Nadim Sabagh
    Nadim Sabagh
    Nadim Sabagh is a Syrian footballer. He currently plays for Al-Jaish, which competes in the Syrian Premier League the top division in Syria...

     Kamil Saidov
    Kamil Saidov
    Kamil Saidov is a Tajikistani footballer who plays for Regar-TadAZ Tursunzoda. He is a member of the Tajikistan national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.-Goals for senior national team:...

    Jakkraphan Kaewprom
    Jakkraphan Kaewprom
    Jakkraphan Kaewprom , born May 24, 1988) is a Thai footballer. He plays for Thailand Premier League clubside Buriram PEA F.C..-International career:...

    Sompong Soleb
    Sompong Soleb
    Sompong Soleb is a Thai footballer. He plays for Thai Division 1 League clubside Buriram.He debuted for the senior Thailand national football team in 2010....

    José João Pereira
    Jose Joao Pereira
    José João Rodriques Pereira is a Timorese footballer. He currently plays for FC Zebra as a midfielder-External links:...

     Arslanmyrat Amanow
    Arslanmyrat Amanow
    Arslanmyrat Amanow is a Turkmen footballer playing currently for HTTU Aşgabat. He scored in the game against Tajikistan in 2010 AFC Challenge Cup Semi final.-Goals for Senior National Team:-External links:...

     Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew
    Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew
    Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew is a professional Turkmen football player currently playing for FC Okzhetpes.-External links:*...

     Vyacheslav Krendelyov Berdi Şamyradow
    Berdi Şamyradow
    Berdimyrat Şamyradow is a professional Turkmen football player currently playing for HTTU Aşgabat. He is six-times top goalscorer of Ýokary Liga. In 2009, Şamyradow shattered the all-times Ýokary Liga topscorer title of Rejepmyrat Agabaýew...

     Ismail Al Hammadi
    Ismail Al Hammadi
    Ismail Al Hammadi is a footballer from the United Arab Emirates . He currently plays for Al-Ahli Football Club - Dubai.-International goals:-External links:*...

    Hamdan Al Kamali
    Hamdan Al Kamali
    Hamdan Ismail Mohammed Al Kamali is an Emirati footballer, currently playing as a central defender for Al Wahda and UAE national team.-Al Wahda:...

    Ali Al-Wehaibi
    Ali Al-Wehaibi
    Ali Ahmad Ali Mohammed Al-Wehaibi is a United Arab Emirati footballer. He currently plays as a midfielder for Al-Ain.Al-Wehaibi is also a member of the United Arab Emirates national football team....

    Ahmed Khalil Mahmoud Khamees
    Mahmoud Khamees
    Mahmoud Khamees Al-Hammadi is a footballer from the United Arab Emirates who currently plays for Al-Wahda.-External links:...

    Odil Ahmedov
    Odil Ahmedov
    Odil Ahmedov is a footballer from Uzbekistan. He usually plays as an defensive midfielder, he also played as a center back on Asian Cup 2011, because of injuries of some defensive players. He is playing for FC Anzhi Makhachkala....

    Ulugbek Bakayev
    Ulugbek Bakayev
    Ulugbek Bakayev is a Uzbekistan footballer currently playing for FC Zhetysu as a striker.He is a member of the Uzbekistan national football team...

    Marat Bikmaev Timur Kapadze
    Timur Kapadze
    Timur Kapadze is an Uzbekistani professional football midfielder of Georgian descent who currently plays for K-League side Incheon United.-International career:...

    Victor Karpenko
    Victor Karpenko
    Victor Aleksandrovich Karpenko is an Uzbekistani professional football midfielder who currently plays for FC Bunyodkor in the Uzbek League...

    Maksim Shatskikh
    Maksim Shatskikh
    Maksim Aleksandrovich Shatskikh , is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays for Arsenal Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League....

    Sanzhar Tursunov
    Sanzhar Tursunov
    Sanzhar Atkhamovich Tursunov is a Russian and Uzbekistani professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod.-FC Pakhtakor:...

    Nguyễn Ngọc Thanh Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng
    Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng
    Nguyễn Trọng Hoàng is a Vietnamese footballer who is now playing for Sông Lam Nghệ An. He is widely considered by the Vietnamese press as one of the most promising talent in Vietnamese football at the moment.-Club career:...

     Nguyễn Văn Quyết
    Nguyen Van Quyet
    Nguyen Van Quyet is a Vietnamese footballer playing for Hà Nội T&T....

     Phạm Thành Lương
    1 own goal

    Mahmoud Baquir Younes
    Mahmoud Baquir Younes
    Mahmoud Baquir Younes is a Lebanese footballer who currently plays for the Lebanese national team and Al Ahed in the Lebanese Premier League.- Title : Lebanese Premier League: 3...

    (playing against Kuwait) Rashid Al-Farsi (playing against Thailand)
    Farrukh Choriev (playing against Syria) Walid Abbas
    Walid Abbas
    Walid Abbas is an Emirati professional association football player who plays as a defender. He currently plays for Al Shabab Al Arabi in the UAE Football League. He wears the number 5 shirt for club and wears the number 14 shirt for country...

    (playing against Kuwait)
    Hamdan Al Kamali
    Hamdan Al Kamali
    Hamdan Ismail Mohammed Al Kamali is an Emirati footballer, currently playing as a central defender for Al Wahda and UAE national team.-Al Wahda:...

    (playing against South Korea)

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