Bahrain at the AFC Asian Cup

Since the AFC Asian Cup was founded, so far, Bahrain national football team has qualified for at least six Asian Cups, starting from 1988 and since 2004 to now will be 2019. Bahrain, in spite of lesser population, has achieved a lot of impressive results, notably beating South Korea and Qatar 2–1 in 2007 and 2015, or thrilling with Japan in 2004 which Bahrain lost. However, in all six appearances, Bahrain's best result is just fourth place, in 2004, also the only time they qualified from the group stage. Since then, Bahrain has never repeated the feat.

Asian Cup performance

Asian Cup record
Year Round Pld W D * L GF GA
Hong Kong 1956Did not enter
South Korea 1960
Israel 1964
Iran 1968
Thailand 1972Did not qualify
Iran 1976Withdrew
Kuwait 1980Withdrew after qualifying
Singapore 1984Withdrew
Qatar 1988Group Stage402213
Japan 1992Did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 1996Withdrew
Lebanon 2000Did not qualify
China 2004Fourth place61321314
IndonesiaMalaysiaThailandVietnam 2007Group Stage310237
Qatar 2011Group Stage310265
Australia 2015Group Stage310235
United Arab Emirates 2019Qualified------
Total 6/17 19 4 5 10 26 34

Squads

Template:Bahrain squad 1988 AFC Asian Cup

1988 Asian Cup in Qatar

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Saudi Arabia 6422041+3
 China PR 5421163+3
 Syria 4420225−3
 Kuwait 3403123−1
 Bahrain 2402213−2
Kuwait  0–0  Bahrain
Report
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
Bahrain  0–1  China PR
Report Zhang Xiaowen  78'
Saudi Arabia  1–1  Bahrain
Jazea'a  78' Report F. Mohamed  44' (pen.)
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
Bahrain  0–1  Syria
Report Abu Al-Sel  72' (pen.)

2004 Asian Cup in China

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 China PR 7321082+6
 Bahrain 5312064+2
 Indonesia 3310239−6
 Qatar 1301224−2
China PR  2–2  Bahrain
Zheng Zhi  58' (pen.)
Li Jinyu  66'		 Report M. Hubail  41'
Ali  89'
Attendance: 40,000
Bahrain  1–1  Qatar
M. Hubail  90+1' Report Rizik  59' (pen.)
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Bahrain  3–1  Indonesia
Ali  43'
A. Hubail  57'
Yousef  82'		 Report Aiboy  75'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Bahrain  3–4 (a.e.t.)  Japan
A. Hubail  7', 71'
Naser  85'		 Report Nakata  48'
Tamada  55', 93'
Nakazawa  90'
Attendance: 32,000

Third place play-off

Iran  4–2  Bahrain
Nekounam  9'
Karimi  52'
Daei  80' (pen.), 90'		 Report Yousef  48'
Farhan  57'
Attendance: 10,000

2007 Asian Cup in Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/Vietnam

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 321072+57
 South Korea 31113304
 Indonesia 310234−13
 Bahrain 310237−43
Indonesia  2–1  Bahrain
Sudarsono  14'
Bambang  64'		 Report Mahmood  27'
Attendance: 60,000
Bahrain  2–1  South Korea
Isa  43'
Abdul-Latif  85'		 Report Kim Do-Heon  4'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
Saudi Arabia  4–0  Bahrain
Al-Mousa  18'
A. Al-Qahtani  45'
Al-Jassim  68', 79'		 Report
Attendance: 500

2011 Asian Cup in Qatar

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 321061+57
 South Korea 321073+47
 Bahrain 310265+13
 India 3003313−100
10 January 2011
South Korea 2–1 Bahrain
14 January 2011
Bahrain 5–2 India
18 January 2011
Australia 1–0 Bahrain

2015 Asian Cup in Australia

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  United Arab Emirates 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Bahrain 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4  Qatar 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
11 January 2015
Iran 2–0 BahrainAAMI Park, Melbourne
15 January 2015
Bahrain 1–2 United Arab EmiratesCanberra Stadium, Canberra
19 January 2015
Qatar 1–2 BahrainStadium Australia, Sydney

2019 Asian Cup in the UAE

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United Arab Emirates (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4  Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 5 January 2019. Source: AFC
(H) Host.

[1]

Bahrain  Match 13  Thailand
Report
India  Match 26  Bahrain
Report

[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://gulftoday.ae/portal/d932ba01-fd2c-4f3c-a931-ade3d4eb5e31.aspx
  2. ↑ https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/afc-asian-cup-2019-a-look-at-india-s-opponents
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