AFC Asian Cup records and statistics

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

General statistics by tournament

Overall
Year Host(s) Winners[1][2] Winning coach Top scorer(s)[3][2] Best player[2] Fair Play Award[2]
1956  Hong Kong  South Korea Lee Yoo-hyung Nahum Stelmach (4) N/A N/A
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)		 N/A
1984  Singapore  Saudi Arabia Khalil Al-Zayani Jia Xiuquan (3)
Shahrokh Bayani (3)
Nasser Mohammadkhani (3)		 Jia Xiuquan  China PR
1988  Qatar  Saudi Arabia Carlos Alberto Parreira Lee Tae-ho (3) Kim Joo-sung[4] N/A
1992  Japan  Japan Hans Ooft Fahad Al-Bishi (3) Kazuyoshi Miura
1996  United Arab Emirates  Saudi Arabia Nelo Vingada Ali Daei (8) Khodadad Azizi  Iran
2000  Lebanon  Japan Philippe Troussier Lee Dong-gook (6) Hiroshi Nanami  Saudi Arabia
2004  China  Japan Zico A'ala Hubail (5)
Ali Karimi (5)		 Shunsuke Nakamura  China PR
2007  Indonesia
 Malaysia
 Thailand
 Vietnam		  Iraq Jorvan Vieira Younis Mahmoud (4)
Naohiro Takahara (4)
Yasser Al-Qahtani (4)		 Younis Mahmoud[5]  Japan
2011  Qatar  Japan Alberto Zaccheroni Koo Ja-cheol (5) Keisuke Honda[6]  South Korea
2015  Australia  Australia Ange Postecoglou Ali Mabkhout (5) Massimo Luongo[7]  Australia[8]
2019  United Arab Emirates  Qatar Félix Sánchez Almoez Ali (9) Almoez Ali  Japan
2023  China TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Total hosts
Time(s) Nation Year(s)
2 Iran1968, 1976
 Thailand1972, 2007*
 Qatar1988, 2011
 United Arab Emirates1996, 2019
 China2004, 2023
1 Hong Kong1956
 South Korea1960
 Israel1964
 Kuwait1980
 Singapore1984
 Japan1992
 Lebanon2000
 Indonesia2007*
 Malaysia
 Vietnam
 Australia2015

* co-hosts

All-time table

AFC Asian Cup

The table is accurate as of the end of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.

Rank Team Part Pld W D L GF GA Dif Pts PPG Best finish
1  Iran14684119813148831422.09Champions (1968, 1972, 1976)[9]
2  South Korea146736161510664421241.85Champions (1956, 1960)[10]
3  Japan948301269244481022.13Champions (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011)[11]
4  China PR1256231320886523821.46 Runners-up (1984, 2004)[10]
5  Saudi Arabia1048211314694821761.58Champions (1984, 1988, 1996)[12]
6  Kuwait10421510174751–4551.31Champions (1980)
7  United Arab Emirates10421510174056–16551.31 Runners-up (1996)[13]
8  Iraq939158164445–1531.36Champions (2007)[9]
9  Qatar103913111552475501.28Champions (2019)
10  Uzbekistan728134114247–5431.54 Fourth place (2011)[11]
11  Australia4211245401426401.90Champions (2015)[14]
12  Israel413904281513272.08Champions (1964)
13  Jordan41566317107241.60 Quarter-finals (2004, 2011)[14]
14  Syria62173111728–11241.14 Group stage (6 times)[14]
15  Bahrain62356122938–9210.91 Fourth place (2004)[13]
16  Thailand72429131952–33150.63 Third place (1972)[13]
17  Oman4133371017–7120.92 Round of 16 (2019)
18  North Korea51832131540–25110.57 Fourth place (1980)[12]
19  India4133191227–15100.77 Runners-up (1964)[13]
20  Vietnam41523101735–1890.60 Fourth place (1956, 1960)[9]
21  Indonesia4122281028–1880.67 Group stage (1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
22  Myanmar1421154171.75 Runners-up (1968)
23  Malaysia39135720–1360.67 Group stage (1976, 1980, 2007)
24  Lebanon26123712–550.83 Group stage (2000, 2019)[12]
25  Chinese Taipei27124512–750.71 Third place (1960)
26  Singapore1411234–141.00 Group stage (1984)
27  Cambodia15113810–240.80 Fourth place (1972)
28  Kyrgyzstan1410367–130.75Round of 16 (2019)
29  Hong Kong310037923–1430.30 Third place (1956)
30  Palestine26024114–1320.33 Group stage (2015, 2019)[14]
31  Turkmenistan26015716–910.10 Group stage (2004, 2019)[11]
32  Philippines1300317–600.00 Group stage (2019)
33  South Yemen1200209–900.00 Group stage (1976)
34  Yemen13003010–1000.00 Group stage (2019)
35  Bangladesh14004217–1500.00 Group stage (1980)

AFC Asian Cup qualification
Main article: AFC Asian Cup qualification § All-time table

Team records

Championships
# Team Years
4  Japan 1992, 2000, 2004, 2011
3  Iran 1968, 1972, 1976
 Saudi Arabia 1984, 1988, 1996
2  South Korea 1956, 1960
1  Israel 1964
 Kuwait 1980
 Iraq 2007
 Australia 2015
 Qatar 2019

Source:[15]

Top two finishes
# Team Years
6  South Korea 1956, 1960, 1972, 1980, 1988, 2015
 Saudi Arabia 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2007
5  Japan 1992, 2000, 2004, 2011, 2019
3  Iran 1968, 1972, 1976
 Israel 1956, 1960, 1964
2  Kuwait 1976, 1980
 China PR 1984, 2004
 Australia 2011, 2015
1  India 1964
 Myanmar 1968
 United Arab Emirates 1996
 Iraq 2007
 Qatar 2019

Source:[16]

Top four finishes
# Team Years
10  South Korea 1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1988, 2000, 2007, 2011, 2015
9  Iran 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2004, 2019
6  China PR 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004
 Saudi Arabia 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2007
 Japan 1992, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2019
4  Israel 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968
 Kuwait 1976, 1980, 1984, 1996
 United Arab Emirates 1992, 1996, 2015, 2019
3  Iraq 1976, 2007, 2015
2  Vietnam 1956, 1960
 Hong Kong 1956, 1964
 Chinese Taipei 1960, 1968
 Australia 2011, 2015
1  India 1964
 Myanmar 1968
 Thailand 1972
 Cambodia 1972
 North Korea 1980
 Bahrain 2004
 Uzbekistan 2011
 Qatar 2019

Source:[17]

Comprehensive team results by tournament
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)		 Years
West Asian Members
 Bahrain •×••×GS•×•4thGSGSGSR16 6
 Iraq GS4th××××QFQFQF1stQF4thR16 9
 Jordan •×ו•×••QF•QFGSR16 4
 Kuwait ×GS2nd1st3rdGS•4thQFGS•GSGS× 10
 Lebanon •×•××וGS•×••GS 2
 Oman •×•••GSGS•GSR16 4
 Palestine ••••GSGS 2
 Qatar •GSGSGSGS•QFGSGSQFGS1st 10
 Saudi Arabia ••×1st1st2nd1st2ndGS2ndGSGSR16 10
 Syria •×GSGSGS•GS•••GS•GS 6
 United Arab Emirates GSGSGS4th2nd•GSGSGS3rdSF 10
 Yemen ••×••••••GS 1
Central Asian Members
 Iran ו×1st1st1st3rd4th3rdGS3rdQF3rdQFQFQFSF 14
 Kyrgyzstan Part of the USSR•••×••R16 1
 Turkmenistan Part of the USSR••GS•••GS 2
 Uzbekistan Part of the USSRGSGSQFQF4thQFR16 7
South Asian Members
 Bangladesh Part of Pakistan×GS•••×•••••• 1
 India ו2ndו••GS••••••GS•GS 4
East Asian Members
 China PR 3rdGS2nd4th3rdQF4th2ndGSGSQFQFQ 13
 Chinese Taipei •3rd×4th××××ו••••••• 2
 Hong Kong 3rd•4th5th••••••••••••• 3
 Japan ××וו××GS1stQF1st1st4th1stQF2nd 9
 North Korea ••4thוGSו•×GSGSGS 5
 South Korea 1st1st3rd•2nd•2ndGS2nd•QF3rdQF3rd3rd2ndQF 14
Southeast Asian Members
 Australia OFC MemberQF2nd1stQF 4
 Cambodia •×ו4th×××××ו×ו•• 1
 Indonesia ××ו••••••GSGSGSGS••× 4
 Malaysia Part of Malaya•••GSGS••••••GS••• 3
 Myanmar ×××2nd×××××ו••×••• 1
 Philippines ••×•×ו•×ו•×ו•GS 1
 Singapore ווו•GSו••••••• 1
 Thailand ×ו•3rd•••••GSGSGSGSGS••R16 7
 Vietnam 4th4th••••×××ו••QF••QF 4
Former AFC Members
 Israel 2nd2nd1st3rd••Expelled from AFCUEFA Member 4
 South Yemen GS×וPart of Yemen 1
Legend
Map of best results

Champions by region
Regional federation Champion(s) Title(s)
WAFF (West Asia) Saudi Arabia (3), Iraq (1), Kuwait (1), Qatar (1) 6
EAFF (East Asia) Japan (4), South Korea (2) 6
CAFA (Central Asia) Iran (3) 3
AFF (Southeast Asia) Australia (1) 1
SAFF (South Asia) - 0

Debuting teams
Year Debutants Total
1956  South Korea,  Hong Kong,  South Vietnam,  Israel 4
1960  Republic of China 1
1964  India 1
1968  Iran,  Burma 2
1972  Khmer Republic,  Iraq,  Kuwait,  Thailand 4
1976  South Yemen,  China PR,  Malaysia 3
1980  Bangladesh,  North Korea,  Qatar,  Syria,  United Arab Emirates 5
1984  Saudi Arabia,  Singapore 2
1988  Bahrain,  Japan 2
1992 None 0
1996  Indonesia,  Uzbekistan 2
2000  Lebanon 1
2004  Jordan,  Oman,  Turkmenistan 3
2007  Australia 1
2011 None 0
2015  Palestine 1
2019  Kyrgyzstan,  Philippines,  Yemen 3

Has never qualified

 Afghanistan,  Bhutan,  Brunei,  Guam,  Laos,  Macau,  Maldives,  Mongolia,    Nepal,  Pakistan,  Sri Lanka,  Tajikistan,  Timor-Leste

Longest active AFC Asian Cup droughts

This is a list of droughts associated with the participation of national teams in the AFC Asian Cup.
Does not include teams that have not yet made their first appearance, teams that no longer exist or teams that are no longer members of AFC.

Team Last appearance AC Missed
 Chinese Taipei 1968 13
 Hong Kong 1968 13
 Myanmar 1968 13
 Cambodia 1972 12
 Bangladesh 1980 10
 Singapore 1984 9
 Indonesia 2007 3
 Malaysia 2007 3
 Kuwait 2015 1

Other records
  • South Korea, Iran, and Saudi Arabia are the only teams to have won the tournament in their debut appearances.[18]
  • Iran hold the record for the most games played, with 68.[19]
  • Iran are the only team to have won three consecutive finals of the AFC Asian Cup.[19]

Individual records

Overall top goalscorers
Goals Player Representing Ref.
14 Ali Daei Iran [20]
10 Lee Dong-Gook South Korea [20]
9 Naohiro Takahara Japan [20]
Ali Mabkhout UAE [21]
Almoez Ali Qatar [22]
8 Jasem Al-Huwaidi Kuwait [23]
Younis Mahmoud Iraq [20]
7 Behtash Fariba Iran [24]
Hossein Kalani Iran [25][26]
Choi Soon-ho South Korea [27]
Faisal Al-Dakhil Kuwait [28]
6 Yasser Al-Qahtani Saudi Arabia [29]
Alexander Geynrikh Uzbekistan [20]
Tim Cahill Australia [20]
Ahmed Khalil UAE [30]
Sardar Azmoun Iran [31][32]

Top goalscorers in one tournament
Goals Player Representing Year Ref.
9 Almoez Ali  Qatar 2019 [22]
8 Ali Daei  Iran 1996 [20]
7 Behtash Fariba  Iran 1980 [33]
Choi Soon-ho  South Korea [33]
6 Lee Dong-gook  South Korea 2000 [34]
5 Hossein Kalani  Iran 1972 [35]
A'ala Hubail  Bahrain 2004 [36]
Ali Karimi  Iran [36]
Koo Ja-cheol  South Korea 2011 [37]
Ali Mabkhout  United Arab Emirates 2015 [38]

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of AFC Asian Cup hat-tricks

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

Most tournaments appeared in

The table below is the players who have appeared four or more times in the history of the tournament.

Times Name Tournaments
5 Ignatiy Nesterov 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
4 Masoud Shojaei 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
Waleed Abdullah 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
Anzur Ismailov 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
Amer Shafi 2004, 2011, 2015, 2019
Zheng Zhi 2004, 2007, 2015, 2019
Ahmed Kano 2004, 2007, 2015, 2019
Ismail Matar 2004, 2007, 2011, 2019
Marat Bikmaev 2004, 2007, 2011, 2019
Javad Nekounam 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
Younis Mahmoud† 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
Yasuhito Endō 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
Bilal Mohammed 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
Saud Kariri 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
Server Djeparov 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
Timur Kapadze 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015
Mehdi Mahdavikia 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007
Li Ming 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004
Adnan Al-Talyani 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996

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

Source:[39]

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.

Source:[40]

Fans' All-time Best XI

In October and November 2018, ahead of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, AFC created the Fans' Asian Cup XI with substitutes. The team was chosen through online voting on the website. This is the list of the XI and substitutes:

All-time AFC Asian Cup XI, as voted by the fans in 2018.
(coach: Heshmat Mohajerani).

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Manager

Source:The AFC

Match records

Attendance by year
Year Matches Attendance
Total Average Lowest Highest
1992 16 316,496 19,781  KSA –  QAT
 KSA –  THA		 Group stage 4,000  JPN –  KSA Final 60,000
1996 26 448,000 17,231  KOR –  IDN
 JPN –  CHN
 UZB –  SYR
 KUW –  JPN		 Group stage
Group stage
Group stage
Quarter-finals		 2,000  IRN –  KUW
 UAE –  KSA		 3rd place match
Final		 60,000
2000 26 276,488 10,634  KOR –  IDN Group stage 500  LIB –  IRN Group stage 52,418
2004 32 937,650 29,302  QAT –  IDN Group stage 5,000  CHN –  JPN Final 62,000
2007 32 724,222 22,632  OMA –  IRQ
 KSA –  BHR		 Group stage 500  KSA –  IDN
 IDN –  KOR		 Group stage 88,000
2011 32 405,361 12,668  KSA –  JPN Group stage 2,022  QAT –  UZB Group stage 47,413
2015 32 649,705 20,304  QAT –  BHR Group stage 4,841  KOR –  AUS Final 76,385
2019 51 644,307 12,633  PRK –  QAT Group stage 452  UAE –  IND Group stage 43,206

Highest attendance

Lowest attendance

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