2011 AFC Asian Cup squads explained

See main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup. This article lists the confirmed national football squads for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup tournament held in Qatar between 7 January and 29 January 2011. Before announcing their final squad, several teams named a provisional squad of 23 to 30 players, but each country's final squad of 23 players had to be submitted by 28 December 2010. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 6 hours before the team's first Asian Cup game. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the tournament, including all pre-tournament friendlies. Player's age is their age on the opening day of the tournament.

Group A

Qatar

Head coach: Bruno Metsu

Uzbekistan

Head coach: Vadim Abramov

Kuwait

Head coach: Goran Tufegdžić

China

Head coach: Gao Hongbo

Group B

Japan

Head coach: Alberto Zaccheroni

Jordan

Head coach: Adnan Hamad

Saudi Arabia

Head coach: José Peseiro (sacked after the first match, replaced by Nasser Al-Johar)

Syria

Head coach: Valeriu Tiţa

Group C

Group D

North Korea

Head coach: Jo Tong-sop

United Arab Emirates

Head coach: Srečko Katanec

Iraq

Head coach: Wolfgang Sidka

Iran

Head coach: Afshin Ghotbi

Player representation

Clubs represented by five or more players

Players	Club
11	Al-Sadd, Qadsia
7	Al-Ittihad, Al-Shabab
6	Al-Hilal, Al-Wehdat, Bunyodkor, Sepahan
5	Al-Gharrafa, Al-Jaish, Al-Karamah, Al-Muharraq, Al Wahda, Dempo

By club nationality

Players	Asian Clubs
36	Qatar
31	Saudi Arabia
24	Kuwait,
22	China
21	Iran
20	India, Japan
19	Syria
18	Jordan
17	North Korea
15	Bahrain, Uzbekistan
14	South Korea
11	Iraq
4†	Australia

^† Including Jade North who played for Wellington Phoenix, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League.

Players	Clubs Outside Asia
9	England
7	Germany
6	Russia
5	Turkey
3	Netherlands, Switzerland
2	Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, Italy, Scotland, Spain
1	Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Kazakhstan, Libya, Romania, Ukraine, United States

By club Federation

Players	Federation
311†	AFC
49	UEFA
3	CAF
1	CONCACAF

^† Including Jade North who played for Wellington Phoenix, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League. All other New Zealand clubs are members of the OFC.

By representatives of domestic league

National Squad	No. of players playing in home leagues
Australia	4†
Bahrain	15
China	22
India	20
Iran	21
Iraq	11
Japan	14
Jordan	18
Kuwait	22
North Korea	17
Qatar	22
Saudi Arabia	23
South Korea	12
Syria	19
United Arab Emirates	23
Uzbekistan	15