Squads for the 1984 AFC Asian Cup tournament.
Group A
Kuwait
Head coach:  Antônio Lopes
 Antônio Lopes
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Khaled Al-Shemmari |  Kazma | |||
| 2 | DF | Naeem Saad | 1 October 1957 (aged 27) |  Al-Tadamon | ||
| 3 | DF | Mahboub Juma'a | 17 September 1955 (aged 29) |  Al-Salmiya | ||
| 4 | DF | Jamal Al-Qabandi | 7 April 1959 (aged 25) |  Kazma | ||
| 5 | DF | Waleed Al-Jasem | 18 November 1959 (aged 20) |  Kuwait SC | ||
| 6 | FW | Abdulaziz Al-Buloushi | 4 December 1962 (aged 21) |  Al-Arabi | ||
| 7 | MF | Abdullah Al-Shemmari |  Kuwait SC | |||
| 8 | MF | Abdullah Al-Buloushi | 16 February 1960 (aged 24) |  Al-Arabi | ||
| 11 | FW | Amer Al-Amer |  Kuwait SC | |||
| 12 | MF | Yusuf Al-Suwayed | 20 September 1958 (aged 26) |  Kazma | ||
| 14 | DF | Hamoud Al-Shemmari | 26 September 1960 (aged 24) |  Kazma | ||
| 15 | DF | Sami Al-Hashash | 15 September 1959 (aged 25) |  Al-Arabi | ||
| 16 | FW | Faisal Al-Dakheel | 13 August 1957 (aged 27) |  Al-Qadisiya | ||
| 17 | MF | Majed Sultan |  Al-Arabi | |||
| 18 | MF | Mohammed Karam | 1 January 1955 (aged 29) |  Al-Arabi | ||
| 20 | FW | Moayyad Al-Haddad | 3 March 1960 (aged 24) |  Khaitan | ||
| 22 | GK | Samir Said | 5 November 1963 (aged 21) |  Al-Arabi | ||
| 23 | GK | Mutair Mutair |  Al Jahra | 
(N°1) Khaled Al-Shemmari GK Kazma Sporting Club Kuwait (N°7) Abdullah Al-Shemmari MF Kuwait SC Kuwait
Qatar
Head coach:  Ronaldo de Carvalho
 Ronaldo de Carvalho
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Younes Ahmed | 17 July 1963 (aged 21) |  Al Rayyan | ||
| 2 | DF | Mohammed Al-Sowaidi | 25 June 1962 (aged 22) |  Al Rayyan | ||
| 3 | DF | Majed Maayouf | 4 October 1961 (aged 23) |  | ||
| 4 | DF | Abdullah Al-Edan |  | |||
| 5 | FW | Mubarak Anber | 1 January 1954 (aged 30) |  Al Sadd | ||
| 6 | DF | Ibrahim Al-Rumahi |  Al Ahli | |||
| 7 | MF | Mohamed Saeed Afifa | 6 December 1962 (aged 21) |  Al Rayyan | ||
| 8 | MF | Mohammed Al Ammari | 10 December 1965 (aged 18) |  Al Sadd | ||
| 9 | FW | Man'a Al-Barshi |  | |||
| 10 | MF | Mubarak Salem Al-Khater | 8 January 1966 (aged 18) |  Al Wakrah | ||
| 11 | FW | Salah Eid |  Al Shamal | |||
| 12 | MF | Ali Zaid | 21 April 1962 (aged 22) |  Al Arabi | ||
| 13 | FW | Mohammed Al-Mohanadi |  | |||
| 14 | MF | Ibrahim Khalfan | 25 November 1961 (aged 23) |  Al Arabi | ||
| 15 | FW | Mansoor Muftah | 22 November 1955 (aged 29) |  Al Rayyan | ||
| 16 | MF | Khalid Salman | 5 April 1962 (aged 22) |  Al Sadd | ||
| 17 | DF | Issa Al-Mohammadi | 19 December 1963 (aged 20) |  | ||
| 18 | GK | Sami Mohamed Wafa |  Al Sadd | 
(N°3) Majed MaayouF DF 04/10/1961 QAT (N°6) Ibrahim Saeed Al- Rumaihi DF / / 19 QAT Al Ahli SC (Doha) Qatar (N°13) Mohammed Al-Mohanadi FW 10/10/1972 QAT (N°18) Sami Mohamed Wafa GK / / 19 Al Saad SC Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Head coach: Khalil Al-Zayani
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Abdullah Al-Deayea | 1 December 1961 (aged 23) |  Al-Ta'ee | ||
| 2 | DF | Nasser Al-Mansoor |  Al-Nahda | |||
| 3 | DF | Hussein Al-Bishi | 13 June 1961 (aged 23) |  Al-Hilal | ||
| 4 | DF | Sameer Abdulshaker | 20 May 1960 (aged 24) |  Ohod Club | ||
| 5 | DF | Saleh Al-Nu'eimeh | 24 June 1957 (aged 27) |  Al-Hilal | ||
| 6 | MF | Yahya Amer | 17 June 1960 (aged 24) |  Al-Ahli | ||
| 7 | FW | Shaye Al-Nafisah | 20 March 1962 (aged 22) |  Al-Kawkab | ||
| 8 | FW | Yousef Khamees | 16 August 1961 (aged 23) |  Al-Nassr | ||
| 9 | FW | Majed Abdullah | 1 November 1959 (aged 25) |  Al-Nassr | ||
| 10 | MF | Fahad Al-Musaibeah | 4 April 1961 (aged 23) |  Al-Hilal | ||
| 11 | FW | Mohaisen Al-Jam'an | 6 April 1966 (aged 18) |  Al-Nassr | ||
| 12 | MF | Yousef Anbar | 28 November 1962 (aged 22) |  Al-Ahli | ||
| 13 | DF | Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad | 28 November 1962 (aged 22) |  Al-Ahli | ||
| 14 | MF | Saleh Khalifa Al-Dosari | 2 May 1954 (aged 30) |  Al-Ettifaq | ||
| 15 | DF | Salman Al-Dosari | 10 November 1963 (aged 21) |  Al-Ettifaq | ||
| 16 | FW | Musaed Ibrahim | 18 November 1965 (aged 19) |  Al Shabab | ||
| 17 | MF | Bandar Al-Nakhli |  Al-Ahli | |||
| 21 | GK | Mohammed Al-Husain | 10 April 1960 (aged 24) |  Al Shabab | 
South Korea
Head coach:  Moon Jung-sik
 Moon Jung-sik
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Choi In-young | 5 March 1962 (aged 22) |  Hyundai Horangi | ||
| 2 | DF | Park Kyung-hoon | 19 January 1961 (aged 23) |  POSCO Dolphins | ||
| 3 | DF | Chung Jong-soo | 27 March 1961 (aged 23) |  Yukong Elephants | ||
| 4 | DF | Kim Pyung-seok | 22 September 1958 (aged 26) |  Hyundai Horangi | ||
| 5 | DF | Chung Yong-hwan | 10 February 1960 (aged 24) |  Daewoo Royals | ||
| 6 | DF | Park Sung-hwa | 7 May 1955 (aged 29) |  Hallelujah FC | ||
| 7 | MF | Jang Jung | 5 May 1964 (aged 20) |  Ajou University | ||
| 8 | FW | Lee Tae-ho | 29 January 1961 (aged 23) |  Daewoo Royals | ||
| 9 | MF | Huh Jung-moo | 13 January 1955 (aged 29) |  Hyundai Horangi | ||
| 10 | FW | Park Chang-sun | 2 February 1954 (aged 30) |  Daewoo Royals | ||
| 11 | MF | Lee Kang-jo | 27 October 1954 (aged 30) |  Yukong Elephants | ||
| 12 | MF | Lee Boo-yeol | 16 October 1958 (aged 26) |  Kookmin Bank | ||
| 13 | FW | Choi Jin-han | 22 June 1966 (aged 18) |  Myongji University | ||
| 14 | FW | Byun Byung-Joo | 26 April 1961 (aged 23) |  Daewoo Royals | ||
| 15 | DF | Yoo Byung-ok | 2 March 1964 (aged 20) |  Hanyang University | ||
| 16 | FW | Kim Seok-won | 7 November 1961 (aged 23) |  Yukong Elephants | ||
| 17 | FW | Choi Sang-kook | 15 February 1961 (aged 23) |  POSCO Dolphins | ||
| 18 | FW | Choi Gwang-ji | 5 June 1963 (aged 21) |  Kwangwoon University | ||
| 20 | MF | Wang Sun-jae | 16 March 1959 (aged 25) |  Hanil Bank FC | ||
| 21 | GK | Chung Ki-dong | 13 May 1961 (aged 23) |  POSCO Dolphins | 
Syria
Head coach: Avedis Kavlakian
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Samir Layla |  | |||
| 2 | DF | Raghed Khalil |  | |||
| 3 | DF | Mohammed Dahman | 8 May 1959 (aged 25) |  | ||
| 4 | MF | George Khouri | 1962 (age 22) |  Al-Jaish | ||
| 5 | DF | Essam Mahrous |  | |||
| 6 | FW | Waleed Abou El-Sil | 1963 (age 21) |  | ||
| 7 | MF | Kevork Mardikian | 24 July 1954 (aged 30) |  | ||
| 8 | MF | Abdul Kader Kardaghli | 1 January 1961 (aged 23) |  Tishreen | ||
| 9 | FW | Fouad Aziz |  | |||
| 10 | FW | Marwan Madarati | 18 March 1959 (aged 25) |  Al-Jaish | ||
| 11 | FW | Essam Zeino |  | |||
| 12 | MF | Ahmad Darwish |  | |||
| 13 | MF | Husam Hourani |  | |||
| 14 | MF | Nabil El-Sibai |  | |||
| 15 | DF | Abdul Nafee Hamwieh |  | |||
| 16 | DF | Radwan Hassan |  | |||
| 17 | FW | Mouaffak Kanaan |  | |||
| 22 | GK | Malek Shakuhi | 5 April 1960 (aged 24) |  Al-Jaish | 
Group B
China
Head coach: Zeng Xuelin
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Lu Jianren | 14 January 1960 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 |  Beijing | 
| 2 | DF | Zhu Bo | 24 September 1960 (aged 24) | 15 | 0 |  August 1st | 
| 3 | DF | Lin Lefeng | 16 October 1955 (aged 29) | 51 | 1 |  Liaoning | 
| 4 | MF | Lü Hongxiang | 27 March 1960 (aged 24) | 16 | 0 |  Tianjin City | 
| 5 | DF | Jia Xiuquan | 9 November 1963 (aged 21) | 15 | 1 |  August 1st | 
| 6 | MF | Lin Qiang | 13 January 1960 (aged 24) | 15 | 1 |  Hubei | 
| 7 | MF | Gu Guangming | 31 January 1959 (aged 25) | 36 | 10 |  Guangdong | 
| 8 | FW | Zhao Dayu | 17 January 1961 (aged 23) | 17 | 11 |  Guangzhou | 
| 9 | MF | Zuo Shusheng | 13 April 1958 (aged 26) | 42 | 10 |  Tianjin City | 
| 10 | FW | Li Hui | 12 February 1960 (aged 24) | 14 | 6 |  Beijing | 
| 11 | FW | Li Huayun | 22 September 1963 (aged 21) | 11 | 5 |  Liaoning | 
| 12 | DF | Chi Minghua | 6 March 1962 (aged 22) | 6 | 0 |  Guangdong | 
| 14 | MF | Wu Yuhua | 1 December 1960 (aged 24) | 1 | 0 |  Guangdong | 
| 15 | MF | Qin Guorong | 1 May 1961 (aged 23) | 8 | 0 |  Shanghai | 
| 16 | FW | Liu Haiguang | 11 July 1963 (aged 21) | 9 | 1 |  Shanghai | 
| 17 | MF | Yang Zhaohui | 14 September 1962 (aged 22) | 2 | 2 |  Beijing | 
| 19 | DF | Wang Dongning | 13 April 1961 (aged 23) | 0 | 0 |  Shandong | 
| 22 | GK | Yang Ning | 10 April 1962 (aged 22) | 13 | 0 |  Guangdong | 
India
Head coach: .svg.png.webp) Milovan Ćirić
 Milovan Ćirić
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Atanu Bhattacharya |  Bengal | |||
| 20 | GK | Brahmanand Sankhwalkar | 6 March 1955 (aged 29) |  Salgaocar | ||
| 2 | DF | Pem Dorji | 1 January 1959 (aged 25) |  Bengal | ||
| 3 | DF | Tarun Dey |  East Bengal | |||
| 4 | DF | Sudip Chatterjee | 5 February 1959 (aged 25) |  Bengal | ||
| 5 | DF | Krishnendu Roy |  Bengal | |||
| 16 | DF | Subrata Bhattacharya | 5 May 1953 (aged 31) |  Mohun Bagan | ||
| 12 | DF | Derrick Pereira | 17 March 1962 (aged 22) |  Goa | ||
| 7 | MF | Bikash Panji |  Bengal | |||
| 6 | MF | Prasanta Banerjee | 2 February 1958 (aged 26) |  Bengal | ||
| 14 | MF | Parminder Singh | 5 May 1957 (aged 27) |  Punjab | ||
| 17 | MF | Mauricio Afonso | 16 November 1961 (aged 23) |  Dempo | ||
| 9 | MF | Narender Thapa | 22 September 1964 (aged 20) |  Bengal | ||
| 10 | FW | Shabbir Ali | 26 January 1956 (aged 28) |  Bengal | ||
| 15 | FW | Babu Mani |  Bengal | |||
| 8 | FW | Krishanu Dey | 14 February 1962 (aged 22) |  Mohun Bagan | ||
| 11 | FW | Biswajit Bhattacharya |  East Bengal | |||
| 18 | DF | Abdul Majeed Kakroo |  Jammu and Kashmir | 
Iran
Head coach: Nasser Ebrahimi
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Behrouz Soltani | 31 December 1957 (aged 26) |  Persepolis | ||
| 2 | DF | Shahin Bayani | 31 January 1962 (aged 22) |  Esteghlal | ||
| 3 | DF | Asghar Hajiloo | 1 August 1956 (aged 28) |  Esteghlal | ||
| 4 | DF | Ahmad Sanjari | 22 February 1960 (aged 24) |  Homa | ||
| 5 | DF | Mohammad Panjali | 27 May 1955 (aged 29) |  Persepolis | ||
| 6 | MF | Zia Arabshahi | 6 June 1958 (aged 26) |  Persepolis | ||
| 7 | FW | Nasser Mohammadkhani | 7 September 1957 (aged 27) |  Persepolis | ||
| 8 | MF | Shahrokh Bayani | 31 December 1960 (aged 23) |  Esteghlal | ||
| 9 | FW | Hamid Derakhshan | 13 January 1958 (aged 26) |  Persepolis | ||
| 10 | FW | Hamid Alidousti | 1 January 1956 (aged 28) |  Homa | ||
| 11 | FW | Abdolali Changiz | 13 March 1959 (aged 25) |  Esteghlal | ||
| 12 | DF | Mohammad Reza Shakourzadeh |  Shahin | |||
| 14 | MF | Reza Ahadi | 30 November 1962 (aged 22) |  Esteghlal | ||
| 15 | DF | Rahim Mirakhori | 30 April 1956 (aged 28) |  Bank Melli F.C. | ||
| 16 | FW | Jafar Mokhtarifar | 7 September 1957 (aged 27) |  Esteghlal | ||
| 17 | FW | Gholamreza Fathabadi |  Persepolis | |||
| 18 | MF | Saeid Maragehchian |  Esteghlal | |||
| 22 | GK | Hafez Tahouni |  Bank Melli F.C. | 
Singapore
Head coach: Hussein Al-Junied
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | David Lee | 10 April 1958 (aged 26) |  Singapore FA | ||
| 2 | MF | Lim Tang Boon |  | |||
| 3 | DF | Norhalis Shafik |  Geylang International | |||
| 4 | MF | Latif Rahman |  | |||
| 5 | DF | Hazali Nasiron |  | |||
| 6 | DF | Marzuki Elias |  | |||
| 7 | MF | Darimosuvito Tokijan | 14 February 1963 (aged 21) |  Jurong Town | ||
| 9 | MF | Au Yeong Pak Kuan | 24 August 1960 (aged 24) |  | ||
| 10 | FW | Kuniuraman Kannan |  Jurong Town | |||
| 11 | FW | Razali Rashid |  Farrer Park United | |||
| 12 | MF | Malek Awab | 11 January 1961 (aged 23) |  Farrer Park United | ||
| 14 | FW | S. Ramu |  | |||
| 15 | DF | Terry Pathmanathan | 9 February 1956 (aged 28) |  Pahang FA | ||
| 16 | MF | Sudiat Dali |  Geylang International | |||
| 17 | FW | Tay Peng Kee |  | |||
| 18 | DF | Razali Saad | 14 August 1964 (aged 20) |  | ||
| 22 | GK | Kumar Krishnan |  | |||
| 23 | GK | Yakob Hashim |  Police SA | 
United Arab Emirates
Head coach:  Carlos Alberto Parreira
 Carlos Alberto Parreira
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Abdullah Musa Abdullah | 2 March 1958 (aged 26) |  Al-Alhi | ||
| 2 | DF | Khalil Ghanim Mubarak | 12 November 1964 (aged 20) |  Al-Khaleej | ||
| 3 | DF | Hasan Ali Mohamed |  | |||
| 4 | DF | Mubarak Ghanim Mubarak | 3 September 1963 (aged 21) |  Al-Khaleej | ||
| 5 | DF | Abdullah Ali Sultan | 1 October 1963 (aged 21) |  Al-Khaleej | ||
| 6 | FW | Hasan Abdulwahab Al-Qadhi |  | |||
| 7 | FW | Fahad Khamees Mubarak | 24 January 1962 (aged 22) |  Al-Wasl | ||
| 8 | MF | Salah Rashid Mohamed |  | |||
| 9 | MF | Mohamed Salim Obeid |  | |||
| 10 | FW | Adnan Al-Talyani | 30 October 1964 (aged 20) |  Al-Shaab CSC | ||
| 11 | FW | Salem Naseeb |  | |||
| 12 | DF | Abdulqader Othman |  | |||
| 15 | MF | Farooq Abdulrahman |  | |||
| 16 | MF | Mohamed Obaid Al-Zahiri |  | |||
| 18 | DF | Mohamed Salim Mubarak | 1 January 1968 (aged 16) |  Al-Alhi | ||
| 20 | MF | Bader Ahmed Saleh |  | |||
| 22 | GK | Abdulqadir Hassan | 15 April 1962 (aged 22) |  Al-Shabab | 
External links
- National Library of Singapore - The Straits Times 1 December 1984
- Yansfield - South Korea International Matches - Details 1980-89
- Yansfield - China International Matches - Details 1980-89
- Team Melli
- Information Database on Indian Football Archived 2018-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
- China National Football Team Database
- 亚洲杯 at cnsoccer.titan24.com