2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round
The AFC first round of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between 40 AFC members.
The top country in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the second round, where the ten remaining teams were divided into two groups of five.
Group 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Oman | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | +30 | 16 | Second round | — | 2–0 | 12–0 | 7–0 | |
2 | Syria | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 6 | +34 | 13 | 3–3 | — | 11–0 | 12–0 | ||
3 | Laos | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 40 | −37 | 4 | 0–7 | 0–9 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | Philippines | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | — |
Syria | 12–0 | Philippines |
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Bayazid 14', 16', 49', 77', 80' Jabban 25' Srour 27' (pen.) Nihad Al Boushi 45' Shehadeh 46' Mouhanad Boushi 59' Afash 75' (pen.) Malki 89' |
Report |
Syria | 11–0 | Laos |
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Afash 15', 89' Mouhanad Boushi 25', 79' Bayazid 31', 53', 90' Moussa 33' Srour 55', 64' Nihad Al Boushi 69' |
Report |
Oman | 7–0 | Philippines |
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Al-Dhabit 43' (pen.), 81' Al-Mukhaini 45', 61', 68', 79' Said 83' |
Report |
Philippines | 0–2 | Oman |
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Report | Al-Mukhaini 11', 56' |
Laos | 2–0 | Philippines |
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Phounsamay 15' Dalaphone 55' |
Report |
Philippines | 1–1 | Laos |
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Doña 20' | Report | Khouphachansy 81' |
Group 2
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Iran | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 6 | Second round | — | 2–0 | 19–0 | — | |
2 | Tajikistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 3 | — | — | 16–0 | — | ||
3 | Guam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | −35 | 0 | — | — | — | — | ||
4 | Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | — | — | — | — |
Tajikistan | 16–0 | Guam |
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87' | Report |
Iran | 2–0 | Tajikistan |
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Daei 47' Hasheminasab 54' |
Report |
Group 3
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Qatar | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 16 | Second round | — | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | |
2 | Palestine | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
3 | Malaysia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 | 0–0 | 4–3 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | Hong Kong | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |
Palestine | 1–0 | Hong Kong |
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Lafi 58' | Report |
Malaysia | 4–3 | Palestine |
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Rakhli 21', 62' (pen.) Omar 53' Idrus 56' |
Report | Ayoub 3' Al-Holi 29' (pen.) Al-Jaish 90' |
Group 4
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Bahrain | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 15 | Second round | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
2 | Kuwait | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
3 | Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | ||
4 | Singapore | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |
Singapore | 0–1 | Kyrgyzstan |
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Report | Kovalenko 83' |
Bahrain | 1–0 | Kyrgyzstan |
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Al Sadi 86' | Report |
Kyrgyzstan | 0–3 | Kuwait |
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Report | Al-Mutairi 90' |
Kuwait | 2–0 | Kyrgyzstan |
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87' | Report |
Kyrgyzstan | 1–1 | Singapore |
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Kovalenko 77' | Report | Ali 60' |
Group 5
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Thailand | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 16 | Second round | — | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | |
2 | Lebanon | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 13 | 1–2 | — | 4–0 | 6–0 | ||
3 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 4 | 0–3 | 0–5 | — | 3–1 | ||
4 | Pakistan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 29 | −24 | 1 | 0–6 | 1–8 | 3–3 | — |
Group 6
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Iraq | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 5 | +23 | 14 | Second round | — | 1–1 | 4–2 | 8–0 | |
2 | Kazakhstan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 14 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | ||
3 | Nepal | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 6 | 1–9 | 0–6 | — | 4–1 | ||
4 | Macau | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 31 | −29 | 0 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–6 | — |
N.B. group originally scheduled to play 6 matches in Kathmandu, 25–29 March 2001. After Nepal withdrew from organising the matches, the AFC assigned the group to Almaty, Kazakhstan. Following a protest by Iraq, it was decided to first play 6 matches in either Amman or Baghdad (later fixed at Baghdad) and the remaining 6 in Almaty.
Nepal | 0–6 | Kazakhstan |
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Report | ) |
Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Macau |
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Gorovenka 68' |
Report |
Kazakhstan | 1–1 | Iraq |
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Baltiev 6' |
Report | Al-Hail 31' (pen.) |
Kazakhstan | 4–0 | Nepal |
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Gorovenka 87' |
Report |
Macau | 0–5 | Kazakhstan |
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Report | Gorovenka 83' |
Iraq | 1–1 | Kazakhstan |
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Mahmoud 42' | Report | Litvinenko 32' |
Group 7
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Uzbekistan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 14 | Second round | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 7–0 | |
2 | Turkmenistan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | 2–5 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||
3 | Jordan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 8 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 6–0 | ||
4 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 0–2 | — |
Turkmenistan | 2–0 | Jordan |
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Meredov 52' Agabaýew 81' |
Report |
Uzbekistan | 7–0 | Chinese Taipei |
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Irismetov 3', 23', 68', 74' Dionisiev 21' Maminov 35' Georgiev 43' |
Report |
Chinese Taipei | 0–2 | Jordan |
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Report | Al-Laham 16' Shelbaieh 57' |
Uzbekistan | 1–0 | Turkmenistan |
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Qosimov 63' | Report |
Chinese Taipei | 0–5 | Turkmenistan |
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Report | Goçgulyýew 5' (pen.) Meredov 44' Gogoladze 53', 62' Borodolimov 72' |
Jordan | 6–0 | Chinese Taipei |
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87', 89' | Report |
Turkmenistan | 2–5 | Uzbekistan |
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Baýramow 42', 44' | Report | Qosimov 21' (pen.) Irismetov 35' Bakayev 48' Akopyants 82' Georgiev 88' |
Chinese Taipei | 0–4 | Uzbekistan |
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Report | Irismetov 15', 90' Qosimov 59', 87' |
Turkmenistan | 1–0 | Chinese Taipei |
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Gogoladze 37' | Report |
Group 8
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | United Arab Emirates | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 12 | Second round | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
2 | Yemen | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | 2–1 | — | 3–3 | 1–0 | ||
3 | India | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 5–0 | ||
4 | Brunei | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | −28 | 0 | 0–12 | 0–5 | 0–1 | — |
Brunei | 0–5 | Yemen |
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Report | Ahmed 8' Al-Salimi 52' Awad 82' Al-Nono 86', 88' |
India | 1–0 | United Arab Emirates |
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Alberto 71' | Report |
India | 1–1 | Yemen |
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Bhutia 53' |
Report | Al Ghurbani 43' |
United Arab Emirates | 1–0 | India |
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Khater 63' | Report |
Yemen | 1–0 | Brunei |
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Al Ghurbani 75' | Report |
Yemen | 2–1 | United Arab Emirates |
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Al Ghurbani 52' Al-Nono 73' |
Report | Al Kass 44' |
Brunei | 0–1 | India |
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Report | Ancheri 75' |
United Arab Emirates | 3–2 | Yemen |
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Al Kass 37', 40' Salem Ali 45' |
Report | Al-Nono 39' Al-Salimi 61' |
Group 9
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | China | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | +22 | 18 | Second round | — | 5–1 | 10–1 | 3–1 | |
2 | Indonesia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 12 | 0–2 | — | 5–0 | 6–0 | ||
3 | Maldives | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 6–0 | ||
4 | Cambodia | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |
Cambodia | 1–1 | Maldives |
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Makara 78' | Report | Naseem 67' |
China | 10–1 | Maldives |
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Xu Yunlong 12', 45' Wu Chengying 18' Xie Hui 42', 50', 63' Fan Zhiyi 52', 74' (pen.) Yang Chen 61' Li Weifeng 89' |
Report | Jameel 61' |
Cambodia | 0–2 | Indonesia |
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Report | Purdjianto 78' Pamungkas 87' |
Cambodia | 0–4 | China |
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Report | Li Jinyu 5', 63' Qu Bo 43' Ma Mingyu 58' |
Indonesia | 0–2 | China |
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Report | Xie Hui 45' Wu Chengying 69' |
Group 10
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Saudi Arabia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | +30 | 18 | Second round | — | 5–0 | 6–0 | 6–0 | |
2 | Vietnam | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | ||
3 | Bangladesh | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 5 | 0–3 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 | ||
4 | Mongolia | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 1 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 0–3 | — |
Vietnam | 0–0 | Bangladesh |
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Report |
Saudi Arabia | 6–0 | Mongolia |
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Al-Shalhoub 10', 25' Al-Dosari 23' Abdulghani 30', 59' Al-Otaibi 71' |
Report |
Mongolia | 0–1 | Vietnam |
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Report | Nguyễn Hồng Sơn 45' (pen.) |
Bangladesh | 0–3 | Saudi Arabia |
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Report | Al-Meshal 30', 85' Al-Jaber 63' |
Mongolia | 0–3 | Bangladesh |
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Report | Alfaz 41', 60' Kanchan 85' |
Saudi Arabia | 5–0 | Vietnam |
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Al-Meshal 17', 88' Al-Jaber 29', 70', 90' |
Report |
Mongolia | 0–6 | Saudi Arabia |
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Report | Al-Jaber 20' Al-Shalhoub 24' Al-Meshal 28' Al-Dosari 40', 86' Al-Khilaiwi 76' |
Bangladesh | 0–4 | Vietnam |
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Report | Nguyễn Văn Sỹ 65' Nguyễn Hồng Sơn 73', 87' (pen.) Nguyễn Trung Vĩnh 77' |
Vietnam | 4–0 | Mongolia |
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Nguyễn Lương Phúc 3', 87' Nguyễn Hồng Sơn 15', 21' |
Report |
Saudi Arabia | 6–0 | Bangladesh |
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33', 38' | Report |
Bangladesh | 2–2 | Mongolia |
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Sujan 80', 82' | Report | Davaa 36' Buman-Uchral 90+4' |
Vietnam | 0–4 | Saudi Arabia |
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Report | Al-Meshal 31', 71', 79' Al-Dosari 88' |
Goalscorers
There were 481 goals scored in 111 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
- Xie Hui
- Hesham Mohammed
- Nirajan Rayamajhi
- Bashar Serur
- Jafar Irismetov
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
- Xu Yunlong
- Farhad Majidi
- Ahmad Kadhim
- Igor Avdeyev
- Ruslan Baltiev
- Konstantin Gorovenka
- Jasem Al Huwaidi
- Moussa Hojeij
- Santos
- Taqi Mubarak
- Majdi Shaaban Samir
- Gohar Zaman
- Mohammad Al-Shalhoub
- Imthyas Raheem
- Mouhanad Bouchi
- Jomard Moussa
- Rustam Khojaev
- Vladimir Maminov
- Abdulsalam Al Ghurbani
2 goals
- Alfaz Ahmed
- Mohammed Sujan
- Chea Makara
- Fan Zhiyi
- Li Jinyu
- Li Weifeng
- Ma Mingyu
- Wu Chengying
- Yang Chen
- Jules Alberto
- Baichung Bhutia
- I. M. Vijayan
- Bambang Pamungkas
- Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
- Abbas Hassan Hassun
- Sabah Jeayer
- Emad Mohammed
- Haider Obeid
- Rateb Al Awadat
- Badran Al-Shagran
- Dmitriy Byakov
- Maksim Shevchenko
- Khalaf Al-Mutairi
- Ilia Kovalenko
- Faisal Antar
- Marcílio
- Adam Abdulativ
- Ali Umar
- Hairuddin Omar
- Hari Khadka
- Basanta Thapa
- Fawzi Bashir
- Emad Abou El-Kair
- Mohammed Al-Jeesh
- Imad Ayoub
- Dahi Al Naemi
- Jassem Al-Tamimi
- Mubarak Mustafa
- Hussein Sulaimani
- Channa Ediri Bandanage
- Kasun Jayasuriya
- Raghdan Shehadeh
- Khaled Zaher
- Therdsak Chaiman
- Aliyor Ashurmamadov
- Zaker Berdykulov
- Wladimir Baýramow
- Djumadurdy Meredov
- Subait Khater
- Mohammad Omar
- Georgi Georgiev
- Nguyen Luong Phuc
1 goal
- Khamis Eid
- Mohammad Hassan
- Mohammed Husain
- Mohamed Salmeen
- Rokonuzzaman Kanchan
- Li Bing
- Qi Hong
- Qu Bo
- Chan Ho Man
- Feng Ji-zhi
- Keung He-chi
- Abdul Hakim
- Agung Setyabudi
- Aples Tecuari
- Bima Sakti
- Eko Purdjianto
- Ismed Sofyan
- Mehdi Hasheminasab
- Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
- Habib Jafar
- Haidar Mahmoud
- Amer Mushraf
- Haidar Najim
- Belal Al Laham
- Mahmoud Shelbaieh
- Ghanem Yousef Aldayeh
- Askhat Kadyrkulov
- Yevgeniy Lunev
- Rafael Urazbakhtin
- Bashar Abdullah
- Naser Al-Sauhi
- Ali Asel
- Faraj Laheeb
- Zamirbek Jumagulov
- Valasine Dalaphone
- Phengta Phounsamay
- Chanthy Souksombaph
- Mohammad Kassas
- Korken Yenkibarian
- Kit Leong Cheong
- Kim Meng Leong
- Mohamed Jameel
- Ashraf Luthfy
- Ismail Naseem
- Ali Shiham
- Irwan Fadzli Idrus
- Rosdi Talib
- B. Buman-Uchral
- Bayarzorig Davaa
- Deepak Lama
- Bal Gopal Maharjan
- Samir Said
- Nasser Zayid
- Muhammad Arshad
- Muhammad Riaz
- Fadi Abulatifa
- Jamal Al-Holi
- Yanti Barsales
- Jimmy Dona
- Abdul-Aziz Hassan
- Meshal Mubarak
- Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
- Marzouk Al-Otaibi
- Mohsin Harthi
- Noh Alam Shah
- Mohd Noor Ali
- Ishak Ratna
- Weerarathne Kassun
- Faras Al Khatib
- Maher Al Sayed
- Tarek Jabban
- Maher Malki
- Rahmatullo Fuzailov
- Shukhrat Jabbarov
- Denis Knitel
- Tokhirjon Muminov
- Rustam Usmonov
- Niweat Siriwong
- Surachai Jirasirichote
- Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul
- Totchtawan Sripan
- Rejepmyrat Agabaýew
- Yuri Borodolimov
- Gurbangeldi Durdyýew
- Goçguly Goçgulyýew
- Mohammad Ibrahim Hussain
- Abdulsalaam Jumaa
- Faisal Khalil
- Fahed Masoud
- Andrey Akopyants
- Ulugbek Bakayev
- Alexei Dionisiyev
- Nikolay Shirshov
- Nguyễn Trung Vĩnh
- Nguyen Van Sy
- Ali Aboud Awad
- Anwar Ahmed
1 own goal
- Ali Momin (against the United Arab Emirates)
- Samel Nasa(against Indonesia)
- Feng Ji-zhi (against Qatar)
- Surachai Jirasirichote (against Lebanon)