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World Cup 2010 Blog: “2011 Asian Cup Squads” plus 1 more

World Cup 2010 Blog: “2011 Asian Cup Squads” plus 1 more

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2011 Asian Cup Squads

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 07:47 PM PST

The following squad lists have been announced for the upcoming 2011 Asian Cup in Qatar. Squads will be added as they are announced:

Group A: Qatar, Kuwait, China, Uzbekistan
Group B: Saudi Arabia, Japan, Jordan, Syria
Group C: South Korea, Australia, India, Bahrain
Group D: Iraq, North Korea, United Arab Emirates, Iran

Australia Squad

Goalkeepers: Mark Schwarzer (Fulham), Brad Jones (Liverpool), Nathan Coe (SønderjyskE)
Defenders: Lucas Neill (Galatasaray), David Carney (Blackpool), Saša Ognenovski (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma), Luke Wilkshire (Dynamo Moscow), Jonathan McKain (Al-Nassr), Jade North (Wellington Phoenix), Matthew Špiranović (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Midfielders: Tim Cahill (Everton), Jason Čulina (Gold Coast United), Brett Emerton (Blackburn), Harry Kewell (Galatasaray), Brett Holman (AZ Alkmaar), Mile Jedinak (Gençlerbirliği), Carl Valeri (Sassuolo), Matt McKay (Brisbane Roar), Neil Kilkenny (Leeds United)
Forwards: Scott McDonald (Middlesbrough), Robbie Kruse (Melbourne Victory), Nathan Burns (AEK Athens)

Bahrain Squad

Not yet announced

China Squad

Goalkeepers: Yang Zhi (Beijing Guoan), Guan Zhen (Jiangsu Sainty), Zeng Cheng (Henan Construction)
Defenders: Wang Qiang (Changsha Ginde), Zhao Peng (Henan Construction), Du Wei (Hangzhou Greentown), Liu Jianye (Changsha Ginde), Zhang Linpeng (Guangzhou Evergrande), Rong Hao (Hangahou Greentown), Li Jianbin (Chengdu Blades)
Midfielders: Zhou Haibin (Shandong Luneng), Zhao Xuri (Shaanxi Zhongjian), Hao Junmin (Schalke 04), Deng Zhuoxiang (Shandong Luneng), Wang Song (Hangzhou Greentown), Yu Tao (Shanghai Shenhua), Huang Bowen (Beijing Guoan), Yang Hao (Beijing Guoan), Yu Hai (Shaanxi Zhongjian)
Forwards: Yang Xu (Liaoning Whowin), Qu Bo (Shaanxi Zhongjian), Gao Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande)

India Squad

Goalkeepers: Subrata Pal (Pune FC), Subhasish Roy Chowdhury (Dempo SC), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (AIFF XI)
Defenders: Anwar Ali (Dempo SC), Deepak Kumar Mondal (Mohun Bagan), Mahesh Gawli (Dempo SC), Irungbam Surkumar Singh (Mohun Bagan), Gouramangi Singh (Churchill Brothers), Rakesh Masih (Mohun Bagan), Moirangthem Govin Singh (East Bengal), Manju (Mohun Bagan)
Midfielders: Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep (No club), P. Renedy Singh (No club), Clifford Miranda (Dempo SC), Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal), Steven Dias (Churchill Brothers), Mehrajuddin Wadoo (East Bengal), Climax Lawrence (Dempo SC), Baldeep Singh Junior (JCT)
Forwards: Sunil Chhetri (Sporting Kansas City), Baichung Bhutia (East Bengal), Abhishek Yadav (Mumbai FC), Sushil Kumar Singh (East Bengal)

Iran Squad

Goalkeepers: Ebrahim Mirzapour (Paykan), Mehdi Rahmati (Sepahan), Alireza Haghighi (Persepolis), Shahab Gordan (Zob Ahan)
Defenders: Mohammad Nosrati (Tractor Sazi), Jalal Hosseini (Sepahan), Hadi Aghili (Sepahan), Ehsan Hajsafi (Sepahan), Khosro Heydari (Sepahan), Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal), Farshid Talebi (Zob Ahan), Abouzar Rahimi (Rah Ahan)
Midfielders: Javad Nekounam (Osasuna), Iman Mobali (Esteghlal), Andranik Teymourian (Tractor Sazi), Masoud Shojaei (Osasuna), Pejman Nouri (Malavan), Mohammad Nouri (Persepolis), Ghasem Hadadifar (Zob Ahan), Mehdi Kiani (Tractor Sazi)
Forwards: Gholamreza Rezaei (Persepolis), Mohammad Reza Khalatbari (Zob Ahan), Karim Ansarifard (Saipa), Mohammad Gholami (Steel Azin), Hadi Norouzi (Persepolis), Reza Norouzi (Foolad), Arash Afshin (Foolad)

Iraq Squad

Not yet announced

Japan Squad

Japan Squad Analysis
Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima (Lierse S.K.), Shusaku Nishikawa (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Shuichi Gonda (F.C. Tokyo)
Defenders: Masahiko Inoha (Kashima Antlers), Daiki Iwamasa (Kashima Antlers), Yasuyuki Konno (F.C. Tokyo), Yuto Nagatomo (A.C. Cesena), Atsuto Uchida (Schalke 04), Gotoku Sakai (Albirex Niigata), Tomoaki Makino (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Maya Yoshida (VVV-Venlo)
Midfielders: Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka), Daisuke Matsui (Tom Tomsk), Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund), Hajime Hosogai (Augsburg), Jungo Fujimoto (Shimizu S-Pulse), Takuya Honda (Shimizu S-Pulse), Yosuke Kashiwagi (Urawa Red Diamonds), Makoto Hasebe (Wolfsburg), Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moscow)
Forwards: Shinji Okazaki (Shimizu S-Pulse), Ryoichi Maeda (Júbilo Iwata), Tadanari Lee (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)

Jordan Squad

Not yet announced

Kuwait Squad

Not yet announced

North Korea Squad

Not yet announced

Saudi Arabia Squad

Goalkeepers: Abdullah Al-Anzi (Al-Nassr), Waleed Abdullah (Al-Shabab), Hussain Shae’an (Al-Shabab), Mabrouk Zayed (Al-Ittihad)
Defenders: Kamel Al-Mousa (Al-Ahli), Abdullah Shuhail (Al-Shabab), Mohamed Al-Bishi (Al-Nassr), Mishal Al-Said (Al-Ittihad), Osama Al-Muwallad (Al-Ittihad), Hamad Al-Montashari (Al-Ittihad), Osama Hawsawi (Al-Hilal), Hassan Mouath (Al-Shabab)
Midfielders: Mohammed Massad (Al-Ahli), Moataz Al-Musa (Al-Ahli), Mohammad Al-Shalhoub (Al-Hilal), Abdoh Otaif (Al-Shabab), Taisir Al-Jassim (Al-Ahli), Ahmed Al-Fraidi (Al-Hilal), Nawaf Al Abed (Al-Hilal), Abdullaziz Al-Dosari (Al-Hilal), Saud Khariri (Al-Ittihad), Sultan Al-Nemri (Al-Ittihad), Manaf Abushgeer (Al-Ittihad), Ibrahim Ghaleb (Al-Nassr), Ahmed Otaif (Al-Shabab)
Forwards: Nasser Al-Shamrani (Al-Shabab), Naif Hazazi (Al-Ittihad), Mohannad Asseri (Al-Wahda), Mohammad Al-Sahlawi (Al-Nassr), Yasser Al-Qahtani (Al Hilal)

South Korea Squad

Goalkeepers: Jung Sung-Ryong (Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma), Kim Yong-Dae (FC Seoul), Kim Jin-Hyeon (Cerezo Osaka)
Defenders: Choi Hyo-Jin (Sangju Sangmu), Hwang Jae-Won (Suwon Bluewings), Cho Yong-Hyung (Al-Rayyan), Kwak Tae-Hwi (Kyoto Sanga), Lee Yong-Rae (Suwon Bluewings), Lee Young-Pyo (Al-Hilal), Lee Jung-Soo (Al-Sadd), Cha Du-Ri (Celtic)
Midfielders: Park Ji-Sung (Manchester United), Yoon Bit-Garam (Gyeongnam FC), Son Heung-Min (Hamburg), Koo Ja-Cheol (Jeju United), Ki Sung-Yueng (Celtic), Lee Chung-Yong (Bolton), Kim Bo-Kyung (Oita Trinita), Yeom Ki-Hun (Suwon Bluewings)
Forwards: Yoo Byung-Soo (Incheon United), Ji Dong-Won (Chunnam Dragons), Kim Shin-Wook (Ulsan Hyundai)

Syria Squad

Goalkeepers: Mosab Balhous (Al-Karamah), Radwan Al Azhar (Al-Majd), Adnan Al Hafez (Al-Wahda)
Defenders: Belal Abduldaim (Al-Karamah), Ali Diab (Al-Shorta), Jehad Al Baour (Al-Jaish), Nadim Sabagh (Al-Jaish), Ahmad Al Salih (Al-Jaish), Abdulkader Dakka (Al-Ittihad), Bwrhan Sahiwni (Al-Jaish)
Midfielders: Feras Esmaeel (Al-Jaish), Jehad Al Hussain (Al-Qadsia), Abdelrazaq Al Hussain (Al-Karamah), Taha Dyab (Al-Ittihad), Qusay Habib (Al-Shorta), Adel Abdullah (Al-Karamah), Wael Ayan (Al-Faisaly), Louay Chanko (Aalborg)
Forwards: Firas Al Khatib (Al-Qadsia), Mohamed Al Zeno (Al-Karamah), Abdul Fattah Al Agha (Wadi Degla), Senharib Malki (Lokeren)

Qatar Squad

Not yet announced

United Arab Emirates Squad

Not yet announced

Uzbekistan Squad

Goalkeepers: Ignatiy Nesterov (Bunyodkor), Temur Juraev (FC Pakhtakor Tashkent), Murod Zukhurov (Nasaf Qarshi)
Defenders: Anzur Ismailov (Bunyodkor), Sakhob Juraev (Bunyodkor), Shavkat Mullajanov (Olmaliq), Yaroslav Krushelnitskiy (Shurtan Guzar), Farrukh Nurliboev (Olmaliq FK)
Midfielders: Aziz Ibrohimov (Bohemians 1905), Timur Kapadze (Bunyodkor), Server Djeparov (FC Seoul), Odil Ahmedov (FC Pakhtakor Tashkent), Aziz Haydarov (Bunyodkor), Marat Bikmaev (FC Alania Vladikavkaz), Jasur Hasanov (Lekhwiya), Stanislav Andreev (Pakhtakor Tashkent), Vagiz Galiullin (FC Sibir Novosibirsk), Sanjar Tursunov (FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod)
Forwards: Shavkat Salomov (Nasaf Qarshi), Alexander Geynrikh (Pakhtakor Tashkent), Maksim Shatskikh (FC Arsenal Kyiv), Olim Navkarov (Qizilqum Zarafshon)


Asian Cup Fixtures

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 10:19 AM PST

180px-2011_AFC_Asian_Cup_crestThe Asian Cup begins on January 7th, and the best international sides in Asia are descending on Qatar for the tournament. In store is not only a continental cup, with all the passion that goes along, but also a preview (sans their promised bid technology) of Qatar as a hosting nation. We have some tasty matchups in the group stage, both in terms of the football and cultures. Iraq vs. Iran is guaranteed to be a bitter one in Group D and India vs. Australia in Group C gives a chance for old cricket rivals to meet in football. Here are the fixtures for the 2011 Asian Cup:


Group A
7 Jan 2011: Qatar vs. Uzbekistan
8 Jan 2011: Kuwait vs. China
12 Jan 2011: Uzbekistan vs. Kuwait
12 Jan 2011: China vs. Qatar
16 Jan 2011: Qatar vs. Kuwait
16 Jan 2011: China vs. Uzbekistan

Group B
9 Jan 2011: Japan vs. Jordan
9 Jan 2011: Saudi Arabia vs. Syria
13 Jan 2011: Jordan vs. Saudi Arabia
13 Jan 2011: Syria vs. Japan
17 Jan 2011: Saudi Arabia vs. Japan
17 Jan 2011: Jordan vs. Syria

Group C
10 Jan 2011: India vs. Australia
10 Jan 2011: South Korea vs. Bahrain
14 Jan 2011: Australia vs. South Korea
14 Jan 2011: Bahrain vs. India
18 Jan 2011: South Korea vs. India
18 Jan 2011: Australia vs. Bahrain

Group D
11 Jan 2011: North Korea vs. United Arab Emirates
11 Jan 2011: Iraq vs. Iran
15 Jan 2011: Iran vs. North Korea
15 Jan 2011: United Arab Emirates vs. Iraq
19 Jan 2011: Iraq vs. North Korea
19 Jan 2011: United Arab Emirates vs. Iran

The top two teams from each group move on to the quarterfinal round. From then on, it is a single-elimination tournament.

Knockout Rounds

21 Jan 2011: Quarterfinal 1: A1 vs. B2
21 Jan 2011: Quarterfinal 3: B1 vs. A2
22 Jan 2011: Quarterfinal 2: C1 vs. D2
22 Jan 2011: Quarterfinal 4: D1 vs. C2

25 Jan 2011: Semifinal 1: QF1 vs. QF3
25 Jan 2011: Semifinal 2: QF2 vs. QF4

28 Jan 2011: Third place match
29 Jan 2011: Asian Cup Final Match