1998 AFF Championship squads

Last updated September 24, 2024

Below are the squads for the 1998 AFF Championship, hosted by Vietnam, which took place between 26 August and 5 September 1998. The players' listed age is their age on the tournament's opening day (26 August 1998).

Group A

Thailand

Coach: Withaya Laohakul

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Kittisak Rawangpa	(1975-01-03)3 January 1975 (aged 23)	Sinthana
2	2 DF	Kritsada Piandit	(1971-12-02)2 December 1971 (aged 26)	TOT
3	2 DF	Niweat Siriwong	(1977-07-18)18 July 1977 (aged 21)	Sinthana
4	2 DF	Kiarung Threjagsang		Bangkok Bank FC
5	2 DF	Choketawee Promrut	(1975-03-16)16 March 1975 (aged 23)	Thai Farmers Bank
6	3 MF	Sanor Longsawang	(1971-12-02)2 December 1971 (aged 26)	Thai Farmers Bank
7	2 DF	Natee Thongsookkaew	(1966-12-09)9 December 1966 (aged 31)	Royal Thai Police
8	3 MF	Therdsak Chaiman	(1973-09-29)29 September 1973 (aged 24)	Rajnavy
12	3 MF	Surachai Jaturapattarapong	(1969-11-20)20 November 1969 (aged 28)	Stock Exchange of Thailand
14	3 MF	Anan Punsanai		Sinthana
15	4 FW	Chaichan Kiewsen		Rajnavy
16	2 DF	Surachai Jirasirichote	(1970-10-13)13 October 1970 (aged 27)	Sinthana
19	4 FW	Worrawoot Srimaka	(1971-12-08)8 December 1971 (aged 26)	BEC Tero Sasana
21	3 MF	Kovid Foythong	(1974-04-20)20 April 1974 (aged 24)	SV Lohhof
22	1 GK	Sarawut Kambua	(1972-07-21)21 July 1972 (aged 26)	Krung Thai Bank
25	3 MF	Songserm Maperm	(1966-03-12)12 March 1966 (aged 32)	Royal Thai Airforce
26	4 FW	Ronnachai Sayomchai	(1966-09-14)14 September 1966 (aged 31)	Thai port
28	3 MF	Sunai Jaidee	(1976-05-22)22 May 1976 (aged 22)	Royal Thai Airforce

Indonesia

Coach: Rusdy Bahalwan

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Kurnia Sandy	(1975-08-24)24 August 1975 (aged 23)	Pelita Bakrie
2	2 DF	Anang Ma'ruf	(1976-05-18)18 May 1976 (aged 22)	Persebaya Surabaya
3	2 DF	Aji Santoso	(1970-04-06)6 April 1970 (aged 28)	Persebaya Surabaya
4	2 DF	Mursyid Effendi	(1972-04-23)23 April 1972 (aged 26)	Persebaya Surabaya
5	2 DF	Bejo Sugiantoro	(1977-04-02)2 April 1977 (aged 21)	Persebaya Surabaya
6	2 DF	Hartono	(1970-03-18)18 March 1970 (aged 28)	Persebaya Surabaya
7	4 FW	Widodo Putro	(1970-11-08)8 November 1970 (aged 27)	Persija Jakarta
8	3 MF	Imam Riyadi	(1974-12-07)7 December 1974 (aged 23)	Persib Bandung
9	4 FW	Miro Baldo Bento	(1975-06-04)4 June 1975 (aged 23)	Persija Jakarta
10	4 FW	Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto	(1976-07-13)13 July 1976 (aged 22)	Pelita Bakrie
11	3 MF	Bima Sakti	(1976-01-23)23 January 1976 (aged 22)	Pelita Bakrie
12	2 DF	Alexander Pulalo	(1973-05-08)8 May 1973 (aged 25)	Pelita Bakrie
13	3 MF	Kuncoro	(1973-03-07)7 March 1973 (aged 25)	Mitra Surabaya
14	3 MF	Eri Irianto	(1974-01-12)12 January 1974 (aged 24)	Persebaya Surabaya
15	3 MF	Uston Nawawi	(1977-09-06)6 September 1977 (aged 20)	Persebaya Surabaya
16	4 FW	Yusuf Ekodono	(1967-04-16)16 April 1967 (aged 31)	Persebaya Surabaya
17	2 DF	Khairil Anwar Ohorella	(1974-10-28)28 October 1974 (aged 23)	Persebaya Surabaya
18	3 MF	Jatmiko	(1975-02-28)28 February 1975 (aged 23)	Persebaya Surabaya
19	2 DF	Nur'alim	(1973-12-27)27 December 1973 (aged 24)	Persija Jakarta
20	1 GK	Hendro Kartiko	(1973-04-24)24 April 1973 (aged 25)	Persebaya Surabaya
21	4 FW	Rochy Putiray	(1970-06-26)26 June 1970 (aged 28)	Persija Jakarta
22	1 GK	Muhammad Halim		PSMS Medan

Myanmar

Coach Aye Maung

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	San Htwe	(1969-09-27)27 September 1969 (aged 28)
2	2 DF	Min Thu	(1979-06-02)2 June 1979 (aged 19)
3	2 DF	Min Aung	(1977-01-08)8 January 1977 (aged 21)
4	2 DF	San Lwin	(1973-01-24)24 January 1973 (aged 25)
5	2 DF	Thet Khine	1971
6	3 MF	Maung Gyi	(1971-08-01)1 August 1971 (aged 27)
7	2 DF	Tun Soe	1967
8	3 MF	Maung Htay	(1976-03-04)4 March 1976 (aged 22)
9	4 FW	Myo Hlaing Win	(1973-07-26)26 July 1973 (aged 25)	Finance and Revenue
10	4 FW	Aung Khine	(1973-08-29)29 August 1973 (aged 24)
11	3 MF	Myint Htwe
12	3 MF	Maung Than	(1973-04-06)6 April 1973 (aged 25)
13	3 MF	Zaw Bar	1970
14	4 FW	Soe Myat Min	(1982-07-19)19 July 1982 (aged 16)	Finance and Revenue
15	2 DF	Moe Kyaw Thu	(1979-07-27)27 July 1979 (aged 19)
16	4 FW	Win Htike	(1982-05-24)24 May 1982 (aged 16)
17	2 DF	Myat Min Oo	(1979-01-03)3 January 1979 (aged 19)
18	1 GK	Zaw Myo Latt	(1979-07-03)3 July 1979 (aged 19)
19		Tun Nadar Oo	1983
20	2 DF	Zaw Lin Tun	(1982-10-20)20 October 1982 (aged 15)
21	3 MF	Tint Naing Tun Thein	(1983-05-22)22 May 1983 (aged 15)
22	1 GK	Myat Than Oo	1975

Philippines

Coach: Juan Cutillas

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1 GK	Melo Šabacan	(1969-05-10)10 May 1969 (aged 29)
1 GK	Edmundo Mercado	(1974-06-07)7 June 1974 (aged 24)
2 DF	Raymund Tonog	(1971-05-09)9 May 1971 (aged 27)
2 DF	Ziggy Tonog	(1976-07-16)16 July 1976 (aged 22)
2 DF	Gil Talavera	(1972-12-07)7 December 1972 (aged 25)
2 DF	Loreto Kalalang	(1974-08-24)24 August 1974 (aged 24)	Philippine Navy
2 DF	Judy Suluria	(1970-12-11)11 December 1970 (aged 27)
3 MF	Troy Fegidero	(1975-10-27)27 October 1975 (aged 22)
3 MF	Norman Fegidero	(1970-01-28)28 January 1970 (aged 28)
3 MF	Marlon Pinero	(1972-01-10)10 January 1972 (aged 26)
4 FW	Alfredo Razon Gonzalez	(1978-10-01)1 October 1978 (aged 19)	Colegio de San Agustin
4 FW	Yanti Barsales	(1973-02-06)6 February 1973 (aged 25)	Philippine Air Force
	Florante Altivo	(1971-07-11)11 July 1971 (aged 27)
	Jeofrey Lobaton	(1975-09-10)10 September 1975 (aged 22)
	Vicente Rosell	(1967-07-04)4 July 1967 (aged 31)
	Randy Valbuena
	Lyndon Zamora

Group B

Singapore

Coach: Barry Whitbread

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)
1	1 GK	Rezal Hassan	(1975 -02-14)14 February 1975 (aged 23)
2	2 DF	Dzulkifli Jumadi	(1975-11-15)15 November 1975 (aged 22)
3	3 MF	Rafi Ali	(1972-12-11)11 December 1972 (aged 25)
4	2 DF	Aide Iskandar	(1975-05-28)28 May 1975 (aged 23)
5	2 DF	S. Subramani	(1972-08-05)5 August 1972 (aged 26)
7	3 MF	Samawira Basri	(1972-09-02)2 September 1972 (aged 25)
9	4 FW	Ahmad Latiff	(1979-05-29)29 May 1979 (aged 19)
10	3 MF	Basri Halis
11	3 MF	Hafizat Jauharmi
12	3 MF	Zulkarnaen Zainal	(1973-10-01)1 October 1973 (aged 24)
13	3 MF	R. Sasikumar	(1975-03-15)15 March 1975 (aged 23)
14	2 DF	Lim Soon Seng	(1976-12-02)2 December 1976 (aged 21)
15	3 MF	Nazri Nasir	(1971-01-17)17 January 1971 (aged 27)
16	2 DF	Kadir Yahaya	(1968-02-15)15 February 1968 (aged 30)
17	2 DF	Mohd Noor Ali	(1975-05-16)16 May 1975 (aged 23)
18	4 FW	Nahar Daud
19	3 MF	Gusta Guzarishah	(1976-04-29)29 April 1976 (aged 22)
22	1 GK	Bashir Khan
23	4 FW	Joseph Pragasam
28	3 MF	Rudy Khairon Daiman

Vietnam

Coach: Alfred Riedl

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Trần Tiến Anh	(1972-08-12)12 August 1972 (aged 26)	Thể Công
3	2 DF	Nguyễn Thiện Quang	(1970-03-13)13 March 1970 (aged 28)	Hồ Chí Minh City Police
4	2 DF	Nguyễn Hữu Thắng	(1972-12-02)2 December 1972 (aged 25)	Sông Lam Nghệ An
5	2 DF	Đỗ Mạnh Dũng	(1970-01-06)6 January 1970 (aged 28)	Thể Công
6	2 DF	Nguyễn Đức Thắng	(1976-05-28)28 May 1976 (aged 22)	Thể Công
7	2 DF	Đỗ Văn Khải	(1974-04-01)1 April 1974 (aged 24)	Hải Quan
8	3 MF	Nguyễn Hồng Sơn	(1970-10-09)9 October 1970 (aged 27)	Thể Công
9	4 FW	Văn Sỹ Hùng	(1970-09-01)1 September 1970 (aged 27)	Sông Lam Nghệ An
10	4 FW	Lê Huỳnh Đức	(1972-04-20)20 April 1972 (aged 26)	Hồ Chí Minh City Police
11	3 MF	Nguyễn Văn Sỹ	(1971-11-21)21 November 1971 (aged 26)	Nam Định
12	1 GK	Nguyễn Văn Phụng	(1968-02-12)12 February 1968 (aged 30)	Hà Nội
14	4 FW	Nguyễn Văn Dũng	(1963-11-23)23 November 1963 (aged 34)	Nam Định
15	3 MF	Phùng Thanh Phương	(1978-03-30)30 March 1978 (aged 20)	Hồ Chí Minh City Police
17	3 MF	Triệu Quang Hà	(1975-09-03)3 September 1975 (aged 22)	Thể Công
18	3 MF	Vũ Minh Hiếu	(1972-06-11)11 June 1972 (aged 26)	Hà Nội
19	3 MF	Trương Việt Hoàng	(1975-12-09)9 December 1975 (aged 22)	Thể Công
20	2 DF	Trần Công Minh (c)	(1970-09-01)1 September 1970 (aged 27)	Đồng Tháp
24	4 FW	Nguyễn Tuấn Thành	(1976-07-26)26 July 1976 (aged 22)	Hà Nội

Malaysia

Coach: Hatem Souisi

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1 GK	Azmin Azram Abdul Aziz	(1976-04-01)1 April 1976 (aged 22)		Kuala Lumpur FA
1 GK	Jamsari Sabian	(1978-09-08)8 September 1978 (aged 19)
1 GK	Kamarulzaman Hassan	(1979-01-17)17 January 1979 (aged 19)
1 GK	Mohd Sany Muhammad Fahmi	(1978-08-13)13 August 1978 (aged 20)		Johor FA
2 DF	Yuzaiman Zahari	(1978-10-19)19 October 1978 (aged 19)
2 DF	Chow Chee Weng	(1977-05-21)21 May 1977 (aged 21)		Olympic 2000
2 DF	Jalaluddin Jaafar	(1975-01-01)1 January 1975 (aged 23)		Pahang FA
2 DF	Abdul Ghani Malik	(1972-05-25)25 May 1972 (aged 26)		Kuala Lumpur FA
2 DF	V. Thinagaran			Perlis FA
3 MF	Dass Gregory Kolopis	(1977-02-01)1 February 1977 (aged 21)
3 MF	Tengku Hazman Raja Hassan	(1977-03-06)6 March 1977 (aged 21)
3 MF	K. Sanbagamaran			Selangor FA
2 DF	Mohd Khairun Haled Masrom	(1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 21)
3 MF	M. Gopalan
3 MF	Roslee Md Derus
3 MF	Nik Ahmad Fadly Nik Leh	(1977-05-28)28 May 1977 (aged 21)
3 MF	Moey Kok Hong			Penang FA
4 FW	Muhamad Khalid Jamlus	(1977-02-23)23 February 1977 (aged 21)
4 FW	Mior Norshamsul Kamal Mior Azizi			Kuala Lumpur FA
4 FW	Azmi Mohamad			Johor FA
2 DF	S. Jayaprakash	(1979-02-24)24 February 1979 (aged 19)
4 FW	Mohd Rafdi Abdul Rashid	(1977-01-21)21 January 1977 (aged 21)	0	Kedah FA
2 DF	Johnny Joseph

Laos

Head coach: Songphu Phongsa

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)
1	1 GK	Soulivanh Xenvilay	(1963-03-14)14 March 1963 (aged 35)
2	2 DF	Khamsay Chantavong	(1972-03-28)28 March 1972 (aged 26)
3	2 DF	Phonepadith Xayavong	(1972-03-01)1 March 1972 (aged 26)
4	2 DF	Vilayphone Xayavong	(1973-09-04)4 September 1973 (aged 24)
5	3 MF	Chalana Luang-Amath	(1972-05-10)10 May 1972 (aged 26)
6	3 MF	Kholadeth Phonephachan	(1980-10-20)20 October 1980 (aged 17)
7		Khanthilath Phalangthong
8		Bounmy Thamavongsa	(1971-12-22)22 December 1971 (aged 26)
9	4 FW	Bounlap Khenkitisack	(1966-06-19)19 June 1966 (aged 32)
10		Bousokvanh Bounlanh
11	3 MF	Sonesavanh Insisengway	(1969-06-28)28 June 1969 (aged 29)
12		Keodala Somsack
13	4 FW	Keolakhone Channiphone	(1970-01-10)10 January 1970 (aged 28)
14		Lovankham Maykhen
15	3 MF	Khonesavanh Homsombath	(1972-10-23)23 October 1972 (aged 25)
16	4 FW	Soubinh Keophet	(1981-01-20)20 January 1981 (aged 17)
17	1 GK	Douangdala Somsack	(1980-04-24)24 April 1980 (aged 18)
18	2 DF	Ananh Thepsouvanh	(1981-10-21)21 October 1981 (aged 16)

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Qualification	1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
Finals	1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
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