This is a list of records and statistics of the AFC Asian Cup .
First four edition of competition only had four or five teams and played in one single group. Since 1972, the final tournament has introduced the knockout stage. Since 2019, no third place play-off has been played; from 2023, losing semi-finalists are ranked by the AFC based on goal difference in the semi-finals. [1]
Bold text denotes team was host country.
Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Semi-finalist | Top 4 total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 4 ( 1992 , 2000, 2004, 2011) | 1 (2019) | — | 1 (2007) | — | 6 |
![]() | 3 (1984, 1988, 1996) | 3 (1992, 2000, 2007) | — | — | — | 6 |
![]() | 3 ( 1968 , 1972, 1976 ) | — | 4 (1980, 1988, 1996, 2004) | 1 (1984) | 2 (2019, 2023) | 10 |
![]() | 2 (1956, 1960 ) | 4 (1972, 1980, 1988, 2015) | 4 (1964, 2000, 2007, 2011) | 1 (2023) | 1 (2023) | 11 |
![]() | 2 (2019, 2023 ) | — | — | — | — | 2 |
![]() | 1 ( 1964 ) | 2 (1956, 1960) | 1 (1968) | — | — | 4 |
![]() | 1 ( 1980 ) | 1 (1976) | 1 (1984) | 1 (1996) | — | 4 |
![]() | 1 ( 2015 ) | 1 (2011) | — | — | — | 2 |
![]() | 1 (2007) | — | — | 2 (1976, 2015) | — | 3 |
![]() | — | 2 (1984, 2004 ) | 2 (1976, 1992) | 2 (1988, 2000) | — | 6 |
![]() | — | 1 ( 1996 ) | 1 (2015) | 1 (1992) | 1 ( 2019 ) | 4 |
![]() | — | 1 (1964) | — | — | — | 1 |
![]() | — | 1 (1968) | — | — | — | 1 |
![]() | — | 1 (2023) | — | — | — | 1 |
![]() | — | — | 1 ( 1956 ) | 1 (1964) | — | 2 |
![]() | — | — | 1 (1960) | 1 (1968) | — | 2 |
![]() | — | — | 1 ( 1972 ) | — | — | 1 |
![]() | — | — | — | 2 (1956, 1960) | — | 2 |
![]() | — | — | — | 1 (1972) | — | 1 |
![]() | — | — | — | 1 (1980) | — | 1 |
![]() | — | — | — | 1 (2004) | — | 1 |
![]() | — | — | — | 1 (2011) | — | 1 |
Year | Debuting teams | Successor teams | ||
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Teams | No. | Cum. | ||
1956 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 4 | 4 | |
1960 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | |
1964 | ![]() | 1 | 6 | |
1968 | ![]() ![]() | 2 | 8 | |
1972 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 4 | 12 | |
1976 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 3 | 15 | |
1980 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 5 | 20 | |
1984 | ![]() ![]() | 2 | 22 | |
1988 | ![]() ![]() | 2 | 24 | |
1992 | None | 0 | 24 | |
1996 | ![]() ![]() | 2 | 26 | |
2000 | ![]() | 1 | 27 | |
2004 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 3 | 30 | |
2007 | ![]() | 1 | 31 | ![]() |
2011 | None | 0 | 31 | |
2015 | ![]() | 1 | 32 | |
2019 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 3 | 35 | |
2023 | ![]() | 1 | 36 |
In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored. [9] [10]
Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 15 | 74 | 45 | 20 | 9 | 143 | 55 | +88 | 155 |
2 | ![]() | 15 | 73 | 38 | 19 | 16 | 117 | 74 | +43 | 133 |
3 | ![]() | 10 | 53 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 104 | 52 | +52 | 111 |
4 | ![]() | 11 | 52 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 74 | 50 | +24 | 84 |
5 | ![]() | 13 | 59 | 23 | 15 | 21 | 88 | 66 | +22 | 84 |
6 | ![]() | 11 | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 69 |
7 | ![]() | 10 | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 61 |
8 | ![]() | 11 | 48 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 61 |
9 | ![]() | 10 | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 55 |
10 | ![]() | 8 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 52 |
11 | ![]() | 5 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 17 | +32 | 50 |
12 | ![]() | 5 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 37 |
13 | ![]() | 7 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 30 | −11 | 29 |
14 | ![]() | 4 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 27 |
15 | ![]() | 7 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 27 |
16 | ![]() | 8 | 28 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 54 | −32 | 20 |
17 | ![]() | 5 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 14 |
18 | ![]() | 5 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 40 | −25 | 11 |
19 | ![]() | 5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 38 | −25 | 11 |
20 | ![]() | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 33 | −21 | 10 |
21 | ![]() | 5 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 43 | −22 | 9 |
22 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 |
23 | ![]() | 4 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 28 | −18 | 7 |
24 | ![]() | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | −9 | 6 |
25 | ![]() | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 6 |
26 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 |
27 | ![]() | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 |
28 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
29 | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 4 |
30 | ![]() | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 |
31 | ![]() | 4 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 30 | −20 | 3 |
32 | ![]() | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 1 |
33 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |
34 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
35 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
36 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 0 |
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For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).
Team | ![]() 1956 (4) | ![]() 1960 (4) | ![]() 1964 (4) | ![]() 1968 (5) | ![]() 1972 (6) | ![]() 1976 (6) | ![]() 1980 (10) | ![]() 1984 (10) | ![]() 1988 (10) | ![]() 1992 (8) | ![]() 1996 (12) | ![]() 2000 (12) | ![]() 2004 (16) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2007 (16) | ![]() 2011 (16) | ![]() 2015 (16) | ![]() 2019 (24) | ![]() 2023 (24) | ![]() 2027 (24) | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
West Asian members | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | Part of ![]() | × | • | × | •• | × | GS | • | × | • | 4th | GS | GS | GS | R16 | R16 | Q | 8 | ||
![]() | Not an AFC member | GS | 4th | × | × | × | × | QF | QF | QF | 1st | QF | 4th | R16 | R16 | Q | 11 | |||
![]() | Not an AFC member | • | × | × | • | • | × | • | • | QF | • | QF | GS | R16 | 2nd | Q | 6 | |||
![]() | Not an AFC member | × | GS | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | GS | • | 4th | QF | GS | • | GS | GS | × | • | Q | 11 | ||
![]() | Not an AFC member | × | • | × | • | × | × | × | • | GS | • | × | • | • | GS | GS | 3 | |||
![]() | Not an AFC member | • | × | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | GS | R16 | GS | Q | 6 | ||||||
![]() | Not an AFC member | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | R16 | Q | 4 | ||||||||||
![]() | Part of ![]() | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | QF | GS | GS | QF | GS | 1st | 1st | Q | 12 | ||||
![]() | Not an AFC member | •• | × | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | GS | 2nd | GS | GS | R16 | R16 | Q | 12 | ||||
![]() | Not an AFC member | • | × | GS | GS | GS | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | R16 | 7 | ||||
![]() | Part of ![]() | × | GS | GS | GS | 4th | 2nd | • | GS | GS | GS | 3rd | SF | R16 | Q | 12 | ||||
![]() | Not an AFC member | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 1 | |||||||
Central Asian Members | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | × | • | × | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | GS | 3rd | QF | 3rd | QF | QF | QF | SF | 3rd | Q | 16 |
![]() | Part of ![]() | • | • | • | × | • | • | R16 | GS | Q | 3 | |||||||||
![]() | Part of ![]() | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | QF | 1 | ||||||||||
![]() | Part of ![]() | • | • | GS | × | • | • | GS | • | 2 | ||||||||||
![]() | Part of ![]() | GS | GS | QF | QF | 4th | QF | R16 | QF | Q | 9 | |||||||||
South Asian Members | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | Part of ![]() | × | GS | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |||||
![]() | × | • | 2nd | • | × | × | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | GS | 5 | |
East Asian Members | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | Not an AFC member | 3rd | GS | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | QF | 4th | 2nd | GS | GS | QF | QF | GS | Q | 14 | ||||
![]() | • | 3rd | × | 4th | × | × | OFC member | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |||
![]() | 3rd | • | 4th | 5th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 4 | |
![]() | × | × | × | • | × | • | × | × | GS | 1st | QF | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | QF | 2nd | QF | Q | 11 |
![]() | Not an AFC member | •• | 4th | × | • | GS | × | • | • | × | GS | GS | GS | × | Q | 6 | ||||
![]() | 1st | 1st | 3rd | • | 2nd | • | 2nd | GS | 2nd | • | QF | 3rd | QF | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | QF | 4th | Q | 16 |
Southeast Asian Members | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | OFC member | QF | 2nd | 1st | QF | QF | Q | 6 | ||||||||||||
![]() | • | × | × | • | 4th | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
![]() | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | • | × | R16 | Q | 6 |
![]() | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | 4 | |
![]() | × | × | × | 2nd | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
![]() | • | • | × | • | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | GS | • | 1 | |
![]() | × | • | × | • | × | • | • | GS | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
![]() | × | × | • | • | 3rd | •• | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | • | R16 | R16 | 8 | |
![]() | 4th | 4th | • | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | QF | • | • | QF | GS | 5 | |
Former AFC Members | ||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | •• | Expelled from AFC | UEFA member | 4 | ||||||||||||
![]() | GS | × | × | • | Part of ![]() | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Team | ![]() 1956 (4) | ![]() 1960 (4) | ![]() 1964 (4) | ![]() 1968 (5) | ![]() 1972 (6) | ![]() 1976 (6) | ![]() 1980 (10) | ![]() 1984 (10) | ![]() 1988 (10) | ![]() 1992 (8) | ![]() 1996 (12) | ![]() 2000 (12) | ![]() 2004 (16) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2007 (16) | ![]() 2011 (16) | ![]() 2015 (16) | ![]() 2019 (24) | ![]() 2023 (24) | ![]() 2027 (24) | Total |
Year | Host nation | Finish |
---|---|---|
1956 | ![]() | Third place |
1960 | ![]() | Champions |
1964 | ![]() | Champions |
1968 | ![]() | Champions |
1972 | ![]() | Third place |
1976 | ![]() | Champions |
1980 | ![]() | Champions |
1984 | ![]() | Group stage |
1988 | ![]() | Group stage |
1992 | ![]() | Champions |
1996 | ![]() | Runners-up |
2000 | ![]() | Group stage |
2004 | ![]() | Runners-up |
2007 | ![]() | Group stage |
![]() | Group stage | |
![]() | Group stage | |
![]() | Quarter-finals | |
2011 | ![]() | Quarter-finals |
2015 | ![]() | Champions |
2019 | ![]() | Semi-finals |
2023 | ![]() | Champions |
2027 | ![]() | TBD |
Year | Defending champions | Finish | Defending runners-up | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | ![]() | Champions | ![]() | Runners-up |
1964 | ![]() | Third place | ![]() | Champions |
1968 | ![]() | Third place | ![]() | did not qualify |
1972 | ![]() | Champions | ![]() | Withdrew |
1976 | ![]() | Champions | ![]() | did not qualify |
1980 | ![]() | Third place | ![]() | Champions |
1984 | ![]() | Third place | ![]() | Group Stage |
1988 | ![]() | Champions | ![]() | Fourth Place |
1992 | ![]() | Runners-up | ![]() | did not qualify |
1996 | ![]() | Quarter-finals | ![]() | Champions |
2000 | ![]() | Runners-up | ![]() | did not qualify |
2004 | ![]() | Champions | ![]() | Group stage |
2007 | ![]() | Fourth place | ![]() | Group stage |
2011 | ![]() | Quarter-finals | ![]() | Group stage |
2015 | ![]() | Quarter-finals | ![]() | Champions |
2019 | ![]() | Quarter-finals | ![]() | Quarter-finals |
2023 | ![]() | Champions | ![]() | Quarter-finals |
2027 | ![]() | TBD | ![]() | TBD |
Legend
For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament are shown (in parentheses).
Team (14) | 1956 (4) | 1960 (4) | 1964 (4) | 1968 (5) | 1972 (6) | 1976 (6) | 1980 (8) | 1984 (8) | 1988 (8) | 1992 (8) | 1996 (12) | 2000 (12) | 2004 (16) | 2007 (16) | 2011 (16) | 2015 (16) | 2019 (24) | 2023 (24) | 2027 (24) | Attempts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | • | 8 | |
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | 6 | |
![]() | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | × | • | • | 7 | |
![]() | Part of ![]() | Part of ![]() | × | • | × | × | × | • | × [lower-alpha 5] | 2 | ||||||||||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | × | • | × | 6 |
![]() | Part of ![]() | • | • | UEFA member | 2 | |||||||||||||||
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | 5 | |
![]() | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | 9 | |
![]() | Part of ![]() | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | 7 | |||
![]() | Not AFC member | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | 6 | |||||||||||
![]() | Not AFC member | × | × | × | • | • | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | 9 | ||||
![]() | Not AFC member | × | • | × | × | × | 1 | |||||||||||||
![]() | × | • | × | • | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 13 | |
![]() | × | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | 10 | |
Source: [14]
Players in bold are still active at international level.
Players in bold are still active at international level.
Goals | Player | Representing | Year | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
9 | Almoez Ali | ![]() | 2019 | [15] |
8 | Ali Daei | ![]() | 1996 | [16] |
Akram Afif | ![]() | 2023 | [17] | |
7 | Behtash Fariba | ![]() | 1980 | [18] |
Choi Soon-ho | ![]() | [18] | ||
6 | Lee Dong-gook | ![]() | 2000 | [19] |
Aymen Hussein | ![]() | 2023 | ||
5 | Hossein Kalani | ![]() | 1972 | [20] |
Ali Karimi | ![]() | 2004 | [21] | |
A'ala Hubail | ![]() | [21] | ||
Koo Ja-cheol | ![]() | 2011 | [22] | |
Ali Mabkhout | ![]() | 2015 | [23] |
Times | Player | Representing | Years |
---|---|---|---|
3 | Parviz Ghelichkhani | ![]() | 1968, 1972, 1976 |
The table lists the players who have appeared in four or more different tournaments.
Tournaments | Player | Years |
---|---|---|
5 | ![]() | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 |
4 | ![]() | 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 |
![]() | 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 | |
![]() | 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007 | |
![]() | 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011 | |
![]() | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
![]() | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
![]() | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
![]() | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
![]() | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
![]() | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
![]() | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015 | |
![]() | 2004, 2007, 2015, 2019 | |
![]() | 2004, 2007, 2015, 2019 | |
![]() | 2004, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
![]() | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2019 | |
![]() | 2004, 2007, 2011, 2019 | |
![]() | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
![]() | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
![]() | 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019 | |
![]() | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 | |
![]() | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 | |
![]() | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 | |
![]() | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 | |
![]() | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 | |
![]() | 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 |
Younis Mahmoud is the only player in the history of the tournament to score a goal in four separate tournaments.
Source: [24]
Only three goals in the history of the tournament have been scored in the first minute of their respective games.
Source: [25]
Year | Matches | Attendance | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Average | Highest | ||||
1992 | 16 | 316,496 | 19,781 | ![]() ![]() | Final | 60,000 |
1996 | 26 | 448,000 | 17,231 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 3rd place match Final | 60,000 |
2000 | 26 | 276,488 | 10,634 | ![]() ![]() | Group stage | 52,418 |
2004 | 32 | 937,650 | 29,302 | ![]() ![]() | Final | 62,000 |
2007 | 32 | 724,222 | 22,632 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Group stage | 88,000 |
2011 | 32 | 405,361 | 12,668 | ![]() ![]() | Group stage | 47,413 |
2015 | 32 | 705,705 | 22,053 | ![]() ![]() | Final | 76,385 |
2019 | 51 | 644,307 | 12,633 | ![]() ![]() | Group stage | 43,206 |
2023 | 51 | 1,507,790 | 29,565 | ![]() ![]() | Final | 86,492 |
Year | Winner |
---|---|
1984 | ![]() |
1988 | Not awarded |
1992 | |
1996 | ![]() |
2000 | ![]() |
2004 | ![]() |
2007 | ![]() |
2011 | ![]() |
2015 | ![]() |
2019 | ![]() |
2023 | ![]() |
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(i) superior goal difference in the semi-finals;
(ii) higher number of goals scored in the semi-finals;
(iii) superior goal difference in the quarter-finals (if applicable);
(iv) higher number of goals scored in the quarter-finals (if applicable)...