Football at the 1954 Asian Games – Men's team squads

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Squads for the Football at the 1954 Asian Games played in Manila, Philippines.

Group A

Republic of China

No.	Pos.	Player
1	1 GK	Pau King-yin
2	2 DF	Lau Yee
3	2 DF	Hau Yung-sang
5	2 DF	Ng Kee-cheung
7	3 MF	Chan Fai-hung
11	3 MF	King Loh-sung
12	4 FW	Chu Wing-keung
15	4 FW	Ho Ying-fan
16	4 FW	Lee Tae-fai
20	4 FW	Chu Chin-ching
22	4 FW	Hsu Wei-po
		Chou Wen-chi
		Hau Ching-to
		Li Chun-fat
		Lo Ching-hsiang
	4 FW	Mok Chun-wah
		Szeto Man
		Tang Sum
		Teng Sheung
		Tse Tsu-kuo
		Yen Shih-hsin
	4 FW	Yiu Cheuk-yin

South Vietnam

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player
1	1 GK	Chau Ram Hon
2	2 DF	Gon Rai Van
3	2 DF	Hun Vo Fa
4	3 MF	Nguyen Thai Hun
5	2 DF	Nguyen Van Chu
6	3 MF	Nguyen Van Mong
7	4 FW	Ram Van Fan
8	4 FW	Tah Do Toy
9	4 FW	Vin Do Toy
10	4 FW
11	4 FW
12	1 GK	Chau Lam Hong
13	3 MF	Ram Van Hum Tan
14	1 GK	Pham Van Rang
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Philippines

Head coach: Dionisio Calvo ^[1]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)
1 GK	Eddie Llamas
1 GK	Freddie Campos
1 GK	Victor Sison
2 DF	Rene Nieto
2 DF	Carlos Rebullida
2 DF	Carlos Calero
2 DF	Benjamin Benito
3 MF	Julio Garcia
3 MF	Fernando Álvarez
3 MF	Ramon Gonzales
3 MF	Jose Esteva
3 MF	Manuel Daude
3 MF	Emmanuel Bravo
4 FW	Eduardo Pacheco	(1936-01-04)4 January 1936 (aged 18)
4 FW	Benito Razon
4 FW	Alberto Villareal
4 FW	Ramon Petierra
4 FW	Jose Estella
4 FW	Alfredo de Jesus
4 FW	Pocholo Manzano
4 FW	Rafael Ortigas Jr.
4 FW	Angel Heredia

Group B

Singapore

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1 GK	Wilfred Skinner	31 May 1934 (aged 19)
2	2 DF	Lee Kok Seng
3	2 DF	Soh Teow Keng
4	3 MF	Ho Hing Weng
5	2 DF
	3 MF	Chia Boon Leong
	4 FW	Rahim Omar	1934 (aged 20)	Star Soccerites
	4 FW	Awang Bakar	1930 (aged 24)	Singapore FA
9	4 FW
10	4 FW
11	4 FW
12	3 MF	Aw Boon Seong
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Pakistan

Manager: Khawaja Riaz Ahmed ^[2]^[3]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1 GK	Shamoo (Abdul Ghani)		Karachi
1 GK	Lt. Mazhar Siddique		Pakistan Army
2 DF	Sheikh Shaheb Ali	(1915-07-01)1 July 1915 (aged 38)	Fire Service SC
2 DF	Nabi Chowdhury	1934 (aged 20)	Dhaka Wanderers
2 DF	Riasat Ali		Punjab
2 DF	Abdul Haq		Punjab
2 DF	Mohammad Abdul Malik		Punjab
3 MF	Sumbal Khan	1926 (aged 28)	NWFP
3 MF	Niaz Ali		Punjab
3 MF	Taj Mohammad Jr.		Balochistan
3 MF	Ahmed Ali (Vice-captain)		Balochistan
4 FW	Masood Fakhri	(1932-09-16)16 September 1932 (aged 21)	East Bengal Club
4 FW	Mohammad Amin	1931 (aged 23)	Pakistan Air Force
4 FW	Moideen Kutty (Captain)	(1926-01-02)2 January 1926 (aged 28)	Pakistan Air Force
4 FW	Jamil Akhtar	1930 (aged 24)	Pakistan Railways
4 FW	Muhammad Sharif		Punjab
4 FW	Ibrahim		Karachi
4 FW	Rashid Chunna		Dacca
	Afzal Khan		Karachi

Burma

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1 GK	Seaton Aukim
	1 GK	Hla Maung
	2 DF	Tun Aung
	2 DF	Sein Myint
	3 MF	Perry Dwe
	3 MF	Ba Kyu
	3 MF	Ronny D' Mello
	3 MF	Tin Kyi
	3 MF	Robert Yin Gyaw
	4 FW	Kyaw Zaw
	4 FW	Douglas Steward
	4 FW	Samuel Gordon
	4 FW	Htoowa Dwe
	4 FW	Suk Bahadur
	4 FW	Sein Pe
	4 FW	Pe Khin
		Maung Aung
		Thein Aung
		Pe Myint

Group C

Japan

Head coach: Shigemaru Takenokoshi

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1 GK	Hiroto Muraoka	19 September 1931 (aged 22)	Kyodai Club
1 GK	Hidemaro Watanabe	24 September 1924 (aged 29)	Chugoku Electric Power
2 DF	Ryuzo Hiraki	7 October 1931 (aged 22)	Kwansei Gakuin University
2 DF	Yoshio Okada	11 August 1926 (aged 27)	Rokko Club
2 DF	Nobuo Matsunaga	06 December 1921 (aged 32)	Nippon Light Metal
2 DF	Hiroyuki Doida
3 MF	Takashi Takabayashi	02 August 1931 (aged 22)	Tanabe Pharmaceutical
3 MF	Arawa Kimura	08 July 1931 (aged 22)	Kwangaku Club
3 MF	Shigeo Sugimoto	04 December 1926 (aged 27)	Hankyu Railways SC
3 MF	Masao Ono	02 March 1923 (aged 31)	Nissan Chemical SC
4 FW	Masanori Tokita	24 June 1925 (aged 28)	Tanabe Pharmaceutical
4 FW	Taro Kagawa	09 August 1922 (aged 31)	Osaka SC
4 FW	Taizo Kawamoto	17 January 1914 (aged 40)	Osaka SC
4 FW	Toshio Iwatani	24 October 1925 (aged 28)	Osaka SC
4 FW	Takashi Kano	31 October 1920 (aged 32)	Waseda WMW
4 FW	Hirokazu Ninomiya	22 November 1917 (aged 36)	Keio BRB
4 FW	Ken Naganuma	05 September 1930 (aged 23)	Furukawa Electric
4 FW	Takashi Tokuhiro	28 April 1931 (aged 23)	Yuasa Batteries

Indonesia

Head coach: Antun Pogačnik

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1 GK	Parengkuan		Persija Jakarta
1 GK	Mursanjoto		Persema Malang
2 DF	Chaeruddin Siregar	7 August 1929 (aged 24)	Persija Jakarta
2 DF	Anas Wiradikarta		Persib Bandung
2 DF	Kwee Kiat Sek	11 January 1934 (aged 20)	Persib Bandung
2 DF	Ong Liong Tik		Persija Jakarta
3 MF	Tan Liong Houw	26 July 1930 (aged 23)	Persija Jakarta
3 MF	Ramlan Yatim	10 September 1922 (aged 32)	PSMS Medan
3 MF	Mohammad Sidhi		Persebaya Surabaya
4 FW	Phwa Sian Liong	26 January 1931 (aged 23)	Persebaya Surabaya
4 FW	Jusuf Siregar	28 August 1928 (aged 25)	PSMS Medan
4 FW	Djamiat Dhalhar	25 November 1927 (aged 26)	Persija Jakarta
4 FW	Ramang	24 April 1928 (aged 26)	PSM Makassar
4 FW	Tee San Liong	3 January 1922 (aged 32)	Persebaya Surabaya
4 FW	Aang Witarsa	3 December 1930 (aged 23)	Persib Bandung
4 FW	Soegiono	1922	PSIS Semarang

India

Head coach: Balaidas Chatterjee ^[4]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1 GK	Sanjeeva Uchil		Bombay
1 GK	Sanat Sett		Bengal
2 DF	Sailen Manna (c)	(1924-09-01)1 September 1924 (aged 29)	Mohun Bagan
2 DF	Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din	(1930-07-12)12 July 1930 (aged 23)	Hyderabad City Police
2 DF	Thenmadom Varghese		Bombay
2 DF	Anthony Patrick		Hyderabad City Police
3 MF	Noor Muhammad		Hyderabad City Police
3 MF	Chandan Singh Rawat	(1928-07-26)26 July 1928 (aged 25)	Bengal
3 MF	Amal Dutta	(1928-07-26)26 July 1928 (aged 25)	Bengal
3 MF	G.R. Gokul		Bengal
4 FW	Sayed Moinuddin		Hyderabad City Police
4 FW	Ahmed Khan	(1926-12-24)24 December 1926 (aged 27)	Hyderabad
4 FW	Joe D'Sa	(1932-08-03)3 August 1932 (aged 21)	Bombay
4 FW	Krishna Kittu		Bengal
4 FW	Anthony Braganza		Bombay
4 FW	M. Jayaram		Services
4 FW	Thangarajan		Madras

Group D

South Korea

Head coach: Lee Yoo-hyung

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK	Hong Deok-young	(1926-05-05)5 May 1926 (aged 27)	Chosun Textile Company FC
2	1 GK	Ham Heung-chul	(1930-11-17)17 November 1930 (aged 23)	ROK Army Military Police Command FC
3	2 DF	Park Kyu-chung	(1924-06-11)11 June 1924 (aged 29)	ROK Army Quartermaster Corps FC
4	2 DF	Li Jong-kap	(1920-03-18)18 March 1920 (aged 33)	ROK Army CIC FC
5	3 MF	Lee Sang-yi	(1920-03-18)18 March 1920 (aged 33)	Chosun Textile Company FC
6	3 MF	Kim Ji-sung	(1924-11-07)7 November 1924 (aged 29)	ROK Army CIC FC
7	3 MF	Kang Chang-gi	(1927-08-28)28 August 1927 (aged 26)	Chosun Textile Company FC
8	3 MF	Han Chang-wha	(1922-01-03)3 January 1922 (aged 32)	ROK Army CIC FC
9	4 FW	Chu Yung-kwang	(1920-01-12)12 January 1920 (aged 33)	ROK Navy FC
10	4 FW	Choi Chung-min	(1927-07-27)27 July 1927 (aged 26)	ROK Army CIC FC
11	4 FW	Sung Nak-woon	(1926-02-02)2 February 1926 (aged 27)	ROK Army Quartermaster Corps FC
12	4 FW	Choi Kwang-seok	(1932-03-27)27 March 1932 (aged 21)	Chosun Textile Company FC
13	4 FW	Chung Nam-sik	(1917-02-16)16 February 1917 (aged 36)	ROK Army HID FC
14	4 FW	Park Il-kap	(1926-03-21)21 March 1926 (aged 27)	ROK Army CIC FC
15	2 DF	Min Byung-dae	(1918-02-20)20 February 1918 (aged 35)	ROK Army CIC FC
16	4 FW	Chung Kook-chin	(1917-01-02)2 January 1917 (aged 37)	ROK Navy FC

Hong Kong

Head coach: Tom Sneddon

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1 GK	Cheung Kwun Hing
		Wai Fat Kim
		Lee Bing Chiu
		Szeto Yiu
		Luk Tat Hay
		Lau Chi Bing
		Ko Po Keung
		Santos
		Chan Chi Kong
		Chu Wing Wah
		Tang Yi Kit
		Lo Kan Chuen
		Lau Kai Chiu
		Au Chi Yin
		Ho Cheung Yau
		Hung Hing Yuk
		Lee Yuk Tak
		Sit Pu Yin
		Tse Kam Ho

Hong Kong national team and Republic of China national team shared same fodder of players during pre-1971. Most (if not all) the players playing in the Hong Kong football league. The ROC team practically the A-team, while Hong Kong practically the B-team, with lesser quality of players.

Afghanistan

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player
1	1 GK	Abdul Ghafoor Assar
2	2 DF	Atta Mohammad
3	2 DF	Abdul Ghafoor Yusufzai
4	3 MF	Hamid Afzal
5	2 DF	Hamid Yusufzai
6	3 MF	Rahman Jahangir
7	3 MF	Tar Mohammed Barakzai
8	3 MF	Khalil Ullah
9	4 FW	Sarwar Ayubi
10	4 FW	Farid
11	4 FW	Anwar Quahdari
12	1 GK
13	2 DF
14	3 MF
15	4 FW
16	3 MF
17	4 FW
18	4 FW

References

↑ Alcazaren, Paulo (7 May 2011). "Our national sports complex". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
↑ Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan – Part I". Dawn . Karachi, Pakistan. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
↑ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Tuesday 06 April 1954" – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ Basu, Jaydeep; Warrier, Sunil; Chaudhuri, Arunava. "The Indian senior team at the 1954 Manila Asian Games". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 6 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

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[1] Alcazaren, Paulo (7 May 2011). "Our national sports complex". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

[2] Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan – Part I". Dawn . Karachi, Pakistan. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2014.

[:1-3] "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Tuesday 06 April 1954" – via British Newspaper Archive.

[4] Basu, Jaydeep; Warrier, Sunil; Chaudhuri, Arunava. "The Indian senior team at the 1954 Manila Asian Games". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 6 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

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Football at the 1954 Asian Games – Men's team squads

Contents

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

References

External links