Squads for the 1956 AFC Asian Cup played in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong
Head coach:
Tom Sneddon
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Wai Fat Kim (衛佛儉) |
Kowloon Motor Bus FC
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| 13 | GK | Cheung Kwun Hing (張觀興) |
Kitchee
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| 2 | DF | Lee Ping Chiu (李炳照) |
Kitchee
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| 3 | DF | Szeto Yiu (司徒堯) |
Kitchee
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| 4 | DF | Lau Chi Ping (劉志炳) |
South China AA
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| 19 | MF | Luk Tat Hay (陸達熙) |
South China AA
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| 16 | MF | Ko Po Keung (高保強) | 1930 |
Eastern AA
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| 18 | MF | Chan Chi Kong (陳志剛) |
South China AA
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| MF | Arthur George dos Santos |
Prisons FC
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| MF | R.G. Honniball (韓尼波) |
Sing Tao
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| 8 | FW | Chu Wing Wah (朱榮華) |
South China AA
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| 14 | FW | Lau Chi Lam (劉志霖) |
Kowloon Motor Bus FC
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| 11 | FW | Ho Cheng Yau (何祥友) | 1933 |
South China AA
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| 20 | FW | Lam Kam Tong (林錦棠) |
Kowloon Motor Bus FC
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| 7 | FW | Tang Yee Kit (鄧宜杰) |
Kitchee
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| 10 | FW | Au Chi Yin (區志賢) |
Police FC
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| 9 | FW | Lau Kai Chiu (劉繼照) |
Kitchee
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| 21 | FW | Lo Kang Chuen (羅鏡泉) |
Sing Tao
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South Vietnam
Head coach: Lê Đức
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Phạm Văn Rạng | 8 January 1934 (aged 22) |
 État-Major Général
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| 12 | GK | Nguyễn Văn Quí |
Police-Sports
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| 2 | DF | Dương Văn Quới |
Association Jeunesse Sportive
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| 3 | DF | Nguyễn Vi Nhơn |
Police-Sports
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| 15 | DF | Nguyễn Văn Cụt |
Police-Sports
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| 19 | DF | Nguyễn Văn Bộ |
Police-Sports
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| 5 | MF | Trần Văn Ứng |
Association Jeunesse Sportive
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| 8 | MF | Lê Van Hồ |
Association Jeunesse Sportive
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| 10 | MF | Nguyễn Như Long |
Compagnie Auto
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| 18 | MF | Trương Hữu Thọ |
Association Jeunesse Sportive
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| 4 | FW | Lê Hữu Đức (c) |
Police-Sports
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| 6 | FW | Nguyễn Văn Tư |
Police-Sports
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| 7 | FW | Tạ Vinh Trạch |
État-Major Général
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| 9 | FW | Lưu Tấn Ngọc |
Police-Sports
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| 11 | FW | Trương Văn Được |
Police-Sports
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| 13 | FW | Trần Văn Nhung | 1933 (aged 22 - 23) |
Association Jeunesse Sportive
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| 14 | FW | Lê Văn Đạt |
État-Major Général
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| 16 | FW | Đố Quang Thách | 15 January 1928 (aged 28) |
Association Jeunesse Sportive
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| 17 | FW | Võ Tư Trung |
Association Jeunesse Sportive
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| 23 | FW | Đinh Văn Phải |
État-Major Général
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South Korea
Head coach: Kim Sung-gan
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Ham Heung-chul | 17 November 1930 (aged 25) |
ROK Army OPMG
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| 17 | GK | Park Sang-hoon | 1931 |
ROK Marine Corps
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| 19 | FW | Cha Tae-sung | 8 October 1934 (aged 21) |
ROK Army CIC
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| 3 | DF | Park Jae-seung | 1 April 1923 (aged 33) |
ROK Army CIC
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| 8 | DF | Seok Jin-doo |
ROK Army Quartermaster Corps
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| 25 | DF | Son Myung-sub | 6 May 1929 (aged 27) |
ROK Army CIC
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| 4 | MF | Kim Dong-geun | 14 April 1927 (aged 29) |
ROK Marine Corps
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| 14 | MF | Kim Hong-bok | 4 March 1935 (aged 21) |
Kookmin University
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| 18 | MF | Kim Jin-woo |
ROK Army Quartermaster Corps
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| 11 | MF | Kim Ji-sung | 7 November 1924 (aged 31) |
ROK Army CIC
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| 24 | MF | Lee Soo-nam | 2 February 1927 (aged 29) |
ROK Army CIC
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| 15 | FW | Sung Nak-woon | 17 November 1930 (aged 25) |
ROK Army Quartermaster Corps
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| 21 | FW | Choi Kwang-seok | 17 November 1930 (aged 25) |
Korea University
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| 10 | FW | Choi Chung-min | 17 November 1930 (aged 25) |
ROK Army CIC
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| 9 | FW | Park Kyung-ho |
ROK Army CIC
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| 20 | MF | Kim Young-jin |
ROK Quartermaster Corps
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| 12 | FW | Woo Sang-kwon | 2 February 1928 (aged 28) |
ROK Army OPMG
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Israel
Head coach:
Jackie Gibbons
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Ya'akov Hodorov | 16 June 1927 (aged 29) | 12 | 0 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv
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| 19 | GK | Ya'akov Vissoker | 5 September 1930 (aged 25) | 0 | 0 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva
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| 3 | DF | David Kremer | 6 April 1929 (aged 27) | 2 | 0 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva
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| 6 | DF | Shaul Matania | 8 March 1937 (aged 19) | 2 | 0 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv
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| 13 | DF | Jerry Haldi | 14 August 1935 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva
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| 17 | DF | Binyamin Rabinovich | 1936 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv
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| 11 | MF | Itzhak Schneor | 11 December 1925 (aged 30) | 11 | 0 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv
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| 23 | MF | Asher Blut | 6 January 1932 (aged 24) | 5 | 0 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv
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| 8 | DF | Zigi Silberstein | 0 | 0 |
Maccabi Petah Tikva
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| 9 | FW | Yehoshua Glazer | 29 December 1927 (aged 28) | 11 | 8 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv
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| 7 | FW | Yosef Mirmovich | 24 July 1924 (aged 32) | 11 | 0 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv
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| 18 | MF | Nahum Stelmach | 19 July 1936 (aged 20) | 2 | 1 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva
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| 14 | FW | Boaz Kofman | 29 March 1935 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 |
Hapoel Petah Tikva
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| 5 | MF | Rehavia Rozenboim | 29 April 1934 (aged 22) | 5 | 0 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv
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| 16 | MF | Shmuel Israeli | 15 October 1928 (aged 27) | 2 | 0 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv
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| 20 | FW | Eliezer Spiegel | 20 June 1922 (aged 34) | 2 | 0 |
Maccabi Petah Tikva
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