Football_at_the_1958_Asian_Games_–_Squads References

Squads for the Football at the 1958 Asian Games played in Tokyo, Japan.

Group A

Republic of China

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Lau Kin-chung (劉建中)
	2 DF	Law Pak (羅北)
	2 DF	Kwok Kam-hung (郭錦洪)
	3 MF	Chan Fai-hung (陳輝洪)
	3 MF	Lau Yee (劉儀)
	3 MF	Lam Sheung Yee (林尚義)
	3 MF	Tang Sum (鄧森)
	4 FW	Wong Chi Keung (黃志強)
	4 FW	Lo Kwok Tai (羅國泰)
	4 FW	Kwok Yu (郭有)
	4 FW	Yiu Chuk Yin (姚卓然)
	4 FW	Mok Chun Wa (莫振華)
	4 FW	Ho Ying Fun (何應芬)
	4 FW	Lau Tim (劉添)
	4 FW	Chow Shiu-hung (周少雄)
	1 GK	Kwok Chiu-ming (郭秋明)
	2 DF	Lee Kwok Wah (李國華)
	3 MF	Ho Chi-kwan (何志坤)
	4 FW	Yang Wai Tou(楊偉韜)
	4 FW	Kwok Moon-wah(郭滿華)
	4 FW	Lau Sui-wah(劉瑞華)

South Vietnam

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Phạm Văn Rạng
	2 DF	Trần Văn Nhung
	2 DF	Duang Văn Quai
	3 MF	Nguyễn Ngọc Thanh
	2 DF	Phạm Văn Hiếu
	3 MF	Lê Văn Hồ
	4 FW	Lại Văn Ngôn
	4 FW	Đỗ Thới Vinh
	4 FW	Nguyễn Văn Cụt
	4 FW	Đố Quang Thách
	4 FW	Nguyễn Văn Tư

Pakistan

Head coach: Sharif Khan^[1]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1 GK	Manzur Hasan Mintu	(1940-04-07)7 April 1940 (aged 18)	Kamal Sporting
2 DF	Nabi Chowdhury ( c)	1934 (age 24)	Dhaka Wanderers
2 DF	Amir Jang Ghaznavi	(1933-06-17)17 June 1933 (aged 24)	Dhaka Wanderers
3 MF	Abdul Ghafoor Majna	(1938-07-03)3 July 1938 (aged 19)	Karachi Kickers
4 FW	Mari Chowdhury	(1938-10-29)29 October 1938 (aged 19)	Dhaka Mohammedan
4 FW	Ashraf Chowdhury	1935 (age 23)	Dhaka Mohammedan
4 FW	Kabir Ahmed	(1935-02-02)2 February 1935 (aged 23)	Dhaka Mohammedan
4 FW
4 FW
4 FW

Malaya

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1 GK
2	2 DF
3	2 DF
4	3 MF
5	2 DF
6	3 MF
7	4 FW	Abdul Ghani Minhat	(1935-12-23)23 December 1935 (aged 22)	Selangor FA
8	4 FW
9	4 FW
10	4 FW
11	4 FW
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Group B

Indonesia

Head coach: Antun Pogačnik

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1 GK	Maulwi Saelan	8 August 1928 (aged 29)	PSM Makassar
1 GK	Paidjo		Persija Jakarta
2 DF	Fattah Hidayat		Persib Bandung
2 DF	Muhammad Ilyas		Persija Jakarta
2 DF	Mohamed Rashjid		PSMS Medan
2 DF	Kwee Kiat Sek	11 January 1934 (aged 24)	Persib Bandung
2 DF	Thio Him Tjiang	28 August 1929 (aged 28)	Persija Jakarta
3 MF	Kurnia		PSM Makassar
3 MF	Mardjoso
3 MF	Phwa Sian Liong		Persebaya Surabaya
3 MF	Tan Liong Houw	26 July 1930 (aged 27)	Persija Jakarta
3 MF	Rukma Sudjana		Persib Bandung
4 FW	Ramang	24 April 1928 (aged 30)	PSM Makassar
4 FW	Saari		PSMS Medan
4 FW	Bakir		PSMS Medan
4 FW	Wowo Sunaryo	16 March 1934 (aged 24)	Persib Bandung
4 FW	Omo Suratmo	11 February 1935 (aged 23)	Persib Bandung
4 FW	Suryadi		Persema Malang
4 FW	Hengki Timisela	22 November 1937 (aged 20)	Persib Bandung

India

Head coach: T. Shome

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1 GK	Peter Thangaraj	(1935-12-24)24 December 1935 (aged 22)	Madras Regimental Centre
1 GK	S. S. Narayan	(1934-11-12)12 November 1934 (aged 23)	Caltex Bombay
2 DF	Mohammad Abdul Salaam		Bengal
2 DF	Syed Khwaja Azizuddin ( c)	(1930-07-12)12 July 1930 (aged 27)	Hyderabad City Police
2 DF	Abdul Latif	(1928-08-15)15 August 1928 (aged 29)	Mohammedan Sporting
2 DF	Ahmed Hussain		Bengal
3 MF	Mariappa Kempiah	(1932-03-04)4 March 1932 (aged 26)	Mohun Bagan
3 MF	Noor Mohammed		Hyderabad City Police
3 MF	Nikhil Nandy		Eastern Railway
3 MF	Bir Bahadur Gurung		East Bengal
4 FW	K. T. Pavitran		Bombay
4 FW	Pradip Kumar Banerjee	(1936-06-23)23 June 1936 (aged 21)	Bengal
4 FW	Chuni Goswami	(1938-01-15)15 January 1938 (aged 20)	Mohun Bagan
4 FW	M. Rahmatullah		Bengal
4 FW	D. Damodaram		Bengal
4 FW	Dharmalingam Kannan	(1936-07-08)8 July 1936 (aged 21)	Hyderabad
4 FW	Tulsidas Balaram	(1936-10-04)4 October 1936 (aged 21)	East Bengal

Burma

Head coach: Milorad Mitrović

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK
2	2 DF
3	2 DF
4	3 MF
5	2 DF
6	3 MF
7	4 FW
8	4 FW
9	4 FW
10	4 FW
11	4 FW
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Group C

Hong Kong

Head coach: Lai Shiu Wing

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Cheung Jim Mei
	2 DF	Lau Tze On
	2 DF	Szeto Yiu
	3 MF	Chan Chi Kong
	2 DF	Lee Bing Chiu
	3 MF	Wong Kwok Ki
	4 FW	Chu Wing Wah
	4 FW	Lau Chi Lam
	4 FW	Lee Yuk Tak
	4 FW	Ho Cheung Yau
	4 FW	Lam Ka Tong
		Wai Fat Kim
		Lau Chi Bing
		Liu Shu Ping
		Wong Chi Kwong
		Luk Tat Hay
		Ko Po Keung
		Leung Kit
		Lau Kai Chiu
		Au Chi Yin
		Leung Wai Hung
		Choi King Sang

Hong Kong national team and Republic of China national team shared same fodder of players during pre-1971. Most, if not all, of 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.

Philippines

Head coach: Ramon Echevarria Sr.^[2]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)
1 GK	Vic Sison	December 1936 (aged 22)
1 GK	Francisco Pacla
2 DF	Ed Ocampo
2 DF	Manolo Rabat
	Roberto Da Silva
	Ramon Melendez
3 MF	Fidel Peñaranda
3 MF	Ricardo Marmoleño
3 MF	Julio Umadhay
3 MF	Roberto Bravo
4 FW	Lino Castillejo
4 FW	Orlando Plagata
4 FW	Angelo Dauden
4 FW	George Ardeguer
4 FW	Eduardo Pacheco	(1936-01-04)4 January 1936 (aged 18)
4 FW	Jose Villareal
4 FW	Alberto Villareal
4 FW	Pepe Teh

Japan

Head coach: Taizo Kawamoto

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	Yoshio Furukawa
	1 GK	Sachio Shimomura
	1 GK	Yutaka Kamo
	2 DF	Ryuzo Hiraki
	2 DF	Yasuo Takamori
	2 DF	Michihiro Ozawa
	2 DF	Yozo Aoki
	3 MF	Hiroaki Sato
	3 MF	Waichiro Omura
	3 MF	Hideo Kitajima
	3 MF	Takashi Takabayashi
	3 MF	Shigeo Yaegashi
	3 MF	Kenzo Ohashi
	4 FW	Akira Kitaguchi
	4 FW	Masao Uchino
	4 FW	Isao Iwabuchi
	4 FW	Yoshinori Shigematsu
	4 FW	Ken Naganuma
	4 FW	Atsuhiro Mimino
	4 FW	Hideyuki Kurita
	4 FW	Koji Sasaki
	4 FW	Hiroshi Ninomiya

Group D

South Korea

Head coach: Kim Keun-chan

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1 GK	Ham Heung-chul	(1930-11-17)17 November 1930 (aged 27)	ROK Army Office of the Provost Marshal General FC
1 GK	Kim Sang-jin	(1930-10-26)26 October 1930 (aged 27)	ROK Army CIC FC
2 DF	Kim Hong-bok	(1935-03-04)4 March 1935 (aged 23)	ROK Army Quartermaster Corps FC
2 DF	Sim Keon-taek	(1934-05-10)10 May 1934 (aged 24)	ROK Marine Corps FC
2 DF	Cha Tae-sung	(1934-10-08)8 October 1934 (aged 23)	ROK Army CIC FC
3 MF	Kim Ji-sung	(1924-11-07)7 November 1924 (aged 33)	ROK Army CIC FC
3 MF	Kim Chan-ki	(1932-12-30)30 December 1932 (aged 25)	ROK Army Office of the Provost Marshal General FC
3 MF	Kim Jin-woo		ROK Army CIC FC
3 MF	Kim Young-il		ROK Army Office of the Provost Marshal General FC
4 FW	Kim Dong-keun	(1927-04-14)14 April 1927 (aged 31)	ROK Marine Corps FC
4 FW	Choi Kwang-seok	(1932-03-27)27 March 1932 (aged 26)	ROK Marine Corps FC
4 FW	Lee Soo-nam	(1927-02-02)2 February 1927 (aged 31)	ROK Army CIC FC
4 FW	Sung Nak-woon	(1926-02-02)2 February 1926 (aged 32)	ROK Army Quartermaster Corps FC
4 FW	Park Kyung-ho	(1930-05-20)20 May 1930 (aged 28)	ROK Army CIC FC
4 FW	Choi Chung-min	(1927-07-27)27 July 1927 (aged 30)	ROK Army CIC FC
4 FW	Kim Young-jin		ROK Army Quartermaster Corps FC
4 FW	Woo Sang-kwon	(1928-02-02)2 February 1928 (aged 30)	ROK Army Office of the Provost Marshal General FC
4 FW	Moon Jung-sik	(1928-02-02)2 February 1928 (aged 30)	ROK Army CIC FC

Israel

Head coach: Moshe Varon

Pos.	Player	Club
1 GK	Avraham Bendori	Maccabi Tel Aviv
1 GK	Yaacov Hodorov	Hapoel Tel Aviv
	Shaul Matania	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	Moshe Haldi
	Gideon Tish	Hapoel Tel Aviv
	Hanoch Mordechovich
	Nahum Stelmach	Hapoel Petah Tikva
	Noah Reznik	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	Yosef Goldstein	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	Itzhak Nahmias
	Yehoshua Glazer	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	Shlomo Nahari
	Amatsia Levkovich	Hapoel Tel Aviv
	Yosef Goldstein
	Rafi Levi	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	Boaz Kofman	Hapoel Petah Tikva

Singapore

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1 GK	S.S. Chon
	2 DF	Hashim Aman Kastawi
	2 DF	M. Sudasee
	3 MF	O.K. Beng
	2 DF	Low Kee Seng
	3 MF	I.O. Johan
	4 FW	I. Hussan
	4 FW	Arthur Koh
	4 FW	S. Hussein
	4 FW	Q.K. Siew
	4 FW	D. Zaniel

Iran

Head coach: József Mészáros

Pos.	Player	Club
1 GK	Ali Jafarzadeh	Shahin F.C.
2 DF	Aref Gholizadeh	Taj
2 DF	Davoud Arghavani	Taj
3 MF	Amir Eraghi	Shahin F.C.
2 DF	Javad Beheshti	Shahin F.C.
3 MF	Parviz Dehdari	Jam F.C.
4 FW	Bivak Jedikar	Taj
4 FW	Masoud Boroumand	Shahin F.C.
4 FW	Nader Afshar Alavinejad	Taj
4 FW	Parviz Koozehkanani	Bayer Leverkusen
4 FW	Mahmoud Bayati	Taj
	Iraj Erfan	Shahin F.C.
3 MF	Iraj Hatem	Taj

References

^ 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.
^ "DLSAA Sports Hall of Fame Awardees". During the Third Asian Games in Tokyo in 1958, he coached the Philippine National Football Team defeating Japan before 60,000 spectators at the National Stadium, and placing 6th among 14 participating Asian nations.

External links

[1] 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.

[2] "DLSAA Sports Hall of Fame Awardees". During the Third Asian Games in Tokyo in 1958, he coached the Philippine National Football Team defeating Japan before 60,000 spectators at the National Stadium, and placing 6th among 14 participating Asian nations.

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