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2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round

Tournament details
Dates	16 November 2023 – 11 June 2024
Teams	36 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	107
Goals scored	331 (3.09 per match)
Attendance	2,092,613 (19,557 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Almoez Ali Son Heung-min (7 goals each)
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The second round of 2026 FIFA World Cup AFC qualification, which also served as the second round of 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification, began on 16 November 2023 and was completed on 11 June 2024.

Format

A total of 36 teams were drawn into nine groups of four to play home-and-away round-robin matches. They included the 26 teams which received byes to this round, and the 10 winners from the first round.

The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the third round and qualified for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup. The third and fourth place teams advanced to the third round of the 2027 Asian Cup qualification.

Seeding

The draw for the second round was held on 27 July 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of July 2023 (shown in parentheses below). The identities of the first round winners were not known at the time of the draw.

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the third round of World Cup qualifying.

Teams whose identity was not known at the time of the draw.
Team moved to Pot 3 after the other Pot 4 teams had been drawn into groups; subsequently drawn at random from Pot 3.

Schedule

The match schedule was as follows.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Qatar	6	5	1	0	18	3	+15	16	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup		—	3–0	2–1	8–1
2	Kuwait	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	7			1–2	—	0–1	1–0
3	India	6	1	2	3	3	7	−4	5	Asian Cup qualifying third round		0–3	0–0	—	1–2
4	Afghanistan	6	1	2	3	3	14	−11	5			0–0	0–4	0–0	—

Qatar	8–1	Afghanistan
Al-Haydos 11' Ali 15', 26', 33' (pen.), 45+3' (pen.) Meshaal 18' Alaaeldin 53' (pen.) Al-Abdullah 90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Sharifi 13'

Kuwait	0–1	India
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Manvir 75'

Afghanistan	0–4	Kuwait
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Khaldi 18' (pen.), 80' Daham 69' Saleh 82'

India	0–3	Qatar
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Meshaal 4' Ali 47' Abdurisag 86'

Qatar	3–0	Kuwait
Afif 47', 68' Al-Rawi 51'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Afghanistan	0–0	India
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

India	1–2	Afghanistan
Chhetri 38' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Akbari 70' Mukhammad 88' (pen.)

Kuwait	1–2	Qatar
Daham 79'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ali 77', 80'

Afghanistan	0–0	Qatar
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

India	0–0	Kuwait
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Qatar	2–1	India
Aymen 73' Al-Rawi 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Chhangte 37'

Kuwait	1–0	Afghanistan
Al Rashidi 81'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	6	6	0	0	24	0	+24	18	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup		—	1–0	5–0	5–0
2	North Korea	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9			0–3	—	1–0	4–1
3	Syria	6	2	1	3	9	12	−3	7	Asian Cup qualifying third round		0–5	1–0	—	7–0
4	Myanmar	6	0	1	5	3	28	−25	1			0–5	1–6	1–1	—

1. Japan were awarded a 3–0 victory by forfeit, after North Korea refused to host the match citing concerns about a disease spreading in Japan.

Japan	5–0	Myanmar
Ueda 11', 45+4', 50' Kamada 28' Dōan 86'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Syria	1–0	North Korea
Al Somah 37' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Myanmar	1–6	North Korea
Win Naing Tun 77'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Jong Il-gwan 30', 54', 56' Choe Ju-song 34' (pen.) Han Kwang-song 38' Ri Hyong-jin 70'

Syria	0–5	Japan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Kubo 32' Ueda 37', 40' Sugawara 47' Hosoya 82'

Japan	1–0	North Korea
Tanaka 2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Myanmar	1–1	Syria
Soe Moe Kyaw 35'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al Dali 71'

Syria	7–0	Myanmar
Khribin 30', 54', 63' (pen.) Hesar 47' Ajan 51', 68' Al-Dali 80'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

North Korea	0–3 Awarded	Japan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Myanmar	0–5	Japan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nakamura 17', 90+3' Dōan 34' Ogawa 75', 83'

North Korea	1–0	Syria
Jong Il-gwan 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Japan	5–0	Syria
Ueda 13' Dōan 19' Krouma 21' (o.g.) Soma 73' (pen.) Minamino 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

North Korea	4–1	Myanmar
Ri Il-song 12' Ri Jo-guk 16', 43', 87' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wai Lin Aung 57'

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	6	5	1	0	20	1	+19	16	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup		—	1–0	1–1	5–0
2	China	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	8			0–3	—	1–1	4–1
3	Thailand	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	8	Asian Cup qualifying third round		0–3	1–2	—	3–1
4	Singapore	6	0	1	5	5	24	−19	1			0–7	2–2	1–3	—

1. ^ Head-to-head points: China 4, Thailand 1.

South Korea	5–0	Singapore
Cho Gue-sung 44' Hwang Hee-chan 49' Son Heung-min 63' Hwang Ui-jo 68' (pen.) Lee Kang-in 85'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Thailand	1–2	China
Sarach 23'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wu Lei 29' Wang Shangyuan 74'

Singapore	1–3	Thailand
Shawal 41'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Supachok 5' Suphanat 66', 87'

China	0–3	South Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Son Heung-min 11' (pen.), 45' Jung Seung-hyun 87'

South Korea	1–1	Thailand
Son Heung-min 42'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Suphanat 61'

Singapore	2–2	China
Faris 53' Mahler 81'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wu Lei 10', 45+2'

China	4–1	Singapore
Wu Lei 21', 85' Fernandinho 65' (pen.) Wei Shihao 90'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Faris 22'

Thailand	0–3	South Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Lee Jae-sung 19' Son Heung-min 54' Park Jin-seop 82'

Singapore	0–7	South Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Lee Kang-in 9', 54' Joo Min-kyu 20' Son Heung-min 53', 56' Bae Jun-ho 79' Hwang Hee-chan 81'

China	1–1	Thailand
Zhang Yuning 79'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Supachok 20'

South Korea	1–0	China
Lee Kang-in 61'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Thailand	3–1	Singapore
Suphanat 37' Poramet 79' Jaroensak 86'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ik. Fandi 57'

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oman	6	4	1	1	11	2	+9	13	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup		—	1–1	2–0	3–0
2	Kyrgyzstan	6	3	2	1	13	7	+6	11			1–0	—	1–1	5–1
3	Malaysia	6	3	1	2	9	9	0	10	Asian Cup qualifying third round		0–2	4–3	—	3–1
4	Chinese Taipei	6	0	0	6	2	17	−15	0			0–3	0–2	0–1	—

Oman	3–0	Chinese Taipei
Al-Malki 17' Pan Wen-chieh 41' (o.g.) Saleh 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Malaysia	4–3	Kyrgyzstan
Cools 7', 77' Brauzman 72' (o.g.) Faisal 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Zhyrgalbek uulu 42' Batyrkanov 44' Ka. Merk 57'

Chinese Taipei	0–1	Malaysia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Lok 72'

Kyrgyzstan	1–0	Oman
Abdurakhmanov 49'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Chinese Taipei	0–2	Kyrgyzstan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Kichin 54' (pen.) Ka. Merk 80'

Oman	2–0	Malaysia
Al-Sabhi 58' Al-Ghassani 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Kyrgyzstan	5–1	Chinese Taipei
Kojo 17', 38', 45' Brauzman 79' Ki. Merk 90+5'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wu Yen-shu 87' (pen.)

Malaysia	0–2	Oman
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Malki 45+4' (pen.) Al-Ghafri 90+4'

Chinese Taipei	0–3	Oman
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Mushaifri 31', 55', 75'

Kyrgyzstan	1–1	Malaysia
Alykulov 24'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Abdurakhmanov 38' (o.g.)

Oman	1–1	Kyrgyzstan
Tokotayev 57' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Zarypbekov 19'

Malaysia	3–1	Chinese Taipei
Safawi 53' Paulo Josué 69' Adib 90+6'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Yu Yao-hsing 20'

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	6	4	2	0	16	4	+12	14	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup		—	0–0	5–0	4–0
2	Uzbekistan	6	4	2	0	13	4	+9	14			2–2	—	3–1	3–0
3	Turkmenistan	6	0	2	4	4	14	−10	2	Asian Cup qualifying third round		0–1	1–3	—	0–0
4	Hong Kong	6	0	2	4	4	15	−11	2			2–4	0–2	2–2	—

Iran	4–0	Hong Kong
Azmoun 12', 15' Taremi 87' Rezaeian 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Turkmenistan	1–3	Uzbekistan
Durdyýew 44'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Shukurov 57', 77' Shomurodov 90+1'

Hong Kong	2–2	Turkmenistan
Wong Wai 12' Camargo 65'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Mingazow 4', 36'

Uzbekistan	2–2	Iran
Urunov 52' Sergeev 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Rezaeian 14' Taremi 38'

Hong Kong	0–2	Uzbekistan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Shomurodov 49' Ashurmatov 66'

Iran	5–0	Turkmenistan
Kanaani 10', 48' Azmoun 13' Mohebi 56' Noorafkan 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Uzbekistan	3–0	Hong Kong
Shomurodov 20' Erkinov 63' Urunov 70'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Turkmenistan	0–1	Iran
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ghayedi 45+5'

Hong Kong	2–4	Iran
Ma Hei Wai 14' Pinto 59'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Taremi 12' (pen.), 34' (pen.), 56' Azmoun 65'

Uzbekistan	3–1	Turkmenistan
Aliqulov 17' Urunov 29' Nasrullaev 70'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Tirkişow 25'

Iran	0–0	Uzbekistan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Turkmenistan	0–0	Hong Kong
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iraq	6	6	0	0	17	2	+15	18	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup		—	5–1	3–1	1–0
2	Indonesia	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10			0–2	—	1–0	2–0
3	Vietnam	6	2	0	4	6	10	−4	6	Asian Cup qualifying third round		0–1	0–3	—	3–2
4	Philippines	6	0	1	5	3	14	−11	1			0–5	1–1	0–2	—

Iraq	5–1	Indonesia
Resan 20' Amat 35' (o.g.) Rashid 60' Amyn 81' Al-Hamadi 88'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Pattynama 45+3'

Philippines	0–2	Vietnam
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nguyễn Văn Toàn 16' Nguyễn Đình Bắc 90+4'

Philippines	1–1	Indonesia
Reichelt 23'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Saddil 70'

Vietnam	0–1	Iraq
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	M. Ali 90+7'

Iraq	1–0	Philippines
M. Ali 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Indonesia	1–0	Vietnam
Egy 52'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Vietnam	0–3	Indonesia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Idzes 9' Oratmangoen 23' Sananta 90+8'

Philippines	0–5	Iraq
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Hussein 14' (pen.), 36' Al-Ammari 30' Iqbal 62' Tahseen 77'

Indonesia	0–2	Iraq
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Hussein 54' (pen.) Jasim 88'

Vietnam	3–2	Philippines
Nguyễn Tiến Linh 65', 76' Phạm Tuấn Hải 90+5'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Reichelt 62' Ingreso 89'

Iraq	3–1	Vietnam
H. Ali 12' Jasim 71' Hussein 90+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Phạm Tuấn Hải 84'

Indonesia	2–0	Philippines
Haye 32' Ridho 56'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jordan	6	4	1	1	16	4	+12	13	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup		—	0–2	3–0	7–0
2	Saudi Arabia	6	4	1	1	12	3	+9	13	World Cup qualifying third round		1–2	—	1–0	4–0
3	Tajikistan	6	2	2	2	11	7	+4	8	Asian Cup qualifying third round		1–1	1–1	—	3–0
4	Pakistan	6	0	0	6	1	26	−25	0			0–3	0–3	1–6	—

1. Saudi Arabia already qualified for the Asian Cup as the host nation and only competed to qualify for the World Cup.

Saudi Arabia	4–0	Pakistan
Al-Shehri 6', 48' (pen.) Ghareeb 90+1' Radif 90+6'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Tajikistan	1–1	Jordan
Samiev 89'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Naimat 90+3'

Pakistan	1–6	Tajikistan
Nabi 21'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Kamolov 9', 66' Soirov 13' Umarbayev 26' Panjshanbe 45' Samiev 90+1'

Jordan	0–2	Saudi Arabia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Shehri 8', 30'

Pakistan	0–3	Jordan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Taamari 2', 86' Olwan 9' (pen.)

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Tajikistan
Al-Dawsari 23'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Jordan	7–0	Pakistan
Al-Taamari 15', 62', 79' Al-Naimat 28' (pen.) Al-Rosan 52' Olwan 75' Abu Zraiq 83'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Tajikistan	1–1	Saudi Arabia
Soirov 80'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Buraikan 46'

Pakistan	0–3	Saudi Arabia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Al-Buraikan 26', 41' Al-Juwayr 59'

Jordan	3–0	Tajikistan
Olwan 51' Al-Naimat 68' Sadeh 90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Tajikistan	3–0	Pakistan
Mabatshoev 35' Safarov 65' Hanonov 70'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Saudi Arabia	1–2	Jordan
Lajami 16'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Olwan 27' Al-Rawabdeh 45+2'

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United Arab Emirates	6	5	1	0	16	2	+14	16	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup		—	1–1	2–1	4–0
2	Bahrain	6	3	2	1	11	3	+8	11			0–2	—	0–0	3–0
3	Yemen	6	1	2	3	5	9	−4	5	Asian Cup qualifying third round		0–3	0–2	—	2–2
4	Nepal	6	0	1	5	2	20	−18	1			0–4	0–5	0–2	—

United Arab Emirates	4–0	Nepal
Al Hammadi 11' Mabkhout 36' (pen.), 44' Lima 45+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Yemen	0–2	Bahrain
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Marhoon 38' Al-Zubaidi 48' (o.g.)

Nepal	0–2	Yemen
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	O. Al-Dahi 72' M. Al-Dahi 90'

Bahrain	0–2	United Arab Emirates
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ramadan 36' Mabkhout 90' (pen.)

United Arab Emirates	2–1	Yemen
Saleh 24' (pen.) Adil 72'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Idrees 69' (o.g.)

Nepal	0–5	Bahrain
	Report (FIFA)	Al-Humaidan 2' Baqer 4' Madan 45+4' Al-Khattal 87' Abdullatif 90+6'

Bahrain	3–0	Nepal
Baqer 7' Helal 18' (pen.) Al-Aswad 36'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Yemen	0–3	United Arab Emirates
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Lima 14', 22' Adil 35'

Nepal	0–4	United Arab Emirates
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Abdalla 12', 14' Saleh 53' Mohammad 75'

Bahrain	0–0	Yemen
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

United Arab Emirates	1–1	Bahrain
Adil 10'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Abduljabbar 4'

Yemen	2–2	Nepal
Al-Gahwashi 9' (pen.) M. Al-Dahi 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Bista 22' Karki 66'

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	6	6	0	0	22	0	+22	18	World Cup qualifying third round and Asian Cup		—	5–0	2–0	7–0
2	Palestine	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8			0–1	—	0–0	5–0
3	Lebanon	6	1	3	2	5	8	−3	6	Asian Cup qualifying third round		0–5	0–0	—	4–0
4	Bangladesh	6	0	1	5	1	20	−19	1			0–2	0–1	1–1	—

Australia	7–0	Bangladesh
Souttar 4' Borrello 20' Duke 37', 40' Maclaren 48', 70', 84'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Lebanon	0–0	Palestine
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Bangladesh	1–1	Lebanon
Morsalin 72'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Osman 67'

Palestine	0–1	Australia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Souttar 18'

Australia	2–0	Lebanon
Baccus 5' Rowles 54'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Palestine	5–0	Bangladesh
Dabbagh 43', 53', 77' S. Qunbar 45+1', 49'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Bangladesh	0–1	Palestine
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Termanini 90+4'

Lebanon	0–5	Australia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Yengi 2' Jradi 47' (o.g.) Goodwin 48', 81' Iredale 68'

Bangladesh	0–2	Australia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Hrustic 29' Yengi 62'

Palestine	0–0	Lebanon
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Australia	5–0	Palestine
Yengi 5' (pen.), 41' Taggart 26' Boyle 53' Irankunda 87' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Lebanon	4–0	Bangladesh
Maatouk 5' (pen.), 49', 60' Matar 45+2'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Goalscorers

There were 331 goals scored in 107 matches, for an average of 3.09 goals per match.

7 goals

• Almoez Ali
• Son Heung-min

6 goals

• Ayase Ueda

5 goals

• Wu Lei
• Mehdi Taremi
• Musa Al-Taamari

4 goals

• Kusini Yengi
• Sardar Azmoun
• Aymen Hussein
• Ali Olwan
• Jong Il-gwan
• Saleh Al-Shehri
• Lee Kang-in
• Suphanat Mueanta

3 goals

• Jamie Maclaren
• Ritsu Dōan
• Yazan Al-Naimat
• Joel Kojo
• Hassan Maatouk
• Ri Jo-guk
• Abdulrahman Al-Mushaifri
• Oday Dabbagh
• Firas Al-Buraikan
• Omar Khribin
• Sultan Adil
• Fábio Lima
• Ali Mabkhout
• Eldor Shomurodov
• Oston Urunov

2 goals

• Mitchell Duke
• Craig Goodwin
• Harry Souttar
• Sayed Baqer
• Hossein Kanaanizadegan
• Ramin Rezaeian
• Mohanad Ali
• Ali Jasim
• Keito Nakamura
• Kōki Ogawa
• Shabaib Al-Khaldi
• Mohammad Daham
• Kai Merk
• Dion Cools
• Omar Al-Malki
• Shehab Qunbar
• Patrick Reichelt
• Akram Afif
• Ahmed Al-Rawi
• Mostafa Meshaal
• Faris Ramli
• Hwang Hee-chan
• Moayad Ajan
• Alaa Al Dali
• Amadoni Kamolov
• Shahrom Samiev
• Rustam Soirov
• Supachok Sarachat
• Ruslan Mingazow
• Harib Abdalla
• Ali Saleh
• Otabek Shukurov
• Nguyễn Tiến Linh
• Phạm Tuấn Hải
• Mohammed Al-Dahi

1 goal

• Rahmat Akbari
• Sharif Mukhammad
• Amredin Sharifi
• Keanu Baccus
• Brandon Borrello
• Martin Boyle
• Ajdin Hrustic
• Nestory Irankunda
• John Iredale
• Kye Rowles
• Adam Taggart
• Mahdi Abduljabbar
• Ismail Abdullatif
• Kamil Al-Aswad
• Mahdi Al-Humaidan
• Ebrahim Al-Khattal
• Ali Madan
• Mohamed Marhoon
• Abdulla Yusuf Helal
• Shekh Morsalin
• Fernandinho
• Wang Shangyuan
• Wei Shihao
• Zhang Yuning
• Wu Yen-shu
• Yu Yao-hsing
• Everton Camargo
• Ma Hei Wai
• Anthony Pinto
• Wong Wai
• Lallianzuala Chhangte
• Sunil Chhetri
• Manvir Singh
• Thom Haye
• Jay Idzes
• Egy Maulana Vikri
• Ragnar Oratmangoen
• Shayne Pattynama
• Saddil Ramdani
• Rizky Ridho
• Ramadhan Sananta
• Mehdi Ghayedi
• Mohammad Mohebi
• Omid Noorafkan
• Amir Al-Ammari
• Ali Al-Hamadi
• Hussein Ali
• Youssef Amyn
• Zidane Iqbal
• Osama Rashid
• Bashar Resan
• Zaid Tahseen
• Mao Hosoya
• Daichi Kamada
• Takefusa Kubo
• Takumi Minamino
• Yuki Soma
• Yukinari Sugawara
• Ao Tanaka
• Mohammad Abu Zrayq
• Noor Al-Rawabdeh
• Saed Al-Rosan
• Ibrahim Sadeh
• Eid Al Rashidi
• Athbi Saleh
• Odilzhon Abdurakhmanov
• Gulzhigit Alykulov
• Ernist Batyrkanov
• Khristiyan Brauzman
• Valery Kichin
• Kimi Merk
• Eldiyar Zarypbekov
• Kayrat Zhyrgalbek uulu
• Nader Matar
• Majed Osman
• Adib Raop
• Faisal Halim
• Paulo Josué
• Darren Lok
• Safawi Rasid
• Soe Moe Kyaw
• Wai Lin Aung
• Win Naing Tun
• Sanjeeb Bista
• Gillespye Jung Karki
• Choe Ju-song
• Han Kwang-song
• Ri Hyong-jin
• Ri Il-song
• Mohammed Al-Ghafri
• Muhsen Al-Ghassani
• Issam Al-Sabhi
• Mataz Saleh
• Rahis Nabi
• Michel Termanini
• Kevin Ingreso
• Yusuf Abdurisag
• Tameem Al-Abdullah
• Hassan Al-Haydos
• Ahmed Alaaeldin
• Yousef Aymen
• Salem Al-Dawsari
• Musab Al-Juwayr
• Abdulrahman Ghareeb
• Ali Lajami
• Abdullah Radif
• Shawal Anuar
• Ikhsan Fandi
• Jacob Mahler
• Bae Jun-ho
• Cho Gue-sung
• Hwang Ui-jo
• Joo Min-kyu
• Jung Seung-hyun
• Lee Jae-sung
• Park Jin-seop
• Omar Al Somah
• Ibrahim Hesar
• Vahdat Hanonov
• Shervoni Mabatshoev
• Ehson Panjshanbe
• Manuchekhr Safarov
• Parvizdzhon Umarbayev
• Poramet Arjvirai
• Jaroensak Wonggorn
• Sarach Yooyen
• Meýlis Durdyýew
• Şanazar Tirkişow
• Khalifa Al Hammadi
• Hazem Mohammad
• Abdullah Ramadan
• Husniddin Aliqulov
• Rustam Ashurmatov
• Khojimat Erkinov
• Sherzod Nasrullaev
• Igor Sergeev
• Nguyễn Đình Bắc
• Nguyễn Văn Toàn
• Omar Al-Dahi
• Nasser Al-Gahwashi

1 own goal

• Pan Wen-chieh (against Oman)
• Jordi Amat (against Iraq)
• Odilzhon Abdurakhmanov (against Malaysia)
• Khristiyan Brauzman (against Malaysia)
• Erzhan Tokotayev (against Oman)
• Bassel Jradi (against Australia)
• Thaer Krouma (against Japan)
• Abdulla Idrees (against Yemen)
• Harwan Al-Zubaidi (against Bahrain)

Notes

1. Saudi Arabia has already qualified for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup as tournament hosts and are competing to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
2. ^ Afghanistan played their home matches at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Afghan conflict.
3. ^ The hosting duties for the matches between North Korea and Syria were swapped on 2 November 2023.
4. ^ Syria played their home matches at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Syrian civil war.
5. Japan were awarded a 3–0 victory by forfeit, after North Korea refused to host the match due to "a malignant infectious disease" spreading in Japan.
6. ^ Following the incident over North Korea's refusal to host home game against Japan, North Korea played their home matches in a neutral ground, per Syria's request.
7. ^ Indonesia and Philippines swapped their fixtures on 31 October 2023, due to Indonesia hosting the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
8. ^ Yemen played their home matches at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Yemeni civil war.
9. ^ Nepal played their final two home matches at a neutral venue due to the Dasharath Rangasala failing to meet FIFA standard.
10. ^ Lebanon played all their home matches at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Israel–Hamas war.
11. ^ Palestine played all their home matches at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Israel–Hamas war.
12. ^ Bangladesh was originally scheduled to host Palestine on 21 March 2024 with Palestine hosting the return fixture on 26 March in Kuwait. However, the order was later reversed due to Kuwait hosting Qatar also on 26 March.
13. Lebanon played this home match in Australia due to the ongoing Israel–Hamas war.

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