2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round

This page provides the summaries of the AFC third round matches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Format

In this round the fifteen winners from the second round joined the five AFC sides seeded 1–5 in the AFC World Cup rankings (Japan, South Korea, Australia, North Korea, Bahrain). The teams were drawn into five groups of four teams, at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 30 July 2011.^[1][2]

The matches were played from 2 September 2011 to 29 February 2012. The top two teams in each group advanced to the fourth round.

Seeding

The 20 teams were divided into four pots for the draw, each containing five teams. The July 2011 FIFA Ranking – released on 27 July – was used to seed the teams.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Japan (16)  Australia (23)  South Korea (28)  Iran (54)  China (73)	Uzbekistan (83)  Qatar (90)  Jordan (91)  Saudi Arabia (92)  Kuwait (95)	Bahrain (100)  Syria (104)*  Oman (107)  Iraq (108)  United Arab Emirates (109)	North Korea (115)  Thailand (119)  Singapore (131)  Indonesia (137)  Lebanon (159)

Note: Syria was replaced by Tajikistan in the third round on 19 August 2011 following the awarding of both second round matches to Tajikistan.^[3]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iraq	6	5	0	1	14	4	+10	15	Fourth round		—	0–2	1–0	7–1
2	Jordan	6	4	0	2	11	7	+4	12			1–3	—	2–1	2–0
3	China	6	3	0	3	10	6	+4	9			0–1	3–1	—	2–1
4	Singapore	6	0	0	6	2	20	−18	0			0–2	0–3	0–4	—

Source: ^[4]

2 September 2011

20:00 UTC+8

China	2–1	Singapore
Zheng Zhi 69' (pen.) Yu Hai 73'	Report	Đurić 33'

Tuodong Stadium, Kunming

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)

2 September 2011

17:00 UTC+3

Iraq	0–2	Jordan
	Report	Abdel-Fattah 43' Abdallah Deeb 47'

Franso Hariri Stadium, Arbil

Attendance: 24,000

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

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6 September 2011

19:30 UTC+8

Singapore	0–2	Iraq
	Report	Abdul-Zahra 50' Mahmoud 86'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 5,505

Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

6 September 2011

19:00 UTC+3

Jordan	2–1	China
Abdel-Rahman 49' Amer Deeb 56'	Report	Hao Junmin 57'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

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11 October 2011

19:30 UTC+8

Singapore	0–3	Jordan
	Report	Abdallah Deeb 11' B. Bani Yaseen 54' Hayel 64'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 3,799

Referee: Choi Myung-Yong (Korea Republic)

11 October 2011

20:15 UTC+8

China	0–1	Iraq
	Report	Mahmoud 45'

Shenzhen Bay Sports Center, Shenzhen

Attendance: 25,021

Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh (Iran)

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11 November 2011

17:15 UTC+3

Iraq	1–0	China
Mahmoud 90+2'	Report

Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

11 November 2011

18:00 UTC+2

Jordan	2–0	Singapore
Hayel 15' Amer Deeb 65'	Report

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)

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15 November 2011

19:30 UTC+8

Singapore	0–4	China
	Report	Yu Hai 41' Li Weifeng 56' Zheng Zheng 73', 81'

Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 5,474

Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

15 November 2011

18:00 UTC+2

Jordan	1–3	Iraq
Abdel-Fattah 17'	Report	Akram 55', 81' Munir 65'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)

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29 February 2012

16:00 UTC+8

China	3–1	Jordan
Hao Junmin 43', 69' Yu Dabao 88'	Report	Fathi 85'

Guangzhou University City Stadium, Guangzhou

Attendance: 6,104

Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)

29 February 2012

16:45 UTC+3

Iraq	7–1	Singapore
Jassim 5' Mahmoud 11', 61', 90+3' H.M. Mohammed 22' (pen.) Akram 36' (pen.) Karim 48'	Report	Isa 27'

Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha (Qatar)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 950

Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	6	4	1	1	14	4	+10	13	Fourth round		—	6–0	2–0	2–1
2	Lebanon	6	3	1	2	10	14	−4	10			2–1	—	2–2	3–1
3	Kuwait	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8			1–1	0–1	—	2–1
4	United Arab Emirates	6	1	0	5	9	14	−5	3			0–2	4–2	2–3	—

Source: ^[4]

2 September 2011

20:00 UTC+9

South Korea	6–0	Lebanon
Park Chu-young 8', 45+1', 67' Ji Dong-won 66', 85' Kim Jung-woo 82'	Report

Goyang Stadium, Goyang

Attendance: 37,655

Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

2 September 2011

19:30 UTC+4

United Arab Emirates	2–3	Kuwait
Al Hammadi 84' Khalil 89'	Report	Nasser 7', 65' Al-Mutawa 51'

Al Qatara Stadium, Al Ain

Attendance: 8,715

Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

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6 September 2011

17:00 UTC+3

Lebanon	3–1	United Arab Emirates
Ghaddar 37' (pen.) Moghrabi 52' Antar 83'	Report	Khamees 16'

Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

6 September 2011

20:00 UTC+3

Kuwait	1–1	South Korea
Fadhel 54'	Report	Park Chu-young 9'

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

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11 October 2011

20:00 UTC+9

South Korea	2–1	United Arab Emirates
Park Chu-young 55' Al-Kamali 64' (o.g.)	Report	Matar 90+2'

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 28,689

Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

11 October 2011

17:00 UTC+3

Lebanon	2–2	Kuwait
Maatouk 15', 86' (pen.)	Report	Neda 51' Younes 89' (o.g.)

Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

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11 November 2011

16:45 UTC+4

United Arab Emirates	0–2	South Korea
	Report	Lee Keun-ho 88' Park Chu-young 90+3'

Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 8,272

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

11 November 2011

17:30 UTC+3

Kuwait	0–1	Lebanon
	Report	El Ali 57'

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 17,500

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

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15 November 2011

14:30 UTC+2

Lebanon	2–1	South Korea
Al Saadi 4' Atwi 32' (pen.)	Report	Koo Ja-cheol 20' (pen.)

Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

15 November 2011

17:30 UTC+3

Kuwait	2–1	United Arab Emirates
Al Enezi 50' Abbas 68' (o.g.)	Report	Matar 19'

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Kuwait City

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

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29 February 2012

21:00 UTC+9

South Korea	2–0	Kuwait
Lee Dong-gook 65' Lee Keun-ho 71'	Report

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 46,551

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

29 February 2012

16:00 UTC+4

United Arab Emirates	4–2	Lebanon
Saeed 20', 78' Al-Wehaibi 38' Matar 68'	Report	El Ali 23' Maatouk 45+2'

Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan	6	5	1	0	8	1	+7	16	Fourth round		—	1–1	1–0	3–0
2	Japan	6	3	1	2	14	3	+11	10			0–1	—	1–0	8–0
3	North Korea	6	2	1	3	3	4	−1	7			0–1	1–0	—	1–0
4	Tajikistan	6	0	1	5	1	18	−17	1			0–1	0–4	1–1	—

Source: ^[4]

2 September 2011

19:24 UTC+9

Japan	1–0	North Korea
Yoshida 90+4'	Report

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 62,000

Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (United Arab Emirates)

2 September 2011

16:30 UTC+5

Tajikistan	0–1	Uzbekistan
	Report	Shatskikh 72'

Metallurg Stadium, Tursunzoda

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

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6 September 2011

16:30 UTC+9

North Korea	1–0	Tajikistan
Pak Nam-Chol 14'	Report

Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam)

6 September 2011

19:00 UTC+5

Uzbekistan	1–1	Japan
Djeparov 8'	Report	Okazaki 65'

Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)

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11 October 2011

16:00 UTC+9

North Korea	0–1	Uzbekistan
	Report	Geynrikh 26'

Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang

Attendance: 29,000

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

11 October 2011

19:45 UTC+9

Japan	8–0	Tajikistan
Havenaar 11', 47' Okazaki 19', 74' Komano 35' Kagawa 41', 68' Nakamura 56'	Report

Nagai Stadium, Osaka

Attendance: 44,688

Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)

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11 November 2011

14:00 UTC+5

Tajikistan	0–4	Japan
	Report	Konno 36' Okazaki 61', 90+2' Maeda 82'

Central Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Kim Dong Jin (Korea Republic)

11 November 2011

18:00 UTC+5

Uzbekistan	1–0	North Korea
Kapadze 48'	Report

Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 27,525

Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)

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15 November 2011

16:00 UTC+9

North Korea	1–0	Japan
Pak Nam-Chol 50'	Report

Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang^{[note 2]}

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

15 November 2011

18:00 UTC+5

Uzbekistan	3–0	Tajikistan
Tursunov 35' Ahmedov 60' Geynrikh 70'	Report

Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 5,325

Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

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29 February 2012

13:30 UTC+5

Tajikistan	1–1	North Korea
Khamrakulov 61'	Report	Jang Song-Hyok 54' (pen.)

20 Years of Independence Stadium, Khujand

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar)

29 February 2012

19:32 UTC+9

Japan	0–1	Uzbekistan
	Report	Shadrin 53'

Toyota Stadium, Toyota

Attendance: 42,720

Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	6	5	0	1	13	5	+8	15	Fourth round		—	3–0	4–2	2–1
2	Oman	6	2	2	2	3	6	−3	8			1–0	—	0–0	2–0
3	Saudi Arabia	6	1	3	2	6	7	−1	6			1–3	0–0	—	3–0
4	Thailand	6	1	1	4	4	8	−4	4			0–1	3–0	0–0	—

Source: ^[4]

2 September 2011

20:06 UTC+10

Australia	2–1	Thailand
Kennedy 58' Brosque 86'	Report	Teerasil 15'

Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance: 24,540

Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

2 September 2011

19:00 UTC+4

Oman	0–0	Saudi Arabia
	Report

Seeb Stadium, Muscat

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

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6 September 2011

18:00 UTC+7

Thailand	3–0	Oman
Sompong 35' Teerasil 41' Al-Farsi 90+1' (o.g.)	Report

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Kim Dong Jin (Korea Republic)

6 September 2011

20:30 UTC+3

Saudi Arabia	1–3	Australia
Al-Shamrani 66'	Report	Kennedy 40', 56' Wilkshire 77' (pen.)

Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

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11 October 2011

19:30 UTC+11

Australia	3–0	Oman
Holman 8' Kennedy 65' Jedinak 85'	Report

ANZ Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 24,732

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

11 October 2011

18:00 UTC+7

Thailand	0–0	Saudi Arabia
	Report

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 42,000

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

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11 November 2011

18:00 UTC+4

Oman	1–0	Australia
Al-Hosni 18'	Report

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)

11 November 2011

19:30 UTC+3

Saudi Arabia	3–0	Thailand
Hazazi 59' Al-Fraidi 80' Noor 89' (pen.)	Report

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 32,500

Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

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15 November 2011

18:00 UTC+7

Thailand	0–1	Australia
	Report	Holman 77'

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok^{[note 3]}

Attendance: 19,400

Referee: Saeid Mozaffarizadeh (Iran)

15 November 2011

19:30 UTC+3

Saudi Arabia	0–0	Oman
	Report

King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh

Attendance: 62,740

Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

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29 February 2012

20:30 UTC+11

Australia	4–2	Saudi Arabia
Brosque 43', 75' Kewell 73' Emerton 76'	Report	Al-Dawsari 19' Al-Shamrani 45+2'

AAMI Park, Melbourne

Attendance: 24,240

Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

29 February 2012

13:30 UTC+4

Oman	2–0	Thailand
Al-Hadhri 8' Al-Muqbali 90+2'	Report

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	6	3	3	0	17	5	+12	12	Fourth round		—	2–2	6–0	3–0
2	Qatar	6	2	4	0	10	5	+5	10			1–1	—	0–0	4–0
3	Bahrain	6	2	3	1	13	7	+6	9			1–1	0–0	—	10–0
4	Indonesia	6	0	0	6	3	26	−23	0			1–4	2–3	0–2	—

Source: ^[4]

2 September 2011

20:00 UTC+4:30

Iran	3–0	Indonesia
Nekounam 53', 74' Teymourian 87'	Report

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 75,800

Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

2 September 2011

20:00 UTC+3

Bahrain	0–0	Qatar
	Report

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

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6 September 2011

19:00 UTC+7

Indonesia	0–2	Bahrain
	Report	Saeed 45+1' Abdul-Latif 70'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Lee Min-Hu (Korea Republic)

6 September 2011

19:30 UTC+3

Qatar	1–1	Iran
El-Sayed 56'	Report	Aghily 46'

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 8,125

Referee: Choi Myung-Yong (Korea Republic)

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11 October 2011

19:00 UTC+7

Indonesia	2–3	Qatar
Gonzáles 27', 35'	Report	Al Sulaiti 14' Khalfan 32' Razak 59'

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

11 October 2011

19:30 UTC+3:30

Iran	6–0	Bahrain
Hosseini 22' Jabbari 34' Aghily 42' Teymourian 61' Ansarifard 75' Rezaei 83'	Report

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 82,000

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

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11 November 2011

18:30 UTC+3

Bahrain	1–1	Iran
Al-Ajmi 45'	Report	Jabbari 90+2'

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

11 November 2011

19:00 UTC+3

Qatar	4–0	Indonesia
Razak 30' Khalfan 34' (pen.), 63' Soria 90+2'	Report

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 6,500

Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

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15 November 2011

19:00 UTC+7

Indonesia	1–4	Iran
Bambang 44'	Report	Meydavoudi 7' Jabbari 21' Rezaei 25' Nekounam 73' (pen.)

Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Tan Hai (China PR)

15 November 2011

19:00 UTC+3

Qatar	0–0	Bahrain
	Report

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 10,509

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

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29 February 2012

16:30 UTC+3

Bahrain	10–0	Indonesia
Abdul-Latif 5' (pen.), 71', 75' Al Alawi 16', 61' Abdulrahman 35' (pen.), 42' Saeed 63', 82', 90+4'	Report

Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)

29 February 2012

17:00 UTC+3:30

Iran	2–2	Qatar
Dejagah 4', 50'	Report	Khalfan 9' (pen.) Kasola 86'

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Attendance: 51,300

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Goalscorers

There were 173 goals scored in 60 matches, for an average of 2.88 goals per match.

6 goals

• Younis Mahmoud
• Park Chu-young

5 goals

• Shinji Okazaki

4 goals

• Joshua Kennedy
• Ismail Abdul-Latif
• Sayed Saeed
• Khalfan Ibrahim

3 goals

• Alex Brosque
• Hao Junmin
• Mojtaba Jabbari
• Javad Nekounam
• Nashat Akram
• Hassan Maatouk
• Ismail Matar

2 goals

• Brett Holman
• Mohammed Tayeb Al Alawi
• Mahmood Abdulrahman
• Yu Hai
• Zheng Zheng
• Cristian Gonzáles
• Hadi Aghily
• Ashkan Dejagah
• Gholamreza Rezaei
• Andranik Teymourian
• Mike Havenaar
• Shinji Kagawa
• Hassan Abdel-Fattah
• Abdallah Deeb
• Amer Deeb
• Ahmad Hayel
• Yousef Nasser
• Mahmoud El Ali
• Pak Nam-Chol
• Mohammed Razak
• Nasser Al-Shamrani
• Ji Dong-won
• Lee Keun-ho
• Teerasil Dangda
• Bashir Saeed
• Alexander Geynrikh

1 goal

• Brett Emerton
• Mile Jedinak
• Harry Kewell
• Luke Wilkshire
• Mahmood Al-Ajmi
• Li Weifeng
• Yu Dabao
• Zheng Zhi
• Bambang Pamungkas
• Karim Ansarifard
• Jalal Hosseini
• Milad Meydavoudi
• Alaa Abdul-Zahra
• Karrar Jassim
• Mustafa Karim
• Hawar Mulla Mohammed
• Qusay Munir
• Yuichi Komano
• Yasuyuki Konno
• Ryoichi Maeda
• Kengo Nakamura
• Maya Yoshida
• Baha' Abdul-Rahman
• Bashar Bani Yaseen
• Basem Fat'hi
• Fahad Al Enezi
• Bader Al-Mutawa
• Hussain Fadhel
• Musaed Neda
• Ali Al Saadi
• Abbas Ali Atwi
• Roda Antar
• Mohammed Ghaddar
• Akram Moghrabi
• Jang Song-Hyok
• Hussain Al-Hadhri
• Amad Al Hosni
• Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali
• Abdulaziz Al Sulaiti
• Mohamed El-Sayed
• Mohammed Kasola
• Sebastián Soria
• Salem Al-Dawsari
• Ahmed Al-Fraidi
• Naif Hazazi
• Mohammed Noor
• Isa Halim
• Aleksandar Đurić
• Kim Jung-woo
• Koo Ja-cheol
• Lee Dong-gook
• Akhtam Khamroqulov
• Sompong Soleb
• Ismail Al Hammadi
• Ali Al-Wehaibi
• Ahmed Khalil
• Mahmoud Khamees
• Odil Ahmedov
• Server Djeparov
• Timur Kapadze
• Aleksandr Shadrin
• Maksim Shatskikh
• Sanzhar Tursunov

1 own goal

• Mahmoud Baquir Younes (against Kuwait)
• Rashid Al Farsi (against Thailand)
• Walid Abbas (against Kuwait)
• Hamdan Al Kamali (against South Korea)

Notes

1. Iraq had to play their remaining home games of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers at a neutral venue following a ban by FIFA on playing in Iraq.^[5]
2. Moved from the original venue at Yanggakdo Stadium due to the poor condition of the pitch.^[6]
3. Moved from the original venue at Rajamangala Stadium due to flooding.^[7]