Football at the 1958 Asian Games – Men's team squads

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

Group A

File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China

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

File:Flag of South Vietnam.svg South Vietnam

Head coach: South Vietnam

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

File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan

Manager: Pakistan Sharif Khan^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Manzur Hasan Mintu	(1940-04-07)7 April 1940 (aged 18)	Pakistan Kamal Sporting
1GK	Mohammad Siddiq	1933 (aged 25)	Pakistan Balochistan
2DF	Abdul Haq (Vice-captain)		Pakistan Punjab
2DF	Nabi Chowdhury (Captain)	1934 (aged 24)	Pakistan Dhaka Wanderers
2DF	Amir Jang Ghaznavi	(1933-06-17)17 June 1933 (aged 24)	Pakistan Dhaka Wanderers
2DF	Riasat Ali		Pakistan Punjab
3MF	Abid Ghazi	1935 (aged 23)	Pakistan Victoria SC
3MF	Masoodul Hassan Butt	1933 (aged 25)	India East Bengal
3MF	Hanif
4FW	Mari Chowdhury	(1938-10-29)29 October 1938 (aged 19)	Pakistan Dhaka Mohammedan
4FW	Ashraf Chowdhury	1935 (aged 23)	Pakistan Dhaka Mohammedan
4FW	Kabir Ahmed	(1935-02-02)2 February 1935 (aged 23)	Pakistan Dhaka Mohammedan
4FW	Muhammad Umer	1935 (aged 23)	India Kolkata Mohammedan
4FW	Ghulam Rabbani		Pakistan Punjab
4FW	Talib Ali	1940 (aged 18)	Pakistan Punjab
4FW	Ibrahim
	Shaukat Muhammad
	Hussain "Killer"

File:Flag of Malaya (1950–1963).svg Malaya

Head coach: Federation of Malaya

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK
2	2DF
3	2DF
4	3MF
5	2DF
6	3MF
7	4FW	Abdul Ghani Minhat	(1935-12-23)23 December 1935 (aged 22)	Federation of Malaya Selangor FA
8	4FW
9	4FW
10	4FW
11	4FW
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

Group B

File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia

Head coach: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Antun Pogačnik

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

File:Flag of India.svg India

Head coach: India T. Shome

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

File:Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg Burma

Head coach: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milorad Mitrović

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK
2	2DF
3	2DF
4	3MF
5	2DF
6	3MF
7	4FW
8	4FW
9	4FW
10	4FW
11	4FW
12
13
14
15
16
17
18

Group C

File:Flag of Hong Kong 1876.svg Hong Kong

Head coach: Hong KongLai Shiu Wing

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Cheung Jim Mei
	2DF	Lau Tze On
	2DF	Szeto Yiu
	3MF	Chan Chi Kong
	2DF	Lee Bing Chiu
	3MF	Wong Kwok Ki
	4FW	Chu Wing Wah
	4FW	Lau Chi Lam
	4FW	Lee Yuk Tak
	4FW	Ho Cheung Yau
	4FW	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.

File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines

Head coach: Philippines Ramon Echevarria Sr.^[4]

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

File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan

Head coach: Japan Taizo Kawamoto

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

Group D

File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea

Head coach: South Korea Kim Keun-chan

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

File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel

Head coach: Israel Moshe Varon

Pos.	Player	Club
1GK	Avraham Bendori	Maccabi Tel Aviv
1GK	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

File:Flag of Singapore in the Straits Settlements.svg Singapore

Head coach: Singapore

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

File:State Flag of Iran (1964).svg Iran

Head coach: Hungary József Mészáros

Pos.	Player	Club
1GK	Ali Jafarzadeh	Iran Shahin F.C.
2DF	Aref Gholizadeh	Iran Taj
2DF	Davoud Arghavani	Iran Taj
3MF	Amir Eraghi	Iran Shahin F.C.
2DF	Javad Beheshti	Iran Shahin F.C.
3MF	Parviz Dehdari	Iran Jam F.C.
4FW	Bivak Jedikar	Iran Taj
4FW	Masoud Boroumand	Iran Shahin F.C.
4FW	Nader Afshar Alavinejad	Iran Taj
4FW	Parviz Koozehkanani	Germany Bayer Leverkusen
4FW	Mahmoud Bayati	Iran Taj
	Iraj Erfan	Iran Shahin F.C.
3MF	Iraj Hatem	Iran 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.
↑ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Saturday 10 May 1958" – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Saturday 24 May 1958". British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "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.

[:1-2] "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Saturday 10 May 1958" – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Saturday 24 May 1958". British Newspaper Archive.

[4] "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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