1988 AFC Asian Cup
The 1988 AFC Asian Cup was the 9th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation. The finals were held in Qatar between 2 December and 18 December 1988. Saudi Arabia defeated Republic of Korea in the final match in Doha.
Qualification
- qualified automatically as host
- qualified automatically as defending champions
Squads
Venues
| Doha | |
| Al-Ahly Stadium | Qatar SC Stadium |
| Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 20,000 |
First round
All times are Qatar timeGroup A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
All times are Qatar timeSemi-finals
----Third place play-off
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
With three goals, Lee Tae-Ho is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 40 goals were scored by 28 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal. The second highest scorer in this tournament was Shadi Gilke of Syria who was the first teenager to score 2 goals in the AFC. Shadi went afterwards to play in Europe in Dynamo Moscow.3 goals:
- Lee Tae-Ho
- Ma Lin
- Xie Yuxin
- Farshad Pious
- Byun Byung-Joo
- Chung Hae-Won
- Hwang Sun-Hong
- Kim Joo-Sung
- Shadi Gilke
- Adel Khamis
- Mansour Muftah
- Khalid Salman
- Fahad Mohamed
- Gao Sheng
- Mai Chao
- Zhang Xiaowen
- Karim Bavi
- Adel Abbas
- Mansour Basha
- Saleh Al-Mutlaq
- Mohamed Al-Suwaiyed
- Fahad Al-Bishi
- Yousuf Jazea'a
- Majed Abdullah
- Walid Abu Al-Sel
- Walid Al-Nasser
- Hassan Mohamed
- Abdulaziz Mohamed
- Muhsin Musabah
Awards
Top scorer
Best Goalkeeper
Best Forward
- Lee Tae-ho
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forward |
| Zhang Huikang Abdullah Al-Deayea | Mohamed Al-Jawad Saleh Nu'eimeh Park Kyung-hoon Chung Yong-hwan | Xie Yuxin Mohamed Salim Mahboub Juma'a Sirous Ghayeghran Chung Hae-won Adel Khamis Abdulaziz Al-Hajeri Byun Byung-joo | Youssef Al-Thunayan Majed Abdullah Kim Joo-sung Wang Baoshan |