2020 AFC U-23 Championship squads


The following is a list of squads for each national team which competed at the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship. The tournament took place in Thailand, between 8–26 January 2020. It was the fourth U-23 age group competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation. As the tournament was not held during the FIFA International Match Calendar, clubs were not obligated to release the players.
The sixteen national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of minimum 18 and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to compete in the tournament. AFC published the final lists with squad numbers on their website on 2 January 2020.
The full squad listings are below. The age listed for each player is on 8 January 2020, the first day of the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team. Players in boldface have been capped at full international level at some point in their career.

Group A

Thailand

Coach: Akira Nishino
The preliminary squad was announced on 23 December 2019. The final squad was announced on 30 December 2019.

Iraq

Coach: Abdul-Ghani Shahad
The final squad was announced on 1 January 2020.

Australia

Coach: Graham Arnold
The final squad was announced on 30 December 2019. On 1 January 2020, it was announced that Daniel Margush replaced Tom Heward-Belle who was ruled out due to injury.

Bahrain

Coach: Samir Chammam
The final squad was announced on 28 December 2019.

Group B

Qatar

Coach: Félix Sánchez Bas
The preliminary squad was announced on 29 December 2019.

Japan

Coach: Hajime Moriyasu
The final squad was announced on 29 December 2019.

Saudi Arabia

Coach: Saad Al-Shehri
The preliminary squad was announced on 14 December 2019. The final squad was announced on 31 December 2019.

Syria

Coach: Ayman Hakeem
The preliminary squad was announced on 28 December 2019. The final squad was announced on 31 December 2019.

Group C

Uzbekistan

Coach: Ljubinko Drulović
The preliminary squad was announced on 15 December 2019. The final squad was announced on 27 December 2019.

South Korea

Coach: Kim Hak-bum
The preliminary squad was announced on 3 December 2019. The final squad was announced on 24 December 2019.

China PR

Coach: Hao Wei
The preliminary squad was announced on 28 November 2019. The final squad was announced on 31 December 2019.

Iran

Coach: Hamid Estili
The final squad was announced on 30 December 2019.

Group D

Vietnam

Coach: Park Hang-seo
The preliminary squad was announced on 12 December 2019. The final squad was announced on 6 January 2020.

North Korea

Coach: Ri Yu-il

Jordan

Coach: Ahmed Abdel-Qader
The final squad was announced on 20 December 2019.

United Arab Emirates

Coach: Maciej Skorża
The preliminary squad was announced on 31 December 2019.