1972 AFC Asian Cup squads
Squads for the 1972 AFC Asian Cup played in Thailand.
Iran
Head coach: Mohammad Ranjbar
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
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| GK | Bahram Mavaddat | 30 January 1950 (aged 22) | .svg.png){kind=small} Persepolis
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| GK | Nasser Hejazi | 14 December 1949 (aged 22) | Taj
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| DF | Jafar Kashani | 21 March 1944 (aged 28) | Persepolis
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| DF | Mostafa Arab | 13 August 1941 (aged 31) | Oghab
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| DF | Ebrahim Ashtiani | 4 January 1942 (aged 30) | Persepolis
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| DF | Akbar Kargarjam | 26 December 1944 (aged 27) | Taj
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| DF | Parviz Ghelichkhani | 4 December 1945 (aged 26) | Oghab
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| DF | Mehdi Monajati | 29 June 1947 (aged 25) | Pas
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| DF | Javad Ghorab | 30 July 1949 (aged 23) | Taj
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| DF | Majid Halvaei | 7 February 1948 (aged 24) | Pas
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| MF | Ali Parvin | 20 September 1946 (aged 25) | Persepolis
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| MF | Ali Jabbari | 20 July 1946 (aged 26) | Taj
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| FW | Asghar Sharafi | 22 December 1942 (aged 29) | Pas
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| FW | Gholam Hossein Mazloumi | 13 January 1950 (aged 22) | Taj
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| FW | Homayoun Behzadi | 20 June 1942 (aged 30) | Persepolis
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| 13 | FW | Hossein Kalani | 23 January 1945 (aged 27) | Persepolis
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| FW | Safar Iranpak | 23 December 1946 (aged 25) | Persepolis
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Iraq
Head coach: Abdelilah Mohammed Hassan
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Khmer Republic
Head coach:
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
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| GK | Lim Sak | 
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| GK | Lors Sarakhan |
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| DF | Hik Sarim |
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| DF | Tol Kimchi |
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| DF | Sok Ronn |
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| DF | Slayman Salim |
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| MF | Tes Sean |
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| MF | Doeuk Miladord |
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| MF | Doeur Sokhom |
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| MF | Sok Sun Hean |
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| FW | Sea Cheang Eng |
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| FW | Nihim Sokol |
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| FW | Dam Phalla |
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| FW | Tuy Khath |
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| FW | Pen Phath | ASBA
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Kuwait
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Ljubiša Broćić
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
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| GK | Ahmed Al-Tarabulsi | 18 March 1947 (aged 25) |  Kuwait SC
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| GK | Hussein Yousif | Al-Salmiya SC
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| DF | Ibrahim Duraihem | Kuwait SC
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| DF | Saleh Abdullah | Al-Arabi SC
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| DF | Hussein Al-Assousi | Al-Arabi SC
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| DF | Baqir Abdullateef | Al-Arabi SC
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| DF | Ali Rifaee | Al-Salmiya SC
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| DF | Abdullah Al-Asfoor | Al-Qadsia SC
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| DF | Issa Al-Jassas | Kuwait SC
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| DF | Abdullah Al-Essa | Al-Qadsia SC
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| MF | Abdullah Al-Salim | Al-Qadsia SC
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| MF | Hamad Bouhamad | Al-Qadsia SC
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| MF | Mohammad Sultan | Kuwait SC
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| MF | Mohammed Nadar | Al-Fahaheel FC
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| MF | Abdulhameed Hammad | Al-Qadsia SC
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| FW | Abdulkareem Nassar | Al-Qadsia SC
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| FW | Fayez Marzouq | Al-Yarmouk
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| FW | Jawad Khalaf | Al-Yarmouk
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| FW | Abbas Karam | Al Shabab SC
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| FW | Ahmed Al-Najdi | Kuwait SC
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South Korea
Head coach: Park Byung-seok
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Lee Se-yeon | 11 July 1945 (aged 26) | .svg.png){kind=small} Korea Trust Bank
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| 2 | DF | Park Young-tae | 12 November 1948 (aged 23) | Korea Tungsten Company
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| 3 | DF | Kim Ho | 24 November 1944 (aged 27) | Commercial Bank of Korea
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| 4 | MF | Lee Cha-man | 30 September 1950 (aged 21) | Korea University
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| 5 | MF | Lim Tae-joo | 21 July 1949 (aged 22) | ROK Army
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| 6 | MF | Ko Jae-wook | 20 December 1951 (aged 20) | Korea University
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| 7 | MF | Chung Ho-seon | 10 October 1949 (aged 22) | Sungkyunkwan University
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| 10 | FW | Park Su-deok | 7 July 1948 (aged 23) | ROK Marine Corps
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| 11 | FW | Lee Hoe-taik | 11 October 1946 (aged 25) | Hanyang University
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| 12 | FW | Kim Jin-kook | 14 September 1951 (aged 20) | Industrial Bank of Korea
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| 13 | DF | Kim Gyeong-jung | 28 December 1944 (aged 27) | Hanil Bank
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| 14 | MF | Noh Heung-seop | 13 February 1947 (aged 25) | ROK Marine Corps
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| 15 | FW | Park Lee-chun | 26 July 1947 (aged 24) | Kookmin Bank
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| 16 | MF | Hwang Jae-man | 1 January 1953 (aged 19) | Korea University
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| 17 | DF | Kim Ho-kon | 26 March 1951 (aged 21) | Yonsei University
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| 18 | FW | Kim In-kwon | 16 February 1949 (aged 23) | ROK Army
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| 19 | FW | Cha Bum-kun | 22 May 1953 (aged 18) | Korea University
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| 20 | DF | Han Sang-ki | 1946 | ROK Army
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| 21 | GK | Kwon Yi-woon | 26 December 1950 (aged 21) | ROK Army
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| 22 | FW | Choi Sang-chul | 27 February 1947 (aged 25) | ROK Army
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Thailand
Head coach: 
Günther Glomb
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
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| GK | Saravuth Parthipakoranchai | 10 April 1947 (aged 25) |  Customs United
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| GK | Sunan Masarawatt |
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| DF | Chumpol Ruangrung |
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| DF | Narong Sangkasuwan | 19 October 1943 (aged 28) |
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| DF | Chirawat Pimpawatin | 30 November 1952 (aged 19) |
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| DF | Supakij Meelarpkij |
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| MF | Pullop Maklamtong |
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| MF | Chatchai Paholpat | 30 April 1947 (aged 25) | Bangkok Bank
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| MF | Ich Narding |
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| MF | Niwat Srisawat | 19 August 1947 (aged 24) | Port Authority of Thailand
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| FW | Prapon Tantariyanoth |
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| FW | Pririt Pungdee |
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| FW | Preecha Kitboon |
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