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

Taiwan

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)

South Vietnam

Head coach:

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	Đỗ Quang Thách
	4FW	Nguyễn Văn Tư

Pakistan

Head coach: John McBride^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Manzur Hasan Mintu	(1940-04-07)7 April 1940 (aged 18)	Kamal Sporting
1GK	Muhammad Siddiq	1933 (aged 25)	Balochistan
2DF	Abdul Haq (Vice-captain)		Punjab
2DF	Nabi Chowdhury (Captain)	1934 (aged 24)	PWD SC
2DF	Amir Jang Ghaznavi	(1933-06-17)17 June 1933 (aged 24)	Dhaka Mohammedan
2DF	Riasat Ali		Punjab
3MF	Abid Hussain Ghazi	1934 (aged 24)	Victoria SC
3MF	Masoodul Hassan Butt	1933 (aged 25)	Punjab
3MF	Hussain Killer
4FW	Muhammad Hanif		Punjab
4FW	Mari Chowdhury	(1938-10-29)29 October 1938 (aged 19)	Dhaka Mohammedan
4FW	Ashraf Chowdhury	1935 (aged 23)	Dhaka Mohammedan
4FW	Kabir Ahmed	(1935-02-02)2 February 1935 (aged 23)	Dhaka Mohammedan
4FW	Muhammad Umer	1935 (aged 23)	Kolkata Mohammedan
4FW	Ghulam Rabbani	(1936-12-31)31 December 1936 (aged 21)	Punjab
4FW	Talib Ali	1940 (aged 18)	Punjab
4FW	Ibrahim		Karachi Port Trust
	Shaukat Muhammad

Malaya

Head coach:

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)	Selangor FA
8	4FW
9	4FW
10	4FW
11	4FW
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Group B

Indonesia

Head coach: Antun Pogačnik

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Maulwi Saelan	8 August 1928 (aged 29)	PSM Makassar
2	2DF	Fattah Hidayat		Persib Bandung
3	2DF	Muhammad Ilyas		Persija Jakarta
4	2DF	Mohamed Rashjid		PSMS Medan
5	2DF	Kwee Kiat Sek	11 January 1934 (aged 24)	Persib Bandung
6	2DF	Mardjoso
7	3MF	Kurnia		PSM Makassar
8	3MF	Thio Him Tjiang	28 August 1929 (aged 29)	Persija Jakarta
9	3MF	Phwa Sian Liong	26 January 1931 (aged 27)	Persebaya Surabaya
10	3MF	Tan Liong Houw	26 July 1930 (aged 27)	Persija Jakarta
11	3MF	Rukma Sudjana	27 August 1935 (aged 22)	Persib Bandung
12	1GK	Paidjo	27 February 1935 (aged 23)	Persija Jakarta
13	4FW	Ramang	24 April 1928 (aged 30)	PSM Makassar
14	4FW	Saari		PSMS Medan
15	4FW	Bakir		PSMS Medan
16	4FW	Wowo Sunaryo	16 March 1934 (aged 24)	Persib Bandung
17	4FW	Omo Suratmo	11 February 1935 (aged 23)	Persib Bandung
18	4FW	Suryadi		Persema Malang
19	4FW	Hengki Timisela	22 November 1937 (aged 20)	Persib Bandung

India

Head coach: T. Shome

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

Burma

Head coach: 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

Hong Kong

Head coach: Lai 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.

Philippines

Head coach: 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

Japan

Head coach: 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

South Korea

Head coach: Kim Keun-chan

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

Israel

Head coach: 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

Singapore

Head coach:

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

Iran

Head coach: József Mészáros

Pos.	Player	Club
1GK	Ali Jafarzadeh	Shahin F.C.
2DF	Aref Gholizadeh	Taj
2DF	Davoud Arghavani	Taj
3MF	Amir Eraghi	Shahin F.C.
2DF	Javad Beheshti	Shahin F.C.
3MF	Parviz Dehdari	Jam F.C.
4FW	Bivak Jedikar	Taj
4FW	Masoud Boroumand	Shahin F.C.
4FW	Nader Afshar Alavinejad	Taj
4FW	Parviz Koozehkanani	Bayer Leverkusen
4FW	Mahmoud Bayati	Taj
	Iraj Erfan	Shahin F.C.
3MF	Iraj Hatem	Taj

References

↑ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Saturday 10 May 1958" – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Sunday 11 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

https://web.archive.org/web/20150524232202/http://rdfc.com.ne.kr/int/skor-intres-1948.html

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

[2] "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Sunday 11 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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Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

References

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