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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name =
| year = 1996
| other_titles = كأس آسيا 1996
| image = 1996 AFC Asian Cup logo.svg
| size = 200px
| caption = 
| country = United Arab Emirates
| dates = 4–21 December
| num_teams = 12
| confederations =
| venues = 3
| cities = 3
| champion = KSA
| count = 3
| second = UAE
| third = IRN
| fourth = KUW
| matches = 26
| goals = 80
| attendance = 448000
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Daei]] (8 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Khodadad Azizi]]
| goalkeeper = {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohamed Al-Deayea]]
| fair_play = {{fb|IRN}}
| prevseason = [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]]
| nextseason = [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]]
}}

The '''1996 AFC Asian Cup''' was the 11th edition of the men's [[AFC Asian Cup]], a quadrennial international [[association football|football]] tournament organised by the [[Asian Football Confederation]] (AFC). The finals were held in the [[United Arab Emirates]] between 4 and 21 December 1996. [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] defeated hosts [[United Arab Emirates national football team|United Arab Emirates]] in the final match in [[Abu Dhabi]]. As the runners-up, the United Arab Emirates represented the AFC in the [[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup]] as the winners Saudi Arabia had qualified automatically as host.

==Qualification==
{{main|1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification}}

33 teams participated in a preliminary tournament. It was divided into 10 groups and the first-placed team of each group thus qualified.

The qualifying teams were:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:1%;"|Country !! style="width:11%;"|Qualified as!! style="width:10%;"|Date qualification was secured !! style="width:25%;"|Previous appearances in tournament<sup>[[#1|1]], [[#2|2]]</sup>
|-
|{{fb|UAE}} || {{sort|*Hosts|Hosts}} || 29 April 1993 || {{Sort|04|4}} ([[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]], [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]])
|-
|{{fb|JPN|1870}} || {{Sort|921|[[1992 AFC Asian Cup]] winners}} || 8 November 1992 || {{Sort|02|2}} ([[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]], '''''[[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]]''''')
|-
|{{fb|KSA}} || {{Sort|I1|[[1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group 9|Qualifying round Group 9]] winners}} || 2 February 1996 || {{Sort|03|3}} ('''[[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]]''', '''[[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]]''', [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]])
|-
|{{fb|CHN}} || {{Sort|B1|[[1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group 2|Qualifying round Group 2]] winners}} || 4 February 1996 || {{Sort|05|5}} ([[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976]], [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]], [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]])
|-
|{{fb|IDN}} || {{Sort|D1|[[1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group 4|Qualifying round Group 4]] winners}} || 6 March 1996 || {{Sort|00|0}} (Debut)
|-
|{{fb|UZB}} || {{Sort|H1|[[1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group 8|Qualifying round Group 8]] winners}} || 19 June 1996 || {{Sort|00|0}} (Debut)
|-
|{{fb|KUW}} || {{Sort|J1|[[1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group 10|Qualifying round Group 10]] winners}} || 20 June 1996 || {{Sort|05|5}} ([[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]], [[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976]], '''''[[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]]''''', [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]])
|-
|{{fb|IRN}} || {{Sort|E1|[[1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group 5|Qualifying round Group 5]] winners}} || 21 June 1996 || {{Sort|07|7}} ('''''[[1968 AFC Asian Cup|1968]]''''', '''[[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]]''', '''''[[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976]]''''', [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]], [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]])
|-
|{{fb|THA}} || {{Sort|C1|[[1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group 3|Qualifying round Group 3]] winners}} || 9 July 1996 || {{Sort|02|2}} (''[[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]]'', [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]])
|-
|{{fb|SYR|1980}} || {{Sort|G1|[[1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group 7|Qualifying round Group 7]] winners}} || 19 July 1996 || {{Sort|03|3}} ([[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]])
|-
|{{fb|KOR|1984}} || {{Sort|A1|[[1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group 1|Qualifying round Group 1]] winners}} || 11 August 1996 || {{Sort|07|7}} ('''[[1956 AFC Asian Cup|1956]]''', '''''[[1960 AFC Asian Cup|1960]]''''', [[1964 AFC Asian Cup|1964]], [[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]], [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]])
|-
|{{fb|IRQ|1991}} || {{Sort|F1|[[1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group 6|Qualifying round Group 6]] winners}} || 13 August 1996 || {{Sort|02|2}} ([[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]], [[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976]])
|}

Notes:
:<div id="1"><sup>1</sup> '''Bold''' indicates champion for that year</div>
:<div id="2"><sup>2</sup> ''Italic'' indicates host</div>

==Squads==
{{details|1996 AFC Asian Cup squads}}

==Tournament summary==
The tournament began with host United Arab Emirates against South Korea in group A, where the Emiratis played in a 1–1 draw. Subsequently, Kuwait was surprisingly held to a draw by Indonesia, the lead even being taken by the Indonesians. However, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and South Korea eventually established their position, with South Korea finishing in third place due to losing to Kuwait and inferior goal difference and qualified only as one of two best third-placed teams, while the host comfortably seized first place, leaving Indonesia bottom after two consecutive defeats to South Korea and the UAE. 

Group B easily saw Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq took three leading places in their group, with both teams managed to beat Thailand, which finished bottom with three defeats, and also each three of them suffered one defeat one to another. Iraq only finished third due to inferior goal difference, but qualified as the best third-place finisher. 

Meanwhile, group C was more entertaining, with both three last finishers grabbed one win each only. Debutant Uzbekistan, on its just first ever competitive participation of a major tournament and was regarded low, stunned entire of Asia by beating China with two late goals to gain three points in the team's just first competitive match. Defending champions Japan however emerged as the only team to collect all three victories, while China recovered following the defeat to beat Syria. The Syrians grabbed its only win, a 2–1 win over Uzbekistan, but the team's poor performance, with two defeats to Japan and China, cost the team from reaching the quarter-finals. Uzbekistan finished last despite the win over China, and was eliminated as well. 

The quarter-finals saw entire of East Asia slumped out. Defending champions Japan was crushed down by Kuwait, China lost after a seven-goal thriller with Saudi Arabia, while South Korea suffered a denting 2–6 loss to Iran, with Iran scored five goals in the second half. The host UAE continued its quest to win the trophy with a successful 1–0 win over Iraq thanked for the golden goal of [[Abdulrahman Ibrahim]]. The semi-finals became a West Asian affair and rematches of group A and B: Saudi Arabia took a successful revenge on Iran following the group stage, beating the Iranians on penalty, while the UAE killed Kuwaiti dream for the second time with another 1–0 win to set up final with Saudi Arabia. Iran eventually took third place after beating Kuwait on penalty, the match ended 1–1 draw. 

The final between the UAE and Saudi Arabia happened to be boring than expected. The two teams played defensively and lacking enthusiastic attacks in front of 60,000 spectators. Eventually, penalty had to be brought out, where the UAE missed two while Saudi Arabia only missed one, thus Saudi Arabia was crowned for its third trophy in the country's fourth consecutive Asian Cup final.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ghanasoccernet.com/afc-asian-cup-archive-when-saudi-arabia-reigned-supreme-in-1996|title=AFC Asian Cup Archive: When Saudi Arabia reigned supreme in 1996|date=12 January 2017}}</ref> Thanked for the win, Saudi Arabia gained automatic berth to qualify for the [[2000 AFC Asian Cup]] held in Lebanon.

==Venues==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! [[Abu Dhabi]]
! [[Al Ain]]
|-
| [[Zayed Sports City Stadium|Sheikh Zayed Stadium]]
| [[Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''60,000'''
| Capacity: '''15,000'''
|-
| [[File:Gulf Cup (36).jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Al Ain Club By Eng. Fadi Fayyadh Al Toubeh - panoramio.jpg|200px]]
|-
! [[Dubai]]
!rowspan="4"| {{location map+|United Arab Emirates|float=right|width=300|caption=|places=
{{location map~|United Arab Emirates|lat=24.416089|long=54.453592|label='''[[Abu Dhabi]]'''|position=left}}
{{location map~|United Arab Emirates|lat=24.268244|long=55.756398|label='''[[Al Ain]]'''|position=bottom}}
{{location map~|United Arab Emirates|lat=25.24|long=55.313056|label='''[[Dubai]]'''|position=top}}
}}
|-
| [[Al-Maktoum Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''12,000'''
|-
| [[File:Al Maktoum Stadium 20190110.jpg|200px]]
|-

|}

==First round==
All times are UAE time ([[UTC+4]])

===Group A===
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|section=Group A
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=y
|winpoints=3

|team1=UAE|name_UAE={{fb|United Arab Emirates}}
|team2=KUW|name_KUW={{fb|Kuwait}}
|team3=KOR|name_KOR={{fb|South Korea|1984}}
|team4=INA|name_INA={{fb|Indonesia}}
|win_UAE=2|draw_UAE=1|loss_UAE=0|gf_UAE=6|ga_UAE=3|status_UAE=H
|win_KUW=1|draw_KUW=1|loss_KUW=1|gf_KUW=6|ga_KUW=5
|win_KOR=1|draw_KOR=1|loss_KOR=1|gf_KOR=5|ga_KOR=5
|win_INA=0|draw_INA=1|loss_INA=2|gf_INA=4|ga_INA=8

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96asch.html RSSSF]
}}
</onlyinclude>

{{footballbox
|date= 4 December 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score = 1–1
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-a-va-emirate-suedkorea/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KOR|1984}}
|time = 16:45
|goals1 = [[Khamees Saad Mubarak|K. Saad]] {{goal|40}}
|goals2 = [[Hwang Sun-Hong]] {{goal|9}}
|stadium = [[Zayed Sports City Stadium|Sheikh Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]
|attendance= 35,000
|referee= [[Pirom Un-Prasert]] ([[Football Association of Thailand|Thailand]])
}}

{{footballbox
|date= 4 December 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IDN}}
|score = 2–2
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-a-indonesien-kuwait/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}
|time = 18:45
|goals1 = [[Widodo Cahyono Putro|Widodo]] {{goal|20}}<br>[[Ronny Wabia|Ronny]] {{goal|40}}
|goals2 = [[Hani Al Saqer|Al-Saqer]] {{goal|73}}<br>[[Badr Haji|Haji]] {{goal|84|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Zayed Sports City Stadium|Sheikh Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]
|attendance= 15,000
|referee= [[Jamal Al Sharif]] ([[Syrian Arab Federation for Football|Syria]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 7 December 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score = 3–2
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-a-va-emirate-kuwait/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}
|time = 16:45
|goals1 = [[Hassan Saeed Ahmed|Saeed]] {{goal|53}}<br>[[Adnan Al-Talyani|Al-Talyani]] {{goal|55}}<br>[[Saad Bakheet Mubarak|B. Saad]] {{goal|80}}
|goals2 = [[Jasem Al-Huwaidi|Al-Huwaidi]] {{goal|9||44}}
|stadium = [[Zayed Sports City Stadium|Sheikh Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]
|attendance= 15,000
|referee= [[Charles Massembe]] ([[Federation of Uganda Football Associations|Uganda]])
}}

{{footballbox
|date= 7 December 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1984}}
|score = 4–2
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-a-suedkorea-indonesien/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IDN}}
|time = 19:00
|goals1 = [[Kim Do-Hoon]] {{goal|5}}<br>[[Hwang Sun-Hong]] {{goal|7||15}}<br>[[Ko Jeong-Woon]] {{goal|55}}
|goals2 = [[Ronny Wabia|Ronny]] {{goal|58}}<br>[[Widodo Cahyono Putro|Widodo]] {{goal|65}}
|stadium = [[Zayed Sports City Stadium|Sheikh Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]
|attendance= 2,000
|referee= [[Shamsul Maidin]] ([[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 10 December 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score = 2–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-a-va-emirate-indonesien/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IDN}}
|time = 16:45
|goals1 = [[Hassan Saeed Ahmed|Saeed]] {{goal|15}}<br>[[Adnan Al-Talyani|Al-Talyani]] {{goal|64}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Zayed Sports City Stadium|Sheikh Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]
|attendance= 10,000
|referee= [[Lu Jun (referee)|Lu Jun]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])
}}

{{footballbox
|date= 10 December 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}
|score = 2–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-a-kuwait-suedkorea/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KOR|1984}}
|time = 19:00
|goals1 = [[Jasem Al-Huwaidi|Al-Huwaidi]] {{goal|60}}<br>[[Bashar Abdullah|B. Abdullah]] {{goal|87}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Zayed Sports City Stadium|Sheikh Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]
|attendance= 3,000
|referee= Mohd Nazri Abdullah ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]])
}}

===Group B===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group B
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=y
|winpoints=3

|team1=IRI|name_IRI={{fb|Iran}}
|team2=KSA|name_KSA={{fb|Saudi Arabia}}
|team3=IRQ|name_IRQ={{fb|Iraq|1991}}
|team4=THA|name_THA={{fb|Thailand}}
|win_IRI=2|draw_IRI=0|loss_IRI=1|gf_IRI=7|ga_IRI=3
|win_KSA=2|draw_KSA=0|loss_KSA=1|gf_KSA=7|ga_KSA=3
|win_IRQ=2|draw_IRQ=0|loss_IRQ=1|gf_IRQ=6|ga_IRQ=3
|win_THA=0|draw_THA=0|loss_THA=3|gf_THA=2|ga_THA=13

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
|result1=A|result2=A|result3=A
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96asch.html RSSSF]
}}
</onlyinclude>

{{footballbox
|date= 5 December 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score = 6–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-b-saudi-arabien-thailand/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|THA}}
|time = 16:45
|goals1 = [[Khalid Al-Temawi|Al-Temawi]] {{goal|10|pen.|29|pen.}}<br>[[Fahad Al-Mehallel|Al-Mehallel]] {{goal|15||54}}<br>[[Khalid Al-Muwallid|Al-Muwallid]] {{goal|18}}<br>[[Sami Al-Jaber|Al-Jaber]] {{goal|52}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Al-Maktoum Stadium]], [[Dubai]]
|attendance= 5,000
|referee= [[Gamal Al-Ghandour]] ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}

{{footballbox
|date= 5 December 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}}
|score = 1–2
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-b-iran-irak/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1991}}
|time = 19:00
|goals1 = [[Ali Daei|Daei]] {{goal|90|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Hussam Fawzi|Fawzi]] {{goal|37}}<br>[[Khalid Mohammed Sabbar|Sabbar]] {{goal|69}}
|stadium = [[Al-Maktoum Stadium]], [[Dubai]]
|attendance= 15,000
|referee= [[Masayoshi Okada]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 8 December 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score = 1–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-b-saudi-arabien-irak/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1991}}
|time = 16:45
|goals1 = [[Fahad Al-Mehallel|Al-Mehallel]] {{goal|26}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Al-Maktoum Stadium]], [[Dubai]]
|attendance= 12,000
|referee= [[Ali Bujsaim]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])
}}

{{footballbox
|date= 8 December 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}}
|score = 1–3
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-b-thailand-iran/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IRN}}
|time = 19:00
|goals1 = [[Kiatisuk Senamuang|Kiatisuk]] {{goal|80}}
|goals2 = [[Naeim Saadavi|Saadavi]] {{goal|38}}<br>[[Mehrdad Minavand|Minavand]] {{goal|54}}<br>[[Ali Daei|Daei]] {{goal|70}}
|stadium = [[Al-Maktoum Stadium]], [[Dubai]]
|attendance= 12,000
|referee= [[Lu Jun (referee)|Lu Jun]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 11 December 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score = 0–3
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-b-saudi-arabien-iran/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IRN}}
|time = 16:45
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Ali Daei|Daei]] {{goal|12}}<br>[[Karim Bagheri|Bagheri]] {{goal|37}}<br>[[Khodadad Azizi|Azizi]] {{goal|47}}
|stadium = [[Al-Maktoum Stadium]], [[Dubai]]
|attendance= 12,000
|referee= [[Masayoshi Okada]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
}}

{{footballbox
|date= 11 December 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1991}}
|score = 4–1
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-b-irak-thailand/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|THA}}
|time = 19:00
|goals1 = [[Haidar Mahmoud|Mahmoud]] {{goal|17||50}}<br>[[Laith Hussein|Hussein]] {{goal|23||63}}
|goals2 = [[Dusit Chalermsan|Dusit]] {{goal|26}}
|stadium = [[Al-Maktoum Stadium]], [[Dubai]]
|attendance= 3,000
|referee= [[Kim Young-Joo]] ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]])
}}

===Group C===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group C
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=y
|winpoints=3

|team1=JPN|name_JPN={{fb|Japan|1870}}
|team2=CHN|name_CHN={{fb|China}}
|team3=SYR|name_SYR={{fb|Syria|1980}}
|team4=UZB|name_UZB={{fb|Uzbekistan}}
|win_JPN=3|draw_JPN=0|loss_JPN=0|gf_JPN=7|ga_JPN=1
|win_CHN=1|draw_CHN=0|loss_CHN=2|gf_CHN=3|ga_CHN=3
|win_SYR=1|draw_SYR=0|loss_SYR=2|gf_SYR=3|ga_SYR=6
|win_UZB=1|draw_UZB=0|loss_UZB=2|gf_UZB=3|ga_UZB=6

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96asch.html RSSSF]
}}
</onlyinclude>

{{footballbox
|date= 6 December 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN|1870}}
|score = 2–1
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-c-japan-syrien/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|SYR|1980}}
|time = 16:45
|goals1 = [[Hassan Abbas (footballer)|Abbas]] {{goal|85|o.g.}}<br>[[Takuya Takagi|Takagi]] {{goal|88}}
|goals2 = [[Nader Joukhadar|Joukhadar]] {{goal|8}}
|stadium = [[Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium]], [[Al Ain]]
|attendance= 10,000
|referee= Mohd Nazri Abdullah ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]])
}}

{{footballbox
|date= 6 December 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}}
|score = 0–2
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-c-china-usbekistan/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|UZB}}
|time = 19:00
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Igor Shkvyrin|Shkvyrin]] {{goal|78}}<br>[[Oleg Shatskikh|Shatskikh]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium = [[Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium]], [[Al Ain]]
|attendance= 3,000
|referee= [[Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid]] ([[Saudi Arabian Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 9 December 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN|1870}}
|score = 4–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-c-japan-usbekistan/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|UZB}}
|time = 16:45
|goals1 = [[Hiroshi Nanami|Nanami]] {{goal|7}}<br>[[Kazuyoshi Miura|Miura]] {{goal|37}}<br>[[Masakiyo Maezono|Maezono]] {{goal|86||90}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium]], [[Al Ain]]
|attendance= 3,000
|referee= [[Jalal Moradi]] ([[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]])
}}

{{footballbox
|date= 9 December 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1980}}
|score = 0–3
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-c-syrien-china/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CHN}}
|time = 19:00
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Ma Mingyu]] {{goal|35}}<br>[[Gao Feng (footballer)|Gao Feng]] {{goal|49}}<br>[[Li Bing (footballer)|Li Bing]] {{goal|73}}
|stadium = [[Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium]], [[Al Ain]]
|attendance= 4,000
|referee= [[Kim Young-Joo]] ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 12 December 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN|1870}}
|score = 1–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-c-japan-china/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CHN}}
|time = 16:45
|goals1 = [[Naoki Soma|Soma]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium]], [[Al Ain]]
|attendance= 2,000
|referee= [[Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid]] ([[Saudi Arabian Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]])
}}

{{footballbox
|date= 12 December 1996
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UZB}}
|score = 1–2
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-gruppe-c-usbekistan-syrien/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|SYR|1980}}
|time = 19:00
|goals1 = [[Sergey Lebedev (footballer)|Lebedev]] {{goal|53|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Nader Joukhadar|Joukhadar]] {{goal|48}}<br>[[Ali Cheikh Dib|Cheikh-Dib]] {{goal|74}}
|stadium = [[Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium]], [[Al Ain]]
|attendance= 2,000
|referee= [[Ali Bujsaim]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])
}}

===Third-placed qualifiers===
At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third placed teams of each group. The two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|section=3rd place
|show_positions=y
|ptsfirst=

|team1=IRQ|name_IRQ={{fb|Iraq|1991}}
|team2=KOR|name_KOR={{fb|South Korea|1984}}
|team3=SYR|name_SYR={{fb|Syria|1980}}
|win_IRQ=2|draw_IRQ=0|loss_IRQ=1|gf_IRQ=6|ga_IRQ=3
|win_KOR=1|draw_KOR=1|loss_KOR=1|gf_KOR=5|ga_KOR=5
|win_SYR=1|draw_SYR=0|loss_SYR=2|gf_SYR=3|ga_SYR=6

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96asch.html RSSSF]
}}
</onlyinclude>
[[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] (best third-place) and [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] (second best third-place) qualified for the quarter-finals.

==Knockout stage==
All times are UAE time ([[UTC+4]])

{{Round8|3rdplace=yes|widescore=yes|team-width=225
|RD1=[[#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]]
|RD2=[[#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
|RD3=[[#Final|Final]]
|Consol=[[#Third place play-off|Third place]]
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals  -->
|15 December – [[Abu Dhabi]]|'''{{fb|UAE}}''' {{aet}}|'''1'''|{{fb|IRQ|1991}}|0
|15 December – [[Al Ain]]|'''{{fb|KUW}}'''|'''2'''|{{fb|JPN|1870}}|0
|16 December – [[Dubai]]|{{fb|KOR|1984}}|2|'''{{fb|IRN}}'''|'''6'''
|16 December – [[Abu Dhabi]]|'''{{fb|KSA}}'''|'''4'''|{{fb|CHN}}|3
<!--semi finals  -->
|18 December – [[Abu Dhabi]]|'''{{fb|UAE}}'''|'''1'''|{{fb|KUW}}|0
|18 December – [[Abu Dhabi]]|{{fb|IRN}}|0 (3)|'''{{fb|KSA}}''' ([[Penalty shootout (football)|pen.]])|'''0 (4)'''
<!--final  -->
|21 December – [[Abu Dhabi]]|{{fb|UAE}}|0 (2)|'''{{fb|KSA}}''' ([[Penalty shootout (football)|pen.]])|'''0 (4)'''
<!--third place  -->
|21 December – [[Abu Dhabi]]|{{fb|KUW}}|1 (2)|'''{{fb|IRN}}''' ([[Penalty shootout (football)|pen.]])|'''1 (3)'''
}}

===Quarter-finals===
{{footballbox
|date = 15 December 1996
|time = 16:45
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score = 1–0 
|agget= yes
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-viertelfinale-va-emirate-irak/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1991}}
|goals1 = [[Abdulrahman Ibrahim|Ab. Ibrahim]] {{golden goal|103}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Zayed Sports City Stadium|Sheikh Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]
|attendance = 55,000
|referee=[[Gamal Al-Ghandour]] ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 15 December 1996
|time = 19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}
|score = 2–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-viertelfinale-kuwait-japan/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|JPN|1870}}
|goals1 = [[Jasem Al-Huwaidi|Al-Huwaidi]] {{goal|17||54}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Tahnoun Bin Mohamed Stadium]], [[Al Ain]]
|attendance = 2,000
|referee=[[Pirom Un-Prasert]] ([[Football Association of Thailand|Thailand]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 16 December 1996
|time=16:45
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1984}}
|score = 2–6
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-viertelfinale-suedkorea-iran/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IRN}}
|goals1 = [[Kim Do-Hoon]] {{goal|11}}<br>[[Shin Tae-Yong]] {{goal|35}}
|goals2 = [[Karim Bagheri|Bagheri]] {{goal|31}}<br>[[Khodadad Azizi|Azizi]] {{goal|52}}<br>[[Ali Daei|Daei]] {{goal|66||76||83||89|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Al-Maktoum Stadium]], [[Dubai]]
|attendance= 19,000
|referee= [[Jamal Al Sharif]] ([[Syrian Arab Federation for Football|Syria]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 16 December 1996
|time=19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score = 4–3
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-viertelfinale-saudi-arabien-china/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CHN}}
|goals1 = [[Yousuf Al-Thunayan|Al-Thunayan]] {{goal|31||65}}<br>[[Sami Al-Jaber|Al-Jaber]] {{goal|34}}<br>[[Fahad Al-Mehallel|Al-Mehallel]] {{goal|43}}
|goals2 = [[Zhang Enhua]] {{goal|6||89}}<br>[[Peng Weiguo]] {{goal|16}}
|stadium = [[Zayed Sports City Stadium|Sheikh Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]
|attendance= 5,000
|referee= Mohd Nazri Abdullah ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]])
}}

===Semi-finals===
{{footballbox
|date= 19 December 1996
|time=16:45
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score = 1–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-halbfinale-va-emirate-kuwait/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}
|goals1 = [[Hassan Saeed Ahmed|Saeed]] {{goal|69}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Zayed Sports City Stadium|Sheikh Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]
|attendance= 55,000
|referee=[[Masayoshi Okada]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 19 December 1996
|time=19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}}
|score = 0–0
|aet=yes
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-halbfinale-iran-saudi-arabien/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Zayed Sports City Stadium|Sheikh Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]
|attendance= 35,000
|referee=[[Gamal Al-Ghandour]] ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
|penalties1 = [[Ali Daei|Daei]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Afshin Peyrovani|Peyrovani]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Dariush Yazdani|Yazdani]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Hamid Estili|Estili]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Karim Bagheri|Bagheri]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Mohammad Khakpour|Khakpour]] {{penmiss}}
|penaltyscore = 3–4
|penalties2 = {{penmiss}} [[Khalid Al-Temawi|Al-Temawi]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Hussein Sulaimani|Sulaimani]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Abdullah Zubromawi|Zubromawi]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Khalid Al-Muwallid|Al-Muwallid]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Ibrahim Mater|Al-Harbi]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Ahmad Jamil Madani|Madani]]
}}

===Third place play-off===
{{footballbox
|date = 21 December 1996
|time = 16:45
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}}
|score = 1–1
|aet = yes
|report = [http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-3-platz-iran-kuwait/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}
|goals1 = [[Ali Daei|Daei]] {{goal|40}}
|goals2 = [[Jasem Al-Huwaidi|Al-Huwaidi]] {{goal|15}}
|stadium = [[Zayed Sports City Stadium|Sheikh Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]
|attendance = 45,000
|referee = [[Kim Young-Joo]] ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]])
|penalties1 = [[Mojtaba Moharrami|Moharrami]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Hamid Estili|Estili]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Afshin Peyrovani|Peyrovani]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Karim Bagheri|Bagheri]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore = 3–2
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Badr Haji|Haji]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Bashar Abdullah|B. Abdullah]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Sami Al Lenqawi|Al-Lenqawi]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Jamal Mubarak|Mubarak]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Jasem Al-Huwaidi|Al-Huwaidi]]
}}

===Final===
{{Main|1996 AFC Asian Cup final}}
{{footballbox
|date = 21 December 1996
|time = 19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score = 0–0
|aet = yes
|report = [http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-1996-in-den-va-emiraten-endspiel-saudi-arabien-va-emirate/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Zayed Sports City Stadium|Sheikh Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]]
|attendance = 60,000
|referee = Mohd Nazri Abdullah ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]])
|penalties1 = [[Mohamed Ali (Emirati footballer)|M. Ali]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Yousuf Hussain|Hussain]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Khamees Saad Mubarak|K. Saad]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Hassan Saeed Ahmed|Saeed]] {{penmiss}}
|penaltyscore = 2–4
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Yousuf Al-Thunayan|Al-Thunayan]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Abdullah Zubromawi|Zubromawi]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Ibrahim Mater|Al-Harbi]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Khalid Al-Temawi|Al-Temawi]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Khalid Al-Muwallid|Al-Muwallid]]
}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK||'''17'''||[[Muhsin Musabah]]
|-
|RB||'''6'''||[[Ismail Rashid Ismail]]
|-
|CB||'''5'''||[[Yousuf Hussain]]
|-
|CB||'''12'''||[[Hassan Mubarak]]
|-
|LB||'''3'''||[[Munther Abdullah]]
|-
|CM||'''15'''||[[Mohamed Ali (Emirati footballer)|Mohamed Ali]]
|-
|CM||'''16'''||[[Hassan Saeed Ahmed|Hassan Saeed]] || {{yel|16}}
|-
|CM||'''18'''||[[Ahmed Ibrahim Ali]] || {{yel|53}}
|-
|RF||'''7'''||[[Saad Bakheet Mubarak]] || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
|CF||'''10'''||[[Adnan Al-Talyani]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || || {{suboff|91}}
|-
|LF||'''23'''||[[Abdel Ahmed]] || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''13''' ||[[Abdul Aziz Mohamed]] || || {{subon|46}}
|-
|FW ||'''11'''||[[Zuhair Bakhit]] || || {{subon|46}}
|-
|FW ||'''14'''||[[Khamees Saad Mubarak]] || || {{subon|91}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Tomislav Ivić]]
|-
|}
{{col-2}}
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"  align="center"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK||'''1'''||[[Mohamed Al-Deayea]]
|-
|RB||'''2'''||[[Mohammed Al-Jahani]]
|-
|CB||'''3'''||[[Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi]]  || || {{suboff|77}}
|-
|CB||'''4'''||[[Abdullah Zubromawi]]
|-
|LB||'''13'''||[[Hussein Abdulghani]] || {{sent off|2|72|87}}
|-
|DM||'''16'''||[[Khamis Al-Owairan]]
|-
|RM||'''10'''||[[Fahad Al-Mehallel]] || || {{suboff|80}}
|-
|CM||'''8'''||[[Khalid Al-Temawi]]
|-
|CM||'''14'''||[[Khaled Al-Muwallid]]
|-
|LM||'''15'''||[[Yousuf Al-Thunayan]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CF||'''9'''||[[Sami Al-Jaber]] || || {{suboff|62}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|CF ||'''25''' ||[[Abdullah Al-Jumaan Al-Dosari|Abdullah Al-Dosari]] || || {{subon|62}}
|-
|MF ||'''12'''||[[Ibrahim Mater|Ibrahim Al-Harbi]] || || {{subon|77}}
|-
|FW ||'''20'''||[[Hamzah Idris]] || || {{subon|80}}
|-
|colspan=5|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=5|{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Nelo Vingada]]
|}
{{col-end}}

==Statistics==

===Goalscorers===
With eight goals, Iran's [[Ali Daei]] is the top scorer of the tournament. In total, 80 goals were scored by 47 different players, with one of them credited as an own goal.

'''8 goals'''
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Daei]]

'''6 goals'''
*{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Jasem Al-Huwaidi]]

'''4 goals'''
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Fahad Al-Mehallel]]

'''3 goals'''
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|KOR|1984}} [[Hwang Sun-Hong]]
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Hassan Saeed Ahmed|Hassan Saeed]]
{{colend}}
'''2 goals'''
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Enhua]]
*{{flagicon|IDN}} [[Widodo C Putro|Widodo Putro]]
*{{flagicon|IDN}} [[Ronny Wabia]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Khodadad Azizi]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Karim Bagheri]]
*{{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Haidar Mahmoud]]
*{{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Laith Hussein]]
*{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Masakiyo Maezono]]
*{{flagicon|KOR|1984}} [[Kim Do-Hoon]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Sami Al-Jaber]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Khalid Al-Temawi]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Yousuf Al-Thunayan]]
*{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Nader Joukhadar]]
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Adnan Al-Talyani]]
{{colend}}
'''1 goal'''
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Gao Feng (footballer)|Gao Feng]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Ma Mingyu]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Bing (footballer)|Li Bing]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Peng Weiguo]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mehrdad Minavand]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Naeim Saadavi]]
*{{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Hussam Fawzi]]
*{{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Khalid Mohammed Sabbar]]
*{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Kazuyoshi Miura]]
*{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Hiroshi Nanami]]
*{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Naoki Soma]]
*{{flagicon|JPN|1870}} [[Takuya Takagi]]
*{{flagicon|KOR|1984}} [[Ko Jeong-Woon]]
*{{flagicon|KOR|1984}} [[Shin Tae-Yong]]
*{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Bashar Abdullah]]
*{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Badr Haji]]
*{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Hani Al Saqer]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Khalid Al-Muwallid]]
*{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Ali Cheikh Dib]]
*{{flagicon|THA}} [[Dusit Chalermsan]]
*{{flagicon|THA}} [[Kiatisuk Senamuang]]
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Abdulrahman Ibrahim]]
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Saad Bakheet Mubarak]]
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Khamis Saad]]
*{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Sergey Lebedev (footballer)|Sergey Lebedev]]
*{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Oleg Shatskikh]]
*{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Igor Shkvyrin]]
{{colend}}
'''1 own goal'''
*{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Hassan Abbas (footballer)|Hassan Abbas]] (for Japan)

===Awards===
'''Best player'''
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Khodadad Azizi]]

'''Top scorer'''
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Daei]]

'''Best goalkeeper'''
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohamed Al-Deayea]]

'''Fair play award'''
*{{fb|Iran}}

'''Team of the Tournament'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://arabic.sport360.com/article/%d9%85%d8%ae%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%b3%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%aa-360/729431/%d9%83%d8%a3%d8%b3-%d8%a2%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a7-1996-%d8%b9%d9%86%d8%af%d9%85%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%b2%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%b9%d9%88%d8%af%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d9%82%d8%a8-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%ad%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b1%d8%b6 |title=كأس آسيا 1996.. عندما انتزع المنتخب السعودي اللقب من الإمارات صاحب الأرض |language=ar |publisher=Sport 360 |date=8 December 2018 |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Goalkeepers
!Defenders
!Midfielders
!Forwards
|-
|align=left valign=top|
{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohamed Al-Deayea]]
|align=left valign=top|
{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Abdullah Zubromawi]] <br />
{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Yousuf Hussain]] <br />
{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohammad Khakpour]]
|align=left valign=top|
{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mehrdad Minavand]] <br />
{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Mohamed Ali (Emirati footballer)|Mohamed Ali]] <br />
{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Khalid Al-Muwallid]] <br />
{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Saad Bakheet Mubarak]]
|align=left valign=top|
{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Fahad Al-Mehallel]] <br />
{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Jasem Al-Huwaidi]] <br />
{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Daei]]
|}

== Marketing ==

=== Sponsorships ===

* [[Canon Inc.]]
* [[Clarion (company)|Clarion]]
* [[Coca-Cola]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=1994-07-21 |title=Drinks company cash boost for Asia |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/81933/drinks-company-cash-boost-asia |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Diadora]]
* [[Emirates (airline)|Emirates]]
* [[Energizer]]
* [[Fujifilm]]
* [[Gillette]]
* [[Mild Seven]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=1995-01-16 |title=Why soccer struggles to kick tobacco |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/103440/why-soccer-struggles-kick-tobacco |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Mitsubishi]]
* [[SABIC]]
* [[Sanyo]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/96asch.html RSSSF Details]

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{{1996 AFC Asian Cup finalists}}
{{1996 in Japanese football}}

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