SYDNEY, Jan 5 — Groups, team details and squad lists for the Asian Cup football tournament starting in Melbourne on Friday:

Group A: Australia, South Korea, Kuwait, Oman

Group B: Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, China, North Korea

Group C: Iran, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain

Group D: Japan, Jordan, Iraq, Palestine

Group A

Australia

Coach: Ange Postecoglou (AUS)

Captain: Mile Jedinak

Best Asian Cup result: Runners-up (2011)

FIFA ranking: 100

Squad (numerical order): Mathew Ryan (Club Brugge/BEL), Ivan Franjic (Torpedo Moscow/RUS), Jason Davidson (West Bromwich Albion/ENG, Tim Cahill (NY Red Bulls/USA), Mark Milligan (Melbourne Victory/AUS), Matthew Spiranovic (Western Sydney Wanderers/AUS), Mathew Leckie (FC Ingolstadt 04/GER), Chris Herd (Aston Villa/ENG), Tomi Juric (Western Sydney Wanderers/AUS), Robbie Kruse (Bayer Leverkusen/GER), Tom Oar (FC Utrecht/NED), Mitchell Langerak (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Aziz Behich (Bursaspor/TUR), James Troisi (S.V. Zulte Waregem/BEL), Mile Jedinak (Crystal Palace/ENG), Nathan Burns (Wellington Phoenix/NZL), Matt McKay (Brisbane Roar/AUS), Eugene Galekovic (Adelaide United/AUS), Terry Antonis (Sydney FC/AUS), Trent Sainsbury (PEC Zwolle/NED), Massimo Luongo (Swindon Town/ENG), Alex Wilkinson (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors/KOR), Mark Bresciano (Al Gharafa/QAT)

South Korea

Coach: Uli Stielike (GER)

Captain: Ki Sung-Yueng

Best Asian Cup result: Winners (1956, 1960)

FIFA ranking: 69

Squad (numerical order): Jung Sung-Ryong (Suwon Samsung Bluewings/KOR), Kim Chang-Soo (Kashiwa Reysol/JPN), Kim Jin-Su (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim/GER), Kim Ju-Young (FC Seoul/KOR), Kwak Tae-Hwi (Al Hilal/KSA), Park Joo-Ho (FSV Mainz 05/GER), Son Heung-Min (Bayer Leverkusen/GER), Kim Min-Woo (Sagan Tosu/JPN), Cho Young-Cheol (Qatar SC/QAT), Nam Tae-Hee (Lekhwiya SC/QAT), Lee Keun-Ho (Al Jaish SC/QAT), Han Kyo-Won (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors/KOR), Koo Ja-Cheol (FSV Mainz 05/GER), Han Kook-Young (Qatar SC/QAT), Lee Myung-Joo (Al Ain/UAE), Ki Sung-Yueng (Swansea City/WAL), Lee Chung-Yong (Bolton Wanderers/ENG), Lee Jeong-Hyeop (Sangju Sangmu/KOR), Kim Young-Gwon (Guangzhou Evergrande/CHN), Jang Hyun-Soo (Guangzhou R&F/CHN), Kim Seung-Gyu (Ulsan Hyundai/KOR), Cha Du-Ri (FC Seoul/KOR), Kim Jin-Hyeon (Cerezo Osaka/JPN) 

Kuwait

Coach: Nabil Maaloul (TUN)

Captain: Nawaf Al Khaldi

Best Asian Cup result: Winners (1980)

FIFA ranking: 124

Squad (numerical order): Khaled Al Rashidi (Salmia SC/KUW), Amer Almatoug Alfadhel (Qadsia SC/KUW), Fahad Awad Shaheen (Kuwait SC/KUW), Ali Hussain Fadhel (Al Wahda/UAE), Fahad Alhajeri (Salmia SC/KUW), Khaled Alqahtani (Qadsia SC/KUW), Talal Alfadhel (Kazma SC/KUW), Saleh Sheikh Alhendi (Qadsia SC/KUW), Abdullah Al Buraiki (Kuwait SC/KUW), Abdulaziz Alenezi (Qadsia SC/KUW), Fahed Al Ebrahim (Qadsia SC/KUW), Sultan Alenezi (Qadsia SC/KUW), Mesaed Alenzi (Al Orouba/KSA), Talal Al Amer (Qadsia SC/KUW), Faisal Alenezi (Salmia SC/KUW), Faisal Zayed Alharbi (Jahra SC/KUW),  Bader Al Almotawaa (Qadsia SC/KUW), Khaled Ebrahim Hajiah (Qadsia SC/KUW), Abdulrahman Alshammari (Naser SC/KUW), Yousef Naser Alsulaiman (Kazma SC/KUW), Ali Almaqseed (Arabi SC/QAT), Nawaf Al Khaldi (Qadsia SC/KUW), Hameed Youssef (Arabi SC/QAT) 

Oman

Coach: Paul Le Guen (FRA)

Captain: Ali Al Habsi

Best Asian Cup result: Group stage (2004, 2007)

FIFA ranking: 93

Squad (numerical order): Ali Al Habsi (Wigan Athletic/ENG), Mohammed Al Musalami (Fanja/OMA), Jaber Al Owaisi (Al Shabab/OMA), Ali Hilal Al Jabri (Fanja/OMA), Nasser Al Shamli (Al Orouba/OMA), Raed Saleh (Fanja/OMA), Mohamed Ali Siyabi (Al Shabab/OMA), Eid Al Farsi (Al Orouba/OMA), Abdul Aziz Al Maqbali (Fanja/OMA), Qasim Said (Al Nasr/OMA), Saad Al Mukhaini (Al Orouba/OMA), Ahmed Mubarak (Al Orouba/OMA), Abdul Sallam Al Mukhaini (Al Orouba/OMA), Yaqoob Al Qasmi (Saham/OMA), Ali Salim Al Nahar (Dhofar/OMA), Ali Sulaiman Al Busaidi (Al Nahda/OMA), Hassan Madhafar Al Gheilani (Al Orouba/OMA), Mazin Al Kasbi (Fanja/OMA), Ahmed Saleem Al Mukhaini (Al Orouba/OMA), Imad Al Hosni (Saham/OMA), Mohsin Al Khaldi (Saham/OMA), Mahnad Al Zaabi (Al Khabourah/OMA), Said Al Razaiqi (Al Nahda/OMA)

Group B

Uzbekistan

Coach: Mirdjalal Kasimov (UZB)

Captain: Server Djeparov

Best Asian Cup result: Fourth (2011)

FIFA ranking: 74

Squad (numerical order): Eldorbek Suyunov (Nasaf/UZB), Egor Krimets (Pakhtakor/UZB), Shavkatjon Mulladjanov (Lokomotiv/UZB), Sardor Rashidov (Bunyodkor/UZB), Anzur Ismailov (Changchun Yatai/CHN), Bakhodir Nasimov (Padideh/IRI), Azizbek Haydarov (Al Shabab/UAE), Server Djeparov (Seongnam/KOR), Odil Akhmedov (Krasnodar/RUS), Jamshid Iskanderov (Pakhtakor/UZB), Igor Sergeev (Pakhtakor/UZB), Ignatiy Nesterov (Lokomotiv/UZB), Lutfulla Turaev (Lokomotiv/UZB), Shukhrat Mukhammadiev (Nasaf/UZB), Jasur Khasanov (Lokomotiv/UZB), Vokhid Shodiev (Bunyodkor/UZB), Sanjar Tursunov (Vorskla/UKR), Timur Kapadze (Aktobe/KAZ), Vitaliy Denisov (Lokomotiv Moscow/RUS), Islom Tukhtakhujaev (Lokomotiv/UZB), Akbar Turaev (Bunyodkor/UZB), Farrukh Sayfiev (Nasaf/UZB), Akmal Shorakhmedov (Bunyodkor/UZB)

Saudi Arabia

Coach: Cosmin Olaroiu (ROU)

Captain: Saud Kariri

Best Asian Cup result: Winners (1984, 1988, 1996)

FIFA ranking: 102

Squad (numerical order): Waleed Abdullah (Al Shabab/KSA), Saeed Almuwallad (Al Ahli/KSA), Osama Hawsawi (Al Ahli/KSA), Abdulla Aldossary (Al Hilal/KSA), Omar Howsawi (Al Nassr/KSA), Mustafa Albassas (Al Ahli/KSA), Salman Alfaraj (Al Hilal/KSA), Yahia Alshehri (Al Nassr/KSA), Naif Hazazi (Al Shabab/KSA), Mohammed Al Sahlawi (Al Nassr/KSA), Waleed Bakshwn (Al Ahli/KSA), Hassan Muath Fallatah (Al Shabab/KSA), Yasir Alshahrani (Al Hilal/KSA), Saud Kariri (Al Hilal/KSA), Nassir Al Shamrani (Al Hilal/KSA), Motaz Hawsawi (Al Ahli/KSA), Taiseer Al Jassam Al Ahli/KSA), Salem Aldawsari (Al Hilal/KSA), Fhad Almuwallad (Al Ittihad/KSA), Nawaf Alabid (Al Hilal/KSA), Abdullah Alsdairy (Al Hilal/KSA), Abdullah Alenezi (Al Nassr/KSA), Majed Almarshadi (Al Shabab/KSA)

China 

Coach: Alain Perrin (FRA)

Captain: Zheng Zhi  

Best Asian Cup result: Runners-up (1984, 2004)

FIFA ranking: 97

Squad (numerical order): Zeng Cheng (Guangzhou Evergrande/CHN), Ren Hang (Jiangsu Sainty/CHN), Mei Fang (Guangzhou Evergrande/CHN), Jiang Zhipeng (Guangzhou R&F/CHN), Zhang Linpeng (Guangzhou Evergrande/CHN), Li Ang (Jiangsu Sainty/CHN), Wu Lei (Shanghai East Asia/CHN),) Cai Huikang (Shanghai East Asia/CHN), Yang Xu (Changchun Yatai/CHN), Zheng Zhi (Guangzhou Evergrande/CHN), Hao Junmin (Shandong Luneng/CHN), Yan Junling (Shanghai East Asia), Liu Jianye (Jiangsu Sainty/CHN), Ji Xiang (Jiangsu Sainty/CHN), Wu Xi (Jiangsu Sainty/CHN), Sun Ke (Jiangsu Sainty/CHN), Zhang Chengdong (Beijing Guoan/CHN), Gao Lin (Guangzhou Evergrande/CHN), Liu Binbin (Shandong Luneng/CHN), Yu Hanchao (Guangzhou Evergrande/CHN), Yu Hai (Guizhou Renhe/CHN), Liao Lisheng (Guangzhou Evergrande/CHN), Wang Dalei (Shandong Luneng/CHN)

North Korea

Coach: Jo Tong-Sop (PRK)

Captain: Ri Myong-Guk

Best Asian Cup result: Fourth (1980)

FIFA ranking: 150

Squad (numerical order): Ri Myong-Guk (Pyongyang FC/PRK), Ri Chang-Ho (Rimyongsu FC/PRK), Jang Song-Hyok (Rimyongsu FC/PRK), Jon Kwang-Ik (Amroksang FC/PRK), Han Song-Hyok (Rimyongsu FC/PRK), Ro Hak-Su (Rimyongsu FC/PRK), Ri Sang-Chol (Rimyongsu FC/PRK), Ryang Yong-Gi (Vegalta Sendai/JPN), Pak Song-Chol (Rimyongsu FC/PRK), Pak Kwang-Ryong (FC Basel/SUI), Jong Il-Gwan (Rimyongsu FC/PRK), Om Chol-Song (4.25 FC/PRK), Sim Hyon-Jin (4.25 FC/PRK), Kye Song-Hyok (4.25 FC/PRK), Jang Kuk-Chol (Hwaebul FC/PRK), Cha Jong-Hyok (FC Wil 1900/SUI), So Hyon-Uk (4.25 FC/PRK), Ri Kwang-Il (4.25 FC/PRK), Ri Yong-Jik (Tokushima Vortis/JPN), Choe Won (Hwaebul FC/PRK), O Hyok-Chol (4.25 FC/PRK), Ju Kwang-Min (Rimyongsu FC/PRK)

Group C

Iran

Coach: Carlos Queiroz (POR)

Captain: Javad Nekounam

Best Asian Cup result: Winners (1968, 1972, 1976)

FIFA ranking: 51

Squad (numerical order): Ali Reza Haghighi (FC Penafiel/POR), Khosro Heidari (Esteghlal/IRI), Ehsan Haji Safi (Foolad Sepahan/IRI), Jalal Hosseini (Al Ahli/QAT), Amirhossein Sadeghi (Esteghlal/IRI), Javad Nekounam (Osasuna/ESP), Masoud Shojaei (Al Shahniya/QAT), Morteza Pouraliganji (Naft Tehran/IRI), Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal/IRI), Karim Ansari Fard (Osasuna/ESP), Vorya Ghafouri (Naft Tehran/IRI), Mohsen Foroozan (Esteghlal/IRI), Vahid Amiry (Naft Tehran/IRI), Andranik Teymourian (Tractor Sazi/IRI), Ramin Rezaeian (Rah Ahan/IRI), Reza Ghoochannejhad (Kuwait SC/KUW), Soroush Rafiei (Foolad Khuzestan/IRI), Alireza Jahan Bakhsh (NEC Nijmegen FC/NED), Hashem Beikzadeh (Esteghlal/IRI), Sardar Azmoun (Rubin Kazan/RUS), Ashkan Dejagah (Al Arabi/QAT), Ali Reza Beiranvand (Naft Tehran/IRI), Mehrdad Pooladi (Al Shahniya/QAT)

UAE

Coach: Mahdi Ali (UAE)

Best Asian Cup result: Runners-up (1996)

FIFA ranking: 81

Squad (numerical order): Majed Naser (Al Ahli/UAE), Hassan Safar (Al Shabab/UAE), Walid Abbas (Al Ahli/UAE), Habib Al Fardan (Al Ahli/UAE), Amer Abdulrahman (Bani Yas/UAE), Mohanad Salem (Al Ain/UAE), Ali Ahmed Mabkhout (Al Jazira/UAE), Hamdan Al Kamali (Al Wahda/UAE), Abdulaziz Hussain Haikal (Al Ahli/UAE), Omar Abdulrahman (Al Ain/UAE), Ahmed Khalil (Al Ahli/UAE), Khalid Eisa (Al Ain/UAE), Khamis Esmaeel (Al Jazira/UAE), Mohamed Abdelaziz Sanqour (Al Ahli/UAE), Ismail Al Hammadi (Al Ahli/UAE), Mohamed Abdulrahman (Al Ain/UAE), Majed Hassan (Al Ahli/UAE), Mohamed Fawzi (Al Ain/UAE), Ismail Ahmed (Al Ain/UAE), Saeed Al Kathiri (Al Wasl/UAE), Haboosh Saleh (Bani Yas/UAE), Mohamed Yousef Al Hosani (Al Sharjah/UAE), Mohamed Ahmad Gharib (Al Ain/UAE)

Qatar

Coach: Dejamel Belmadi (ALG)

Captain: Meshaal Abdulla

Best Asian Cup result: Quarter-finals (2000, 2011)

FIFA ranking: 95

Squad (numerical order): Qasem Burhan (Al Gharafa/QAT), Mohamed Musa (Lekhwiya/QAT), Abdelkarim Hassan (Al Sadd/QAT), Almahdi Ali Mukhtar (Al Sadd/QAT), Abdelaziz Hatim (Al Arabi/QAT), Bilal Mohammed (Al Gharafa/QAT), Khaled Muftah (Lekhwiya/QAT), Ali Asadalla Thaimn (Al Sadd/QAT), Meshaal Abdulla Abdulla (Al Ahli/QAT), Khalfan Ibrahim (Al Sadd/QAT), Hasan Al Haydos (Al Sadd/QAT), Magid Mohamed (El Jaish/QAT), Ibrahim Majed (Al Sadd/QAT), Khaled Abdulraaof Al Zrigi (El Jaish/QAT), Abdurahman Abkar Mohammad (El Jaish/QAT), Boualem Khoukhi (Al Arabi/QAT), Ismail Mohamad (Lekhwiya/QAT), Mohammed Abdullah Tresor (Lekhwiya/QAT), Mohammed Muntari (El Jaish/QAT), Karim Boudiaf (Lekhwiya/QAT), Ahmed Sofyan Abonora (El Jaish/QAT), Saad Al Sheeb (Al Sadd/QAT), Ahmed Mohamed Elsayed (Umm Salal/QAT)

Bahrain

Coach: Marjan Eid (BRN)

Captain: Mohamed Hassan

Best Asian Cup result: Fourth (2004)

FIFA ranking: 122

Squad (numerical order): Sayed Mohamed Abbas (Muharraq/BRN), Mohamed Hassan (Al Nassr/KSA), Waleed Al Hayam (Muharraq/BRN), Sayed Dhiya Shubbar (Riffa/BRN), Abdulla Shallal (Riffa/BRN), Abdulla Yaser (Muharraq/BRN), Abdulwahab Ali Alsafi (Muharraq/BRN), Sayed Ahmed (Riffa/BRN), Abdulwahab Al Malood (Hidd/BRN), Mohamed Tayeb Alalawi (Riffa/BRN), Ismaeel Abdulatif Hasan (Muharraq/BRN), Faouzi Aaish (Al Sailiya/QAT), Abdulla Alhazaa (East Riffa/BRN), Jaycee John Okwunwanne (Al Mesaimeer/QAT), Abdulla Omar (Muharraq/BRN), Abdulla Yusuf Helal (East Riffa/BRN), Husain Baba Mohamed (Muharraq/BRN), Mohamed Duaij Mahorfi (Riffa/BRN), Faisal Abudahoom (East Riffa/BRN), Sami Alhusaini (Busaiteen/BRN), Hamad Mohamed Aldoseri (Riffa/BRN), Ashraf Waheed Alsebaie (Manama/BRN), Rashed Al Hooti (Riffa/BRN)

Group D

Japan

Coach: Javier Aguirre (MEX)

Captain: Makoto Hasebe

Best Asian Cup result: Winners (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011)

FIFA ranking: 54

Squad (numerical order): Eiji Kawashima (Standard Liege/BEL), Naomichi Ueda (Kashima Antlers/JPN), Kosuke Ota (FC Tokyo/JPN), Keisuke Honda (AC Milan/ITA), Yuto Nagatomo (Inter Milan/ITA), Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo/JPN), Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka/JPN), Hiroshi Kiyotake (Hannover 96/GER), Shinji Okazaki (Mainz 05/GER), Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Yohei Toyoda (Segantosu/JPN), Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Reds/JPN), Yu Kobayashi (Kawasaki Frontale/JPN), Yoshinori Muto (FC Tokyo/JPN), Yasuyuki Konno (Gamba Osaka/JPN), Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima/JPN), Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt/GER), Takashi Inui (Eintracht Frankfurt/GER), Gen Shoji (Kashima Antlers/JPN), Gaku Shibasaki (Kashima Antlers/JPN), Gotoku Sakai (VfB Stuttgart/GER), Maya Yoshida (Southampton/ENG), Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka/JPN)

Jordan

Coach: Ray Wilkins (ENG)

Captain: Ahmad Hayel

Best Asian Cup result: Quarter-finals (2004, 2011)

FIFA ranking: 81

Squad (numerical order): Amer Shafi (Al Wehdat/JOR), Rajaei Ayed Fadel Hasan (Al Wehdat/JOR), Tareq Khattab (Al Shabab/JOR), Sameer Raja Suleiman (Al Wehdat/JOR), Mohammad Mustafa (Al Khor/JOR), Odai Al Saify (Al Salmiya/JOR), Ahmad Nawaf Israiwah (Al Qadsyeh/JOR), Saeed Murjan (Al Ramtha/JOR), Mahmoud Zatara (Al Wehdat/JOR), Ahmad Hayel (Al Arabi/JOR), Oday Zahran (Shabab Al Ordun/JOR), Mutaz Yasin (That Ras/JOR), Khalil Baniateyah (Al Faisaly/JOR), Abdallah Deeb (Al Refa/JOR), Mohammad Al Daoud (Al Hidd/JOR), Monther Abu Amara (Al Wehdat/JOR), Saleh Ibrahim (Al Wehdat/JOR), Ahmad Elias Ahmad Ali (Al Wehdat/JOR), Anas Bani Yaseen (Al Raed/JOR), Hamza Aldaradreh (Al Khaleej/JOR), Mohammad Al Dmeiri (Al Etihad/JOR), Ahmad Nawwas (Al Jazeera/JOR), Yousef Ahmad Mohammad (Al Ramtha/JOR)

Iraq

Coach: Radhi Shenaishil (IRQ)

Captain: Younis Mahmoud

Best Asian Cup result: Winners (2007)

FIFA ranking: 103

Squad (numerical order): Ali Yaseen Yas (Nafit/IRQ), Ahmed Ibrahim (Ajman/UAE), Ali Bahjat Fadhil (Al Shorta/IRQ), Ali Faez Atiyah (Al Shorta/IRQ), Yaser Safa Kasim (Swindon Town/ENG), Ali Adnan Kadhim (Caykur Rizespor/TUR), Amjed Kalaf Al Muntafik (Al Shorta/IRQ), Justin Hikmat Azeez (Columbus Crew/USA), Ahmed Yaseen Gheni Orebero/SWE), Younis Mahmoud (no club), Humam Tareq Faraj (Al Dhafra/UAE), Jalal Hassan Hachim (Arbil/IRQ), Osamah Jabbar Shafeeq (Alphense Boys/NED), Salam Shakir (Al Shorta/IRQ), Dhurgham Ismael Dawood (Al Shorta/IRQ), Marwan Hussein Al Ajeeli (Al Shorta/IRQ), Alaa Abdulzehra (Al Shorta/IRQ), Sameh Saeed Mejbel (Baghdad/IRQ), Mahdi Kamil Shiltagh (Al Shorta/IRQ), Mohammed Hameed Farhan (Al Shorta/IRQ), Saad Abdulameer Al Dobjahawe (Arbil/IRQ), Ali Hisny Faisal (Menaa/IRQ), Waleed Salim Al Lami (Al Shorta/IRQ)

Palestine

Coach: Ahmed Al Hassan (PLE)

Captain: Ramzi Saleh

Best Asian Cup result: N/A

FIFA ranking: 113

Squad (numerical order): Tawfiq Abuhammad (Wadi Al Neiss/PLE), Raed Fares (Thaqafi Tulkarem/PLE), Husam Abusalah (Hilal Al Quds/PLE), Ahmed Mahajna (Shabab Al Alma’ar/PLE), Haytham Theeb (Hilal Al Quds/PLE), Mousa Abujazar (Shabab Al Khader/PLE), Ashraf Alfawaghra (Al Faisaly/KSA), Hisham Salhi (Hilal Al Quds/PLE), Khaled Salem (Hilal Al Quds/PLE), Ismail Alamour (Hilal Al Quds/PLE), Ahmed Wridat (Ahli Al Khalil/PLE), Tamer Salah (Hilal Al Quds/PLE), Jaka Hbaisha (Karaka/SLO), Abdallah Jaber (Hilal Al Quds/PLE), Abdallatif Albahdari (Al Wehdat/JOR), Mahmoud Dhadha (Nyakopings BIS/SWE), Alexis Norabuena (GKS Belchatow/POL), Musab Battat (Shabab Al Dahriah/PLE), Abdulhamid Abuhabib (Shabab Balatah/PLE), Khader Abuhammad (Wadi Al Neiss/PLE), Ramzi Saleh (Smouha/EGY), Rami Hamada (Shabab Al Khader/PLE), Murad Said (Hilal Al Quds/PLE). — AFP