2012 AFC Challenge Cup squads

Below are the squads for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup in Nepal, that took place between 8 and 19 March 2012. The players' listed age is their age on the tournament's opening day (8 March 2012).

Group A

Turkmenistan

Coach: Ýazguly Hojageldiýew

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Rahmanberdi Alyhanow (1986-01-19)19 January 1986 (aged 26) HTTU 2 2DF Hemayat Komekow (1991-05-03)3 May 1991 (aged 20) HTTU 3 2DF Goçguly Goçgulyýew (1977-05-26)26 May 1977 (aged 34) Gara Altyn 6 3MF Ruslan Mingazow (1991-11-23)23 November 1991 (aged 20) Skonto 7 4FW Berdi Şamyradow (c) (1982-06-22)22 June 1982 (aged 29) Aşgabat 8 4FW Bagtyýar Hojaahmedow (1985-02-14)14 February 1985 (aged 27) Merw 9 3MF Didar Durdiýew (1993-07-16)16 July 1993 (aged 18) Aşgabat 12 2DF Serdar Annaorazow (1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 21) HTTU 14 2DF Guwanç Rejepow (1982-04-20)20 April 1982 (aged 29) HTTU 15 3MF Nazar Çöliýew (1986-07-21)21 July 1986 (aged 25) Aşgabat 17 4FW Arslanmyrat Amanow (1990-03-28)28 March 1990 (aged 21) HTTU 18 2DF Şöhrat Soyunow (1992-03-08)8 March 1992 (aged 20) HTTU 19 3MF Ahmet Ataýew (1982-04-20)20 April 1982 (aged 29) HTTU 20 4FW Gahrymanberdi Çoňkaýew (1983-10-19)19 October 1983 (aged 28) Balkan 21 3MF Guwanç Hangeldiýew (1987-08-09)9 August 1987 (aged 24) HTTU 22 4FW Guwanç Abylow (1988-03-30)30 March 1988 (aged 23) Aşgabat 23 2DF Dawid Sarkisow (1982-11-20)20 November 1982 (aged 29) HTTU 24 2DF Rahimberdy Baltaýew Aşgabat 25 1GK Mämed Orazmuhamedow (1986-12-20)20 December 1986 (aged 25) HTTU 26 3MF Elman Tagaýew (1989-06-02)2 June 1989 (aged 22) Aşgabat 30 3MF Umijan Astanow (1990-08-11)11 August 1990 (aged 21) Merw 34 2DF Akmyrat Jumanazarow Merw

Maldives

Coach: István Urbányi^[1]

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Athif Ahmed (1988-05-25)25 May 1988 (aged 23) Maziya 2 2DF Ahmed Abdulla (1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 24) New Radiant SC 3 2DF Mohamed Shifan (1983-03-08)8 March 1983 (aged 29) Victory SC 4 3MF Mohammad Umair (1988-07-03)3 July 1988 (aged 23) VB Sports Club 5 3MF Ibrahim Fazeel (1980-10-09)9 October 1980 (aged 31) Victory SC 6 4FW Mohamed Arif (1985-08-11)11 August 1985 (aged 26) VB Sports Club 7 4FW Ali Ashfaq (c) (1985-09-05)5 September 1985 (aged 26) New Radiant SC 8 2DF Rilwan Waheed (1991-02-14)14 February 1991 (aged 21) Victory SC 9 4FW Ahmed Thariq (1980-10-04)4 October 1980 (aged 31) New Radiant SC 11 4FW Ashad Ali (1986-09-14)14 September 1986 (aged 25) VB Sports Club 13 2DF Akram Abdul Ghanee (1987-03-19)19 March 1987 (aged 24) VB Sports Club 17 2DF Shafiu Ahmed (1979-11-13)13 November 1979 (aged 32) Club Valencia 19 4FW Mohamed Rasheed Victory SC 20 2DF Faruhad Ismail (1977-05-07)7 May 1977 (aged 34) VB Sports Club 21 4FW Hassan Adhuham (1990-01-08)8 January 1990 (aged 22) Victory SC 22 1GK Yamaan Mohamed 23 3MF Mukhthar Naseer (1979-05-07)7 May 1979 (aged 32) Victory SC 24 3MF Ahmed Nashid (1989-04-04)4 April 1989 (aged 22) VB Sports Club 25 1GK Imran Mohamed (1980-12-18)18 December 1980 (aged 31) Club Valencia 28 2DF Mohamed Thasneem (1987-06-24)24 June 1987 (aged 24) Maziya 32 3MF Mohamed Hussain Niyaz (1987-03-19)19 March 1987 (aged 24) Victory SC 33 2DF Abdullah Ibrahim (1988-09-03)3 September 1988 (aged 23)

Nepal

Coach: Graham Roberts^[2]

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Bikash Malla (1985-08-15)15 August 1985 (aged 26) Nepal Army 2 2DF Rabin Shrestha (1990-12-26)26 December 1990 (aged 21) Nepal Police 3 2DF Biraj Maharjan (1987-10-03)3 October 1987 (aged 24) Three Star 4 2DF Deepak Bhushal (1990-01-22)22 January 1990 (aged 22) Manang Marshyangdi 6 2DF Rohit Chand (1992-03-01)1 March 1992 (aged 20) HAL 8 3MF Nirajan Khadka (1988-12-20)20 December 1988 (aged 23) Manang Marshyangdi 9 4FW Santosh Sahukhala (1988-01-10)10 January 1988 (aged 24) Manang Marshyangdi 10 4FW Anil Gurung (1988-09-23)23 September 1988 (aged 23) Manang Marshyangdi 11 4FW Ju Manu Rai (1983-03-01)1 March 1983 (aged 29) Nepal Police 13 2DF Sandip Rai (1988-09-25)25 September 1988 (aged 23) Manang Marshyangdi 15 3MF Raju Tamang (1985-10-27)27 October 1985 (aged 26) Nepal Army 16 1GK Kiran Chemjong (1990-03-20)20 March 1990 (aged 21) Three Star 17 3MF Bhola Silwal (1987-01-04)4 January 1987 (aged 25) Nepal Police 18 4FW Ganesh Lawati (1981-06-01)1 June 1981 (aged 30) Armed Police Force 19 2DF Sagar Thapa (c) (1984-01-19)19 January 1984 (aged 28) Himalayan Sherpa 20 1GK Ritesh Thapa (1984-10-02)2 October 1984 (aged 27) Nepal Police 21 4FW Bharat Khawas (1992-04-16)16 April 1992 (aged 19) Nepal Police 24 2DF Jitendra Karki New Road 27 2DF Sabindra Shrestha (1992-01-05)5 January 1992 (aged 20) Manang Marshyangdi 28 3MF Tanka Basnet Nepal Army

Palestine

Coach: Jamal Mahmoud^[3]

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Toufic Ali (1990-11-08)8 November 1990 (aged 21) Wadi Al-Nes 5 2DF Abdelatif Bahdari (1984-02-20)20 February 1984 (aged 28) Hajer Club 6 3MF Mousa Abu Jazar (1987-08-25)25 August 1987 (aged 24) Shabab Al-Khaleel 7 3MF Ashraf Nu'man (1986-07-29)29 July 1986 (aged 25) Wadi Al-Nes 10 4FW Fahed Attal (1985-01-01)1 January 1985 (aged 27) Shabab Al-Khaleel 12 3MF Houssam Wadi (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 26) Ittihad Al-Shajaiya 13 4FW Alaa Attieh (1990-06-03)3 June 1990 (aged 21) Al-Yarmouk 14 3MF Mohammed Samara (1983-01-01)1 January 1983 (aged 29) Arab Contractors 16 1GK Mohammed Shbair (1986-12-06)6 December 1986 (aged 25) Shabab Al-Khaleel 17 4FW Khaled Salem (1989-11-17)17 November 1989 (aged 22) Shabab Al-Dhahrieh 18 3MF Hussam Abu Saleh (1982-09-05)5 September 1982 (aged 29) Hilal Al-Quds 19 3MF Abdelhamid Abuhabib (1989-06-08)8 June 1989 (aged 22) Merkaz Balata 20 3MF Khader Yousef (1984-06-10)10 June 1984 (aged 27) Wadi Al-Nes 21 1GK Ramzi Saleh (c) (1980-08-08)8 August 1980 (aged 31) Smouha 22 2DF Ahmed Harbi (1986-04-07)7 April 1986 (aged 25) Al-Am'ary 23 3MF Murad Ismail Said (1982-12-15)15 December 1982 (aged 29) Hilal Al-Quds 24 4FW Mohammed Jamal (1988-05-22)22 May 1988 (aged 23) Shabab Al-Khaleel 25 2DF Ahmed Salameh (1989-07-11)11 July 1989 (aged 22) Al-Am'ary 27 3MF Ahmad Maher Wridat (1991-07-22)22 July 1991 (aged 20) Shabab Al-Dhahrieh 28 2DF Nadim Barghouthi (1989-05-09)9 May 1989 (aged 22) Shabab Al-Khaleel 33 2DF Khaled Mahdi (1987-02-01)1 February 1987 (aged 25) Al-Am'ary 35 3MF Ma'aly Kaware (1983-03-11)11 March 1983 (aged 28) Al-Am'ary 38 2DF Samer Hijazi (1988-12-06)6 December 1988 (aged 23) Jabal Al-Mukaber

Group B

North Korea

Coach: Yun Jong-Su

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Ri Myong-Guk (1986-09-09)9 September 1986 (aged 25) Pyongyang City 4 3MF Pak Nam-Chol I (1985-07-02)2 July 1985 (aged 26) April 25 5 2DF Ri Kwang-Chon (c) (1985-09-04)4 September 1985 (aged 26) Muangthong United 7 4FW Pak Song-Chol II (1991-03-20)20 March 1991 (aged 20) April 25 8 3MF Ri Chol-Myong (1988-02-18)18 February 1988 (aged 24) Pyongyang City 10 4FW Pak Kwang-Ryong (1992-09-27)27 September 1992 (aged 19) Basel 11 4FW Jong Il-Gwan (1992-10-30)30 October 1992 (aged 19) Rimyongsu 12 2DF Jon Kwang-Ik (1988-04-05)5 April 1988 (aged 23) Amrokgang 13 4FW Jang Myong-Il (1986-04-25)25 April 1986 (aged 25) Amrokgang 14 2DF Pak Nam-Chol II (1988-10-03)3 October 1988 (aged 23) Amrokgang 15 3MF Ri Hyon-Song (1992-12-23)23 December 1992 (aged 19) Rimyongsu 17 3MF An Yong-Hak (1978-10-25)25 October 1978 (aged 33) Kashiwa Reysol 18 1GK Kim Myong-Gil (1984-10-16)16 October 1984 (aged 27) Amrokgang 19 3MF Jang Kuk-Chol (1994-02-16)16 February 1994 (aged 18) Rimyongsu 20 2DF Ri Kwang-Hyok (1987-08-17)17 August 1987 (aged 24) Kyonggongop 21 1GK Ju Kwang-Min (1990-05-20)20 May 1990 (aged 21) Kigwancha 22 3MF Pak Song-Chol I (1987-09-24)24 September 1987 (aged 24) Rimyongsu 23 2DF Jang Song-Hyok (1991-01-18)18 January 1991 (aged 21) Rimyongsu 24 2DF Ri Il-Jin (1993-08-20)20 August 1993 (aged 18) Sobaeksu 25 4FW Kim Ju-Song (1993-10-15)15 October 1993 (aged 18) April 25 26 2DF Ri Hyong-Mu (1991-11-04)4 November 1991 (aged 20) Sobaeksu

Philippines

Coach: Michael Weiß^[4]

No. Pos. Player Date of Birth (age) Club 1 1GK Neil Etheridge (1990-02-07)7 February 1990 (aged 22) Fulham 2 2DF Rob Gier (1981-01-06)6 January 1981 (aged 31) Ascot United 5 2DF Juan Luis Guirado (1979-08-27)27 August 1979 (aged 32) Global FC 6 2DF Roel Gener (1974-06-27)27 June 1974 (aged 37) Philippine Army 7 3MF James Younghusband (1986-09-04)4 September 1986 (aged 25) Loyola 9 3MF Misagh Bahadoran (1987-01-10)10 January 1987 (aged 25) Global FC 10 4FW Phil Younghusband (1987-08-04)4 August 1987 (aged 24) Loyola 12 4FW Ángel Guirado (1984-12-09)9 December 1984 (aged 27) Global FC 13 3MF Emelio Caligdong (c) (1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 29) Philippine Air Force 14 2DF Carli de Murga (1988-11-30)30 November 1988 (aged 23) Global FC 17 3MF Jason de Jong (1990-02-28)28 February 1990 (aged 22) Dordrecht 19 3MF Nestorio Margarse (1976-05-03)3 May 1976 (aged 35) Philippine Army 22 3MF Paul Mulders (1981-01-16)16 January 1981 (aged 31) ADO Den Haag 23 4FW Ian Araneta (1982-03-02)2 March 1982 (aged 30) Philippine Air Force 24 3MF Marwin Angeles (1991-01-09)9 January 1991 (aged 21) Laos FC 27 2DF Ray Jónsson (1979-02-03)3 February 1979 (aged 33) Grindavik 29 3MF Lexton Moy (1985-01-24)24 January 1985 (aged 27) Kaya 35 2DF Dennis Cagara (1985-02-19)19 February 1985 (aged 27) FSV Frankfurt 36 2DF Roxy Dorlas (1987-09-02)2 September 1987 (aged 24) Loyola 37 3MF Angelo Verheye (1992-05-14)14 May 1992 (aged 19) Gent 41 1GK Eduard Sacapaño (1980-02-14)14 February 1980 (aged 32) Philippine Army 42 2DF Jason Sabio (1986-06-30)30 June 1986 (aged 25) Kaya 44 1GK Paolo Pascual (1991-01-22)22 January 1991 (aged 21) Global FC

India

Coach: Savio Medeira^[5]

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Karanjit Singh (1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 26) Salgaocar 3 2DF Raju Gaikwad (1990-09-25)25 September 1990 (aged 21) East Bengal 4 2DF Nirmal Chettri (1990-10-21)21 October 1990 (aged 21) East Bengal 5 2DF Anwar Ali (1984-09-24)24 September 1984 (aged 27) Mohun Bagan 6 4FW C. S. Sabeeth (1990-12-02)2 December 1990 (aged 21) Pailan Arrows 9 4FW Joaquim Abranches (1985-10-28)28 October 1985 (aged 26) Dempo 11 4FW Sunil Chhetri (c) (1984-08-03)3 August 1984 (aged 27) Mohun Bagan 12 3MF Anthony Pereira (1982-04-09)9 April 1982 (aged 29) Dempo 16 2DF Samir Subash Naik (1979-08-08)8 August 1979 (aged 32) Dempo 17 3MF Adil Khan (1988-07-07)7 July 1988 (aged 23) Sporting Goa 18 4FW Sushil Kumar Singh (1989-04-01)1 April 1989 (aged 22) Shillong Lajong 19 2DF Gouramangi Singh (1986-01-25)25 January 1986 (aged 26) Churchill Brothers 20 3MF Lalrindika Ralte (1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 19) Churchill Brothers 21 3MF Rocus Lamare (1986-09-26)26 September 1986 (aged 25) Salgaocar 22 2DF Syed Rahim Nabi (1985-12-14)14 December 1985 (aged 26) Mohun Bagan 25 1GK Subhasish Roy Chowdhury (1985-09-27)27 September 1985 (aged 26) Dempo 26 3MF Francis Fernandes (1985-11-25)25 November 1985 (aged 26) Salgaocar 27 2DF Gurjinder Kumar (1990-10-10)10 October 1990 (aged 21) Pune 28 3MF Jewel Raja Shaikh (1990-01-19)19 January 1990 (aged 22) Mohun Bagan 32 3MF Reisangmei Vashum (1988-01-10)10 January 1988 (aged 24) East Bengal 36 1GK Arindam Bhattacharya (1988-03-25)25 March 1988 (aged 23) Churchill Brothers 40 2DF Kingshuk Debnath (1985-05-07)7 May 1985 (aged 26) Mohun Bagan 47 3MF Lenny Rodrigues (1987-05-10)10 May 1987 (aged 24) Churchill Brothers

Tajikistan

Coach: Kemal Alispahić^[6]

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Alisher Tuychiev (1976-03-03)3 March 1976 (aged 36) Esteghlal Dushanbe 2 2DF Farrukh Choriev (1984-07-24)24 July 1984 (aged 27) Regar-TadAZ 3 2DF Sokhib Suvonkulov (1988-09-15)15 September 1988 (aged 23) Esteghlal Dushanbe 4 2DF Eraj Rajabov (1990-11-09)9 November 1990 (aged 21) Esteghlal Dushanbe 6 2DF Davron Ergashev (1988-03-19)19 March 1988 (aged 23) Esteghlal Dushanbe 7 3MF Ibrahim Rabimov (1987-08-03)3 August 1987 (aged 24) Esteghlal Dushanbe 8 4FW Mahmadali Sodikov (c) (1984-03-20)20 March 1984 (aged 27) Esteghlal Dushanbe 9 3MF Nuriddin Davronov (1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 21) Esteghlal Dushanbe 10 3MF Jakhongir Jalilov (1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 22) Esteghlal Dushanbe 11 4FW Farhod Tohirov (1990-05-29)29 May 1990 (aged 21) Esteghlal Dushanbe 12 2DF Akhtam Nazarov (1988-02-08)8 February 1988 (aged 24) Energetik 13 4FW Akhtam Khamroqulov (1988-01-30)30 January 1988 (aged 24) Regar-TadAZ 15 2DF Umed Khabibulloev (1978-11-12)12 November 1978 (aged 33) Esteghlal Dushanbe 17 4FW Dilshod Vasiev (1988-02-12)12 February 1988 (aged 24) Esteghlal Dushanbe 18 3MF Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev (1990-03-24)24 March 1990 (aged 21) Esteghlal Dushanbe 20 3MF Khurshed Mahmudov (1982-08-08)8 August 1982 (aged 29) Regar-TadAZ 22 4FW Yusuf Rabiev (1979-12-24)24 December 1979 (aged 32) Esteghlal Dushanbe 23 1GK Vladimir Sysoev (1983-08-05)5 August 1983 (aged 28) Regar-TadAZ 25 4FW Kamil Saidov (1989-01-25)25 January 1989 (aged 23) CSKA Pomir 34 3MF Ilkhomjon Ortiqov (1985-10-25)25 October 1985 (aged 26) CSKA Pomir 36 1GK Saidjon Saidrahmonov (1987-06-29)29 June 1987 (aged 24) Ravshan 44 2DF Alexei Negmatov (1986-01-04)4 January 1986 (aged 26) Vakhsh 47 2DF Daler Tukhtasunov (1986-08-27)27 August 1986 (aged 25) Regar-TadAZ

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