Bahrain at the AFC Asian Cup
Since the AFC Asian Cup was founded, so far, Bahrain national football team has qualified for at least six Asian Cups, starting from 1988 and since 2004 to now will be 2019. Bahrain, in spite of lesser population, has achieved a lot of impressive results, notably beating South Korea and Qatar 2–1 in 2007 and 2015, or thrilling with Japan in 2004 which Bahrain lost. However, in all six appearances, Bahrain's best result is just fourth place, in 2004, also the only time they qualified from the group stage. Since then, Bahrain has never repeated the feat.
Asian Cup performance
Asian Cup record | |||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D * | L | GF | GA | ||
1956 | Did not enter | ||||||||
1960 | |||||||||
1964 | |||||||||
1968 | |||||||||
1972 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
1976 | Withdrew | ||||||||
1980 | Withdrew after qualifying | ||||||||
1984 | Withdrew | ||||||||
1988 | Group Stage | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
1992 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
1996 | Withdrew | ||||||||
2000 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
2004 | Fourth place | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | ||
2007 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
2011 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||
2015 | Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
2019 | Qualified | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Total | 6/17 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 34 |
Squads
1988 Asian Cup in Qatar
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Saudi Arabia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
China | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 |
Syria | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 |
Kuwait | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
Bahrain | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 |
Kuwait | 0–0 | Bahrain |
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Report |
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
Bahrain | 0–1 | China |
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Report | Zhang Xiaowen 78' |
Referee: Syed Shahid Hakim (India)
Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | Bahrain |
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Jazea'a 78' | Report | F. Mohamed 44' (pen.) |
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
Bahrain | 0–1 | Syria |
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Report | Abu Al-Sel 72' (pen.) |
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
2004 Asian Cup in China
Group A
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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China | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 |
Bahrain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
Indonesia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 |
Qatar | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
Quarter-finals
Uzbekistan | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Bahrain |
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Geynrikh 60' Shishelov 86' |
Report | A. Hubail 71', 76' |
Penalties | ||
Fyodorov Djeperov Geynrikh Bikmoev Koshelev |
3–4 | Ali Juma Baba Farhan A. Hubail |
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
2007 Asian Cup in Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/Vietnam
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Saudi Arabia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 |
South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 |
Bahrain | 2–1 | South Korea |
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Isa 43' Abdul-Latif 85' |
Report | Kim Do-Heon 4' |
Saudi Arabia | 4–0 | Bahrain |
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Al-Mousa 18' A. Al-Qahtani 45' Al-Jassim 68', 79' |
Report |
2011 Asian Cup in Qatar
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 |
South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 |
10 January 2011 | ||
South Korea | 2–1 | Bahrain |
14 January 2011 | ||
Bahrain | 5–2 | India |
18 January 2011 | ||
Australia | 1–0 | Bahrain |
2015 Asian Cup in Australia
Group C
Template:2015 AFC Asian Cup Group C table
11 January 2015 | |||
Iran | 2–0 | Bahrain | AAMI Park, Melbourne |
15 January 2015 | |||
Bahrain | 1–2 | United Arab Emirates | Canberra Stadium, Canberra |
19 January 2015 | |||
Qatar | 1–2 | Bahrain | Stadium Australia, Sydney |
2019 Asian Cup in the UAE
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United Arab Emirates (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4[a] | |
3 | Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4[a] | |
4 | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
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References
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