1956 AFC Asian Cup squads

Squads for the 1956 AFC Asian Cup played in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong[]

Head coach: Tom Sneddon

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	(衛佛儉)
	1GK	(張觀興)				Kitchee
	2DF	(李炳照)				Kitchee
	2DF	(司徒堯)				Kitchee
	2DF	(劉志炳)				South China AA
	3MF	(陸達熙)				South China AA
	3MF	(高保強)	1930			Eastern AA
	3MF	(陳志剛)				South China AA
	3MF					Prisons FC
	3MF	(韓尼波)				Sing Tao
	4FW	(朱榮華)				South China AA
	4FW	(劉志霖)
	4FW	Ho Cheng Yau(何祥友)	1933			South China AA
	4FW	(林錦棠)
	4FW	(鄧宜杰)				Kitchee
	4FW	(區志賢)
	4FW	(劉繼照)				Kitchee
	4FW	(羅鏡泉)				Sing Tao

South Vietnam[]

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK					Sai Gon
	1GK
	2DF
	2DF
	2DF
	3MF
	3MF
	3MF
	3MF
	4FW
	4FW
	4FW
	4FW	(c)
	4FW
	4FW
	4FW
	4FW
	4FW
	2DF
	3MF
	4FW

South Korea[]

Head coach: Kim Sung-gan

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Ham Heung-chul	(1930-11-17)17 November 1930 (aged 25)			ROK Army OPMG
	1GK		1931			ROK Marine Corps
	2DF	Cha Tae-sung	(1934-10-08)8 October 1934 (aged 21)			ROK Army CIC
	2DF	Park Jae-seung	(1923-04-01)1 April 1923 (aged 33)			ROK Army CIC
	2DF					ROK Army Quartermaster Corps
	2DF		(1929-05-06)6 May 1929 (aged 27)			ROK Army CIC
	3MF		(1927-04-14)14 April 1927 (aged 29)			ROK Marine Corps
	3MF	Kim Hong-bok	(1935-03-04)4 March 1935 (aged 21)			Kookmin University
	3MF	Kim Jin-woo				ROK Army Quartermaster Corps
	3MF	Kim Ji-sung	(1924-11-07)7 November 1924 (aged 31)			ROK Army CIC
	3MF	Lee Soo-nam	(1927-02-02)2 February 1927 (aged 29)			ROK Army CIC
	4FW	Sung Nak-woon	(1930-11-17)17 November 1930 (aged 25)			ROK Army Quartermaster Corps
	4FW		(1930-11-17)17 November 1930 (aged 25)			Korea University
	4FW	Choi Chung-min	(1930-11-17)17 November 1930 (aged 25)			ROK Army CIC
	4FW	Park Kyung-ho				ROK Army CIC
	4FW					ROK Quartermaster Corps
	4FW	Woo Sang-kwon	(1928-02-02)2 February 1928 (aged 28)			ROK Army OPMG

Israel[]

Head coach: Jackie Gibbons

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Ya'akov Hodorov	(1927-06-16)16 June 1927 (aged 29)	12	0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
	1GK		(1930-09-05)5 September 1930 (aged 25)	0	0	Hapoel Petah Tikva
	2DF		(1929-04-06)6 April 1929 (aged 27)	2	0	Hapoel Petah Tikva
	2DF		(1937-03-08)8 March 1937 (aged 19)	2	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	3MF		(1935-08-14)14 August 1935 (aged 21)	2	0	Hapoel Petah Tikva
	3MF		1936 (aged 20)	2	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	3MF	Itzhak Schneor	(1925-12-11)11 December 1925 (aged 30)	11	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	3MF		(1932-01-06)6 January 1932 (aged 24)	5	0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
	3MF			0	0	Maccabi Petah Tikva
	4FW	Yehoshua Glazer	(1927-12-29)29 December 1927 (aged 28)	11	8	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	4FW	Yosef Mirmovich	(1924-07-24)24 July 1924 (aged 32)	11	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	4FW	Nahum Stelmach	(1936-07-19)19 July 1936 (aged 20)	2	1	Hapoel Petah Tikva
	4FW	Boaz Kofman	(1935-03-29)29 March 1935 (aged 21)	1	0	Hapoel Petah Tikva
	4FW		(1934-04-29)29 April 1934 (aged 22)	5	0	Hapoel Tel Aviv
	4FW		(1928-10-15)15 October 1928 (aged 27)	2	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
	4FW	Eliezer Spiegel	(1922-06-20)20 June 1922 (aged 34)	2	0	Maccabi Petah Tikva

References[]

External links[]

• https://web.archive.org/web/20150524232202/http://rdfc.com.ne.kr/int/skor-intres-1948.html
• http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/isra-intres50.html