Bahrain at the AFC Asian Cup

Since the AFC Asian Cup was founded, so far, Bahrain has qualified for at least six Asian Cups, starting from 1988 and since 2004 to 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 a thrilling match with Japan in 2004 which Bahrain lost. However, in all six appearances, Bahrain's best result is just fourth place, in 2004. Since then, Bahrain has only made the knockout stage on one other occasion, in 2019.

Asian Cup performance
Asian Cup record
Year Round Pld W D * L GF GA
1956Did not enter
1960
1964
1968
1972Did not qualify
1976Withdrew
1980Withdrew after qualifying
1984Withdrew
1988Group Stage402213
1992Did not qualify
1996Withdrew
2000Did not qualify
2004Fourth place61321314
2007Group Stage310237
2011Group Stage310265
2015Group Stage310235
2019Round of 16411234
2023To be determined
Total 6/17 23 5 6 12 29 38

Squads

[1]

1988 Asian Cup in Qatar
Main article: 1988 AFC Asian Cup

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia (A) 4 2 2 0 4 1 +3 6
 China PR (A) 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 5
 Syria 4 2 0 2 2 5 −3 4
 Kuwait 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3
 Bahrain 4 0 2 2 1 3 −2 2
Source:
(A) Advanced to the semi-finals.
Kuwait 0–0 Bahrain
Report
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
Bahrain 0–1 China PR
Report Zhang Xiaowen  78'
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Bahrain
Jazea'a  78' Report F. Mohamed  44' (pen.)
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
Bahrain 0–1 Syria
Report Abu Al-Sel  72' (pen.)
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

2004 Asian Cup in China
Main article: 2004 AFC Asian Cup

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 China PR 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
 Bahrain 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
 Indonesia 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
 Qatar 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source:
China PR 2–2 Bahrain
Zheng Zhi  58' (pen.)
Li Jinyu  66'		 Report M. Hubail  41'
Ali  89'
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 40,000
Bahrain 1–1 Qatar
M. Hubail  90+1' Report Rizik  59' (pen.)
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Bahrain 3–1 Indonesia
Ali  43'
A. Hubail  57'
Yousef  82'		 Report Aiboy  75'
Shandong Sports Center, Jinan
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Quarter-finals
Uzbekistan 2–2 (a.e.t.) Bahrain
Geynrikh  60'
Shishelov  86'		 Report A. Hubail  71', 76'
Penalties
Fyodorov
Djeperov
Geynrikh
Bikmoev
Koshelev 		3–4 Ali
Juma
Baba
Farhan
A. Hubail
Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)

Semi-finals
Bahrain 3–4 (a.e.t.) Japan
A. Hubail  7', 71'
Naser  85'		 Report Nakata  48'
Tamada  55', 93'
Nakazawa  90'
Shandong Sports Center, Jinan
Attendance: 32,000

Third place play-off
Iran 4–2 Bahrain
Nekounam  9'
Karimi  52'
Daei  80' (pen.), 90'		 Report Yousef  48'
Farhan  57'
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 10,000

2007 Asian Cup in Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/Vietnam
Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup

Group D
Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3  Indonesia (H) 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Bahrain 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
Source: Asian Cup 2007
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Indonesia 2–1 Bahrain
Sudarsono  14'
Bambang  64'		 Report Mahmood  27'
Attendance: 60,000
Bahrain 2–1 South Korea
Isa  43'
Abdul-Latif  85'		 Report Kim Do-Heon  4'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
Saudi Arabia 4–0 Bahrain
Al-Mousa  18'
A. Al-Qahtani  45'
Al-Jassim  68', 79'		 Report
Attendance: 500

2011 Asian Cup in Qatar
Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup

Group C
Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
3  Bahrain 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3
4  India 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
Source: Asian Cup 2011
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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
Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup

Group C
Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  United Arab Emirates 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
3  Bahrain 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4  Qatar 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
11 January 2015
Iran 2–0 BahrainAAMI Park, Melbourne
15 January 2015
Bahrain 1–2 United Arab EmiratesCanberra Stadium, Canberra
19 January 2015
Qatar 1–2 BahrainStadium Australia, Sydney

2019 Asian Cup in the UAE
Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup

Group A
Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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[lower-alpha 1]
3  Bahrain 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4[lower-alpha 1]
4  India 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
Source: AFC
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Thailand 3, Bahrain 0.
United Arab Emirates 1–1 Bahrain
 Report
Attendance: 33,878

[2]

Bahrain 0–1 Thailand
Report
Attendance: 2,720
India 0–1 Bahrain
Report
Attendance: 11,417

[3]

Round of 16
South Korea 2–1 (a.e.t.) Bahrain
 Report
Attendance: 7,658
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

References
  1. "Bahrain Squad for 2019 Asian cup (23 Final Player List]". Retrieved 2018-12-29.
  2. "UAE to face Bahrain in 2019 Asian Cup opener". gulftoday.ae. Gulf today. 5 May 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. "AFC Asian Cup 2019: Rating India's chances against UAE, Bahrain and Thailand in Group A". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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