Football at the 1954 Asian Games – Men's team squads

Squads for the Football at the 1954 Asian Games played in Manila, Philippines.

Group A

Republic of China

No.	Pos.	Player
1	1GK	Pau King-yin
2	2DF	Lau Yee
3	2DF	Hau Yung-sang
5	2DF	Ng Kee-cheung
7	3MF	Chan Fai-hung
11	3MF	King Loh-sung
12	4FW	Chu Wing-keung
15	4FW	Ho Ying-fan
16	4FW	Lee Tae-fai
20	4FW	Chu Chin-ching
22	4FW	Hsu Wei-po
		Chou Wen-chi
		Hau Ching-to
		Li Chun-fat
		Lo Ching-hsiang
	4FW	Mok Chun-wah
		Szeto Man
		Tang Sum
		Teng Sheung
		Tse Tsu-kuo
		Yen Shih-hsin
	4FW	Yiu Cheuk-yin

South Vietnam

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player
1	1GK	Chau Ram Hon
2	2DF	Gon Rai Van
3	2DF	Hun Vo Fa
4	3MF	Nguyen Thai Hun
5	2DF	Nguyen Van Chu
6	3MF	Nguyen Van Mong
7	4FW	Ram Van Fan
8	4FW	Tah Do Toy
9	4FW	Vin Do Toy
10	4FW
11	4FW
12	1GK	Chau Lam Hong
13	3MF	Ram Van Hum Tan
14	1GK	Pham Van Rang
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16
17
18

Philippines

Head coach: Dionisio Calvo^[1]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)
1GK	Eddie Llamas
1GK	Freddie Campos
1GK	Victor Sison
2DF	Rene Nieto
2DF	Carlos Rebullida
2DF	Carlos Calero
2DF	Benjamin Benito
3MF	Julio Garcia
3MF	Fernando Álvarez
3MF	Ramon Gonzales
3MF	Jose Esteva
3MF	Manuel Daude
3MF	Emmanuel Bravo
4FW	Eduardo Pacheco	(1936-01-04)4 January 1936 (aged 18)
4FW	Benito Razon
4FW	Alberto Villareal
4FW	Ramon Petierra
4FW	Jose Estella
4FW	Alfredo de Jesus
4FW	Pocholo Manzano
4FW	Rafael Ortigas Jr.
4FW	Angel Heredia

Group B

Singapore

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Wilfred Skinner	31 May 1934 (aged 19)
2	2DF	Lee Kok Seng
3	2DF	Soh Teow Keng
4	3MF	Ho Hing Weng
5	2DF
	3MF	Chia Boon Leong
	4FW	Rahim Omar	1934 (aged 20)	Star Soccerites
	4FW	Awang Bakar	1930 (aged 24)	Singapore FA
9	4FW
10	4FW
11	4FW
12	3MF	Aw Boon Seong
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18

Pakistan

Manager: Khawaja Riaz Ahmed^[2]^[3]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Shamoo (Abdul Ghani)		Karachi
2DF	Sumbal Khan		NWFP
2DF	Sheikh Shaheb Ali	(1917-07-01)1 July 1917 (aged 36)	Fire Service SC
2DF	Nabi Chowdhury	1934 (aged 20)	Dhaka Wanderers
2DF	Riasat Ali		Punjab
2DF	Abdul Haq		Punjab
4FW	Mohammad Amin	1931 (aged 23)	Pakistan Air Force
4FW	Masood Fakhri	(1932-09-16)16 September 1932 (aged 21)	East Bengal Club
4FW	Moideen Kutty (Captain)	1928 (aged 26)	Pakistan Air Force
4FW	Jamil Akhtar		Pakistan Railways
	Ahmed Ali (Vice-captain)		Balochistan
	Lt. Siddiqi		Pakistan Army
	Malik		Punjab
	Niaz Ali		Punjab
	Taj Mohammad Jr.		Balochistan
	Ibrahim		Karachi
	Rashid		Dacca
	Muhammad Sharif		Punjab
	Afzal		Karachi

Burma

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player
2	1GK	Sein Myint
5	4FW	Ba Kyu
6	3MF	Robert Yin Gyaw
8	4FW	Gordon Samuel
9	4FW	Douglas Steward
10	4FW	Sein Pe
14	2DF	Maung Aung
15	2DF	Thein Aung
16	3MF	Perry Dwe
18	3MF	Suk Bahadur Thapa
21	4FW	Pe Khin
		Seaton Aukim
		Hla Maung
		Htoowa Dwe
		Kyaw Zaw
		Pye Myint
		Tun Aung

Group C

Japan

Head coach: Shigemaru Takenokoshi

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Hiroto Muraoka	19 September 1931 (aged 22)	Kyodai Club
1GK	Hidemaro Watanabe	24 September 1924 (aged 29)	Chugoku Electric Power
2DF	Ryuzo Hiraki	7 October 1931 (aged 22)	Kwansei Gakuin University
2DF	Yoshio Okada	11 August 1926 (aged 27)	Rokko Club
2DF	Nobuo Matsunaga	06 December 1921 (aged 32)	Nippon Light Metal
2DF	Hiroyuki Doida
3MF	Takashi Takabayashi	02 August 1931 (aged 22)	Tanabe Pharmaceutical
3MF	Arawa Kimura	08 July 1931 (aged 22)	Kwangaku Club
3MF	Shigeo Sugimoto	04 December 1926 (aged 27)	Hankyu Railways SC
3MF	Masao Ono	02 March 1923 (aged 31)	Nissan Chemical SC
4FW	Masanori Tokita	24 June 1925 (aged 28)	Tanabe Pharmaceutical
4FW	Taro Kagawa	09 August 1922 (aged 31)	Osaka SC
4FW	Taizo Kawamoto	17 January 1914 (aged 40)	Osaka SC
4FW	Toshio Iwatani	24 October 1925 (aged 28)	Osaka SC
4FW	Takashi Kano	31 October 1920 (aged 32)	Waseda WMW
4FW	Hirokazu Ninomiya	22 November 1917 (aged 36)	Keio BRB
4FW	Ken Naganuma	05 September 1930 (aged 23)	Furukawa Electric
4FW	Takashi Tokuhiro	28 April 1931 (aged 23)	Yuasa Batteries

Indonesia

Head coach: Antun Pogačnik

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Parengkuan		Persija Jakarta
1GK	Mursanjoto		Persema Malang
2DF	Chaeruddin Siregar	7 August 1929 (aged 24)	Persija Jakarta
2DF	Anas Wiradikarta		Persib Bandung
2DF	Kwee Kiat Sek	11 January 1934 (aged 20)	Persib Bandung
2DF	Ong Liong Tik		Persija Jakarta
3MF	Tan Liong Houw	26 July 1930 (aged 23)	Persija Jakarta
3MF	Ramlan Yatim	10 September 1922 (aged 32)	PSMS Medan
3MF	Mohammad Sidhi		Persebaya Surabaya
4FW	Phwa Sian Liong	26 January 1931 (aged 23)	Persebaya Surabaya
4FW	Jusuf Siregar	28 August 1928 (aged 25)	PSMS Medan
4FW	Djamiat Dhalhar	25 November 1927 (aged 26)	Persija Jakarta
4FW	Ramang	24 April 1928 (aged 26)	PSM Makassar
4FW	Tee San Liong	3 January 1922 (aged 32)	Persebaya Surabaya
4FW	Aang Witarsa	3 December 1930 (aged 23)	Persib Bandung
4FW	Soegiono	1922	PSIS Semarang

India

Head coach: Balaidas Chatterjee^[4]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Sanjeeva Uchil		Bombay
1GK	Sanat Sett		Bengal
2DF	Sailen Manna (c)	(1924-09-01)1 September 1924 (aged 29)	Mohun Bagan
2DF	Sayed Khwaja Aziz-ud-Din	(1930-07-12)12 July 1930 (aged 23)	Hyderabad City Police
2DF	Thenmadom Varghese		Bombay
2DF	Anthony Patrick		Hyderabad City Police
3MF	Noor Muhammad		Hyderabad City Police
3MF	Chandan Singh Rawat	(1928-07-26)26 July 1928 (aged 25)	Bengal
3MF	Amal Dutta	(1928-07-26)26 July 1928 (aged 25)	Bengal
3MF	G.R. Gokul		Bengal
4FW	Sayed Moinuddin		Hyderabad City Police
4FW	Ahmed Khan	(1926-12-24)24 December 1926 (aged 27)	Hyderabad
4FW	Joe D'Sa	(1932-08-03)3 August 1932 (aged 21)	Bombay
4FW	Krishna Kittu		Bengal
4FW	Anthony Braganza		Bombay
4FW	M. Jayaram		Services
4FW	Thangarajan		Madras

Group D

South Korea

Head coach: Lee Yoo-hyung

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Hong Deok-young	(1926-05-05)5 May 1926 (aged 27)	Chosun Textile Company FC
2	1GK	Ham Heung-chul	(1930-11-17)17 November 1930 (aged 23)	ROK Army Military Police Command FC
3	2DF	Park Kyu-chung	(1924-06-11)11 June 1924 (aged 29)	ROK Army Quartermaster Corps FC
4	2DF	Li Jong-kap	(1920-03-18)18 March 1920 (aged 33)	ROK Army CIC FC
5	3MF	Lee Sang-yi	(1920-03-18)18 March 1920 (aged 33)	Chosun Textile Company FC
6	3MF	Kim Ji-sung	(1924-11-07)7 November 1924 (aged 29)	ROK Army CIC FC
7	3MF	Kang Chang-gi	(1927-08-28)28 August 1927 (aged 26)	Chosun Textile Company FC
8	3MF	Han Chang-wha	(1922-01-03)3 January 1922 (aged 32)	ROK Army CIC FC
9	4FW	Chu Yung-kwang	(1920-01-12)12 January 1920 (aged 33)	ROK Navy FC
10	4FW	Choi Chung-min	(1927-07-27)27 July 1927 (aged 26)	ROK Army CIC FC
11	4FW	Sung Nak-woon	(1926-02-02)2 February 1926 (aged 27)	ROK Army Quartermaster Corps FC
12	4FW	Choi Kwang-seok	(1932-03-27)27 March 1932 (aged 21)	Chosun Textile Company FC
13	4FW	Chung Nam-sik	(1917-02-16)16 February 1917 (aged 36)	ROK Army HID FC
14	4FW	Park Il-kap	(1926-03-21)21 March 1926 (aged 27)	ROK Army CIC FC
15	2DF	Min Byung-dae	(1918-02-20)20 February 1918 (aged 35)	ROK Army CIC FC
16	4FW	Chung Kook-chin	(1917-01-02)2 January 1917 (aged 37)	ROK Navy FC

Hong Kong

Head coach: Tom Sneddon

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Cheung Kwun Hing
		Wai Fat Kim
		Lee Bing Chiu
		Szeto Yiu
		Luk Tat Hay
		Lau Chi Bing
		Ko Po Keung
		Santos
		Chan Chi Kong
		Chu Wing Wah
		Tang Yi Kit
		Lo Kan Chuen
		Lau Kai Chiu
		Au Chi Yin
		Ho Cheung Yau
		Hung Hing Yuk
		Lee Yuk Tak
		Sit Pu Yin
		Tse Kam Ho

Hong Kong national team and Republic of China national team shared same fodder of players during pre-1971. Most (if not all) the players playing in the Hong Kong football league. The ROC team practically the A-team, while Hong Kong practically the B-team, with lesser quality of players.

Afghanistan

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player
1	1GK	Abdul Ghafoor Assar
2	2DF	Atta Mohammad
3	2DF	Abdul Ghafoor Yusufzai
4	3MF	Hamid Afzal
5	2DF	Hamid Yusufzai
6	3MF	Rahman Jahangir
7	3MF	Tar Mohammed Barakzai
8	3MF	Khalil Ullah
9	4FW	Sarwar Ayubi
10	4FW	Farid
11	4FW	Anwar Quahdari
12	1GK
13	2DF
14	3MF
15	4FW
16	3MF
17	4FW
18	4FW

References

^ Alcazaren, Paulo (7 May 2011). "Our national sports complex". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
^ Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan – Part I". Dawn. Karachi, Pakistan. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
^ "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Tuesday 06 April 1954" – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Basu, Jaydeep; Warrier, Sunil; Chaudhuri, Arunava. "The Indian senior team at the 1954 Manila Asian Games". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 6 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

External links

[1] Alcazaren, Paulo (7 May 2011). "Our national sports complex". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

[2] Ahsan, Ali (23 December 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan – Part I". Dawn. Karachi, Pakistan. Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2014.

[:1-3] "Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Tuesday 06 April 1954" – via British Newspaper Archive.

[4] Basu, Jaydeep; Warrier, Sunil; Chaudhuri, Arunava. "The Indian senior team at the 1954 Manila Asian Games". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 6 June 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

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