Asian National Team of the Year


[Organized by France Football.]

1997  South Korea
1998  Iran
1999  Uzbekistan
2000  Japan
2001  Japan
2002  South Korea
2003  Oman
2004  Japan
2005  Japan
2006  Australia

Wins by Country:

Japan              4

South Korea        2

Australia          1
Iran               1
Oman               1
Uzbekistan         1

1998

Elected by France Football

    1. Iran
    2. Kuwait
    3. South Korea
    4. China
    5. Japan
    6. Saudi Arabia
    7. Thailand
    8. UAE
    9. Qatar
   10. Singapore

2001

Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points 
to the teams we have put the year performance for some National Teams 
in full international matches.
 
                               Pts -  P -  W -  D -  L - GF - GA
    1. Japan			21 - 13 -  6 -  3 -  4 - 15 - 12
    2. Saudi Arabia		51 - 23 - 16 -  3 -  4 - 58 - 14
    3. China			47 - 23 - 14 -  5 -  4 - 52 - 20
    4. South Korea		29 - 17 -  8 -  5 -  4 - 22 - 23
    5. Iran			37 - 20 - 11 -  4 -  5 - 35 - 20
    6. Uzbekistan		39 - 21 - 12 -  3 -  6 - 43 - 26
    7. Qatar			48 - 27 - 13 -  9 -  5 - 40 - 24
    8. Bahrain			33 - 21 -  9 -  6 -  6 - 24 - 21
    9. Thailand			36 - 23 - 10 -  6 -  7 - 46 - 38
   10. Oman			47 - 28 - 14 -  5 -  9 - 59 - 33
   11. Iraq
   12. Kazakhstan
   13. UAE
   14. Indonesia
   15. Turkmenistan
   16. Lebanon
   17. Yemen
   18. Kuwait
   19. Vietnam
   20. Syria
   21. North Korea
   22. India
   23. Malaysia
   24. Jordan
   25. Palestine
   26. Nepal
   27. Sri Lanka
   28. Bangladesh
   29. Laos
   30. Kyrgyzstan
   31. Singapore
   32. Hongkong
   33. Maldives
   34. Pakistan
   35. Mongolia
   36. Cambodia
   37. Philippines
   38. Macao
   39. Taiwan
   40. Brunei

2002

Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points 
to the teams we have put the year performance for some National Teams 
in full international matches.

                               Pts -  P -  W -  D -  L - GF - GA 
    1. South Korea		24 - 23 -  5 -  9 -  9 - 23 - 25
    2. Japan			20 - 13 -  5 -  5 -  3 - 15 - 14
    3. Saudi Arabia		38 - 20 - 12 -  2 -  6 - 27 - 26
    4. Iraq			23 - 10 -  7 -  2 -  1 - 19 -  9
    5. Qatar			22 - 12 -  7 -  1 -  4 - 16 - 12
    6. Bahrain			20 - 17 -  5 -  5 -  7 - 20 - 22
    7. Jordan			25 - 15 -  7 -  4 -  4 - 20 - 14
    8. China			 9 - 10 -  2 -  3 -  5 -  6 - 15
    9. Iran			16 - 10 -  4 -  4 -  2 - 13 - 11
   10. Thailand			19 - 11 -  5 -  4 -  2 - 21 - 12
   11. North Korea
   12. Indonesia
   13. Syria
   14. Kuwait
   15. Vietnam
   16. Lebanon
   17. Oman
   18. UAE
   19. Malaysia
   20. Sri Lanka
   21. Palestine
   22. Yemen
   23. Maldives
   24. Myanmar
   25. Singapore
   26. Taiwan 
   27. Cambodia
   28. Laos
   29. Pakistan
   30. Philippines

2003

Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points 
to the teams we have put the year performance for some National Teams 
in full international matches.

                               Pts -  P -  W -  D -  L - GF - GA 
    1. Oman                     35 - 15 - 11 -  2 -  2 - 30 -  8
    2. Turkmenistan             20 -  8 -  6 -  2 -  0 - 23 -  2
    3. Japan			23 - 16 -  6 -  5 -  5 - 16 - 12
    4. Kuwait                   27 - 14 -  8 -  3 -  3 - 24 - 18
    5. Iraq			20 - 11 -  6 -  2 -  3 - 22 - 10
    6. Iran			22 - 12 -  7 -  1 -  4 - 23 - 12
    7. Saudi Arabia		27 - 12 -  8 -  3 -  1 - 36 -  4
    8. South Korea		23 - 15 -  7 -  2 -  6 - 35 - 10
    9. Uzbekistan               18 - 10 -  5 -  3 -  2 - 21 - 12
   10. Jordan			19 -  9 -  6 -  1 -  2 - 16 -  9
   11. Bahrain			
   12. Thailand			
   13. UAE
   14. Qatar			
   15. China			
   16. Indonesia
   17. Tajikistan
   18. Vietnam
   19. Lebanon
   20. Malaysia
   21. Syria
   22. Myanmar
   23. Singapore
   24. Yemen
   25. Hongkong
   26. Laos
   27. Bangladesh
   28. Maldives
   29. Palestine
   30. North Korea
   31. India
   32. Kyrgyzstan
   33. Pakistan
   34. Sri Lanka
   35. Taiwan
   36. Macao
   37. Mongolia
   38. Nepal
   39. Afghanistan
   40. Bhutan 
   41. Cambodia
   42. Guam

NB: Brunei and Philippines (less than 3 matches) not classified

2004

Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points 
to the teams we have put the year performance for some National Teams 
in full international matches.

                               Pts -  P -  W -  D -  L - GF - GA 
    1. Japan			51 - 22 - 16 -  3 -  3 - 47 - 19
    2. Iran			42 - 18 - 13 -  3 -  2 - 54 - 17
    3. South Korea		35 - 17 - 10 -  5 -  2 - 31 - 10
    4. Bahrain			47 - 32 - 12 - 11 -  9 - 57 - 42
    5. Uzbekistan               26 - 11 -  8 -  2 -  1 - 22 -  8
    6. Jordan			44 - 28 - 11 - 11 -  6 - 34 - 25
    7. Kuwait                   46 - 30 - 13 -  7 - 10 - 48 - 34
    8. China			50 - 22 - 15 -  5 -  2 - 45 - 12
    9. North Korea		11 -  6 -  3 -  2 -  1 - 11 -  5
   10. Iraq			25 - 21 -  7 -  4 - 10 - 34 - 35
   11. Saudi Arabia
   12. Oman             
   13. Qatar		
   14. Indonesia
   15. Syria
   16. Singapore
   17. UAE		
   18. Turkmenistan     
   19. Thailand		
   20. Lebanon		
   21. Malaysia
   22. Vietnam		
   23. Yemen
   24. Palestine
   25. India		
   26. Hongkong		
   27. Tajikistan	
   28. Maldives
   29. Sri Lanka
   30. Myanmar
   31. Kyrgyzstan
   32. Taiwan
   33. Laos		
   34. Cambodia
   35. Philippines
   36. Esat Timor	

NB: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Guam, Macao, Mongolia,   
    Nepal and Pakistan (no matches) not classified.

2005

Elected by France Football. Although the magazine doesn’t give points 
to the teams we have put the year performance for some National Teams 
in full international matches.

                               Pts -  P -  W -  D -  L - GF - GA 
    1. Japan			36 - 20 - 11 -  3 -  6 - 32 - 20
    2. Saudi Arabia		26 - 17 -  7 -  5 -  5 - 20 - 17
    3. South Korea		20 - 16 -  6 -  2 -  8 - 38 - 18
    4. Iran			25 - 11 -  8 -  1 -  2 - 17 -  7
    5. China			 9 -  9 -  2 -  3 -  4 -  9 - 12
    6. Bahrain			18 - 16 -  4 -  6 -  6 - 21 - 15
    7. Iraq			16 - 10 -  4 -  4 -  2 - 18 -  9
    8. Uzbekistan                7 -  8 -  1 -  4 -  3 -  8 - 12
    9. Kuwait                   14 - 15 -  3 -  5 -  7 - 12 - 21
   10. North Korea		20 - 16 -  6 -  2 -  8 - 38 - 18
   11. UAE
   12. Syria
   13. Jordan
   14. Singapore
   15. Oman 
   16. Qatar
   17. Indonesia
   18. Turkmenistan     
   19. Thailand
   20. Lebanon
   21. Malaysia
   22. Hongkong
   23. Myanmar
   24. India
   25. Palestine
   26. Bangladesh
   27. Pakistan
   28. Tajikistan
   29. Maldives
   30. Taiwan
   31. Afghanistan
   32. Nepal
   33. Mongolia
   34. Cambodia
   35. Sri Lanka
   36. Bhutan
   37. Macao
   38. Guam

NB: Brunei, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Philippines, East Timor, 
    Vietnam and Yemen (no matches) not classified.

2006

Elected by France Football. Australia joined the Asian Football Confederation on January 1st, 2006.
Although the magazine doesn’t give points to the teams we have put the year performance for some National Teams 
in full international matches.

                            Pts -  P -  W -  D -  L - GF - GA 
 1. Australia                22 - 13 -  6 -  4 -  3 - 19 – 13
 2. Iran                     29 - 15 -  8 -  5 -  2 – 27 – 14
 3. Japan                    31 - 19 -  9 -  4 -  6 – 30 - 19
 4. South Korea              33 - 22 -  9 -  6 -  7 - 30 – 22
 5. Qatar                    21 -  8 -  7 -  0 -  1 – 18 –  4
 6. Saudi Arabia             33 - 24 -  9 -  6 -  9 – 37 - 30
 7. Uzbekistan               11 -  6 -  3 -  2 -  1 - 14 –  4
 8. Oman                     22 - 10 -  7 -  1 -  2 – 20 –  7
 9. Irak                     21 – 14 -  6 -  3 -  5 – 24 - 21
10. China                    14 - 10 -  4 -  2 -  4 - 13 – 11
11. United Arab Emirates
12. Jordania
13. Bahrein
14. Kuwait
15. Singapore
16. Syria
17. Hong Kong
18. Tajikistan
19. Lebanon
20. Palestine
21. Thailand
22. Kyrgyzstan
23. Yemen
24. Bangladesh
25. Sri Lanka
26. Laos
27. Malaysia
28. Indonesia
29. India
30. Pakistan
31. Taiwan
32. Nepal
33. Philippines
34. Cambodia
35. Brunei
36. Macao
37. East Timor

Not-classified (played less than 4 games during the year):
Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma, Guam, Maldives, Mongolia, North Korea, Turkmenistan, Vietnam.

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Last updated: 6 Jul 2007

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