1972 AFC Asian Cup

The 1972 AFC Asian Cup was the 5th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), that was hosted in Thailand. The finals were held in Thailand between 7 May and 19 May 1972. It was won by Iran.

Qualification

 * 🇮🇱 israel originally qualified as hosts but later withdrew. 🇹🇭 thailand replaced them later.

Group allocation matches

 * Winners divided over different groups

Goalscorers

 * 5 goals
 * 🇮🇷 Hossein Kalani
 * 4 goals
 * 🇮🇷 Ali Jabbari
 * 🇰🇷 Park Lee-Chun
 * 3 goals
 * Doeur Sokhom
 * 🇹🇭 Prapon Tantariyanond
 * 2 goals
 * 🇮🇷 Safar Iranpak
 * 🇹🇭 Ich Narding
 * Tol Kimchi
 * 1 goal


 * 🇮🇷 Parviz Ghelichkhani
 * 🇮🇶 Ammo Yousif
 * Sea Cheng Eang
 * Sok Sun Hean
 * Tes Sean
 * Fayez Marzouq
 * Ibrahim Duraiham
 * Jawad Khalaf
 * Mohammad Sultan
 * 🇰🇷 Cha Bum-Kun
 * 🇰🇷 Lee Hoi-Taek
 * 🇰🇷 Park Su-Deok
 * 🇹🇭 Supakit Meelarpkit