1980 AFC Asian Cup

The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the 7th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Kuwait between 15 and 30 September 1980. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five each. Kuwait won their first championship, beating South Korea in the final 3–0.

Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1980 AFC Asian Cup squads.

Goalscorers

 * 7 goals
 * 🇰🇷 Choi Soon-ho
 * 🇮🇷 Behtash Fariba
 * 5 goals
 * Faisal Al-Dakhil
 * 4 goals


 * Jasem Yaqoub
 * 🇨🇳 Xu Yonglai


 * 3 goals


 * 🇨🇳 Shen Xiangfu
 * 🇮🇷 Hossein Faraki
 * 🇰🇷 Chung Hae-won


 * 2 goals


 * 🇮🇷 Abdolreza Barzegari
 * 🇮🇷 Hamid Alidousti
 * Saad Al-Houti
 * Tukamin Bahari
 * Zulkifli Hamzah
 * 🇰🇵 Choi Jae-pil
 * 🇰🇵 Kim Bok-man
 * 🇰🇵 Pak Jong-hun
 * 🇶🇦 Mansoor Muftah
 * 🇸🇾 Jamal Keshek
 * Ahmed Chombi


 * 1 goal


 * Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Chunnu
 * Kazi Salahuddin
 * 🇨🇳 Chen Jingang
 * 🇨🇳 Li Fubao
 * 🇮🇷 Hassan Roshan
 * 🇮🇷 Iraj Danaeifard
 * Abdulaziz Al-Anberi
 * Fathi Kameel
 * Abdah Alif
 * 🇰🇵
 * 🇰🇵
 * 🇰🇵 Hwang Sang-hoi
 * 🇰🇵 Kim Jong-man
 * 🇶🇦
 * 🇰🇷 Hwang Seok-keun
 * 🇰🇷 Lee Jung-il
 * 🇸🇾 Jawdat Suleiman
 * Ghanem Al-Hajri

Awards
Top scorer
 * 🇰🇷 Choi Soon-ho
 * 🇮🇷 Behtash Fariba

Team of the Tournament