2011 AFC Asian Cup squads

This article lists the confirmed national football squads for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup tournament held in Qatar between 7 January and 29 January 2011. Before announcing their final squad, several teams named a provisional squad of 23 to 30 players, but each country's final squad of 23 players had to be submitted by 28 December 2010. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 6 hours before the team's first Asian Cup game. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the tournament, including all pre-tournament friendlies. Player's age is their age on the opening day of the tournament.

Qatar
Head coach: 🇫🇷 Bruno Metsu

Uzbekistan
Head coach: 🇺🇿 Vadim Abramov

Kuwait
Head coach: 🇷🇸 Goran Tufegdžić

China
Head coach: 🇨🇳 Gao Hongbo

Japan
Head coach: 🇮🇹 Alberto Zaccheroni

Jordan
Head coach: 🇮🇶 Adnan Hamad

Saudi Arabia
Head coach: José Peseiro (sacked after the first match, replaced by  Nasser Al-Johar)

Syria
Head coach: 🇷🇴 Valeriu Tiţa

South Korea
Head coach: 🇰🇷 Cho Kwang-rae

Australia
Head coach: 🇩🇪 Holger Osieck

Bahrain
Head coach: 🇧🇭 Salman Sharida

India
Head coach: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bob Houghton

North Korea
Head coach: 🇰🇵 Jo Tong-sop

United Arab Emirates
Head coach: 🇸🇮 Srečko Katanec

Iraq
Head coach: 🇩🇪 Wolfgang Sidka

Iran
Head coach: 🇮🇷 Afshin Ghotbi

Player representation

 * Clubs represented by five or more players

† Including Jade North who played for Wellington Phoenix, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League.
 * By club nationality

† Including Jade North who played for Wellington Phoenix, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League. All other New Zealand clubs are members of the OFC.
 * By club Federation

† Including Jade North who played for Wellington Phoenix, a New Zealand club competing in the A-League.
 * By representatives of domestic league