Football Asian Cup 2019 / Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Ver. Arab. Emirates	3	1	2	0	004: 200	+2	05
2.	Thailand	3	1	1	1	003: 500	−2	04th
3.	Bahrain	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
4th	India	3	1	0	2	004: 400	± 0	03

The Group A of the AFC Asian Cup 2019 was one of the six groups of the tournament. The first game was played on January 5, 2019, the last matchday took place on January 14, 2019. The group consisted of the national teams from the United Arab Emirates , Thailand , India and Bahrain .

Ver. Arab. Emirates - Bahrain 1: 1 (0: 0)

Ver. Arab. Emirates		Bahrain		Lineup
	1st matchday January 5, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET ) in Abu Dhabi ( Zayed Sports City Stadium ) Spectators: 33,878 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh ( Jordan )   Match report
	Khalid Eisa - Bandar al-Ahbabi , Khalifa Mubarak , Fares Juma , Al Hassan Saleh - Khalfan Mubarak (54th Saif Rashid ), Ali Salmeen , Amer Abdulrahman (54th Mohamed Abdulrahman ) - Ismail al-Hammadi , Ali Mabkhout , Khamis Esmaeel ( 81. Ahmed Khalil ) Coach: Alberto Zaccheroni ( Italy )	Sayed Shubbar Alawi - Hamad al-Shamsan , Sayed Redha Isa , Waleed al-Hayam , Ahmed Juma (87th Mohamed Marhoon ) - Abdulwahab al-Safi , Sayed Dhiya Saeed , Ali Madan (90th + 3 ' Sami al-Husaini ), Kamil al-Aswad - Jamal Rashid (81st Abdulla Yusuf Helal ), Mohamed al-Romaihi Coach: Miroslav Soukup ( Czech Republic )
	1: 1 Khalil (88th, hand penalty)	0: 1 al-Romaihi (78th)
	A. Abdulrahman (35.), Esmaeel (36.)
	Player of the Match: Mohamed al-Romaihi (Bahrain)

Thailand - India 1: 4 (1: 1)

Thailand		India		Lineup
	1st matchday January 6, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. CET ) in Abu Dhabi ( al-Nahyan Stadium ) Spectators: 3,250 Referee: Liu Kwok Man ( Hong Kong )   Match report
	Chatchai Budprom - Tristan Do , Chalermpong Kerdkaew , Panza Hemviboon , Theerathon Bunmathan - Thitipan Puangchan , Sanrawat Dechmitr (58. Korrakot Wiriyaudomsiri ) Adisak Kraisorn (79. Sumanya Purisai ) Chanathip Songkrasin (73. Siroch Chatthong ), Supachai Jaided - teerasil dangda Coach: Milovan Rajevac ( Serbia )	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu - Pritam Kotal , Sandesh Jhingan , Subhasish Bose , Anas Edathodika - Udanta Singh , Anirudh Thapa (78th Rowllin Borges ), Pronay Halder (87th Germanpreet Singh ), Halicharan Narzary - Ashique Kuruniyan (78th Jeje Lalpekhlua ), Sunil Chhetri Trainer: Stephen Constantine ( England )
	1: 1 Dangda (33rd)	0: 1 Chhetri (27th, hand penalty.) 1: 2 Chhetri (46.) 1: 3 Thapa (68.) 1: 4 Lalpekhlua (80.)
	Dechmitr (39th), Hemviboon (79th)
	Player of the Match: Sunil Chhetri (India)

Bahrain - Thailand 0: 1 (0: 0)

Bahrain		Thailand		Lineup
	2nd matchday January 10, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. (12:00 p.m. CET ) in Dubai ( al-Maktoum Stadium ) Spectators: 2,720 Referee: Chris Beath ( Australia )   Match report
	Sayed Shubbar Alawi - Sayed Redha Isa , Hamad al-Shamsan , Waleed al-Hayam , Ahmed Juma (64th Sami al-Husaini ) - Abdulwahab al-Safi , Kamil al-Aswad , Ali Madan (79th Mahdi al-Humaidan ), Mohamed Marhoon (65th Abdulla Yusuf Helal ), Sayed Dhiya Saeed - Mohamed al-Romaihi Trainer: Miroslav Soukup ( Czech Republic )	Siwarak Tedsungnoen - Tristan Do , Adisorn Promrak (90 + 2 ' Mika Chunuonsee ), Panza Hemviboon , Suphan Thongsong , Theerathon Bunmathan - Adisak Kraisorn (80. Supachai Jaided ) Thitipan Puangchan , Tanaboon Kesarat (68. Sanrawat Dechmitr ) Chanathip Songkrasin - Teerasil Dangda Trainer: Sirisak Yodyardthai
		0: 1 Songkrasin (58th)
		Hemviboon (13th), Thongsong (20th), Kraisorn (43rd), Promrak (45th + 1 ')
	Player of the Match: Chanathip Songkrasin (Thailand)

India - Ver. Arab. Emirates 0: 2 (0: 1)

India		Ver. Arab. Emirates		Lineup
	2nd matchday January 10, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET ) in Abu Dhabi ( Zayed Sports City Stadium ) Spectators: 43,206 Referee: César Arturo Ramos ( Mexico )   Match report
	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu - Pritam Kotal , Sandesh Jhingan , Anas Edathodika , Subhasish Bose - Udanta Singh (79th Jackichand Singh ), Anirudh Thapa (70th Rowllin Borges ), Pronay Halder , Halicharan Narzary (46th Jeje Lalpekhlua ) - Ashique Kuruniyan , Sunil Chhetri Trainer: Stephen Constantine ( England )	Khalid Eisa - Bandar al-Ahbabi , Khalifa Mubarak , Ismail Ahmed , Al Hassan Saleh - Khamis Esmaeel (63rd Majed Hassan ), Ali Salmeen , Amer Abdulrahman (75th Mohamed Ahmed ), Ismail al-Hammadi , Khalfan Mubarak (85th Ismail Matar ) - Ali Mabkhout Coach: Alberto Zaccheroni ( Italy )
		0-1 Khalf. Mubarak (41.) 0-2 Mabkhout (88.)
	Kuruniyan (51st), Bose (73rd)
	Player of the Match: Ali Mabkhout (United Arab Emirates)

Ver. Arab. Emirates - Thailand 1: 1 (1: 1)

Ver. Arab. Emirates		Thailand		Lineup
	3rd matchday January 14, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET ) in al-Ain ( Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium ) Spectators: 17,809 Referee: Ryūji Satō ( Japan )   Match report
	Khalid Eisa - Bandar al-Ahbabi (46th Mohamed Abdulrahman ), Ismail Ahmed , Khalifa Mubarak , Mohamed Ahmed , Al Hassan Saleh - Khalfan Mubarak (84th Ismail Matar ), Majed Hassan , Ali Salmeen , Ismail al-Hammadi (74th Ahmed Khalil ) - Ali Mabkhout Coach: Alberto Zaccheroni ( Italy )	Siwarak Tedsungnoen - Theerathon Bunmathan , Adisorn Promrak , Suphan Thongsong , Mika Chunuonsee (31 Chalermpong Kerdkaew ) - Tristan Do , Thitipan Puangchan , Tanaboon Kesarat (90th Pokklaw Anan ) Chanathip Songkrasin - Adisak Kraisorn (64th Supachai Jaided ) Teerasil Dangda Trainer: Sirisak Yodyardthai
	1-0 Mabkhout (7th)	1: 1 Puangchan (41st)
	Saleh (34.)	Promrak (7th), Thongsong (79th)
	Player of the Match: Ali Mabkhout (United Arab Emirates)

India - Bahrain 0: 1 (0: 0)

India		Bahrain		Lineup
	3rd matchday January 14, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. CET ) in Sharjah ( Sharjah Stadium ) Spectators: 11,417 Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev ( Uzbekistan )   Match report
	Gurpreet Singh Sandhu - Pritam Kotal , Sandesh Jhingan , Anas Edathodika (4th Salam Ranjan Singh ), Subhasish Bose - Udanta Singh , Rowllin Borges , Pronay Halder , Halicharan Narzary (79th Anirudh Thapa ) - Ashique Kuruniyan (46th Jeje Lalpekhlua ), Sunil Chhetri Trainer: Stephen Constantine ( England )	Sayed Shubbar Alawi - Sayed Redha Isa , Hamad al-Shamsan , Waleed al-Hayam , Ahmed Juma (78th Sami al-Husaini ) - Abdulwahab al-Safi , Kamil al-Aswad , Ali Madan (55th Mohamed Marhoon ), Jamal Rashid , Sayed Dhiya Saeed - Mohamed al-Romaihi (61st Abdulla Yusuf Helal ) Coach: Miroslav Soukup ( Czech Republic )
		0: 1 Rashid (90th + 1 ', penalty kick)
		al-Shamsan (64th), Bughammar (90th + 5 ')
		Ahmed Bughammar , who was not used for the entire game, received a yellow card in added time.
	Player of the Match: Jamal Rashid (Bahrain)

Web links

• Official website of the Asian Football Championships