The 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup will be an international football tournament that will be held in China from 12 February to 1 March 2025. The sixteen participating national teams were required to register a squad of a minimum of 18 and a maximum of 23 players, including at least three goalkeepers (Regulations Article 26.3). Only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament. The tournament exclusively requires players to be born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009 to be eligible (Regulations Article 22.1), that is, they must be a maximum of 20 years old and at least 16 years old by the end of the calendar year in which the competition is played.[1]
Each participating national team had to submit a provisional list of a minimum of 18 and a maximum of 50 players (including at least four goalkeepers) to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), via the AFC Administration System (AFCAS), no later than thirty days prior to its first match of the competition. Up to 5 players could be replaced or added to the provisional list, for any reason, provided that the maximum number of registered players (50) is not exceeded no later than ten days prior to its first match of the competition (Regulations Article 25). The final list of up to 23 players per national team had to be submitted to AFC, via AFCAS, by latest ten days prior to the first match of the tournament. All players in the final list had to be chosen from the respective provisional list. Teams are permitted to replace any player up to 24 hours prior to their first match of the competition. The replacement player must come from the provisional list and will be assigned the shirt number of the replaced player (Regulations Article 26.2).
The age listed for each player is on 12 February 2025, the first day of the tournament. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team. Players name marked in bold have been capped at full international level.
Group A
Australia
The final squad was announced on 24 January 2025.[2]
