The 22-player Garuda team was in Group F with North Korea, Taiwan and Kyrgyzstan.

In the first match, the Red and White national team will face the toughness of Kyrgyzstan (19/9), then face Taiwan (21/9), and finally North Korea (24/9).

Men’s football has been part of the Asian Games since the 1951 edition in India, while women’s football began in 1990.

South Korea is the only country to have won the most men’s football titles at the Asian Games with a collection of 5 trophies.

Japan is the only country to win two gold medals in men’s and women’s football at the 2010 Asian Games.

This is a list of countries that have won gold in men’s football at the Asian Games.

1. 1951

Host: New Delhi, India

Champion: India

Finalist: Iran

Third place: Japan

Fourth rank: Afghanistan

2. 1954

Host: Philippines, Manila

Champion: China

Finalist: South Korea

Third place: Myanmar

Fourth place: Indonesia

3. 1958

Host: Tokyo, Japan

Champion: China

Finalist: South Korea

Third place: Indonesia

Fourth rank: India

4. 1962

Host: Jakarta, Indonesia

Champions: India 2-1

Finalist: South Korea

Third place: Malaysia

Fourth rank: South Vietnam

5. 1966

Host: Bangkok, Thailand

Champion: Burma

Finalist: Iran

Third place: Japan

Fourth place: Singapore

6. 1970

Host: Bangkok, Thailand

Champions: Myanmar and South Korea

Third place: India

Fourth place: Japan

7. 1974

Host: Tehran, Iran

Champion: Iran

Finalist: Israel

Third place: Malaysia

Fourth place: North Korea

8. 1978

Host: Bangkok, Thailand

Champion: North Korea

Finalist: South Korea

Third rank: China

Fourth rank: Iraq

9. 1982

Host: New Delhi, India

Champion: Iraq