The following is a list of squads for each national team competing at the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship. The tournament took place in Malaysia, between 20 September and 7 October 2018. It was the 18th U-16 age group competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation.
Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team had to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must have been goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 24.1 and 24.2). The full squad listings are below.
Malaysia named their squad on 14 September 2018.
Manager: Lim Teong Kim
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Japan named their squad on 3 September 2018.
Manager: Yoshiro Moriyama
Manager: Thongchai Rungreangles
Tajikistan named their squad on 12 September 2018.
Manager: Zaynidin Rakhimov
Manager: Pak Jong-chol
Oman named their squad on 6 September 2018.
Manager: Yaqoob Al-Sabahi
Yemen named their squad on 20 September 2018.
Manager: Magdy Shalaby
Jordan named their squad on 8 September 2018.
Manager: Abdallah El Qutati
Iran named their squad on 9 September 2018.
Manager: Abbas Chamanyan
Vietnam named their squad on 17 September 2018.
Manager: Và © Há»Âng Viá»Ât
Manager: Bibiano Fernandes
Indonesia named their squad on 30 August 2018.
Manager: Fachry Husaini
Iraq named their squad on 18 September 2018.
Manager: Faisal Aziz
South Korea named their squad on 13 September 2018.
Manager: Kim Jung-soo
Australia named their squad on 6 September 2018.
Manager: Trevor Morgan
Manager: Sayed Hadi Kazemi