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Since the AFC Asian Cup was founded, so far, Bahrain has qualified for at least six Asian Cups, starting from 1988 and since 2004 to 2019. Bahrain, in spite of lesser population, has achieved a lot of impressive results, notably beating South Korea and Qatar 2–1 in 2007 and 2015, or a thrilling match with Japan in 2004 which Bahrain lost. However, in all six appearances, Bahrain's best result is just fourth place, in 2004. Since then, Bahrain has only made the knockout stage on one other occasion, in 2019.

Asian Cup performance
Squads
1988 Asian Cup in Qatar

Group B
Source: RSSSF
17:00
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
17:00
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: Syed Shahid Hakim (India)
15:00
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
15:00
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

2004 Asian Cup in China

Group A
Source: RSSSF
(H) Host
20:00
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
18:30
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
19:00
Shandong Sports Center, Jinan
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Quarter-finals

18:00
Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)

Semi-finals

18:00
Shandong Sports Center, Jinan
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

Third place play-off

20:00
Workers Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)

2007 Asian Cup in Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/Vietnam

Group D
Source: Asian Cup 2007
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host
17:15 UTC+7
Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
19:30 UTC+7
Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
17:15 UTC+7
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Attendance: 500
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

2011 Asian Cup in Qatar

Group C
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
2015 Asian Cup in Australia

Group C
Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
2019 Asian Cup in the UAE

Group A
Source: AFC
(H) Host
Notes:
20:00
Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 33,878
Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
15:00
Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 2,720
Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)
20:00
Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
Attendance: 11,417
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Round of 16

17:00
Rashid Stadium, Dubai
Attendance: 7,658
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)