Competitive record
| AFC Asian Cup finals record | AFC Asian Cup qualification | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts / Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
 1956 |
Third place | 3rd | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | Qualified as host | ||||||
 1960 |
Did not qualify | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | ||||||||
 1964 |
Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | |
 1968 |
Fifth place | 5th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
 1972 |
Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1976
|
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||
 1980
|
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||||||||
 1984
|
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
 1988
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
 1992
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
 1996
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | |||||||||
 2000
|
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | |||||||||
 2004
|
8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | |||||||||
   2007
|
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||
| 2011
|
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
 2015
|
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |||||||||
| 2019
|
14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 12 | |||||||||
| 2023 |
Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | |
 2027 |
To be determined | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||||||||
| Total | Third place | 4/18 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 96 | 29 | 22 | 43 | 111 | 135 | |
