22 of the 24 participating nations will likely have a birthday boy amongst their ranks, with 2007 winners Iraq heading the list given they could potentially have seven players set to blow out the candles should they progress to at least the quarter-finals.
In total, there could be as many as 61 players in contention for their nation's AFC Asian Cup squads who are set to celebrate their big day during the competition, with some fortunate to even do so during one of the various matchdays.
Australia defender Trent Sainsbury turns 27 on the opening day of the tournament - one of five to celebrate their birthday then - whilst Thailand striker Adisak Kraisorn will be 28 on the day of the final.
GROUP A
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Zaid Al Ameri (January 14) - Turning 22
Mohammed Marzooq (January 23) - Turning 30
Saif Rashid (January 25) - Turning 25
THAILAND
Sasalak Haiprakhon (January 8) - Turning 23
Charyl Chappuis (January 12) - Turning 27
Korrakot Wiriyaudomsiri (January 19) - Turning 31
Kawin Thamsatchanan (January 26) - Turning 29
Adisak Kraisorn [pictured above] (February 1) - Turning 28
INDIA
Anirudh Thapa (January 5) - Turning 21
Jeje Lalpekhlua (January 7) - Turning 28
Karanjit Singh (January 8) - Turning 33
BAHRAIN
NONE
GROUP B
AUSTRALIA
Trent Sainsbury [pictured above] (January 5) - Turning 27
Apostolos Giannou (January 25) - Turning 29
SYRIA
Osama Omari (January 10) - Turning 27
Amro Jenyat (January 15) - Turning 26
Omar Midani (January 26) - Turning 25
PALESTINE
Mohamad Basim (January 29) - Turning 24
Pablo Tamburrini (January 30) - Turning 29
JORDAN
Baha' Abdel-Rahman (January 5) - Turning 32
Oday Zahran (January 29) - Turning 28
Yazan Abu Arab (January 31) - Turning 23
GROUP C
KOREA REPUBLIC
Lee Seung-woo (January 6) - Turning 21
Park Joo-ho (January 16) - Turning 32
Ki Sung-yueng [pictured above] (January 24) - Turning 30
Hwang Hee-chan (January 26) - Turning 23
Kwon Kyung-won (January 31) - Turning 26
CHINA PR
Shi Ke (January 8) - Turning 26
Wang Dalei (January 10) - Turning 30
Jin Jingdao (January 18) - Turning 27
Yan Junling (January 28) - Turning 28
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
Murolimzhon Akhmedov (January 5) - Turning 27
PHILIPPINES
Misagh Bahadoran (January 10) - Turning 32
Paul Mulders (January 16) - Turning 38
John-Patrick Strauß (January 28) - Turning 23
GROUP D
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
NONE
IRAQ
Waleed Salem (January 5) - Turning 27
Mahdi Kamel (January 6) - Turning 24
Mustafa Mohammed (January 14) - Turning 21
Osama Rashid (January 17) - Turning 27
Saad Abdul-Amir [pictured above] (January 19) - Turning 27
Brwa Nouri (January 23) - Turning 32
Mohammed Hameed (January 24) - Turning 26
VIETNAM
Pham Duc Huy (January 20) - Turning 24
Nguyen Cong Phuong (January 21) - Turning 24
Nguyen Anh Duc (January 25) - Turning 34
YEMEN
Abdulaziz Al Gumaei (January 8) - Turning 29
GROUP E
SAUDI ARABIA
Hussein Abdulghani [pictured above] (January 21) - Turning 42
Housain Al Mogahwi (January 28) - Turning 31
QATAR
Abdulkarim Al Ali (January 10) - Turning 25
Ali Asad (January 19) - Turning 26
Ahmed Alaaeldin (January 31) - Turning 26
LEBANON
Maher Sabra (January 14) - Turning 27
Mootaz Jounaidi (January 20) - Turning 33
DPR KOREA
Ri Yong-chol (January 8) - Turning 28
Kim Yu-song (January 24) - Turning 24
GROUP F
JAPAN
Takumi Minamino [pictured above] (January 16) - Turning 24
UZBEKISTAN
Ikromjon Alibaev (January 9) - Turning 25
OMAN
Mahmood Al Mushaifri (January 14) - Turning 26
Ali Al-Busaidi (January 21) - Turning 28
Ali Al-Jabri (January 29) - Turning 29
TURKMENISTAN
Myrat Yagsyyev (January 12) - Turning 27
Vahyt Orazsahedov (January 26) - Turning 27
