Below are the squads for the 1996 AFF Championship hosted by Singapore, which took place between 1 and 15 September 1996. The players' listed age is their age on the tournament's opening day (1 September 1996).

Group A Indonesia Head coach: Danurwindo

Vietnam Head coach: Karl-Heinz Weigang

Myanmar Head coach: Ratomir Dujković

Laos Head coach: Songphu Phongsa

Cambodia Head coach: Joachim Fickert

Group B

Thailand Head coach: Thawatchai Sartjakul

Malaysia Head coach: Wan Jamak Wan Hassan

Singapore Head coach: Barry Whitbread

Source:

Brunei Darussalam Head coach: Dave Booth

Philippines Head coach: Noel Casilao Note: Only partial squad known.

References