2011 AFC Cup

The 2011 AFC Cup was the eighth edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia.

2011 AFC Cup

Tournament details
Dates	1 March – 29 October 2011
Teams	28+4 (from 15 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Nasaf Qarshi (1st title)
Runners-up	Al-Kuwait
Tournament statistics
Matches played	117
Goals scored	363 (3.1 per match)
Attendance	684,016 (5,846 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ivan Bošković (10 goals)
Best player(s)	Artur Gevorkyan

Allocation of entries per association

• 2 teams to qualify from each of the following associations:
  • Hong Kong
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • Maldives
  • Oman
  • Syria
  • Vietnam
  • Yemen
• 1 team to qualify from each of the following associations:
  • Bahrain (withdrew and replaced by a team from Uzbekistan)
  • India
  • Thailand
• 4 invited teams, from the following associations:
  • Indonesia
  • Iraq
  • Singapore
  • Uzbekistan
• 5 losers from the 2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs (including any of the 2010 AFC Cup finalists which fail to fulfil the criteria set by AFC to compete in the 2011 AFC Champions League, and thus directly enter the 2011 AFC Cup)

Qualifying teams

The following is the list of participants confirmed by the AFC.[1] There were 28 direct entries while 4 teams joined as losers of the 2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs.

West Asia (Groups A–E) Team Qualifying method App Last App Duhok 2009–10 Iraqi Premier Division champions 1st none Al-Talaba 2009–10 Iraqi Premier Division runners-up 1st none Arbil^1 2009–10 Iraqi Premier Division 4th place 2nd 2009 Al-Faisaly 2009–10 Jordan League champions 5th 2009 Al-Wehdat 2009–10 Jordan FA Cup winners 6th 2010 Al-Qadsia^2 2010 AFC Cup runners-up 2009–10 Kuwaiti Premier League champions 2010 Kuwait Emir Cup winners 2nd 2010 Al-Kuwait 2009–10 Kuwaiti Premier League runners-up 3rd 2010 Al-Nasr 2009–10 Kuwaiti Premier League 3rd place 1st none Al-Ahed 2009–10 Lebanese Premier League champions 5th 2010 Al-Ansar 2009–10 Lebanese FA Cup winners 3rd 2008 Al-Suwaiq 2009–10 Oman Mobile League champions 2nd 2009 Al-Oruba 2010 Sultan Qaboos Cup winners 2nd 2009 Al-Jaish 2009–10 Syrian Premier League champions 3rd 2010 Al-Karamah 2009–10 Syrian Cup winners 3rd 2010 Nasaf Qarshi^1 2010 Uzbek League 3rd place 2nd 2010 Shurtan Guzar^3 2010 Uzbek League 4th place 1st none Al-Saqr 2009–10 Yemeni League champions 2nd 2007 Al-Tilal 2010 Yemeni President Cup winners 2nd 2009 Al-Ittihad 2010 AFC Cup Winners 2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off losers 2nd 2010 Dempo 2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off losers 5th 2009

East Asia (Groups F–H) Team Qualifying method App Last App South China 2009–10 Hong Kong First Division League champions 2009–10 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield winners 4th 2010 TSW Pegasus 2010 Hong Kong FA Cup winners 1st none Kingfisher East Bengal 2010 Indian Federation Cup winners 5th 2010 Persipura Jayapura^1 2009–10 Indonesia Super League runners-up 1st none VB 2010 Dhivehi League champions 4th 2010 Victory 2010 Maldives FA Cup winners 4th 2010 Tampines Rovers^1 2010 S.League runners-up 4th 2007 Chonburi 2010 Thai FA Cup winners 2nd 2009 Ha Noi T&T 2010 V-League champions 1st none Song Lam Nghe An 2010 Vietnamese Cup winners 1st none Muangthong United 2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off losers 2nd 2010 Sriwijaya 2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off losers 2nd 2010

¹ Invited to play in the competition.

² Al-Qadsia failed to fulfil the criteria set by AFC to compete in the 2011 AFC Champions League, and so directly enter the 2011 AFC Cup.

³ Replaced Al-Ahli (2009–10 Bahrain First Division League champions).

Schedule

Schedule of dates for 2011 competition.[2]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Group stage	Matchday 1	7 December 2010	1–2 March 2011
	Matchday 2		15–16 March 2011
	Matchday 3		12–13 April 2011
	Matchday 4		26–27 April 2011
	Matchday 5		3–4 May 2011
	Matchday 6		10–11 May 2011
Knockout phase	Round of 16		24–25 May 2011
	Quarter-finals	7 June 2011	13 September 2011	27 September 2011
	Semi-finals		4 October 2011	18 October 2011
	Final		29 October 2011 at home of one of the finalists

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 7 December 2010.[3][4] Clubs from the same country may not be drawn into the same group.[5] The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage.[6]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		NAS	DEM	ANS	TIL
Nasaf Qarshi	6	6	0	0	30	4	+26	18			9–0	3–0	7–1
Dempo	6	2	1	3	6	19	−13	7		0–4		2–1	2–1
Al-Ansar	6	2	0	4	8	12	−4	6		1–4	2–0		0–2
Al-Tilal	6	1	1	4	9	18	−9	4		2–3	2–2	1–4

Source:

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		QAD	SHU	ITT	SAQ
Al-Qadsia	6	4	2	0	15	5	+10	14			4–0	3–2	3–0
Shurtan Guzar	6	2	3	1	10	8	+2	9		1–1		1–1	7–2
Al-Ittihad	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8		0–2	0–0		2–0
Al-Saqr	6	0	1	5	5	17	−12	1		2–2	0–1	1–2

Source:

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		DUH	FAI	JAI	NAS
Duhok	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11[lower-alpha 1]			4–2	0–1	1–0
Al-Faisaly	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11[lower-alpha 1]		0–0		2–0	2–1
Al-Jaish	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11[lower-alpha 1]		0–0	1–1		2–1
Al-Nasr	6	0	0	6	2	11	−9	0		0–1	0–1	0–4

Source:
Notes:

1. Tiebreakers: Duhok, Al-Faisaly and Al-Jaish are ranked by their head-to-head records: Duhok (5 pts, +1 GD), Al-Faisaly (5 pts, 0 GD), Al-Jaish (5 pts, –1 GD).

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		WEH	KUW	TAL	SUW
Al-Wehdat	6	4	2	0	11	3	+8	14			1–0	0–0	5–1
Al-Kuwait	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10		1–3		1–0	0–0
Al-Talaba	6	1	2	3	4	6	−2	5		0–1	1–2		1–1
Al-Suwaiq	6	0	3	3	5	12	−7	3		1–1	1–3	1–2

Source:

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ARB	AHE	ORU	KAR
Arbil	6	4	2	0	17	4	+13	14			6–2	0–0	1–1
Al-Ahed	6	2	0	4	11	13	−2	6[lower-alpha 1]		1–2		2–0	4–1
Al-Oruba	6	1	3	2	4	10	−6	6[lower-alpha 1]		0–5	1–0		1–1
Al-Karamah	6	1	3	2	8	13	−5	6[lower-alpha 1]		0–3	3–2	2–2

Source:
Notes:

1. Tiebreakers: Al-Ahed, Al-Oruba and Al-Karamah are ranked by their head-to-head records: Al-Ahed (6 pts, +3 GD), Al-Oruba (5 pts, –1 GD), Al-Karamah (5 pts, –2 GD).

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		SLN	SRW	TSW	VB
Sông Lam Nghệ An	6	4	0	2	16	10	+6	12			4–0	1–2	4–2
Sriwijaya	6	3	1	2	9	11	−2	10		3–1		3–2	1–1
TSW Pegasus	6	3	0	3	15	12	+3	9		2–3	1–2		3–0
VB	6	1	1	4	9	16	−7	4		1–3	2–0	3–5

Source:

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		MTU	TRV	HTT	VIC
Muangthong United	6	4	2	0	14	1	+13	14			4–0	4–0	1–0
Tampines Rovers	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	11		1–1		3–1	4–0
Hà Nội T&T	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	8		0–0	1–1		2–0
Victory	6	0	0	6	1	15	−14	0		0–4	1–3	0–1

Source:

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		CHO	PJY	SCA	KEB
Chonburi	6	4	1	1	18	8	+10	13			4–1	3–0	4–0
Persipura Jayapura	6	3	2	1	14	9	+5	11		3–0		4–2	4–1
South China	6	1	2	3	7	14	−7	5		0–3	1–1		1–0
Kingfisher East Bengal	6	0	3	3	9	17	−8	3		4–4	1–1	3–3

Source:

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Based on the results from the group stage, the matchups of the round of 16 were decided as below.[7] Each tie was played in one match, hosted by the winners of each group (Team 1) against the runners-up of another group (Team 2).[5]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Nasaf Qarshi	2–1	Al-Faisaly
Duhok	1–0	Dempo
Al-Qadsia	2–2 (aet) (2–3 p)	Al-Kuwait
Al-Wehdat	2–1	Shurtan Guzar
Arbil	1–0 (aet)	Tampines Rovers
Muangthong United	4–0	Al-Ahed
Song Lam Nghe An	1–3	Persipura Jayapura
Chonburi	3–0	Sriwijaya

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 7 June 2011.[8] In this draw, the "country protection" rule was applied: if there are exactly two clubs from the same country, they may not face each other in the quarter-finals; however, if there are more than two clubs from the same country, they may face each other in the quarter-finals.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Persipura Jayapura	1–3	Arbil	1–2	0–1
Chonburi	1–1 (3–4 p)	Nasaf Qarshi	0–1	1–0 (aet)
Al-Kuwait	1–0	Muangthong United	1–0	0–0
Al-Wehdat	8–1	Duhok	5–1	3–0

Semi-finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nasaf Qarshi	2–1	Al-Wehdat	1–0	1–1
Arbil	3–5	Al-Kuwait	0–2	3–3

Final

The final of the 2011 AFC Cup was hosted by one of the finalists, decided by draw.[6]

29 October 2011

19:00 UTC+05:00

Nasaf Qarshi	2 – 1	Al-Kuwait
Shomurodov  62' Perepļotkins  65'	Report	Kabi  68'

Markaziy Stadium, Qarshi

Attendance: 15,753

Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

2011 AFC Cup Nasaf Qarshi 1st Title

Awards

The following awards were given for the 2011 AFC Cup:[9]

• Most Valuable Player Award: Artur Gevorkyan (Nasaf Qarshi)
• Top Scorer: Ivan Bošković (Nasaf Qarshi)
• Fair Play Award: Nasaf Qarshi

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	MD1	MD2	MD3	MD4	MD5	MD6	R16	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F	Total
1	Ivan Bošković	Nasaf Qarshi	1			4	1	2		1			1		10
2	Firas Al Khatib	Al-Qadsia	1	1	1	2	1	2							8
3	Leandro Carrijó	TSW Pegasus		1	3	1	2								7
4	Hassan Abdel-Fattah	Al-Kuwait & Al-Wehdat	2							2	2				6
	Mahmoud Shelbaieh	Al-Wehdat		2	2					2					6
	Aleksandar Durić	Tampines Rovers	1	1	1	1	2								6
	Pipob On-Mo	Chonburi	2			2	2								6
8	Muslim Mubarak	Arbil				2	1		1	1					5
	Tolgay Ozbey	Kingfisher East Bengal	2	1		2									5
	Christian Kouakou	Muangthong United	1			2		1	1						5
	Boaz Solossa	Persipura Jayapura	1	1			2		1						5
	Hamad Al Enezi	Al-Qadsia	2	1	1				1						5
	Nosirbek Otakuziyev	Nasaf Qarshi	1				1	3							5

Own goals

Player	Team	Against	Round	Date
Douglas Da Santos	VB	Sriwijaya	Group stage Matchday 1	1 March 2011
Abdulla Haneef	VB	TSW Pegasus	Group stage Matchday 3	13 April 2011
Hamed Al Daoudi	Al-Oruba	Arbil	Group stage Matchday 4	27 April 2011
Samer Zeineddine	Al-Ahed	Arbil	Group stage Matchday 5	4 May 2011

See also

• 2011 AFC Champions League
• 2011 AFC President's Cup

References

1. "ACL, AFCC 2010 teams". AFC. 29 November 2010.
2. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2011" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010.
3. "Stage set for ACL, AFC Cup draws". AFC. 6 December 2010.
4. "AFC Cup: Tough encounters in the offing". AFC. 7 December 2010.
5. "AFC Cup 2011 Draw Mechanism for Preliminary Stage (Group & Round of 16)" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
6. "AFC Cup 2011 Competitions Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
7. "AFC Cup R16 match-ups". AFC. 12 May 2011.
8. "Treat awaits fans in AFC Cup". AFC. 7 June 2011.
9. "Team success key for MVP Gevorkyan". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.

External links

• AFC Cup Official Page (in English)