AFC_Cup_2011
2011 AFC Cup
8th secondary club football tournament organized by the
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.
| 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 |
← 2010 2012 → | |
- 2 teams qualified from each of the following associations:
- 1 team qualified from each of the following associations:
Bahrain (withdrew and replaced by a team from 
Uzbekistan)
India
Thailand
- 4 invited teams, from the following associations:
- 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)
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.
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 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 | |||
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
Group B
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 |
- 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
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-Orouba |
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 |
- Tiebreakers: Al-Ahed, Al-Orouba and Al-Karamah are ranked by their head-to-head records: Al-Ahed (6 pts, +3 GD), Al-Orouba (5 pts, –1 GD), Al-Karamah (5 pts, –2 GD).
Group F
Group G
Group H
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.
Semi-finals
Final
The final of the 2011 AFC Cup was hosted by one of the finalists, decided by draw.[6]
| Nasaf Qarshi | 2 – 1 | Al-Kuwait |
|---|---|---|
Shomurodov  62'Perepļotkins 65' |
Report | Kabi 68' |
| 2011 AFC Cup Nasaf Qarshi 1st Title |
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
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
| Amit Ghosh | 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 |
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- "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2011" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010.
- "Stage set for ACL, AFC Cup draws". AFC. 6 December 2010.
- "AFC Cup: Tough encounters in the offing". AFC. 7 December 2010.
- "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.
- "AFC Cup 2011 Competitions Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- "AFC Cup R16 match-ups". AFC. 12 May 2011.
- "Treat awaits fans in AFC Cup". AFC. 7 June 2011.
- "Team success key for MVP Gevorkyan". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- AFC Cup Official Page (in English)