2011 AFC Cup Final

The 2011 AFC Cup Final was a football match which was played on Saturday, 29 October 2011, to determine the champion of the 2011 AFC Cup. It was the final of the 8th edition of the AFC Cup, a competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia.

2011 AFC Cup Final
Event2011 AFC Cup
Nasaf Qarshi Al-Kuwait
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Date29 October 2011
VenueMarkaziy Stadium, Qarshi
RefereeKim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)
Attendance15,753
WeatherClear and very cool, 8°C

Nasaf Qarshi became the first Uzbekistan team to win the AFC Cup with a 2–1 win over Al-Kuwait from Kuwait.[1]

Venue

The AFC decided that the final would be hosted by one of the finalists.[2] This format is the same as the 2009 and 2010 editions. On 7 June 2011, the draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final was made. For the final, the winner of semi-final 1 (played between the winners of quarter-finals 2 and 4) would be the home team, while the winner of semi-final 2 (played between the winners of quarter-finals 1 and 3) would be the away team.[3] Therefore Nasaf Qarshi were the home team, and Al-Kuwait were the away team.

Road to final
Further information: 2011 AFC Cup
Nasaf Qarshi Round Al-Kuwait
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Al-Ansar 3–0 (H) Matchday 1 Al-Suwaiq 3–1 (A)
Al-Tilal 3–2 (A) Matchday 2 Al-Talaba 1–0 (H)
Dempo 4–0 (A) Matchday 3 Al-Wehdat 1–3 (H)
Dempo 9–0 (H) Matchday 4 Al-Wehdat 0–1 (A)
Al-Ansar 4–1 (A) Matchday 5 Al-Suwaiq 0–0 (H)
Al-Tilal 7–1 (H) Matchday 6 Al-Talaba 2–1 (A)
Group A winner
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Nasaf Qarshi 6600304+2618
Dempo 6213619−137
Al-Ansar 6204812−46
Al-Tilal 6114918−94
 Final standings Group D runner-up
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Al-Wehdat 6420113+814
Al-Kuwait 631276+110
Al-Talaba 612346−25
Al-Suwaiq 6033512−73
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Faisaly 2–1 (H) (one-leg match) Round of 16 Al-Qadsia 2–2 (aet) (3–2 p) (A) (one-leg match)
Chonburi 1–1 (4–3 p) 1–0 (A) 0–1 (aet) (H) Quarterfinals Muangthong United 1–0 1–0 (H) 0–0 (A)
Al-Wehdat 2–1 1–0 (H) 1–1 (A) Semifinals Arbil 5–3 2–0 (A) 3–3 (H)

Match details
Nasaf Qarshi 2 – 1 Al-Kuwait
Shomurodov  62'
Perepļotkins  65'		 Report Kabi  68'
Attendance: 15,753
NASAF QARSHI:
GK42 Murod Zukhurov 88'
DF4 Maksud Karimov
DF5 Botir Qoraev
DF34 Bojan Mališić 89'
MF7 Jahongir Djiyamurodov
MF8 Andrejs Perepļotkins
MF13 Lutfulla Turaev
MF17 Artur Gevorkyan
MF20 Erkin Boydullaev
FW9 Ilkhom Shomurodov 84'
FW19 Ivan Bošković 90+4'
Substitutions:
MF18 Fozil Musaev 84'
DF16 Artyom Filiposyan 90+4'
Manager:
Anatoliy Demyanenko
AL-KUWAIT:
GK23 Khaled Al Fadhli
DF2 Yaqoub Al Taher
DF3 Fahad Awadh
DF20 Hussain Hakem 49' 80'
DF25 Ahmad Al Subaih 35' 61'
MF8 Lassana Fané
MF13 Ra'fat Ali
MF35 Naser Al Qahtani
FW5 Khaled Al Shammari
FW10 Rogério
FW28 Boris Kabi 26'
Substitutions:
MF17 Abdullah Al Buraiki 61'
MF11 Ali Al Kandari 80'
Manager:
Dragan Talajić

Assistant referees:
Jeong Hae-Sang (Korea Republic)
Lee Jung-Min (Korea Republic)
Fourth official:
Kim Jong-Hyeok (Korea Republic)

See also

References
  1. "Nasaf win 2011 AFC Cup". the-afc.com. 2011-10-29. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
  2. "AFC Cup 2011 Competitions Regulations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  3. Treat awaits fans in AFC Cup
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