Bahrain 10–0 Indonesia

On 29 February 2012, the Bahraini and Indonesia national association football teams faced each other in a qualifying match for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The match was played at the Bahrain National Stadium in Riffa, Bahrain. It was the biggest win for Bahrain, and the biggest defeat for Indonesia. This match is known for the investigation called for by FIFA afterwards.[2]

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
(Asian zone)
Group E
Qatar advances to the fourth round of the AFC qualification tournament
Bahrain eliminated from World Cup contention
Date29 February 2012
VenueBahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain
RefereeAndre El Haddad (Lebanon)
Attendance3,000
WeatherClear
26 °C (79 °F)[1]

Before this match Bahrain needed to score nine goals and Qatar lose their next match against Iran in order to pass Qatar and move on to the next round in qualifying but due to an 83rd-minute equalizer the game finished 2–2 and thus Qatar progressed instead of Bahrain.[3]

Background

Prior to the final matchday the table was:

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 5 3 2 0 15 3 +12 11
 Qatar 5 2 3 0 8 3 +5 9
 Bahrain 5 1 3 1 3 7 4 6
 Indonesia 5 0 0 5 3 16 13 0
Source:

Before the game, Bahrain required a winning margin of nine goals to stand any chance of progressing to the next stage.[4]

Leading up to the game, Indonesia had lost all five matches to date in their qualification group, allowing 16 goals in the process.[3] Internal conflict in the Football Association of Indonesia lead them to prevent all Indonesia Super League players from playing.[5] They only sent players who play in the Indonesian Premier League, although Indonesia's regular, better, and more experienced national players play in the Indonesia Super League. Indonesia was understood to have fielded inexperienced players due to this situation.[6]

Prior to this match, Indonesia's record loss was 9–0, recorded in 1974 at the hands of Denmark.[7]

In the six previous meetings between the two teams, each team had won twice, with two matches having been drawn.[7] Both teams had met earlier in this round at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, with Bahrain winning 2–0. Prior to the qualification process, both teams last met at the same venue during the 2007 AFC Asian Cup group stage match on 10 July 2007. Hosts Indonesia won 2–1, avenging the 3–1 defeat at the same stage nearly three years earlier.

Match summary

Indonesia started the game with an inexperienced side, with no player holding more than 12 international caps.[8] This was also the international debut for eight players in the Indonesia starting line up (except Syamsidar, Irfan Bachdim, and Ferdinand Sinaga).

Indonesia suffered an early setback when their goalkeeper Syamsidar was shown the red card in the first three minutes.[4] After Bahrain scored the resultant penalty, they went on to be awarded a total of four penalties in the match, including three in the first half, although substitute Indonesia goalkeeper Andi Muhammad Guntur managed to save two of the four kicks.[7]

Match details

Bahrain 10–0 Indonesia
Latif  5' (pen.), 71', 75'
Al Alawi  16', 61'
Abdulrahman  35' (pen.), 42'
Dhiya  63', 82', 90+4'
Report
BAHRAIN:
GK1Sayed Jaffer
2Waleed Al Hayam
3Abdulla Marzooq
4Sayed Dhiya
5Saleh Abdulhameed
7Ali Abdulwahab
10Mohammed Tayeb Al Alawi
11Ismail Abdul-Latif
13Mahmood Abdulrahman 90+2'
14Salman Isa
15Abdullah Omar
Substitutes:
6Dawood Saad
8Hassan Jameel
9Hamad Al Bannki
12Ali Norooz Hasan
16Isa Moosa
17Mohamed Duaij
18Fahad Hasan 90+2'
19Ahmed Mubarak Al Khattal
20Sami Mohammed
21Hamad Ebrahim
GK22Abbas Ahmed Khamis
23Ebrahim Al Obaildi
Manager:
Peter Taylor
INDONESIA:
GK1Syamsidar 3'
LM6Rendy Irawan
CM8Muhammad Taufiq
CF10Irfan Bachdim
CM11Aditya Putra Dewa 61'
CB13Gunawan Cahyo 68'
RB14Hengky Ardiles
LB15Diego Michiels 30'
CF17Ferdinand Sinaga
RM19Slamet Nurcahyo 4'
CB22Abdul Rahman 84'
Substitutes:
DF2Sigit Meiko Susanto
MF7Ricky Ohorella 61'
FW9Samsul Arif
GK12Andi Muhammad Guntur 4'
DF16Rasul Zainuddin
MF21Abanda Rahman
DF23Wahyu Wijiastanto 68'
Manager:
Aji Santoso

Assistant referees:
Ziad Birak (Lebanon)
Hadi El Kassar (Lebanon)
Fourth official:
Radwan Ghandour (Lebanon)

Post match

The final table was as follows:

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 6 3 3 0 17 5 +12 12
 Qatar 6 2 4 0 10 5 +5 10
 Bahrain 6 2 3 1 13 7 +6 9
 Indonesia 6 0 0 6 3 26 23 0
Source:

Following the match, Indonesia finished the third round with the worst overall record of the 20 competing teams, having scored no points at all in the round while conceding a total of 26 goals.[7]

Bahrain also failed to qualify for the next stage of qualifying, finishing with two wins, three draws and a single loss.[8]

References

  1. "History for Manama, Bahrain". wunderground.com. 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
  2. "Bahrain's 10-0 Asian zone World Cup win over Indonesia prompts Fifa match-fixing investigation". The Daily Telegraph. 1 March 2012.
  3. "Fifa security launches investigation into Bahrain's 'unusual' 10–0 victory over Indonesia". The Telegraph. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  4. "Fifa opens 'routine' inquiry into Bahrain's 10-0 win over Indonesia". The Guardian. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  5. "Indonesia FA confident of avoiding FIFA ban". Reuters. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  6. Jurejko, Jonathan (1 March 2012). "Peter Taylor's Bahrain face Fifa investigation after 10–0 win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  7. Satwiko, Wimbo; Rahman, Anita (1 March 2012). "Football: Blame Game Starts After Indonesia's 10–0 Loss". Jakarta Globe. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  8. "Bahrain coach says his team did 'nothing wrong' in 10–0 World Cup qualifying drubbing of weakened Indonesia". The Daily Telegraph (Australia). 10 April 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
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