2011 AFC Cup Final

2011 AFC Cup Final

Event	2011 AFC Cup
Nasaf Qarshi Al-Kuwait 2 1
Date	29 October 2011
Venue	Markaziy Stadium, Qarshi
Referee	Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)
Attendance	15,753
Weather	Clear and very cool, 8°C

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.

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

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 6 6 0 0 30 4 +26 18 Dempo 6 2 1 3 6 19 −13 7 Al-Ansar 6 2 0 4 8 12 −4 6 Al-Tilal 6 1 1 4 9 18 −9 4				Final standings	Group D runner-up Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al-Wehdat 6 4 2 0 11 3 +8 14 Al-Kuwait 6 3 1 2 7 6 +1 10 Al-Talaba 6 1 2 3 4 6 −2 5 Al-Suwaiq 6 0 3 3 5 12 −7 3
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 v Al-Kuwait

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)

NASAF QARSHI: GK 42 Murod Zukhurov  88' DF 4 Maksud Karimov DF 5 Botir Qoraev DF 34 Bojan Mališić  89' MF 7 Jahongir Djiyamurodov MF 8 Andrejs Perepļotkins MF 13 Lutfulla Turaev MF 17 Artur Gevorkyan MF 20 Erkin Boydullaev FW 9 Ilkhom Shomurodov  84' FW 19 Ivan Bošković  90+4' Substitutions: MF 18 Fozil Musaev  84' DF 16 Artyom Filiposyan  90+4' Manager: Anatoliy Demyanenko

AL-KUWAIT: GK 23 Khaled Al Fadhli DF 2 Yaqoub Al Taher DF 3 Fahad Awadh DF 20 Hussain Hakem  49'  80' DF 25 Ahmad Al Subaih  35'  61' MF 8 Lassana Fané MF 13 Rafat Ali MF 35 Naser Al Qahtani FW 5 Khaled Al Shammari FW 10 Rogério FW 28 Boris Kabi  26' Substitutions: MF 17 Abdullah Al Buraiki  61' MF 11 Ali Al Kandari  80' Manager: Dragan Talajić

See also

• 2011 AFC Cup

References

External links

• AFC Cup Official Page (English)