2011 AFC Cup final

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

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	Ra'fat 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