# 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group D

Group D was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. The group's first round of matches were played on 11 January and its last matches were played on 19 January. All six group matches were played at venues in Doha and Al Rayyan, Qatar. The group consists of defending champions Iraq, 2010 AFC Challenge Cup champions North Korea, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Iraq | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | North Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 | |
All times are UTC+3.

## North Korea vs United Arab Emirates

| North Korea | United Arab Emirates |
| GK | 1 | Ri Myong-guk |
| RB | 2 | Cha Jong-hyok | 12' |
| CB | 14 | Pak Nam-chol II | 25' |
| CB | 5 | Ri Kwang-chon |
| LB | 12 | Jon Kwang-ik |
| DM | 17 | An Yong-hak |
| RM | 23 | Kim Kuk-jin |
| CM | 7 | Ryang Yong-gi |
| LM | 10 | Hong Yong-jo (c) | | 49' |
| SS | 4 | Pak Nam-chol I | | 79' |
| CF | 9 | Jong Tae-se | | 83' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 19 | An Chol-hyok | | 49' |
| MF | 6 | Choe Myong-ho | | 79' |
| FW | 21 | Pak Chol-min | | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Jo Tong-sop ||
| GK | 1 | Majed Naser |
| RB | 2 | Khalid Sebil |
| CB | 8 | Hamdan Al-Kamali | 7' |
| CB | 14 | Walid Abbas |
| LB | 17 | Yousif Jaber |
| DM | 4 | Subait Khater (c) |
| RM | 7 | Ali Al-Wehaibi | | 90' |
| CM | 5 | Amer Abdulrahman |
| LM | 15 | Ismail Al Hammadi |
| SS | 10 | Ismail Matar | | 90' |
| CF | 11 | Ahmed Khalil | | 77' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 20 | Saeed Al-Kathiri | | 77' |
| FW | 9 | Mohamed Al-Shehhi | | 90' |
| MF | 23 | Omar Abdulrahman | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Srečko Katanec ||
* Man of the Match:
* Ismail Matar (United Arab Emirates)
* Assistant referees:
* Mu Yuxin (China)
* Mohd Sabri bin Mat Daud (Malaysia)
* Fourth official:
* Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

## Iraq vs Iran

| Iraq | Iran |
| GK | 12 | Mohammed Gassid |
| RB | 16 | Samal Saeed |
| CB | 14 | Salam Shaker | | 46' |
| CB | 15 | Ali Rehema |
| LB | 18 | Mahdi Karim |
| DM | 4 | Qusay Munir | | 88' |
| RM | 7 | Emad Mohammed | | 82' |
| CM | 5 | Nashat Akram |
| CM | 17 | Alaa Abdul-Zahra |
| LM | 11 | Hawar Mulla Mohammed |
| CF | 10 | Younis Mahmoud (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 21 | Ahmad Ibrahim Khalaf | | 46' |
| FW | 8 | Samer Saeed | 83' | 82' |
| FW | 9 | Mustafa Karim | | 88' |
| Manager: ||
| Wolfgang Sidka ||
| GK | 1 | Mehdi Rahmati |
| RB | 20 | Mohammad Nosrati |
| CB | 5 | Hadi Aghili |
| CB | 6 | Javad Nekounam (c) |
| LB | 4 | Jalal Hosseini |
| RM | 7 | Gholamreza Rezaei |
| CM | 14 | Andranik Teymourian |
| LM | 11 | Ehsan Hajsafi |
| AM | 23 | Iman Mobali | 87' |
| AM | 8 | Masoud Shojaei | 69' |
| CF | 19 | Mohammad Gholami | 84' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Mohammad Reza Khalatbari | 69' |
| FW | 10 | Karim Ansarifard | 84' |
| MF | 18 | Pejman Nouri | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Afshin Ghotbi ||
* Man of the Match:
* Iman Mobali (Iran)
* Assistant referees:
* Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
* Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan)
* Fourth official:
* Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

## Iran vs North Korea

| Iran | North Korea |
| GK | 1 | Mehdi Rahmati |
| RB | 20 | Mohammad Nosrati | | 61' |
| CB | 5 | Hadi Aghili |
| CB | 6 | Javad Nekounam (c) |
| LB | 4 | Jalal Hosseini |
| CM | 2 | Khosro Heydari | 90' |
| CM | 18 | Pejman Nouri | 89' |
| CM | 11 | Ehsan Hajsafi |
| AM | 10 | Karim Ansarifard | 28' | 90' |
| CF | 23 | Iman Mobali | | 46' |
| CF | 9 | Mohammad Reza Khalatbari |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Mohammad Nouri | | 46' |
| FW | 7 | Gholamreza Rezaei | | 61' |
| FW | 19 | Mohammad Gholami | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Afshin Ghotbi ||
| GK | 1 | Ri Myong-guk |
| RB | 2 | Cha Jong-hyok |
| CB | 3 | Ri Jun-il |
| CB | 5 | Ri Kwang-chon |
| LB | 12 | Jon Kwang-ik |
| DM | 17 | An Yong-hak |
| RM | 4 | Pak Nam-chol I | 13' |
| CM | 23 | Kim Kuk-jin |
| CM | 10 | Hong Yong-jo (c) | 10' |
| LM | 11 | Mun In-guk | | 62' |
| CF | 9 | Jong Tae-se | | 65' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 7 | Ryang Yong-gi | | 62' |
| FW | 21 | Pak Chol-min | | 65' |
| Manager: ||
| Jo Tong-sop ||
* Man of the Match:
* Hadi Aghili (Iran)
* Assistant referees:
* Khaled Al Allan (Bahrain)
* Mohammed Jawdat Nehlawi (Syria)
* Fourth official:
* Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

## United Arab Emirates vs Iraq

| United Arab Emirates | Iraq |
| GK | 1 | Majed Naser |
| RB | 2 | Khalid Sebil |
| CB | 8 | Hamdan Al-Kamali |
| CB | 14 | Walid Abbas |
| LB | 17 | Yousif Jaber |
| DM | 4 | Subait Khater (c) | | 84' |
| RM | 7 | Ali Al-Wehaibi | | 74' |
| CM | 5 | Amer Abdulrahman |
| LM | 15 | Ismail Al Hammadi |
| SS | 10 | Ismail Matar | 60' |
| CF | 11 | Ahmed Khalil | | 68' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 19 | Saeed Al Kass | | 68' |
| DF | 21 | Mahmoud Khamees | | 74' |
| MF | 16 | Amer Mubarak | | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Srečko Katanec ||
| GK | 12 | Mohammed Gassid |
| RB | 16 | Samal Saeed |
| CB | 21 | Ahmad Ibrahim Khalaf | 53' |
| CB | 15 | Ali Rehema |
| LB | 18 | Mahdi Karim |
| DM | 4 | Qusay Munir |
| RM | 7 | Emad Mohammed | | 61' |
| CM | 5 | Nashat Akram |
| CM | 17 | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | | 74' |
| LM | 11 | Hawar Mulla Mohammed | | 64' |
| CF | 10 | Younis Mahmoud (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 13 | Karrar Jassim | | 61' |
| DF | 3 | Bassim Abbas | | 64' |
| FW | 9 | Mustafa Karim | | 74' |
| Manager: ||
| Wolfgang Sidka ||
* Man of the Match:
* Younis Mahmoud (Iraq)
* Assistant referees:
* Toru Sagara (Japan)
* Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan)
* Fourth official:
* Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

## Iraq vs North Korea

| Iraq | North Korea |
| GK | 12 | Mohammed Gassid |
| RB | 16 | Samal Saeed |
| CB | 21 | Ahmad Ibrahim Khalaf |
| CB | 15 | Ali Rehema |
| LB | 3 | Bassim Abbas |
| DM | 4 | Qusay Munir |
| RM | 18 | Mahdi Karim |
| CM | 5 | Nashat Akram |
| CM | 13 | Karrar Jassim | 77' |
| LM | 9 | Mustafa Karim | 73' |
| CF | 10 | Younis Mahmoud (c) | 90+4' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | 73' |
| FW | 11 | Hawar Mulla Mohammed | 77' |
| MF | 20 | Muthana Khalid | 90+4' |
| Manager: ||
| Wolfgang Sidka ||
| GK | 1 | Ri Myong-guk |
| RB | 2 | Cha Jong-hyok |
| CB | 3 | Ri Jun-il | | 48' |
| CB | 5 | Ri Kwang-chon |
| LB | 12 | Jon Kwang-ik |
| DM | 17 | An Yong-hak |
| RM | 23 | Kim Kuk-jin | | 70' |
| CM | 7 | Ryang Yong-gi |
| LM | 10 | Hong Yong-jo (c) | 34' |
| SS | 4 | Pak Nam-chol I |
| CF | 9 | Jong Tae-se |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 14 | Pak Nam-chol II | | 48' |
| MF | 11 | Mun In-guk | | 70' |
| Manager: ||
| Jo Tong-sop ||
* Man of the Match:
* Qusay Munir (Iraq)
* Assistant referees:
* Mu Yuxin (China)
* Mohd Sabri bin Mat Daud (Malaysia)
* Fourth official:
* Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

## United Arab Emirates vs Iran

| United Arab Emirates | Iran |
| GK | 1 | Majed Naser | 75' |
| RB | 2 | Khalid Sebil | 71' 79' |
| CB | 8 | Hamdan Al-Kamali | 70' |
| CB | 14 | Walid Abbas |
| LB | 17 | Yousif Jaber |
| DM | 4 | Subait Khater (c) |
| RM | 7 | Ali Al-Wehaibi | | 53' |
| CM | 5 | Amer Abdulrahman | | 64' |
| LM | 15 | Ismail Al Hammadi |
| SS | 10 | Ismail Matar |
| CF | 11 | Ahmed Khalil | | 75' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 23 | Omar Abdulrahman | | 53' |
| FW | 9 | Mohamed Al-Shehhi | | 64' |
| FW | 20 | Saeed Al-Kathiri | | 75' |
| Manager: ||
| Srečko Katanec ||
| GK | 22 | Shahab Gordan |
| RB | 2 | Khosro Heydari |
| CB | 3 | Farshid Talebi |
| CB | 13 | Mohsen Bengar | 34' |
| LB | 11 | Ehsan Hajsafi | | 59' |
| CM | 14 | Andranik Teymourian |
| CM | 15 | Ghasem Hadadifar |
| RW | 17 | Mohammad Nouri |
| AM | 21 | Arash Afshin | 22' 75' |
| LW | 8 | Masoud Shojaei (c) | | 46' |
| CF | 19 | Mohammad Gholami | | 84' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Gholamreza Rezaei | 51' | 46' |
| DF | 20 | Mohammad Nosrati | | 59' |
| FW | 16 | Reza Norouzi | | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Afshin Ghotbi ||
* Man of the Match:
* Andranik Teymourian (Iran)
* Assistant referees:
* Jeong Hae-sang (South Korea)
* Jang Jun-mo (South Korea)
* Fourth official:
* Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)