# 2011 AFC President's Cup

The 2011 AFC President's Cup was the seventh edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia.
Teams from 12 member associations competed. In the qualifying stage, the 12 teams were divided into three groups of four teams each, and the top two teams from each group qualified for the six-team finals to be played at a centralised venue. In the final stage, the qualified six teams were divided into two groups of three teams each. The winners from each group met in the final for the title.
TaiPOWER FC became the first Taiwanese team to win the AFC President's Cup with a 3–2 win over Phnom Penh Crown from Cambodia in the final.

## Venues

| Phnom Penh | Yangon | Yangon |
| Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium | Thuwunna Stadium | Bogyoke Aung San Stadium |
| Capacity: 70,000 | Capacity: 32,000 | Capacity: 40,000 |
| Kaohsiung | Kathmandu | Kathmandu |
| Kaohsiung National Stadium | Dasarath Rangasala Stadium | Halchowk Stadium |
| Capacity: 55,000 | Capacity: 17,800 | Capacity: 3,500 |

## Qualifying teams

Palestinian Authority clubs began to play in the AFC President's Cup from 2011 onwards.
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | App | Last App |
| Bangladesh | Abahani Limited | 2009–10 Bangladesh League champions | 4th | 2010 |
| Bhutan | Yeedzin | 2010 A-Division champions | 2nd | 2009 |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh Crown | 2010 Cambodian League champions | 3rd | 2009 |
| Chinese Taipei | Taipower FC | 2010 Intercity Football League champions | 4th | 2009 |
| Kyrgyzstan | Neftchi Kochkor-Ata | 2010 Kyrgyzstan League champions | 1st | none |
| Myanmar | Yadanarbon | 2010 Myanmar National League champions | 2nd | 2010 |
| Nepal | Nepal Police Club | 2010 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League champions | 4th | 2009 |
| Pakistan | WAPDA | 2010 Pakistan Premier League champions | 4th | 2009 |
| Palestine | Jabal Al Mukaber | 2009–10 West Bank Premier League champions | 1st | none |
| Sri Lanka | Don Bosco | 2010–11 Sri Lanka Football Premier League champions | 1st | none |
| Tajikistan | Istiqlol | 2010 Tajik League champions | 1st | none |
| Turkmenistan | FC Balkan | 2010 Turkmenistan League champions | 1st | none |

## Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 14 March 2011, 15:00 UTC+08:00, at AFC House, Kuala Lumpur. The 12 teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. The group matches were scheduled to be played from 13 to 31 May 2011; however, matches of Group C were played from 20 to 24 April 2011.
All groups were played in a single round-robin format at a centralized venue. The top two teams from each group qualified for the final stage. The clubs are ranked according to points and tie breakers are in following order:
* Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Goal difference in all the group matches;
* Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
* Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
* Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches; (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card)
* Drawing of lots.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Neftchi Kochkor-Ata | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advanced to Final stage |
| 2 | Phnom Penh Crown | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Advanced to Final stage |
| 3 | Abahani Limited | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Don Bosco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |
* All matches were held in Cambodia.
* All times are Indochina Time (ICT) – UTC+07:00

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Istiqlol | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 7 | Advanced to Final stage |
| 2 | Yadanarbon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 7 | Advanced to Final stage |
| 3 | Jabal Al Mukaber | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Yeedzin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 | |
* All matches were held in Myanmar.
* All times are Myanmar Standard Time (MST) – UTC+06:30

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Taipower FC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advanced to Final stage |
| 2 | Balkan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advanced to Final stage |
| 3 | WAPDA | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Nepal Police Club | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | |
* All matches were held in Nepal.
* All times are Nepal Time (NPT) – UTC+05:45

## Final stage

On 14 June 2011, the Organising Committee for the AFC President's Cup decided to award the hosting rights of the 2011 AFC President's Cup Finals to Chinese Taipei. The matches were played at the Kaohsiung National Stadium in Kaohsiung from 19 to 25 September 2011.
The draw for the final stage was held on 29 July 2011, 16:00 UTC+08:00, at AFC House, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The six teams which qualified for the final stage were divided into two groups of three teams each, played in a single round-robin format. The winner from each group qualified for the single-match final to decide the title (extra time and penalty shootout would be used to decide the winner if necessary).
* All matches were held in Taiwan (Republic of China).
* All times are Taiwan Standard Time (TST) – UTC+08:00

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Taiwan Power Company | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | Balkan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Istiqlol | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Phnom Penh Crown | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | Neftchi Kochkor-Ata | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 3 | |
| 3 | Yadanarbon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | |

### Final

| Phnom Penh Crown | Taiwan Power Company |
PHNOM PENH CROWN: :
| GK | 1 | Peng Bunchay |
| DF | 3 | Thul Sothearith | 52' |
| DF | 4 | Tieng Tiny | 28' | 66' |
| DF | 12 | Odion Obadin | 60' |
| DF | 14 | Sun Sovannrithy | 90+4' |
| MF | 8 | San Narith | 90+4' |
| MF | 10 | Kouch Sokumpheak |
| MF | 23 | Sun Sopanha | | 79' |
| MF | 27 | Khim Borey | | 69' |
| FW | 9 | Chan Chaya | 79' 90+4' |
| FW | 20 | Kingsley Njoku |
| Substitutions: ||||
| DF | 6 | Sok Sovan | | 66' |
| FW | 19 | Sok Pheng | 78' | 69' |
| MF | 13 | Hong Ratana | | 79' |
| Manager: ||||
| David Booth ||||
TAIWAN POWER COMPANY: :
| GK | 1 | Pan Wei-chih |
| DF | 3 | Tu Ming-feng |
| DF | 5 | Chen Yu-lin | 77' |
| DF | 12 | Chen Yi-wei | | 87' |
| DF | 15 | Liang Chien-wei |
| DF | 17 | Lee Meng-chian |
| MF | 7 | Ho Ming-tsan | | 73' |
| MF | 10 | Hung Kai-chun |
| MF | 11 | Feng Pao-hsing |
| MF | 26 | Chen Po-liang |
| FW | 9 | Kuo Yin-hung |
| Substitutions: ||||
| DF | 16 | Tsai Sheng-an | | 73' |
| FW | 23 | Huang Chiu-ching | | 87' |
| Manager: ||||
| Chen Kuei-jen ||||
* Assistant referees:
* Nassir Al Mudhaffar (Saudi Arabia)
* Mohamed Salman (Bahrain)
* Fourth official:
* Mohammed Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
* 2011 AFC President's Cup
* Taiwan Power Company 1st title

## Awards

The following awards were given for the 2011 AFC President's Cup:
* Most Valuable Player Award: Chen Po-liang (Taiwan Power Company)
* Top Scorer: Ho Ming-tsan (Taiwan Power Company)
* Fair Play Award: Neftchi Kochkor-Ata

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | GS1 | GS2 | GS3 | FG1 | FG2 | 0 F 0 | Total |
| 1 | Ho Ming-tsan | Taiwan Power Company | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Yan Paing | Yadanarbon | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | 5 |
| 2 | Pai Soe | Yadanarbon | 3 | 1 | | | 1 | | 5 |
| 2 | Farkhod Tokhirov | Istiqlol | | 4 | | | 1 | | 5 |
| 2 | Pavel Pavlov | Neftchi Kochkor-Ata | 1 | 1 | | | 3 | | 5 |
| 2 | Kingsley Njoku | Phnom Penh Crown | 1 | | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |