# 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group B

Group B was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. The group's first round of matches began on 9 January and its last matches were played on 17 January. All six group matches were played at venues in Doha and Al Rayyan, Qatar. The group consisted of defending runners-up Saudi Arabia, Japan, Jordan and Syria.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Jordan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Syria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |
All times are UTC+3.

## Japan vs Jordan

| Japan | Jordan |
| GK | 1 | Eiji Kawashima |
| CB | 6 | Atsuto Uchida |
| CB | 22 | Maya Yoshida |
| CB | 5 | Yuto Nagatomo |
| DM | 17 | Makoto Hasebe (c) |
| DM | 4 | Yasuyuki Konno |
| CM | 7 | Yasuhito Endō |
| AM | 18 | Keisuke Honda | 90' |
| AM | 10 | Shinji Kagawa |
| SS | 8 | Daisuke Matsui | 58' |
| CF | 11 | Ryoichi Maeda | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 19 | Tadanari Lee | 46' |
| FW | 9 | Shinji Okazaki | 58' |
| MF | 14 | Jungo Fujimoto | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Alberto Zaccheroni ||
| GK | 1 | Amer Shafi |
| RB | 3 | Suleiman Al-Salman |
| CB | 8 | Bashar Bani Yaseen |
| CB | 17 | Hatem Aqel (c) | 43' | 80' |
| LB | 9 | Odai Al-Saify |
| DM | 4 | Baha' Abdel-Rahman |
| DM | 15 | Shadi Abu Hash'hash |
| AM | 7 | Amer Deeb |
| AM | 18 | Hassan Abdel-Fattah | 54' |
| CF | 14 | Abdallah Deeb | | 72' |
| CF | 16 | Basem Fat'hi |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 21 | Ahmad Abdel-Halim | | 72' |
| DF | 5 | Mohammad Al-Dmeiri | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Adnan Hamad ||
* Man of the Match:
* Amer Shafi (Jordan)
* Assistant referees:
* Jeffrey Goh Gek Pheng (Singapore)
* Haja Maidin (Singapore)
* Fourth official:
* Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

## Saudi Arabia vs Syria

| Saudi Arabia | Syria |
| GK | 1 | Waleed Abdullah |
| RB | 12 | Mishaal Al-Saeed | 87' |
| CB | 3 | Osama Hawsawi |
| CB | 5 | Osama Al-Muwallad |
| LB | 2 | Abdullah Shuhail |
| CM | 14 | Saud Kariri |
| CM | 6 | Ahmed Otaif | 15' |
| RW | 11 | Nasser Al-Shamrani | | 56' |
| AM | 15 | Abdoh Otaif | | 46' |
| LW | 8 | Manaf Abushgeer | | 67' |
| CF | 20 | Yasser Al-Qahtani (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 17 | Taisir Al-Jassim | | 46' |
| FW | 9 | Naif Hazazi | | 56' |
| MF | 18 | Nawaf Al-Abed | | 67' |
| Manager: ||
| José Peseiro ||
| GK | 1 | Mosab Balhous (c) |
| RB | 2 | Belal Abduldaim | 86' |
| CB | 3 | Ali Diab |
| CB | 17 | Abdulkader Dakka |
| LB | 13 | Nadim Sabagh |
| DM | 5 | Feras Esmaeel |
| RM | 19 | Sanharib Malki | | 66' |
| CM | 6 | Jehad Al Hussain | 21' | 77' |
| CM | 7 | Abdelrazaq Al Hussain | 90' |
| LM | 14 | Wael Ayan | | 83' |
| CF | 12 | Mohamed Al Zeno |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 11 | Adel Abdullah | | 66' |
| MF | 9 | Qusay Habib | | 77' |
| MF | 23 | Samer Awad | | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Valeriu Tiţa ||
* Man of the Match:
* Abdelrazaq Al Hussain (Syria)
* Assistant referees:
* Jeong Hae-sang (South Korea)
* Jang Jun-mo (South Korea)
* Fourth official:
* Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

## Jordan vs Saudi Arabia

| Jordan | Saudi Arabia |
| GK | 1 | Amer Shafi |
| RB | 3 | Suleiman Al-Salman |
| CB | 8 | Bashar Bani Yaseen (c) |
| CB | 2 | Mohammad Muneer |
| LB | 9 | Odai Al-Saify | 4' |
| DM | 4 | Baha' Abdel-Rahman |
| DM | 15 | Shadi Abu Hash'hash |
| AM | 7 | Amer Deeb | 66' | 90' |
| AM | 18 | Hassan Abdel-Fattah | | 83' |
| CF | 14 | Abdallah Deeb | | 69' |
| CF | 16 | Basem Fat'hi | 74' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 10 | Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek | 85' | 69' |
| FW | 21 | Ahmad Abdel-Halim | | 83' |
| MF | 23 | Anas Hijah | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Adnan Hamad ||
| GK | 1 | Waleed Abdullah |
| RB | 3 | Osama Hawsawi |
| CB | 7 | Kamel Al-Mousa |
| CB | 14 | Saud Kariri |
| LB | 5 | Osama Al-Muwallad | 63' |
| RM | 9 | Naif Hazazi |
| CM | 17 | Taisir Al-Jassim |
| LM | 2 | Abdullah Shuhail | | 87' |
| AM | 15 | Abdoh Otaif | | 46' |
| AM | 10 | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | | 65' |
| CF | 20 | Yasser Al-Qahtani (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Nasser Al-Shamrani | | 46' |
| MF | 18 | Nawaf Al-Abed | | 65' |
| MF | 16 | Abdullaziz Al-Dosari | | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Nasser Al-Johar ||
* Man of the Match:
* Hassan Abdel Fattah (Jordan)
* Assistant referees:
* Saleh Al Marzouqi (UAE)
* Yaser Marad (Kuwait)
* Fourth official:
* Ben Williams (Australia)

## Syria vs Japan

| Syria | Japan |
| GK | 1 | Mosab Balhous (c) |
| RB | 2 | Belal Abduldaim |
| CB | 3 | Ali Diab | |
| CB | 17 | Abdulkader Dakka | 61' |
| LB | 13 | Nadim Sabagh | 90+4' 90+5' |
| DM | 5 | Feras Esmaeel |
| RM | 23 | Samer Awad | 22' | 46' |
| CM | 7 | Abdelrazaq Al Hussain |
| CM | 6 | Jehad Al Hussain | | 77' |
| LM | 14 | Wael Ayan |
| CF | 12 | Mohamed Al Zeno | | 64' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 10 | Firas Al Khatib | | 46' |
| FW | 19 | Sanharib Malki | | 64' |
| FW | 18 | Abdul Fattah Al Agha | 90' | 77' |
| Manager: ||
| Valeriu Tiţa ||
| GK | 1 | Eiji Kawashima | 72' |
| CB | 6 | Atsuto Uchida | 53' |
| CB | 22 | Maya Yoshida | 67' |
| CB | 5 | Yuto Nagatomo |
| DM | 17 | Makoto Hasebe (c) |
| DM | 4 | Yasuyuki Konno |
| CM | 7 | Yasuhito Endō |
| AM | 18 | Keisuke Honda |
| AM | 10 | Shinji Kagawa | | 65' |
| SS | 8 | Daisuke Matsui | 10' | 90+2' |
| CF | 11 | Ryoichi Maeda | | 75' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Shinji Okazaki | | 65' |
| GK | 21 | Shusaku Nishikawa | | 75' |
| MF | 13 | Hajime Hosogai | | 90+2' |
| Manager: ||
| Alberto Zaccheroni ||
* Man of the Match:
* Keisuke Honda (Japan)
* Assistant referees:
* Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)
* Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
* Fourth official:
* Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)

## Saudi Arabia vs Japan

| Saudi Arabia | Japan |
| GK | 1 | Waleed Abdullah |
| CB | 3 | Osama Hawsawi |
| CB | 7 | Kamel Al-Mousa | 67' |
| CB | 5 | Osama Al-Muwallad |
| RM | 9 | Naif Hazazi | | 46' |
| CM | 17 | Taisir Al-Jassim |
| CM | 6 | Ahmed Otaif |
| LM | 2 | Abdullah Shuhail |
| AM | 15 | Abdoh Otaif | | 28' |
| AM | 10 | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub |
| CF | 20 | Yasser Al-Qahtani (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Manaf Abushgeer | | 28' |
| MF | 13 | Moataz Al-Musa | 69' | 46' |
| Manager: ||
| Nasser Al-Johar ||
| GK | 21 | Shusaku Nishikawa |
| CB | 17 | Makoto Hasebe (c) |
| CB | 22 | Maya Yoshida | | 63' |
| CB | 4 | Yasuyuki Konno |
| RM | 6 | Atsuto Uchida | 6' | 46' |
| CM | 16 | Yosuke Kashiwagi |
| CM | 7 | Yasuhito Endō | | 83' |
| LM | 5 | Yuto Nagatomo |
| AM | 10 | Shinji Kagawa |
| CF | 9 | Shinji Okazaki |
| CF | 11 | Ryoichi Maeda |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 2 | Masahiko Inoha | | 46' |
| DF | 3 | Daiki Iwamasa | | 63' |
| MF | 15 | Takuya Honda | | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Alberto Zaccheroni ||
* Man of the Match:
* Shinji Okazaki (Japan)
* Assistant referees:
* Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
* Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan)
* Fourth official:
* Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

## Jordan vs Syria

| Jordan | Syria |
| GK | 1 | Amer Shafi |
| RB | 3 | Suleiman Al-Salman |
| CB | 8 | Bashar Bani Yaseen (c) |
| CB | 2 | Mohammad Muneer |
| LB | 9 | Odai Al-Saify | | 90+2' |
| DM | 4 | Baha' Abdel-Rahman |
| DM | 15 | Shadi Abu Hash'hash |
| AM | 7 | Amer Deeb |
| AM | 18 | Hassan Abdel-Fattah | | 88' |
| CF | 14 | Abdallah Deeb | 48' | 62' |
| CF | 16 | Basem Fat'hi | 45+1' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 10 | Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek | | 62' |
| FW | 21 | Ahmad Abdel-Halim | | 88' |
| MF | 23 | Anas Hijah | | 90+2' |
| Manager: ||
| Adnan Hamad ||
| GK | 1 | Mosab Balhous (c) | 53' |
| RB | 2 | Belal Abduldaim | 47' | 78' |
| CB | 3 | Ali Diab | | 63' |
| CB | 17 | Abdulkader Dakka |
| LB | 23 | Samer Awad | | 63' |
| DM | 5 | Feras Esmaeel |
| RM | 19 | Sanharib Malki |
| CM | 7 | Abdelrazaq Al Hussain |
| CM | 6 | Jehad Al Hussain |
| LM | 14 | Wael Ayan |
| CF | 12 | Mohamed Al Zeno |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 10 | Firas Al Khatib | | 63' |
| MF | 20 | Louay Chanko | | 63' |
| MF | 9 | Qusay Habib | | 78' |
| Manager: ||
| Valeriu Tiţa ||
* Man of the Match:
* Odai Al-Saify (Jordan)
* Assistant referees:
* Mohammad Darman (Qatar)
* Hassan Al Thawadi (Qatar)
* Fourth official:
* Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)