# 2011 AFC Cup final

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.

## Venue

The AFC decided that the final would be hosted by one of the finalists. 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. Therefore Nasaf Qarshi were the home team, and Al-Kuwait were the away team.

## Road to final

| Nasaf Qarshi | Nasaf Qarshi | Nasaf Qarshi | Nasaf Qarshi | Round | Al-Kuwait | Al-Kuwait | Al-Kuwait | Al-Kuwait |
| Opponent | Result | Result | Result | Group stage | Opponent | Result | Result | Result |
| Al-Ansar | 3–0 (H) | 3–0 (H) | 3–0 (H) | Matchday 1 | Al-Suwaiq | 3–1 (A) | 3–1 (A) | 3–1 (A) |
| Al-Tilal | 3–2 (A) | 3–2 (A) | 3–2 (A) | Matchday 2 | Al-Talaba | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (H) | 1–0 (H) |
| Dempo | 4–0 (A) | 4–0 (A) | 4–0 (A) | Matchday 3 | Al-Wehdat | 1–3 (H) | 1–3 (H) | 1–3 (H) |
| Dempo | 9–0 (H) | 9–0 (H) | 9–0 (H) | Matchday 4 | Al-Wehdat | 0–1 (A) | 0–1 (A) | 0–1 (A) |
| Al-Ansar | 4–1 (A) | 4–1 (A) | 4–1 (A) | Matchday 5 | Al-Suwaiq | 0–0 (H) | 0–0 (H) | 0–0 (H) |
| Al-Tilal | 7–1 (H) | 7–1 (H) | 7–1 (H) | Matchday 6 | Al-Talaba | 2–1 (A) | 2–1 (A) | 2–1 (A) |
| Group A winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Nasaf Qarshi 6600304+2618 Dempo 6213619−137 Al-Ansar 6204812−46 Al-Tilal 6114918−94 | Group A winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Nasaf Qarshi 6600304+2618 Dempo 6213619−137 Al-Ansar 6204812−46 Al-Tilal 6114918−94 | Group A winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Nasaf Qarshi 6600304+2618 Dempo 6213619−137 Al-Ansar 6204812−46 Al-Tilal 6114918−94 | Group A winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Nasaf Qarshi 6600304+2618 Dempo 6213619−137 Al-Ansar 6204812−46 Al-Tilal 6114918−94 | Final standings | Group D runner-up Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al-Wehdat 6420113+814 Al-Kuwait 631276+110 Al-Talaba 612346−25 Al-Suwaiq 6033512−73 | Group D runner-up Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al-Wehdat 6420113+814 Al-Kuwait 631276+110 Al-Talaba 612346−25 Al-Suwaiq 6033512−73 | Group D runner-up Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al-Wehdat 6420113+814 Al-Kuwait 631276+110 Al-Talaba 612346−25 Al-Suwaiq 6033512−73 | Group D runner-up Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al-Wehdat 6420113+814 Al-Kuwait 631276+110 Al-Talaba 612346−25 Al-Suwaiq 6033512−73 |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Knockout phase | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Al-Faisaly | 2–1 (H) (one-leg match) | 2–1 (H) (one-leg match) | 2–1 (H) (one-leg match) | Round of 16 | Al-Qadsia | 2–2 (aet) (3–2 p) (A) (one-leg match) | 2–2 (aet) (3–2 p) (A) (one-leg match) | 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: :
| 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 |||
* Assistant referees:
* Jeong Hae-Sang (Korea Republic)
* Lee Jung-Min (Korea Republic)
* Fourth official:
* Kim Jong-Hyeok (Korea Republic)