# 2011 Etisalat Emirates Cup final

The 2011 Etisalat Emirates Cup final was the third final since its establishment. The match took place at the Mohammad bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, on 29 April 2011. The match was won by Al Shabab, who beat Al Ain 2–3 to win their first title. and it was refereed by Ali Hamad.

## Road to the final

| Al Ain | Al Ain | Al Ain | Round | Al Shabab | Al Shabab | Al Shabab |
| Opponent | Result | Legs | Qualifying phase | Opponent | Result | Legs |
| Main article: 2010–11 Etisalat Emirates Cup group stage: Group A Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al Ain 10 5 4 1 15 8 +7 19 Al Wahda 10 5 2 3 12 9 +3 17 Al Dhafra 10 4 3 3 15 15 0 15 Al Nasr 10 3 3 4 11 13 −2 12 Dubai 10 2 4 4 21 21 0 10 Bani Yas 10 2 2 6 10 19 −9 8 Source: UAEProLeague.com | Main article: 2010–11 Etisalat Emirates Cup group stage: Group A Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al Ain 10 5 4 1 15 8 +7 19 Al Wahda 10 5 2 3 12 9 +3 17 Al Dhafra 10 4 3 3 15 15 0 15 Al Nasr 10 3 3 4 11 13 −2 12 Dubai 10 2 4 4 21 21 0 10 Bani Yas 10 2 2 6 10 19 −9 8 Source: UAEProLeague.com | Main article: 2010–11 Etisalat Emirates Cup group stage: Group A Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al Ain 10 5 4 1 15 8 +7 19 Al Wahda 10 5 2 3 12 9 +3 17 Al Dhafra 10 4 3 3 15 15 0 15 Al Nasr 10 3 3 4 11 13 −2 12 Dubai 10 2 4 4 21 21 0 10 Bani Yas 10 2 2 6 10 19 −9 8 Source: UAEProLeague.com | Group stage | Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al Shabab 10 5 3 2 13 9 +4 18 Al Wasl 10 4 4 2 11 9 +2 16 Al Sharjah 10 3 5 2 11 13 −2 14 Ittihad Kalba 10 2 6 2 10 10 0 12 Al Jazira 10 2 4 4 14 14 0 10 Al Ahli 10 1 4 5 11 17 −6 7 Source: UAEProLeague.com Main article: 2010–11 Etisalat Emirates Cup group stage: Group B | Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al Shabab 10 5 3 2 13 9 +4 18 Al Wasl 10 4 4 2 11 9 +2 16 Al Sharjah 10 3 5 2 11 13 −2 14 Ittihad Kalba 10 2 6 2 10 10 0 12 Al Jazira 10 2 4 4 14 14 0 10 Al Ahli 10 1 4 5 11 17 −6 7 Source: UAEProLeague.com Main article: 2010–11 Etisalat Emirates Cup group stage: Group B | Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al Shabab 10 5 3 2 13 9 +4 18 Al Wasl 10 4 4 2 11 9 +2 16 Al Sharjah 10 3 5 2 11 13 −2 14 Ittihad Kalba 10 2 6 2 10 10 0 12 Al Jazira 10 2 4 4 14 14 0 10 Al Ahli 10 1 4 5 11 17 −6 7 Source: UAEProLeague.com Main article: 2010–11 Etisalat Emirates Cup group stage: Group B |
| Opponent | Result | Legs | Knockout stage | Opponent | Result | Legs |
| Al Wasl | 3 - 2 | | Semi-finals | Al Wahda | 3 - 1 | |

## Pre-match
### Venue

On 3 April, UAE Football League Announced that the final will be held for the second time at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, on April 29. The first was on 3 April 2009, won by Al Ain defeating rival Al Wahda 1–0.

### Ticketing

The Tickets were sold on the same day of the match, price from AED20.

## Match
### Match details

Waleed Salem (c) :
| DF | 4 | Musallem Fayez |
| DF | 5 | Ismail Ahmed |
| DF | 33 | Mohammed Salem | 61' |
| DF | 44 | Faris Jumaa |
| MF | 6 | Ibrahima Keita |
| MF | 7 | Ali Al Wehaibi |
| MF | 10 | Omar Abdulrahman |
| MF | 13 | Rami Yaslam |
| MF | 23 | Shehab Ahmed | 71' |
| FW | 38 | Elias Ribeiro 83' |
| Substitutions: |||
| FW | 2 | Abdulaziz Fayez | | 71' |
| FW | 29 | Juma Saeed | | 83' |
| Manager: |||
| Alexandre Gallo ||||
Hassan Al Sharif (c) :
| DF | 3 | Abdulla Darwish | 83' |
| DF | 5 | Walid Abbas | 88' |
| DF | 19 | Mohamed Ahmad |
| DF | 29 | Esam Dhahi |
| MF | 7 | Ali Mohamed | 46' |
| MF | 10 | Carlos Villanueva | 52' |
| MF | 21 | Adel Abdullah |
| MF | 27 | Júlio César | 87' |
| MF | 99 | Ciel |
| FW | 24 | Essa Obaid | 71' | 80' |
| Substitutions: |||
| MF | 2 | Essa Mohammed | | 83' |
| MF | 6 | Hassan Ibrahim | | 46' |
| FW | 15 | Dawood Ali | | 80' |
| Manager: |||
| Paulo Bonamigo ||||
Assistant referees: Saeed Al Houti Zayed Dawood Kamal Fourth official: Adel Al Naqbi
* Etisalat Emirates Cup 2010–11 winners
* Al Shabab 1st title