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
3  Syria 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

All times are UTC+3.

Japan vs Jordan

Japan 1–1 Jordan
Yoshida 90+2' Report Abdel-Fattah 45'
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 1–2 Syria
Al-Jassim 60' Report A. Al Hussain 38', 63'
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 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Abdel-Rahman 42' Report
Attendance: 17,349
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)
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 1–2 Japan
Al Khatib 76' (pen.) Report Hasebe 35'
Honda 82' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,453
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Syria
Japan
GK 1 Mosab Balhous (c)
RB 2 Belal Abduldaim
CB 3 Ali Diab [note 1]
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 0–5 Japan
Report Okazaki 8', 13', 80'
Maeda 19', 51'
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 2–1 Syria
A. Diab 30' (o.g.)
Al-Saify 59'
Report Al Zeno 15'
Attendance: 9,849
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)

Notes

  1. ^ Diab was cautioned after the match.