2011 AFC Asian Cup Group C

Group C was one of four groups of nations competing at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. The group's first round of matches were played on 10 January and its last matches were played on 18 January. All six group matches were played at venues in Doha, Qatar. The group consisted of Australia, South Korea, 2008 AFC Challenge Cup champions India and Bahrain.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
3  Bahrain 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3
4  India 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

All times are UTC+3.

India vs Australia

India 0–4 Australia
Report Cahill 11', 65'
Kewell 25'
Holman 45+2'
Attendance: 9,783
Referee: Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE)
India
Australia
GK 1 Subrata Pal
CB 19 Gouramangi Singh
CB 12 Deepak Mondal
CB 5 Anwar Ali
RWB 17 Surkumar Singh
LWB 22 Syed Rahim Nabi
DM 20 Climax Lawrence (c)
RM 23 Steven Dias  79'
CM 7 Pappachen Pradeep  61'
LM 18 Mohammed Rafi  63'
CF 11 Sunil Chhetri
Substitutions:
DF 16 Mehrajuddin Wadoo  61'
FW 9 Abhishek Yadav  63'
MF 8 Renedy Singh  79'
Manager:
Bob Houghton
GK 1 Mark Schwarzer
RB 7 Brett Emerton  77'
CB 2 Lucas Neill (c)
CB 6 Saša Ognenovski
LB 3 David Carney
DM 15 Mile Jedinak  62'
RM 4 Tim Cahill
CM 5 Jason Čulina
LM 14 Brett Holman
CF 8 Luke Wilkshire
CF 10 Harry Kewell  72'
Substitutions:
MF 17 Matt McKay  62'
FW 9 Scott McDonald  72'
FW 11 Nathan Burns  77'
Manager:
Holger Osieck

Man of the Match:
Tim Cahill (Australia)

Assistant referees:
Saleh Al Marzouqi (UAE)
Yaser Marad (Kuwait)
Fourth official:
Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Korea Republic vs Bahrain

South Korea 2–1 Bahrain
Koo Ja-cheol 41', 56' Report Aaish 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,669
South Korea
Bahrain
GK 1 Jung Sung-ryong
RB 22 Cha Du-ri
CB 5 Kwak Tae-hwi  83'
CB 14 Lee Jung-soo  81'
LB 12 Lee Young-pyo
DM 16 Ki Sung-yueng
CM 13 Koo Ja-cheol  78'
CM 6 Lee Yong-rae
RF 17 Lee Chung-yong
CF 10 Ji Dong-won  68'
LF 7 Park Ji-sung (c)
Substitutions:
FW 11 Son Heung-min  68'  85'
FW 19 Yeom Ki-hun  78'
DF 4 Cho Yong-hyung  85'
Manager:
Cho Kwang-rae
GK 1 Mahmood Abdulla
CB 3 Abdulla Al Marzooqi
CB 17 Hussain Ali Baba  11'
CB 23 Ebrahim Al Mishkhas (c)
RM 15 Abdullah Omar
CM 13 Mahmood Abdulrahman  69'
LM 2 Rashed Al Hooti
RW 11 Ismail Abdullatif  79'
AM 4 Abdulla Baba Fatadi
LW 12 Faouzi Mubarak Aaish  54'
CF 8 Jaycee John Okwunwanne
Substitutions:
MF 7 Hamad Rakea Al Anezi  11'
DF 6 Abbas Ayyad  69'
FW 20 Abdulla Al-Dakeel  79'
Manager:
Salman Sharida

Man of the Match:
Koo Ja-cheol (South Korea)

Assistant referees:
Bakhadyr Kochkarov (UAE)
Hamed Al Mayahi (Kyrgyzstan)
Fourth official:
Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Australia vs Korea Republic

Australia 1–1 South Korea
Jedinak 62' Report Koo Ja-cheol 24'
Attendance: 15,526
Australia
South Korea
GK 1 Mark Schwarzer
RB 7 Brett Emerton  29'
CB 2 Lucas Neill (c)
CB 6 Saša Ognenovski  43'
LB 3 David Carney
DM 15 Mile Jedinak
RM 4 Tim Cahill  90+3'
CM 5 Jason Čulina  46'
LM 14 Brett Holman  89'
CF 8 Luke Wilkshire  68'
CF 10 Harry Kewell
Substitutions:
MF 16 Carl Valeri  46'
DF 13 Jade North  68'
MF 17 Matt McKay  89'
Manager:
Holger Osieck
GK 1 Jung Sung-ryong
RB 22 Cha Du-ri  22'
CB 3 Hwang Jae-won
CB 14 Lee Jung-soo
LB 12 Lee Young-pyo
DM 16 Ki Sung-yueng  35'
CM 13 Koo Ja-cheol  67'
CM 6 Lee Yong-rae
RF 17 Lee Chung-yong
CF 10 Ji Dong-won  67'
LF 7 Park Ji-sung (c)
Substitutions:
FW 19 Yeom Ki-hun  67'
FW 9 Yoo Byung-soo  67'  90'
MF 8 Yoon Bit-garam  90'
Manager:
Cho Kwang-rae

Man of the Match:
Park Ji-sung (Korea Republic)

Assistant referees:
Mohammad Darman (Qatar)
Hassan Al Thawadi (Qatar)
Fourth official:
Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

Bahrain vs India

Bahrain 5–2 India
Aaish 8' (pen.)
Abdullatif 16', 19', 35', 77'
Report Gouramangi 9'
Chhetri[a] 52'
Bahrain
India
GK 1 Mahmood Abdulla
RB 15 Abdullah Omar
CB 3 Abdulla Al Marzooqi
CB 23 Ebrahim Al Mishkhas
LB 14 Salman Isa (c)
RM 11 Ismail Abdullatif  83'
CM 7 Hamad Rakea Al Anezi
CM 18 Abdulwahab Al-Safi
LM 20 Abdulla Al-Dakeel  67'
SS 12 Faouzi Mubarak Aaish  60'  62'
CF 8 Jaycee John Okwunwanne  78'
Substitutions:
MF 13 Mahmood Abdulrahman  67'
MF 4 Abdulla Baba Fatadi  78'
DF 16 Dawood Saad  83'
Manager:
Salman Sharida
GK 1 Subrata Pal
RB 17 Surkumar Singh
CB 19 Gouramangi Singh
CB 5 Anwar Ali
LB 22 Syed Rahim Nabi
DM 20 Climax Lawrence (c)
RM 23 Steven Dias  18'
CM 7 Pappachen Pradeep  74'
LM 8 Renedy Singh  74'
SS 9 Abhishek Yadav
CF 11 Sunil Chhetri
Substitutions:
DF 12 Deepak Mondal  74'
DF 16 Mehrajuddin Wadoo  90+3'  74'
Manager:
Bob Houghton

Man of the Match:
Ismail Abdullatif (Bahrain)

Assistant referees:
Mu Yuxin (China PR)
Mohd Sabri bin Mat Daud (Malaysia)
Fourth official:
Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Korea Republic vs India

South Korea 4–1 India
Ji Dong-won 6', 23'
Koo Ja-cheol 9'
Son Heung-min 81'
Report Chhetri 12' (pen.)
South Korea
India
GK 1 Jung Sung-ryong
RB 22 Cha Du-ri  46'
CB 5 Kwak Tae-hwi
CB 3 Hwang Jae-won
LB 12 Lee Young-pyo
DM 16 Ki Sung-yueng  46'
CM 13 Koo Ja-cheol
CM 6 Lee Yong-rae
RF 17 Lee Chung-yong
CF 10 Ji Dong-won
LF 7 Park Ji-sung (c)  76'
Substitutions:
DF 2 Choi Hyo-jin  46'
FW 11 Son Heung-min  46'
MF 8 Yoon Bit-garam  76'
Manager:
Cho Kwang-rae
GK 1 Subrata Pal
RB 17 Surkumar Singh
CB 19 Gouramangi Singh
CB 5 Anwar Ali
LB 22 Syed Rahim Nabi  66'
DM 20 Climax Lawrence (c)
RM 23 Steven Dias
CM 7 Pappachen Pradeep  56'
LM 8 Renedy Singh  5'
SS 9 Abhishek Yadav  78'
CF 11 Sunil Chhetri
Substitutions:
DF 12 Deepak Mondal  5'
DF 16 Mehrajuddin Wadoo  56'
FW 15 Baichung Bhutia  78'
Manager:
Bob Houghton

Man of the Match
Koo Ja-cheol (Korea Republic)

Assistant referees:
Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)
Reza Sokhandan (Iran)
Fourth official:
Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Australia vs Bahrain

Australia 1–0 Bahrain
Jedinak 37' Report
Australia
Bahrain
GK 1 Mark Schwarzer
RB 13 Jade North  80'
CB 2 Lucas Neill (c)
CB 15 Mile Jedinak
LB 6 Saša Ognenovski
RM 7 Brett Emerton  42'
CM 16 Carl Valeri
CM 17 Matt McKay
LM 10 Harry Kewell  77'
CF 4 Tim Cahill  90'
CF 14 Brett Holman  85'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Scott McDonald  77'
MF 22 Neil Kilkenny  80'
FW 23 Robbie Kruse  90'
Manager:
Holger Osieck
GK 1 Mahmood Abdulla
RB 7 Hamad Rakea Al Anezi
CB 3 Abdulla Al Marzooqi
CB 23 Ebrahim Al Mishkhas  81'
LB 18 Abdulwahab Al-Safi  70'
CM 15 Abdullah Omar
CM 13 Mahmood Abdulrahman  55'
CM 14 Salman Isa (c)  90'
AM 4 Abdulla Baba Fatadi  65'
CF 11 Ismail Abdullatif
CF 8 Jaycee John Okwunwanne  29'  66'
Substitutions:
DF 2 Rashed Al-Hooti  55'
FW 20 Abdulla Al-Dakeel  66'
MF 9 Abdulwahab Al-Malood  90'
Manager:
Salman Sharida

Man of the Match:
Mark Schwarzer (Australia)

Assistant referees:
Toru Sagara (Japan)
Toshiyuki Nagi (Japan)
Fourth official:
Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Notes

  1. ^ Clarification on goalscorers: the second Indian goal is credited to Sunil Chhetri, who headed in a rebound after a shot from Renedy Singh hit the underside of the bar and bounced behind the goal line. However, as the officials did not indicate a goal was scored at that earlier point but only after Chhetri headed into the net, Renedy cannot be credited with the goal.