2011 AFC Asian Cup Group B

Group B of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup was one of four groups of nations competing at 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 Saudi Arabia (the runner-up of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup) as well as 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

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

All times are UTC+3.

Japan vs Jordan[]

9 January 2011

16:15

Japan	1–1	Jordan
Yoshida 90+2'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Abdel Fattah 45'

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 6,255

Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Japan

Jordan


GK	1	Eiji Kawashima
RB	6	Atsuto Uchida
CB	22	Maya Yoshida
CB	4	Yasuyuki Konno
LB	5	Yuto Nagatomo
CM	7	Yasuhito Endō
CM	17	Makoto Hasebe (c)
AM	18	Keisuke Honda	90'
RW	8	Daisuke Matsui	58'
LW	10	Shinji Kagawa
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	16	Basem Fat'hi
CM	4	Baha'a Abdul-Rahman
CM	15	Shadi Abu Hash'hash
CM	18	Hassan Abdel Fattah	54'
RW	7	Amer Deeb
LW	9	Odai Al-Saify
CF	14	Abdullah Deeb		72'
Substitutions:
MF	21	Ahmed Abdul-Haleem		72'
DF	5	Mohammad Al-Damiri		80'
Manager:
Adnan Hamad

Man of the Match:
Amer Shafia (Jordan)

Assistant referees:
Jeffrey Goh (Singapore)
Haja Maidin (Singapore)
Fourth official:
Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Saudi Arabia vs Syria[]

9 January 2011

19:15

Saudi Arabia	1–2	Syria
Al Jassim 60'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	A. Al Hussain 38', 63'

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 15,768

Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

Saudi Arabia

Syria


GK	1	Waleed Abdullah
RB	2	Abdullah Shuhail
CB	3	Osama Hawsawi
CB	14	Saud Khariri
LB	5	Osama Al-Muwallad
CM	15	Abdoh Otaif		46'
CM	8	Manaf Abushgeer		67'
RW	6	Ahmed Otaif	15'
LW	12	Mishaal Al-Saeed	87'
CF	11	Nasser Al-Shamrani		56'
CF	20	Yasser Al-Qahtani (c)
Substitutions:
MF	17	Taisir Al-Jassim		46'
FW	9	Naif Hazazi		56'
FW	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
CM	7	Abdelrazaq Al Hussain	90'
CM	5	Feras Esmaeel
AM	19	Senharib Malki		66'
RW	6	Jehad Al Hussain	21'	77'
LW	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:
A. Al Hussain (Syria)

Assistant referees:
Jeong Hae-sang (South Korea)
Jang Jun-mo (South Korea)
Fourth official:
Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

Jordan vs Saudi Arabia[]

13 January 2011

16:15

Jordan	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Abdul Rahman 42'	Report

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

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	16	Basem Fat'hi	74'
CM	4	Baha'a Abdul-Rahman
CM	15	Shadi Abu Hash'hash
RW	7	Amer Deeb	66'	90'
LW	9	Odai Al-Saify	4'
CF	14	Abdullah Deeb		69'
CF	18	Hassan Abdel Fattah		83'
Substitutions:
FW	10	Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek	85'	69'
MF	21	Ahmed Abdul-Haleem		83'
FW	23	Anas Hijah		90'
Manager:
Adnan Hamad


GK	1	Waleed Abdullah
RB	2	Abdullah Shuhail		87'
CB	3	Osama Hawsawi
CB	5	Osama Al-Muwallad	63'
LB	7	Kamel Al-Mousa
RM	15	Abdoh Otaif		46'
CM	14	Saud Khariri
CM	17	Taisir Al-Jassim
LM	10	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub		65'
CF	9	Naif Hazazi
CF	20	Yasser Al-Qahtani (c)
Substitutions:
FW	11	Nasser Al-Shamrani		46'
FW	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[]

13 January 2011

19:15

Syria	1–2	Japan
Al Khatib 76' (pen.)	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Hasebe 35' Honda 82' (pen.)

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

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'
CM	7	Abdelrazaq Al Hussain
CM	5	Feras Esmaeel
AM	23	Samer Awad	22'	46'
RW	6	Jehad Al Hussain		77'
LW	14	Wael Ayan
CF	12	Mohamed Al Zeno		64'
Substitutions:
FW	10	Firas Al Khatib		46'
FW	19	Senharib Malki		64'
FW	18	Abdul Fattah Al Agha	90'	77'
Manager:
Valeriu Tiţa


GK	1	Eiji Kawashima	72'
RB	6	Atsuto Uchida	53'
CB	22	Maya Yoshida	67'
CB	4	Yasuyuki Konno
LB	5	Yuto Nagatomo
CM	7	Yasuhito Endō
CM	17	Makoto Hasebe (c)
AM	18	Keisuke Honda
RW	8	Daisuke Matsui	10'	90+2'
LW	10	Shinji Kagawa		65'
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[]

17 January 2011

16:15

Saudi Arabia	0–5	Japan
	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Okazaki 8', 13', 80' Maeda 19', 51'

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 2,022

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Saudi Arabia

Japan


GK	1	Waleed Abdullah
RB	2	Abdullah Shuhail
CB	3	Osama Hawsawi
CB	5	Osama Al-Muwallad
LB	7	Kamel Al-Mousa	67'
CM	10	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub
CM	17	Taisir Al-Jassim
RW	15	Abdoh Otaif		28'
LW	6	Ahmed Otaif
CF	9	Naif Hazazi		46'
CF	20	Yasser Al-Qahtani (c)
Substitutions:
MF	8	Manaf Abushgeer		28'
MF	13	Motaz Al Mosa	69'	46'
Manager:
Nasser Al-Johar


GK	21	Shusaku Nishikawa
RB	6	Atsuto Uchida	6'	46'
CB	22	Maya Yoshida		63'
CB	4	Yasuyuki Konno
LB	5	Yuto Nagatomo
CM	7	Yasuhito Endō		83'
CM	17	Makoto Hasebe (c)
AM	16	Yosuke Kashiwagi
RW	9	Shinji Okazaki
LW	10	Shinji Kagawa
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[]

17 January 2011

16:15

Jordan	2–1	Syria
Diab 30' (o.g.) Al-Saify 59'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Al Zeno 15'

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 9,849

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

Jordan

Syria


GK	1	Amer Shafi
RB	3	Suleiman Al-Salman
CB	8	Bashar Bani Yaseen (c)
CB	2	Mohammad Muneer
LB	16	Basem Fat'hi	45+1'
CM	4	Baha'a Abdul-Rahman
CM	15	Shadi Abu Hash'hash
RW	7	Amer Deeb
LW	9	Odai Al-Saify		90+2'
CF	14	Abdullah Deeb	48'	62'
CF	18	Hassan Abdel Fattah		88'
Substitutions:
FW	10	Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek		62'
MF	21	Ahmed Abdul-Haleem		88'
FW	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'
CM	7	Abdelrazaq Al Hussain
CM	5	Feras Esmaeel
AM	19	Sanharib Malki
RW	6	Jehad Al Hussain
LW	14	Wael Ayan
CF	12	Mohamed Al Zeno
Substitutions:
MF	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 Dharman (Qatar)
Hassan Al Thawadi (Qatar)
Fourth official:
Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

Notes[]

^ Diab was cautioned after the match.

[1] Diab was cautioned after the match.

[note 1]

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