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A total of 32 teams, 20 from West Asia and 12 from East Asia, competed in the 2011 AFC Cup group stage. They included 28 direct entries and 4 losers of the 2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off (two from West Asia and two from East Asia).

The draw for the group stage was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 7 December 2010. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Clubs from the same country may not be drawn into the same group.

In each group, teams played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 1–2 March, 15–16 March, 12–13 April, 26–27 April, 3–4 May, and 10–11 May 2011.

The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers

The clubs are ranked according to points and tie breakers are in following order:

1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; (Away goals do not apply)
4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
6. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches; (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card)
8. Drawing of lots.

Groups

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		NAS	DEM	ANS	TIL
Nasaf Qarshi	6	6	0	0	30	4	+26	18			9–0	3–0	7–1
Dempo	6	2	1	3	6	19	−13	7		0–4		2–1	2–1
Al-Ansar	6	2	0	4	8	12	−4	6		1–4	2–0		0–2
Al-Tilal	6	1	1	4	9	18	−9	4		2–3	2–2	1–4

Dempo	2–1	Al-Tilal
Beto 51' Soleye 67'	Report	Tafese 77'

Nasaf Qarshi	3–0	Al-Ansar
Bosković 44' Pereplotkins 72' Otakuziyev 77'	Report

Al-Tilal	2–3	Nasaf Qarshi
Geleta 50' Motshumba 62'	Report	Turaev 13' Karimov 65' Gevorkyan 88'

Al-Ansar	2–0	Dempo
Nascimento 32' Nasseredine 63'	Report

Al-Tilal	1–4	Al-Ansar
Geleta 25'	Report	Nasseredine 37', 66' Nascimento 40' Kojok 89'

Dempo	0–4	Nasaf Qarshi
	Report	Yunusov 4' Turaev 11' Mirkholdirshoev 72' Pereplotkins 84'

Nasaf Qarshi	9–0	Dempo
Bošković 12', 45+2', 56', 77' Pereplotkins 26' Shomurodov 28' Gevorkyan 33', 64' Mirkholdirshoev 81'	Report

Al-Ansar	0–2	Al-Tilal
	Report	Motshumba 20' Salem 78'

Al-Tilal	2–2	Dempo
Al Ghazi 41' Salem 83'	Report	Beto 28' Soleye 46'

Al-Ansar	1–4	Nasaf Qarshi
Nasseredine 26'	Report	Bošković 15' Otakuziyev 89' Turaev 90+2' Kamolov 90+4'

Dempo	2–1	Al-Ansar
Beto 23' Soleye 44'	Report	Jounaidi 90+3'

Nasaf Qarshi	7–1	Al-Tilal
Bošković 4', 30' Gevorkyan 7' Otakuziyev 25', 35', 37' Yunusov 57'	Report	Geleta 32'

Notes

• Note 1: Al-Tilal v Al-Ansar moved to Jordan due to the political situation in Yemen.
• Note 2: Al Tilal v Dempo moved to India due to the political situation in Yemen.

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		QAD	SHU	ITT	SAQ
Al-Qadsia	6	4	2	0	15	5	+10	14			4–0	3–2	3–0
Shurtan Guzar	6	2	3	1	10	8	+2	9		1–1		1–1	7–2
Al-Ittihad	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8		0–2	0–0		2–0
Al-Saqr	6	0	1	5	5	17	−12	1		2–2	0–1	1–2

Al-Saqr	1–2	Al-Ittihad
Al Qatta 64'	Report	Konate 52' Rashid 81'

Al-Qadsia	4–0	Shurtan Guzar
Al Khatib 12' Al Enezi 56', 70' Ajab 90+1'	Report

Shurtan Guzar	7–2	Al-Saqr
Afonin 42', 56' Vujović 49' Erkinov 52', 65' Taran 77' Ubaydullaev 80'	Report	Abdullah 68' Ndombe 90+2'

Al-Ittihad	0–2	Al-Qadsia
	Report	Al Khatib 60' Al Enezi 90+1'

Al-Qadsia	3–0	Al-Saqr
Al Khatib 10' Al Enezi 11' Al Hendi 77'	Report

Shurtan Guzar	1–1	Al-Ittihad
Taran 45'	Report	Jugović 3'

Al-Saqr	2–2	Al-Qadsia
Al Tahesh 22' Abay 59'	Report	Al Khatib 68', 85'

Al-Ittihad	0–0	Shurtan Guzar
	Report

Shurtan Guzar	1–1	Al-Qadsia
Khazigaliev 69'	Report	Al Khatib 45'

Al-Ittihad	2–0	Al-Saqr
Konate 59', 65' (pen.)	Report

Al-Saqr	0–1	Shurtan Guzar
	Report	Vujović 50'

Al-Qadsia	3–2	Al-Ittihad
Al Misha'an 45' Al Khatib 57', 59'	Report	Fares 39' Konate 55' (pen.)

Notes

• Note 3: Al-Saqr vs Al-Qadsia moved to Kuwait and brought forward from 26 April 2011 to 15 April 2011 due to the political situation in Yemen.
• Note 4: Al-Saqr vs Shurtan Guzar moved to Syria due to the political situation in Yemen.

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		DUH	FAI	JAI	NAS
Duhok	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11			4–2	0–1	1–0
Al-Faisaly	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11		0–0		2–0	2–1
Al-Jaish	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11		0–0	1–1		2–1
Al-Nasr	6	0	0	6	2	11	−9	0		0–1	0–1	0–4

1. ^ Tiebreakers: Duhok, Al-Faisaly and Al-Jaish are ranked by their head-to-head records: Duhok (5 pts, +1 GD), Al-Faisaly (5 pts, 0 GD), Al-Jaish (5 pts, –1 GD).

Tiebreakers

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Duhok	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1	5
Al-Faisaly	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
Al-Jaish	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1	5

Al-Faisaly	2–0	Al-Jaish
Bani Attiah 17' Al-Maharmeh 60'	Report

Al-Nasr	0–1	Duhok
	Report	Haji 20'

Duhok	4–2	Al-Faisaly
Suliman 25' Jarjis 39' Salah 78' Mnajed 90+2'	Report	Bani Attiah 20', 34'

Al-Jaish	2–1	Al-Nasr
Al Haj 7' Al Baour 70'	Report	Al Zeno 90+3'

Al-Faisaly	2–1	Al-Nasr
Al-Attar 16' Al-Maharmeh 21'	Report	Jairo 85'

Al-Jaish	0–0	Duhok
	Report

Duhok	0–1	Al-Jaish
	Report	Al Sayed 53'

Al-Nasr	0–1	Al-Faisaly
	Report	Al-Maharmeh 60'

Duhok	1–0	Al-Nasr
Jarjis 88'	Report

Al-Jaish	1–1	Al-Faisaly
Esmaeel 90+4'	Report	Mubaideen 78'

Al-Faisaly	0–0	Duhok
	Report

Al-Nasr	0–4	Al-Jaish
	Report	Sabagh 51' Al Haj 62' Esmaeel 71' Akra 90+1'

Notes

• Note 5: Al-Faisaly v Duhok moved to Amman International Stadium at Amman.

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		WEH	KUW	TAL	SUW
Al-Wehdat	6	4	2	0	11	3	+8	14			1–0	0–0	5–1
Al-Kuwait	6	3	1	2	7	6	+1	10		1–3		1–0	0–0
Al-Talaba	6	1	2	3	4	6	−2	5		0–1	1–2		1–1
Al-Suwaiq	6	0	3	3	5	12	−7	3		1–1	1–3	1–2

Al-Talaba	0–1	Al-Wehdat
	Report	Abu Toaymeh 64'

Al-Suwaiq	1–3	Al-Kuwait
Rabia 31'	Report	Abdel Fattah 7', 36' Rogerinho 22'

Al-Wehdat	5–1	Al-Suwaiq
Attal 3' Shelbaieh 7' (pen.), 57' Abu Hwaiti 9' Abdul-Haleem 74'	Report	Al-Alawi 72'

Al-Kuwait	1–0	Al-Talaba
Jumaa 58'	Report

Al-Suwaiq	1–2	Al-Talaba
Al-Alawi 71'	Report	Qassim 23' Jabbar 43'

Al-Kuwait	1–3	Al-Wehdat
Al Kandari 27'	Report	Abu Hwaiti 29' Shelbaieh 44', 80'

Al-Talaba	1–1	Al-Suwaiq
Jabbar 8'	Report	Al-Saadi 75'

Al-Wehdat	1–0	Al-Kuwait
Ali 46'	Report

Al-Wehdat	0–0	Al-Talaba
	Report

Al-Kuwait	0–0	Al-Suwaiq
	Report

Al-Talaba	1–2	Al-Kuwait
Abood 76'	Report	Al Ajmi 63' Al Ateeqi 89' (pen.)

Al-Suwaiq	1–1	Al-Wehdat
Al-Alawi 34'	Report	Barghouthi 87'

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		ARB	AHE	ORU	KAR
Arbil	6	4	2	0	17	4	+13	14			6–2	0–0	1–1
Al-Ahed	6	2	0	4	11	13	−2	6		1–2		2–0	4–1
Al-Orouba	6	1	3	2	4	10	−6	6		0–5	1–0		1–1
Al-Karamah	6	1	3	2	8	13	−5	6		0–3	3–2	2–2

1. ^ Tiebreakers: Al-Ahed, Al-Orouba and Al-Karamah are ranked by their head-to-head records: Al-Ahed (6 pts, +3 GD), Al-Orouba (5 pts, –1 GD), Al-Karamah (5 pts, –2 GD).

Tiebreakers

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Ahed	4	2	0	2	8	5	+3	6
Al-Orouba	4	1	2	1	4	5	−1	5
Al-Karamah	4	1	2	1	7	9	−2	5

Al-Ahed	1–2	Arbil
Maatouk 87' (pen.)	Report	Salah 38' Khudhair 47'

Al-Karamah	2–2	Al-Orouba
Hamwi 2' Aodi 25'	Report	Al-Mashari 48' Al-Farsi 67'

Arbil	1–1	Al-Karamah
Ahmad 66'	Report	Al Nakdali 37'

Al-Orouba	1–0	Al-Ahed
Al-Mashari 25'	Report

Al-Ahed	4–1	Al-Karamah
El Ali 45+1' Maatouk 85' Dakik 90+2' Bazzi 90+4'	Report	Maowas 60'

Arbil	0–0	Al-Orouba
	Report

Al-Karamah	3–2	Al-Ahed
Al Hussain 37' Hamwi 42', 66'	Report	El Ali 47' Bazzi 79'

Al-Orouba	0–5	Arbil
	Report	Mubarak 4', 90+4' Al Daoudi 8' (o.g.) Shakour 65' Khalaf 80'

Arbil	6–2	Al-Ahed
Mubarak 10' Ahmad 27', 78' Qaraman 33' Zeineddine 37' (o.g.) Mohammed 89'	Report	El Ali 16' Dakik 19'

Al-Orouba	1–1	Al-Karamah
Al-Wahaibi 29'	Report	Hamwi 8'

Al-Ahed	2–0	Al-Orouba
El Ali 55' Maatouk 78' (pen.)	Report

Al-Karamah	0–3	Arbil
	Report	Abdul-Amir 43' Ahmad 70' Shakour 80'

Notes

• Note 6: Last two home matches of Al-Karamah moved to Abbasiyyin Stadium at Damascus after approval by AFC.

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		SLN	SRW	TSW	VB
Sông Lam Nghệ An	6	4	0	2	16	10	+6	12			4–0	1–2	4–2
Sriwijaya	6	3	1	2	9	11	−2	10		3–1		3–2	1–1
TSW Pegasus	6	3	0	3	15	12	+3	9		2–3	1–2		3–0
VB	6	1	1	4	9	16	−7	4		1–3	2–0	3–5

Sriwijaya	1–1	VB
Douglas 67' (o.g.)	Report	Ali 56'

Sông Lam Nghệ An	1–2	TSW Pegasus
Nguyễn Hồng Việt 13'	Report	Itaparica 82' (pen.) Guy 84'

VB	1–3	Sông Lam Nghệ An
Ashfaq 18'	Report	Nguyễn Quang Tình 20' Nguyễn Ngọc Anh 60' Ngô Hoàng Thịnh 85'

TSW Pegasus	1–2	Sriwijaya
Carrijó 71'	Report	Gumbs 3' Diano 90+5'

Sriwijaya	3–1	Sông Lam Nghệ An
Gumbs 13' Gathuessi 76' Sudarsono 78'	Report	Nguyễn Công Mạnh 58'

VB	3–5	TSW Pegasus
Mansaray 48' Qasim 67' Easa 90+1'	Report	Carrijó 15', 22', 24' Lai Yiu Cheong 43' Haneef 50' (o.g.)

Sông Lam Nghệ An	4–0	Sriwijaya
Ngale 24', 33' Fagan 57' Bryan 61'	Report

TSW Pegasus	3–0	VB
Itaparica 35' Chan Ming Kong 45+1' Carrijó 90+3' (pen.)	Report

VB	2–0	Sriwijaya
Qasim 10' Lareef 81'	Report

TSW Pegasus	2–3	Sông Lam Nghệ An
Carrijó 35', 75'	Report	Phan Như Thuật 45+2' Bryan 84' Ngô Hoàng Thịnh 90+2'

Sriwijaya	3–2	TSW Pegasus
Gumbs 36' Nasir 59' Lasut 88'	Report	Lai Yiu Cheong 30' Lee Hong Lim 75'

Sông Lam Nghệ An	4–2	VB
Phan Như Thuật 19' Nguyễn Công Mạnh 52' Ngale 58' Bryan 60'	Report	Ashfaq 89' (pen.) Mansaray 90+1'

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		MTU	TRV	HTT	VIC
Muangthong United	6	4	2	0	14	1	+13	14			4–0	4–0	1–0
Tampines Rovers	6	3	2	1	12	8	+4	11		1–1		3–1	4–0
Hà Nội T&T	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	8		0–0	1–1		2–0
Victory	6	0	0	6	1	15	−14	0		0–4	1–3	0–1

Victory	1–3	Tampines Rovers
Shimaz 90+3'	Report	Croissant 28' Durić 37' Ali 88'

Muangthong United	4–0	Ha Noi T&T
Teerasil 21', 90+1' Kouakou 54' Anon 59'	Report

Ha Noi T&T	2–0	Victory
Võ Duy Nam 7' Cao Sy Cuong 90+3'	Report

Tampines Rovers	1–1	Muangthong United
Durić 23'	Report	Pichitphong 31'

Ha Noi T&T	1–1	Tampines Rovers
Nguyễn Văn Quyết 26'	Report	Durić 79'

Muangthong United	1–0	Victory
Siaka 90+1'	Report

Victory	0–4	Muangthong United
	Report	Kouakou 8', 45+4' Naruphol 22' Kabfah 68'

Tampines Rovers	3–1	Ha Noi T&T
Latiff 12', 22' Durić 70'	Report	Marronkle 28'

Ha Noi T&T	0–0	Muangthong United
	Report

Tampines Rovers	4–0	Victory
Sulaiman 18' Latiff 44' Durić 57', 80'	Report

Victory	0–1	Ha Noi T&T
	Report	Lê Hồng Minh 4'

Muangthong United	4–0	Tampines Rovers
Kouakou 51' Anon 60', 85' Jakkraphan 72'	Report

Group H

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		CHO	PJY	SCA	KEB
Chonburi	6	4	1	1	18	8	+10	13			4–1	3–0	4–0
Persipura Jayapura	6	3	2	1	14	9	+5	11		3–0		4–2	4–1
South China	6	1	2	3	7	14	−7	5		0–3	1–1		1–0
Kingfisher East Bengal	6	0	3	3	9	17	−8	3		4–4	1–1	3–3

Kingfisher East Bengal	4–4	Chonburi
Ozbey 8', 22' Sahni 74' R. Singh 82' (pen.)	Report	Pipob 29', 47' Adul 43' Ekaphan 53'

South China	1–1	Persipura Jayapura
Chan Siu Ki 59'	Report	B. Solossa 39'

Persipura Jayapura	4–1	Kingfisher East Bengal
Bonai 16' B. Solossa 19' Bonsapia 62' Mandowen 90+3'	Report	Ozbey 22'

Chonburi	3–0	South China
Natthaphong 27' Therdsak 83' (pen.) Arthit 90+3'	Report

Persipura Jayapura	3–0	Chonburi
Pae 9' Bonai 43' Mandowen 83'	Report

South China	1–0	Kingfisher East Bengal
Kežman 69'	Report

Kingfisher East Bengal	3–3	South China
Ozbey 20', 90+4' (pen.) Sahni 69'	Report	Kwok Kin Pong 58' Cheng Lai Hin 87' Li Haiqiang 90+3'

Chonburi	4–1	Persipura Jayapura
Suree 16' Pipob 36', 72' Therdsak 42' (pen.)	Report	Paulin 75'

Persipura Jayapura	4–2	South China
Krangar 23' B. Solossa 44', 60' (pen.) Pangkali 77'	Report	Xu Deshuai 36' Ng Wai Chiu 86'

Chonburi	4–0	Kingfisher East Bengal
Ney Fabiano 45+1' Therdsak 49' Pipob 51', 69'	Report

Kingfisher East Bengal	1–1	Persipura Jayapura
Sahni 46'	Report	Bonai 3'

South China	0–3	Chonburi
	Report	Ney Fabiano 61' Sukree 67', 73'

Notes

• Note 7: Last two home matches of Persipura Jayapura moved to Mandala Stadium at Jayapura after approval by AFC.
• Note 8: Kingfisher East Bengal v South China moved to Barabati Stadium at Cuttack due to the state assembly elections which would mean lack of security personnel for the match in Kolkata.

References

1. AFC Cup: Tough encounters in the offing
2. "AFC Cup 2011 Draw Mechanism for Preliminary Stage (Group & Round of 16)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
3. "2011 AFC Cup Official Match Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-26. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
4. ^ "AFC Cup 2011 Competitions Regulations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
5. Al Tilal-Al Ansar match moved to Jordan
6. Al Tilal to play home game in India
7. Al Saqr-Al Qadsia match date, venue changed
8. Al Saqr to play home game in Syria
9. Al Faisaly-Duhok game moved to Amman Int Stadium
10. Change in Al Karamah’s home venue
11. Change in Persipura Jayapura’s home venue
12. Victory or it’s ‘bye-bye’ Bengal

External links

• AFC Cup Official Page (in English)

• 2011 AFC Cup