2014 AFC Cup Final

The 2014 AFC Cup Final was the final of the 2014 AFC Cup, the 11th edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia.[1]

2014 AFC Cup Final

Event	2014 AFC Cup
Erbil Al-Qadsia 0 0
after extra time Al-Qadsia won 4–2 on penalties
Date	18 October 2014
Venue	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
Man of the Match	Saif Al Hashan
Referee	Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)
Attendance	5,240

The final was contested as a single match between Iraqi team Erbil and Kuwaiti team Al-Qadsia. The match was hosted by Erbil at the Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai on 18 October 2014, as teams from Iraq were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.

Al-Qadsia defeated Erbil 4–2 on penalties after a 0–0 draw, to win their first AFC Cup title after losing in the previous year's final.[2]

Venue

The Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is the home stadium of Al-Shabab and holds 18,000 spectators.

Background

Erbil qualified for the 2014 AFC Cup group stage as the 2012–13 Iraqi Elite League runners-up. This was their fifth appearance in the AFC Cup.

Al-Qadsia qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off as the 2012–13 Kuwaiti Premier League runners-up and the 2013 AFC Cup runners-up, but failed to advance to the AFC Champions League group stage, and entered the AFC Cup group stage. This was their fifth appearance in the AFC Cup.

Both teams had reached the AFC Cup final before but neither has won the title. Erbil lost to Al-Kuwait in 2012, while Al-Qadsia lost to Al-Ittihad in 2010 and to Al-Kuwait in 2013.

Since 2009 when Kuwaiti clubs first entered the AFC Cup, this was the sixth straight single-match final that feature a team from Kuwait.

Road to final

Further information: 2014 AFC Cup

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Erbil				Round	Al-Qadsia
AFC Cup				Qualifying play-off	AFC Champions League
Opponent	Result				Opponent	Result
Bye				Round 1	Al-Suwaiq	1–0 (A)
				Round 2	Baniyas	4–0 (A)
				Round 3	El Jaish	0–3 (A)
AFC Cup
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
Shabab Al-Ordon	3–1 (A)			Matchday 1	Al-Shorta	0–0 (A)
Alay Osh	6–0 (H)			Matchday 2	Al-Hidd	2–0 (H)
Riffa	1–2 (H)			Matchday 3	Al-Wahda	3–1 (A)
Riffa	3–0 (A)			Matchday 4	Al-Wahda	1–1 (H)
Shabab Al-Ordon	3–2 (H)			Matchday 5	Al-Shorta	3–0 (H)
Alay Osh	3–0 (A)			Matchday 6	Al-Hidd	2–3 (A)
Group D winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Erbil 6 5 0 1 19 5 +14 15 Riffa 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10 Shabab Al-Ordon 6 3 0 3 9 10 −1 9 Alay Osh 6 0 1 5 1 14 −13 1 Source:				Final standings	Group C winner Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Al-Qadsia 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11[lower-alpha 1] Al-Hidd 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11[lower-alpha 1] Al-Shorta 6 1 4 1 3 4 −1 7 Al-Wahda 6 0 2 4 5 14 −9 2 Source: Notes: Tiebreakers: Al-Qadsia and Al-Hidd are ranked on head-to-head record.
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knock-out stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Nejmeh	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p) (H) (single match)			Round of 16	That Ras	4–0 (H) (single match)
Hà Nội T&T	3–0	1–0 (A)	2–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Al-Hidd	3–3 (a)	1–1 (H)	2–2 (A)
Kitchee	3–2	1–1 (H)	2–1 (A)	Semi-finals	Persipura Jayapura	10–2	4–2 (H)	6–0 (A)

Rules

The final was played as a single match, with the host team decided by draw. If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner.[1]

Match

18 October 2014

20:00 UTC+4

Erbil	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Al-Qadsia
	Report
Penalties
Radhi Hawar Barzan Faez	2–4	Al-Mutawa Said Al Ansari El Ebrahim Subotić

Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai

Attendance: 5,240

Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

Erbil

Al-Qadsia

GK 12 Jalal Hasan DF 3 Herdi Siamand  120' DF 5 Ali Faez Atia DF 13 Ahmed Mohammed Hussein DF 32 Nadim Sabagh MF 7 Halgurd Mulla Mohammed  113' MF 16 Miran Khesro MF 17 Nabeel Sabah  90' MF 30 Víctor Ormazábal FW 10 Amjad Radhi FW 11 Luay Salah (c)  89'  106' Substitutes GK 21 Sarhang Muhsin DF 2 Burhan Jumaah DF 23 Kosrat Baiz Ali MF 9 Hawar Mulla Mohammed  106' MF 20 Mohammed Khalid Jaffal Al-Jumaili MF 29 Barzan Sherzad  113' MF 36 Hatem Zaidan  90' Manager Ayoub Odisho

GK 22 Nawaf Al Khaldi DF 6 Khaled Al Qahtani  86' DF 18 Amer Al Fadhel  91' DF 27 Álvaro Silva MF 8 Saleh Al Sheikh (c) MF 10 Saif Al Hashan  107' MF 11 Fahad Al Ansari  101' FW 14 Talal Al Amer  75' FW 17 Bader Al-Mutawa  120' FW 31 Danijel Subotić FW 36 Khalid El Ebrahim Substitutes GK 23 Ahmed Al Fahdli MF 4 Shehu Abdullahi MF 7 Hamad Aman  107' MF 34 Ahmad Al Dhefiri FW 12 Sultan Al Enezi  75' FW 15 Soud Al Mejmed FW 25 Dhari Said  91' Manager Antonio Puche

AFC Man of the Match: Saif Al Hashan (Al-Qadsia) Assistant referees: Kim Young-ah (South Korea) Yoon Kwang-Yeol (South Korea) Fourth official: Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)

References

1. "AFC Cup 2014 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
2. "Al Qadsia crowned AFC Cup champions". AFC. 19 October 2014.

External links

• AFC Cup, the-AFC.com