{{Infobox football match | team1 = [[Al Qadsia Kuwait|Al-Qadsia]] | team1association = {{flagicon|KUW|size=30px}} | team1score = 1 | team2 = [[Al-Ittihad (Aleppo)|Al-Ittihad]] | team2association = {{flagicon|SYR|1980|size=30px}} | team2score = 1 | details = Al-Ittihad won 4–2 on [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalties]] | date = 6 November 2010 | stadium = [[Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium|Jaber International Stadium]] | city = [[Kuwait City]] | man_of_the_match1a = | man_of_the_match1atitle = | man_of_the_match1b = | man_of_the_match1btitle = | referee = [[Khalil Al Ghamdi]] ([[Saudi Arabia Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]]) | attendance = 58,604 | weather = Warm weather, 24*C | previous = [[2009 AFC Cup final|2009]] | next = [[2011 AFC Cup final|2011]] }}
The '''2010 AFC Cup final''' was a football match played on Saturday, 6 November 2010 between [[Al Qadsia Kuwait|Al-Qadsia]] and [[Al-Ittihad (Aleppo)|Al-Ittihad]]. It was the 7th final of the [[AFC Cup]]. The game was played at [[Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium|Jaber International Stadium]], [[Kuwait City]].
Both finalists were eligible to compete in the play-offs for the [[2011 AFC Champions League]], subject to AFC's assessment for professionalism based on selected criteria.
Al-Ittihad won the game after [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalties]]. The game was tied 1–1 after regular time and [[Extra Time]]. It was their first title.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-cup-2010/31289-al-qadsia-v-al-ittihad|title=Al Ittihad win AFC Cup|date=2010-11-06|work=the-afc.com|access-date=2010-11-06}}</ref>
==Background== Both teams met already in the preliminary round. The first game ended in a scoreless draw, while Al-Qadsia won the second match 3–0, but in the second match it was already known that both sides would advance. Both teams had a hard time surviving the first knockout-stage where Al-Qadsia needed extra time to beat the [[India]]n club [[Churchill Brothers]] while Al-Ittihad drew [[Al-Kuwait Kaifan|Al-Kuwait]] 1–1 after 120 minutes and won 5–4 after penalties. In the quarterfinals both teams had no bigger problems to advance to the semifinals. Al-Ittihad lost the first leg in the semifinals 0–1 against [[Muangthong United F.C.]] from [[Thailand]] but came back to win the second leg at home 2–0.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://the-afc.com/en/afc-cup-2010/30994-al-ittihad-v-muangthong-united-agg|title=Al Ittihad 2-0 Muangthong United. Agg 2-1|date=2010-10-19|work=afc.com|access-date=2010-10-19}}{{dead link|date=June 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Al-Qadsia lost the first leg 2–0 and was in need of a comeback at home. In the second leg they defeated [[Bahrain Riffa Club|Al-Riffa]] 4–1 and advanced to the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://the-afc.com/en/afc-cup-2010/30993-al-qadsia-4-1-al-riffa-agg-4-3|title=Al Qadsia 4-1 Al Riffa. Agg. 4-3|date=2010-10-19|work=afc.com|access-date=2010-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221192214/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-cup-2010/30993-al-qadsia-4-1-al-riffa-agg-4-3|archive-date=2018-12-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Route to the final== {{further|2010 AFC Cup}}
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="text-align:center" |- valign=top bgcolor=#99ccff !colspan=3 style="width:1*"|Al-Qadsida !'''Round''' !colspan=3 style="width:1*"|Al-Ittihad |- |colspan="3" align=center| {{main|2010 AFC Cup group stage#Group D|l1=2010 AFC Cup group stage: Group D}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF !width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA !width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|KUW}} '''[[Al Qadsia Kuwait|Al-Qadsia]]''' |6||4||2||0||14||5||+9||'''14''' |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Ittihad Aleppo|Al-Ittihad]] |6||3||1||2||10||8||+2||'''10''' |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|LIB}} [[Al-Nejmeh SC|Al-Nejmeh]] |6||3||1||2||12||8||+4||'''10''' |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Kingfisher East Bengal FC|Kingfisher East Bengal]] |6||0||0||6||5||20||−15||'''0''' |} |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Group stage |colspan=3 align=center| {{main|2010 AFC Cup group stage#Group D|l1=2010 AFC Cup group stage: Group D}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !width=175 |Team !width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld !width=20 abbr="Won" |W !width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D !width=20 abbr="Lost" |L !width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF !width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA !width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD !width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Al Qadsia Kuwait|Al-Qadsia]] |6||4||2||0||14||5||+9||'''14''' |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} '''[[Al-Ittihad Aleppo|Al-Ittihad]]''' |6||3||1||2||10||8||+2||'''10''' |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|LIB}} [[Al-Nejmeh SC|Al-Nejmeh]] |6||3||1||2||12||8||+4||'''10''' |- |align="left"|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Kingfisher East Bengal FC|Kingfisher East Bengal]] |6||0||0||6||5||20||−15||'''0''' |} |- valign=top bgcolor=#c1e0ff |Opponent |Result |Legs |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|[[2010 AFC Cup knockout stage|Knockout phase]] |Opponent |Result |Legs |- |{{flagicon|IND}} [[Churchill Brothers]] |2–1 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]]) |2–1 home |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Round of 16 |{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Al-Kuwait Kaifan|Al-Kuwait]] |1–1 (5–4 [[Penalty shootout (association football)|p]]) |1–1 away |- |{{flagicon|THA}} [[Thai Port F.C.]] |3–0 |3–0 home; 0–0 away |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Quarterfinals |{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Kazma Sporting Club|Kazma]] |4–2 |3–2 home; 1–0 away |- |{{flagicon|BHR}} [[Bahrain Riffa Club|Al-Riffa]] |4–3 |4–1 home; 0–2 away |bgcolor=#c1e0ff|Semifinals |{{flagicon|THA}} [[Muangthong United F.C.]] |2–1 |2–0 home; 0–1 away |}
==Details== {{football box |date = 6 November 2010 |time= 19:00 ([[UTC+3]]) |team1 = [[Qadsia SC (Kuwait)|Al-Qadsia]] {{flagicon|KUW}} |score = 1–1 |aet=y |report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20171221025858/http://www.the-afc.com//en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=385&matchId=3007 Report] |team2= {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Al-Ittihad Aleppo|Al-Ittihad]] |goals1 = [[Hamad Al Enezi|Al Enezi]] {{goal|29}} |goals2 = [[Taha Dyab|Dyab]] {{goal|53}} |stadium= [[Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium|Jaber International Stadium]], [[Kuwait City]] |attendance= 58,604 |referee= [[Khalil Al Ghamdi]] ([[Saudi Arabia Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]]) |penalties1= [[Bader Al-Mutawa|Al Mutawa]] {{pengoal}}<br> [[Soud Al Mejmed|Al Mejmed]] {{pengoal}}<br> [[Firas Al Khatib|Al Khatib]] {{penmiss}}<br> [[Fahed Al Ansari|Al Ansari]] {{penmiss}} |penaltyscore= 2–4 |penalties2= {{pengoal}} [[Omar Hemidi|Hemidi]]<br> {{pengoal}} [[Taha Dyab|Dyab]]<br> {{pengoal}} [[Abdulkader Dakka|Dakka]]<br> {{pengoal}} [[Radwan Kalaji|Kalaji]] }}
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{| width="100%" |valign="top" width="50%"| {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" |colspan="4"|'''Al-Qadsia Kuwait:''' |- !width=25| !!width=25| |- | GK ||'''22''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Nawaf Al Khaldi]] |- | DF ||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Hussain Fadel]] || {{yel|90}} |- | DF ||'''13''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Musaed Neda]] |- | DF ||'''18''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Aamer Al Fadhel]] |- | DF ||'''28''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Mohammad Rashed]] || || {{suboff|111}} |- | MF ||'''14''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Talal Al Amer]] || {{sent off|2|51|75}} |- | MF ||'''15''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Fahed Al Ansari]] |- | MF ||'''23''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Jehad Al-Hussain|Jehad Al Hussain]] || || {{suboff|120}} |- | MF ||'''39''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Abdulaziz Al Mashaan]] || {{yel|117}} |- | FW ||'''17''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Bader Al-Mutawa|Bader Al Mutawa]] |- | FW ||'''27''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Hamad Al Enezi]] || {{yel|65}} || {{suboff|78}} |- |colspan=3|'''Substitutes:''' |- | GK ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Ali Al Essa]] |- | DF ||'''2''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Ali Al Nemsh]] || || {{subon|111}} |- | DF ||'''11''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Ali Al Shamali]] |- | MF ||'''20''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Omar Buhamad]] |- | FW ||'''7''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Khalaf Al Salama]] |- | FW ||'''10''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Firas Al Khatib]] || || {{subon|78}} |- | FW ||'''30''' ||{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Soud Al Mejmed]] || || {{subon|120}} |- |colspan=3|'''Manager:''' |- |colspan=4|{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Mohammed Ibrahem]] |} | {| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center |colspan="4"|'''Al Ittihad Aleppo:''' |- !width=25| !!width=25| |- | GK ||'''13''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Khaled Haj Othman]] |- | DF ||'''4''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Ahmad Kalasi]] || || {{suboff|84}} |- | DF ||'''5''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Omar Hemidi]] |- | DF ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Majd Homsi]] |- | DF ||'''30''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Abdulkader Dakka]] || {{yel|90}} |- | MF ||'''8''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Mohamad Fares (footballer born 1990)|Mohamad Fares]] || || {{suboff|91}} |- | MF ||'''11''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Taha Dyab]] |- | MF ||'''17''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Mohamad Al Hasan]] || {{sent off|0|90+2}} |- | MF ||'''18''' ||{{flagicon|CMR}} [[Jude Kongnyuy]] |- | MF ||'''44''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Ahmad Haj Mohamad]] || {{yel|58}} |- | FW ||'''9''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Tamer Rashid]] || || {{suboff|72}} |- |colspan=3|'''Substitutes:''' |- | GK ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Yasser Jarkas]] |- | DF ||'''15''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Mohamad Ghabbash]] |- | DF ||'''20''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Salah Shahrour]] || {{yel|98}} || {{subon|91}} |- | MF ||'''14''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Radwan Kalaji]] || || {{subon|84}} |- | MF ||'''23''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Youssef Asil]] |- | MF ||'''31''' ||{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Ayman Salal]] || {{yel|119}} || {{subon|72}} |- | FW ||'''19''' ||{{flagicon|SEN}} [[Mouchid Iyane Ly]] |- |colspan=3|'''Manager:''' |- |colspan=4|{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Valeriu Tița]] |} |}
{| width=50% style="font-size: 90%" |'''Assistant referees:''' <br />{{flagicon|IRN}} Hassan Kamranifar <br />{{flagicon|IRN}} Reza Sokhandan <br />'''Fourth official:''' <br />{{flagicon|LIB}} Andre El Haddad |}
==See also== *[[2010 AFC Cup]] *[[2010 AFC Champions League Final]] *[[2010 AFC President's Cup#Final|2010 AFC President's Cup Final]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{AFC Cup seasons}} {{2010 in Asian Football (AFC)}}
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