2011 Etisalat Emirates Cup Final

2011 Etisalat Emirates Cup Final

Event	2010–11 Etisalat Emirates Cup
Al Ain Al Shabab 2 3
Date	29 April 2011
Venue	Mohammad bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Referee	Ali Hamad
Attendance	8,027

The 2011 Etisalat Emirates Cup final was the 3rd final since its establishment. The match took place at the Mohammad bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, on 29 April 2011, The match was won by Al Shabab, who beat Al Ain 2–3 to win their first title.^[1] and it was refereed by Ali Hamad.

Road to the final

Al Ain			Round	Al Shabab
Opponent	Result	Legs	Qualifying phase	Opponent	Result	Legs
Team GP W D L GS GA GD Pts Al Ain 10 5 4 1 15 8 +7 19 Al Wahda 10 5 2 3 12 9 +3 17 Al Dhafra 10 4 3 3 15 15 0 15 Al Nasr 10 3 3 4 11 13 -2 12 Dubai Club 10 2 4 4 21 21 0 10 Bani Yas 10 2 2 6 10 19 -9 8			Group stage[2]	Team GP W D L GS GA GD Pts Al Shabab 10 5 3 2 13 9 +4 18 Al Wasl 10 4 4 2 11 9 +2 16 Al-Sharjah 10 3 5 2 11 13 -2 14 Al-Ittihad Kalba 10 2 6 2 10 10 0 12 Al-Jazira 10 2 4 4 14 14 0 10 Al Ahli 10 1 4 5 11 17 -6 7
Opponent	Result	Legs	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result	Legs
Al Wasl	3 - 2		Semi-finals	Al Wahda	3 - 1

Pre-match

Venue

On 3 April, UAE Football League Announced that the final will be held for the second time at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, on April 29.^[3] The first was on 3 April 2009, won by Al Ain defeating rival Al Wahda 1–0.^[4]

Ticketing

The Tickets were sold in the same day of the match, price from AED20.^[3]

Match

Match details

Al Ain v Al Shabab

29 April 2011 19:35 (GMT+4)

Al Ain	2–3	Al Shabab
Al Wehaibi  18' Juma. S  90+1'	(Report)	87' Julio Cesar  70', 9+3' Ciel

Mohammad bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 8,027 Referee: Ali Hamad

Al Ain

Al Shabab

GK 12 Waleed Salem (c) DF 4 Musallem Fayez DF 5 Ismail Ahmed DF 33 Mohammed Salem  61' DF 44 Faris Jumaa MF 6 Ibrahima Keita MF 7 Ali Al Wehaibi MF 10 Omar Abdulrahman MF 13 Rami Yaslam MF 23 Shehab Ahmed  71' FW 38 Elias Ribeiro  83' Substitutions: FW 2 Abdulaziz Fayez  71' FW 29 Juma Saeed  83' Manager: Alexandre Gallo

GK 1 Hassan Al Sharif (c) DF 3 Abdulla Darwish  83' DF 5 Walid Abbas  88' DF 19 Mohamed Ahmad DF 29 Esam Dhahi MF 7 Ali Mohamed  46' MF 10 Carlos Villanueva  52' MF 21 Adel Abdullah MF 27 Julio Cesar  87' MF 99 Ciel FW 24 Essa Obaid  71'  80' Substitutions: MF 2 Essa Mohammed  83' MF 6 Hassan Ibrahim  46' FW 15 Dawood Ali  80' Manager: Paulo Bonamigo

Assistant referees: Saeed Al Houti Zayed Dawood Kamal Fourth official: Adel Al Naqbi

Etisalat Emirates Cup 2010–11 winners
Al Shabab 1st title

See also

• 2011 UAE President's Cup Final
• 2011 UAE Super Cup

References

1. "Al Shabab outclass Al Ain 3-2 to capture their first Etisalat Cup title". UFL.ae. UAE Football League. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
2. "Etisalat Cup 2010 - 2011". UFL.ae. UAE Football League. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
3. "UFL Confirms Etisalat Cup Final Match Details". UFL.ae. UAE Football League. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
4. "Al Ain crowned Etisalat Emirates Cup 2009". UAEFA.ae. United Arab Emirates Football Association. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2011.

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