2011–12 UAE Pro League

UAE Pro League
Season2011–12
ChampionsAl Ain
10th title
RelegatedEmirates
Sharjah
Champions LeagueAl Ain
Al Jazira
Al Nasr
Al Shabab
Matches played132
Goals scored449 (3.4 per match)
Top goalscorer Asamoah Gyan (22)
Biggest home winAl Jazira 5–0 Sharjah
Biggest away winEmirates 1–5 Al Shabab
Al Wasl 2–6 Al Ahli
Al Jazira 1–5 Al Nasr
Highest scoringSharjah 4–5 Al Nasr (9 goals)
Highest attendance21,455
Al Jazira 1–3 Al Ain

The 2011–12 UAE Pro League season (known as Etisalat Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 37th top-level football season in the UAE, and the fourth Professional season.

Al Jazira were the defending champions, having won their 1st Pro League title in the 2010–11 campaign after being runner-up for three times in a row. Al Dhafra and Ittihad Kalba were relegated from the previous season. Ajman Club and Emirates Club were promoted from the UAE Division 1 Group A.[1] The campaign began on 15 October 2011[2] and ended on 27 May 2012.

Teams

Ittihad Kalba and Al Dhafra were relegated to the 2011–12 UAE Division 1 Group A after finishing in the bottom two spots of the table at the end of the 2010–11 season. The two relegated teams were replaced by 2nd level champions Ajman Club and runners up Emirates Club.[1]

Stadia and locations

Dubai
Ajman
Abu Dhabi
Al Ain
Sharjah
Ras al-Khaimah
Locations of teams in the 2011–12 UAE Pro-League
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Ajman Ajman Ajman Stadium 10,000
Al Ahli Dubai Rashid Stadium 18,000
Al Ain Al Ain Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium 15,000
Al Jazira Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium 42,056
Al Nasr Dubai Al Maktoum Stadium 12,000
Al Shabab Dubai Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium 12,000
Al Wahda Abu Dhabi Al Nahyan Stadium 12,000
Al Wasl Dubai Zabeel Stadium 12,000
Baniyas Abu Dhabi Baniyas Stadium 9,570
Dubai Dubai Police Officers' Club Stadium 6,500
Emirates Ras al-Khaimah Emirates Club Stadium 5,000
Sharjah Sharjah Sharjah Cricket Stadium 18,000

Personnel

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain
Ajman Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader Mohamed Zahran
Al Ahli Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Quique Sánchez Flores Mohammed Qassim
Al Ain Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Cosmin Olăroiu Rami Yaslam
Al Jazira Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Caio Júnior Lucas Neill
Al Nasr Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Walter Zenga Abdallah Mousa
Al Shabab Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Paulo Bonamigo Hassan Al Sharif
Al Wahda Saeed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Josef Hickersberger Fahed Masoud
Al Wasl Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Diego Maradona Khalid Darwish
Baniyas Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan Gabriel Calderón Fawzi Bashir
Dubai Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Ayman El Ramady Jamal Abdullah
Emirates Ahmed bin Saqr al-Qassimi Ghazi Ghrairi Karim Kerkar
Sharjah Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani Abdulmajeed Al Nimr Nawaf Mubarak

Managerial changes

Managerial changes during the 2011–12 campaign.

Pre-season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by
Al Wasl Khalifa Mubarak Caretaker role ended[3] Diego Maradona
Al Jazira Abel Braga Contract finished Franky Vercauteren[4]
Al Ain Alexandre Gallo Contract finished[5] Cosmin Olăroiu
Baniyas Mahdi Ali[6] Caretaker role ended Jorvan Vieira
Al Ahli Abdulhameed Al Mishtiki Caretaker role ended[7] Ivan Hašek[8]
Sharjah Carlos Azenha Resigned before season started[9] Valeriu Tiţa[10]

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by
Dubai Néstor Clausen Resigned Umberto Barberis
Dubai Umberto Barberis Caretaker role ended Ion Marin[11]
Baniyas Jorvan Vieira Sacked Salem Al-Orfi
Al Ahli Ivan Hašek Sacked Quique Sánchez Flores
Baniyas Salem Al-Orfi Sacked Gabriel Calderón[12]
Dubai Ion Marin Sacked [13] Pierre-André Schürmann
Dubai Pierre-André Schürmann Caretaker role ended Ayman El Ramady
Sharjah Valeriu Tiţa Sacked[14] Jorvan Vieira
Sharjah Jorvan Vieira Sacked[15] Valeriu Tiţa
Al Jazira Franky Vercauteren Sacked[16] Caio Júnior
Sharjah Valeriu Tiţa Sacked[17] Abdulmajeed Al Nimr

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per AGL team.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC player Former players
Ajman Karim Kerkar Boris Kabi Olivier Tia Hassan Maatouk Ibrahima Touré
Al-Ahli Grafite Achille Emaná Luis Jiménez Youssef Mohamad Jajá
Al-Ain Ignacio Scocco Asamoah Gyan Mirel Rădoi Yasser Al-Qahtani
Al-Jazira Matías Delgado Baré Ricardo Oliveira Lucas Neill
Al-Nasr Léo Lima Luca Toni Amara Diané Mark Bresciano Careca
Ismaël Bangoura
Al-Shabab Ciel Kieza Carlos Villanueva Azizbek Haydarov Júlio César
Sharjah Edinho Marcelinho Lee Sang-ho Timur Kapadze Vandinho
Iman Mobali
Igor Đurić
Al-Wahda Fernando Baiano Hugo Magrão Mohammed Al-Balushi
Al-Wasl Mariano Donda Juan Mercier Juan Manuel Olivera Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Edson Puch
Richard Porta 1
Baniyas Ismaël Bouzid André Senghor Francisco Yeste Fawzi Bashir David Trezeguet
Antonin Koutouan
Dubai Nicolas Marin Aboubacar Camara Simon Feindouno Abbas Ahmad Atwi Faouzi Aaish
Ulugbek Bakayev
Emirates Modibo Kane Diarra Mohsine Moutouali Alexander Geynrikh Jasur Hasanov Alhassane Keita
Pejman Nouri
Orok Akarandut
  • ^1 Richard Porta has Australian citizenship and was counted as an Asian player.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al Ain (C) 22 17 4 1 52 16 +36 55 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 Al Nasr 22 11 8 3 49 33 +16 41 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
3 Al Shabab 22 10 8 4 39 27 +12 38
4 Al Jazira 22 11 2 9 47 38 +9 35 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage[a]
5 Al Ahli 22 10 4 8 45 42 +3 34
6 Al Wahda 22 8 9 5 32 30 +2 33
7 Ajman 22 9 4 9 36 35 +1 31
8 Al Wasl 22 7 5 10 32 40 −8 26
9 Baniyas 22 6 6 10 34 39 −5 24 2012–13 GCC Champions League
10 Dubai 22 5 5 12 29 40 −11 20
11 Emirates (R) 22 5 2 15 28 56 −28 17 Promotion/relegation Stage
12 Sharjah (R) 22 2 5 15 26 53 −27 11
Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2012. Source: Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Al Jazira secured qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League through winning the 2011–12 UAE President's Cup

Results

Home \ Away AJM ALI AIN JAZ NAS SHA WAH WAS YAS DUB EMI SHR
Ajman 0–1 1–4 3–4 1–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1
Al Ahli 2–0 0–2 2–1 3–3 2–3 2–2 1–2 6–4 5–2 2–0 2–2
Al Ain 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 2–1
Al Jazira 1–0 4–0 1–3 1–5 2–0 4–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 4–1 5–0
Al Nasr 1–1 4–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 5–3 3–2
Al Shabab 4–4 2–0 1–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 5–1
Al Wahda 1–0 3–3 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0
Al Wasl 2–4 2–6 2–2 0–1 2–2 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 4–1 3–0
Baniyas 1–2 1–3 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 4–1 2–2
Dubai 1–3 1–2 0–2 2–4 1–2 1–1 0–0 5–2 1–2 2–4 3–0
Emirates 1–3 2–1 1–4 3–2 1–3 1–5 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–2
Sharjah 1–3 1–2 1–4 2–2 4–5 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2012. Source: UFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Goalscorers

22 goals
16 goals
14 goals
13 goals
11 goals
10 goals

Source: official site:[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Emirates and Ajman to the Pro-League". ufl.ae. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  2. ^ "The UFL Board of Directors approved the agenda of the next season 2011-2012". ufl.ae. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Maradona Confirmed as Al Wasl Coach Football legend to start his managerial role from next season". UFL. 16 May 2011. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Vercauteren asked to delay UAE switch to Al Jazira". The National. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Al Ain announce officially signing with Cosmin Olaroiu". Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Ali defends his record as Baniyas coach". UFL. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Al Ahli focus on quality coach". The National. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  8. ^ Al Ahli appoint Ivan Hasek as new coach
  9. ^ "Azenha resignation stuns Sharjah". The National. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  10. ^ "Sharjah plug their coach gap with Romanian". The National. 17 September 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  11. ^ "Pro League club Dubai unveil Ion Marin as new coach". The National. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  12. ^ "Pro League: Baniyas appoint Calderon". The National. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
  13. ^ "Pierre-Andre Schurmann to become Dubai's fourth manager of the season". The National. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  14. ^ "Viera: Sincere respect to Dubai". Pro League. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  15. ^ "Pro League news: Bobby Zamora turned down Al Jazira". The National. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  16. ^ "Franky Vercauteren dismissed by Al Jazira". The National. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  17. ^ "Tita dismissed as Sharjah coach for the second time". The National. 8 April 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  18. ^ "Goals: 2011-2012". Etisalat Pro-League Statistics. Pro League. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
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