2011–12 Lekhwiya SC season

Lekhwiya
2011–12 season
Chairman	Sheikh Abdullah al Thani
Manager	Djamel Belmadi
Stadium	Qatar SC Stadium
Stars League	1st
Qatar Stars Cup	Semi-finals
AFC Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Nam Tae-Hee (5); All: ; Nam Tae-Hee (6)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Lekhwiya SC season is Lekhwiya's second Qatar Stars League season. Lekhwiya are competing in the 2012 AFC Champions League after qualifying by winning the 2010–11 Qatar Stars League.

Season overview

Lekhwiya commenced their summer transfer activity by signing Iraqi national Nashat Akram from Al Wakrah on July 1.^[1] They made arguably one of the biggest summer signings of all the Qatari clubs by signing Algerian international defender Madjid Bougherra from Rangers for £1.7m in August.^[2] Big names who departed Lekhwiya included Jasur Hasanov and Abdeslam Ouaddou, both to Qatar SC.

Lekhwiya set up a training camp in UAE.^[3] They played Al Ahli in a warm-up match, winning 1-0 courtesy of a Mohammed Razak goal in the 74th minute.^[4]

They put pen-to-paper for a sponsorship deal with Masraf Al Rayyan, who will be the first and only sponsors of Lekhwiya, on May 11, 2011.^[5]

They participated in the 2011 Qatari Stars Cup,^[6] being seeded in group A; the more difficult of the two groups. They advancing through to the semi-finals with 4 wins and 1 loss in the group stage. They faced Al Wakrah in the semi-finals, losing 2-3, with Bakari Koné and Moumouni Dagano scoring a goal each.

Lekhwiya won the league title on March 26, 2012 after a hard fought draw against Al Arabi, with Ali Afif scoring the third-minute goal which proved crucial.^[7] This was their second successive title on Djamel Belmadi. They were crowned champions with two games yet to be played.^[8] Their league record at the time was 12 wins, 6 draws, and 2 losses.

Lekhwiya were drawn in Group C in the 2012 AFC Champions League, featuring Sepahan, Al-Nasr and Al-Ahli.^[9] They selected Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium as their home venue for their champions league matches, as it was the venue of the reigning champions, Al-Sadd. It is the first-ever regional competition Lekhwiya has ever participated in.

On 7 March 2012, Lekhwiya played their first match against Al-Ahli at home. They won the match 1-0 in front of a large home crowd consisting of many supporters of both clubs. Despite Moumouni Dagano missing a penalty early on, Nam Tae-Hee helped his team record a victory by scoring a late goal from midfield.^[10]

On 21 March 2012, they played against Al-Nasr in Dubai. Moumouni Dagano scored the only goal in a 2-1 loss. The match was marred by controversy as Lekhwiya had 2 goals ruled offside in the late stages of the game, only to have Amara Diané score the winning goal in additional time.^[11]

Players

First team squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
2	DF	Saleh Mousa	45	2010	10	0	N/A	N/A
5	ST	Mohammed Razak	38	2010	33	12	N/A	Free	Second nationality: Ghana
6	DF	Dame Traoré	38	2009	37	7	N/A	N/A	Second nationality: Guinea
7	MF	Adel Lami	38	2011	18	4	N/A	N/A	Second nationality: Kuwait
9	LB	Jon Kwang-Ik	36	2012	0	0	N/A	N/A
12	DM	Karim Boudiaf	34	2010	38	1	N/A	N/A
13	DF	Mousa Majid	38	2010	27	0	N/A	N/A
14	ST	Bakari Koné (captain)	43	2010	27	13	N/A	N/A
16	LB	Khalid Muftah	32	2010	26	1	N/A	N/A
17	DF	Mohammed Musa	38	2010	29	0	N/A	N/A
22	GK	Baba Malick	41	2010	37	0	N/A	N/A	Second nationality: Senegal
24	CB	Madjid Bougherra	42	2011	18	3	2013	£1.7M
25	AM	Nam Tae-Hee	33	2012	10	5	N/A	N/A
28	ST	Moumouni Dagano	43	2012	4	3	N/A	N/A
29	WI	Lassina Diaby	32	2011	6	3	N/A	N/A
30	DM	Luiz Ceará	35	2011	36	2	N/A	N/A
40	GK	Amine Lecomte	34	2011	4	0	N/A	N/A	Second nationality: France
70	AM	Ismaeel Mohammad	34	2011	15	3	N/A	N/A
88	MF	Hussain Ali Shehab	39	2010	35	1	N/A	N/A	Second nationality: Iraq

Last updated: 26 March 2012
Source: QSL
Ordered by squad number.
Notes: League appearances and goals listed

Reserve team squad information

N	Pos.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
10	MF	Waleed Jassem	38	2010	21	8	N/A	N/A	Plays for the reserve team
11	DF	Talal Saeed	36	2009	24	5	N/A	N/A	Plays for the reserve team
18	DF	Salman Al Shammari	41	2011	18	0	N/A	N/A	Plays for the reserve team
20	DF	Yasser Hatam	38	2010	27	0	N/A	N/A	Plays for the reserve team
21	DF	Khalid Fareed	37	2010	19	1	N/A	N/A	Plays for the reserve team
23	GK	Abdulla Al Shammari	33	2011	3	0	N/A	N/A	Plays for the reserve team
33	GK	Ahmed Ali Hatimi	44	2011	7	0	N/A	N/A	Plays for the reserve team
66	DF	Ali Al Nouamani	38	2010	31	0	N/A	N/A	Plays for the reserve team
77	MF	Khamis Mohammed	36	2010	31	7	N/A	N/A	Plays for the reserve team
89	MF	Mishaal Mejbel	35	2010	27	2	N/A	N/A	Plays for the reserve team
94	ST	Adel Habib Beldi	30	2010	24	5	N/A	N/A	Plays for the reserve team
99	DF	Assad Mohamed	44	2010	20	0	N/A	N/A	Plays for the reserve team

Last updated: 26 March 2012
Source: QSL
Ordered by squad number.
Notes: Reserve league appearances and goals listed

Starting XI

4–2–4 Formation Round 20 against Al Arabi

Baba

Muftah

Dame

Bougherra

Mousa

Ceará

Boudiaf

Lami

'Afif

'Koné (C)

'Dagano

Players in / out

In

Name	Position	Moving from	Notes
Jon Kwang-Ik	Defender	Amrokgang
Nam Tae-Hee	Midfielder	Valenciennes FC	^[12]
Kanga Akalé	Striker	RC Lens	^[13]
Ali Afif	Striker	Al Sadd	^[14]
Mohammed Muddather	Defender	Al-Wakrah	^[14]
Moumouni Dagano	Striker	Al-Khor	^[15]
Nashat Akram	Midfielder	Al-Wakrah	^[1]
Adel Lami	Midfielder	Umm Salal	^[1]
Ismaeel Mohammed	Midfielder	Youth system	^[1]
Lassina Diaby	Striker	Qatar SC	^[1]
Rami Fayez	Midfielder	Al-Rayyan	^[1]
Ahmed Ali Hatimi	Goalkeeper	Al Sailiya	^[1]
Madjid Bougherra	Defender	Rangers	^[2]
Anouar Diba	Midfielder	Al-Wakrah	^[1]

Out

Name	Position	Moving to	Notes
Mohammed al-Haj	Defender	Umm Salal	^[16]
Rami Fayez	Midfielder	Umm Salal	^[17]
Anouar Diba	Midfielder	Released	^[18]
Nashat Akram	Midfielder	Released	^[19]
Kanga Akalé	Striker	End of contract	^[20]
Aruna Dindane	Striker	Al-Gharafa	^[21]
Tresor Kangambu	Midfielder	Al-Wakrah	^[1]
Jasur Hasanov	Midfielder	Qatar SC	^[1]
Abdeslam Ouaddou	Defender	Qatar SC	^[1]
Abbasi Madani	Defender	Al Kharitiyath	^[1]

Competitions

Qatar Stars League

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16 September 2011 Round 1	Al Wakrah	0 – 1	Lekhwiya	Al-Wakrah Stadium, Wakrah
18:30 UTC+03:00			Madjid Bougherra 29'

23 September 2011 Round 2	Al Ahli	0 – 4	Lekhwiya	Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
18:30 UTC+03:00			Luiz Ceará 14' Nashat Akram 76' Ismaeel Mohammad 90+3', 90+7'

2 October 2011 Round 3	Lekhwiya	1 – 1	El Jaish	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
18:30 UTC+03:00	Anouar Diba 50'		Adriano 90+1'

16 October 2011 Round 4	Al Gharafa	0 – 0	Lekhwiya	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Gharafa
20:00 UTC+03:00

21 October 2011 Round 5	Al Khor	0 – 2	Lekhwiya	Al-Khawr Stadium, Al Khor
18:00 UTC+03:00			Bakari Koné 6' Lassina Diaby 34'

29 October 2011 Round 6	Lekhwiya	3 – 0	Qatar SC	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
20:00 UTC+03:00	Adel Lami 2' Bakari Koné 12' Hussain Ali Shehab 30'

20 November 2011 Round 7	Lekhwiya	0 – 1	Al Sadd	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
20:30 UTC+03:00			Mesaad Al-Hamad 39'

24 November 2011 Round 8	Umm Salal	0 – 0	Lekhwiya	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
20:30 UTC+03:00

1 December 2011 Round 9	Lekhwiya	3 – 0	Al Arabi	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Gharafa
19:30 UTC+03:00	Luiz Ceará 12' Adel Lami 45+1' Anouar Diba 73'

1 January 2012 Round 10	Al Kharitiyath	1 – 1	Lekhwiya	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
17:30 UTC+03:00	Yahia Kébé 61'		Adel Lami 6'

7 January 2012 Round 11	Lekhwiya	2 – 1	Al Rayyan	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Gharafa
18:15 UTC+03:00	Aruna Dindane 47' Madjid Bougherra 51'		Cho Yong-Hyung 61'

14 January 2012 Round 12	Lekhwiya	1 – 2	Al Wakrah	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Gharafa
18:15 UTC+03:00	Mohammed Razak 68'		Saïd Boutahar 5', 80'

19 January 2012 Round 13	Lekhwiya	1 – 0	Al Ahli	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Gharafa
16:15 UTC+03:00	Nam Tae-Hee 62'

26 January 2012 Round 14	El Jaish	2 – 3	Lekhwiya	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al-Rayyan
16:30 UTC+03:00	Wagner Renan Ribeiro 10' Adriano 65'		Bakari Koné 7' Madjid Bougherra 69' Dame Traoré 90+2'

4 February 2012 Round 15	Lekhwiya	2 – 0	Al Gharafa	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Gharafa
16:30 UTC+03:00	Nam Tae-Hee 12' Lassina Diaby 85'

9 February 2012 Round 16	Lekhwiya	4 – 1	Al Khor	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Gharafa
16:30 UTC+03:00	Nam Tae-Hee 45+1', 65' Ismaeel Mohammed 80' Lassina Diaby 84'		Hassan Abdel-Fattah 29'

16 February 2012 Round 17	Qatar SC	0 – 0	Lekhwiya	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
18:30 UTC+03:00

11 March 2012 Round 18	Al Sadd	1 – 2	Lekhwiya	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
20:15 UTC+03:00	Khalfan Ibrahim 76'		Dagano 56' Nam Tae-Hee 82'

15 March 2012 Round 19	Lekhwiya	3 – 1	Umm Salal	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Gharafa
20:15 UTC+03:00	Ali Afif 24' Moumouni Dagano 38', 79'		Magno Alves 48'

25 March 2012 Round 20	Al Arabi	1 – 1	Lekhwiya	Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
20:30 UTC+03:00	Abdulaziz Hatem 83'		Ali Afif 3'

8 April 2012 Round 21	Lekhwiya	1 - 1	Al Kharitiyath	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Al Gharafa
18:30 UTC+03:00	Mohammed Razaq 51'		Jaycee John 39'

AFC Champions League

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7 March 2012 Group C	Lekhwiya	1 – 0	Al-Ahli	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
18:30 UTC+03:00	Nam Tae-Hee 74'	Report		Attendance: 4,227 Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)

21 March 2012 Group C	Al-Nasr	2 – 1	Lekhwiya	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
20:00 UTC+04:00	Diané 37', 90+2'	Report	Dagano 42'	Attendance: 4,720 Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

3 April 2012 Group C	Sepahan	v	Lekhwiya	Foolad Shahr Stadium, Isfahan
20:00 UTC+04:30

18 April 2012 Group C	Lekhwiya	v	Sepahan	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
19:00 UTC+03:00

1 May 2012 Group C	Al-Ahli	v	Lekhwiya	Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
20:45 UTC+03:00

15 May 2012 Group C	Lekhwiya	v	Al-Nasr	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
19:00 UTC+03:00

Qatar Stars Cup

Group A

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Semi-finals

26 February 2012

Lekhwiya	2 – 3	Al Wakra
Bakari Koné 54' Dagano 80'		Mohannad Adnan Derjal 45' Younis Mahmoud 46' Nashat Akram 85'

Player statistics

Squad statistics

				Total				Qatar Stars League		ACL
N	Pos.	Name	Nat.	GS	App	Gls	Min	App	Gls	App	Gls	Notes
2	DF	Saleh Mousa		3	5		270	5
5	FW	Mohammed Razak		11	16	1	995	16	1
6	DF	Dame Traoré		18	18	1	1620	18	1
7	MF	Adel Lami		19	19	3	1611	19	3
9	DF	Jon Kwang-Ik					12
12	MF	Karim Boudiaf		18	18		1585	18
13	DF	Mousa Majid		2	10		262	10
14	FW	Bakari Koné		15	15	3	1247	15	3
16	DF	Khalid Muftah		7	7		619	7
17	DF	Mohammed Musa		19	19		1637	19
22	GK	Baba Malick		19	19	-13	1710	19	-13			(-) means goals conceded
24	DF	Madjid Bougherra		18	18	3	1549	18	3
25	MF	Nam Tae-Hee		9	10	5	824	10	5
28	FW	Moumouni Dagano		4	4	3	180	4	3
29	FW	Lassina Diaby		4	6	3	358	6	3
30	MF	Luiz Ceará		19	19	2	1677	19	2
40	GK	Amine Lecomte		1	1	-1	90	1	-1			(-) means goals conceded
70	MF	Ismaeel Mohammad			15	3	245	15	3
88	MF	Hussain Ali Shehab		12	18	1	1052	18	1

Last updated: 26 March 2012
Source: KoraMania – Lekhwiya 2011/12
Ordered by shirt number
0 shown as blank

Goals

R	Player	Position	Qatar Stars League	Champions League	Qatar Stars Cup	Total
1	Nam Tae-Hee	AM	5	1	0	6
2	Moumouni Dagano	CF	3	1	1	5
3	Bakari Koné	FW	3	0	1	4
4	Ismaeel Mohammed	AM	3	0	0	3
	Madjid Bougherra	DF	3	0	0	3
	Lassina Diaby	FW	3	0	0	3
	Adel Lami	MF	3	0	0	3
9	Luiz Ceará	MF	2	0	0	2
10	Hussain Ali Shehab	MF	1	0	0	1
	Dame Traoré	DF	1	0	0	1
	Mohammed Razak	FW	1	0	0	1

Last updated: 26 March 2012
Source: KoraMania – Lekhwiya 2011/12

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Djamel Belmadi
Assistant manager	Jean-Christian Lang
Head of technical staff	Christian Janoh
Fitness coach	Jean Emmanuel
Goalkeeping coach	Amor Bouras
Director of football	Waleed Bakhit
Physiotherapists	Anderson Marcelo Anselmo Cesar
Head of age groups	Ali Khalil

Last updated: March 2012
Source: Lekhwiya

Management

Position	Staff
President	Sheikh Abdullah al Thani
General secretary	Bilal Waleed Al Hitmi
Sports administrator	Ahmed Khalil Abbasi
Media officer	Adnan Al Ali
Public official	Mubarak Al Mutawa
Administration & finance	Salwa Al Emadi

Last updated: March 2012
Source: Lekhwiya

Grounds

Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Qatar SC Stadium (20,000 / )
Training ground	Qatar SC Stadium

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[4] Lekhwiyaclub.qa - Al Ahli match

[5] QFA - Lekhwiya & Masraf al-Rayan ink sponsorship deal

[6] Lekhwiya, Rayyan tough group

[7] Lekhwiya seal back-to-back titles

[8] QSL regular season (2011/12)

[9] Lekhwiyaclub.qa - Groupings

[10] Lekhwiyaclub.qa - Lekhwiya records their first victory in AFC Champions League

[11] Lekhwiyaclub.qa - Lekhwiya 1-2 lose from UAE's Al Nasr

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