2011–12 UAE Pro League
Season | 2011–12 |
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Champions | Al Ain 10th title |
Relegated | Emirates Club Al Sharjah |
Champions League | Al Ain Al Jazira Al Nasr Al Shabab |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 449 (3.4 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Asamoah Gyan (22) |
Biggest home win | Al Jazira 5–0 Al Sharjah |
Biggest away win | Emirates Club 1–5 Al Shabab Al Wasl 2–6 Al Ahli Al Jazira 1–5 Al-Nasr |
Highest scoring | Al Sharjah 4–5 Al-Nasr (9 goals) |
Highest attendance | 21,455 Al Jazira 1–3 Al Ain |
← 2010–11 2012–13 → |
The 2011–12 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 was 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 and Emirates were promoted from the UAE Division 1 Group A.[1] The campaign began on 15 October 2011[2] and finished 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
Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
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Al Ahli | Dubai | Rashed Stadium | 18,000 |
Al Jazira | Abu Dhabi | Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium | 42,056 |
Al Ain | Al Ain | Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium | 15,000 |
Al Wahda | Abu Dhabi | Al-Nahyan Stadium | 12,000 |
Al Shabab | Dubai | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium | 12,000 |
Al Wasl | Dubai | Zabeel Stadium | 12,000 |
Al Nasr | Dubai | Al-Maktoum Stadium | 12,000 |
Al Sharjah | Sharjah | Sharjah Stadium | 18,000 |
Ajman | Ajman | Ajman Stadium | 10,000 |
Dubai | Dubai | Police Officers Club Stadium | 6,500 |
Bani Yas | Abu Dhabi | Bani Yas Stadium | 9,570 |
Emirates Club | Ras al-Khaimah | Emirates Club Stadium | 5,000 |
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 |
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Al Ahli | Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum | Quique Flores | Mohammed Qassim |
Al Jazira | Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Caio Junior | Lucas Neill |
Al Wahda | Saeed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Josef Hickersberger | Fahed Masoud |
Al Ain | Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Cosmin Olăroiu | Rami Yaslam |
Al Sharjah | Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani | Valeriu Tiţa | Nawaf Mubarak |
Al Nasr | Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid | Walter Zenga | Abdallah Mousa |
Ajman | Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi | Abdulwahab Abdulkadir | Mohamed Zahran |
Emirates | Ahmed bin Saqr Al Qassimi | Ghazi Ghrairi | Karim Kerkar |
Baniyas | Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan | Gabriel Calderón | Fawzi Bashir |
Al Wasl | Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum | Diego Maradona | Khalid Darwish |
Al Shabab | Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum | Paulo Bonamigo | Hassan Al Sharif |
Dubai | Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Maktoum | Ayman Ramadi | Jamal Abdullah |
Managerial changes
Managerial changes during the 2011-12 campaign.
Pre-season
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by |
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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] |
Al Sharjah | Carlos Azenha | Resigned before season started[9] | Valeriu Tiţa[10] |
During the season
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by |
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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 Flores |
Baniyas | Salem Al-Orfi | Sacked | Gabriel Calderón[12] |
Dubai | Ion Marin | Sacked [13] | Pierre-Andre Schurmann |
Dubai | Pierre-Andre Schurmann | Caretaker role ended | Ayman Ramadi |
Al Sharjah | Valeriu Tiţa | Sacked[14] | Jorvan Vieira |
Al Sharjah | Jorvan Vieira | Sacked[15] | Valeriu Tiţa |
Al Jazira | Franky Vercauteren | Sacked[16] | Caio Junior |
Al Sharjah | Valeriu Tiţa | Sacked[17] | Abdulmajeed Al Nimr |
League table
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Results
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Goalscorers
- 22 goals
- 16 goals
- 14 goals
- 13 goals
- 11 goals
- 10 goals
- Mark Bresciano (Al Nasr)
- Baré (Al-Jazira)
- Edinho (Al-Sharjah)
- Marcelinho (Al-Sharjah)
- Modibo Diarra (Emirates Club)
Source: official site:[18]
See also
- List of United Arab Emirates football transfers summer 2011
- 2011–12 UAE President's Cup
- 2011–12 Etisalat Emirates Cup
References
- ^ a b "Emirates and Ajman to the Pro-League". ufl.ae. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ "The UFL Board of Directors approved the agenda of the next season 2011-2012". ufl.ae. 15 May 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ "Maradona Confirmed as Al Wasl Coach Football legend to start his managerial role from next season". UFL. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ "Vercauteren asked to delay UAE switch to Al Jazira". The National. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
- ^ Al Ain announce officially signing with Cosmin Olaroiu
- ^ "Ali defends his record as Baniyas coach". UFL. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ^ "Al Ahli focus on quality coach". The National. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ^ Al Ahli appoint Ivan Hasek as new coach
- ^ "Azenha resignation stuns Sharjah". The National. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
- ^ "Sharjah plug their coach gap with Romanian". The National. 17 September 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ "Pro League club Dubai unveil Ion Marin as new coach". The National. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ "Pro League: Baniyas appoint Calderon". The National. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ "Pierre-Andre Schurmann to become Dubai's fourth manager of the season". The National. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ "Viera: Sincere respect to Dubai". Pro League. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ^ "Pro League news: Bobby Zamora turned down Al Jazira". The National. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ "Franky Vercauteren dismissed by Al Jazira". The National. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ^ "Tita dismissed as Sharjah coach for the second time". The National. 8 April 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ "Goals: 2011-2012". Etisalat Pro-League Statistics. Pro League. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
External links
- Pro League Official Website
- Football Association The UAE Football Association