2011–12 UAE Pro League

April 2020 UAE Pro League 2011–12 Al Ain10th title Emirates Sharjah Champions League Al AinAl JaziraAl NasrAl Shabab Al Jazira 5–0 Sharjah Emirates 1–5 Al ShababAl Wasl 2–6 Al AhliAl Jazira 1–5 Al Nasr Sharjah 4–5 Al Nasr (9 goals) 132 449 21,455Al Jazira 1–3 Al Ain GHA Asamoah Gyan (22) 2010–11 2012–13 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.Emirates and Ajman to the Pro-League http://ufl.ae/en/news/emirates-and-ajman-to-the-pro-league.html ufl.ae 19 May 2011 4 June 2011 The campaign began on 15 October 2011The UFL Board of Directors approved the agenda of the next season 2011-2012 http://ufl.ae/en/news/the-ufl-board-of-directors-approved-the-agenda-of-the-next-season-2011-2012.html ufl.ae 15 May 2011 4 June 2011 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. Stadia and locations United Arab Emirates 400 right Locations of teams in the 2011–12 UAE Pro-League United Arab Emirates 25.25000 55.30000 Dubai United Arab Emirates 25.41667 55.50000 Ajman United Arab Emirates 24.46667 54.36667 Abu Dhabi left United Arab Emirates 24.20750 55.74472 Al Ain left United Arab Emirates 25.37288 55.41779 Sharjah right United Arab Emirates 25.78333 55.95000 Ras al-Khaimah 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 CaptainAjmanUAE Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi IIIIRQ Abdul Wahab Abdul QaderUAE Mohamed ZahranAl AhliUAE Hamdan bin Mohammed Al MaktoumESP Quique Sánchez FloresUAE Mohammed QassimAl AinUAE Mohamed bin Zayed Al NahyanROU Cosmin OlăroiuUAE Rami YaslamAl JaziraUAE Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan BRA Caio JúniorAUS Lucas NeillAl NasrUAE Sheikh Hamdan bin RashidITA Walter ZengaUAE Abdallah MousaAl ShababUAE Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al MaktoumBRA Paulo BonamigoUAE Hassan Al SharifAl WahdaUAE Saeed bin Zayed Al NahyanAUT Josef Hickersberger UAE Fahed MasoudAl WaslUAE Ahmed bin Rashid Al MaktoumARG Diego MaradonaUAE Khalid DarwishBaniyasUAE Saif bin Zayed Al NahyanARG Gabriel CalderónOMA Fawzi BashirDubaiUAE Ahmed bin Mohammed Al MaktoumEgypt Ayman El RamadyUAE Jamal AbdullahEmiratesUAE Ahmed bin Saqr al-QassimiTUN Ghazi GhrairiALG Karim KerkarSharjahQATUAE Abdullah bin Mohammed Al ThaniUAE Abdulmajeed Al Nimr UAE Nawaf Mubarak Managerial changes Managerial changes during the 2011–12 campaign. Pre-season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Al Wasl UAE Khalifa Mubarak Caretaker role endedMaradona Confirmed as Al Wasl Coach Football legend to start his managerial role from next season http://ufl.ae/en/news/maradona-confirmed-as-al-wasl-coach-football-legend-to-start-his-managerial-role-from-next-season.html UFL 16 May 2011 17 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20200128073121/https://ufl.ae/en/news/maradona-confirmed-as-al-wasl-coach-football-legend-to-start-his-managerial-role-from-next-season.html 28 January 2020 dead ARG Diego Maradona Al Jazira BRA Abel Braga Contract finished BEL Franky VercauterenVercauteren asked to delay UAE switch to Al Jazira https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/vercauteren-asked-to-delay-uae-switch-to-al-jazira-1.421229/ The National 11 August 2011 11 August 2011 Al Ain BRA Alexandre Gallo Contract finishedhttp://www.alainfc.ae/ar/index.php?p=shownews&nid=2780 Al Ain announce officially signing with Cosmin Olaroiu 6 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110903145139/http://www.alainfc.ae/ar/index.php?p=shownews&nid=2780 3 September 2011 dead ROU Cosmin Olăroiu Baniyas UAE Mahdi AliAli defends his record as Baniyas coach http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/ali-defends-his-record-as-baniyas-coach https://archive.today/20130114181731/http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/ali-defends-his-record-as-baniyas-coach dead 14 January 2013 UFL 6 June 2011 6 June 2011 Caretaker role ended BRA Jorvan Vieira Al Ahli UAE Abdulhameed Al Mishtiki Caretaker role endedAl Ahli focus on quality coach http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/al-ahli-focus-on-quality-coach https://archive.today/20130114163704/http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/al-ahli-focus-on-quality-coach dead 14 January 2013 The National 6 June 2011 6 June 2011CZE Ivan Hašekhttps://archive.today/20120919123008/http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/al-ahli-appoint-ivan-hasek-as-new-coach Al Ahli appoint Ivan Hasek as new coach Sharjah POR Carlos Azenha Resigned before season startedAzenha resignation stuns Sharjah https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/azenha-resignation-stuns-sharjah-1.380543 The National 13 September 2011 13 September 2011 ROU Valeriu TiţaSharjah plug their coach gap with Romanian https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/sharjah-plug-their-coach-gap-with-romanian-1.456000/ The National 17 September 2011 17 September 2011 During the season Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Dubai ARG Néstor Clausen Resigned SUI Umberto Barberis Dubai SUI Umberto Barberis Caretaker role endedROM Ion MarinPro League club Dubai unveil Ion Marin as new coach https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/pro-league-club-dubai-unveil-ion-marin-as-new-coach-1.428831/ The National 3 October 2011 3 October 2011 Baniyas BRA Jorvan Vieira Sacked UAE Salem Al-Orfi Al Ahli CZE Ivan Hašek Sacked ESP Quique Sánchez Flores Baniyas UAE Salem Al-Orfi Sacked ARG Gabriel CalderónPro League: Baniyas appoint Calderon http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/pro-league-baniyas-appoint-calderon https://archive.today/20130114161923/http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/pro-league-baniyas-appoint-calderon dead 14 January 2013 The National 25 November 2011 25 November 2011 Dubai ROM Ion Marin Sacked Pierre-Andre Schurmann to become Dubai's fourth manager of the season https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/pierre-andre-schurmann-to-become-dubai-s-fourth-manager-of-the-season-1.383120/ The National 14 December 2011 14 December 2011SUI Pierre-André Schürmann Dubai SUI Pierre-André Schürmann Caretaker role endedEGY Ayman El Ramady Sharjah ROU Valeriu Tiţa SackedViera: Sincere respect to Dubai http://www.proleague.ae/en/news/sharjah-coach.html Pro League 22 December 2011 22 December 2011 11 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191211104741/http://www.proleague.ae/en/news/sharjah-coach.html dead BRA Jorvan Vieira Sharjah BRA Jorvan Vieira SackedPro League news: Bobby Zamora turned down Al Jazira http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/pro-league-news-bobby-zamora-turned-down-al-jazira https://archive.today/20120919002939/http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/pro-league-news-bobby-zamora-turned-down-al-jazira dead 19 September 2012 The National 2 February 2012 2 February 2012 ROU Valeriu Tiţa Al Jazira BEL Franky Vercauteren SackedFranky Vercauteren dismissed by Al Jazira https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/franky-vercauteren-dismissed-by-al-jazira-1.386079 The National 8 March 2012 8 March 2012 BRA Caio Júnior Sharjah ROU Valeriu Tiţa SackedTita dismissed as Sharjah coach for the second time https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/tita-dismissed-as-sharjah-coach-for-the-second-time-1.441248/ The National 8 April 2012 8 April 2012 UAE 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 Algeria Karim Kerkar Ivory Coast Boris Kabi Ivory Coast Olivier Tia Lebanon Hassan Maatouk Senegal Ibrahima Touré Al-Ahli Brazil Grafite Cameroon Achille Emaná Chile Luis Jiménez Lebanon Youssef Mohamad Brazil Jajá Al-Ain Argentina Ignacio Scocco Ghana Asamoah Gyan Romania Mirel Rădoi Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani Al-Jazira Argentina Matías Delgado Brazil Baré Brazil Ricardo Oliveira Australia Lucas Neill Al-Nasr Brazil Léo Lima Italy Luca Toni Ivory Coast Amara Diané Australia Mark Bresciano Brazil Careca Guinea Ismaël Bangoura Al-Shabab Brazil Ciel Brazil Kieza Chile Carlos Villanueva Uzbekistan Azizbek Haydarov Brazil Júlio César Sharjah Brazil Edinho Brazil Marcelinho South Korea Lee Sang-ho Uzbekistan Timur Kapadze Brazil Vandinho Iran Iman Mobali Serbia Igor Đurić Al-Wahda Brazil Fernando Baiano Brazil Hugo Brazil Magrão Oman Mohammed Al-Balushi Al-Wasl Argentina Mariano Donda Argentina Juan Mercier Uruguay Juan Manuel Olivera Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari Chile Edson Puch Uruguay Richard Porta 1 1 Baniyas Algeria Ismaël Bouzid Senegal André Senghor Spain Francisco Yeste Oman Fawzi Bashir France David Trezeguet Ivory Coast Antonin Koutouan Dubai France Nicolas Marin Guinea Aboubacar Camara Guinea Simon Feindouno Lebanon Abbas Ahmad Atwi Bahrain Faouzi Aaish Uzbekistan Ulugbek Bakayev Emirates Ivory Coast Modibo Kane Diarra Morocco Mohsine Moutouali Uzbekistan Alexander Geynrikh Uzbekistan Jasur Hasanov Guinea Alhassane Keita Iran Pejman Nouri Nigeria Orok Akarandut 1 1 Richard Porta has Australian citizenship and was counted as an Asian player. League table main WDL 5 QR AIN Al Ain NAS Al Nasr SHA Al Shabab JAZ Al Jazira ALI Al Ahli WAH Al Wahda AJM Ajman WAS Al Wasl YAS Baniyas DUB Dubai EMI Emirates SHR Sharjah 17 4 1 52 16 C 11 8 3 49 33 10 8 4 39 27 11 2 9 47 38 10 4 8 45 42 8 9 5 32 30 9 4 9 36 35 7 5 10 32 40 6 6 10 34 39 5 5 12 29 40 5 2 15 28 56 R 2 5 15 26 53 R #ACE1AF 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage CLGS #D0F0C0 2013 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off CLQP CLQP #ACE1AF 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage Al Jazira secured qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League through winning the 2011–12 UAE President's Cup CLGS1 #FFFFA0 2012–13 GCC Champions League GCL #FFeeee Promotion/relegation Stage RP RP 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 27 May 2012 Standings Results main FBR grey 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 11 May 2012 UFL Goalscorers 22 goals GHA Asamoah Gyan (Al Ain) 16 goals BRA Grafite (Al Ahli) SEN André Senghor (Baniyas) 14 goals BRA Ricardo Oliveira (Al Jazira) 13 goals CHI Luis Jiménez (Al Ahli) URU Juan Manuel Olivera (Al Wasl) 11 goals BRA Ciel (Al Shabab) 10 goals AUS Mark Bresciano (Al Nasr) BRA Baré (Al Jazira) BRA Edinho (Sharjah) BRA Marcelinho (Sharjah) CIV Modibo Kane Diarra (Emirates) Source: official site:http://proleague.ae/en/stats/the-etisalat-pro-league.html?seasonID=7# Goals: 2011-2012 Etisalat Pro-League Statistics Pro League 27 June 2012 See also List of United Arab Emirates football transfers summer 2011 2011–12 UAE President's Cup 2011–12 Etisalat Emirates Cup References 30em External links Pro League Official Website Football Association The UAE Football Association 2011–12 1 United Arab Emirates