2011–12 Qatar Stars League

The 2011-12 Qatari League, also known as Qatari Stars League was the 39th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar. The season started on 1 September 2011 and finished on 13 April 2012. Lekhwiya won the league title.

Qatar Stars League
Season2011–12
ChampionsLekhwiya
RelegatedAl-Ahli
Champions LeagueLekhwiya
Al-Gharrafa
El Jaish
Al-Rayyan
Matches played132
Goals scored371 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorerAdriano
(18 goals)
Biggest home winAl Rayyan 8-2 Qatar SC
(7 April 2012)
Biggest away winAl Kharitiyath 0–6 El Jaish
(2 February 2012)
Highest scoringAl Rayyan 8-2 Qatar SC
(7 April 2012)
Longest winning run5 games
El Jaish
Longest unbeaten run9 games
Al-Rayyan
Longest losing run11 games
Al-Ahli

Teams

Al-Sailiya were relegated to the second-level league after finishing bottom in the 2010–11 Qatar Stars League campaign.

El Jaish were promoted as the 2nd level champions.

Stadia and locations
Doha
Umm Salal
Al Rayyan
Al Khor
Locations of teams in the 2011-12 Qatari League
Club City/Town Stadium Capacity
Al-Gharafa Doha Thani bin Jassim Stadium 27,000
Al-Sadd Doha Jassim bin Hamad Stadium 15,000
Umm Salal Umm Salal Thani bin Jassim Stadium 27,000
Qatar SC Doha Suheim bin Hamad Stadium 20,000
Al-Rayyan Al Rayyan Ahmad bin Ali Stadium 27,000
Al-Arabi Doha Grand Hamad Stadium 15,000
Al-Khor Al Khor Al-Khor SC Stadium 20,000
El Jaish Duhail Ahmad bin Ali Stadium 27,000
Al-Wakrah Al Wakrah Al Janoub Stadium 20,000
Al-Kharaitiyat Al Kharaitiyat Ahmad bin Ali Stadium 27,000
Lekhwiya Doha Suheim bin Hamad Stadium 20,000
Al-Ahli Doha Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium 20,000

Personnel and kits

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

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Al-Gharafa Paulo Silas (caretaker) Otmane El Assas Erreà Vodafone
Al-Sadd Jorge Fossati Abdulla Koni BURRDA Vodafone
Umm Salal Gérard Gili Magno Alves Nike Global Sports
Qatar SC Saïd Chiba Sebastián Soria Adidas QatarEnergy
Al-Rayyan Diego Aguirre Fábio César Adidas Rayan Co.
Al-Arabi Pierre Lechantre Hadi Aghily Adidas QPM
Al-Khor Alain Perrin Mustafa Jalal Adidas Qatar Airways
El Jaish Péricles Chamusca Karim Ziani Nike Masrat Rayan Archived 2012-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
Al-Wakrah Adnan Dirjal Ali Rehema Nike Opel
Al Kharaitiyat Laurent Banide Jaycee John BURRDA Al-Khuratiyat Co.
Lekhwiya Djamel Belmadi Bakari Koné BURRDA Masrat Rayan Archived 2012-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
Al-Ahli Bernard Simondi Abdullah Mostafa Nike Ahli Co.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Al-Rayyan Paulo Autuori Contract expired 28 July 2011 Pre-season Diego Aguirre 27 August 2011
Qatar SC Sebastião Lazaroni Resigned 7 August 2011 Saïd Chiba 10 August 2011
Al-Kharaitiyat Bernard Simondi Contract expired 13 August 2011 Lotfi Benzarti 22 August 2011
Al-Ahli Abdullah Mubarak Mutual consent 27 November 2011 12th Bernard Simondi 28 November 2011
Umm Salal Hassan Harmatallah Sacked 15 December 2011 Gérard Gili 16 December 2011
Al-Kharaitiyat Lotfi Benzarti Resigned 30 December 2011 11th Laurent Banide 1 January 2012
Al-Arabi Paulo Silas Sacked[1] 2 January 2012 9th Abdullah Saad (caretaker) 2 January 2012
Al-Gharafa Bruno Metsu Sacked [2] 15 March 2012 7th Paulo Silas (caretaker) 15 March 2012
Al-Arabi Abdullah Saad Caretaker role ended[3] 17 March 2012 8th Pierre Lechantre 17 March 2012

Foreign players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 AFC player Former players
Al-Ahli Ewerthon Ró-Ró Dioko Kaluyituka John Benson Hicham Aboucherouane Shavkat Mullajanov Christian Wilhelmsson
Al-Arabi Leonardo Pisculichi Ernest Papa Arko Mohammed Chihani Arafat Djako Hadi Aghily Vandinho
Wanderley
Al-Gharafa Diego Tardelli Edmílson Zé Roberto Aruna Dindane Otmane El Assas Farhad Majidi Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
Al-Kharaitiyat Yahia Kébé Jamal Alioui Dario Khan Onyekachi Okonkwo Jaycee John
Al-Khor Mourad Meghni Júlio César Madson Farri Agri Hassan Abdel-Fattah Salam Shaker Moumouni Dagano
Pa-Modou Kah
Ebi Smolarek
Al-Rayyan Afonso Alves Leandro Nathan Ribeiro Rodrigo Tabata Cho Yong-hyung Moisés Moura
Al-Sadd Nadir Belhadj Abdul Kader Keïta Mamadou Niang Lee Jung-soo
Al-Wakrah Tresor Kangambu Ali Rehema Nashat Akram Anouar Diba Saïd Boutahar Younis Mahmoud Alaa Abdul-Zahra
Mobello Baba Keita
El Jaish Karim Ziani Adriano Anderson Martins Wagner Ribeiro Mohammad Mothnani Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini Hussain Ali Baba
Lekhwiya Madjid Bougherra Luiz Júnior Moumouni Dagano Dame Traoré Bakari Koné Nam Tae-hee Nashat Akram
Aruna Dindane
Kanga Akalé
Anouar Diba
Qatar SC Marcinho Alaa Abdul-Zahra Abdeslam Ouaddou Youssef Safri Pa-Modou Kah Ali Hasan Kamal Jasur Hasanov
Umm Salal Cabore Magno Alves Khalid Jaberti Radwan Jaatit Mamadou Traoré Mohamed Husain Mourad Meghni
Firas Al-Khatib

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lekhwiya (C) 22 12 7 3 36 16 +20 43 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage
2 El Jaish SC 22 12 5 5 48 24 +24 41
3 Al Rayyan 22 10 9 3 49 26 +23 39
4 Al Sadd 22 10 6 6 35 24 +11 36
5 Al Khor 22 9 5 8 30 29 +1 32
6 Al Gharafa 22 8 7 7 26 27 −1 31 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage[lower-alpha 1]
7 Al Wakra 22 8 4 10 30 37 −7 28
8 Al Kharitiyath 22 5 10 7 23 34 −11 25
9 Al Arabi 22 4 12 6 19 28 −9 24
10 Qatar SC 22 6 6 10 32 46 −14 24
11 Umm Salal (O) 22 4 8 10 20 32 −12 20 Promotion/relegation playoff
12 Al Ahli (R) 22 3 3 16 23 49 −26 12 Relegation
Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2012. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Al-Gharafa secured qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League through winning the 2012 Emir of Qatar Cup

Relegation playoff
Umm-Salal 1 - 0 (a.e.t.) Al-Mu'aidar
Magno Alves 92'
Referee: Khamis Al Kuwari (Qatar)

Fixtures and results
Home \ Away SAD RAY GHA QSC UMM KHO WAK KHA ARA JAI LEK AHL
Al Sadd 0–0 0–0 3–3 4–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–0
Al Rayyan 2–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 4–4 3–1 3–0
Al Gharafa 3–1 1–5 2–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2
Qatar SC 1–0 2–8 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–3 1–2 0–0 1–0
Umm Salal 1–3 1–1 1–2 4–3 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–0
Al Khor 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–3 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 0–1
Al Wakra 0–2 1–3 1–0 5–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–6 0–1 2–2
Al Kharitiyath 0–1 1–4 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–6 1–1 2–1
Al Arabi 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 3–2 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–0
El Jaish SC 2–1 3–2 4–1 3–2 0–0 0–2 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–2
Lekhwiya 0–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0
Al Ahli 2–3 2–3 1–4 3–4 3–1 1–3 2–3 1–4 0–0 0–2 0–4
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Disciplinary statistics

As of April 13, 2012[6]

  • Yellow card = 1 point
  • Red card = 3 points
Rank Player Club Points
1 Daniel Goma Al Rayyan 9 1 12
2 Ibrahim Al-Ghanim Al Gharafa 5 2 11
3 Youssef Safri Qatar SC 7 1 10
Shavkat Mullajanov Al Ahli
Sebastián Soria Qatar SC
6 Mohammad Mothnani El Jaish 6 1 9
Pa-Modou Kah Al-Khor
8 Abdeslam Ouaddou Qatar SC 5 1 8
Otmane El Assas Al Gharafa
10 Cabore Umm-Salal 4 1 7
Khalid Jaberti Umm-Salal
Mostafa Mido Qatar SC
Ali Hasan Kamal Qatar SC

See also

References
  1. "Al Arabi sack coach Silas". Qatar Stars League. 2 January 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  2. "Al Gharafa sack Bruno Metsu". The AFC. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  3. "Lechantre is new Al Arabi coach". QFA. 17 March 2012. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  4. Goalzz.com
  5. Koramania.com
  6. Soccerway.com
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