2010–11 Saudi Professional League

The 2010–11 Saudi Professional League (known as the Zain Professional League for sponsorship reasons) was the 35th season of the Saudi Professional League, the top Saudi professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1976. The season began on 14 August 2010, and ended on 20 May 2011.[4] Al-Hilal were the defending champions.[5] The league was contested by the 12 teams from the 2009–10 season as well as Al-Faisaly and Al-Taawoun, who joined as the promoted clubs from the 2009–10 First Division. No teams were relegated the previous season following the decision to increase the number of teams from 12 to 14.[6]

Professional League
Season2010–2011
Dates14 August 2010 – 20 May 2011
ChampionsAl-Hilal (13th title)
RelegatedAl-Wehda
Al-Hazem
Champions LeagueAl-Hilal
Al-Ahli
Al-Ittihad
Al-Ettifaq
Matches played182
Goals scored534 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorerNasser Al-Shamrani (17 goals)
Biggest home winAl-Wehda 8–1 Al-Hazem
(24 February 2011)
Biggest away winNajran 1–5 Al-Wehda
(22 April 2011)
Highest scoringAl-Wehda 8–1 Al Hazm
(24 February 2011)
Longest winning run7 games[1]
Al-Ittihad
Longest unbeaten run26 games[1]
Al-Hilal
Longest winless run14 games[1]
Al-Hazem
Longest losing run14 games[1]
Al-Hazem
Highest attendance21,174[2]
Al-Ettifaq 2–3 Al-Hilal
(1 April 2011)
Lowest attendance6[3] (spectator ban)
Al-Hazem 1–4 Al-Ettifaq
(21 April 2011)
Average attendance4,204

On 29 April, defending champions Al-Hilal won their thirteenth League title with two games to spare after a 1–0 home win over Al-Raed.[7] Al-Hilal ended the season without a single defeat – the first team ever to do so in a 26-game league season and the second team overall (the first was Al-Ettifaq in 1983, during a 18-game league season).

Al-Hazem were the first team to be relegated following a 2–0 away defeat to Al-Taawoun.[8] Al-Wehda became the second and final team to be relegated following the decision to dock 3 points from them.[9]

Overview

Changes

The Saudi FF announced that the number of teams in the league would be increased from 12 to 14.[6]

Qualification and Prize money

The League champions, runners-up and third place as well as the winner of the King Cup of Champions qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League.

The top six teams, and the Crown Prince Cup winners and runners-up qualified for King Cup of Champions.

Prize money:

  • First place: 2.5 million SAR
  • Second place: 1.5 million SAR
  • Third place: 1 million SAR

Teams

Fourteen teams competed in the league – the twelve teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the First Division. No teams were relegated the previous season following the decision to increase the number of teams from 12 to 14.[6] The promoted teams were Al-Faisaly (returning after an absence of three years) and Al-Taawoun (returning after an absence of thirteen years).

Stadiums and locations
Locations of teams in the 2010–11 Saudi Professional League
Club Location Stadium
Al-Ahli Jeddah Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
Al-Ettifaq Dammam Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Al-Faisaly Harmah Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz Sport City Stadium
Al-Fateh Al-Hasa Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-Hazem Ar Rass Al-Hazem Club Stadium
Al-Hilal Riyadh King Fahd International Stadium
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
Al-Nassr Riyadh King Fahd International Stadium
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Al-Qadisiyah Khobar Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-Raed Buraidah King Abdullah Sport City Stadium
Al-Shabab Riyadh King Fahd International Stadium
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Al-Taawoun Buraidah King Abdullah Sport City Stadium
Al-Wehda Mecca King Abdul Aziz Stadium
Najran Najran Al Akhdoud Club Stadium

Personnel
Club Coach Nationality City Stadium Capacity 2009–10 season Notes
Al-Ahli Aleksandar Ilić Jeddah Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium 24,000 6th
Al-Ettifaq Youssef Zouaoui Dammam Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium 30,000 9th
Al-Faisaly Zlatko Dalić Harmah Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz Sport City Stadium 10,000 First Division champions
Al-Fateh Fathi Al-Jabal Al-Hasa Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium 20,000 8th
Al-Hazem Goran Miscevic Ar Rass Al-Hazem Club Stadium 11,000 7th
Al-Hilal Gabriel Calderon Riyadh King Fahd Stadium 69,000 1st Qualified to the 2011 AFC Champions League
Al-Ittihad Dimitri Davidovic Jeddah Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium 24,000 2nd Qualified to the 2011 AFC Champions League
Al-Nassr Dragan Skočić Riyadh King Fahd Stadium 69,000 3rd Qualified to the 2011 AFC Champions League
Al-Qadisiyah Dimitar Dimitrov Khobar Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium 10,000 10th
Al-Raed Eurico Gomes Buraidah King Abdullah Sport City Stadium 25,000 11th
Al-Shabab Enzo Trossero Riyadh King Fahd Stadium 69,000 4th Qualified to the 2011 AFC Champions League
Al-Taawoun Florin Motroc Buraidah King Abdullah Sport City Stadium 25,000 First Division runners-up
Al-Wehda Lotfi Benzarti Mecca King Abdul Aziz Stadium 28,550 5th
Najran José Rachão Najran Al Akhdoud Club Stadium 10,000 12th

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Al-Faisaly Hadi Ben Mokhtar End of contract 9 May 2010 Pre-season Zlatko Dalić 19 May 2010[10]
Al-Taawoun Grigore Sichitiu End of contract 9 May 2010 Gheorghe Mulțescu 2 July 2010[11]
Al-Nassr Jorge Da Silva End of contract 18 May 2010 Walter Zenga 18 May 2010[12]
Al-Hazem Lula Pereira End of contract 30 May 2010 Lutfi Rhim 10 July 2010[13]
Al-Ittihad Enzo Trossero End of contract 30 May 2010 Manuel José 2 June 2010[14]
Al-Raed Edison Mario Souza End of contract 30 May 2010 Lucho Nizzo 15 July 2010[15]
Al-Shabab Edgar Parreira End of contract 30 May 2010 Jorge Fossati 12 July 2010[16]
Al-Wehda Eurico Gomes End of contract 30 May 2010 Jean-Christian Lang 24 June 2010[17]
Al-Ahli Sergio Farias Signed by Al Wasl 1 July 2010[18] Trond Sollied 1 July 2010[19]
Al-Ahli Trond Sollied Sacked 28 August 2010[20] 8th Khaled Badra (caretaker) 28 August 2010[20]
Al-Ahli Khaled Badra (caretaker) End of caretaker period 10 September 2010[21] 10th Milovan Rajevac 10 September 2010[21]
Al-Hilal Eric Gerets Signed by Morocco national team 25 October 2010[22] 2nd Reinhard Stumpf (caretaker) 25 October 2010[23]
Najran Mourad Okbi Resigned 30 October 2010[24] 10th José Rachão 30 October 2010[24]
Al-Hazem Lutfi Rhim Sacked 31 October 2010[25] 14th Fathi Al-Heric (caretaker) 31 October 2010[25]
Al-Hilal Reinhard Stumpf (caretaker) End of caretaker period 5 November 2010 1st Gabriel Calderón 5 November 2010[26]
Al-Raed Lucho Nizzo Sacked 7 November 2010[27] 7th Eurico Gomes 7 November 2010[27]
Al-Hazem Fathi Al-Heric (caretaker) End of caretaker period 13 November 2010[28] 14th Goran Miscevic 13 November 2010[28]
Al-Taawoun Gheorghe Mulțescu Sacked 16 December 2010[29] 11th Florin Motroc 22 December 2010[30]
Al-Wehda Jean-Christian Lang 23 December 2010[31] 9th Mokhtar Mokhtar 25 December 2010[32]
Al-Ittihad Manuel José Resigned 24 December 2010[33] 2nd Toni 28 December 2010[34]
Al-Shabab Jorge Fossati 24 December 2010[35] 5th Enzo Trossero 27 December 2010[36]
Al-Nassr Walter Zenga Sacked 27 December 2010[37] 3rd Dragan Skočić 11 January 2011[38]
Al-Ahli Milovan Rajevac Resigned 20 February 2011[39] 7th Aleksandar Ilić 24 February 2011[40]
Al-Ettifaq Marin Ion Sacked 23 March 2011[41] 4th Youssef Zouaoui 23 March 2011[41]
Al-Wehda Mokhtar Mokhtar 8 May 2011[42] 11th Lotfi Benzarti 8 May 2011[42]
Al-Ittihad Toni 11 May 2011[43] 2nd Dimitri Davidovic 13 May 2011[44]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Hilal (C) 26 19 7 0 52 18 +34 64 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Al-Ittihad 26 13 12 1 49 23 +26 51
3 Al-Ettifaq 26 15 3 8 45 30 +15 48 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4 Al-Shabab 26 13 7 6 42 30 +12 46
5 Al-Nassr 26 11 10 5 44 34 +10 43
6 Al-Ahli 26 11 4 11 48 41 +7 37 Qualification for the Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
7 Al-Faisaly 26 10 5 11 39 47 −8 35
8 Al-Taawoun 26 9 8 9 37 31 +6 32[lower-alpha 2]
9 Al-Fateh 26 8 7 11 27 35 −8 31
10 Al-Raed 26 7 9 10 31 40 −9 30
11 Najran 26 8 2 16 33 52 −19 26
12 Al-Qadisiyah 26 4 11 11 31 39 −8 23
13 Al-Wehda (R) 26 6 6 14 43 44 −1 21[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to the First Division
14 Al-Hazem (R) 26 1 3 22 13 70 −57 6
Source: SLstat
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for international competitions); 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Al-Ahli qualified for the Champions League group stage as 2011 King Cup of Champions winners.
  2. Al-Taawoun and Al-Wehda were deducted 3 points for their deliberate delay of the kick-off time in the final round.[45]

Results
Home \ Away AHL ETT FSY FAT HAZ HIL ITT NSR QAD RAE SHB TWN WHD NAJ
Al-Ahli 5–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–2 2–1
Al-Ettifaq 4–3 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–3 2–2 3–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0
Al-Faisaly 3–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–3 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 1–0 4–2
Al-Fateh 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–0
Al-Hazem 1–3 1–4 0–3 2–1 0–2 0–3 2–5 2–2 0–0 0–4 0–3 1–1 0–3
Al-Hilal 3–3 1–0 5–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1
Al-Ittihad 2–0 2–1 3–3 2–0 4–0 0–0 5–2 2–2 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–0
Al-Nassr 2–1 2–1 3–2 4–2 2–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 6–1
Al-Qadisiyah 1–3 0–3 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 2–3
Al-Raed 2–3 0–3 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–4 1–2 1–1 1–4 2–2 0–0 3–2 3–2
Al-Shabab 2–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 4–1 4–3 0–1
Al-Taawoun 2–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–3
Al-Wehda 1–3 0–1 3–3 3–0 8–1 1–3 1–2 1–3 0–0 2–3 1–2 0–0 2–0
Najran 2–1 2–4 0–1 2–1 4–0 0–3 2–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–3 1–5
Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2011. Source: SLstat.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals[46]
1 Nasser Al-Shamrani Al-Shabab 17
2 Victor Simões Al-Ahli 16
3 Mohammed Al-Rashid Al-Taawoun / Al-Ittihad 14
Muhannad Assiri Al-Wehda
Yousef Al-Salem Al-Ettifaq
6 Yves Diba Ilunga Najran 13
Migen Memelli Al-Faisaly
8 Sebastián Tagliabué Al-Ettifaq 12
Naif Hazazi Al-Ittihad
10 Yasser Al-Qahtani Al-Hilal 11

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Yasser Al-QahtaniAl-HilalAl-Faisaly5–1 (H)25 August 2010[47]
Naif HazaziAl-IttihadAl-Hazem4–0 (H)29 August 2010[48]
Nasser Al-ShamraniAl-ShababAl-Faisaly4–1 (H)11 November 2010[49]
Yasser Al-QahtaniAl-HilalAl-Hazem3–0 (H)15 December 2010[50]
Migen MemelliAl-FaisalyAl-Ittihad3–3 (A)16 December 2010[51]
Mukhtar Fallatah4Al-WehdaAl-Hazem8–1 (H)24 February 2011[52]
Muhannad AssiriAl-WehdaAl-Hazem8–1 (H)24 February 2011[52]
Yousef Al-SalemAl-EttifaqNajran4–2 (A)25 February 2011[53]
Alhassane KeitaAl-ShababAl-Hazem4–0 (A)1 April 2011[54]
Victor SimõesAl-AhliAl-Qadisiyah3–1 (A)2 April 2011[55]
Nasigba John-JumboAl-QadisiyahAl-Raed4–1 (A)22 April 2011[56]
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Most assists
Rank Player Club Assists[57]
1 Christian Wilhelmsson Al-Hilal 9
2 Dario Jertec Al-Faisaly 8
3 Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani Al-Nassr 7
Marcelo Camacho Al-Shabab
5 Salaheddine Aqqal Al-Raed 6
Marcinho Al-Ahli
Wael Ayan Al-Faisaly
8 Ahmed Al-Fraidi Al-Hilal 5
Ahmed Abo Obaid Al-Fateh
Al Hasan Al-Yami Najran
Bader Al-Khamees Al-Taawoun
Saud Hamood Al-Nassr
Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili Al-Raed
Mohammad Al-Shalhoub Al-Hilal
Mohammed Noor Al-Ittihad
Nuno Assis Al-Ittihad
Youssef Kaddioui Al-Wehda

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[58]
1 Mabrouk Zaid Al-Ittihad 9
2 Fayz Al-Sabiay Al-Ettifaq 8
Hassan Al-Otaibi Al-Hilal
4 Fahad Al-Thunayan Al-Taawoun 6
5 Abdullah Al-Enezi Al-Nassr 5
Waleed Abdullah Al-Shabab
7 Awidhah Al-Aamri Al-Faisaly 4
Yasser Al-Mosailem Al-Ahli
Mohammad Sharifi Al-Fateh
Mohammed Al-Khojali Al-Raed
Mansoor Al-Najai Al-Qadisiyah

Discipline

Player

Club
  • Most yellow cards: 71[60]
    • Al-Ettifaq
  • Most red cards: 11[61]
    • Al-Hazem

Attendances

By team
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Al-Hilal 113,567 19,212 3,968 8,736 n/a†
2 Al-Ittihad 98,112 15,758 648 7,547 n/a†
3 Al-Ahli 97,770 16,350 1,158 7,521 n/a†
4 Al-Raed 89,306 14,909 2,395 6,870 n/a†
5 Al-Taawoun 87,002 15,160 2,610 6,692 n/a†
6 Al-Nassr 82,830 14,750 1,603 6,372 n/a†
7 Al-Ettifaq 57,138 21,174 628 4,395 n/a†
8 Al-Fateh 27,142 9,281 50 2,088 n/a†
9 Al-Qadisiyah 26,508 9,361 100 2,039 n/a†
10 Al-Wehda 25,628 8,060 110 1,971 n/a†
11 Al-Shabab 22,481 9,366 46 1,729 n/a†
12 Al-Faisaly 17,175 5,022 83 1,321 n/a†
13 Najran 13,569 2,335 368 1,044 n/a†
14 Al-Hazem 6,934 2,413 6 533 n/a†
League total 765,162 21,174 6 4,204 n/a†

Updated to games played on 20 May 2011
Source: [62][63][64]

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See also

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