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

Season	2011–12
Champions	Lekhwiya
Relegated	Al-Ahli
Champions League	Lekhwiya Al-Gharrafa El Jaish Al-Rayyan
Matches played	132
Goals scored	371 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer	Adriano (18 goals)
Biggest home win	Al Rayyan 8-2 Qatar SC (7 April 2012)
Biggest away win	Al Kharitiyath 0–6 El Jaish (2 February 2012)
Highest scoring	Al Rayyan 8-2 Qatar SC (7 April 2012)
Longest winning run	5 games El Jaish
Longest unbeaten run	9 games Al-Rayyan
Longest losing run	11 games Al-Ahli
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

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-Gharrafa	Doha	Al-Gharafa 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	Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium	20,000
Al-Rayyan	Al Rayyan	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium	27,000
Al-Arabi	Doha	Grand Hamad Stadium	15,000
Al-Khor	Al Khor	Al-Khawr Stadium	20,000
El Jaish	Duhail	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium	27,000
Al-Wakrah	Al Wakrah	Al-Wakrah Stadium	20,000
Al Kharitiyath	Al Khuraitiyat	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium	27,000
Lekhwiya	Doha	Qatar SC Stadium	20,000
Al Ahli	Doha	Al-Ahly 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	Errea	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	Qatar Petroleum
Al-Rayyan	Diego Aguirre	Fábio César	Adidas	Rayan Co.
Al-Arabi	Pierre Lechantre	Hadi Aghily	Adidas	QPM
Al-Khor	Alain Perrin	Mostafa Jalal	Adidas	Qatar Airlines
El Jaish	Péricles Chamusca	Karim Ziani	Nike	Masrat Rayan
Al-Wakrah	Adnan Dirjal	Ali Rehema	Nike	Opel
Al Kharitiyath	Laurent Banide	Jaycee John Okwunwanne	BURRDA	Al-Khuratiyat Co.
Lekhwiya	Djamel Belmadi	Bakari Koné	BURRDA	Masrat Rayan
Al-Ahli	Bernard Simondi	Abdullah Mustafa	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 Kharitiyath	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 Kharitiyath	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

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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Al-Gharafa secured qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League through winning the 2012 Emir of Qatar Cup

Relegation Playoff

20 April 2012

18:45 (UTC +3)

Umm-Salal	1 - 0 (a.e.t.)	Al-Mu'aidar
Magno Alves  92'

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al-Rayyan

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

Top Goalscorers As of April 13, 2012[4] Rank Scorer Club Goals 1 Adriano El Jaish 18 2 Rodrigo Tabata Al Rayyan 17 3 Afonso Alves Al Rayyan 15 4 Moumouni Dagano Al Khor 12 Dioko Kaluyituka Al-Ahli 6 Cabore Umm-Salal 10 Wagner Ribeiro El Jaish 8 Saïd Boutahar Al-Wakrah 9 Yahia Kébé Al Kharitiyath Sebastián Soria Qatar SC

Top Assistants As of April 13, 2012[5] Rank Scorer Club Assists 1 Karim Ziani El Jaish 13 2 Rodrigo Tabata Al-Rayyan 9 3 Nadir Belhadj Al-Sadd 8 4 Nam Tae-Hee Lekhwiya 5 Hicham Aboucherouane Al Ahli Mosaab Mahmoud Al Khor Youssef Safri Qatar SC 8 Tresor Kangambu Al-Wakrah 4 Onyekachi Okonkwo Al Kharitiyath Abdulgadir Ilyas El Jaish

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 Hassan Kamal	Qatar SC

See also

• List of Qatari football transfers winter 2011–12
• 2011-12 Qatar 2nd Division
• 2011 Sheikh Jassem Cup
• 2012 Emir of Qatar Cup
• 2012 Qatar Crown Prince Cup

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

External links

• Qatar Stars League 2011-2012