2011–12 Saudi Professional League

The 2011–12 Saudi Professional League (known as the Zain Professional League for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th season of the Saudi Professional League, the top Saudi professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1976. The season began on 9 September 2011, and ended on 18 April 2012.[4] Al-Hilal were the defending champions.[5] The league was contested by the 12 teams from the 2010–11 season as well as Al-Ansar and Hajer, who joined as the promoted clubs from the 2010–11 First Division. They replace Al-Hazem and Al-Wehda who were relegated to the 2011–12 First Division.

Professional League
Season2011–2012
Dates9 September 2011 – 18 April 2012
ChampionsAl-Shabab (6th title)
RelegatedAl-Qadisiyah
Al-Ansar
AFC Champions LeagueAl-Shabab
Al-Ahli
Al-Hilal
Al-Ettifaq
UAFA Club CupAl-Fateh
Al-Nassr
GCC Champions LeagueAl-Faisaly
Najran
Matches played182
Goals scored537 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorerVictor Simões
Nasser Al-Shamrani
(21 goals each)
Biggest home winAl-Ittihad 7–0 Hajer
(16 December 2011)
Biggest away winAl-Qadisiyah 0–8 Al-Ittihad
(2 November 2011)
Highest scoringAl-Qadisiyah 4–5 Al-Hilal
(20 October 2011)
Longest winning run9 games[1]
Al-Hilal
Longest unbeaten run26 games[1]
Al-Shabab
Longest winless run18 games[1]
Al-Ansar
Longest losing run17 games[1]
Al-Ansar
Highest attendance22,996[2]
Al-Hilal 4–0 Al-Ahli
(29 September 2011)
Lowest attendance28[3]
Al-Qadisiyah 2–2 Al-Faisaly
(30 November 2011)
Average attendance4,374

On 14 April, Al-Shabab won their sixth League title on the final matchday after a 1–1 draw away to runners-up Al-Ahli.[6] Al-Shabab ended the season without a single defeat becoming the second team to ever do so in a 26-game league season and the third team overall.

Al-Ansar were the first team to be relegated following a 1–0 home defeat against Al-Raed on 31 March.[7] Al-Qadisiyah became the second and final team to be relegated following a 3–2 defeat away to Al-Nassr on 13 April.[8]

Teams

Fourteen teams competed in the league – the twelve teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Al-Ansar (returning after an absence of six years) and Hajer (returning after an absence of twelve years). They replaced Al-Hazem (ending their six-year top-flight spell) and Al-Wehda (ending their eight-year top-flight spell).

Stadiums and locations
Locations of teams in the 2011–12 Saudi Professional League
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Al-Ahli Jeddah Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium 25,000[9]
Al-Ansar Medina Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium 24,000[10]
Al-Ettifaq Dammam Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium 21,701[11]
Al-Faisaly Harmah Prince Salman Sport City Stadium 5,200[12]
Al-Fateh Al-Hasa Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium 19,096[13]
Al-Hilal Riyadh King Fahd International Stadium
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium		 62,685[14]
22,500[15]
Al-Ittihad Jeddah Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium 25,000[9]
Al-Nassr Riyadh King Fahd International Stadium
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium		 62,685[14]
22,500[15]
Al-Qadisiyah Khobar Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium 11,000[16]
Al-Raed Buraidah King Abdullah Sport City Stadium 23,600[17]
Al-Shabab Riyadh King Fahd International Stadium
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium		 62,685[14]
22,500[15]
Al-Taawoun Buraidah King Abdullah Sport City Stadium 23,600[17]
Hajer Al-Hasa Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium 19,096[13]
Najran Najran Al Akhdoud Club Stadium 3,200[18]

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli Karel Jarolím Mohammad Massad Adidas STC
Al-Ansar Jalal Qaderi Abdoh Besisi Adidas
Al-Ettifaq Branko Ivanković Sayaf Al-Bishi Hattrick
Al-Faisaly Zlatko Dalić Omar Abdulaziz Hattrick
Al-Fateh Fathi Al-Jabal Jaber Hagawi Lotto Fuchsia1
Al-Hilal Ivan Hašek Osama Hawsawi Adidas Mobily
Al-Ittihad Raúl Caneda Mohammed Noor Nike STC
Al-Nassr Francisco Maturana Hussein Abdulghani Nike STC
Al-Qadisiyah Mariano Barreto Ali Al-Shehri Hattrick
Al-Raed Ammar Souayah Mohammed Al-Khojali Hattrick Al-Remeikhany
Al-Shabab Michel Preud'homme Ahmed Otaif Adidas STC
Al-Taawoun Khalid Kamal Ahmed Al-Harbi Jako
Hajer Ednaldo Patricio Khaled Al-Rejaib Hattrick Al-Ghadeer
Najran Gjoko Hadžievski Jehad Al-Hussain Hattrick
  • 1 On the back of the strip.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Al-Ansar Jameel Qassem End of contract 18 May 2011[19] Pre-season Blaž Slišković 30 May 2011[20]
Al-Nassr Dragan Skočić Sacked 26 May 2011[21] Eurico Gomes (caretaker) 26 May 2011[21]
Al-Qadsiah Dimitar Dimitrov End of contract 1 June 2011 Mariano Barreto 12 June 2011[22]
Hajer Zuhair Al-Louati 1 June 2011 Ednaldo Patricio 27 June 2011[23]
Najran José Rachão 1 June 2011 Gjoko Hadžievski 1 July 2011[24]
Al-Shabab Enzo Trossero 12 June 2011 Michel Preud'homme 14 June 2011[25]
Al-Hilal Gabriel Calderon Sacked 18 June 2011[26] Thomas Doll 20 July 2011[27]
Al-Ahli Aleksandar Ilić End of contract 30 June 2011 Karel Jarolím 5 August 2011[28]
Al-Ettifaq Youssef Zouaoui 30 June 2011 Branko Ivanković 22 July 2011[29]
Al-Nassr Eurico Gomes (caretaker) End of caretaker period 30 June 2011 Gustavo Costas 18 July 2011[30]
Al-Raed Eurico Gomes Sacked 17 October 2011[31] 13th Hafez Al-Hoarbi (caretaker) 17 October 2011[31]
Al-Ansar Blaž Slišković 26 October 2011[32] 14th Ayoub Ghulam (caretaker) 26 October 2011[32]
Al-Raed Hafez Al-Hoarbi (caretaker) End of caretaker period 28 October 2011 13th Ammar Souayah 28 October 2011[33]
Al-Ansar Ayoub Ghulam (caretaker) 10 November 2011 14th Jalal Qaderi 10 November 2011[34]
Al-Ittihad Dimitri Davidovic Sacked 28 November 2011[35] 5th Abdullah Ghurab (caretaker) 28 November 2011[35]
Al-Nassr Gustavo Costas 30 November 2011[36] 6th Ali Komaikh (caretaker) 30 November 2011[36]
Al-Nassr Ali Komaikh (caretaker) End of caretaker period 4 December 2011 6th Francisco Maturana 4 December 2011[37]
Al-Ittihad Abdullah Ghurab (caretaker) 16 December 2011 6th Matjaž Kek 16 December 2011[38]
Al-Taawoun Florin Motroc Resigned 29 December 2011[39] 13th Srećko Juričić 30 December 2011[39]
Al-Taawoun Srećko Juričić Sacked 20 January 2012[40] 12th Grigore Sichitiu 20 January 2012[40]
Al-Hilal Thomas Doll 22 January 2012[41] 4th Ivan Hašek 22 January 2012[42]
Al-Ittihad Matjaž Kek 8 February 2012[43] 6th Abdullah Ghurab (caretaker) 8 February 2012[43]
Al-Ittihad Abdullah Ghurab (caretaker) End of caretaker period 27 February 2012 7th Raúl Caneda 27 February 2012[44]
Al-Taawoun Grigore Sichitiu Sacked 2 April 2012[45] 12th Khalid Kamal (caretaker) 2 April 2012[45]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Shabab (C) 26 19 7 0 50 16 +34 64 Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Al-Ahli 26 19 5 2 60 22 +38 62
3 Al-Hilal 26 18 6 2 58 22 +36 60
4 Al-Ettifaq 26 13 8 5 41 26 +15 47
5 Al-Ittihad 26 10 7 9 49 35 +14 37
6 Al-Fateh 26 10 7 9 37 41 −4 37 Qualification for the UAFA Club Cup
7 Al-Nassr 26 10 5 11 40 37 +3 35
8 Al-Faisaly 26 7 9 10 36 41 −5 30 Qualification for the GCC Champions League
9 Najran 26 7 9 10 34 49 −15 30
10 Al-Raed 26 8 4 14 28 39 −11 28
11 Hajer 26 6 7 13 23 45 −22 25
12 Al-Taawoun 26 4 7 15 28 52 −24 19
13 Al-Qadisiyah (R) 26 4 6 16 34 52 −18 18 Relegation to the First Division
14 Al-Ansar (R) 26 3 1 22 19 60 −41 10
Source: SLstat
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Total goal difference; 3) Total goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding champion, relegation and AFC competitions participation).
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the King Cup of Champions, Al-Ahli, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the King Cup of Champions winners (Champions League group stage) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Results
Home \ Away AHL ANS ETT FSY FAT HIL ITT NSR QAD RAE SHB TWN HJR NAJ
Al-Ahli 5–1 0–0 2–0 3–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–2 4–3 4–0
Al-Ansar 0–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–2 1–2
Al-Ettifaq 0–4 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 5–1 0–0 3–3
Al-Faisaly 0–1 2–1 1–4 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–2 4–1
Al-Fateh 2–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–5 3–2 0–1 1–6 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–2
Al-Hilal 4–0 6–1 3–3 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–1
Al-Ittihad 1–3 3–2 0–1 4–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 5–3 7–0 2–2
Al-Nassr 1–3 4–1 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–3 3–2 1–0 1–2 5–0 0–0 3–2
Al-Qadisiyah 0–3 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 4–5 0–8 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2
Al-Raed 1–5 3–2 1–2 1–4 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–4 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–1
Al-Shabab 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 6–1 4–0
Al-Taawoun 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–3 0–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 1–4
Hajer 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–4 1–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–0
Najran 0–4 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–4 1–1 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2012. 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 Victor Simões Al-Ahli 21
Nasser Al-Shamrani Al-Shabab
3 Amad Al Hosni Al-Ahli 15
Mohammad Al-Sahlawi Al-Nassr
5 Bader Al-Kharashi Al-Faisaly 12
Hadj Bouguèche Al-Qadsiah / Al-Nassr
Youssef El-Arabi Al-Hilal
8 Yousef Al-Salem Al-Ettifaq 11
9 Doris Fuakumputu Al-Fateh 10
10 Taisir Al-Jassim Al-Ahli 9
Jehad Al-Hussain Najran
Wendel Geraldo Al-Ittihad / Al-Shabab
Hamdan Al-Hamdan Al-Fateh
Sebastián Tagliabué Al-Ettifaq

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Hadj BouguècheAl-QadsiahAl-Fateh6–1 (A)14 October 2011[47]
Victor SimõesAl-AhliAl-Taawoun4–2 (H)15 October 2011[48]
Youssef El-ArabiAl-HilalAl-Qadsiah5–4 (A)20 October 2011[49]
Wendel GeraldoAl-IttihadAl-Qadsiah8–0 (A)2 November 2011[50]
Victor SimõesAl-AhliAl-Ansar5–1 (H)29 December 2011[51]
Nasser Al-ShamraniAl-ShababAl-Ansar3–0 (H)8 April 2012[52]
Notes

(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Most assists
Rank Player Club Assists[53]
1 Marcelo Camacho Al-Ahli 12
2 Wendel Geraldo Al-Ittihad / Al-Shabab 9
3 Mohammad Al-Shalhoub Al-Hilal 8
Nasser Al-Shamrani Al-Shabab
5 Hamed Al-Hamed Al-Ettifaq 7
Khaled Al-Zylaeei Al-Nassr
7 Ahmed Al-Harbi Al-Taawoun 6
Paulo Jorge Al-Ittihad
Taisir Al-Jassim Al-Ahli
Hussein Abdulghani Al-Nassr
Rabee Sufyani Al-Fateh
Victor Simões Al-Ahli
Wael Ayan Al-Faisaly
Yahya Al-Shehri Al-Ettifaq

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[54]
1 Yasser Al-Mosailem Al-Ahli 13
Waleed Abdullah Al-Shabab
3 Fayz Al-Sabiay Al-Ettifaq 11
4 Khalid Sharahili Al-Hilal 7
5 Hassan Al-Otaibi Al-Hilal 6
6 Mohammed Al-Khojali Al-Raed 5
Mohammad Sharifi Al-Fateh
8 Ali Al-Mazidi Al-Ittihad 4
Abdullah Al-Enezi Al-Nassr
Mustafa Malayekah Hajer

Discipline

Player

Club
  • Most yellow cards: 69[56]
    • Al-Ittihad
  • Most red cards: 6[57]
    • Al-Ahli

Attendances

By team
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Al-Ahli 143,486 17,200 4,110 11,037 +46.7%†
2 Al-Hilal 97,112 22,996 352 7,470 −14.5%†
3 Al-Raed 92,903 22,523 1,831 7,146 +4.0%†
4 Al-Ittihad 91,318 16,195 2,620 7,024 −6.9%†
5 Al-Taawoun 90,672 19,658 2,058 6,975 +4.2%†
6 Al-Ansar 56,669 18,400 33 4,359 n/a†

†

7 Al-Nassr 53,748 17,945 588 4,134 −35.1%†
8 Al-Ettifaq 52,653 18,016 203 4,050 −7.8%†
9 Al-Shabab 35,248 8,123 725 2,711 +56.8%†
10 Al-Qadisiyah 19,026 6,711 28 1,464 −28.2%†
11 Al-Fateh 18,584 4,672 164 1,430 −31.5%†
12 Hajer 17,921 4,225 247 1,379 n/a†

†

13 Al-Faisaly 15,657 3,223 395 1,204 −8.9%†
14 Najran 11,161 2,330 271 859 −17.7%†
League total 796,158 22,996 28 4,374 +4.0%†

Updated to games played on 18 April 2012
Source: [58][59][60]
Notes:
† Teams played previous season in First Division.

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