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2011–12 Saudi Pro League

FieldValue
competitionSaudi Pro League
season2011–2012
dates9 September 2011 – 18 April 2012
winnersAl-Shabab (6th title)
relegatedAl-Qadsiah
Al-Ansar
continentalcup1AFC Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiersAl-Shabab
Al-Ahli
Al-Hilal
Al-Ettifaq
continentalcup2UAFA Club Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiersAl-Fateh
Al-Nassr
continentalcup3GCC Champions League
continentalcup3 qualifiersAl-Faisaly
Najran
league topscorerVictor Simões
Nasser Al-Shamrani
(21 goals each)
biggest home win
(16 December 2011)
biggest away win
(2 November 2011)
highest scoring
(20 October 2011)
matches182
total goals537
longest wins9 games
Al-Hilal
longest unbeaten26 games
Al-Shabab
longest losses17 games
Al-Ansar
longest winless18 games
Al-Ansar
highest attendance22,996
Al-Hilal 4–0 Al-Ahli
(29 September 2011)
lowest attendance28
Al-Qadsiah 2–2 Al-Faisaly
(30 November 2011)
average attendance4,374
prevseason2010–11
nextseason2012–13

Al-Ansar Al-Ahli Al-Hilal Al-Ettifaq Al-Nassr Najran Nasser Al-Shamrani (21 goals each) (16 December 2011) (2 November 2011) (20 October 2011) Al-Hilal Al-Shabab Al-Ansar Al-Ansar Al-Hilal 4–0 Al-Ahli (29 September 2011) Al-Qadsiah 2–2 Al-Faisaly (30 November 2011) 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. Al-Hilal were the defending champions. 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.

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. 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. Al-Qadsiah became the second and final team to be relegated following a 3–2 defeat away to Al-Nassr on 13 April.

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

:Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Al-AhliJeddahPrince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
Al-AnsarMedinaPrince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Al-EttifaqDammamPrince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Al-FaisalyHarmahPrince Salman Sport City Stadium
Al-FatehAl-HasaPrince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-HilalRiyadhKing Fahd International Stadium
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Al-IttihadJeddahPrince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
Al-NassrRiyadhKing Fahd International Stadium
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Al-QadsiahKhobarPrince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-RaedBuraidahKing Abdullah Sport City Stadium
Al-ShababRiyadhKing Fahd International Stadium
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Al-TaawounBuraidahKing Abdullah Sport City Stadium
HajerAl-HasaPrince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
NajranNajranAl Akhdoud Club Stadium

Personnel and kits

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
(caretaker)
  • 1 On the back of the strip.

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Al-AnsarTUN Djamel BelkacemEnd of contract18 May 2011Pre-seasonBIH Blaž Slišković30 May 2011
Al-NassrCRO Dragan SkočićSackedtitle=النصر يقيل دراغان.. ويعين مدرب الرائدurl=https://www.al-madina.com/article/86498/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF}}POR Eurico Gomes (caretaker)26 May 2011
Al-QadsiahBUL Dimitar DimitrovEnd of contract1 June 2011POR Mariano Barreto12 June 2011
HajerTUN Zuhair Al-Louati1 June 2011BRA Ednaldo Patricio27 June 2011
NajranPOR José Rachão1 June 2011MKD Gjoko Hadžievski1 July 2011
Al-ShababARG Enzo Trossero12 June 2011BEL Michel Preud'homme14 June 2011
Al-HilalARG Gabriel CalderónSacked18 June 2011GER Thomas Doll20 July 2011
Al-AhliSRB Aleksandar IlićEnd of contract30 June 2011CZE Karel Jarolím5 August 2011
Al-EttifaqTUN Youssef Zouaoui30 June 2011CRO Branko Ivanković22 July 2011
Al-NassrPOR Eurico Gomes (caretaker)End of caretaker period30 June 2011ARG Gustavo Costas18 July 2011
Al-RaedPOR Eurico GomesSackedtitle=التونسي حافظ الهواربي يقود تدريبات الفريق الأول بحضور رئيس المكتب التنفيذي الأستاذ عبدالعزيز التويجريurl=http://www.mj-sp.com/57481.html}}13thTUN Hafez Al-Hoarbi (caretaker)17 October 2011
Al-AnsarBIH Blaž Sliškovićtitle=الأنصار يستغني عن المدرب والأجانب.. والبديل غلامurl=http://www.alriyadh.com/678824language=ar}}14thKSA Ayoub Ghulam (caretaker)26 October 2011
Al-RaedTUN Hafez Al-Hoarbi (caretaker)End of caretaker period28 October 201113thTUN Ammar Souayah28 October 2011
Al-AnsarKSA Ayoub Ghulam (caretaker)10 November 201114thTUN Jalel Kadri10 November 2011
Al-IttihadBEL Dimitri DavidovićSackedtitle=الإتحاد يقيل ديمتري ويعين غراب مدربا للفريقurl=http://www.alriyadh.com/686590}}5thKSA Abdullah Ghurab (caretaker)28 November 2011
Al-NassrARG Gustavo Costastitle=إدارة النصر تقيل المدرب "خوستافو"url=http://www.alriyadh.com/687501}}6thKSA Ali Komaikh (caretaker)30 November 2011
Al-NassrKSA Ali Komaikh (caretaker)End of caretaker period4 December 20116thCOL Francisco Maturana4 December 2011
Al-IttihadKSA Abdullah Ghurab (caretaker)16 December 20116thSVN Matjaž Kek16 December 2011
Al-TaawounROM Florin MotrocResigned29 December 201113thCRO Srećko Juričićtitle=الكرواتي يوري مدرباً للتعاونurl=http://www.alriyadh.com/696486}}
Al-TaawounCRO Srećko JuričićSackedtitle=في أسرع قرار إقالة.. التعاون يفك الارتباط مع الكرواتي سترشكوurl=http://www.alriyadh.com/702734}}12thROM Grigore Sichitiu20 January 2012
Al-HilalGER Thomas Doll22 January 20124thCZE Ivan Hašek22 January 2012
Al-IttihadSVN Matjaž Kektitle=الرائد يطيح بكيك.. والتشيكي فانيس وشحاته على طاولة الاختيارurl=http://www.alriyadh.com/708176}}6thKSA Abdullah Ghurab (caretaker)8 February 2012
Al-IttihadKSA Abdullah Ghurab (caretaker)End of caretaker period27 February 20127thESP Raúl Caneda27 February 2012
Al-TaawounROM Grigore SichitiuSackedtitle=خماسية النصر تطيح بمدرب التعاونurl=http://www.alriyadh.com/723755}}12thEGY Khalid Kamal (caretaker)2 April 2012

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries.

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3AFC playerFormer players
Al-AhliBRA Marcelo CamachoBRA Victor SimõesCOL Jairo PalominoOMA Amad Al-Hosni
Al-AnsarGHA Sadick AdamsSEN Diakite LamineTUN Radhouane Ben OuanèsSYR Mohammad IstanbuliBRA Tatá
JOR Mohammad Muneer
SRB Despot Višković
SRB Nenad Injac
Al-EttifaqARG Sebastián TagliabúeBRA Bruno LazaroniBRA Carlos SantosOMA Hassan Mudhafar Al-GheilaniKOR Lee Won-young
Al-FaisalyCRO Dario JertecCRO Leon BenkoJOR Amer DeebSYR Wael AyanBIH Asim Šehić
CRO Pero Pejić
Al-FatehBRA Élton ArábiaDRC Doris FuakumputuSEN Kemekho CissokhoJOR Shadi Abu Hash'hash
Al-HilalMAR Adil HermachMAR Youssef El-ArabiSWE Christian WilhelmssonKOR Yoo Byung-sooCMR Achille Emaná
Al-IttihadCGO Fabrice OndamaEGY Hosny Abd RaboMAR Faouzi AbdelghaniBHR Abdullah OmarALG Abdelmalek Ziaya
BRA Wendel
KUW Fahad Al Enezi
POR Paulo Jorge
Al-NassrALG Hadj BouguècheBRA Vinícius RecheBRA Wagner QuerinoKOR Kim Byung-sukALG Antar Yahia
ARG Juan Mercier
COL Juan Pablo Pino
TOG Daré Nibombé
Al-QadsiahALG Saïd BouchoukMKD Zoran BaldovalievNGA Uche AgbaBHR Abdulwahab Al-SafiALG Hadj Bouguèche
GHA William Kwabena Tiero
Al-RaedBRA LeandrinhoDRC Yves Diba IlungaMAR Issam ErrakiOMA Abdul Salam Al-MukhainiBRA Reinaldo
Al-ShababBRA Fernando MenegazzoBRA Marcelo TavaresBRA WendelUZB Server DjeparovGUI Ibrahim Yattara
Al-TaawounALB Migen MemelliCTA Vianney MabidéMAR Salaheddine AqqalJOR Yaseen Al-BakhitMKD Šakir Redžepi
SYR Abdelrazaq Al-Hussain
HajerBRA RicoCMR Moustapha Moctar BelbiJOR Hazem JawdatPLE Abdelatif BahdariBRA Rafael Barbosa
NGA Franklin Ayodele
NajranALG Farid CheklamALG Ramzi BourakbaALG Reda Benhadj DjillaliSYR Jehad Al-HussainMKD Zoran Baldovaliev
SRB Dušan Đokić

League table

Results

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1BRA Victor SimõesAl-Ahli21
KSA Nasser Al-ShamraniAl-Shabab
3OMN Amad Al-HosniAl-Ahli15
KSA Mohammad Al-SahlawiAl-Nassr
5ALG Hadj BouguècheAl-Qadsiah / Al-Nassr12
MAR Youssef El-ArabiAl-Hilal
KSA Bader Al-KharashiAl-Faisaly
8KSA Yousef Al-SalemAl-Ettifaq11
9DRC Doris FuakumputuAl-Fateh10
10ARG Sebastián TagliabuéAl-Ettifaq9
BRA WendelAl-Ittihad / Al-Shabab
KSA Hamdan Al-HamdanAl-Fateh
KSA Taisir Al-JassimAl-Ahli
SYR Jehad Al-HussainNajran

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
ALG Hadj BouguècheAl-QadsiahAl-Fateh6–1 (A)
BRA Victor SimõesAl-AhliAl-Taawoun4–2 (H)
MAR Youssef El-ArabiAl-HilalAl-Qadsiah5–4 (A)title=القادسية 4 - 5 الهلالurl=http://slstat.com/spl2011-2012ar/matchdet.php?id=39archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721225810/http://slstat.com/spl2011-2012ar/matchdet.php?id=39archive-date=21 July 2012language=arurl-status=dead}}
BRA WendelAl-IttihadAl-Qadsiah8–0 (A)
BRA Victor SimõesAl-AhliAl-Ansar5–1 (H)
KSA Nasser Al-ShamraniAl-ShababAl-Ansar3–0 (H)

;Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean
sheets
1KSA Waleed AbdullahAl-Shabab13
KSA Yasser Al-MosailemAl-Ahli
3KSA Fayz Al-SabiayAl-Ettifaq11
4KSA Khalid SharahiliAl-Hilal7
5KSA Hassan Al-OtaibiAl-Hilal6
6KSA Mohammed Al-KhojaliAl-Raed5
KSA Mohammad SharifiAl-Fateh
8KSA Abdullah Al-EneziAl-Nassr4
KSA Ali Al-MazyadiAl-Ittihad
KSA Mustafa MalayekahHajer

Discipline

Player

  • Most yellow cards: 10

    • KSA Mishaal Al-Saeed (Al-Ittihad)

  • Most red cards: 2

    • KSA Bandar Musaad (Najran)
    • KSA Abdoh Hakami (Al-Raed)

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 69

    • Al-Ittihad

  • Most red cards: 6

    • Al-Ahli

Attendances

By team

† †

Awards

Arriyadiyah Awards for Sports Excellence

After a partnership of five years, it was announced that Mobily would no longer sponsor the award. The Arriyadiyah Awards for Sports Excellence were awarded for the sixth time since its inception in 2007. The awards were sponsored by Saudi newspaper Arriyadiyah and Saudi marketing company RPM. The awards were presented on 16 December 2012.

AwardWinnerClub
Player of the SeasonKSA Taisir Al-Jassim
Nasser Al-Shamrani
Amad Al-HosniAl-Ahli
Al-Shabab
Al-Ahli
Young Player of the SeasonKSA Yasser Al-Fahmi
Abdulellah Al-Nassar
Ayman FadelAl-Ahli
Al-Nassr
Al-Ittihad
Golden BootBRA Victor Simões
KSA Nasser Al-ShamraniAl-Ahli
Al-Shabab

Al-Riyadiya Awards

The Al-Riyadiya Awards were awarded for the third time since its inception in 2010. The awards were presented on 13 May 2012.

  • Best Goalkeeper: KSA Waleed Abdullah (Al-Shabab)
  • Best defender: KSA Osama Al-Muwallad (Al-Ittihad)
  • Best Midfielder: KSA Taisir Al-Jassim (Al-Ahli)
  • Best attacker: KSA Nasser Al-Shamrani (Al-Shabab)
  • Player of the Year: KSA Nasser Al-Shamrani (Al-Shabab)
  • Young Player of the Year: KSA Salem Al-Dawsari (Al-Hilal)

References

References

  1. "All Statistics :: Teams".
  2. "Al Hilal - Al Ahli".
  3. "Al Qadisiyah - Al Faisaly".
  4. "Fixtures & Results".
  5. "الهلال بطل دوري زين للمحترفين والاتفاق يرمي بالنصر الى المركز الخامس".
  6. "الشباب بطلاً لدوري زين".
  7. "لرائد يكتب صك هبوط الانصار".
  8. "القادسية يلحق بالأنصار إلى دوري الأولى".
  9. "استاد الأمير عبدالله الفيصل".
  10. "ملعب مدينة الأمير محمد بن عبدالعزيز الرياضية".
  11. "استاد الأمير محمد بن فهد".
  12. "ملعب مدينة الملك سلمان بن عبدالعزيز الرياضية".
  13. "ملعب مدينة الأمير عبدالله بن جلوي الرياضية".
  14. "استاد الملك فهد الدولي".
  15. "استاد الأمير فيصل بن فهد".
  16. "ملعب مدينة الأمير سعود بن جلوي الرياضية".
  17. "استاد مدينة الملك عبدالله الرياضية".
  18. "ملعب نادي الأخدود".
  19. "الأنصار يقيل مدربه ويعير عبدالقادر للاتحاد".
  20. "البوسني بلاز يدرب الأنصار ب 800 ألف ريال".
  21. "النصر يقيل دراغان.. ويعين مدرب الرائد".
  22. "القادسية ينهي صفقة المدرب ماريتو غدا".
  23. "البرازيلي بارتسيو يدرب هجر".
  24. "جوكيكا يقود تدريبات نجران غدا.. وكويتي يدخل اهتمامات الإدارة".
  25. "البلجيكي بودروم مدرباً للشباب ثلاثة أعوام".
  26. "اعفاء كالديرون وتكليف الجابر بتدريب الهلال".
  27. "الالماني توماس يوقع عقده لتدريب بطل الدوري والكأس لمدة عامين".
  28. "الأهلي يتعاقد مع المدرب جاروليم رسميًا".
  29. "لكرواتي برانكو مدرباً للاتفاق".
  30. "رسميا .. الأرجنتيني جوستافو كوستاس مدربا للنصر".
  31. "التونسي حافظ الهواربي يقود تدريبات الفريق الأول بحضور رئيس المكتب التنفيذي الأستاذ عبدالعزيز التويجري".
  32. "الأنصار يستغني عن المدرب والأجانب.. والبديل غلام".
  33. "تأكيداً لتميز (دنيا الرياضة) الرائد يعلن رسمياً عن تعاقده مع السويح".
  34. "التونسي جلال القادري مدرباً للانصار".
  35. "الإتحاد يقيل ديمتري ويعين غراب مدربا للفريق".
  36. "إدارة النصر تقيل المدرب "خوستافو"".
  37. "ماتورانا مدرب النصر الجديد.. والحارثي يختفي".
  38. "السلوفيني ماتياس كيك مدربا للاتحاد.. رسميا".
  39. "الكرواتي يوري مدرباً للتعاون".
  40. "في أسرع قرار إقالة.. التعاون يفك الارتباط مع الكرواتي سترشكو".
  41. "إدارة الهلال تقيل الألماني توماس دول".
  42. "الهلال يقيل توماس دول رسميا ويتعاقد مع التشيكي إيفان هاسيك".
  43. "الرائد يطيح بكيك.. والتشيكي فانيس وشحاته على طاولة الاختيار".
  44. "الاتحاد يتجاوز الأزمة.. ويوقع رسمياً مع كانيدا".
  45. "خماسية النصر تطيح بمدرب التعاون".
  46. "عدد اللاعبين الأجانب".
  47. "أكثر اللاعبين تسجيلاً للأهداف".
  48. "الفتح 1 - 6 القادسية".
  49. "الأهلي 4 - 2 التعاون".
  50. "القادسية 4 - 5 الهلال".
  51. "القادسية 0 - 8 الاتحاد".
  52. "الأهلي 5 - 1 الأنصار".
  53. "الشباب 3 - 0 الأنصار".
  54. "أكثر الحراس محافظة على شباكه".
  55. "عدد الكروت الملونة التي أبرزت".
  56. "أكثر فريق حصل على كروت صفراء".
  57. "أكثر فريق حصل على كروت حمراء".
  58. "أكثر فريق معدل حضور جماهيري على أرضه".
  59. "أكثر فريق حضور جماهيري على أرضه".
  60. "أكثر مباراة في عدد الجمهور".
  61. "الرياضية و موبايلي يتفقان على عدم تجديد رعاية الجائزة".
  62. "في جائزة الرياضية للتميز الرياضي: آل سعيد أفضل رياضي.. الفهمي أفضل واعد .. وتيسير أفضل لاعب قدم.. وجائزة الهداف مناصفة بين فيكتور والشمراني".
  63. "ناصر الشمراني يخطف جائزة "القناة الرياضية" لأفضل لاعب في الموسم".
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