2011–12 Saudi Professional League

Professional League
Season	2011–2012
Champions	Al-Shabab (6th title)
Relegated	Al-Ansar Al-Qadisiya
Champions League	Al-Shabab Al-Ahli Al-Hilal Al-Ettifaq
Matches played	182
Goals scored	537 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Victor Simões Nasser Al-Shamrani (21 Goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Ittihad 7-0 Hajer
Biggest away win	Al-Qadisiya 0-8 Al-Ittihad
Highest scoring	Al-Qadisiya 4-5 Al-Hilal
Longest winning run	Al-Hilal 9 games
Longest unbeaten run	Al-Shabab 26 games
Longest losing run	Al-Ansar 17 games
Highest attendance	22,996 Al-Hilal 4–0 Al-Ahli
Lowest attendance	28 Al-Qadisiya 2–2 Al-Faisaly
Average attendance	4,374
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Saudi Professional League (officially known as the Zain League, because of its sponsorship) was the 36th season of Saudi Professional League since its establishment in 1976.

Al-Hilal were once again the defending champions for this season, having won the previous two editions in 2009–10 and 2010–11 respectively. The season featured 12 teams from the 2010–11 and two new teams promoted from the 2010–11 First Division: Hajer and Al-Ansar who replace relegated Al-Wahda and Al Hazm.

On 14 April 2012, Al-Shabab won the title after a 1–1 away game with Al-Ahli. It was their first league title since 2006 and their sixth league title overall. Al-Qadisiyah and Al-Ansar were relegated.

Qualification and Prize money

The Top three teams of the league plus the winner of Champions Cup qualified for the AFC Asian Champions League.

The Top eight teams qualified for Champions Cup.

and The bottom two teams in the end of the season were relegated.

Prize money:

First place: 2.5 million Saudi Riyals
Second place: 1.5 million Saudi Riyals
Third place: 1 million Saudi Riyals

Stadia and locations

Locations of teams in the 2011-12 Saudi Professional League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Al-Ahli	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium	23.000
Al-Ansar	Medina	Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium	20.000
Al Fateh	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium	27.550
Al-Hilal	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	67.000
Al-Ettifaq	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	26.000
Al-Ittihad	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium	23.000
Al-Nasr	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	67.000
Al Raed	Buraydah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	25.000
Al-Shabab	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	67.000
Al-Qadisiya	Al Khubar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium	20.100
Najran SC	Najran	Al Akhdoud Club Stadium	2.800
Al-Faisaly	Harmah	Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz Sport City Stadium	7.000
Al Taawon	Buraydah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	25.000
Hajer	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium	27.550

Members clubs

Club	Coach	City	Stadium	Capacity	2010-2011 season	Notes
Ahli Jeddah	Karel Jarolím	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium	24,000	6th
Al Fateh	Fathi Al Jebali	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium	20,000	9th
Hajer Club	Ednaldo Patricio	Al-Hasa	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium	27,550		1st In 1st Division
Al-Hilal	Ivan Hasek	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	69,000	Champions	AFC Champions League 2012 Qualifier
Ettifaq	Sameer Hilal	Dammam	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	30,000	3rd	AFC Champions League 2012 Qualifier
Ittihad Jeddah	Raúl Caneda	Jeddah	Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium	24,000	2nd	AFC Champions League 2012 Qualifier
Al-Nasr	Francisco Maturana	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	69,000	5th
Al-Ansar	Jalal Qaderi	Medina	Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium	25,000		2nd In 1st Division
Al Raed	Ammar Souayah	Buraydah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	25,000	10th
Al-Shabab	Michel Preud'homme	Riyadh	King Fahd Stadium	69,000	4th
Al Qadsiyah FC	Mariano Barreto	Al Khubar	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium	20,000	12th
Najran SC	Gjoko Hadžievski	Najran	Al Akhdoud Club Stadium	10,000	11th
Al-Faisaly	Zlatko Dalić	Harmah	Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz Sport City Stadium	7,000	8th
Al Taawon	Khalid Kamal	Buraydah	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium	25,000	7th

Managerial changes

Managerial changes during the 2011-12 campaign.

Pre-season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by
Al-Shabab	Enzo Trossero	Contract not renewed ^[1]	Michel Preud'homme
Al-Hilal	Gabriel Calderon	Sacked ^[2]	Sami Al Jaber
Al-Hilal	Sami Al Jaber	Caretaker role ended	Thomas Doll
Al-Nasr	Dragan Skočić	Sacked	Gustavo Costas
Ettifaq	Youssef Zouaoui	Contract ended ^[3]	Branko Ivanković
Al-Ahli	Aleksandar Ilic	Contract ended	Karel Jarolím

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by
Al-Ansar	Blaz Sliskovic	Resigned	Ayub Ghulam
Al-Ansar	Ayub Ghulam	Caretaker role ended	Jalal Qaderi
Al Raed	Eurico Gomes	Sacked, Al Raed 2nd bottom of league	Hafez Al-Hoarbi
Al Raed	Hafez Al-Hoarbi	Caretaker role ended	Ammar Souayah
Al Ittihad	Dimitri Davidovic	Sacked ^[4]	Abdullah Gurab
Al-Nasr	Gustavo Costas	Sacked	Ali Kamikh
Al-Nasr	Ali Kamikh	Caretaker role ended	Francisco Maturana
Al-Ittihad	Abdullah Gurab	Caretaker role ended	Matjaž Kek
Al Taawon	Florin Motroc	Resigned	Grigore Sichitiu
Al Taawon	Grigore Sichitiu	Caretaker role ended	Srecko Juricic
Al Taawon	Srecko Juricic	Sacked	Grigore Sichitiu
Al-Hilal	Thomas Doll	Sacked	Heiko Bonon & Sami Al Jaber
Al-Hilal	Heiko Bonon & Sami Al Jaber	Temporary mandate	Ivan Hasek ^[5]
Al Ittihad	Matjaž Kek	Sacked ^[6]	Abdullah Gurab
Al-Ittihad	Abdullah Gurab	Caretaker role ended ^[7]	Raul Caneda
Ettifaq	Branko Ivanković	Sacked ^[8]	Sameer Hilal
Al Taawon	Grigore Sichitiu	Caretaker role ended	Khalid Kamal

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	AFC Champions League group stage 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
7	Al-Nassr	26	10	5	11	39	37	+2	35
8	Al-Faisaly	26	7	9	10	36	41	−5	30
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-Taawon	26	4	7	15	28	52	−24	19
13	Al-Qadisiyah (R)	26	4	6	16	34	52	−18	18	Relegation to 2012–13 First Division
14	Al-Ansar (R)	26	3	1	22	19	60	−41	10	Relegation to 2012–13 First Division

Source: FIFA.COM، League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Al-Ettifaq secured qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League due to Al-Ahli winning the 2012 King Cup of Champions
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	ITT	HIL	AHI	SHB	NAS	ETT	HJR	ANS	NAJ	RAE	FAT	QAD	TWN	FSL
Al-Ittihad		0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	0–1	7–0	3–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–0	5–3	4–2
Al-Hilal	1–1		4–0	0–2	1–0	3–3	3–1	6–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	3–0	1–1	2–1
Al-Ahli	0–1	1–0		1–1	2–0	0–0	4–3	5–1	4–0	1–0	3–3	2–1	4–2	2–0
Al-Shabab	2–2	0–0	1–1		2–2	1–0	6–1	3–0	4–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
Al-Nassr	1–3	0–3	1–3	1–2		1–3	0–0	4–1	3–2	1–0	1–2	3–2	5–0	1–1
Ettifaq	1–0	2–2	0–4	0–0	2–0		0–0	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–0	3–2	5–1	1–2
Hajer	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–3	0–1		1–0	1–0	0–2	2–4	1–0	2–1	1–1
Al-Nassr	1–3	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2		1–2	0–1	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–1
Najran	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–4	2–1	0–3	1–1	2–1		3–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1
Al-Raed	2–0	1–1	1–5	1–2	1–4	1–2	1–2	3–2	0–1		1–2	1–0	2–0	1–4
Al-Fateh	3–2	0–5	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–2	0–0		1–6	0–0	2–1
Al-Qadisiyah	0–8	4–5	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–2		1–1	2–2
Al-Taawon	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–4	0–2	3–3	2–2		1–2
Al-Faisaly	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–4	2–2	2–1	4–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–1

Updated to games played on 18 April 2012.
Source: FIFA.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals ^[9]
1	Victor Simões	Al-Ahli	21
1	Nasser Al-Shamrani	Al-Shabab	21
2	Amad Al Hosni	Al-Ahli	15
2	Mohammad Al-Sahlawi	Al Nassr	15
3	Hadj Bouguèche	Al-Qadisiyah/Al Nassr	12
	Youssef El-Arabi	Al-Hilal	12
	Bader Al-Kharashi	Al-Faisaly	12
4	Doris Fuakumputu	Al-Fateh	10
4	Yousef Al-Salem	Ettifaq	10
5	Sebastián Tagliabué	Ettifaq	9
	Wendel Geraldo	Al-Shabab	9
	Hamdan Al-Hamdan	Al-Fateh	9
	Taisir Al-Jassim	Al-Ahli	9

Assists table

Rank	Scorer	Club	Assists ^[9]
1	Marcelo Camacho	Al-Ahli	10
2	Nasser Al-Shamrani	Al-Shabab	7
2	Hamed Al-Hamed	Al-Ettifaq	7
3	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	Al-Hilal	6
	Paulo Jorge	Al-Ittihad	6
	Yahya Al-Shehri	Al-Ettifaq	6
	Hussein Sulaimani	Al-Nasr	6
	Rabeaa Sefiani	Al-Fateh	6
4	Awadh Faraj	Najran	5
	Amad Al Hosni	Al-Ahli	5
	Mishaal Al-Saeed	Al-Ittihad	5
	Wendel Geraldo	Al-Shabab	5
	Ahmad Al-Harbi	Al-Taawon	5
	Waleed Al-Gizani	Al-Raed	5

References

↑ "Preud’Homme to coach Al Shabab". AFC. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
↑ "Al Hilal show Calderon the door". AFC. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
↑ "Ivankovic is new Al Ittifaq coach". AFC. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
↑ "Al Ittihad dismiss Davidovic". AFC. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
↑ "Hasek set for Hilal hot seat". AFC. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
↑ "Al Ittihad call time on Kek". AFC. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
↑ "Raul Caneda unveiled as new Al Ittihad coach". Goal. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
↑ "Al Ettifaq sack coach Ivancovic". AFC. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
1 2 "Saudi League Statistics". slstat.com. slstat.com. Retrieved 14 October 2011.

External links

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Regional club competitions	2011 GCC Champions League

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC President's Cup

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Regional club competitions	2012 GCC Champions League 2012–13 GCC Champions League 2012–13 UAFA Cup

AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knockout stage Final AFC President's Cup

National team competitions	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2012 AFC Challenge Cup 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup 2012 Arab Nations Cup 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary 2012 West Asian Football Federation Championship

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