2011–12 Qatar Stars League

The 2011–12 Qatar 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 were the defending champions.

Qatar Stars League

Season	2011–12
Champions	Lekhwiya
Relegated	Al-Ahli
AFC Champions League	Lekhwiya Al-Gharafa 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-Kharaitiyat 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-Ahli	Doha	Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium	20,000
Al-Arabi	Doha	Grand Hamad Stadium	15,000
Al-Gharafa	Al Gharrafa	Thani bin Jassim Stadium	27,000
Al-Kharaitiyat	Al Kharaitiyat	Ahmad bin Ali Stadium	27,000
Al-Khor	Al Khor	Al-Khor SC Stadium	20,000
Al-Rayyan	Al Rayyan	Ahmad bin Ali Stadium	27,000
Al-Sadd	Doha	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium	15,000
Al-Wakrah	Al Wakrah	Al Janoub Stadium	20,000
El Jaish	Duhail	Ahmad bin Ali Stadium	27,000
Lekhwiya	Doha	Suheim bin Hamad Stadium	20,000
Qatar SC	Doha	Suheim bin Hamad Stadium	20,000
Umm Salal	Umm Salal	Thani bin Jassim Stadium	27,000

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-Ahli	Bernard Simondi	Abdullah Mostafa	Nike	Ahli Co.
Al-Arabi	Pierre Lechantre	Hadi Aghily	Adidas	QPM
Al-Gharafa	Paulo Silas (caretaker)	Otmane El Assas	Erreà	Vodafone
Al-Kharaitiyat	Laurent Banide	Jaycee John	BURRDA	Al-Khuratiyat Co.
Al-Khor	Alain Perrin	Mustafa Jalal	Adidas	Qatar Airways
Al-Rayyan	Diego Aguirre	Fábio César	Adidas	Rayan Co.
Al-Sadd	Jorge Fossati	Abdulla Koni	BURRDA	Vodafone
Al-Wakrah	Adnan Dirjal	Ali Rehema	Nike	Opel
El Jaish	Péricles Chamusca	Karim Ziani	Nike	Masrat Rayan Archived 2012-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
Lekhwiya	Djamel Belmadi	Bakari Koné	BURRDA	Masrat Rayan Archived 2012-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
Qatar SC	Saïd Chiba	Sebastián Soria	Adidas	QatarEnergy
Umm Salal	Gérard Gili	Magno Alves	Nike	Global Sports

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-Kharaitiyat	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-Kharaitiyat	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

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	AFC player	Former players
Al-Ahli	Ewerthon	Ró-Ró	Dioko Kaluyituka	John Benson	Hicham Aboucherouane	Shavkat Mullajanov	Christian Wilhelmsson
Al-Arabi	Boualem Khoukhi	Leonardo Pisculichi	Ernest Papa Arko	Mohamed Chihani	Arafat Djako	Hadi Aghily	Vandinho Wanderley
Al-Gharafa	Diego Tardelli	Edmílson	Zé Roberto	Aruna Dindane	Otmane El Assas	Farhad Majidi	Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
Al-Kharaitiyat	Yahia Kébé	Jamal Alioui	Dario Khan	Onyekachi Okonkwo		Jaycee John
Al-Khor	Mourad Meghni	Júlio César	Madson	Salam Shaker		Hassan Abdel-Fattah	Moumouni Dagano Pa-Modou Kah Ebi Smolarek
Al-Rayyan	Afonso Alves	Leandro	Nathan	Rodrigo Tabata		Cho Yong-hyung	Moisés Moura
Al-Sadd	Nadir Belhadj	Abdul Kader Keïta	Mamadou Niang			Lee Jung-soo
Al-Wakrah	Tresor Kangambu	Ali Rehema	Nashat Akram	Anouar Diba	Saïd Boutahar	Younis Mahmoud	Alaa Abdul-Zahra Mobello Baba Keita
El Jaish	Karim Ziani	Adriano	Anderson Martins	Wagner Ribeiro	Mohammad Mothnani	Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini	Hussain Ali Baba
Lekhwiya	Madjid Bougherra	Luiz Júnior	Moumouni Dagano	Dame Traoré	Bakari Koné	Nam Tae-hee	Nashat Akram Aruna Dindane Kanga Akalé Anouar Diba
Qatar SC	Marcinho	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	Abdeslam Ouaddou	Youssef Safri	Pa-Modou Kah	Ali Hasan Kamal	Jasur Hasanov
Umm Salal	Caboré	Magno Alves	Mamadou Traoré			Mohamed Husain	Mourad Meghni Firas Al-Khatib

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	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[a]
7	Al-Wakrah	22	8	4	10	30	37	−7	28
8	Al-Kharaitiyat	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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (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.)	Muaither
Magno Alves 92'

Ahmad 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-Wakrah	0–2	1–3	1–0	5–1	3–0	1–1		2–1	0–1	1–6	0–1	2–2
Al-Kharaitiyat	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	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 / Lekhwiya 12 Dioko Kaluyituka Al-Ahli 6 Caboré Umm Salal 10 Wagner Ribeiro El Jaish 8 Yahia Kébé Al-Kharaitiyat 9 Saïd Boutahar Al-Wakrah 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 Hicham Aboucherouane Al-Ahli 5 Youssef Safri Qatar SC Mosaab Mahmoud Al-Khor Nam Tae-hee Lekhwiya 8 Tresor Kangambu Al-Wakrah 4 Onyekachi Okonkwo Al-Kharaitiyat Abdulgadir Ilyas Bakur El Jaish Disciplinary statistics As of April 13, 2012[6] Yellow card = 1 point Red card = 3 points Rank Player Club Points 1 Daniel Goumou Al-Rayyan 9 1 12 2 Ibrahim Al-Ghanim Al-Gharafa 5 2 11 3 Youssef Safri Qatar SC 7 1 10 Sebastián Soria Qatar SC Shavkat Mullajanov Al-Ahli 6 Pa-Modou Kah Al-Khor / Qatar SC 6 1 9 Mohammad Mothnani El Jaish 8 Abdeslam Ouaddou Qatar SC 5 1 8 Otmane El Assas Al-Gharafa 10 Caboré Umm Salal 4 1 7 Khalid Jaberti Umm Salal Ali Hasan Kamal Qatar SC Mostafa Mido Qatar SC

See also

• List of Qatari football transfers summer 2011–12
• 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