2011–12 Al-Nassr FC season

Al Nassr FC

2011–12 Saudi Professional League season
Chairman
Manager	Francisco Maturana
Stadium	King Fahd Stadium and Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
2011–12 Saudi Professional League	6th
2011-12 Saudi Federation Cup U-23	5th
2011 AFC Champions League	Round of 16
2011-12 Crown Prince Cup	Quarter Final
2012 King Cup of Champions	Final
2011 Baniyas International Tournament	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Al Sahlawi (15) All: Al Sahlawi (17)
Highest home attendance	15492
Lowest home attendance	1576
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

In this article, the results of Al Nassr Club of Saudi Arabia in 2011-2012 season is summarized.

Pre-Season preparation[]

New Coach[]

Signing Date	Nat.	Name	Age	From
10 December 2011		Francisco Maturana	63	Free Transfer

New Team Logo[]

On 11 August 2011, the club's chairman showed for the first time the team's new logo. The event was held during half time of a friendly match between Al Nassr's first team and Al Nassr's U-23 team in .

New Kits[]

On 4 September 2011, the club presented the 2011-12 kits for the first time. From right to left, no. 16 wearing the Home kit, no. 8 Juan Mercier wearing the Away kit and no. 4 Omar Hawsawi wearing the 3rd Kit.

Kit providers: Nike .
Sponsor(s): STC.

Sad news for the team[]

On 19 August 2011, the young Al-Nassr and Saudi Arabia Olympic team striker Saud Hamood had an Anterior cruciate ligament injury when he joined the Saudi Arabian U-23 team in the Gulf Cup U-23 tournament. The surgery was successful. However, he will need 6 months before he can play any match.

The birth of Ultras Al Nassr[]

Late July 2011, the idea of creating an Ultras began to invade Al-Nassr's forums and chat groups. And with the new season nearing to begin, a group of Al-Nassr's faithful fans have created "The Sun Knights" or . A group that follows the team, whenever and where ever there is a match they play, to support the team's players by holding banners and singing songs. Their main nasheed is called "Faltasmot Addonia" (فلتصمت الدنيا).

Players[]

All ages are calculated to September 1, 2011.

Squad information[]

P	No.	Nat.	Name	Age	Other
GK	1		Khalid Radhy	30
RB	2			22
LB	3		Abdoh Bernaoy	27
CB	4		Omar Hawsawi	26
CB	5		Antar Yahia	29	(1/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian
CM	6		Ahmad Abbas	26
LM	7		Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani	28
CF	10		Mohammad Al-Sahlawi	24
RB	12		Khalid Al-Ghamdi	23
CB	13		Mohamed Eid	24
DM	14		Ibrahim Ghaleb	21	Youth system
DM	15		Abdulaziz Fallatah	25
CM	16		Fahd Al-Rashidi	20	Youth system
RM	17				Youth system
CF	19		Malek Mouath	30
SS	20		Juan Pablo Pino	24	(2/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian
GK	21			25
GK	22		Abdullah Al-Enezi	21
SS	23		Saud Hamood	22	Source
LB	24		Hussein Sulaimani (captain)	34
AM	25		Khaled Al-Zylaeei	24
RB	26		Shaye Sharahili	22	Youth system
LM	27		Abdulellah Al-Nassar	20	Youth system
ST	29		Ryan Belal	23
LB	30		Adnan Fallatah	28
GK	31		Abdullah Al-Shammeri		Youth system
DM	32		Abdulaziz Al-Aazmi	20	Youth system
RM	33		Abdulaziz Al-Dhiyabi	19	Youth system
ST	35		Ahmed Al-Jizani		Youth system

Summer Transfers[]

In[]

	No.	Nat.	Name	Age	From	Type	Ends	Other info
CB	5		Antar Yahia	29	VfL Bochum	Transfer	2013	(1/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian
RB	2			22	Al Hazm	Transfer
LB	30		Adnan Fallatah	27	Al Ittihad	Transfer	2013
RB	12		Khalid Al-Ghamdi	23	Al Qadisiyah	Transfer	2013	Many problems happened before this deal was made
DM	8		Juan Mercier	31	Argentinos Juniors	Transfer	2013	(2/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian
DM	15			25	Al Qadisiyah	Transfer	2014
MF	20		Juan Pablo Pino	24	Galatasaray	Loan	2012	(3/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian
MF	-			22	Al Fateh	Return Loan	2012
FW	19		Malek Mouath	30	Al Ahli	Loan	2012
FW	-		Mohammed Al-Shahrani	25	Al Ettifaq	Return Loan	2012

Professional contract[]

	No.	Nat.	Name	Age	Ends
CB	-		Osama Ashoor	21	2014
RB	26		Shaya Ali Sharahili	22	2014
DM	6		Ahmad Abbas	25	2014
LM	-		Mosaab Al-Otaibi	19	2014

Out[]

	No.	Nat.	Name	Age	To	Type	Other info
CB	31		Jonathan McKain	28	Adelaide United FC	Transfer
RB	2		Ahmed Al-Dokhi	34		End of contract
LB	4		Abdulakreem Al-Khaibari	31	Al Qadisiyah	Loan	1 year loan
DM	5		Ovidiu Petre	29	Modena F.C.	Transfer
MF	8		Víctor Figueroa	27	Newell's Old Boys	Transfer
MF	-		Ahmed Al-Hadrami	22	Al Raed	Loan	1 year loan
FW	16		Bader Al-Mutwa	26	Qadsia SC	Loan return
FW	-		Mohammed Al-Shahrani	25		Contract Termination

Winter Transfer[]

In[]

	No.	Nat.	Name	Age	From	Type	Ends	Other info
SS	99		Wagner	25	Daejeon Citizen	Transfer	End Season	(1/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian
RM	77		Kim Byung-Suk	26	Sagan Tosu	Transfer	End Season	(1/1) Non-Saudi
DM	66		Khaled Aziz	30	Al-Shabab	Transfer	2014
CF			Abdulaziz Al-Saran	28	Al-Shabab	Transfer	2015
CF	83		Hadj Bouguèche	28	Al Qadisiyah	Transfer	2013	(2/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian
RB			Talal Assiri	24	Najran SC	Transfer	2017
AM			Vinícius Reche	28	Desportivo Brasil	Transfer	End Season	(3/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian
GK			Mutab Asiri		Abha	Transfer	2017
CB			Sultan Tamihi			Transfer
CB					Al-Wahda	Transfer

Professional contract[]

CF	35		Ahmed Al-Jizani		2015
AM	16		Fahad Al-Rashidi	20	2017
RM	33		Abdulaziz Al-Dhiyabi	19	2017
LM	27		Abdulellah Al-Nassar	20	2017
DM	-				2015

Out[]

	No.	Nat.	Name	Age	To	Type	Other info
SS	11		Saad Al-Harthi	28	Al-Hilal	Transfer
GK	28			22		Contract Termination
CM	8		Juan Ignacio Mercier	32	Al Wasl	Transfer
CB	18		Abdullah Al-Garni	24	Al Qadisiyah	Transfer
CB	5		Antar Yahia	29	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Transfer
ST	29		Ryan Belal	23	Al Qadisiyah	Loan	End Season loan
SS	20		Juan Pablo Pino	24		Contract Loan Termination
RB	2			22		Contract Termination

Statistics[]

Player Stats[]

				Total				SPL		CPC		KCC
N	Pos.	Name	Nat.	GS	App	Gls	Min	App	Gls	App	Gls	App	Gls	Notes
1	GK	Radi		6	6	-10	540	6	-10					(-) denotes goals conceded
22	GK	A. Anzi		1	1		90	1						(-) denotes goals conceded
21	GK													(-) denotes goals conceded
26	RB	Sh. Sharahili
12	RB	K. Ghamdi		4	4		360	4
4	CB	Omar		4	5		416	5
5	CB	Yahia		6	6		484	6
13	CB	M. Eid		7	7		630	7
24	LB	H. Sulaimani		4	4		360	4
3	LB	A. Barnawi		1	2		114	2
30	LB	Adnan		3	3		270	3
6	DM	A. Abbas		3	3	1	206	3	1
8	DM	Mercier		6	6		540	6
14	DM	Ibra		5	5		450	5
16	MF	F. Rashidi		1	1		71	1
15	DM	A. Fallatah		2	5		198	5
7	LM	A. Q.		2	3		154	3
25	MF	K. Zylaeei		4	6	1	354	6	1
20	MF	Pino		6	7	2	529	7	2
17	MF
10	FW	Al Sahlawi		4	6	2	346	6	2
11	FW	Saad		1	2		61	2
19	FW	Malek		4	7	2	406	7	2
29	CF	R. Belal		3	5	1	306	5	1

Disciplinary records[]

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player				Other
1	GK		Radi	0	0	0
22	GK			0	0	0
21	GK			0	0	0
26	RB		Sh. Sharahili	0	0	0
12	RB		K. Ghamdi	0	0	0
4	CB		Omar	1	0	0
5	CB		Yahia	1	0	0
13	CB		M. Eid	2	0	0
24	LB		H. Sulaimani	0	0	0	Suspend for 3 Matches [4,5,6] (Disciplinary)
3	LB			0	0	0
30	LB		Adnan	1	0	0
6	DM		A. Abbas	1	0	0
8	DM		Mercier	4	0	0	Suspend for 1 Match [6] (3 Yel.)
14	DM		Ibra	2	0	0
16	MF			0	0	0
15	DM			1	0	0
7	LM		A. Q	0	0	0
25	MF		K. Zylaeei	0	0	0
20	MF		Pino	1	0	0
17	MF			0	0	0
10	FW		Al Sahlawi	0	0	0
10	FW		Saad	1	0	0
19	FW		Malek	0	0	0
29	CF		R. Belal	1	0	0

Last updated on 14 November.

Competitions[]

Friendlies[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

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2011 Baniyas International Tournament[]

The team's captain Hussein Sulaimani was named the MVP of the tournament.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al Nassr	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
2	Sfaxien	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Baniyas	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
4	Al-Jaish	3	0	0	3	2	9	-7	0

Baniyas International Tournament on goalzz.com.^[1]

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2011–12 Saudi Professional League[]

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	9	4	9	33	33	0	31	4	2	6	17	22	−5	5	2	3	16	11	+5

Results by round[]

Matches[]

Kickoff times are in AST (UTC+3).

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

2011-12 Saudi Crown Prince Cup[]

Matches[]

2012 King Cup of Champions[]

Matches[]

Quarter-finals[]

Semi-finals[]

Finals[]

Olympic Team (U-23) Competitions[]

2011-12 Saudi Federation Cup U-23[]

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
8	4	2	2	18	11	+7	14	2	1	0	6	3	+3	2	1	2	12	8	+4

Results by round[]

Matches[]

Kickoff times are in AST (UTC+3).

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Youth Team (U-20) Competitions[]

2011-12 Youth League U-20[]

Results Summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Results by Round[]

To be added when available.

Matches[]

Saudi Arabia Youth League 2011/2012 on goalzz.com.^[2]

2011-12 Saudi Federation Cup U-20[]

Group stage[]

There are 3 groups. Teams who get first place in their group qualify automatically to the knockout stage along with the best second place.

Kickoff times are in AST (UTC+3).   Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al Ahli U-20	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9	13
2	Al Nassr U-20	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13
3	Al Ettifaq U-20	6	2	0	3	6	10	-4	6
4	Al Ansar U-20	6	0	0	5	6	15	-9	0

From this group, Only Al Ahli qualified to the knockout stage. Al Qadisiyah and Al Ittihad qualified as the top of their groups. Hottain came as the best second place with 13 point and a +5 goal difference.
Group stage on goalzz.com.^[3]

Youngster Team (U-17) Competitions[]

2011-12 Youngster League U-17[]

Results Summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Results by Round[]

To be added when available.

Matches[]

Kickoff times are in AST (UTC+3).   Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Saudi U-17 Premier League 2011/2012 on goalzz.com.^[4]

2011-12 Saudi Federation Cup U-17[]

Group stage[]

There are 3 groups. Teams who get first place in their group qualify automatically to the knockout stage along with the best second place.

Kickoff times are in AST (UTC+3).   Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al Nassr U-17	6	4	2	0	12	3	+9	14
2	Al Qadisiyah U-17	6	2	3	1	8	6	+2	9
3	Al Ta'ee U-17	6	2	0	4	5	10	-5	6
4	Al Ettifaq U-17	6	1	1	4	5	11	-6	4

From this group, Only Al Nassr qualified to the knockout stage. Al Hilal and Al Ittihad qualified as the top of their groups. Al Ahli came as the best second place with 11 point.
Group stage on goalzz.com.^[5]

Knockout stage[]

Semi-finals[]

Semi-finals round on goalzz.com.^[6]

Final[]

Final round on goalzz.com.^[7]

References[]