2011–12 Al-Nassr FC season explained

Club:	Al Nassr FC
Season:	2011–12
Chairman:	Prince Faisal Bin Turki Bin Nasser
Manager:	Francisco Maturana
Stadium:	King Fahd Stadium and Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
League:	2011–12 Saudi Professional League
League Result:	6th
Cup1:	2011 AFC Champions League
Cup1 Result:	Round of 16
Cup2:	2011-12 Crown Prince Cup
Cup2 Result:	Quarter-final
Cup3:	2012 King Cup of Champions
Cup3 Result:	Final
League2:	2011-12 Saudi Federation Cup U-23
League2 Result:	5th
Cup4:	2011 Baniyas International Tournament
Cup4 Result:	Winners
League Topscorer:	Al Sahlawi (15)
Season Topscorer:	Al Sahlawi (17)
Highest Attendance:	15492
Lowest Attendance:	1576
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Current:	Al-Nasr Season 2011–12
Prevseason:	2010–11
Nextseason:	2012–13

The 2011–12 season was Al-Nassr's 36th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 56th year in existence as a football club.

Preseason preparation

New Team Logo

On 11 August 2011, the club's chairman Prince Faisal Bin Turki Bin Nasser 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 Prince Abdulrahman Bin Saud Stadium.

New Kits

On 4 September 2011, the club presented the 2011-12 kits for the first time. From right to left, no. 16 Fahad Al-Rashedi 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 Ultras Al-Nassr. 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,lit Let the world be silent).

Players

All ages are calculated to September 1, 2011.

Squad information

No.	Name	Other
1
2
3
4
5		(1/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian
6
7
10
12
13
14		Youth system
15
16		Youth system
17		Youth system
19
20		(2/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian
21
22
23
24	Hussein Sulaimani (captain)
25
26		Youth system
27		Youth system
29
30
31		Youth system
32		Youth system
33	Abdulaziz Al-Dhiyabi	Youth system
35		Youth system
-		Youth system -->	- -->	-	Youth system -->	- -->	-	Youth system -->	- -->	-	Youth system -->	- -->	-	Youth system -->

Summer Transfers

In

No.	Nat.	Name	Age	From	Type	Ends	Other info
5					Transfer	2013	(1/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian
2					Transfer
30					Transfer	2013
12					Transfer	2013	Many problems happened before this deal was made
8					Transfer	2013	(2/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian
15					Transfer	2014
20					Loan	2012	(3/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian
-				Al Fateh	Return Loan	2012
19					Loan	2012
-					Return Loan	2012

Professional contract

	No.	Nat.	Name	Age	Ends
	-				2014
	26				2014
	6				2014
	-				2014

Out

	No.	Name	To	Type	Other info
	31			Transfer
RB	2	Ahmed Al-Dokhi		End of contract
LB	4	Abdulakreem Al-Khaibari		Loan	1 year loan
	5	Ovidiu Petre		Transfer
	8			Transfer
	-		Al Raed	Loan	1 year loan
	16		Qadsia SC	Loan return
	-			Contract Termination

Winter Transfer

In

No.	Nat.	Name	Age	From	Type	Ends	Other info
99					Transfer	End Season	(1/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian
77					Transfer	End Season	(1/1) Non-Saudi
66					Transfer	2014
					Transfer	2015
83					Transfer	2013	(2/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian
					Transfer	2017
					Transfer	End Season	(3/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian
				Abha	Transfer	2017
				AL-Rbeea	Transfer
				Al-Wahda	Transfer

Professional contract

35		2015
16		2017
33	Abdulaziz Al-Dhiyabi	2017
27		2017
-		2015

Out

	No.	Name	To	Type	Other info
	11			Transfer
GK	28	Hussein Rabia		Contract Termination
CM	8	Juan Ignacio Mercier		Transfer
	18	Abdullah Al-Garni		Transfer
	5			Transfer
	29		Al Qadisiyah	Loan	End Season loan
	20			Contract Loan Termination
	2	Waleed Al-Taya		Contract Termination

Statistics

Disciplinary records

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

Last updated on 14 November.

Competitions

Friendlies

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2011 Baniyas International Tournament

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

Pos	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	3	2	1	7	4	+3	6
2	3	2	1	7	4	+3	6
3	3	2	1	4	3	+1	6
4	3	0	3	2	9	−7	0

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

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2011–12 Saudi Professional League

See main article: 2011–12 Saudi Professional League.

Matches

Kickoff times are in AST (UTC+3).

2011-12 Saudi Crown Prince Cup

See main article: Crown Prince Cup.

Matches

2012 King Cup of Champions

See main article: 2012 King Cup of Champions.

Matches

Finals

Olympic Team (U-23) Competitions

2011-12 Saudi Federation Cup U-23

See main article: Saudi Federation cup.

Matches

Kickoff times are in AST (UTC+3).

Youth Team (U-20) Competitions

2011-12 Youth League U-20

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).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1		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		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 by round

To be added when available.

Matches

Kickoff times are in AST (UTC+3). 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).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1		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		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]

Notes and References

http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=7587 Baniyas International Tournament 2011
http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=7822&stage=1 Saudi Arabia Youth League 2011/2012
http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=7779&stage=1 Saudi Federation Youth Cup 2011/2012 (Group stage)
http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=7821&stage=1 Saudi U-17 Premier League 2011/2012 (final)
http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=7675&stage=1 Saudi Federation Cup U-17 2011/2012 (Group stage)
http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=7675&stage=2 Saudi Federation Cup U-17 2011/2012 (Semi-finals)
http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=7675&stage=3 Saudi Federation Cup U-17 2011/2012 (final)