2010–11 Al Wasl FC season

Al Wasl FC
2010–11 season
ManagerUnited Arab Emirates Khalifa Mubarak (Interim Manager)
StadiumZabeel Stadium
Premier League6th
Presidents CupSemi-final
Etisalat CupSemi-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Fran Yeste (10)
All: Fran Yeste (16)
Highest home attendance28,164

Squad edit

Al Wasl FC Squad in the UAE League 2010–11 Season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   UAE Rashid AlSuwaidi
3 DF   UAE Omran Abdul Rahman
6 DF   UAE Waheed Ismail
7 FW   UAE Mohammad Omar
8 DF   UAE Ali Mahmoud
9 DF   UAE Tariq Hassan
10 MF   UAE Khalid Darwish (Captain)
11 MF   ESP Francisco Yeste
12 GK   UAE Ali Hassan Al Amir
13 DF   UAE Darweesh Ahmad
14 DF   UAE Khalaf Ismail
16 MF   UAE Obaid Nasser
17 FW   BRA Alexandre Oliveira
20 MF   UAE Fadel Ahmad
21 FW   UAE Saeed Al Kass
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF   UAE Mohammed Jamal
24 FW   UAE Rashid Eissa
25 DF   OMA Mohammed Al Balushi
26 MF   UAE Humaid Bin Lahej
27 FW   UAE Hassan Yousif
28 MF   UAE Faisal Ahmed
29 DF   UAE Yasser Salem
32 FW   UAE Ammar Mubarak
33 MF   UAE Saud Suhail
46 MF   UAE Abdulrahman Yousif
55 GK   UAE Majed Nasser
70 FW   UAE Mahir Jasem
77 MF   UAE Eissa Ali (Vice-captain)
92 DF   UAE Khalifa Abdullah
99 FW   BRA Alex Pires de Souza

Staff edit

Transfers edit

In edit

Name Nat Moving from Fee
Obaid Nasser    Fujairah Club AED5m [1]
Ali Hassan Al Amir    Al Wahda Club Undisclosed [2]
Francisco Yeste    Athletic Bilbao Undisclosed [3]
Coach Sérgio Farias    Al-Ahli Jeddah Undisclosed [4]
Mohammad Omar   Free agent Undisclosed [5]
Abdul-Rahman Khalfan    Emirates Club Undisclosed [6]
Alex Pires De Souza    Fluminense FC Undisclosed [7]
Khalifa Mobarak    Al Wasl SC Interim Manager [8]

Out edit

Name Nat Moving To Fee
Coach Alexandre Guimarães   End of Contract [9]
Élton   Dubai Club End of Loan
Soufiane Alloudi   Al Ain Club End of Loan
Nabil Ibrahim   Al-Shaab (UAE) End of Loan
Isam Darweesh   Sharjah FC End of Contract [10]
Yousif Hassan   Ajman Club Loan [11]
Salah Hussein   UAE Armed Forces Club Released
Yousuf Abdul Aziz   Released
Sami Rubaiya   Al-Jazira Club Undisclosed [12]
Abdul-Rahman Khalfan   Hatta Club Released [13]
Sérgio Farias   Sacked [14]

For Last Season's Transfers List Please visit 2009–10 Al Wasl F.C. season

Tournaments edit

Pre-Season Matches & Friendlies edit

Germany Camp edit

Based on the success of the previous season's camp, Al Wasl FC picked Nuremberg, Germany again to hold its annual summer camp. The team flew to Germany on 15 July 2010 and played four friendly matches during the camp.[15]

The Dubai International Football Championship edit

Upon the return of the team from Germany, Al Wasl participated and hosted the Dubai International Football Championship which is a friendly mini-tournament held by the Dubai Sports Council in Zabeel Stadium. The other participants were Al-Ahli Dubai, Al-Wihdat Amman from Jordan, and Al-Merreikh from Sudan.[16] Zamalek SC of Egypt was supposed to participate but it apologized at the last minute.[17] The draw of the tournament was done on 12 August and Al Wasl played against Al-Merreikh on 16 August. The second match was against Al-Wihdat Amman on 19 August regardless the results of the first round as per the agreement of Al Wasl's coach Sérgio Farias and Al-Ahli's coach David O'Leary, their teams did not play against each other in the tournament due to having to play each other in the second round of the UAE Football League.[18] Al Wasl was crowned as the tournament's Champion after winning both its matches. Its player Mohammed Jamal was picked as the tournament's Most Valuable Player and the Goalkeeper Majed Nasser as the best goalkeeper with zero goals conceded.[19]

Results edit

Kickoff times are in UAE Time (UTC+4).

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 July 2010 Friendly Al Wasl 2 – 6  Antalyaspor FC Moosinning, Moosinning, Germany
20:00 Mahir Jasem   47', Khalid Darwish   52' (Report) Ali Zitouni   04', Necati Ateş   40', Ali Zitouni   53', Necati Ateş   62', Serge Djiehoua   66', Serge Djiehoua   80'
16 August 2010 Dubai International Tournament – Round 1 Al Wasl 1 – 0  Al-Merreikh Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
21:30 Mohammad Al Shaiba  04' Referee:  Fahad AlKassar
19 August 2010 Dubai International Tournament – Round 2 Al Wasl 1 – 0  Al-Wihdat Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
21:30 Rashid Eissa   75' Referee:  Ibrahim AlMuhairi
4 January 2011 UAE – German Super Cup Al Wasl 2 – 3  Hamburger SV Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:30 Mohammad Omar  29' (pen.), Mahir Jasem  68' Paolo Guerrero  07', Ruud van Nistelrooy  25' (pen.), Änis Ben-Hatira  90+3' Referee:  Ibrahim AlMuhairi

Top Scorers edit

Player Goals
  Mahir Jasem 3
  Francisco Yeste 3
  Alexander Oliveira 2
  Khalid Darwish 1
  Mohammad Al Shaiba 1
  Rashid Eissa 1
  Fadel Ahmad 1
  Ammar Mubarak 1
  Mohammad Omar 1
  Tariq Hassan 1

UAE Premier League 2010–11 edit

Finishing fifth last season, Al Wasl entered the new season with a new coach, a new foreign signing, some local signings, and much hope.

Standing edit

Team Rnk Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al Wasl FC 6 22 9 4 9 31 36 -5 31

Results edit

Kickoff times are in UAE Time (UTC+4).

  Win   Draw   Loss

26 August 2010 Round 1 Al Wasl 2 – 0 Al Wahda Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
22:00 Mohammed Jamal  59', Francisco Yeste  65' Attendance: 8000
Referee:  Farid Ali
1 September 2010 Round 2 Ahli Dubai 4 – 1 Al Wasl Rashed Stadium, Dubai
22:00 Ahmad Khamis  02', Ahmad Khalil  23', Pinga  44', Ahmad Khamis  90+' Khalid Darwish  58' Attendance: 7500
Referee:  Ammar AlJonaibi
17 September 2010 Round 3 Al Wasl 2 – 1 Bani Yas Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:00 Mahir Jasem  04', Francisco Yeste  61' André Senghor  67' Attendance: 6535
Referee:  Mohammad Abdullah Hassan
25 September 2010 Round 4 Al Dhafra 2 – 3 Al Wasl Al Dhafra Stadium, Madinat Zayed
17:30 Boris Landry Kabi  11', Hamad AbduAlrahman  69' Khiri Khilfan  06' (o.g.), Francisco Yeste  37', Saeed Al Kass  89' Attendance: 1561
Referee:  Ammar AlJonaibi
22 October 2010 Round 7 Al-Jazira Club 3 – 1 Al Wasl Mohammad bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
20:00 Ibrahim Diaky  42', Ibrahim Diaky  67', Ahmed Jumaa  86' Rashid Eissa  71' Attendance: 28164
Referee:  Fahad AlKassar
27 October 2010 Round 8 Al Wasl 2 – 2 Al Ain Club Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:00 Francisco Yeste  17', Francisco Yeste  80' (pen.) Juma Saeed  54', Mohanad Salem  65' Attendance: 8695
Referee:  Mohammad Abdullah Hassan
19 December 2010 Round 10 Al Wasl 2 – 3 Al Nasr Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:30 Mohammed Al Balushi  39', Francisco Yeste  89' Abdallah Ahmed  29', Habib Fardan  34', Carlos Tenorio  77' (pen.) Referee:  Farid Ali
23 December 2010 Round 11 Sharjah 1 – 1 Al Wasl Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
20:30 Humaid Ahmed  16' Tariq Hassan  23' Referee:  Ibrahim AlMuhairi
4 February 2011 Round 12 Al Wahda 4 – 0 Al Wasl Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
20:15 Bashir Saeed  13', Fernando Baiano  84' (pen.), Mohamed Al Shehhi  88', Ismail Matar  92' Referee:  Hamad AlShaikh
19 February 2011 Round 13 Al Wasl 2 – 0 Ahli Dubai Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:15 Saeed Al Kass  69', Omran Abdul Rahman  90+5' Referee:  Ali Hamad
26 March 2011 Round 14 Bani Yas 0 – 0 Al Wasl Baniyas Stadium, Al Shamkha
20:30 Referee:  Hamad AlShaikh
1 April 2011 Round 15 Al Wasl 2 – 1 Al Dhafra Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
17:50 Francisco Yeste  7', Eissa Ali  61' (pen.) Abass Muyiwa Lawal  5' Referee:  Farid Ali
29 May 2011 Round 20 Al Wasl 1 – 0 Dubai Club Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
19:50 Darweesh Ahmad  38' Referee:  Fahad AlKassar
1 June 2011 Round 21 Al Nasr 1 – 0 Al Wasl Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
19:50 Ali Abbas Yasin  80' Referee:  Abdulla Al Ajel
5 June 2011 Round 22 Al Wasl 1 – 2 Sharjah Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
19:55 Darweesh Ahmad  42' Nawaf Mubarak  15', Marcelinho  63' Referee:  Essa Al Hajeri

Results by round edit

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GroundHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultWLWWWWLDLLDLWDWLWLDWLL
Position3951112333474544444346
Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2010. Source: League Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Top Scorers edit

Player Goals
  Francisco Yeste 10
  Alexander Oliveira 4
  Saeed Al Kass 3
  Darweesh Ahmad 3
  Rashid Eissa 2
  Mohammed Jamal 1
  Khalid Darwish 1
  Mahir Jasem 1
  Mohammed Al Shaiba 1
  Tariq Hassan 1
  Omran Abdul Rahman 1
  Eissa Ali 1
  Khalifa Abdullah 1
An own goal has also been scored for AlWasl by Al Dhafra Club's player Khiri Khilfan in the 4th Round

UAE President's Cup 2010–11 edit

After a disappointing elimination from the Round of 16 in the previous season, Al Wasl is planning to put in a better display this season. Everything went as planned until the Semi-final against Al Wahda where Al Wasl FC conceded 2 goals in the first half, then failed to score more than one in the second half despite dominating the entire half. This was Al-Wasl's last chance to win an official tournament in the 2010–11 Season.

Results edit

Kickoff times are in UAE Time (UTC+4).

  Win   Draw   Loss

24 February 2011 Quarter-finals Al Wasl FC 1 – 0 Al-Ahli Dubai Maktoum bin Rashid Stadium, Dubai
20:30 Fran Yeste  60' Referee:  Farid Ali
20 March 2011 Semi-finals Al Wasl FC 1 – 2 Al Wahda S.C.C. Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
17:45 Rashid Eissa  69' Hugo  17', Magrão  24' Referee:  Ali Hamad

Top Scorers edit

Player Goals
  Rashid Eissa 4
  Abdul Rahman Khalfan 2
  Alexander Oliveira 1
  Khalid Darwish 1
  Mohammed Jamal 1
  Darweesh Ahmad 1
  Francisco Yeste 1

Etisalat Cup 2010–11 edit

The Etisalat Cup is a gap-filler between the official tournaments. It does not involve the International Players. Al Wasl's performance was promising in the tournament, but it was eliminated in the semi-finals after losing to Al Ain 2–3 in a match that witnessed the Fastest Equalizer in the History of Football[20] scored by Fran Yeste.

Standing edit

Team Rnk Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al Wasl FC 2 10 4 4 2 11 9 +2 16

Results edit

10 October 2010 Round 1 Sharjah 0 – 0 Al Wasl Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
17:15 Referee:  Yaqoub AlHammadi
4 November 2010 Round 2 Al Wasl 2 – 2 Al-Jazira Club Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:00 Eissa Ali  01', Eissa Ali  74' Ali Mabkhout  12', Ahmed Jumaa  72' Referee:  Ali AlMulla
12 November 2010 Round 3 Al Shabab 0 – 1 Al Wasl Maktoum bin Rashid Stadium, Dubai
20:00 Alexandre Oliveira  41' Referee:  Ali Hamad
20 November 2010 Round 4 Al Wasl 0 – 0 Al-Ittihad Kalba Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
16:50 Referee:  Hamad Ali Yousif
25 November 2010 Round 5 Al Wasl 2 – 0 Ahli Dubai Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:00 Eissa Ali  49', Omran Abdul Rahman  56' Referee:  Hamad AlShaikh
3 December 2010 Round 6 Ahli Dubai 2 – 3 Al Wasl Rashed Stadium, Dubai
20:00 Pinga  41' (pen.), Aristide Bancé  76' Khalid Darwish  31', Darweesh Ahmad  60', Omran Abdul Rahman  71' Referee:  Ali AlMulla
8 January 2011 Round 8 Al Wasl 2 – 1 Al Shabab Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
18:30 Alexandre Oliveira  30', Mohammad Jamal  54' Issa Mohammed  60' Referee:  Hamad Ali Yousif
22 January 2011 Round 10 Al Wasl 0 – 1 Sharjah Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
18:40 Marcelo  30' Attendance: 52
Referee:  Ammar AlJonaibi
10 March 2011 Semifinal Al Wasl 2 – 3 Al Ain Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
20:30 Eissa Ali  23' (pen.), Francisco Yeste  51' Ismail Ahmed  50', Ibrahima Keita  67', Elias Ribeiro  89' (pen.) Referee:  Ibrahim AlMuhairi

Top Scorers edit

Player Goals
  Eissa Ali 4
  Omran Abdul Rahman 2
  Alexandre Oliveira 2
  Francisco Yeste 2
  Khalid Darwish 1
  Darweesh Ahmad 1
  Mohammad Jamal 1

Season Top scorers edit

Position Nation Number Name Friendlies League President's Cup Etisalat Cup Total
1   11 Francisco Yeste 3 10 1 2 16
2   17 Alexandre Oliveira 2 4 1 2 9
3   24 Rashid Eissa 1 2 4 0 7
4   13 Darweesh Ahmad 0 3 1 1 5
4   77 Eissa Ali 0 1 0 4 5
6   70 Mahir Jasem 3 1 0 0 4
7   21 Saeed Al Kass 0 3 0 0 3
7   23 Mohammed Jamal 0 1 1 1 3
7   10 Khalid Darwish 0 1 1 1 3
7   3 Omran Abdul Rahman 0 1 0 2 3
11   25 Mohammed Al Balushi 1 1 0 0 2
11   99 Abdul Rahman Khalfan 0 0 2 0 2
13   9 Tariq Hassan 1 1 0 0 2
13   92 Khalifa Abdullah 0 1 0 0 1
13   20 Fadel Ahmad 1 0 0 0 1
13   32 Ammar Mubarak 1 0 0 0 1
13   7 Mohammad Omar 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 15 30 11 13 59
Last updated on 29 May 2011

Season Highlights edit

Other Seasons edit

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "Ali Al Amir officially in Al Wasl". albayan.ae (in Arabic). 1 June 2010.[permanent dead link]
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