2011–12 Al Wasl FC season

Al Wasl FC
2011–12 season
ManagerArgentina Diego Maradona
StadiumZabeel Stadium
Pro-League8th

Squad edit

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 MF   UAE Hassan Ali
4 MF   UAE Humaid Bin Lahej
5 DF   UAE Fahad Masood
6 DF   UAE Waheed Ismail
7 MF   UAE Eissa Ali (Captain)
8 MF   ARG Mariano Donda
9 DF   UAE Tariq Hassan
11 MF   UAE Khalifa bin Lahej
12 GK   UAE Ali Hassan Al Amir
13 DF   UAE Darwish Ahmed
15 GK   UAE Ahmed Mahmoud
16 MF   UAE Obaid Nasser
17 MF   UAE Abdulrahman Yousif
18 MF   ARG Juan Ignacio Mercier
19 FW   URU Juan Manuel Olivera
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW   UAE Hamad AlHosani
23 MF   UAE Mohammed Jamal
24 FW   UAE Rashid Eissa
27 DF   UAE Mubarak Hassan
29 DF   UAE Yasser Salem
32 FW   UAE Ammar Mubarak
33 MF   UAE Saud Suhail
55 GK   UAE Majed Nasser
60 DF   UAE Jaber Abdalla Assad
70 FW   UAE Mahir Jasem
77 FW   UAE Hassan Yousif
80 FW   UAE Abdulla Abdulrahman
90 FW   IRN Mohammad Reza Khalatbari
92 MF   UAE Khalifa Abdullah
93 MF   UAE Sultan Rashid
99 MF   UAE Fahad Hadeed

Current technical staff edit

Position Staff
Head Coach   Diego Maradona
Vice Coach   Hector Enrique
Assistant Coach   Ali Hassan
Assistant Coach   Roberto Trotta
Fitness Coach   Xavier Vilamitjana
Goalkeepers Coach   Yacine Bentaala
Team Manager   Humaid Yousuf
Team Doctor   Dr. Dejan Jovanovic
Physiotherapist   Jon Abrego
Physiotherapist   Leandro Yoshinada Suzuki
Masseur   Mohammad Saad

Source: TheNational.ae

Transfers edit

In edit

Name Nat Moving from Fee
Ali Rabeea    Emirates Club Free transfer[1]
Edson Puch    Club Universidad de Chile $4million[2]
Mubarak Hassan    Fujairah Club AED7million[3][4]
Coach Diego Maradona   Free agent $4million[5]
Hamad AlHosani    Al Dhafra S.C.C. Undisclosed[6]
Fahad Masood    Al Wahda S.C.C. Loan[7]
Hassan Ali    Al-Ahli Dubai Undisclosed[8]
Juan Manuel Olivera    C.A. Peñarol Undisclosed[9]
Ahmed Mahmoud    Al Shabab Club Undisclosed[10]
Mariano Donda    Godoy Cruz Undisclosed[11]
Abdulla Abdulrahman    Al-Ahli Dubai Loan[12]
Richard Porta    Nacional Loan[13]
Fahad Hadeed    Al Sharjah SC Free[14]
Mohammad Reza Khalatbari     Al Gharafa Sports Club $1milion[15]
Juan Ignacio Mercier     Al Nassr FC Free[16]
Jaber Abdalla Assad     Al-Shaab (UAE) Loan[17]
Sultan Rashid     Dibba Al-Fujairah Club Free transfer[18]

Out edit

Name Nat Moving To Fee
Coach Khalifa Mobarak    Al Wasl FC End of Interim Contract
Khalaf Ismail    Ajman Club Free transfer[19]
Saeed Al Kass    Al Sharjah SC End of Contract[20]
Mohammad Omar   Retired[21]
Ali Mahmoud    Baniyas SC Free transfer[22]
Alexandre Oliveira    Botafogo Free transfer[23]
Alex Pires de Souza    U.D. Leiria Free transfer[24]
Francisco Yeste    Olympiacos F.C. Undisclosed[25]
Omran Abdul Rahman    Al Sharjah SC Free transfer[26]
Faisal Ahmed    Emirates Club Free transfer
Khalid Darwish    Emirates Club Free transfer[27]
Mohammed Al Balushi    Al Wahda S.C.C. Loan[28]
Ali Rabeea    Emirates Club Loan[29]
Edson Puch    Deportes Iquique Loan[30]
Fadel Ahmad    Al Nasr SC Loan[31]
Richard Porta    Nacional Loan return[32]

For Last Season's Transfers List Please visit 2010–11 Al Wasl F.C. season

Tournaments edit

Pre-Season Matches & Friendlies edit

Local Camp edit

Al Wasl has abandoned its annual habit of traveling to Europe for summer pre-season training camp as per the instructions of coach Diego Maradona. The new coach decided to set up camp at home as it clashes with the Holy Month of Ramadan where all the players would be fasting during the day, making it difficult to set up an external training camp.[33] The Internal camp included two matches against lower division clubs only.

Results edit

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

28 August 2011 Friendly Al Wasl FC 3–1  Ittihad Kalba Zabeel Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
22:00 J. Olivera  32'
Mohammed Jamal  88'
Hassan Yousif  90',
Yasser Salem  40' (o.g.) Referee:  Ali Hamad

Top Scorers edit

Player Goals
  Juan Manuel Olivera 1
  Mohammed Jamal 1
  Hassan Yousif 1
  Darweesh Ahmad 1

UAE Pro League 2011–12 edit

Standing edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
22 7 5 10 32 40  −8 26 3 3 5 19 22  −3 4 2 5 13 18  −5

Last updated: 2 May.
Source: #UAE Pro League 2011-12

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultWWDLWDLDLLWWWLLWLDDLLL
Position2122226667655565567888
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2012. Source: League Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results edit

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

16 October 2011 round 1 Al Wasl 3–0 Al Sharjah SC Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
21:00 J. Olivera  15' (pen.),   55',   70' Referee:  Abdulla Al Ajel
22 October 2011 round 2 Baniyas SC 1–2 Al Wasl Baniyas Stadium, Al Shamkha
21:00 Amer Abdulrahman  50' Darweesh Ahmad  07'
J. Olivera  9'
Attendance: 3357
Referee:  Mohammad Abdullah Hassan
28 October 2011 round 3 Ajman Club 1–1 Al Wasl Ajman Stadium, Ajman
16:55 Ibrahima Touré  24' Rashid Eissa  10' Referee:  Fahad AlKassar
2 November 2011 round 4 Al Wasl 0–1 Al Jazira Club Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:00 Matías Emilio Delgado  54' Attendance: 10031
Referee:  Hamad AlShaikh
3 December 2011 round 6 Al Wasl 2–2 Al Shabab Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:00 Darweesh Ahmad  39'
Richard Porta  82'
Walid Abbas  19'
Ciel  48'
Referee:  Ammar AlJonaibi
10 December 2011 round 7 Al Ain S.C.C. 2–0 Al Wasl Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain
20:00 Asamoah Gyan  11' (pen.)
Ignacio Scocco  37'
Attendance: 7432
Referee:  Hamad AlShaikh
23 December 2011 round 8 Al Wasl 2–2 Al Nasr SC Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:00 Mariano Donda  43'
Darweesh Ahmad  60'
Careca  06'
Léo Lima  90+6' (pen.)
Attendance: 8921
Referee:  Mohammad Abdullah Hassan
9 February 2012 round 13 Al Wasl 1–0 Baniyas SC Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:00 Juan Manuel Olivera  18' Referee:  Hamad AlShaikh
15 February 2012 round 14 Al Wasl 2–4 Ajman Club Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:15 Juan Manuel Olivera  6'
Juan Manuel Olivera  78' (pen.)
Boris Kabi  20'
Boris Kabi  24'
Olivier Tia  57'
Waleed Ahmed Hassan  78'
Attendance: 2913
Referee:  AbdulWahid Khater
24 March 2012 round 16 Al Wasl 4–1 Emirates Club Ajman Stadium, Ajman
17:45 Rashid Eissa  24'
Mariano Donda  32' (pen.)
Juan Manuel Olivera  57'
Rashid Eissa  65'
Haitham Matroushi  66' Attendance: 2017
Referee:  Adel Al Naqbi
29 March 2012 round 17 Al Shabab 2–0 Al Wasl Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
20:30 Mohammed Marzooq  44'
Ciel  87'
Attendance: 2500
Referee:  Yaqoub Al-Hammadi
26 April 2012 round 19 Al Nasr SC 1–1 Al Wasl Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
21:00 Léo Lima  32' Waheed Ismail  7' Attendance: 6870
Referee:  Ammar AlJonaibi
6 May 2012 round 20 Al Wasl 0–2 Al Wahda S.C.C. Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
19:35 Hugo  40'
Saeed Al Kathiri  90+2'
Attendance: 342
Referee:  AbdulWahid Khater

Top Scorers edit

Player Goals
  Juan Manuel Olivera 13
  Rashid Eissa 4
  Darweesh Ahmad 3
  Mariano Donda 3
  Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 3
  Waheed Ismail 2
  Edson Puch 1
  Richard Porta 1
  Sultan Rashid 1
  Ammar Mubarak 1

2012 GCC Champions League edit

Al Wasl FC is back to this regional competition after 2 years of winning it in the 2010 Tournament. This time Al Wasl enters after losing its chances in winning the 2011–12 UAE Pro-League and the 2011–12 UAE President's Cup, which makes the 2012 GCC Champions League a good opportunity to salvage its current season.

Standing edit

Team Rnk Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al Wasl FC 1 4 4 0 0 11 4 +7 12

Results edit

6 March 2012 Round 1 Al Nahda Club   0–2   Al Wasl Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman
19:00 Mubarak Hassan  17'
Juan Manuel Olivera  47'
Referee:  Rami Alkaabi
10 June 2012 Final Leg2 Al Wasl   1–3
(4–4 agg.)
(4–5 p)
  Al-Muharraq SC Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
19:50

Top Scorers edit

Player Goals
  Juan Manuel Olivera 7
  Mariano Donda 4
  Rashid Eissa 2
  Eissa Ali 2
  Mubarak Hassan 1
  Fahad Hadeed 1
  Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 1
  Yasser Salem 1

UAE President's Cup 2011–12 edit

The President Cup's draw has put Al Wasl in a very difficult side of the elimination matrix. All the matches were considered early finals, starting with a match against Al-Ahli Dubai that ended with a historic 4–0 win for Al Wasl. The next match was set against Al Wahda S.C.C. which was behind the elimination of Al Wasl FC in the previous UAE President's Cup 2011–12. Al Wahda S.C.C. was able to eliminate Al Wasl FC again, sending them to a very early summer after losing the chance on competing in the only obtainable major trophy in the season after the team's position in the Pro League to 7th after losing to Dubai Club, few days from the Cup's Quarterfinals.

Results edit

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

18 December 2011 Round of 16 Al Wasl 4–0 Al-Ahli Dubai Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
20:00 J. Olivera  08'
Mariano Donda  44',  69' (pen.)
Richard Porta  63'
Referee:  Abdulla Al Ajel

Top Scorers edit

Player Goals
  Juan Manuel Olivera 3
  Mariano Donda 2
  Richard Porta 1

Etisalat Cup 2011–12 edit

The Etisalat Cup is a gap-filler between the official tournaments. It does not involve the International Players. It was the first tournament of the season, and the first ever official appearance for the Legendary Diego Maradona in the UAE as Al Wasl FC Coach. Al Wasl reached the Semifinal after a fierce group-round race, and then lost 0–1 in the Semifinal despite displaying a decent performance.

Standing edit

Team Rnk Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Al Wasl FC 2 10 6 0 4 18 18 0 18

Results edit

15 September 2011 Round 1 Al Jazira Club 4–3 Al Wasl Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
20:30 Ibrahim Diaky  16' (pen.)
Matías Delgado  29'
Ricardo Oliveira  35'
Baré  90+5',
Mariano Donda  25',  50' (pen.),  73' Referee:  Ali Hamad
22 September 2011 Round 2 Al Wasl 3–0 Emirates Club Rashed Stadium, Dubai
17:30 Mariano Donda  46'
Eissa Ali  84',  90+1'
Referee:  Ibrahim Al Muhairi
12 November 2011 Round 5 Al Wasl 1–0 Al Ain FC Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:00 Juan Manuel Olivera  59' Attendance: 2011
Referee:  Abdulla Al Ajel
28 January 2012 Round 7 Al Wasl 0–3 Dubai Club Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
17:15 Hassan Mohamed Taher  75'
Simon Feindouno  85'
Ali Hassan  87'
Attendance: 728
Referee:  Abdulla Al Harthi
3 February 2012 Round 8 Al Wahda S.C.C. 1–2 Al Wasl Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
18:50 Fernando Baiano  37' Hamad AlHosani  63'
Eissa Ali  90+2'
Attendance: 876
Referee:  Abdulla Al Ajel
11 March 2012 Semi Final Al-Ahli Dubai 1–0 Al Wasl Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
20:30 Faisal Khalil  61' Referee:  Yaqoub Qaseem

Top Scorers edit

Player Goals
  Mariano Donda 4
  Eissa Ali 4
  Juan Manuel Olivera 4
  Rashid Eissa 1
  Hamad AlHosani 1
  Hasan Ali 1
  Juan Ignacio Mercier 1
  Tariq Hassan 1
  Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 1

Season Top scorers edit

Position Nation Number Name Friendlies League GCC Cup President's Cup Etisalat Cup Total
1   19 Juan Manuel Olivera 1 13 7 3 4 28
2   8 Mariano Donda 0 3 4 2 4 13
3   24 Rashid Eissa 0 4 2 0 1 7
4   7 Eissa Ali 0 0 2 0 4 6
5   90 Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 0 3 1 0 1 5
6   13 Darweesh Ahmad 1 3 0 0 0 4
7   6 Waheed Ismail 0 2 0 0 0 2
7   20 Richard Porta 0 1 0 1 0 2
9   18 Edson Puch 0 1 0 0 0 1
9   93 Sultan Rashid 0 1 0 0 0 1
9   32 Ammar Mubarak 0 1 0 0 0 1
9   27 Mubarak Hassan 0 0 1 0 0 1
9   99 Fahad Hadeed 0 0 1 0 0 1
9   29 Yasser Salem 0 0 1 0 0 1
9   21 Hamad AlHosani 0 0 0 0 1 1
9   3 Hasan Ali Ibrahim 0 0 0 0 1 1
9   18 Juan Ignacio Mercier 0 0 0 0 1 1
9   9 Tariq Hassan 0 0 0 0 1 1
9   23 Mohammed Jamal 1 0 0 0 0 1
9   77 Hassan Yousif 1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 4 32 19 6 18 79
Last updated on 6 June 2012

Season Highlights edit

  • By finishing 8th in the UAE Pro-League at the end of the season, Al Wasl has matched its all-time worst position in the League.
  • Al Wasl's Goalkeeper Majed Nasser received a 17-match ban and been fined Dh30,000 (€6,200) after slapping Ahli Dubai's coach Quique Flores after the semi-final of the Etisalat Cup.
  • Al Wasl was fined 5 times and received 3 Home Match ban punishments from the United Arab Emirates Football Association totaling 6 games.[34]
  • Al Wasl ended the first leg of the UAE Pro-League with a 5 match winning drought. It ended the second leg of the tournament with an even worse 6 matches winning drought.
  • Al Wasl played Dubai Club, the recently promoted and relegation contender, 4 times in the 2011–2012 season. It lost them all (0–5, 1–2, 0–3, and 2–5), scoring 3 and conceding 15.

Other Seasons edit

See also edit

References edit

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