# 2011–12 Al-Hilal FC season

The 2011–12 Al-Hilal FC season was Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club's 55th in existence and 36th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. Along with Pro League, the club participated in the AFC Champions League, Crown Prince Cup, and the King Cup.

## Players
### Squad information

Players and squad numbers. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Position | Name | Date Of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 28 | GK | Abdullah Al-Sudairy | (1992-02-02)2 February 1992 (aged 20) |
| 1 | GK | Khalid Sharhili | (1987-02-03)3 February 1987 (aged 25) |
| 30 | GK | Hassan Al-Otaibi | (1977-10-16)16 October 1977 (aged 34) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | RB | Sultan Al-Bishi | (1990-01-28)28 January 1990 (aged 22) |
| 17 | CB | Abdullah Al-Dawsari | (1990-06-24)24 June 1990 (aged 22) |
| 4 | LB / CB | Abdullah Al-Zori | (1987-08-13)13 August 1987 (aged 24) |
| 12 | LB / RB | Shafi Al-Dossari | (1990-02-01)1 February 1990 (aged 22) |
| 25 | CB | Majed Al Marshadi | (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 27) |
| 3 | CB | Osama Hawsawi (C) | (1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 28) |
| 19 | CB | Mohammad Nami | (1982-01-07)7 January 1982 (aged 30) |
| 23 | CB | Hassan Khairat | (1986-03-08)8 March 1986 (aged 26) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 6 | DM / CM | Mohammed Al-Qarni | (1989-11-24)24 November 1989 (aged 22) |
| 5 | CM / AM | Abdulatif Al-Ghanam | (1985-07-16)16 July 1985 (aged 26) |
| 15 | RM | Ahmed Al-Fraidi | (1988-01-29)29 January 1988 (aged 24) |
| 10 | AM / LW | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | (1980-12-08)8 December 1980 (aged 31) |
| 11 | AM / LM | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | (1988-10-11)11 October 1988 (aged 23) |
| 13 | AM / LM / LW | Salman Al-Faraj (C) | (1989-01-08)8 January 1989 (aged 23) |
| 21 | CM | Adil Hermach | (1986-06-27)27 June 1986 (aged 26) |
| 24 | LM / RM | Nawaf Al-Abed | (1990-01-26)26 January 1990 (aged 22) |
| 29 | RM | Salem Al-Dawsari | (1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 20) |
| 8 | RM | Christian Wilhelmsson | (1979-12-08)8 December 1979 (aged 32) |
| Forwards |||||
| 7 | ST / CF | Yoo Byung-soo | (1988-03-26)26 March 1988 (aged 24) |
| 9 | ST / CF | Youssef El-Arabi | (1987-02-03)3 February 1987 (aged 25) |
| 14 | RW | Saad Al-Harthi | (1984-02-03)3 February 1984 (aged 28) |
| 16 | ST / CF | Essa Al-Mehyani | (1983-06-22)22 June 1983 (aged 29) |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Pro League | — | 3rd | 10 September 2011 | 14 April 2012 |
| Crown Prince Cup | Round of 16 | Winners | 21 December 2011 | 10 February 2012 |
| 2012 ACL | Group stage | Round of 16 | 7 March 2012 | 23 May 2012 |
| King Cup of Champions | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | 22 April 2012 | 17 May 2012 |

#### Notes

* Note 1: Al-Hilal qualified to the quarter-finals.

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 069.23 |
| King Cup of Champions | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Crown Prince Cup | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 100.00 |
| 2012 ACL | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 057.14 |
| Total | 42 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 94 | 42 | +52 | 061.90 |
Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Shabab (C) | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 50 | 16 | +34 | 64 | Qualification to AFC Champions League |
| 2 | Al-Ahli | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 60 | 22 | +38 | 62 | Qualification to AFC Champions League |
| 3 | Al-Hilal | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 60 | Qualification to AFC Champions League |
| 4 | Al-Ettifaq | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 47 | Qualification to AFC Champions League |
| 5 | Al-Ittihad | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 37 | |
* ↑ Al-Ettifaq secured qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League due to Al-Ahli winning the 2012 King Cup of Champions

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### 2012 AFC Champions League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIL | PER | GRF | SHA |
| 1 | Al-Hilal | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 | knock-out stage | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Persepolis | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 11 | knock-out stage | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 6–1 |
| 3 | Al-Gharafa | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 6 | | 3–3 | 0–3 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Al-Shabab | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 2 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | — |

#### Knockout stage
##### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | 2012 ACL | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Youssef El-Arabi | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | | Yoo Byung-Soo | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | 10 | MF | | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Christian Wilhelmsson | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | 24 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Abed | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | 16 | FW | | Essa Al-Mehyani | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | 15 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Fraidi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 21 | MF | | Adil Hermach | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 29 | MF | | Salem Al-Dawsari | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Achille Emaná | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | 4 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Zori | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 11 | MF | | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | | Osama Hawsawi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 14 | FW | | Saad Al-Harthi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 19 | DF | | Mohammad Nami | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 13 | MF | | Salman Al-Faraj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 93 |

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | League | King Cup | Crown Prince Cup | 2012 CL | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 1 | 15 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Fraidi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | | Yoo Byung-Soo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 9 | FW | | Youssef El-Arabi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 21 | MF | | Adil Hermach | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 8 | FW | | Christian Wilhelmsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 24 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Abed | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 29 | MF | | Salem Al-Dawsari | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | DF | | Sultan Al-Bishi | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 13 | MF | | Salman Al-Faraj | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 4 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Zori | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 19 | DF | | Mohammad Nami | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 11 | MF | | Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 8 | MF | | Achille Emaná | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 16 | FW | | Essa Al-Mehyani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | DF | | Osama Hawsawi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 61 |