# 2011–12 Qatar Stars League

The 2011-12 Qatar Stars League was the 39th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar. The season started on 1 September 2011 and finished on 13 April 2012. Lekhwiya were the defending champions.

## Teams

Al-Sailiya were relegated to the second-level league after finishing bottom in the 2010–11 Qatar Stars League campaign.
El Jaish were promoted as the 2nd level champions.

### Stadia and locations

| Club | City/Town | Stadium | Capacity |
| Al-Ahli | Doha | Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium | 20,000 |
| Al-Arabi | Doha | Grand Hamad Stadium | 15,000 |
| Al-Gharafa | Doha | Thani bin Jassim Stadium | 27,000 |
| Al-Kharaitiyat | Al Kharaitiyat | Ahmad bin Ali Stadium | 27,000 |
| Al-Khor | Al Khor | Al-Khor SC Stadium | 20,000 |
| Al-Rayyan | Al Rayyan | Ahmad bin Ali Stadium | 27,000 |
| Al-Sadd | Doha | Jassim bin Hamad Stadium | 15,000 |
| Al-Wakrah | Al Wakrah | Al Janoub Stadium | 20,000 |
| El Jaish | Duhail | Ahmad bin Ali Stadium | 27,000 |
| Lekhwiya | Doha | Suheim bin Hamad Stadium | 20,000 |
| Qatar SC | Doha | Suheim bin Hamad Stadium | 20,000 |
| Umm Salal | Umm Salal | Thani bin Jassim Stadium | 27,000 |

### Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Al-Ahli | Bernard Simondi | Abdullah Mostafa | Nike | Ahli Co. |
| Al-Arabi | Pierre Lechantre | Hadi Aghily | Adidas | QPM |
| Al-Gharafa | Paulo Silas (caretaker) | Otmane El Assas | Erreà | Vodafone |
| Al-Kharaitiyat | Laurent Banide | Jaycee John | BURRDA | Al-Khuratiyat Co. |
| Al-Khor | Alain Perrin | Mustafa Jalal | Adidas | Qatar Airways |
| Al-Rayyan | Diego Aguirre | Fábio César | Adidas | Rayan Co. |
| Al-Sadd | Jorge Fossati | Abdulla Koni | BURRDA | Vodafone |
| Al-Wakrah | Adnan Dirjal | Ali Rehema | Nike | Opel |
| El Jaish | Péricles Chamusca | Karim Ziani | Nike | Masrat Rayan Archived 2012-11-15 at the Wayback Machine |
| Lekhwiya | Djamel Belmadi | Bakari Koné | BURRDA | Masrat Rayan Archived 2012-11-15 at the Wayback Machine |
| Qatar SC | Saïd Chiba | Sebastián Soria | Adidas | QatarEnergy |
| Umm Salal | Gérard Gili | Magno Alves | Nike | Global Sports |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Al-Rayyan | Paulo Autuori | Contract expired | 28 July 2011 | Pre-season | Diego Aguirre | 27 August 2011 |
| Qatar SC | Sebastião Lazaroni | Resigned | 7 August 2011 | Pre-season | Saïd Chiba | 10 August 2011 |
| Al-Kharaitiyat | Bernard Simondi | Contract expired | 13 August 2011 | Pre-season | Lotfi Benzarti | 22 August 2011 |
| Al-Ahli | Abdullah Mubarak | Mutual consent | 27 November 2011 | 12th | Bernard Simondi | 28 November 2011 |
| Umm Salal | Hassan Harmatallah | Sacked | 15 December 2011 | 12th | Gérard Gili | 16 December 2011 |
| Al-Kharaitiyat | Lotfi Benzarti | Resigned | 30 December 2011 | 11th | Laurent Banide | 1 January 2012 |
| Al-Arabi | Paulo Silas | Sacked | 2 January 2012 | 9th | Abdullah Saad (caretaker) | 2 January 2012 |
| Al-Gharafa | Bruno Metsu | Sacked | 15 March 2012 | 7th | Paulo Silas (caretaker) | 15 March 2012 |
| Al-Arabi | Abdullah Saad | Caretaker role ended | 17 March 2012 | 8th | Pierre Lechantre | 17 March 2012 |

### Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | AFC player | Former players |
| Al-Ahli | Ewerthon | Ró-Ró | Dioko Kaluyituka | John Benson | Hicham Aboucherouane | Shavkat Mullajanov | Christian Wilhelmsson |
| Al-Arabi | Leonardo Pisculichi | Ernest Papa Arko | Mohammed Chihani | Arafat Djako | | Hadi Aghily | Vandinho Wanderley |
| Al-Gharafa | Diego Tardelli | Edmílson | Zé Roberto | Aruna Dindane | Otmane El Assas | Farhad Majidi | Mohammad Reza Khalatbari |
| Al-Kharaitiyat | Yahia Kébé | Jamal Alioui | Dario Khan | Onyekachi Okonkwo | | Jaycee John | |
| Al-Khor | Mourad Meghni | Júlio César | Madson | Salam Shaker | | Hassan Abdel-Fattah | Moumouni Dagano Pa-Modou Kah Ebi Smolarek |
| Al-Rayyan | Afonso Alves | Leandro | Nathan Ribeiro | Rodrigo Tabata | | Cho Yong-hyung | Moisés Moura |
| Al-Sadd | Nadir Belhadj | Abdul Kader Keïta | Mamadou Niang | | | Lee Jung-soo | |
| Al-Wakrah | Tresor Kangambu | Ali Rehema | Nashat Akram | Anouar Diba | Saïd Boutahar | Younis Mahmoud | Alaa Abdul-Zahra Mobello Baba Keita |
| El Jaish | Karim Ziani | Adriano | Anderson Martins | Wagner Ribeiro | Mohammad Mothnani | Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini | Hussain Ali Baba |
| Lekhwiya | Madjid Bougherra | Luiz Júnior | Moumouni Dagano | Dame Traoré | Bakari Koné | Nam Tae-hee | Nashat Akram Aruna Dindane Kanga Akalé Anouar Diba |
| Qatar SC | Marcinho | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | Abdeslam Ouaddou | Youssef Safri | Pa-Modou Kah | Ali Hasan Kamal | Jasur Hasanov |
| Umm Salal | Caboré | Magno Alves | Mamadou Traoré | | | Mohamed Husain | Mourad Meghni Firas Al-Khatib |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lekhwiya (C) | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 43 | 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 2 | El Jaish | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 41 | 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 3 | Al Rayyan | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 39 | 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 4 | Al Sadd | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 36 | |
| 5 | Al Khor | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 32 | |
| 6 | Al Gharafa | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 31 | 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 7 | Al Wakrah | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 28 | |
| 8 | Al Kharaitiyat | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 25 | |
| 9 | Al Arabi | 22 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 24 | |
| 10 | Qatar SC | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 24 | |
| 11 | Umm Salal (O) | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 20 | Promotion/relegation playoff |
| 12 | Al Ahli (R) | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 23 | 49 | −26 | 12 | Relegation |
* ↑ Al-Gharafa secured qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League through winning the 2012 Emir of Qatar Cup

### Relegation playoff
## Fixtures and results

| Home \ Away | SAD | RAY | GHA | QSC | UMM | KHO | WAK | KHA | ARA | JAI | LEK | AHL |
| Al Sadd | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Al Rayyan | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Al Gharafa | 3–1 | 1–5 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Qatar SC | 1–0 | 2–8 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Umm Salal | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Al Khor | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Al Wakrah | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–6 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Al Kharaitiyat | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Al Arabi | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| El Jaish | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–3 | 1–2 |
| Lekhwiya | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| Al Ahli | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | |

## Statistics

Top goalscorers
As of April 13, 2012
Rank
Scorer
Club
Goals
1
Adriano
El Jaish
18
2
Rodrigo Tabata
Al-Rayyan
17
3
Afonso Alves
Al-Rayyan
15
4
Moumouni Dagano
Al Khor / Lekhwiya
12
Dioko Kaluyituka
Al-Ahli
6
Caboré
Umm Salal
10
Wagner Ribeiro
El Jaish
8
Yahia Kébé
Al-Kharaitiyat
9
Saïd Boutahar
Al-Wakrah
Sebastián Soria
Qatar SC
Top assistants
As of April 13, 2012
Rank
Scorer
Club
Assists
1
Karim Ziani
El Jaish
13
2
Rodrigo Tabata
Al-Rayyan
9
3
Nadir Belhadj
Al-Sadd
8
4
Hicham Aboucherouane
Al-Ahli
5
Youssef Safri
Qatar SC
Mosaab Mahmoud
Al-Khor
Nam Tae-hee
Lekhwiya
8
Tresor Kangambu
Al-Wakrah
4
Onyekachi Okonkwo
Al-Kharaitiyat
Abdulgadir Ilyas Bakur
El Jaish
Disciplinary statistics
As of April 13, 2012
Yellow card = 1 point
Red card = 3 points
Rank
Player
Club
Points
1
Daniel Goumou
Al-Rayyan
9
1
12
2
Ibrahim Al-Ghanim
Al-Gharafa
5
2
11
3
Youssef Safri
Qatar SC
7
1
10
Sebastián Soria
Qatar SC
Shavkat Mullajanov
Al-Ahli
6
Pa-Modou Kah
Al-Khor / Qatar SC
6
1
9
Mohammad Mothnani
El Jaish
8
Abdeslam Ouaddou
Qatar SC
5
1
8
Otmane El Assas
Al-Gharafa
10
Caboré
Umm Salal
4
1
7
Khalid Jaberti
Umm Salal
Ali Hasan Kamal
Qatar SC
Mostafa Mido
Qatar SC :