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2011–12 Al Wasl FC season

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

Squad

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

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

Current technical staff

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

Source: TheNational.ae

Transfers

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In

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

Out

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Name Nat Moving To Fee
Coach Khalifa Mobarak United Arab Emirates United Arab EmiratesAl Wasl FC End of Interim Contract
Khalaf Ismail United Arab Emirates United Arab EmiratesAjman Club Free transfer[19]
Saeed Al Kass United Arab Emirates United Arab EmiratesAl Sharjah SC End of Contract[20]
Mohammad Omar United Arab Emirates Retired[21]
Ali Mahmoud United Arab Emirates United Arab EmiratesBaniyas SC Free transfer[22]
Alexandre Oliveira Brazil BrazilBotafogo Free transfer[23]
Alex Pires de Souza Brazil PortugalU.D. Leiria Free transfer[24]
Francisco Yeste Spain GreeceOlympiacos F.C. Undisclosed[25]
Omran Abdul Rahman United Arab Emirates United Arab EmiratesAl Sharjah SC Free transfer[26]
Faisal Ahmed United Arab Emirates United Arab EmiratesEmirates Club Free transfer
Khalid Darwish United Arab Emirates United Arab EmiratesEmirates Club Free transfer[27]
Mohammed Al Balushi Oman United Arab EmiratesAl Wahda S.C.C. Loan[28]
Ali Rabeea United Arab Emirates United Arab EmiratesEmirates Club Loan[29]
Edson Puch Chile ChileDeportes Iquique Loan[30]
Fadel Ahmad United Arab Emirates United Arab EmiratesAl Nasr SC Loan[31]
Richard Porta Australia UruguayNacional Loan return[32]

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

Tournaments

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Pre-Season Matches & Friendlies

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Local Camp

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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

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

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

Top Scorers

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Player Goals
Uruguay Juan Manuel Olivera 1
United Arab Emirates Mohammed Jamal 1
United Arab Emirates Hassan Yousif 1
United Arab Emirates Darweesh Ahmad 1

Standing

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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

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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

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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: United Arab EmiratesAbdulla 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: United Arab EmiratesMohammad 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: United Arab EmiratesFahad 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: United Arab EmiratesHamad 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: United Arab EmiratesMohammad Abdullah Hassan
9 February 2012 round 13 Al Wasl 1–0 Baniyas SC Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:00 Juan Manuel Olivera 18' Referee: United Arab EmiratesHamad AlShaikh
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: United Arab EmiratesYaqoub 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: United Arab EmiratesAmmar 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: United Arab EmiratesAbdulWahid Khater

Top Scorers

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Player Goals
Uruguay Juan Manuel Olivera 13
United Arab Emirates Rashid Eissa 4
United Arab Emirates Darweesh Ahmad 3
Argentina Mariano Donda 3
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 3
United Arab Emirates Waheed Ismail 2
Chile Edson Puch 1
Australia Richard Porta 1
United Arab Emirates Sultan Rashid 1
United Arab Emirates Ammar Mubarak 1

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

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

Results

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10 June 2012 Final Leg2 Al Wasl United Arab Emirates 1–3
(4–4 agg.)
(4–5 p)
Bahrain Al-Muharraq SC Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
19:50

Top Scorers

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Player Goals
Uruguay Juan Manuel Olivera 7
Argentina Mariano Donda 4
United Arab Emirates Rashid Eissa 2
United Arab Emirates Eissa Ali 2
United Arab Emirates Mubarak Hassan 1
United Arab Emirates Fahad Hadeed 1
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 1
United Arab Emirates Yasser Salem 1

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

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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: United Arab EmiratesAbdulla Al Ajel

Top Scorers

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

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

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

Results

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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: United Arab EmiratesIbrahim 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: United Arab EmiratesAbdulla 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: United Arab EmiratesAbdulla 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: United Arab EmiratesAbdulla Al Ajel
11 March 2012 Semi Final Al-Ahli Dubai 1–0 Al Wasl Al-Rashid Stadium, Dubai
20:30 Faisal Khalil 61' Referee: United Arab EmiratesYaqoub Qaseem

Top Scorers

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Player Goals
Argentina Mariano Donda 4
United Arab Emirates Eissa Ali 4
Uruguay Juan Manuel Olivera 4
United Arab Emirates Rashid Eissa 1
United Arab Emirates Hamad AlHosani 1
United Arab Emirates Hasan Ali 1
Argentina Juan Ignacio Mercier 1
United Arab Emirates Tariq Hassan 1
Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari 1

Season Top scorers

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

Season Highlights

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  • 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

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Marcelo Diaz confirmed Edson Puch Departure to UAE". 123.cl (in Spanish). 5 May 2011.[permanent dead link]
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  30. ^ "Deportes Iquique: Edson Puch llega a préstamo desde Al Wasl". Goal.com (in Spanish). 14 January 2012.
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  32. ^ "Porta: Diego Maradona drove me out of Al Wasl". goal.com. 7 February 2012.
  33. ^ Alex (10 June 2011). "Maradona makes first decision". Khaleej Times. Archived from the original on 7 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
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