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2011–12 UAE Pro League

Field	Value
competition	UAE Pro League
season	2011–12
winners	Al Ain
10th title
relegated	Emirates
Sharjah
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Al Ain
Al Jazira
Al Nasr
Al Shabab
biggest home win	Al Jazira 5–0 Sharjah
biggest away win	Emirates 1–5 Al Shabab
Al Wasl 2–6 Al Ahli
Al Jazira 1–5 Al Nasr
highest scoring	Sharjah 4–5 Al Nasr (9 goals)
matches	132
total goals	449
highest attendance	21,455
Al Jazira 1–3 Al Ain
league topscorer	GHA Asamoah Gyan (22)
prevseason	2010–11
nextseason	2012–13

10th title Sharjah Al Jazira Al Nasr Al Shabab Al Wasl 2–6 Al Ahli Al Jazira 1–5 Al Nasr Al Jazira 1–3 Al Ain

The 2011–12 UAE Pro League season (known as Etisalat Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the 37th top-level football season in the UAE, and the fourth Professional season.

Al Jazira were the defending champions, having won their 1st Pro League title in the 2010–11 campaign after being runner-up for three times in a row. Al Dhafra and Ittihad Kalba were relegated from the previous season. Ajman Club and Emirates Club were promoted from the UAE Division 1 Group A. The campaign began on 15 October 2011 and ended on 27 May 2012.

Teams

Ittihad Kalba and Al Dhafra were relegated to the 2011–12 UAE Division 1 Group A after finishing in the bottom two spots of the table at the end of the 2010–11 season. The two relegated teams were replaced by 2nd level champions Ajman Club and runners up Emirates Club.

Stadia and locations

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Ajman	Ajman	Ajman Stadium	10,000
Al Ahli	Dubai	Rashid Stadium	18,000
Al Ain	Al Ain	Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium	15,000
Al Jazira	Abu Dhabi	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium	42,056
Al Nasr	Dubai	Al Maktoum Stadium	12,000
Al Shabab	Dubai	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium	12,000
Al Wahda	Abu Dhabi	Al Nahyan Stadium	12,000
Al Wasl	Dubai	Zabeel Stadium	12,000
Baniyas	Abu Dhabi	Baniyas Stadium	9,570
Dubai	Dubai	Police Officers' Club Stadium	6,500
Emirates	Ras al-Khaimah	Emirates Club Stadium	5,000
Sharjah	Sharjah	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	18,000

Personnel

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

Team	Chairman	Head coach	Captain
Ajman	UAE Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III	IRQ Abdul Wahab Abdul Qader	UAE Mohamed Zahran
Al Ahli	UAE Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum	ESP Quique Sánchez Flores	UAE Mohammed Qassim
Al Ain	UAE Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan	ROU Cosmin Olăroiu	UAE Rami Yaslam
Al Jazira	UAE Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan	BRA Caio Júnior	AUS Lucas Neill
Al Nasr	UAE Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid	ITA Walter Zenga	UAE Abdallah Mousa
Al Shabab	UAE Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum	BRA Paulo Bonamigo	UAE Hassan Al Sharif
Al Wahda	UAE Saeed bin Zayed Al Nahyan	AUT Josef Hickersberger	UAE Fahed Masoud
Al Wasl	UAE Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	ARG Diego Maradona	UAE Khalid Darwish
Baniyas	UAE Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan	ARG Gabriel Calderón	OMA Fawzi Bashir
Dubai	UAE Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Maktoum	Egypt Ayman El Ramady	UAE Jamal Abdullah
Emirates	UAE Ahmed bin Saqr al-Qassimi	TUN Ghazi Ghrairi	ALG Karim Kerkar
Sharjah	QATUAE Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani	UAE Abdulmajeed Al Nimr	UAE Nawaf Mubarak

Managerial changes

Managerial changes during the 2011–12 campaign.

Pre-season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by
Al Wasl	UAE Khalifa Mubarak	title=Maradona Confirmed as Al Wasl Coach Football legend to start his managerial role from next season	url=http://ufl.ae/en/news/maradona-confirmed-as-al-wasl-coach-football-legend-to-start-his-managerial-role-from-next-season.html	publisher=UFL	date=16 May 2011	access-date=17 May 2011	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128073121/https://ufl.ae/en/news/maradona-confirmed-as-al-wasl-coach-football-legend-to-start-his-managerial-role-from-next-season.html	archive-date=28 January 2020	url-status=dead}}	ARG Diego Maradona
Al Jazira	BRA Abel Braga	Contract finished	BEL Franky Vercauteren{{cite web	title=Vercauteren asked to delay UAE switch to Al Jazira
Al Ain	BRA Alexandre Gallo	Contract finished	ROU Cosmin Olăroiu
Baniyas	UAE Mahdi Ali{{cite web	title=Ali defends his record as Baniyas coach	archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114181731/http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/ali-defends-his-record-as-baniyas-coach	url-status=dead	archive-date=14 January 2013	publisher=UFL	date=6 June 2011	access-date=6 June 2011}}	Caretaker role ended
Al Ahli	UAE Abdulhameed Al Mishtiki	Caretaker role ended{{cite news	title=Al Ahli focus on quality coach	archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114163704/http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/al-ahli-focus-on-quality-coach	url-status=dead	archive-date=14 January 2013	publisher=The National	date=6 June 2011	access-date=6 June 2011}}
Sharjah	POR Carlos Azenha	Resigned before season started{{cite news	title=Azenha resignation stuns Sharjah	publisher=The National	date=13 September 2011	access-date=13 September 2011}}

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Replaced by
Dubai	ARG Néstor Clausen	Resigned	SUI Umberto Barberis
Dubai	SUI Umberto Barberis	Caretaker role ended	ROM Ion Marin{{cite news	title=Pro League club Dubai unveil Ion Marin as new coach
Baniyas	BRA Jorvan Vieira	Sacked	UAE Salem Al-Orfi
Al Ahli	CZE Ivan Hašek	Sacked	ESP Quique Sánchez Flores
Baniyas	UAE Salem Al-Orfi	Sacked	ARG Gabriel Calderón{{cite news	title=Pro League: Baniyas appoint Calderon
Dubai	ROM Ion Marin	Sacked {{cite news	title=Pierre-Andre Schurmann to become Dubai's fourth manager of the season	publisher=The National	date=14 December 2011	access-date=14 December 2011}}
Dubai	SUI Pierre-André Schürmann	Caretaker role ended	EGY Ayman El Ramady
Sharjah	ROU Valeriu Tiţa	Sacked	BRA Jorvan Vieira
Sharjah	BRA Jorvan Vieira	Sacked	ROU Valeriu Tiţa
Al Jazira	BEL Franky Vercauteren	Sacked	BRA Caio Júnior
Sharjah	ROU Valeriu Tiţa	Sacked	UAE Abdulmajeed Al Nimr

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per AGL team.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC player	Former players
Ajman	Algeria Karim Kerkar	Ivory Coast Boris Kabi	Ivory Coast Olivier Tia	Lebanon Hassan Maatouk	Senegal Ibrahima Touré
Al-Ahli	Brazil Grafite	Cameroon Achille Emaná	Chile Luis Jiménez	Lebanon Youssef Mohamad	Brazil Jajá
Al-Ain	Argentina Ignacio Scocco	Ghana Asamoah Gyan	Romania Mirel Rădoi	Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani
Al-Jazira	Argentina Matías Delgado	Brazil Baré	Brazil Ricardo Oliveira	Australia Lucas Neill
Al-Nasr	Brazil Léo Lima	Italy Luca Toni	Ivory Coast Amara Diané	Australia Mark Bresciano	Brazil Careca
Guinea Ismaël Bangoura
Al-Shabab	Brazil Ciel	Brazil Kieza	Chile Carlos Villanueva	Uzbekistan Azizbek Haydarov	Brazil Júlio César
Sharjah	Brazil Edinho	Brazil Marcelinho	South Korea Lee Sang-ho	Uzbekistan Timur Kapadze	Brazil Vandinho
Iran Iman Mobali
Serbia Igor Đurić
Al-Wahda	Brazil Fernando Baiano	Brazil Hugo	Brazil Magrão	Oman Mohammed Al-Balushi
Al-Wasl	Argentina Mariano Donda	Argentina Juan Mercier	Uruguay Juan Manuel Olivera	Iran Mohammad Reza Khalatbari	Chile Edson Puch
Uruguay Richard Porta
Baniyas	Algeria Ismaël Bouzid	Senegal André Senghor	Spain Francisco Yeste	Oman Fawzi Bashir	France David Trezeguet
Ivory Coast Antonin Koutouan
Dubai	France Nicolas Marin	Guinea Aboubacar Camara	Guinea Simon Feindouno	Lebanon Abbas Ahmad Atwi	Bahrain Faouzi Aaish
Uzbekistan Ulugbek Bakayev
Emirates	Ivory Coast Modibo Kane Diarra	Morocco Mohsine Moutouali	Uzbekistan Alexander Geynrikh	Uzbekistan Jasur Hasanov	Guinea Alhassane Keita
Iran Pejman Nouri
Nigeria Orok Akarandut

Richard Porta has Australian citizenship and was counted as an Asian player.

League table

Results

Goalscorers

;22 goals

GHA Asamoah Gyan (Al Ain)

;16 goals

BRA Grafite (Al Ahli)
SEN André Senghor (Baniyas)

;14 goals

BRA Ricardo Oliveira (Al Jazira)

;13 goals

CHI Luis Jiménez (Al Ahli)
URU Juan Manuel Olivera (Al Wasl)

;11 goals

BRA Ciel (Al Shabab)

;10 goals

AUS Mark Bresciano (Al Nasr)
BRA Baré (Al Jazira)
BRA Edinho (Sharjah)
BRA Marcelinho (Sharjah)
CIV Modibo Kane Diarra (Emirates)

Source: official site:

References

(19 May 2011). "Emirates and Ajman to the Pro-League". ufl.ae.
(15 May 2011). "The UFL Board of Directors approved the agenda of the next season 2011-2012". ufl.ae.
(16 May 2011). "Maradona Confirmed as Al Wasl Coach Football legend to start his managerial role from next season". [[UAE Football League.
"Al Ain announce officially signing with Cosmin Olaroiu".
[https://archive.today/20120919123008/http://www.thenational.ae/sport/uae-sport/al-ahli-appoint-ivan-hasek-as-new-coach Al Ahli appoint Ivan Hasek as new coach]
(22 December 2011). "Viera: Sincere respect to Dubai". Pro League.
(2 February 2012). "Pro League news: Bobby Zamora turned down Al Jazira". The National.
(8 March 2012). "Franky Vercauteren dismissed by Al Jazira". The National.
(8 April 2012). "Tita dismissed as Sharjah coach for the second time". The National.
"Goals: 2011-2012". Pro League.

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