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.

Al-Hilal
2011–12 season
PresidentSaudi Arabia Abdulrahman bin Musa'ad
ManagerGermany Thomas Doll
(until 22 January 2012)
Czech Republic Ivan Hašek
(From 23 January 2012)
StadiumKing Fahd Stadium
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
SPL3rd
Crown Prince CupWinners
King Cup of ChampionsSemi-finals
AFC Champions League2012: Quarter-finals1
Top goalscorerLeague: Youssef El-Arabi (12)
All: Youssef El-Arabi (16)
Highest home attendance22,996 vs Al-Ahli
(29 September 2011, Pro League)
Lowest home attendance352 vs Al-Ettifaq
(14 April 2012, Pro League)
Average home league attendance7,470[1]

Players edit

Squad information edit

Players and squad numbers.[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Nat. 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 edit

Overall edit

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 161 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 edit

Competition Record
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 edit

League table edit

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[a]
2 Al-Ahli 26 19 5 2 60 22 +38 62
3 Al-Hilal 26 18 6 2 58 22 +36 60
4 Al-Ettifaq 26 13 8 5 41 26 +15 47
5 Al-Ittihad 26 10 7 9 49 35 +14 37
Source: slstat.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Total goal difference; 5) Total goals scored; 6) Play-off (only for deciding champion, relegation and AFC competitions participation).
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Al-Ettifaq secured qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League due to Al-Ahli winning the 2012 King Cup of Champions

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
26 18 6 2 58 22  +36 60 9 3 1 31 13  +18 9 3 1 27 9  +18

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
GroundAHAHAAHAAHHAHHAHAHHAAHHAAH
ResultWLWWWWWWWWWDDWDDLWWWDWWWWD
Position39433333322221134333333333
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

10 September 2011 1 Hajer 1–2 Al-Hilal Al-Hasa
20:30 (UTC+03:00) Rejaib   43' Report   48', 66' El-Arabi Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Attendance: 4,225
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Ahmri
15 September 2011 2 Al-Hilal 0–2 Al-Shabab Riyadh
20:25 (UTC+03:00) Report   22', 75' Al-Shamrani Stadium: King Fahad International Stadium
Attendance: 12,276
Referee: Khalil Jalal
23 September 2011 3 Al-Taawoun 0–1 Al-Hilal Buraidah
20:20 (UTC+03:00) Report   54' Nami Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium
Attendance: 19,658
Referee: Abdulaziz Al-Funaitel
29 September 2011 4 Al-Hilal 4–0 Al-Ahli Riyadh
20:10 (UTC+03:00) Yoo Byung-Soo   22'
Al-Fraidi   25'
Al-Shalhoub   47' (pen.)
Hawsawi   69'
Report Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
Attendance: 22,996
Referee: Kever Saschai
15 October 2011 5 Al-Faisaly 0–2 Al-Hilal Al Majma'ah
19:55 (UTC+03:00) Report   37' Emaná
  92' Al-Shalhoub
Stadium: King Salman Sport City Stadium
Attendance: 3,223
Referee: Metref Al-Qahtani
20 October 2011 6 Al-Qadisiyah 4–5 Al-Hilal Khobar
19:50 (UTC+03:00) Al-Shamali   43'
Al-Quainem   58'
Bouguèche   79', 87'
Report   5', 6', 22' El-Arabi
  32' Al-Dawsari
  46' Emaná
Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
Attendance: 6,711
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Amri
1 November 2011 7 Al-Hilal 2–0 Al-Raed Riyadh
19:45 (UTC+03:00) Emaná   79' (pen.)
Al-Fraidi   83'
Report Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 7,708
Referee: Saad Al-Kathiri
19 November 2011 8 Al-Ansar 0–2 Al-Hilal Medina
19:35 (UTC+03:00) Report   33' (pen.) Al-Shalhoub
  48' El-Arabi
Stadium: Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Attendance: 18,400
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi
24 November 2011 9 Al-Nassr 0–3 Al-Hilal Riyadh
19:35 (UTC+03:00) Report   10', 29' (pen.) Al-Shalhoub
  84' Al-Dawsari
Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 17,945
Referee: Khalil Jalal
2 December 2011 10 Al-Hilal 3–2 Al-Fateh Riyadh
15:05 (UTC+03:00) El-Arabi   2'
Al-Zori   12'
Emaná   60'
Report   4' Boabeed
  68' Al-Hamdan
Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 5,680
Referee: Meree Al-Awagi
9 December 2011 11 Al-Hilal 2–1 Najran Riyadh
15:05 (UTC+03:00) El-Arabi   68'
Al-Mehyani   96'
Report   16' Al-Robeai Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 5,247
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish
15 December 2011 12 Al-Ettifaq 2–2 Al-Hilal Dammam
19:35 (UTC+03:00) Otain   13'
Al-Hamed   51'
Report   46', 52' Al-Mehyani Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 18,016
Referee: Jerome Laperriere
26 December 2011 13 Al-Hilal 1–1 Al-Ittihad Riyadh
19:45 (UTC+03:00) Hermach   68' Report   83' Hazazi Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 14,827
Referee: Victor Kassai
31 December 2011 14 Al-Hilal 3–1 Hajer Riyadh
19:45 (UTC+03:00) Al-Dawsari   35'
El-Arabi   69', 78'
Report   7' Al-Khamis Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 2,649
Referee: Shukri Al-Hanfosh
4 January 2012 15 Al-Shabab 0–0 Al-Hilal Riyadh
19:50 (UTC+03:00) Report Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 8,123
Referee: Gomes Duarte
11 January 2012 16 Al-Hilal 1–1 Al-Taawoun Riyadh
19:55 (UTC+03:00) Al-Mehyani   54' Report   14' Al-Harbi Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 4,732
Referee: Metref Al-Qahtani
19 January 2012 17 Al-Ahli 1–0 Al-Hilal Jeddah
20:00 (UTC+03:00) Al-Hosani   57' Report Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium
Attendance: 17,150
Referee: Carlos Xistra
2 February 2012 18 Al-Hilal 2–1 Al-Faisaly Riyadh
15:40 (UTC+03:00) Al-Abed   16'
Hawsawi   75'
Report   53' Al-Kharashi Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 4,243
Referee: Meree Al-Awagi
6 February 2012 19 Al-Hilal 3–0 Al-Qadisiyah Riyadh
20:15 (UTC+03:00) Yoo Byung-Soo   7', 36'
Wilhelmsson   94' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 2,534
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoaish
14 February 2012 20 Al-Ittihad 0–2 Al-Hilal Jeddah
20:20 (UTC+03:00) Report   41' Al-Abed
  92' Al-Shalhoub
Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
Attendance: 15,200
Referee: Meree Al-Awagi
12 March 2012 21 Al-Raed 1–1 Al-Hilal Buraidah
20:25 (UTC+03:00) Al-Musalem   80' Report   36' Al-Harthi Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium
Attendance: 22,523
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Ahmri
16 March 2012 22 Al-Hilal 6–1 Al-Ansar Riyadh
20:25 (UTC+03:00) Yoo Byung-Soo   37', 66'
Al-Harthi   59'
Wilhelmsson   60', 79'
Al-Faraj   68'
Report   47' Al-Shenqiti Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 1,751
Referee: Sami Al-Nemri
25 March 2012 23 Al-Hilal 1–0 Al-Nassr Riyadh
20:30 (UTC+03:00) Al-Abed   87' Report Stadium: King Fahad International Stadium
Attendance: 12,117
Referee: Fritz Marco
29 March 2012 24 Al-Fateh 0–5 Al-Hilal Al-Hasa
20:30 (UTC+03:00) Report   15', 69' El-Arabi
  57' Wilhelmsson
  75' Al-Dawsari
  92' Al-Mehyani
Stadium: Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Attendance: 4,672
Referee: Abdulaziz Al-Funaitel
8 April 2012 25 Najran 0–2 Al-Hilal Najran
20:40 (UTC+03:00) Report   41' Al-Shalhoub
  55' Hermach
Stadium: Al Akhdoud Club Stadium
Attendance: 1,820
Referee: Khalil Jalal
14 April 2012 26 Al-Hilal 3–3 Al-Ettifaq Riyadh
20:40 (UTC+03:00) Al-Zori   25'
Yoo Byung-Soo   26'
Wilhelmsson   76' (pen.)
Report   20', 43' Al-Salem
  94' Al-Jamaan
Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
Attendance: 352
Referee: Sami Al-Nemri

Crown Prince Cup edit

21 December 2011 Round of 16 Al-Shoulla 1–6 Al-Hilal Al-Kharj
19:40 (UTC+03:00) Al-Bishi   90+1' Report   8', 41' Byung-Soo
  26' Al-Shalhoub
  32' Al-Mehyani
  45', 72' Al-Abed
Stadium: Al-Shoalah Club Stadium
Referee: Mashari Al-Mashari
10 February 2012 Final Al-Hilal 2–1 Al-Ettifaq Riyadh
20:00 (UTC+03:00) Wilhelmsson   9'
Al-Abed   21'
Report   35' Al-Shehri Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium
Attendance: 50,122
Referee: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy)

King Cup of Champions edit

Quarter-finals edit

Semi-finals edit

11 May 2012 Second leg Al-Ahli 2–2
(3–2 agg.)
Al-Hilal Jeddah
20:50 (UTC+03:00) Al-Harbi   21'
Palomino   79'
  23', 90+3' (pen.) Wilhelmsson Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium

Third place edit

17 May 2012 Al-Hilal 0–3 Al-Fateh Riyadh
20:50 (UTC+03:00)   44', 71' (pen.) Élton
  76' Al-Mogahwi
Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium

2012 AFC Champions League edit

Group stage edit

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 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
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
7 March 2012 1 Al-Hilal   1–1   Persepolis Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:30 (UTC+03:00) Al-Shalhoub   53' Report[permanent dead link]   42' (pen.) Karimi Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 9,574
Referee: Lee Min-Hu (Korea Republic)
21 March 2012 2 Al-Gharafa   3–3   Al-Hilal Doha, Qatar
18:30 (UTC+03:00) Tardelli   44', 78'
El Assas   90+3' (pen.)
Report[permanent dead link]   16' Hermach
  64' El-Arabi
  75' Al-Zori
Stadium: Al-Gharafa Stadium
Attendance: 6,092
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
1 May 2012 5 Persepolis   0–1   Al-Hilal Tehran, Iran
17:00 (UTC+03:00) Report   59' El-Arabi Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 73,154
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)
15 May 2012 6 Al-Hilal   2–1   Al-Gharafa Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
21:00 (UTC+03:00) Al-Fraidi   48'
Al-Abed   65'
Report   82' (o.g.) Hawsawi Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 10,275
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Knockout stage edit

Round of 16 edit
23 May 2012 Round of 16 Al-Hilal   7–1   Baniyas Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
21:10 (UTC+03:00) Yoo Byung-Soo   23', 38', 53', 61'
Wilhelmsson   26', 59'
Al-Dawsari   86'
Report[permanent dead link]   57' (pen.) Yeste Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 22,518
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

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
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
21 MF   Adil Hermach 2 1 0 1 4
29 MF   Salem Al-Dawsari 2 1 0 1 4
8 MF   Achille Emaná 4 0 0 0 4
7 4 DF   Abdullah Al-Zori 2 0 0 1 3
11 MF   Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari 2 0 1 0 3
8 3 DF   Osama Hawsawi 2 0 0 0 2
14 FW   Saad Al-Harthi 2 0 0 0 2
9 19 DF   Mohammad Nami 1 0 0 0 1
13 MF   Salman Al-Faraj 1 0 0 0 1
Total 58 5 13 17 93

Assists edit

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
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
21 MF   Adil Hermach 4 1 0 0 5
8 FW   Christian Wilhelmsson 2 0 0 3 5
4 24 MF   Nawaf Al-Abed 1 0 1 2 4
29 MF   Salem Al-Dawsari 3 0 1 0 4
5 2 DF   Sultan Al-Bishi 1 0 2 0 3
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
11 MF   Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari 1 0 0 0 1
8 MF   Achille Emaná 1 0 0 0 1
16 FW   Essa Al-Mehyani 1 0 0 0 1
3 DF   Osama Hawsawi 1 0 0 0 1
Total 39 1 7 14 61

References edit

  1. ^ "The Most Home Matches Attendance Average Teams". slstat.com. Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Al-Hilal Information for 2014–2015 league season". slstat.com. Retrieved 24 September 2015.