Season | 2010β11 |
---|---|
Champions | Al Jazira 1st title |
Relegated | Al Dhafra Ittihad Kalba |
Matches played | 126 |
Goals scored | 425 (3.37 per match) |
Top goalscorer | AndrΓ© Senghor (16) |
Biggest home win | Al Wahda 6β1 Al Sharjah (15 May 2011) Dubai 6β4 Al Dhafra (20 May 2011) |
Biggest away win | Sharjah 3β5 Bani Yas (13 December 2010) |
Highest scoring | Dubai 6β4 Al Dhafra (20 May 2011) |
Highest attendance | 36,241 Al Jazira β Dubai |
β 2009β10 2011β12 β |
The 2010β11 UAE Pro League season (known as Etisalat Pro League for sponsorship reasons) was the: 36th edition of top-level football in theββUnited Arab Emirates. This was the "third Professional season in the history of the country." Al-Wahda were defending champions from the 2009β10 campaign. Ajman Club and Emirates Club were relegated from the previous season. Dubai Club and Al-Ittihad were promoted from the UAE Division 1 Group A. The campaign began on 26 August 2010. And ended on 9 June 2011.
After being runner-up for three times in a row Al Jazira secured their 1st Pro League title after beating Al Wasl 4β0 on 16 May 2011. Becoming the 3rd clubββto achieve the Double in country history after Al Nasr in 1986 and Al Wasl in 2007.
Teamsβ»
Ajman Club and Emirates Club were relegatedββto the second-level league after finishing in the bottom two in the 2009β10 season. The two relegated teams were replaced by, 2nd level champions Al-Ittihad Kalba and runners up Dubai Club.
Stadia and locationsβ»
Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Al Ahli | Dubai | Rashed Stadium | 18,000 |
Al Jazira | Abu Dhabi | Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium | 42,056 |
Al Ain | Al Ain | Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium | 15,000 |
Al Wahda | Abu Dhabi | Al-Nahyan Stadium | 12,000 |
Al Shabab | Dubai | Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium | 12,000 |
Al Wasl | Dubai | Zabeel Stadium | 12,000 |
Al Nasr | Dubai | Al-Maktoum Stadium | 12,000 |
Al Dhafra | Madinat Zayed | Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Stadium | 12,000 |
Al Sharjah | Sharjah | Sharjah Stadium | 18,000 |
Baniyas | Abu Dhabi | Bani Yas Stadium | 6,000 |
Dubai | Dubai | Police Officers Club Stadium | 6,500 |
Ittihad Kalba | Kalba | Ittihad Kalba Club Stadium | 3,000 |
Personnel and sponsorshipβ»
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and "Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality."
Managerial changesβ»
Pre-seasonβ»
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by |
---|---|---|---|
Al Ain | Vacant | Appointed on permanent role | Abdulhameed Al Mishtiki |
Al Wasl | Alexandre GuimarΓ£es | Contract not renewed | SΓ©rgio Farias |
Al Ahli | Vacant | New arrival | David O'Leary |
Al Wahda | Josef Hickersberger | Contract not renewed | LΓ‘szlΓ³ BΓΆlΓΆni |
During the seasonβ»
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Replaced by |
---|---|---|---|
Al Wahda | LΓ‘szlΓ³ BΓΆlΓΆni | Sacked | Tite |
Al Wahda | Tite | Resigned | Josef Hickersberger |
Al Dhafra | Michel Decastel | Sacked | Alexandre GuimarΓ£es |
Al Nasr | Helio dos Anjos | Sacked | Eid Baroot (caretaker) |
Dubai | Ayman El Ramadi | Sacked | Junior dos Santos |
Al Ain | Abdulhameed Al Mishtiki | Sacked | Alexandre Gallo |
Al Nasr | Eid Baroot | Full-time coach appointed | Walter Zenga |
Al Ahli | David O'Leary | Sacked | Abdulhameed Al Mishtiki |
Al Wasl | SΓ©rgio Farias | Sacked | Khalifa Mubarak |
Baniyas | Lotfi Benzarti | Sacked | Mahdi Ali |
Al Sharjah | Manuel Cajuda | Sacked | Abdul Majid |
Foreign playersβ»
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Former player(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al Ahli | Pinga | Fabio Cannavaro | Karim El Ahmadi | Aristide BancΓ© | |
Al Jazira | MatΓas Delgado | BarΓ© | Ricardo Oliveira | Ibrahim Diaky | Antonin Koutouan |
Al Ain | Elias | Brahima Keita | Jumaa Saeed | Valentin Badea | JosΓ© Sand AndrΓ© Dias |
Al Wahda | Fernando Baiano | Hugo | MagrΓ£o | Modibo Diarra | |
Al Shabab | JΓΊlio CΓ©sar | Ciel | Carlos Villanueva | Lamine Diarra | |
Al Wasl | Alexandre Oliveira | Alex Pires | Mohammed Al-Balushi | Francisco Yeste | |
Al Nasr | Careca | LΓ©o Lima | IsmaΓ«l Bangoura | Carlos Tenorio | |
Al Dhafra | Filipe Machado | Boris Kabi | Abass Lawal | Toufik Zerara Mohamed Berrabeh | |
Al Sharjah | Gustavo | Marcelinho | Robinho | MarcelΓ£o | |
Baniyas | Mustafa Karim | Rafael Uiterloo | Fawzi Bashir | AndrΓ© Senghor | Γder GaΓΊcho |
Dubai | Gil Bala | MichaΓ«l N'dri | Aboubacar Camara | Rachid Tiberkanine | Mounir Diane Yazid KaΓ―ssi |
Ittihad Kalba | Abdulla Baba Fatadi | KanΓΊ | GrΓ©gory Dufrennes | Simon Feindouno | Moustapha Dabo Khadim Diouf |
League tableβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification/relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Al Jazira (C) | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 64 | 27 | +37 | 53 | 2012 AFC Champions League Group Stage |
2 | Baniyas | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 41 | |
3 | Al Nasr | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 35 | |
4 | Al Shabab | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 42 | 32 | +10 | 34 | 2012 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off |
5 | Al-Wahda | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 31 | 2012 GCC Champions League |
6 | Al Wasl | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 31 | |
7 | Al Sharjah | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 30 | |
8 | Al-Ahli | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 27 | |
9 | Dubai Club | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 26 | |
10 | Al Ain | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 25 | |
11 | Ittihad Kalba (R) | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 20 | Relegation to UAE Division 2 Group A |
12 | Al-Dhafra (R) | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 13 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Since Al-Jazira also won the 2010β11 UAE President's Cup, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League.
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | ALI | AIN | ITT | JAZ | NAS | SHA | WAH | WAS | YAS | DHA | DUB | SHR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al-Ahli | 0β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 4β1 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 2β1 | |
Al Ain | 1β2 | 1β4 | 4β1 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 4β3 | 1β1 | |
Ittihad Kalba | 2β2 | 4β3 | 3β4 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 5β3 | 2β3 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 0β1 | 0β3 | |
Al Jazira | 5β1 | 4β0 | 5β2 | 3β0 | 3β3 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 5β3 | 4β2 | 3β0 | |
Al Nasr | 4β0 | 0β3 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 3β2 | 1β3 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β2 | |
Al Shabab | 2β2 | 3β0 | 4β1 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 0β4 | 0β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | |
Al-Wahda | 1β2 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 5β2 | 4β0 | 1β3 | 2β4 | 2β2 | 6β1 | |
Al Wasl | 2β0 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 0β4 | 2β3 | 1β3 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 1β2 | |
Baniyas | 2β1 | 3β0 | 4β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | |
Al-Dhafra | 2β0 | 0β3 | 1β2 | 0β1 | 1β4 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 0β2 | 3β5 | 0β1 | |
Dubai Club | 2β1 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 1β4 | 1β3 | 0β2 | 0β5 | 2β1 | 1β4 | 6β4 | 1β0 | |
Al Sharjah | 2β3 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 0β3 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 3β5 | 1β5 | 1β0 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Season statisticsβ»
Top goalscorersβ»
Rank | Player | Club | Goal(s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | AndrΓ© Senghor | Bani Yas | 18 |
2 | Ibrahim Diaky | Al Jazira | 12 |
Marcelinho | Al Sharjah | 12 | |
3 | |||
GrΓ©gory Dufrennes | Ittihad Kalba | 11 | |
BarΓ© | Al Jazira | 11 | |
Boris Kabi | Al Dhafra | 11 | |
Pinga | Al Wahda | 11 | |
7 | Francisco Yeste | Al Wasl | 10 |
IsmaΓ«l Bangoura | Al Nasr | 10 | |
JΓΊlio CΓ©sar | Al Shabab | 10 | |
10 | Fernando Baiano | Al Wahda | 9 |
Ricardo Oliveira | Al Jazira | 9 | |
10 | MichaΓ«l N'dri | Dubai | 8 |
Omar Abdulrahman | Al Ain | 8 |
Source: Etisalat Pro-League β Top goalscorers
Last updated:2 June 2011
Scoringβ»
- First goal of the season: Abass Lawal for Al Dhafra against Al Ahli, 35 minutes and 19 seconds (27 August 2010).
- First penalty kick of the season: 56 minutes and 44 seconds β Marcelinho (scored) for Al Sharjah against Al Jazira (2 September 2010).
- Fastest goal in a match: 2 minutes β Hugo for Al Wahda against Al Shabab (27 October 2010).
- Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 94 minutes and 47 seconds β Jumaa Abdullah for Al Jazira against Al Wasl (16 May 2011).
- Widest winning margin: 6 Goals
- Al Wahda 6β1 Al Sharjah (15 May 2011).
- Dubai 6β4 Al Dhafra (20 May 2011).
- Most goals in a match by one team: 6 Goals
- Al Wahda 6β1 Al Sharjah (15 May 2011).
- Dubai 6β4 Al Dhafra (20 May 2011).
- Most goals scored by losing team: 4 goals
- Most goals in a match by one player: 3 goals
- AndrΓ© Senghor for Bani Yas against Ittihad Kalba (26 September 2010)
- Boris Kabi for Al Dhafra against Al Wahda (23 December 2010)
- Ismail Matar for Al Wahda against Ittihad Kalba (19 February 2011)
- Hat-tricks of the season:
- AndrΓ© Senghor for Bani Yas against Ittihad Kalba (26 September 2010)
- Boris Kabi for Al Dhafra against Al Wahda (23 December 2010)
- Ismail Matar for Al Wahda against Ittihad Kalba (19 February 2011)
Disciplineβ»
- First yellow card of the season: Fabio Cannavaro for Al Ahli against Al Dhafra, 9 minutes (27 August 2010).
- First red card of the season: Darwish Ahmed for Al Wasl against Al Ahli, 90 minutes (1 September 2010).
- Card given at latest point in a game:
Abdallah Ahmed (yellow) at 90+3 for Al Nasr against Al Dhafra (28 May 2011).
Rank | Team | Games | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Al Nasr | 21 | 56 | 1 |
Al Jazira | 21 | 57 | 2 | |
3 | Ittihad Kalba | 21 | 58 | 1 |
4 | Al Ahli | 21 | 48 | 5 |
5 | Al Shabab | 21 | 45 | 3 |
6 | Al Ain | 21 | 44 | 2 |
7 | Al Dhafra | 21 | 39 | 3 |
Al Wasl | 21 | 39 | 6 | |
9 | Al Wahda | 21 | 42 | 2 |
10 | Al Sharjah | 21 | 32 | 6 |
11 | Bani Yas | 21 | 32 | 1 |
12 | Dubai | 21 | 29 | 1 |
Totals | 521 | 33 |
Source: Yellow Cards, Red Cards
Last updated: 2 June 2011
Average attendanceβ»
Source:
- Al-Jazira 15,922
- Al-Wasl 3,240
- Al-Ain FC 4,950
- Al Wahda FC 3,608
- Al-Ahli 2,513
- Baniyas 2,317
- Al-Nasr 1,703
- Al-Shabab 1,065
- Sharjah 1,501
- Al-Dhafra 802
- Dubai CSC 900
- Kalba 659
See alsoβ»
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External linksβ»
- UFL Official Website
- Football Association The UAE Football Association