The 2011–12 season was Al-Nassr's 36th consecutive season in the top flight of Saudi football and 56th year in existence as a football club.
Preseason preparation
New Coach
Signing Date Nat. Name Age From 10 December 2011 Francisco Maturana Free Transfer
New Team Logo
On 11 August 2011, the club's chairman Prince Faisal Bin Turki Bin Nasser showed for the first time the team's new logo. The event was held during half time of a friendly match between Al Nassr's first team and Al Nassr's U-23 team in Prince Abdulrahman Bin Saud Stadium.
New Kits
On 4 September 2011, the club presented the 2011-12 kits for the first time. From right to left, no. 16 Fahad Al-Rashedi wearing the Home kit, no. 8 Juan Mercier wearing the Away kit and no. 4 Omar Hawsawi wearing the 3rd Kit.
Kit providers: Nike Sponsor(s): STC.
Sad news for the team On 19 August 2011, the young Al-Nassr and Saudi Arabia Olympic team striker Saud Hamood had an Anterior cruciate ligament injury when he joined the Saudi Arabian U-23 team in the Gulf Cup U-23 tournament. The surgery was successful. However, he will need 6 months before he can play any match.
The birth of Ultras Al Nassr Late July 2011, the idea of creating an Ultras began to invade Al-Nassr's forums and chat groups. And with the new season nearing to begin, a group of Al-Nassr's faithful fans have created "The Sun Knights" or Ultras Al-Nassr. A group that follows the team, whenever and where ever there is a match they play, to support the team's players by holding banners and singing songs. Their main nasheed is called "Faltasmot Addonia" (فلتصمت الدنيا, ).
Players All ages are calculated to September 1, 2011.
Squad information P No. Nat. Name Age Other GK 1 Khalid Radhy RB 2 Waleed Al-Taya LB 3 Abdoh Bernaoy CB 4 Omar Hawsawi CB 5 Antar Yahia (1/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian CM 6 Ahmad Abbas LM 7 Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani CF 10 Mohammad Al-Sahlawi RB 12 Khalid Al-Ghamdi CB 13 Mohamed Eid DM 14 Ibrahim Ghaleb Youth system DM 15 Abdulaziz Fallatah CM 16 Fahd Al-Rashidi Youth system RM 17 Nasser Al-Saleh Youth system CF 19 Malek Mouath SS 20 Juan Pablo Pino (2/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian GK 21 Kamil Al-Wabari GK 22 Abdullah Al-Enezi SS 23 Saud Hamood LB 24 Hussein Sulaimani (captain) AM 25 Khaled Al-Zylaeei RB 26 Shaye Sharahili Youth system LM 27 Abdulellah Al-Nassar Youth system ST 29 Ryan Belal LB 30 Adnan Fallatah GK 31 Abdullah Al-Shammeri Youth system DM 32 Abdulaziz Al-Aazmi Youth system RM 33 Abdulaziz Al-Dhiyabi Youth system ST 35 Ahmed Al-Jizani Youth system
Summer Transfers
In No. Nat. Name Age From Type Ends Other info CB 5 Antar Yahia VfL Bochum Transfer 2013 (1/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian RB 2 Waleed Al-Taya Al Hazm Transfer LB 30 Adnan Fallatah Al Ittihad Transfer 2013 RB 12 Khalid Al-Ghamdi Al Qadisiyah Transfer 2013 Many problems happened before this deal was made DM 8 Juan Mercier Argentinos Juniors Transfer 2013 (2/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian DM 15 Abdullaaziz Fallatah Al Qadisiyah Transfer 2014 MF 20 Juan Pablo Pino Galatasaray Loan 2012 (3/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian MF - Ahmed Al-Hadhrami Al Fateh Return Loan 2012 FW 19 Malek Mouath Al Ahli Loan 2012 FW - Mohammed Al-Shahrani Al Ettifaq Return Loan 2012
Professional contract No. Nat. Name Age Ends CB - Osama Ashoor 2014 RB 26 Shaya Ali Sharahili 2014 DM 6 Ahmad Abbas 2014 LM - Mosaab Al-Otaibi 2014
Out No. Nat. Name Age To Type Other info CB 31 Jonathan McKain Adelaide United FC Transfer RB 2 Ahmed Al-Dokhi End of contract LB 4 Abdulakreem Al-Khaibari Al Qadisiyah Loan 1 year loan DM 5 Ovidiu Petre Modena F.C. Transfer MF 8 Víctor Figueroa Newell's Old Boys Transfer MF - Ahmed Al-Hadrami Al Raed Loan 1 year loan FW 16 Bader Al-Mutwa Qadsia SC Loan return FW - Mohammed Al-Shahrani Contract Termination
Winter Transfer
In No. Nat. Name Age From Type Ends Other info SS 99 Wagner Daejeon Citizen Transfer End Season (1/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian RM 77 Kim Byung-Suk Sagan Tosu Transfer End Season (1/1) Non-Saudi DM 66 Khaled Aziz Al-Shabab Transfer 2014 CF Abdulaziz Al-Saran Al-Shabab Transfer 2015 CF 83 Hadj Bouguèche Al Qadisiyah Transfer 2013 (2/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian RB Talal Assiri Najran SC Transfer 2017 AM Vinícius Reche Desportivo Brasil Transfer End Season (3/3) Non-Saudi and Not Asian GK Mutab Asiri Abha Transfer 2017 CB Sultan Tamihi AL-Rbeea Transfer CB Ahmed Al-Zahri Al-Wahda Transfer
Professional contract CF 35 Ahmed Al-Jizani 2015 AM 16 Fahad Al-Rashidi 2017 RM 33 Abdulaziz Al-Dhiyabi 2017 LM 27 Abdulellah Al-Nassar 2017 DM - Khaled Al-Suqaihi 2015
Out No. Nat. Name Age To Type Other info SS 11 Saad Al-Harthi Al-Hilal Transfer GK 28 Hussein Rabia Contract Termination CM 8 Juan Ignacio Mercier Al Wasl Transfer CB 18 Abdullah Al-Garni Al Qadisiyah Transfer CB 5 Antar Yahia 1. FC Kaiserslautern Transfer ST 29 Ryan Belal Al Qadisiyah Loan End Season loan SS 20 Juan Pablo Pino Contract Loan Termination RB 2 Waleed Al-Taya Contract Termination
Statistics
Player Stats
Disciplinary records No.Pos.Nat.PlayerOther 1 GK Radi 0 0 0 22 GK A. Anzi 0 0 0 21 GK K. Wabari 0 0 0 26 RB Sh. Sharahili 0 0 0 12 RB K. Ghamdi 0 0 0 4 CB Omar 1 0 0 5 CB Yahia 1 0 0 13 CB M. Eid 2 0 0 24 LB H. Sulaimani 0 0 0 Suspend for 3 Matches [4,5,6] (Disciplinary) 3 LB A. Bernaoy 0 0 0 30 LB Adnan 1 0 0 6 DM A. Abbas 1 0 0 8 DM Mercier 4 0 0 Suspend for 1 Match (3 Yel.) 14 DM Ibra 2 0 0 16 MF Fahd 0 0 0 15 DM A. Fallatah 1 0 0 7 LM A. Q 0 0 0 25 MF K. Zylaeei 0 0 0 20 MF Pino 1 0 0 17 MF N. Saleh 0 0 0 10 FW Al Sahlawi 0 0 0 10 FW Saad 1 0 0 19 FW Malek 0 0 0 29 CF R. Belal 1 0 0 Last updated on 14 November.
Competitions
Friendlies
2011 Baniyas International Tournament The team's captain Hussein Sulaimani was named the MVP of the tournament.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Al Nassr 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 2 Sfaxien 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 3 Baniyas 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6 4 Al-Jaish 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0 Baniyas International Tournament on goalzz.com.http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=7587 Baniyas International Tournament 2011
2011–12 Saudi Professional League
Results summary
Results by round
Matches Kickoff times are in AST (UTC+3).
2011-12 Saudi Crown Prince Cup
Matches
2012 King Cup of Champions
Matches
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
Olympic Team (U-23) Competitions
2011-12 Saudi Federation Cup U-23
Results summary
Results by round
Matches Kickoff times are in AST (UTC+3).
Youth Team (U-20) Competitions
2011-12 Youth League U-20
Results summary
Results by round To be added when available.
Matches
Saudi Arabia Youth League 2011/2012 on goalzz.com.http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=7822&stage=1 Saudi Arabia Youth League 2011/2012
2011-12 Saudi Federation Cup U-20
Group stage There are 3 groups. Teams who get first place in their group qualify automatically to the knockout stage along with the best second place.
Kickoff times are in AST (UTC+3).
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Al Ahli U-20 6 4 1 1 15 6 +9 13 2 Al Nassr U-20 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 13 3 Al Ettifaq U-20 6 2 0 3 6 10 −4 6 4 Al Ansar U-20 6 0 0 5 6 15 −9 0 From this group, Only Al Ahli qualified to the knockout stage. Al Qadisiyah and Al Ittihad qualified as the top of their groups. Hottain came as the best second place with 13 point and a +5 goal difference. Group stage on goalzz.com.http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=7779&stage=1 Saudi Federation Youth Cup 2011/2012 (Group stage)
Youngster Team (U-17) Competitions
2011-12 Youngster League U-17
Results summary
Results by round To be added when available.
Matches Kickoff times are in AST (UTC+3).
Saudi U-17 Premier League 2011/2012 on goalzz.com.http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=7821&stage=1 Saudi U-17 Premier League 2011/2012 (final)
2011-12 Saudi Federation Cup U-17
Group stage There are 3 groups. Teams who get first place in their group qualify automatically to the knockout stage along with the best second place.
Kickoff times are in AST (UTC+3).
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Al Nassr U-17 6 4 2 0 12 3 +9 14 2 Al Qadisiyah U-17 6 2 3 1 8 6 +2 9 3 Al Ta'ee U-17 6 2 0 4 5 10 −5 6 4 Al Ettifaq U-17 6 1 1 4 5 11 −6 4
From this group, Only Al Nassr qualified to the knockout stage. Al Hilal and Al Ittihad qualified as the top of their groups. Al Ahli came as the best second place with 11 point. Group stage on goalzz.com.http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=7675&stage=1 Saudi Federation Cup U-17 2011/2012 (Group stage)
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Semi-finals round on goalzz.com.http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=7675&stage=2 Saudi Federation Cup U-17 2011/2012 (Semi-finals)
Final
Final round on goalzz.com.http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=7675&stage=3 Saudi Federation Cup U-17 2011/2012 (final)
References