2011–12 Al-Hilal FC season

Al-Hilal
2011–12 season
President	Abdulrahman bin Musa'ad;
Manager	Thomas Doll; (until 22 January 2012); Ivan Hašek; (From 23 January 2012)
Stadium	King Fahd Stadium; Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
SPL	3rd
Crown Prince Cup	Winners
King Cup of Champions	Semi-finals
AFC Champions League	2012: Quarter-finals1
Top goalscorer	League: Youssef El-Arabi (12); All: Youssef El-Arabi (16)
Highest home attendance	22,996 vs Al-Ahli; (29 September 2011, Pro League)
Lowest home attendance	352 vs Al-Ettifaq; (14 April 2012, Pro League)
Average home league attendance	7,470

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.

Players

Squad information

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.	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

Overall

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

Competition	Record
Competition	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

League table

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:

^ Al-Ettifaq secured qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League due to Al-Ahli winning the 2012 King Cup of Champions

Results summary


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

Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D
Position	3	9	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

Matches

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

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

23 January 2012 Quarter-finals	Al-Hilal	4–1	Al-Nassr	Riyadh
20:00 (UTC+03:00)	Hawsawi 4' (o.g.) Al-Shalhoub 22' (pen.) Al-Dosari 24' Byung-Soo 50'	Report	60' Al-Sahlawi	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

27 January 2012 Semi-finals	Al-Hilal	2–0	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
20:00 (UTC+03:00)	Byung-Soo 14' Al-Abed 72'	Report		Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

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

Quarter-finals

22 April 2012 First leg	Al-Ittihad	2–2	Al-Hilal	Jeddah
20:50 (UTC+03:00)	Abd Rabo 25', 56'		7' Al-Fraidi 83' Al-Dawsari	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium

26 April 2012 Second leg	Al-Hilal	1–1 (3–3 agg.)	Al-Ittihad	Riyadh
20:50 (UTC+03:00)	Hermach 83'		47' (pen.) Hazazi	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

Semi-finals

7 May 2012 First leg	Al-Hilal	0–1	Al-Ahli	Riyadh
20:50 (UTC+03:00)			60' Al Hosni	Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium

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

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

Group stage

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	knock-out stage	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)

4 April 2012 3	Al-Shabab	1–1	Al-Hilal	Dubai, UAE
19:30 (UTC+03:00)	Ciel 37'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	70' Yoo Byung-Soo	Stadium: Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium Attendance: 4,522 Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

17 April 2012 4	Al-Hilal	2–1	Al-Shabab	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
20:50 (UTC+03:00)	El-Arabi 45', 68'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	28' Kieza	Stadium: Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 2,118 Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)

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

Round of 16

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

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos	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
3	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
7	11	MF	Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari	2	0	1	0	3
8	3	DF	Osama Hawsawi	2	0	0	0	2
8	14	FW	Saad Al-Harthi	2	0	0	0	2
9	19	DF	Mohammad Nami	1	0	0	0	1
9	13	MF	Salman Al-Faraj	1	0	0	0	1
Total				58	5	13	17	93

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	League	King Cup	Crown Prince Cup	2012 CL	Total
1	10	MF	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	6	0	2	1	9
1	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
4	29	MF	Salem Al-Dawsari	3	0	1	0	4
5	2	DF	Sultan Al-Bishi	1	0	2	0	3
5	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

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

[table_note_res_CLGS0.029946439913449-3] Al-Ettifaq secured qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League due to Al-Ahli winning the 2012 King Cup of Champions

[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.

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

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

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