2011–12 UAE Pro League


The 2011–12 Pro League season was the 37th top-level football season in the UAE, and the fourth Professional season.
Al Jazira was 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 and Emirates were promoted from the UAE Division 1 Group A. The campaign began on 15 October 2011 and finished on 27 May 2012.

Teams

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

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
Al AhliDubaiRashed Stadium18,000
Al JaziraAbu DhabiAl Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium42,056
Al AinAl AinTahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium15,000
Al WahdaAbu DhabiAl-Nahyan Stadium12,000
Al ShababDubaiMaktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium12,000
Al WaslDubaiZabeel Stadium12,000
Al NasrDubaiAl-Maktoum Stadium12,000
Al SharjahSharjahSharjah Stadium18,000
AjmanAjmanAjman Stadium10,000
DubaiDubaiPolice Officers Club Stadium6,500
Bani YasAbu DhabiBani Yas Stadium9,570
Emirates ClubRas al-KhaimahEmirates Club Stadium5,000

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.
TeamChairmanHead CoachCaptain
Al Ahli Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Quique Flores Mohammed Qassim
Al Jazira Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Caio Junior Lucas Neill
Al Wahda Saeed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Josef Hickersberger Fahed Masoud
Al Ain Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Cosmin Olăroiu Rami Yaslam
Al Sharjah Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani Valeriu Tiţa Nawaf Mubarak
Al Nasr Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Walter Zenga Abdallah Mousa
Ajman Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi Abdulwahab Abdulkadir Mohamed Zahran
Emirates Ahmed bin Saqr Al Qassimi Ghazi Ghrairi Karim Kerkar
Baniyas Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan Gabriel Calderón Fawzi Bashir
Al Wasl Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Diego Maradona Khalid Darwish
Al Shabab Saeed bin Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Paulo Bonamigo Hassan Al Sharif
Dubai Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Ayman Ramadi Jamal Abdullah

Managerial changes

Managerial changes during the 2011–12 campaign.

Pre-season

During the season

League table

Results

Goalscorers

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