Season 2011–12 Top goalscorer Asamoah Gyan (22) Location United Arab Emirates Matches played 132 | Champions Al Ain
10th title Dates 15 Oct 2011 – 27 May 2012 Goals scored 449 | |
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Champions League Al Ain
Al Jazira
Al Nasr
Al Shabab Biggest home win Al Jazira 5–0 Al Sharjah Biggest away win Emirates Club 1–5 Al Shabab
Al Wasl 2–6 Al Ahli
Al Jazira 1–5 Al-Nasr Relegated Emirates Club, Al-Sharjah SCC People also search for 2009–10 UAE Pro-League | ||
The 2011–12 Pro-League season (known as Etisalat Pro-League for sponsorship reasons) was the 37th top-level football season in the UAE, and the fourth Professional season.
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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
Ittihad Kalba 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.
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.
Managerial changes
Managerial changes during the 2011-12 campaign.
League table
Updated to games played on 27 May 2012.
Source: Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Al Jazira secured qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League through winning the 2011–12 UAE President's Cup
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Updated to games played on 11 May 2012.
Source: UFL
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Goalscorers
Source: official site: