The 2011–12 Lekhwiya SC season was Lekhwiya's second season in the Qatar Stars League, an association football league in Qatar. Lekhwiya are competing in the 2012 AFC Champions League after qualifying by winning the 2010–11 Qatar Stars League.
Season overview
Lekhwiya commenced their summer transfer activity by signing Iraqi national Nashat Akram from Al Wakrah on July 1. They made arguably one of the biggest summer signings of all the Qatari clubs by signing Algerian international defender Madjid Bougherra from Rangers for £1.7m in August. Big names who departed Lekhwiya included Jasur Hasanov and Abdeslam Ouaddou, both to Qatar SC.
Lekhwiya set up a training camp in UAE. They played Al Ahli in a warm-up match, winning 1-0 courtesy of a Mohammed Razak goal in the 74th minute.
They put pen-to-paper for a sponsorship deal with Masraf Al Rayyan, who will be the first and only sponsors of Lekhwiya, on May 11, 2011.
They participated in the 2011 Qatari Stars Cup, being seeded in group A; the more difficult of the two groups. They advancing through to the semi-finals with 4 wins and 1 loss in the group stage. They faced Al Wakrah in the semi-finals, losing 2–3, with Bakari Koné and Moumouni Dagano scoring a goal each.
Lekhwiya won the league title on March 26, 2012, after a hard-fought draw against Al Arabi, with Ali Afif scoring the third-minute goal which proved crucial.Lekhwiya seal back-to-back titles This was their second successive title on Djamel Belmadi. They were crowned champions with two games yet to be played.QSL regular season (2011/12) Their league record at the time was 12 wins, 6 draws, and 2 losses.
Lekhwiya were drawn in Group C in the 2012 AFC Champions League, featuring Sepahan, Al-Nasr and Al-Ahli. They selected Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium as their home venue for their champions league matches, as it was the venue of the reigning champions, Al-Sadd. It is the first-ever regional competition Lekhwiya has ever participated in.
On 7 March 2012, Lekhwiya played their first match against Al-Ahli at home. They won the match 1–0 in front of a large home crowd consisting of many supporters of both clubs. Despite Moumouni Dagano missing a penalty early on, Nam Tae-Hee helped his team record a victory by scoring a late goal from midfield.
On 21 March 2012, they played against Al-Nasr in Dubai. Moumouni Dagano scored the only goal in a 2–1 loss. The match was marred by controversy as Lekhwiya had 2 goals ruled offside in the late stages of the game, only to have Amara Diané score the winning goal in additional time.
Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 3 September 2011.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Nat. Position Name Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 22 GK Baba Malick Umm Salal SC 40 GK Amine Lecomte Sochaux 23 GK Abdulla Aziz Al-Shammari Unknown 33 GK Ahmed Ali Hatemi Al Sailiya Defenders 2 CB Saleh Mousa Al Arabi 6 CB Dame Traoré Valenciennes FC 9 LB Jon Kwang-Ik Amrokgang 11 RB Talal Al Qahtani Al-Rayyan SC 13 RB Mousa Majid Al Allaq Qatar SC 21 RB Khalid Fareed Al-Rayyan SC 92 LB Khalid Muftah Al-Wakrah SC 17 CB Mohammed Musa Umm Salal SC 24 CB Madjid Bougherra Rangers Midfielders 3 RW Mohammed Muddather Al-Wakrah SC 7 LW Adel Lami Umm Salal SC 8 RW Anouar Diba Al-Wakrah SC 10 AM Waleed Jassem Qatar SC 12 DM Karim Boudiaf AS Nancy Lorraine 25 AM Nashat Akram Al-Wakrah SC 25 AM Nam Tae-Hee Valenciennes FC 30 DM Luiz Ceará FC Atlético Cearense 70 RW Ismaeel Mohammad Youth system 88 CM Hussain Ali Shehab Al Ahli SC 89 DM Meshaal Mejbel Unknown Forwards 5 ST Mohammed Razak Muaither SC 14 RW Bakari Koné Olympique de Marseille 28 ST Moumouni Dagano Al-Khor SC 29 ST Lassina Diaby Qatar SC 81 LW Kanga Akalé RC Lens 15 LW Ali Afif Al Sadd SC 15 SS Aruna Dindane RC Lens 94 Adel Habib Beldi Aspire Academy
Reserve team squad information
Competitions Overview
CompetitionRecordStarted roundFinal position / roundFirst match Last match Qatar Stars League Matchday 1Winner 16 September 2011 13 April 2012 Emir of Qatar Cup Quarter-Finals 5 May 2012 Crown Prince Cup Semi-finals 21 April 2012 Champions League Group stage 7 March 2012 15 May 2012 Total
Qatar Stars League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Emir of Qatar Cup
Crown Prince Cup
2012 AFC Champions League
Group stage
Group C
Squad information Playing statistics Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal. No.Nat.PlayerPos.TOTAL25 Nam Tae-Hee MF 5 0 1 1 728 Moumouni Dagano FW 3 1 0 1 514 Bakari Koné FW 3 0 0 1 429 Lassina Diaby FW 3 0 0 1 424 Madjid Bougherra DF 3 0 1 0 47 Adel Lami MF 3 0 0 0 370 Ismaeel Mohammad MF 3 0 0 0 315 Ali Afif MF 2 0 0 1 388 Hussain Ali Shehab MF 2 0 0 0 25 Mohammed Razak FW 2 0 0 0 28 Anouar Diba MF 2 0 0 0 230 Luiz Ceará MF 2 0 0 0 26 Dame Traoré DF 1 0 0 0 125 Nashat Akram MF 1 0 0 0 115 Aruna Dindane FW 1 0 0 0 1Own Goals 0 0 0 0 0Totals 36 1 2 5 44 Last updated: 26 March 2012 Source: KoraMania – Lekhwiya 2011/12
Transfers In DatePlayerFrom clubTransfer feeSource 1 July 2011 DF Jon Kwang-Ik Amrokgang Free transfer 1 July 2011 MF Nashat Akram Al-Wakrah SC Free transfer 1 July 2011 MF Adel Lami Umm Salal SC Free transfer 1 July 2011 FW Lassina Diaby Qatar SC Free transfer 1 July 2011 MF Rami Fayez Al-Rayyan SC Free transfer 1 July 2011 GK Ahmed Ali Hatimi Al-Sailiya SC Free transfer 1 July 2011 MF Anouar Diba Al-Wakrah SC Free transfer 10 August 2011 DF Madjid Bougherra Rangers Free transfer 15 November 2011 FW Kanga Akalé RC Lens Free transfer 23 December 2011 MF Nam Tae-Hee Valenciennes FC Free transfer 31 January 2012 FW Ali Afif Al Sadd SC Free transfer 31 January 2012 DF Mohammed Muddather Al-Wakrah SC Free transfer 31 January 2012 FW Moumouni Dagano Al-Khor SC Free transfer
Out DatePlayerTo clubTransfer feeSource 1 July 2011 MF Tresor Kangambu Al-Wakrah SC Loan for one year 8 August 2011 DF Abdeslam Ouaddou Qatar SC Free transfer 24 August 2011 MF Jasur Hasanov Qatar SC Loan for one year 15 December 2011 DF Mohammed al-Haj Umm Salal SC Free transfer 25 December 2011 MF Rami Fayez Umm Salal SC Free transfer 28 December 2011 MF Anouar Diba Al-Wakrah SC Free transfer ; Qatar Stars League, 22 January 2012. 29 December 2011 MF Nashat Akram Al-Wakrah SC Free transfer 30 December 2011 FW Kanga Akalé Panetolikos Free transfer 31 January 2012 FW Aruna Dindane Al-Gharafa SC Free transfer
Club Coaching staff
Management
Grounds
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