2010–11 Al Wasl FC season

Al Wasl FC

2010–11 season
Manager	Khalifa Mubarak (Interim Manager)
Stadium	Zabeel Stadium
Premier League	6th
Presidents Cup	Semi-final
Etisalat Cup	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Fran Yeste (10) All: Fran Yeste (16)
Highest home attendance	28,164
Home colours Away colours
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Squad

55 M. Nasser 6 W. Ismail 25 M. AlShaiba 9 T. Hassan 20 F. Ahmad 77 E.Ali 8 A. Mahmoud 24 R. Eissa 11 F. Yeste 17 A. Oliveira 21 S. Al Kass

Al Wasl FC Squad in the UAE League 2010–11 Season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Rashid AlSuwaidi 3 DF Omran Abdul Rahman 6 DF Waheed Ismail 7 FW Mohammad Omar 8 DF Ali Mahmoud 9 DF Tariq Hassan 10 MF Khalid Darwish (Captain) 11 MF Francisco Yeste 12 GK Ali Hassan Al Amir 13 DF Darweesh Ahmad 14 DF Khalaf Ismail 16 MF Obaid Nasser 17 FW Alexandre Oliveira 20 MF Fadel Ahmad 21 FW Saeed Al Kass

No. Position Player 23 MF Mohammed Jamal 24 FW Rashid Eissa 25 DF Mohammed Al Balushi 26 MF Humaid Bin Lahej 27 FW Hassan Yousif 28 MF Faisal Ahmed 29 DF Yasser Salem 32 FW Ammar Mubarak 33 MF Saud Suhail 46 MF Abdulrahman Yousif 55 GK Majed Nasser 70 FW Mahir Jasem 77 MF Eissa Ali (Vice-captain) 92 DF Khalifa Abdullah 99 FW Alex Pires de Souza

Staff

• Khalifa Mobarak - Interim Coach
• Rodríguez - Assistant Coach
• Humaid Yousuf - Team Manager
• Luiz Carlos - Fitness Coach
• Yassin Bentaalla - Goalkeepers Coach
• Dr. Taha Al Rawy - Team Doctor
• Leandro Yoshinada Suzuki - Physiotherapist
• Rarim - Masseur

Transfers

In

Name	Nat	Moving from	Fee
Obaid Nasser		Fujairah Club	AED5m [1]
Ali Hassan Al Amir		Al Wahda Club	Undisclosed [2]
Francisco Yeste		Athletic Bilbao	Undisclosed [3]
Coach Sérgio Farias		Al-Ahli Jeddah	Undisclosed [4]
Mohammad Omar		Free agent	Undisclosed [5]
Abdul-Rahman Khalfan		Emirates Club	Undisclosed [6]
Alex Pires De Souza		Fluminense Football Club	Undisclosed [7]
Khalifa Mobarak		Al Wasl SC	Interim Manager [8]

Out

Name	Nat	Moving To	Fee
Coach Alexandre Guimarães			End of Contract [9]
Élton		Dubai Club	End of Loan
Soufiane Alloudi		Al Ain Club	End of Loan
Nabil Ibrahim		Al-Shaab (UAE)	End of Loan
Isam Darweesh		Sharjah FC	End of Contract [10]
Yousif Hassan		Ajman Club	Loan [11]
Salah Hussein		UAE Armed Forces Club	Released
Yousuf Abdul Aziz			Released
Sami Rubaiya		Al-Jazira Club	Undisclosed [12]
Abdul-Rahman Khalfan		Hatta Club	Released [13]
Sérgio Farias			Sacked [14]

For Last Season's Transfers List Please visit 2009–10 Al Wasl F.C. season

Tournaments

Pre-Season Matches & Friendlies

Germany Camp

Based on the success of the previous season's camp, Al Wasl FC picked Nuremberg, Germany again to hold its annual summer camp. The team flew to Germany on 15 July 2010 and played four friendly matches during the camp.^[15]

The Dubai International Football Championship

Upon the return of the team from Germany, Al Wasl participated and hosted the Dubai International Football Championship which is a friendly mini-tournament held by the Dubai Sports Council in Zabeel Stadium. The other participants were Al-Ahli Dubai, Al-Wihdat Amman from Jordan, and Al-Merreikh from Sudan.^[16] Zamalek SC of Egypt was supposed to participate but it apologized at the last minute.^[17] The draw of the tournament was done on 12 August and Al Wasl played against Al-Merreikh on 16 August. The second match was against Al-Wihdat Amman on 19 August regardless the results of the first round as per the agreement of Al Wasl's coach Sérgio Farias and Al-Ahli's coach David O'Leary, their teams did not play against each other in the tournament due to having to play each other in the second round of the UAE Football League.^[18] Al Wasl was crowned as the tournament's Champion after winning both its matches. Its player Mohammed Jamal was picked as the tournament's Most Valuable Player and the Goalkeeper Majed Nasser as the best goalkeeper with zero goals conceded.^[19]

Results

Kickoff times are in UAE Time (GMT+4).

  Win   Draw   Loss

Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Mahir Jasem	3
Francisco Yeste	3
Alexander Oliveira	2
Khalid Darwish	1
Mohammad Al Shaiba	1
Rashid Eissa	1
Fadel Ahmad	1
Ammar Mubarak	1
Mohammad Omar	1
Tariq Hassan	1

UAE Premier League 2010–11

Finishing fifth last season, Al Wasl entered the new season with a new coach, a new foreign signing, a number of Local signings, and lots of hope.

Standing

Team	Rnk	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Wasl FC	6	22	9	4	9	31	36	-5	31

Results

Kickoff times are in UAE Time (GMT+4).

  Win   Draw   Loss

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
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	L	L
Position	3	9	5	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	4	7	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	6

Last updated: 2 October 2010.
Source: League Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Francisco Yeste	10
Alexander Oliveira	4
Saeed Al Kass	3
Darweesh Ahmad	3
Rashid Eissa	2
Mohammed Jamal	1
Khalid Darwish	1
Mahir Jasem	1
Mohammed Al Shaiba	1
Tariq Hassan	1
Omran Abdul Rahman	1
Eissa Ali	1
Khalifa Abdullah	1

An own goal has also been scored for AlWasl by Al Dhafra Club's player Khiri Khilfan in the 4th Round

UAE President's Cup 2010–11

After a disappointing elimination from the Round of 16 in the previous season, Al Wasl is planning to put in a better display this season. Everything went as planned until the Semi-final against Al Wahda where Al Wasl FC conceded 2 goals in the first half, then failed to score more than one in the second half despite dominating the entire half. This was Al-Wasl's last chance to win an official tournament in the 2010–11 Season.

Results

Kickoff times are in UAE Time (GMT+4).

  Win   Draw   Loss

Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Rashid Eissa	4
Abdul Rahman Khalfan	2
Alexander Oliveira	1
Khalid Darwish	1
Mohammed Jamal	1
Darweesh Ahmad	1
Francisco Yeste	1

Etisalat Cup 2010–11

The Etisalat Cup is a gap-filler between the official tournaments. It does not involve the International Players. Al Wasl's performance was promising in the tournament, but it was eliminated in the semi-finals after losing to Al Ain 2–3 in a match that witnessed the Fastest Equalizer in the History of Football^[20] scored by Fran Yeste.

Standing

Team	Rnk	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al Wasl FC	2	10	4	4	2	11	9	+2	16

Results

Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Eissa Ali	4
Omran Abdul Rahman	2
Alexandre Oliveira	2
Francisco Yeste	2
Khalid Darwish	1
Darweesh Ahmad	1
Mohammad Jamal	1

Season Top scorers

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Friendlies	League	President's Cup	Etisalat Cup	Total
1		11	Francisco Yeste	3	10	1	2	16
2		17	Alexandre Oliveira	2	4	1	2	9
3		24	Rashid Eissa	1	2	4	0	7
4		13	Darweesh Ahmad	0	3	1	1	5
4		77	Eissa Ali	0	1	0	4	5
6		70	Mahir Jasem	3	1	0	0	4
7		21	Saeed Al Kass	0	3	0	0	3
7		23	Mohammed Jamal	0	1	1	1	3
7		10	Khalid Darwish	0	1	1	1	3
7		3	Omran Abdul Rahman	0	1	0	2	3
11		25	Mohammed Al Balushi	1	1	0	0	2
11		99	Abdul Rahman Khalfan	0	0	2	0	2
13		9	Tariq Hassan	1	1	0	0	2
13		92	Khalifa Abdullah	0	1	0	0	1
13		20	Fadel Ahmad	1	0	0	0	1
13		32	Ammar Mubarak	1	0	0	0	1
13		7	Mohammad Omar	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS					15	30	11	13	59

Last updated on 29 May 2011

Season Highlights

• Al Wasl's League away match against Al Jazira on 22 October 2010, attracted 28,164 fans in Al Jazira Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, making it the highest attended match in the season.^[21]
• Al Wasl was the second longest team to top the league table this season, staying there for 3 consecutive rounds (4–6).
• Al Wasl's Etisalat Cup Semi-final match against Al Ain Club witnessed the Fastest Equalizer in the History of Football^[22] scored by Fran Yeste.

Other Seasons

• 2008–09 Al Wasl FC season
• 2009–10 Al Wasl FC season

See also

• 2010–11 UAE Premier League
• Al Wasl FC
• Al Wasl SC

References