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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
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Squad

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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  UAE Mohammed Jamal 24 FW  UAE Rashid Eissa 25 DF  OMA Mohammed Al Balushi 26 MF  UAE Humaid Bin Lahej 27 FW  UAE Hassan Yousif 28 MF  UAE Faisal Ahmed 29 DF  UAE Yasser Salem 32 FW  UAE Ammar Mubarak 33 MF  UAE Saud Suhail 46 MF  UAE Abdulrahman Yousif 55 GK  UAE Majed Nasser 70 FW  UAE Mahir Jasem 77 MF  UAE Eissa Ali (Vice-captain) 92 DF  UAE Khalifa Abdullah 99 FW  BRA 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
Ali Hassan Al Amir		Al Wahda Club	Undisclosed
Francisco Yeste		Athletic Bilbao	Undisclosed
Coach Sérgio Farias		Al-Ahli Jeddah	Undisclosed
Mohammad Omar		Free agent	Undisclosed
Abdul-Rahman Khalfan		Emirates Club	Undisclosed
Alex Pires De Souza		Fluminense FC	Undisclosed
Khalifa Mobarak		Al Wasl SC	Interim Manager

Out

Name	Nat	Moving To	Fee
Coach Alexandre Guimarães			End of Contract
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
Yousif Hassan		Ajman Club	Loan
Salah Hussein		UAE Armed Forces Club	Released
Yousuf Abdul Aziz			Released
Sami Rubaiya		Al-Jazira Club	Undisclosed
Abdul-Rahman Khalfan		Hatta Club	Released
Sérgio Farias			Sacked

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.

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. Zamalek SC of Egypt was supposed to participate but it apologized at the last minute. 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. 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.

Results

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

21 July 2010 Friendly	SpVgg Ansbach	0 – 0	Al Wasl	Sportpark Ansbach, Ansbach, Germany
20:00		(Report)

25 July 2010 Friendly	Al Wasl	2 – 6	Antalyaspor	FC Moosinning, Moosinning, Germany
20:00	Mahir Jasem 47', Khalid Darwish 52'	(Report)	Ali Zitouni 04', Necati Ateş 40', Ali Zitouni 53', Necati Ateş 62', Serge Djiehoua 66', Serge Djiehoua 80'

29 July 2010 Friendly	Al Wasl	1 – 3	CS Concordia Chiajna	FC Moosinning, Moosinning, Germany
20:00	Mahir Jasem	(Report)	Adrian Popa, Marius Oae, Adrian Popa

3 August 2010 Friendly	1. FC Nuremberg II	3 – 1	Al Wasl	Frankenstadion, Nuremberg, Germany
20:00		(Report)	Alexander Oliveira

10 August 2010 Friendly	Al Wasl	0 – 1	Al-Sharjah Sports Club	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
18:45			Marcelinho	Referee: Hamad Ali Yousif

16 August 2010 Dubai International Tournament – Round 1	Al Wasl	1 – 0	Al-Merreikh	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
21:30	Mohammad Al Shaiba 04'			Referee: Fahad AlKassar

19 August 2010 Dubai International Tournament – Round 2	Al Wasl	1 – 0	Al-Wihdat	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
21:30	Rashid Eissa 75'			Referee: Ibrahim AlMuhairi

6 September 2010 Friendly	Al Wasl	3 – 2	Al-Nahda Club	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
22:00	Fadel Ahmad, Ammar Mubarak, Francisco Yeste		Rodrigo, Abdulrahman Al Saadi	Referee: Yaseen Al Mansouri

4 January 2011 UAE – German Super Cup	Al Wasl	2 – 3	Hamburger SV	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:30	Mohammad Omar 29' (pen.), Mahir Jasem 68'		Paolo Guerrero 07', Ruud van Nistelrooy 25' (pen.), Änis Ben-Hatira 90+3'	Referee: Ibrahim AlMuhairi

10 May 2011 Friendly	Al Wasl	4 – 2	Ajman Club	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
18:00	Francisco Yeste 22', Francisco Yeste 37', Tariq Hassan 42', Alexandre Oliveira 55'		Mohamed Kader 15', Mohamed Kader 45'	Referee: Ibrahim AlMuhairi

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, some local signings, and much 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 (UTC+4).

  Win   Draw   Loss

26 August 2010 Round 1	Al Wasl	2 – 0	Al Wahda	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
22:00	Mohammed Jamal 59', Francisco Yeste 65'			Attendance: 8000 Referee: Farid Ali

1 September 2010 Round 2	Ahli Dubai	4 – 1	Al Wasl	Rashed Stadium, Dubai
22:00	Ahmad Khamis 02', Ahmad Khalil 23', Pinga 44', Ahmad Khamis 90+'		Khalid Darwish 58'	Attendance: 7500 Referee: Ammar AlJonaibi

17 September 2010 Round 3	Al Wasl	2 – 1	Bani Yas	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:00	Mahir Jasem 04', Francisco Yeste 61'		André Senghor 67'	Attendance: 6535 Referee: Mohammad Abdullah Hassan

25 September 2010 Round 4	Al Dhafra	2 – 3	Al Wasl	Al Dhafra Stadium, Madinat Zayed
17:30	Boris Landry Kabi 11', Hamad AbduAlrahman 69'		Khiri Khilfan 06' (o.g.), Francisco Yeste 37', Saeed Al Kass 89'	Attendance: 1561 Referee: Ammar AlJonaibi

2 October 2010 Round 5	Al Shabab	0 – 4	Al Wasl	Maktoum bin Rashid Stadium, Dubai
20:00			Alexandre Oliveira 14', Francisco Yeste 27', Saeed Al Kass 90+1', Alexandre Oliveira 90+3'	Referee: Fahad AlKassar

17 October 2010 Round 6	Al Wasl	2 – 1	Al-Ittihad Kalba	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
17:10	Francisco Yeste 02' (pen.), Alexandre Oliveira 33'		Grégory Dufrennes 42'	Referee: Mohammad Abdullah Hassan

22 October 2010 Round 7	Al-Jazira Club	3 – 1	Al Wasl	Mohammad bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
20:00	Ibrahim Diaky 42', Ibrahim Diaky 67', Ahmed Jumaa 86'		Rashid Eissa 71'	Attendance: 28164 Referee: Fahad AlKassar

27 October 2010 Round 8	Al Wasl	2 – 2	Al Ain Club	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:00	Francisco Yeste 17', Francisco Yeste 80' (pen.)		Juma Saeed 54', Mohanad Salem 65'	Attendance: 8695 Referee: Mohammad Abdullah Hassan

12 December 2010 Round 9	Dubai Club	2 – 1	Al Wasl	Al Aweer Stadium, Al Aweer
18:15	Abubakar Kamara 47', Hassan AbdulRahman 63'		Darweesh Ahmad 04'	Referee: AbdulWahid Khater

19 December 2010 Round 10	Al Wasl	2 – 3	Al Nasr	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:30	Mohammed Al Balushi 39', Francisco Yeste 89'		Abdallah Ahmed 29', Habib Fardan 34', Carlos Tenorio 77' (pen.)	Referee: Farid Ali

23 December 2010 Round 11	Sharjah	1 – 1	Al Wasl	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
20:30	Humaid Ahmed 16'		Tariq Hassan 23'	Referee: Ibrahim AlMuhairi

4 February 2011 Round 12	Al Wahda	4 – 0	Al Wasl	Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
20:15	Bashir Saeed 13', Fernando Baiano 84' (pen.), Mohamed Al Shehhi 88', Ismail Matar 92'			Referee: Hamad AlShaikh

19 February 2011 Round 13	Al Wasl	2 – 0	Ahli Dubai	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:15	Saeed Al Kass 69', Omran Abdul Rahman 90+5'			Referee: Ali Hamad

26 March 2011 Round 14	Bani Yas	0 – 0	Al Wasl	Baniyas Stadium, Al Shamkha
20:30				Referee: Hamad AlShaikh

1 April 2011 Round 15	Al Wasl	2 – 1	Al Dhafra	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
17:50	Francisco Yeste 7', Eissa Ali 61' (pen.)		Abass Muyiwa Lawal 5'	Referee: Farid Ali

16 April 2011 Round 16	Al Wasl	1 – 3	Al Shabab	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:45	Francisco Yeste 80' (pen.)		Júlio César 53', Carlos Villanueva 61', Carlos Villanueva 66'	Referee: Ammar AlJonaibi

24 April 2011 Round 17	Al-Ittihad Kalba	2 – 3	Al Wasl	Kalba Stadium, Kalba
17:55	Saud Faraj 49', Ibrahim Murad 72' (pen.)		Rashid Eissa 30', Alexandre Oliveira 60', Khalifa Abdullah 88'	Referee: Ibrahim AlMuhairi

16 May 2011 Round 18	Al Wasl	0 – 4	Al-Jazira Club	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
21:00			Ricardo Oliveira 41', Jumaa Abdullah 51', Ricardo Oliveira 60', Jumaa Abdullah 90+5'	Referee: Hamad AlShaikh

20 May 2011 Round 19	Al Ain Club	0 – 0	Al Wasl	Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Al Ain
21:00				Referee: Ammar AlJonaibi

29 May 2011 Round 20	Al Wasl	1 – 0	Dubai Club	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
19:50	Darweesh Ahmad 38'			Referee: Fahad AlKassar

1 June 2011 Round 21	Al Nasr	1 – 0	Al Wasl	Al-Maktoum Stadium, Dubai
19:50	Ali Abbas Yasin 80'			Referee: Abdulla Al Ajel

5 June 2011 Round 22	Al Wasl	1 – 2	Sharjah	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
19:55	Darweesh Ahmad 42'		Nawaf Mubarak 15', Marcelinho 63'	Referee: Essa Al Hajeri

Results by round

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 (UTC+4).

  Win   Draw   Loss

20 September 2010 Round of 32	Al Wasl FC	8 – 0	Al Taawon Club	Al-Arabi (UAE) Stadium, Umm al-Quwain
17:25	Rashid Eissa 02', Alexander Oliveira 16', Khalid Darwish 23' (pen.), Mohammad Jamal 43', Rashid Eissa 60', Abdul Rahman Khalfan 72', Darweesh Ahmad 86' (pen.), Abdul Rahman Khalfan 89'			Referee: Ali Hassan

9 February 2011 Round of 16	Al Wasl FC	1 – 0	UAE Armed Forces Club	Sheikh Khalifa International Stadium, Al Ain
20:00	Rashid Eissa 85'			Referee: Yaseen Al Mansouri

24 February 2011 Quarter-finals	Al Wasl FC	1 – 0	Al-Ahli Dubai	Maktoum bin Rashid Stadium, Dubai
20:30	Fran Yeste 60'			Referee: Farid Ali

20 March 2011 Semi-finals	Al Wasl FC	1 – 2	Al Wahda S.C.C.	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
17:45	Rashid Eissa 69'		Hugo 17', Magrão 24'	Referee: Ali Hamad

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 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

10 October 2010 Round 1	Sharjah	0 – 0	Al Wasl	Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah
17:15				Referee: Yaqoub AlHammadi

4 November 2010 Round 2	Al Wasl	2 – 2	Al-Jazira Club	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:00	Eissa Ali 01', Eissa Ali 74'		Ali Mabkhout 12', Ahmed Jumaa 72'	Referee: Ali AlMulla

12 November 2010 Round 3	Al Shabab	0 – 1	Al Wasl	Maktoum bin Rashid Stadium, Dubai
20:00			Alexandre Oliveira 41'	Referee: Ali Hamad

20 November 2010 Round 4	Al Wasl	0 – 0	Al-Ittihad Kalba	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
16:50				Referee: Hamad Ali Yousif

25 November 2010 Round 5	Al Wasl	2 – 0	Ahli Dubai	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
20:00	Eissa Ali 49', Omran Abdul Rahman 56'			Referee: Hamad AlShaikh

3 December 2010 Round 6	Ahli Dubai	2 – 3	Al Wasl	Rashed Stadium, Dubai
20:00	Pinga 41' (pen.), Aristide Bancé 76'		Khalid Darwish 31', Darweesh Ahmad 60', Omran Abdul Rahman 71'	Referee: Ali AlMulla

31 December 2010 Round 7	Al-Ittihad Kalba	2 – 0	Al Wasl	Kalba Stadium, Kalba
16:50	Ibrahim Abdullah 61', Gregory Dufrennes 85'			Referee: Sultan AlMarzouqi

8 January 2011 Round 8	Al Wasl	2 – 1	Al Shabab	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
18:30	Alexandre Oliveira 30', Mohammad Jamal 54'		Issa Mohammed 60'	Referee: Hamad Ali Yousif

15 January 2011 Round 9	Al-Jazira Club	1 – 1	Al Wasl	Mohammad bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
17:10	Yasser Salem 06' (o.g.)		Francisco Yeste 85' (pen.)	Referee: Mohammad Abdullah Hassan

22 January 2011 Round 10	Al Wasl	0 – 1	Sharjah	Zabeel Stadium, Dubai
18:40			Marcelo 30'	Attendance: 52 Referee: Ammar AlJonaibi

10 March 2011 Semifinal	Al Wasl	2 – 3	Al Ain	Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi
20:30	Eissa Ali 23' (pen.), Francisco Yeste 51'		Ismail Ahmed 50', Ibrahima Keita 67', Elias Ribeiro 89' (pen.)	Referee: Ibrahim AlMuhairi

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.
• 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 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

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• Emirati football clubs 2010–11 seasons
• Al Wasl F.C. seasons