2011–12 Lekhwiya SC season

Madjid Bougherra scored a goal on his debut

Lekhwiya commenced their summer transfer activity by signing Iraqi national Nashat Akram from Al Wakrah on July 1.[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.[2] Big names who departed Lekhwiya included Jasur Hasanov and Abdeslam Ouaddou, both to Qatar SC.

Lekhwiya set up a training camp in UAE.[3] They played Al Ahli in a warm-up match, winning 1-0 courtesy of a Mohammed Razak goal in the 74th minute.[4]

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.[5]

They participated in the 2011 Qatari Stars Cup,[6] 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.[7] This was their second successive title on Djamel Belmadi. They were crowned champions with two games yet to be played.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11]

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	(1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 28)	Umm Salal SC
40		GK	Amine Lecomte	(1990-04-26)26 April 1990 (aged 21)	Sochaux
23		GK	Abdulla Aziz Al-Shammari	(1990-04-26)26 April 1990 (aged 21)	Unknown
33		GK	Ahmed Ali Hatemi	(1980-01-01)1 January 1980 (aged 31)	Al Sailiya
Defenders
2		CB	Saleh Mousa	(1979-01-01)1 January 1979 (aged 32)	Al Arabi
6		CB	Dame Traoré	(1986-05-19)19 May 1986 (aged 25)	Valenciennes FC
9		LB	Jon Kwang-Ik	(1988-04-05)5 April 1988 (aged 23)	Amrokgang
11		RB	Talal Al Qahtani	(1987-12-15)15 December 1987 (aged 23)	Al-Rayyan SC
13		RB	Mousa Majid Al Allaq	(1986-06-30)30 June 1986 (aged 25)	Qatar SC
21		RB	Khalid Fareed	(1988-01-07)7 January 1988 (aged 23)	Al-Rayyan SC
92		LB	Khalid Muftah	(1992-07-02)2 July 1992 (aged 19)	Al-Wakrah SC
17		CB	Mohammed Musa	(1986-03-23)23 March 1986 (aged 25)	Umm Salal SC
24		CB	Madjid Bougherra	(1982-10-07)7 October 1982 (aged 28)	Rangers
Midfielders
3		RW	Mohammed Muddather	(1988-04-13)13 April 1988 (aged 23)	Al-Wakrah SC
7		LW	Adel Lami	(1985-11-13)13 November 1985 (aged 25)	Umm Salal SC
8		RW	Anouar Diba	(1983-02-27)27 February 1983 (aged 28)	Al-Wakrah SC
10		AM	Waleed Jassem	(1986-08-02)2 August 1986 (aged 25)	Qatar SC
12		DM	Karim Boudiaf	(1990-09-19)19 September 1990 (aged 20)	AS Nancy Lorraine
25		AM	Nashat Akram	(1984-09-12)12 September 1984 (aged 27)	Al-Wakrah SC
25		AM	Nam Tae-Hee	(1991-07-03)3 July 1991 (aged 20)	Valenciennes FC
30		DM	Luiz Ceará	(1989-01-13)13 January 1989 (aged 22)	FC Atlético Cearense
70		RW	Ismaeel Mohammad	(1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 21)	Youth system
88		CM	Hussain Ali Shehab	(1985-06-23)23 June 1985 (aged 26)	Al Ahli SC
89		DM	Meshaal Mejbel	(1989-08-07)7 August 1989 (aged 22)	Unknown
Forwards
5		ST	Mohammed Razak	(1986-04-04)4 April 1986 (aged 25)	Muaither SC
14		RW	Bakari Koné	(1981-09-17)17 September 1981 (aged 29)	Olympique de Marseille
28		ST	Moumouni Dagano	(1981-01-01)1 January 1981 (aged 30)	Al-Khor SC
29		ST	Lassina Diaby	(1992-08-05)5 August 1992 (aged 19)	Qatar SC
81		LW	Kanga Akalé	(1981-03-07)7 March 1981 (aged 30)	RC Lens
15		LW	Ali Afif	(1988-01-20)20 January 1988 (aged 23)	Al Sadd SC
15		SS	Aruna Dindane	(1980-11-26)26 November 1980 (aged 30)	RC Lens
94			Adel Habib Beldi	(1994-07-09)9 July 1994 (aged 17)	Aspire Academy

Reserve team squad information

N	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Age	Since	App	Goals	Ends	Transfer fee	Notes
18	DF		Salman Al Shammari	(1983-09-12)12 September 1983 (aged 28)	2011	18	0	N/A	N/A	Plays for the reserve team
20	DF		Yasser Hatam	(1986-09-18)18 September 1986 (aged 24)	2010	27	0	N/A	N/A	Plays for the reserve team
66	DF		Ali Al Nouamani	(1986-09-20)20 September 1986 (aged 24)	2010	31	0	N/A	N/A	Plays for the reserve team
77	MF		Khamis Mohammed	(1987-12-22)22 December 1987 (aged 23)	2010	31	7	N/A	N/A	Plays for the reserve team
99	DF		Assad Mohamed	(1980-07-19)19 July 1980 (aged 31)	2010	20	0	N/A	N/A	Plays for the reserve team

• Last updated: 26 March 2012
• Source: QSL
• Ordered by squad number.
• Notes: Reserve league appearances and goals listed