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The 2011–12 Lekhwiya SC season is Lekhwiya's second Qatar Stars League season. 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.〔(Footballdatabase.eu - Lekhwiya )〕 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.〔(Lekhwiyaclub.qa - Pre-season )〕 They played Al Ahli in a warm-up match, winning 1-0 courtesy of a Mohammed Razak goal in the 74th minute.〔(Lekhwiyaclub.qa - Al Ahli match )〕 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.〔(QFA - Lekhwiya & Masraf al-Rayan ink sponsorship deal )〕 They participated in the 2011 Qatari Stars Cup,〔(Lekhwiya, Rayyan tough group )〕 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.〔(Lekhwiyaclub.qa - Groupings )〕 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.〔(Lekhwiyaclub.qa - Lekhwiya records their first victory in AFC Champions League )〕 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.〔(Lekhwiyaclub.qa - Lekhwiya 1-2 lose from UAE's Al Nasr )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2011–12 Lekhwiya SC season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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