2010–11 Qatar Stars League

The 2010-11 Qatari League or Qatari Stars League season was the 38th edition of the top level football championship in Qatar and started in September.

Qatar Stars League
Season2010–11
ChampionsLekhwiya
RelegatedAl-Sailiya Sport Club

Teams

Al-Shamal were relegated to the second-level league after finishing bottom in the 2009–10 Qatar Stars League campaign. Al-Sailiya survived the drop after winning the end of season relegation/promotion playoff against Al-Mesaimeer

Lekhwiya were promoted as the 2nd level champions under there former name of Al-Shorta Doha or locally known as the Internal Security Forces (ISF).

Stadia and locations

Doha
Umm Salal
Al Rayyan
Al Khor
Locations of teams in the 2010-11 Qatari League
ClubCity/TownStadium
Al-GharrafaDohaAl-Gharafa Stadium
Al-SaddDohaJassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Umm-Salal Sports ClubUmm SalalThani bin Jassim Stadium
Qatar Sports ClubDohaQatar SC Stadium
Al Rayyan Sports ClubAl RayyanAhmed bin Ali Stadium
Al-Arabi Sports ClubDohaGrand Hamad Stadium
Al-Khor Sports ClubAl KhorAl-Khawr Stadium
Al-Sailiya Sport ClubDohaQatar SC Stadium
Al WakrahAl WakrahAl-Wakrah Stadium
Al Khuratiyat SCAl RayyanAhmed bin Ali Stadium 1
Lekhwiya 2DohaQatar SC Stadium
Al-Ahli Sports ClubDohaAl-Ahly Stadium

1 Although this is classed as Al Khuratiyat SC home ground, the stadium is not up to Qatari Stars league standards, and the club uses other venues to host games
2 Formally known as Al Shorta

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5AFC playerFormer players
Al-Ahli Ró-Ró Wagner Ribeiro Olivier Kapo Agyemang Opoku Olivier Tia Shavkat Mullajanov Fabiano Eller
Giba
Mohammed Rabia Al-Noobi
Al-Arabi Leonardo Pisculichi Cabore Antonin Koutouan Salman Isa Kim
Al-Gharafa Juninho Pernambucano Omar Mahmoud Khalaf Amara Diané Otmane El Assas Younis Mahmoud Clemerson Araújo
Al-Kharitiyath Yahia Kébé Dario Khan Onyekachi Okonkwo Alaa Abdul-Zahra
Al-Khor Sayed Mohamed Adnan Alan Bahia Caio Ney Mineiro Abdoulaye Barry Salam Shaker
Al-Rayyan Itamar Marcelo Bordon Moisés Moura Nathan Ribeiro Rodrigo Tabata Cho Yong-hyung Afonso Alves
Amara Diané
Al-Sadd Nadir Belhadj Leandro Abdul Kader Keïta Lee Jung-soo Agyemang Opoku
Al-Sailiya Yazid Mansouri Abdulla Al-Marzooqi Moumouni Dagano Babou Sidiki Mobello Baba Keita Faouzi Aaish
Al-Wakrah Reinaldo Ali Rehema Anouar Diba Aziz Ben Askar Nashat Akram Adil Ramzi
Youness Hawassi
Lekhwiya Luiz Júnior Dame Traoré Aruna Dindane Bakari Koné Abdeslam Ouaddou Jasur Hasanov
Qatar SC Marcinho Mostafa Mido Ali Hasan Kamal Talal El Karkouri Youssef Safri Qusay Munir
Umm Salal Aristide Bancé Adil Ramzi Mario Melchiot Derick Ogbu Gabri Mohamed Husain Davi

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Lekhwiya (C)2215344017+23482011 Qatar Crown Prince Cup and
2012 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2Al Gharafa2214175131+2043
3Al Rayyan2212643922+1742
4Al Arabi2212553726+1141
5Qatar SC2211744026+1440
6Al Sadd2211383226+636
7Al Wakra2283113036−627
8Al Kharitiyath2274112740−1325
9Umm Salal2254132439−1519
10Al Khor2247112433−919
11Al Sailiya (R)2236132547−2215Promotion/relegation playoff
12Al Ahli2243151644−2815
Updated to match(es) played on 31 March 2011. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Pre-Relegation Playoff

After finishing the season with the same number of points, Al-Ahli and Al-Sailiya faced each one in a tie played over one leg to decide which team relegates and which team faces Al-Shamal (2nd placed team of 2010-11 Qatar 2nd Division).

Al-Ahli 1 - 0 (a.e.t.) Al-Sailiya
Wagner Ribeiro 100'Report

Relegation playoff

Al-Ahli 4 - 3 Al-Shamal
Wagner Ribeiro 11', 17', 32'
Opoku 37'
Renan Oliveira 56'
Jomaa 66'
Budawood 83'

Fixtures and results

Home \ AwaySADRAYGHAQSCUMMKHOWAKKHAARASAILEKAHL
Al Sadd1–01–31–30–11–14–03–20–23–20–12–0
Al Rayyan1–13–21–13–01–03–02–10–14–12–12–0
Al Gharafa1–03–30–22–03–02–45–11–33–10–12–0
Qatar SC2–22–04–02–13–11–00–01–12–20–10–0
Umm Salal0–30–22–34–21–12–12–31–21–11–11–2
Al Khor3–10–03–03–51–01–21–20–10–00–20–2
Al Wakra0–12–20–30–22–10–03–00–30–01–32–0
Al Kharitiyath1–32–21–42–31–00–31–01–31–11–21–1
Al Arabi2–10–41–21–22–21–11–32–01–01–14–0
Al Sailiya0–11–20–32–22–33–22–50–25–20–22–1
Lekhwiya1–23–10–21–03–03–14–10–21–14–03–0
Al Ahli0–10–11–73–10–12–20–40–20–43–01–2
Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Younis MahmoudAl-Gharafa15
2 Moumouni DaganoAl-Sailiya14
Bakari KonéLekhwiya14
4 Sebastián SoriaQatar SC12
5 Yahia KébéAl Kharitiyath11
Mohammed RazakLekhwiya11
7 Jaralla Al-MarriAl Rayyan9
Anouar DibaAl-Wakrah9
9 Juninho PernambucanoAl-Gharafa8
Leonardo PisculichiAl-Arabi8
Ali AfifAl-Sadd8
12 CaboreAl-Arabi7

References