2009–10 Qatar Stars League

Qatar Stars League

Season	2009–10
Champions	Al-Gharafa
Relegated	Al-Shamal
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009-10 Qatari League or Qatari Stars League season will be the 37th edition of top level football championship in Qatar and starts in September.

League expansion

The Qatar Stars League has slowly expanded since the turn of the decade, moving from 9 clubs to 10 clubs and then latest setup of 12 clubs for the Qatari League 2009-10 campaign.

There are 2 divisions in the Qatari football structure and the league has previously seen one club promoted and relegated each year except in 'expansion' years.

It was announced on 15 April 2009 that no clubs would be relegated from the top flight in the Qatari League 2008-09 season, due to expansion reasons. The announcement was made with only one game remaining.^[1]

The expansion benefited relegated Al Kharatiyat, who will now stay in the first division, and will be joined by two second division clubs Al Ahli and Al Shamal, to bring the number up to 12.

Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifah said the expansion would help in improving league action, which was also curtailed to two rounds instead of the prevailing system where the teams played each other three times.

Stadia and locations

Doha

Umm Salal

Al Rayyan

Al Wakrah

Al Khor

Locations of teams in the 2009-10 Qatari League

Club	City/Town	Stadium
Al-Gharrafa	Doha	Al-Gharafa Stadium
Al-Sadd	Doha	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Umm-Salal Sports Club	Umm Salal	Thani bin Jassim Stadium
Qatar Sports Club	Doha	Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium
Al Rayyan Sports Club	Al Rayyan	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
Al-Arabi Sports Club	Doha	Grand Hamad Stadium
Al-Khor Sports Club	Al Khor	Al-Khawr Stadium
Al-Sailiya Sport Club	Al Sailiya	Grand Hamad Stadium [2]
Al Wakrah	Al Wakrah	Al-Wakrah Stadium
Al Khuratiyat SC	Al Khuraitiyat	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
Al-Shamal	Madinat ash Shamal	Madinat ash Shamal
Al-Ahli Sports Club	Doha	Al-Ahly Stadium

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Reason of departure	Replaced by	Date Replaced
Al-Gharrafa	Marcos Paqueta	Contract not renewed [3]	Caio Junior	July 2009
Al Ahli	Carlos Manuel	Contract not renewed [4]	Richardo	July 2009
Al-Rayyan	Paulo Autuori	Contract not renewed [5]	Marcos Paquetá	July 2009
Al Ahli	Richardo	Contract not renewed [6]	Cesa	November 2009
Al-Rayyan	Marcos Paquetá	Sacked [7]	Paulo Autuori	November 2009
Al-Shamal	Robertinho	Sacked [8]	Alain Michel	November 2009
Umm-Salal Sports Club	Gerard Gili	Sacked [9]	Henk Ten Cate	March 2010

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al Gharafa	22	16	5	1	55	16	+39	53	2011 AFC Champions League group stage 2010 Qatar Crown Prince Cup
2	Al Sadd	22	15	5	2	55	22	+33	50	2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off 2010 Qatar Crown Prince Cup
3	Al-Arabi	22	12	4	6	52	30	+22	40	2010 Qatar Crown Prince Cup 2011 GCC Champions League
4	Qatar SC	22	11	5	6	32	23	+9	38	2010 Qatar Crown Prince Cup
5	Al Rayyan	22	11	4	7	41	30	+11	37	2011 AFC Champions League group stage ^1
6	Al Kharitiyath	22	8	5	9	23	36	−13	29	2011 GCC Champions League
7	Umm Salal	22	7	7	8	27	30	−3	28
8	Al Wakra	22	8	3	11	44	44	0	27
9	Al Khor	22	5	5	12	21	30	−9	20
10	Al Ahli	22	6	2	14	31	53	−22	20
11	Al Sailiya	22	4	7	11	16	28	−12	19	Promotion/Relegation Playoff
12	Al Shamal (R)	22	2	2	18	17	72	−55	8	Relegation

Updated to games played on 4 April 2010.
Source: [http://en.qfa.com.qa QFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Qualified by winning the 2010 Emir of Qatar Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

• Al-Sailiya defeated Al-Mesaimeer 2-0 in the end of season relegation playoff to stay in the top flight

Qatar Stars League 2009–10 Winners
Al-Gharrafa 7th Title 3rd in a row

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away^[1]

Al Sadd

Al Rayyan

Al Gharafa

Qatar SC

Umm Salal

AKH

Al Wakra

Al Kharitiyath

Al-Arabi

Al Sailiya

Al Shamal

Al Ahli

Al Sadd

4–3

1–1

3–0

5–0

2–1

0–0

1–1

3–3

2–1

5–1

3–0

Al Rayyan

1–4

0–3

1–3

0–0

2–1

5–2

0–1

3–1

0–0

3–0

2–0

Al Gharafa

4–1

4–1

0–0

1–0

4–1

2–3

2–0

2–1

1–0

8–1

4–0

Qatar SC

1–1

5–2

3–3

0–0

2–0

1–0

3–1

1–3

3–0

0–3

2–0

Umm Salal

1–0

1–1

1–3

0–1

1–0

2–2

3–3

1–3

1–0

4–1

3–2

Al Khor

0–2

0–1

0–1

1–0

2–0

0–0

1–1

0–1

1–1

Al Wakra

1–3

0–4

1–4

0–1

3–2

4–1

1–1

0–1

1–2

7–0

5–2

Al Kharitiyath

0–2

0–1

0–4

0–2

0–1

4–2

0–6

1–1

2–1

2–1

Al-Arabi

0–2

0–5

1–1

2–3

2–1

2–1

3–2

1–2

2–2

6–2

1–2

Al Sailiya

1–3

0–2

0–1

1–0

0–0

1–2

0–3

0–0

0–2

1–1

0–1

Al Shamal

0–2

0–3

1–2

0–3

1–1

1–5

1–2

0–1

0–7

0–3

Al Ahli

2–6

1–2

0–0

1–0

1–4

3–2

4–5

2–3

0–4

1–2

6–2

Updated to games played on 4 April 2010.
Source: [http://en.qfa.com.qa QFA
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

21 goals

• Younis Mahmoud (Al-Gharafa)
• Cabore (Al-Arabi)

20 goals

• Leandro Montera Da Silva (Al-Sadd)

17 goals

• Adil Ramzi (Al Wakra)

15 goals

• Clemerson de Araújo (Al-Gharafa)
• Sebastian Soria (Qatar SC)

11 goals

• Magno Alves (Umm-Salal Sports Club)

10goals

• Alaa Abdul-Zahra (Al-Kharitiyath Sports Club)

9goals

• Julio Cesar do Nascimento (Al-Ahli (Doha))
• Afonso Alves (Al-Rayyan Sports Club)

References

1. Q-League expands to 12
2. http://www.alsailiyaclub.net/en/viewarticle.php?ref=index.php&articleid=4703
3. Snubbed by Paqueta, Gharafa turn to Caio Junior
4. Richardo installed as Al Ahli manager
5. Paqueta coup for Rayyan
6. Al Ahli sack Richardo
7. Autuori to take over at Al Rayyan
8. Michel named new Shamal coach
9. Ten Cate replaces Gili