2010–11 Yemeni League

Yemeni League

Season	2010–11
Champions	Al Oruba
Highest scoring	Shabab Al Baydaa 4-0 Al-Hilal (27 July 2011)
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 Yemeni League is the 19th edition of top level football in Yemen.

The season started in November and will last until June 2011. The league winners will qualify for the AFC Cup. The bottom four teams will be relegated.

Teams

Al-Shula, Al-Wahda Aden, Salam Al-Garfa and Al Yarmuk Al Rawda were relegated to the second tier after finishing in the bottom four places of the 2009–10 Yemeni League season. They were replaced by Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut, Hassan Abyan, Al Rasheed Ta'izz and Al Sha'ab Sana'a.

Three teams would each represent the capital San'a and the city of Ta'izz bringing some big rivilaries to the domestic game.

Stadia and locations

Ta'izz

Aden

San'a

Zabid

Ibb

Al Hudaydah

Al Bayda'

Zinjibar

Al Mukalla

Locations of teams in the 2010-11 Yemeni League

Club	Location	Stadium
Al-Saqr Ta'izz	Ta'izz
Al-Tilal Aden	Aden	May 22 Stadium
Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut	Al Mukalla	Baradem Mukalla Stadium
Al-Ahli San'a	San'a	Ali Muhesen Stadium
Shabab Al Baydaa	Al Bayda'
Al-Oruba Zabid	Zabid
Al-Ahli Ta'izz	Ta'izz
Al-Wahda San'a	San'a
Al Sha'ab Ibb	Ibb
Al-Hilal Al-Sahili	Al Hudaydah
Hassan Abyan	Zinjibar
Al Sha'ab Sana'a	San'a'
Al-Ittihad Ibb	Ibb
Al Rasheed Ta'izz	Ta'izz

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Oruba Zabid	20	13	5	2	36	18	+18	44	2012 AFC Cup group stage
2	Al-Tilal	20	10	5	5	28	19	+9	35	2012 AFC Cup qualifying play-off ^1
3	Al-Ahli San'a'	20	9	4	7	26	17	+9	31
4	Al Sha'ab Sana'a	20	8	5	7	19	23	−4	29
5	Al-Hilal Al-Sahili	20	7	7	6	18	17	+1	28
6	Al-Sha'ab Hadramaut	20	7	6	7	17	22	−5	27
7	Al-Ittihad Ibb	20	7	5	8	22	22	0	26
8	Al Sha'ab Ibb	20	6	6	8	15	22	−7	24
9	Al-Ahli Ta'izz	20	5	8	7	13	14	−1	23
10	Shabab Al Baydaa	20	5	7	8	21	24	−3	22
11	Al-Wahda San'a'	20	3	2	15	10	27	−17	11	Relegation
12	Hassan Abyan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew
13	Al-Saqr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Al Rasheed Ta'izz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to games played on 26 July 2011.
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. Runners-up qualified for the 2012 AFC Cup as the Yemeni President Cup was not played in 2011.
(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.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Tesfaye Tafese	Al-Tilal	15
2	Yordanos Abay	Al-Saqr	9
3	Ali Al-Nono	Al-Ahli San'a'	9