2010–11 Qatar Stars League

The 2010-11 Qatar Stars League was the 38th edition of the top level football championship in Qatar and ran from September 2010 to April 2011.^[1]

Qatar Stars League

Season	2010–11
Champions	Lekhwiya
Relegated	Al-Sailiya
AFC Champions League	Lekhwiya Al-Gharafa Al-Rayyan Al-Arabi
Top goalscorer	Younis Mahmoud (15 goals)
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

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 Mesaimeer

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

Clubs

Doha

Umm Salal

Al Rayyan

Al Khor

Locations of teams in the 2010-11 Qatari League

Club	City/Town	Stadium	Head coach
Al-Ahli	Doha	Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium	Abdullah Mubarak
Al-Arabi	Doha	Grand Hamad Stadium	Péricles Chamusca
Al-Gharafa	Al Gharrafa	Thani bin Jassim Stadium	Bruno Metsu
Al-Kharaitiyat	Al Kharaitiyat	Ahmad bin Ali Stadium 1	Bernard Simondi
Al-Khor	Al Khor	Al-Khor SC Stadium	Alain Perrin
Al-Rayyan	Al Rayyan	Ahmad bin Ali Stadium	Paulo Autuori
Al-Sadd	Doha	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium	Jorge Fossati
Al-Sailiya	Al Sailiya	Suheim bin Hamad Stadium	Uli Stielike
Al-Wakrah	Al Wakrah	Al Janoub Stadium	Adnan Dirjal
Lekhwiya 2	Doha	Suheim bin Hamad Stadium	Djamel Belmadi
Qatar SC	Doha	Suheim bin Hamad Stadium	Sebastião Lazaroni
Umm Salal	Umm Salal	Thani bin Jassim Stadium	Hassan Harmatallah

¹ Although this is classed as Al-Kharaitiyat home ground, the stadium is not up to QSL standards, and the club uses other venues to host games
² Formally known as Al Shorta

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	AFC player	Former players
Al-Ahli	Ró-Ró	Wagner Ribeiro	Olivier Kapo	Agyemang Opoku	John Benson	Shavkat Mullajanov	Fabiano Eller Giba Olivier Tia Mohammed Rabia Al-Noobi
Al-Arabi	Boualem Khoukhi	Leonardo Pisculichi	Caboré	Antonin Koutouan		Salman Isa	Kim
Al-Gharafa	Juninho Pernambucano	Amara Diané	Otmane El Assas			Younis Mahmoud	Clemerson
Al-Kharaitiyat	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	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lekhwiya (C)	22	15	3	4	40	17	+23	48	2011 Qatar Crown Prince Cup and 2012 AFC Champions League group stage[a]
2	Al-Gharafa	22	14	1	7	51	31	+20	43
3	Al-Rayyan	22	12	6	4	39	22	+17	42
4	Al-Arabi	22	12	5	5	37	26	+11	41
5	Qatar SC	22	11	7	4	40	26	+14	40
6	Al-Sadd	22	11	3	8	32	26	+6	36
7	Al-Wakrah	22	8	3	11	30	36	−6	27
8	Al-Kharaitiyat	22	7	4	11	27	40	−13	25
9	Umm Salal	22	5	4	13	24	39	−15	19
10	Al-Khor	22	4	7	11	24	33	−9	19
11	Al-Sailiya (R)	22	3	6	13	25	47	−22	15	Promotion/relegation playoff
12	Al-Ahli	22	4	3	15	16	44	−28	15

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:

1. Since Al-Rayyan also won the 2011 Emir of Qatar Cup, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League.

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 100'	Report

19 April 2011

18:30 (UTC +3)

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Relegation playoff

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

5 May 2011

18:45 (UTC +3)

Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al-Rayyan

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away	SAD	RAY	GHA	QSC	UMM	KHO	WAK	KHA	ARA	SAI	LEK	AHL
Al-Sadd		1–0	1–3	1–3	0–1	1–1	4–0	3–2	0–2	3–2	0–1	2–0
Al-Rayyan	1–1		3–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	4–1	2–1	2–0
Al-Gharafa	1–0	3–3		0–2	2–0	3–0	2–4	5–1	1–3	3–1	0–1	2–0
Qatar SC	2–2	2–0	4–0		2–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–0
Umm Salal	0–3	0–2	2–3	4–2		1–1	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2
Al-Khor	3–1	0–0	3–0	3–5	1–0		1–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–2
Al-Wakrah	0–1	2–2	0–3	0–2	2–1	0–0		3–0	0–3	0–0	1–3	2–0
Al-Kharaitiyat	1–3	2–2	1–4	2–3	1–0	0–3	1–0		1–3	1–1	1–2	1–1
Al-Arabi	2–1	0–4	1–2	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–0		1–0	1–1	4–0
Al-Sailiya	0–1	1–2	0–3	2–2	2–3	3–2	2–5	0–2	5–2		0–2	2–1
Lekhwiya	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	3–1	4–1	0–2	1–1	4–0		3–0
Al-Ahli	0–1	0–1	1–7	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–4	0–2	0–4	3–0	1–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Younis Mahmoud	Al-Gharafa	15
2	Moumouni Dagano	Al-Sailiya	14
	Bakari Koné	Lekhwiya
4	Sebastián Soria	Qatar SC	12
5	Yahia Kébé	Al-Kharaitiyat	11
	Mohammed Razak	Lekhwiya
7	Anouar Diba	Al-Wakrah	9
	Jaralla Al-Marri	Al-Rayyan
9	Leonardo Pisculichi	Al-Arabi	8
	Juninho Pernambucano	Al-Gharafa
	Ali Afif	Al-Sadd
12	Caboré	Al-Arabi	7