2009–10 Qatar Stars League

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Qatar Stars League
Season2009–10
Champions Al-Gharafa
Relegated Al-Shamal
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The 2009-10 Qatari League or Qatari Stars League season was the 37th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar, which started in September 2009 and ended in April 2010.

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League expansion

The Qatar Stars League slowly expanded since the turn of the decade, moving from 9 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

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Doha
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Umm Salal
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Al Rayyan
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Al Wakrah
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Al Khor
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Locations of teams in the 2009-10 Qatari League
ClubCity/TownStadium
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 Al-Shamal SC Stadium
Al-Ahli Sports Club Doha Al-Ahly Stadium

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerReason of departureReplaced byDate Replaced
Al-Gharrafa Flag of Brazil.svg Marcos Paqueta Contract not renewed [3] Flag of Brazil.svg Caio Junior July 2009
Al Ahli Flag of Portugal.svg Carlos Manuel Contract not renewed [4] Flag of Brazil.svg RichardoJuly 2009
Al-Rayyan Flag of Brazil.svg Paulo Autuori Contract not renewed [5] Flag of Brazil.svg Marcos Paquetá July 2009
Al Ahli Flag of Brazil.svg RichardoContract not renewed [6] Flag of Brazil.svg CesaNovember 2009
Al-Rayyan Flag of Brazil.svg Marcos Paquetá Sacked [7] Flag of Brazil.svg Paulo Autuori November 2009
Al-Shamal Flag of Brazil.svg Robertinho Sacked [8] Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Alain MichelNovember 2009
Umm-Salal Sports Club Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Gerard Gili Sacked [9] Flag of the Netherlands.svg Henk Ten Cate March 2010

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5 AFC playerFormer players
Al-Ahli Flag of Brazil.svg Júlio César Flag of Croatia.svg Wagner Ribeiro Flag of Ghana.svg John Benson Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Olivier Tia Flag of Mali.svg Mamadou Diakité Flag of Oman.svg Khalifa Ayil Al-Noufali Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando
Flag of Iran.svg Rahman Rezaei
Al Arabi Flag of Argentina.svg Leonardo Pisculichi Flag of Brazil.svg Caboré Flag of Brazil.svg Daniel Carvalho Flag of Brazil.svg Kim Flag of Croatia.svg Igor Novaković Flag of Bahrain.svg Salman Isa
Al-Gharafa Flag of Brazil.svg Clemerson Flag of Brazil.svg Juninho Pernambucano Flag of Morocco.svg Otmane El Assas Flag of Iraq.svg Younis Mahmoud
Al-Kharitiyath Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Yahia Kébé Flag of Morocco.svg Youness Mankari Flag of Mozambique.svg Dario Khan Flag of Iraq.svg Alaa Abdul-Zahra Flag of Mali.svg Souleymane Keïta
Al-Khor Flag of Bahrain.svg Sayed Mohamed Adnan Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Abdoulaye Cissé Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Moumouni Dagano Flag of Cameroon.svg Moussa Pokong Flag of Iraq.svg Salam Shaker Flag of Algeria.svg Rafik Saïfi
Al-Rayyan Flag of Brazil.svg Afonso Alves Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Tavares Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Amara Diané Flag of Oman.svg Amad Al-Hosni Flag of Australia (converted).svg Danny Allsopp
Flag of Guinea.svg Pascal Feindouno
Al Sadd Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Flag of Brazil.svg Leandro Flag of Ghana.svg Agyemang Opoku Flag of Ghana.svg Quincy Owusu-Abeyie Flag of Oman.svg Mohammed Rabia Al-Noobi Flag of Brazil.svg Afonso Alves
Al-Shamal Flag of Bahrain.svg Mahmood Abdulrahman Flag of Brazil.svg Zé Adriano Flag of Cameroon.svg Bong Bertrand Flag of the Netherlands.svg Elbekay Bouchiba Flag of Tunisia.svg Yamen Ben Zekry Flag of Kuwait.svg Adel Humoud Flag of Brazil.svg Lima
Flag of Iraq.svg Samer Saeed
Al-Sailiya Flag of Bahrain.svg Faouzi Aaish Flag of Brazil.svg Dennis Souza Flag of Cameroon.svg Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Babou Sidiki Flag of Senegal.svg Moustapha Dabo Flag of Iraq.svg Mustafa Karim Flag of Brazil.svg Roger
Al Wakrah Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Caluwé Flag of Morocco.svg Adil Ramzi Flag of Morocco.svg Youness Hawassi Flag of Iraq.svg Ali Rehema Flag of the Netherlands.svg Delano Hill
Qatar SC Flag of Brazil.svg Marcinho Flag of Iraq.svg Qusay Munir Flag of Morocco.svg Talal El Karkouri Flag of Morocco.svg Youssef Safri Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Ahmed Al-Dokhi Flag of Iraq.svg Ali Hasan Kamal
Umm Salal Flag of Brazil.svg Davi Flag of Brazil.svg Magno Alves Flag of Morocco.svg Aziz Ben Askar Flag of Bahrain.svg Mohamed Husain Flag of Senegal.svg Moussa N'Diaye

Final league table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Al Gharafa 2216515516+3953 2011 AFC Champions League group stage and 2010 Qatar Crown Prince Cup
2 Al Sadd 2215525522+3350 2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and 2010 Qatar Crown Prince Cup
3 Al-Arabi 2212465230+2240 2010 Qatar Crown Prince Cup and 2011 GCC Champions League
4 Qatar SC 2211563223+938 2010 Qatar Crown Prince Cup
5 Al Rayyan 2211474130+1137 2011 AFC Champions League group stage [lower-alpha 1]
6 Al Kharitiyath 228592336−1329 2011 GCC Champions League
7 Umm Salal 227782730−328
8 Al Wakra 2283114444027
9 Al Khor 2255122130−920
10 Al Ahli 2262143153−2220
11 Al Sailiya 2247111628−1219Promotion/relegation playoff
12 Al Shamal (R)2222181772−558Relegation
Updated to match(es) played on 4 April 2010. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Qualified by winning the 2010 Emir of Qatar Cup.
 Qatar Stars League
2009–10 winners 
Al-Gharrafa
7th title

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away SAD RAY GHA QSC UMM KHO WAK KHA ARA SAI SHA AHL
Al Sadd 4–31–13–05–02–10–01–13–32–15–13–0
Al Rayyan 1–40–31–30–02–15–20–13–10–03–02–0
Al Gharafa 4–14–10–01–04–12–32–02–11–08–14–0
Qatar SC 1–15–23–30–02–01–03–11–33–00–32–0
Umm Salal 1–01–11–30–11–02–23–31–31–04–13–2
Al Khor 0–20–10–11–02–00–01–10–11–1
Al Wakra 1–30–41–40–13–24–11–10–11–27–05–2
Al Kharitiyath 0–20–10–40–20–14–20–61–12–12–1
Al-Arabi 0–20–51–12–32–12–13–21–22–26–21–2
Al Sailiya 1–30–20–11–00–01–20–30–00–21–10–1
Al Shamal 0–20–31–20–31–11–51–20–10–70–3
Al Ahli 2–61–20–01–01–43–24–52–30–41–26–2
Updated to match(es) played on 4 April 2010. Source: QFA Qatar Football Association - Home
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

21 goals
20 goals
17 goals
15 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals

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References

  1. ↑ Q-League expands to 12 Archived 2 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Al-Sailiya Sport Club ::". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  3. ↑ Snubbed by Paqueta, Gharafa turn to Caio Junior
  4. ↑ Richardo installed as Al Ahli manager [ permanent dead link ]
  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
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