2009–10 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
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
- 20 goals
- 17 goals
- 15 goals
- 11 goals
- 10goals
- 9goals
References
- ↑ Q-League expands to 12
- ↑ http://www.alsailiyaclub.net/en/viewarticle.php?ref=index.php&articleid=4703
- ↑ Snubbed by Paqueta, Gharafa turn to Caio Junior
- ↑ Richardo installed as Al Ahli manager
- ↑ Paqueta coup for Rayyan
- ↑ Al Ahli sack Richardo
- ↑ Autuori to take over at Al Rayyan
- ↑ Michel named new Shamal coach
- ↑ Ten Cate replaces Gili