2009–10 Qatar Stars League

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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.

Qatar Stars League
Season2009–10
ChampionsAl-Gharafa
RelegatedAl-Shamal

League expansion

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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
 
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 Al-Shamal SC Stadium
Al-Ahli Sports Club Doha Al-Ahly Stadium

Managerial changes

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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

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 AFC player Former players
Al-Ahli   Júlio César   Wagner Ribeiro   John Benson   Olivier Tia   Mamadou Diakité   Khalifa Ayil Al-Noufali   Fernando
  Rahman Rezaei
Al Arabi   Leonardo Pisculichi   Caboré   Daniel Carvalho   Kim   Igor Novaković   Salman Isa
Al-Gharafa   Clemerson   Juninho Pernambucano   Otmane El Assas   Younis Mahmoud
Al-Kharitiyath   Yahia Kébé   Youness Mankari   Dario Khan   Alaa Abdul-Zahra   Souleymane Keïta
Al-Khor   Sayed Mohamed Adnan   Abdoulaye Cissé   Moumouni Dagano   Moussa Pokong   Salam Shaker   Rafik Saïfi
Al-Rayyan   Afonso Alves   Marcelo Tavares   Amara Diané   Amad Al-Hosni   Danny Allsopp
  Pascal Feindouno
Al Sadd   Felipe   Leandro   Agyemang Opoku   Quincy Owusu-Abeyie   Mohammed Rabia Al-Noobi   Afonso Alves
Al-Shamal   Mahmood Abdulrahman   Zé Adriano   Bong Bertrand   Elbekay Bouchiba   Yamen Ben Zekry   Adel Humoud   Lima
  Samer Saeed
Al-Sailiya   Faouzi Aaish   Dennis Souza   Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona   Babou Sidiki   Moustapha Dabo   Mustafa Karim   Roger
Al Wakrah   Tom Caluwé   Adil Ramzi   Youness Hawassi   Ali Rehema   Delano Hill
Qatar SC   Marcinho   Talal El Karkouri   Youssef Safri   Qusay Munir   Ali Hasan Kamal
Umm Salal   Davi   Magno Alves   Aziz Ben Askar   Mohamed Husain   Moussa N'Diaye

Final league table

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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 and 2010 Qatar Crown Prince Cup
2 Al Sadd 22 15 5 2 55 22 +33 50 2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and 2010 Qatar Crown Prince Cup
3 Al-Arabi 22 12 4 6 52 30 +22 40 2010 Qatar Crown Prince Cup and 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[a]
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 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

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Home \ Away SAD RAY GHA QSC UMM KHO WAK KHA ARA SAI SHA AHL
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 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

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

References

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  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