2009–10 Qatar Stars League Explained

Season:2009–10
Competition:Qatar Stars League
Winners:Al-Gharafa
Relegated:Al-Shamal
Continentalcup1:AFC Champions League
Continentalcup2:AFC Cup
Prevseason:2008–09
Nextseason:2010–11

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.

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

ClubCity/TownStadium
Al-GharrafaDohaAl-Gharafa Stadium
Al-SaddDohaJassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Umm-Salal Sports ClubUmm SalalThani bin Jassim Stadium
Qatar Sports ClubDohaSuhaim bin Hamad Stadium
Al Rayyan Sports ClubAl RayyanAhmed bin Ali Stadium
Al-Arabi Sports ClubDohaGrand Hamad Stadium
Al-Khor Sports ClubAl KhorAl-Khawr Stadium
Al-Sailiya Sport ClubAl SailiyaGrand Hamad Stadium[2]
Al WakrahAl WakrahAl-Wakrah Stadium
Al Khuratiyat SCAl KhuraitiyatAhmed bin Ali Stadium
Al-ShamalMadinat ash ShamalAl-Shamal SC Stadium
Al-Ahli Sports ClubDohaAl-Ahly Stadium

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerReason of departureReplaced byDate Replaced
Al-Gharrafa Marcos PaquetaContract not renewed [3] Caio JuniorJuly 2009
Al Ahli Carlos ManuelContract not renewed [4] RichardoJuly 2009
Al-Rayyan Paulo AutuoriContract not renewed [5] Marcos PaquetáJuly 2009
Al Ahli RichardoContract not renewed [6] CesaNovember 2009
Al-Rayyan Marcos PaquetáSacked [7] Paulo AutuoriNovember 2009
Al-Shamal RobertinhoSacked [8] Alain MichelNovember 2009
Umm-Salal Sports Club Gerard GiliSacked [9] Henk Ten CateMarch 2010

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5AFC playerFormer 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
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
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 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

Top scorers

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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_168625429.html Q-League expands to 12
  2. Web site: Al-Sailiya Sport Club :: . 25 July 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723014159/http://www.alsailiyaclub.net/en/viewarticle.php?ref=index.php&articleid=4703 . 23 July 2011 . dead.
  3. http://www.the-afc.com/en/news-centre/member-association-news/235-qatar/24703-snubbed-by-paqueta-gharafa-turn-to-caio-junior Snubbed by Paqueta, Gharafa turn to Caio Junior
  4. http://en.qfa.com.qa/topics/index.asp?level=4&item_no=2050&version=1&temp_id=350&temp_type=42&parent_id=345 Richardo installed as Al Ahli manager
  5. http://www.the-afc.com/en/member-association-news/west-asia-news/24788-paqueta-coup-for-rayyan Paqueta coup for Rayyan
  6. http://footballqatar.blogspot.com/2009/11/al-ahli-sacks-ricardo.html Al Ahli sack Richardo
  7. http://footballqatar.blogspot.com/2009/11/autuori-to-take-over-at-al-rayyan.html Autuori to take over at Al Rayyan
  8. http://footballqatar.blogspot.com/2009/11/michel-named-as-new-shamal-coach.html Michel named new Shamal coach
  9. http://footballqatar.blogspot.com/2010/03/ten-cate-replaces-gili-at-umm-salal.html Ten Cate replaces Gili