# 2010–11 Syrian Premier League

The 2010–11 Syrian Premier League football season is the 40th since its establishment. Al-Jaish are the defending champions, having won their 11th Syrian League title in the previous season for the first time since 2003. The campaign began on 29 October 2010 and will end in May 2011. A total of 14 teams contest the league, 12 of which already contested in the 2009–10 season and two of which were promoted from the League 2nd Division.
The season was suspended due to the ongoing events of 2011 in Syria.

## Teams

Jableh, and Afrin were relegated to the League 2nd Division after finishing the 2009–10 season in the bottom two places. Afrin made their immediate return to the second level after just one year in the Syrian top flight, while Jableh ended more than a thirteen-year tenure in Syrian League Where he achieved, including the league title once and runner-up time.
The relegated teams were replaced by 2009–10 2nd Division champion North Group Al-Futowa from Deir ez-Zor and The champion of the southern group Hutteen from Latakia. Hutteen and Al-Futowa returned to the highest Syrian football league for the after one year just in the 2nd Division.

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Al-Ittihad | Aleppo | Aleppo International Stadium | 75,000 |
| Al-Jaish | Damascus | Abbasiyyin Stadium | 45,000 |
| Al-Jazeera | Hasakah | Al Baladi Stadium Hasakah | 20,000 |
| Al-Karamah | Homs | Khaled Ibn Al Walid Stadium | 35,000 |
| Al-Majd | Damascus | Abbasiyyin Stadium | 45,000 |
| Al-Nawair | Hama | Al Baladi Stadium Hama | 20,000 |
| Al-Shorta | Damascus | Abbasiyyin Stadium | 45,000 |
| Al-Taliya | Hama | Al Baladi Stadium Hama | 20,000 |
| Al-Wahda | Damascus | Abbasiyyin Stadium | 45,000 |
| Al-Wathba | Homs | Khaled Ibn Al Walid Stadium | 35,000 |
| Omayya | Idlib | Al Baladi Stadium Idlib | 15,000 |
| Al-Futowa | Deir ez-Zor | Al Baladi Stadium Deir ez-Zor | 10,000 |
| Hutteen | Latakia | Al Basil Stadium | 30,000 |
| Tishreen | Latakia | Al-Assad Stadium | 45,000 |

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Head Coach | Captain |
| Al-Ittihad | Kemal Alispahić | Majed Homsi |
| Al-Jaish | Ayman Hakeem | Maher Al Sayed |
| Al-Jazeera | Anwar Abdalqader | |
| Al-Karamah | Mohammad Kwid | Anas Al Khouja |
| Al-Majd | Zoran Đorđević | |
| Al-Nawair | | |
| Al-Shorta | Valeriu Tiţa | |
| Al-Taliya | | |
| Al-Wahda | Nizar Mahrous | |
| Al-Wathba | Julio Espinoza | |
| Omayya | Emad Dahbor | |
| Al-Futowa | Hesham Khllf | |
| Hutteen | | |
| Tishreen | Haitham Jatal | |

## Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Al-Jaish | Ayoub Odisho | Demit | 8 April 2010 | Thaer Jassam | 9 July 2010 |
| Al-Jazeera | Emad Tuma | Dismissal | 12 May 2010 | Anwar Abdalqader | 2 September 2010 |
| Al-Majd | Tahseen Jbbari | | | Zoran Đorđević | 13 September 2010 |
| Al-Shorta | Mohamed Khatam | Demit | | Ioan Dumitru | 14 August 2010 |
| Al-Shorta | Ioan Dumitru | Sacked | | Tita Valeriu | 9 February 2011 |
| Al-Jaish | Thaer Jassam | Resigned | | Ayman Hakeem | 9 February 2011 |
| Al-Karamah | Mohammad Kwid | Resigned | 4 March 2011 | | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Al-Wahda | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 29 | Play-off for AFC Cup qualification |
| 2 | Al-Karamah | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 28 | |
| 3 | Al-Jaish | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 26 | Play-off for AFC Cup qualification |
| 4 | Al-Ittihad | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 25 | 2012 AFC Cup group stage |
| 5 | Al-Shorta | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 25 | Play-off for AFC Cup qualification |
| 6 | Al-Nawair | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 20 | |
| 7 | Tishreen | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 20 | |
| 8 | Hutteen | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 20 | |
| 9 | Al-Wathba | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 18 | |
| 10 | Al-Jazeera | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 17 | |
| 11 | Al-Futowa | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 17 | |
| 12 | Omayya | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 16 | |
| 13 | Al-Taliya | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 14 | |
| 14 | Al-Majd | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 10 | |
* ↑ As 2010–11 Syrian Cup winners.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ITT | JAI | JAZ | KAR | MAJ | NAW | SHO | TAL | WAH | WAT | OMA | FUT | HUT | TIS |
| Al-Ittihad | | 2–0 | 2–1 | | | 1–1 | | | | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Al-Jaish | | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | | 1–0 | | |
| Al-Jazeera | | | | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | |
| Al-Karamah | 1–0 | | | | | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | |
| Al-Majd | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | | | | 0–0 | 1–1 | | | | | 0–1 |
| Al-Nawair | | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | | 0–0 | |
| Al-Shorta | 2–1 | 0–0 | | | 2–1 | 3–1 | | | 0–2 | | 3–0 | | 5–0 | |
| Al-Taliya | 0–0 | | | | | | 0–1 | | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Al-Wahda | 1–1 | 2–1 | | | 1–0 | 2–0 | | | | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Wathba | 0–1 | | | 3–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | | 0–0 | | | |
| Omayya | | 0–2 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | | | | 0–0 | | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Al-Futowa | | | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 4–1 | | | | 0–1 |
| Hutteen | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | | | | | 2–1 | | 2–0 | | 2–2 |
| Tishreen | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 2–3 | 0–0 | | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | |

## Play-off for AFC Cup qualification

Since the season was suspended, no league champion was awarded for 2010–11. To decide which team would represent Syria in the 2012 AFC Cup besides cup winner Al-Ittihad, a play-off tournament was organized. Initially three teams were involved: Al-Wahda, Al-Jaish and Al-Shorta. Al-Wahda later withdrew, so Al-Jaish and Al-Shorta played two games to determine the winner.
Al-Shorta won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2012 AFC Cup group stage.

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 20 March 2011
| Total | Player | Player | Team | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week | Goals per Week |
| Total | Player | Player | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 10 | | Ali Salah Hashim | Al-Wahda | | | | 1 | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | | Makhete Diop | Al-Karamah | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | | | | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | | Firas Tit | Al-Nawair | | | | 1 | | 2 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | | Zyad Chaabo | Hutteen | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | | Ahmad Omaier | Al-Taliya | | | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | | Abdulhadi Al Hariri | Al-Majd | 1 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | | Oday Jafal | Al-Shorta | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | | Mohammed Ghaddar | Tishreen | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | | Marjan Jugović | Al-Ittihad | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | | Mohamad Hamwi | Al-Karamah | | | | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | | Jomard Moussa | Al-Jazeera | | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | | Omar Al Soma | Al-Futowa | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
* Source: Kooora and syrian-soccer (in Arabic)
* Last updated: 20 March 2011

### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Jaja Santana for Al-Wathba against Al-Karamah, 7 minutes (29 October 2010).
* Fastest goal in a match: 7 minutes – Jaja Santana for Al-Wathba against Al-Karamah (29 October 2010).

### Discipline

* First red card of the season: Zakariya Bodaqa for Omayya against Tishreen, 90 minutes (29 October 2010).