# 2010–11 Qatar Stars League

The 2010-11 Qatar Stars League was the 38th edition of the top level football championship in Qatar and started in September.

## Teams

Al-Shamal were relegated to the second-level league after finishing bottom in the 2009–10 Qatar Stars League campaign. Al-Sailiya survived the drop after winning the end of season relegation/promotion playoff against Mesaimeer
Lekhwiya were promoted as the 2nd level champions under their former name of Al-Shorta Doha or locally known as the Internal Security Forces (ISF).

### Stadia and locations

| Club | City/Town | Stadium |
| Al-Gharafa | Doha | Al-Gharafa Stadium |
| Al-Sadd | Doha | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium |
| Umm Salal | Umm Salal | Thani bin Jassim Stadium |
| Qatar SC | Doha | Qatar SC Stadium |
| Al-Rayyan | Al Rayyan | Ahmed bin Ali Stadium |
| Al-Arabi | Doha | Grand Hamad Stadium |
| Al-Khor | Al Khor | Al-Khawr Stadium |
| Al-Sailiya | Doha | Qatar SC Stadium |
| Al-Wakrah | Al Wakrah | Al-Wakrah Stadium |
| Al-Kharaitiyat | Al Rayyan | Ahmed bin Ali Stadium $^1$ |
| Lekhwiya $^2$ | Doha | Qatar SC Stadium |
| Al-Ahli | Doha | Al-Ahly Stadium |
$^1$ Although this is classed as Al Khuratiyat SC home ground, the stadium is not up to Qatari Stars league standards, and the club uses other venues to host games $^2$ Formally known as Al Shorta

### Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | AFC player | Former players |
| Al-Ahli | Ró-Ró | Wagner Ribeiro | Olivier Kapo | Agyemang Opoku | Olivier Tia | Shavkat Mullajanov | Fabiano Eller Giba Mohammed Rabia Al-Noobi |
| Al-Arabi | Leonardo Pisculichi | Caboré | Antonin Koutouan | | | Salman Isa | Kim |
| Al-Gharafa | Juninho Pernambucano | Amara Diané | Otmane El Assas | | | Younis Mahmoud | Clemerson |
| Al-Kharitiyath | Yahia Kébé | Dario Khan | Onyekachi Okonkwo | | | Alaa Abdul-Zahra | |
| Al-Khor | Sayed Mohamed Adnan | Alan Bahia | Caio | Ney Mineiro | Abdoulaye Barry | Salam Shaker | |
| Al-Rayyan | Itamar | Marcelo Bordon | Moisés Moura | Nathan Ribeiro | Rodrigo Tabata | Cho Yong-hyung | Afonso Alves Amara Diané |
| Al-Sadd | Nadir Belhadj | Leandro | Abdul Kader Keïta | | | Lee Jung-soo | Agyemang Opoku |
| Al-Sailiya | Yazid Mansouri | Abdulla Al-Marzooqi | Moumouni Dagano | Babou Sidiki | Mobello Baba Keita | Faouzi Aaish | |
| Al-Wakrah | Reinaldo | Ali Rehema | Anouar Diba | Aziz Ben Askar | | Nashat Akram | Adil Ramzi Youness Hawassi |
| Lekhwiya | Luiz Júnior | Dame Traoré | Aruna Dindane | Bakari Koné | Abdeslam Ouaddou | Jasur Hasanov | |
| Qatar SC | Marcinho | Ali Hasan Kamal | Talal El Karkouri | Youssef Safri | | Qusay Munir | |
| Umm Salal | Aristide Bancé | Adil Ramzi | Mario Melchiot | Derick Ogbu | Gabri | Mohamed Husain | Davi |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Lekhwiya (C) | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 17 | +23 | 48 | 2011 Qatar Crown Prince Cup and 2012 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Gharafa | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 43 | 2011 Qatar Crown Prince Cup and 2012 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Rayyan | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 42 | 2011 Qatar Crown Prince Cup and 2012 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Al-Arabi | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 41 | 2011 Qatar Crown Prince Cup and 2012 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Qatar SC | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 40 | |
| 6 | Al-Sadd | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 36 | |
| 7 | Al-Wakrah | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 27 | |
| 8 | Al-Kharaitiyat | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 25 | |
| 9 | Umm Salal | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 19 | |
| 10 | Al-Khor | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 19 | |
| 11 | Al-Sailiya (R) | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 15 | Promotion/relegation playoff |
| 12 | Al-Ahli | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 44 | −28 | 15 | Promotion/relegation playoff |
* ↑ Since Al-Rayyan also won the 2011 Emir of Qatar Cup, the fourth-placed team of the league also qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League.

### Pre-Relegation Playoff

After finishing the season with the same number of points, Al-Ahli and Al-Sailiya faced each one in a tie played over one leg to decide which team relegates and which team faces Al-Shamal (2nd placed team of 2010-11 Qatar 2nd Division).

### Relegation playoff
## Fixtures and results

| Home \ Away | SAD | RAY | GHA | QSC | UMM | KHO | WAK | KHA | ARA | SAI | LEK | AHL |
| Al-Sadd | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Al-Rayyan | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Al-Gharafa | 1–0 | 3–3 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Qatar SC | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Umm Salal | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Al-Khor | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–5 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Al-Wakrah | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Al-Kharaitiyat | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Al-Arabi | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Al-Sailiya | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 5–2 | | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Lekhwiya | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | | 3–0 |
| Al-Ahli | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–7 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 1–2 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Younis Mahmoud | Al-Gharafa | 15 |
| 2 | Moumouni Dagano | Al-Sailiya | 14 |
| 2 | Bakari Koné | Lekhwiya | 14 |
| 4 | Sebastián Soria | Qatar SC | 12 |
| 5 | Yahia Kébé | Al-Kharaitiyat | 11 |
| 5 | Mohammed Razak | Lekhwiya | 11 |
| 7 | Anouar Diba | Al-Wakrah | 9 |
| 7 | Jaralla Al-Marri | Al-Rayyan | 9 |
| 9 | Leonardo Pisculichi | Al-Arabi | 8 |
| 9 | Juninho Pernambucano | Al-Gharafa | 8 |
| 9 | Ali Afif | Al-Sadd | 8 |
| 12 | Caboré | Al-Arabi | 7 |