| Season | 2009–2010 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Al-Gharafa |
| Relegated | Al-Shamal |
| AFC Champions League | Al-Gharafa Al-Rayyan Al-Sadd |
| Top goalscorer | Caboré Younis Mahmoud (21 goals each) |
2010–11 → | |
The2009–10Qatar Stars League season was the 37th edition of top-level football championship inQatar, which started in September 2009 and ended in April 2010.
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 this season 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 the2008–09 Qatar Stars League season, due to expansion reasons. The announcement was made with only one game remaining.[1]
The expansion benefitted relegatedAl-Kharaitiyat, who would stay in the first division, and would be joined by two second division clubsAl-Ahli andAl-Shamal, bringing the number up to 12.
SheikhHamad bin Khalifa Al Thani 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.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Reason of departure | Replaced by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Gharafa |  Marcos Paquetá | Contract not renewed[3] | Caio Júnior | 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 | Sacked[6] | Cesa | November 2009 |
| Al-Rayyan | Marcos Paquetá | Sacked[7] | Paulo Autuori | November 2009 |
| Al-Shamal | Robertinho | Sacked[8] |  Alain Michel | November 2009 |
| Al-Ahli | Cesa | Sacked |  Erik van der Meer | January 2010 |
| Umm Salal | Gérard Gili | Sacked[9] | Henk ten Cate | March 2010 |
| 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 and2010 Qatar Crown Prince Cup |
| 2 | Al-Sadd | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 22 | +33 | 50 | 2011 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and2010 Qatar Crown Prince Cup |
| 3 | Al-Arabi | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 52 | 30 | +22 | 40 | 2010 Qatar Crown Prince Cup and2011 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-Kharaitiyat | 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-Wakrah | 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 |
| Qatar Stars League 2009–10 winners |
|---|
| Al-Gharafa 7th title |
| 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-Wakrah | 1–3 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 7–0 | 5–2 | |
| Al-Kharaitiyat | 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 |
