The 2009–10 Qatar 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 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 the last season, due to expansion reasons. The announcement was made with only one game remaining.Q-League expands to 12
The expansion benefitted relegated Al Kharaitiyat, who would stay in the first division, and would be joined by two second division clubs Al Ahli and Al-Shamal, bringing the number up to 12.
Sheikh Hamad 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.
Teams
Club City/Town Stadium Head coach Al Ahli Doha Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Erik van der Meer Al-Arabi Doha Grand Hamad Stadium Uli Stielike Al-Gharafa Al Gharrafa Thani bin Jassim Stadium Caio Júnior Al Kharaitiyat Al Kharaitiyat Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Bernard Simondi Al-Khor Al Khor Al-Khor SC Stadium Bertrand Marchand Al-Rayyan Al Rayyan Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Paulo Autuori Al Sadd Doha Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Cosmin Olăroiu Al-Sailiya Al Sailiya Grand Hamad Stadium Džemal Hadžiabdić Al-Shamal Madinat ash Shamal Al-Shamal SC Stadium Alain Michel Al-Wakrah Al Wakrah Al Janoub Stadium Mustapha Madih Qatar SC Doha Suheim bin Hamad Stadium Sebastião Lazaroni Umm Salal Umm Salal Thani bin Jassim Stadium Henk ten Cate
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Reason of departure Replaced by DateAl-Gharafa Marcos Paquetá Contract not renewed Snubbed by Paqueta, Gharafa turn to Caio Junior Caio JúniorJuly 2009Al Ahli Carlos ManuelContract not renewed Richardo installed as Al Ahli manager Heron FerreiraJuly 2009Al-Rayyan Paulo AutuoriContract not renewed Paqueta coup for Rayyan Marcos PaquetáJuly 2009Al Ahli Heron FerreiraSacked Al Ahli sack Richardo ZizaNovember 2009Al-Rayyan Marcos PaquetáSacked Autuori to take over at Al Rayyan Paulo AutuoriNovember 2009Al-Shamal RobertinhoSacked Michel named new Shamal coach Alain MichelNovember 2009Al Ahli ZizaSacked Erik van der MeerJanuary 2010Umm Salal Gérard GiliSacked Ten Cate replaces Gili Henk ten CateMarch 2010
Foreign players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 AFC player Former players Al Ahli Júlio César Wagner Ribeiro Olivier Tia Mamadou Diakité Khalifa Ayil Al-Noufali Fernando Rahman Rezaei Lamine Diatta Al-Arabi Leonardo Pisculichi Caboré Daniel Carvalho Igor Novaković Salman Isa Kim Al-Gharafa Clemerson Juninho Pernambucano Otmane El Assas Younis Mahmoud Al-Kharaitiyat Yahia Kébé Youness Mankari Dario Khan Alaa Abdul-Zahra Souleymane Keïta Al-Khor Sayed Mohamed Adnan Abdoulaye Cissé Moumouni Dagano Bill Tchato Salam Shaker Rafik Saïfi Moussa Pokong 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 Bong Bertrand Elbekay Bouchiba Yamen Ben Zekry Adel Humoud Lima Zé Adriano Caló Samer Saeed Ali Ben Abdelkader Al-Sailiya Faouzi Aaish Dennis Souza Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona Moustapha Dabo Mustafa Karim Roger Lamjed Chehoudi Al-Wakrah Tom Caluwé Adil Ramzi Younès 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 Derick Ogbu Mohamed Husain Moussa N'Diaye
Final league table
Al-Sailiya defeated Mesaimeer 2-0 in the end of season relegation playoff to stay in the top flight
Fixtures and results
Top scorers 21 goals Caboré (Al-Arabi) Younis Mahmoud (Al-Gharafa) 20 goals Leandro (Al Sadd) 17 goals Adil Ramzi (Al-Wakrah) 15 goals Clemerson (Al-Gharafa) Sebastian Soria (Qatar SC) 11 goals Magno Alves (Umm Salal) 10 goals Afonso Alves (Al Sadd and Al-Rayyan) Alaa Abdul-Zahra (Al Kharaitiyat) 9 goals Júlio César (Al Ahli)
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