The 2010–11 Syrian Premier League football season was the 40th since its establishment. Al-Jaish were the defending champions, having won their 11th Syrian League title in the 2009–10 season for the first time since 2003. The campaign began on 29 October 2010 and was originally scheduled to end in May 2011; however, the season was suspended in March 2011 due to civil unrest and was ultimately cancelled without a champion being declared. A total of 14 teams contested the league, 12 of which had competed in the 2009–10 season, with Al-Futowa and Hutteen having been promoted from the Syrian League 2nd Division. On 11 August 2011, the Syrian Football Association decided to cancel the season’s title and organize a three-team tournament between Al-Wahda, Al-Jaish, and Al-Shurta to select two clubs for the AFC Cup or the Arab Football Federation Championship.
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 CaptainAl-Ittihad Kemal Alispahić Majed Homsi Al-Jaish Ayman Hakeem Maher Al SayedAl-Jazeera Anwar AbdalqaderAl-Karamah Mohammad Kwid Anas Al KhoujaAl-Majd Zoran ĐorđevićAl-NawairAl-Shorta Valeriu TiţaAl-TaliyaAl-Wahda Nizar MahrousAl-Wathba Julio EspinozaOmayya Emad DahborAl-Futowa Hesham KhllfHutteenTishreen 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 TumaDismissal 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
Results
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
TotalPlayerTeamGoals per Week 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 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 Ahmad Omaier Al-Taliya 1 1 1 2 1 1 6 Abdulhadi Al Hariri Al-Majd 1 2 1 1 1 Oday Jafal Al-Shorta 1 2 3 5 Mohammed Ghaddar Tishreen 1 1 2 1 Marjan Jugović Al-Ittihad 1 1 1 2 Mohamad Hamwi Al-Karamah 1 3 1 Jomard Moussa Al-Jazeera 1 1 2 1 Omar Al Soma Al-Futowa 1 1 2 1 Source: Kooora and syrian-soccer 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).
References
External links Details at goalzz.com Details at syrian-soccer.com Details at kooora.com