Season 2010–11 Dates 13 Sep 2010 – 15 Apr 2011 | Champions Lekhwiya Champion Lekhwiya SC Relegated Al-Sailiya SC | |
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The 2010-11 Qatari League or Qatari Stars League season was the 38th edition of the top level football championship in Qatar and started in September.
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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 Al-Mesaimeer
Lekhwiya were promoted as the 2nd level champions under there former name of Al-Shorta Doha or locally known as the Internal Security Forces (ISF).
Stadia and locations
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
League table
Updated to games played on 31 March 2011.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1. 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.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
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).
Fixtures and results
Source: [2]
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.