The 2010–11 Qatar Stars League was the 38th edition of the top level football championship in Qatar and ran from September 2010 to April 2011.
Teams Al-Shamal were relegated to the second-level league after finishing bottom in the last season 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).
Clubs
Club City/Town Stadium Head coach Al Ahli Doha Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Abdullah Mubarak Al-Arabi Doha Grand Hamad Stadium Péricles Chamusca Al-Gharafa Al Gharrafa Thani bin Jassim Stadium Bruno Metsu Al Kharaitiyat Al Kharaitiyat Ahmad bin Ali Stadium 1 Bernard Simondi Al-Khor Al Khor Al-Khor SC Stadium Alain Perrin Al-Rayyan Al Rayyan Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Paulo Autuori Al Sadd Doha Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Jorge Fossati Al-Sailiya Al Sailiya Suheim bin Hamad Stadium Uli Stielike Al-Wakrah Al Wakrah Al Janoub Stadium Adnan Dirjal Lekhwiya 2 Doha Suheim bin Hamad Stadium Djamel Belmadi Qatar SC Doha Suheim bin Hamad Stadium Sebastião Lazaroni Umm Salal Umm Salal Thani bin Jassim Stadium Hassan Harmatallah
1 Although this is classed as Al-Kharaitiyat home ground, the stadium is not up to QSL 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 AFC player Former players Al Ahli Wagner Ribeiro Olivier Kapo Agyemang Opoku Mohammed Rabia Al-Noobi Shavkat Mullajanov Fabiano Eller Giba Olivier Tia Al-Arabi Leonardo Pisculichi Caboré Antonin Koutouan Salman Isa Kim Al-Gharafa Juninho Pernambucano Amara Diané Otmane El Assas Younis Mahmoud Clemerson Al Kharaitiyat Yahia Kébé Dario Khan Onyekachi Okonkwo Alaa Abdul-Zahra Al-Khor Sayed Mohamed Adnan Alan Bahia Caio Ney Mineiro Salam Shaker Abdoulaye Barry Al-Rayyan Itamar Marcelo Bordon Moisés Moura 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 Faouzi Aaish Al-Wakrah Reinaldo Ali Rehema Anouar Diba Aziz Ben Askar Nashat Akram Adil Ramzi Younés Hawassi Lekhwiya 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 Gabri Mohamed Husain Davi Derick Ogbu
League table
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
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Younis MahmoudAl-Gharafa152 Moumouni DaganoAl-Sailiya14 Bakari KonéLekhwiya4 Sebastián SoriaQatar SC125 Yahia KébéAl Kharaitiyat11 Mohammed RazakLekhwiya7 Anouar DibaAl-Wakrah9 Jaralla Al-MarriAl-Rayyan9 Leonardo PisculichiAl-Arabi8 Juninho PernambucanoAl-Gharafa Ali AfifAl Sadd12 CaboréAl-Arabi7
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