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.[2] 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.[3]
| Season | 2010–11 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 29 October 2010 – 20 March 2011 (cancelled) |
| Champions | None |
| 2012 AFC Cup | Al-Shorta Al-Ittihad |
| Matches | 105 |
| Goals | 247 (2.35 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |  Ali Salah Hashim Makhete Diop (10) |
| Biggest home win | Al-Ittihad 5–0 Omayya Al-Shorta 5–0 Hutteen |
| Biggest away win | Al-Wathba 2–4 Al-Majd |
| Highest scoring | Al-Nawair 5–2 Al-Majd |
| Highest attendance | 10,000 Al-Jaish 1–0 Al-Karamah (18 February 2011)[1] |
← 2009–10 2011–12 → | |
Teams
editJableh, 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
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| 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
edit
Managerial changes
edit| 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 [4] |
| Al-Jazeera | Emad Tuma |
Dismissal | 12 May 2010 |  Anwar Abdalqader |
2 September 2010 [5] |
| Al-Majd |  Tahseen Jbbari |
 Zoran Đorđević |
13 September 2010 [6] | ||
| Al-Shorta | Mohamed Khatam |
Demit |  Ioan Dumitru |
14 August 2010 [7] | |
| Al-Shorta | Ioan Dumitru |
Sacked | Tita Valeriu |
9 February 2011 [8] | |
| Al-Jaish | Thaer Jassam |
Resigned | Ayman Hakeem |
9 February 2011 [9] | |
| Al-Karamah | Mohammad Kwid |
Resigned | 4 March 2011 [10] |  |
League table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al-Wahda | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 29 | Play-off for AFC Cup qualification |
| 2 | Al-Karamah | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 28 | |
| 3 | Al-Jaish | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 26 | Play-off for AFC Cup qualification |
| 4 | Al-Ittihad | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 25 | 2012 AFC Cup group stage[a] |
| 5 | Al-Shorta | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 12 | +8 | 25 | Play-off for AFC Cup qualification |
| 6 | Al-Nawair | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 20 | |
| 7 | Tishreen | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 20 | |
| 8 | Hutteen | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 20 | |
| 9 | Al-Wathba | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 18 | |
| 10 | Al-Jazeera | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 17 | |
| 11 | Al-Futowa | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 17 | |
| 12 | Omayya | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 16 | |
| 13 | Al-Taliya | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 14 | |
| 14 | Al-Majd | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 10 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ↑ As 2010–11 Syrian Cup winners.
Results
editPlay-off for AFC Cup qualification
editSince 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.[11] Initially three teams were involved: Al-Wahda, Al-Jaish and Al-Shorta.[12] Al-Wahda later withdrew, so Al-Jaish and Al-Shorta played two games to determine the winner.[13]
Al-Shorta won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2012 AFC Cup group stage.[14]
Season statistics
editTop goalscorers
editIncluding matches played on 20 March 2011
| Total | Player | Team | Goals 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 (in Arabic)
- Last updated: 20 March 2011
Scoring
edit- 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
edit- First red card of the season: Zakariya Bodaqa for Omayya against Tishreen, 90 minutes (29 October 2010).[15]
References
edit- ↑ "Besuchte Spiele 2011".
- ↑
- ↑
- ↑ "Jassam at the helm of Al Jaish". The AFC. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
- ↑ "Abdelkader coach of Al Jazeera". 2 September 2010. Archived from the original on 7 September 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ↑ "Đorđević at the helm of Al Majd". The syria steps. 13 September 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
- ↑ "in Shorta : Romanian Dumitru Ioan an alternative to the Khatam". 14 August 2010. Archived from the original on 7 September 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ↑ "Valeriu picked up by Police". 9 February 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ↑ "Jassam steps down at Al Jaish". 9 February 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
- ↑ "Al Karamah boss resigns in a huff". 4 March 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ↑ "بعد اعتذار الكرامة والاتحاد ... اتحادنا الكروي يصدر جدول مباريات البلاي أوف بنظام "!!!"". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
- ↑ "الدوري التصنيفي لكرة المحترفين في 24 من الشهر الجاري ..!!". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
- ↑ "الدوري التصنيفي بين الجيش والشرطة بعد اعتذار كرة الوحدة". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
- ↑ "الشرطة يهزم الجيش ... ويكسب رهان البطاقة الآسيوية". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
- ↑ "Al-Omayya 1–0 Teshrin". 29 October 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
External links
edit- Details at goalzz.com
- (in Arabic) Details at syrian-soccer.com
- (in Arabic) Details at kooora.com