Qatar Stars League
Season2019–20
Dates21 August 2019 – 21 August 2020
ChampionsAl-Duhail (7th title)
RelegatedAl-Shahania SC
Champions LeagueAl-Duhail
Al Rayyan
FIFA Club World CupAl-Duhail
Matches played126
Goals scored344 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorerAkram Afif (15 goals)
Best goalkeeperFahad Younes
Biggest home winAl Rayyan 5–0 Qatar SC
(19 October 2019)
Biggest away winAl-Shahania 1–7 Al Sadd
(31 August 2019)
Highest scoringAl-Shahania 1–7 Al Sadd
(31 August 2019)
Longest winning runAl Duhail (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runAl Duhail (13 matches)
Longest winless runAl-Shahania (11 matches)
Longest losing runUmm Salal (6 matches)
All statistics correct as of 21 August 2020.

The 2019–20 Qatari League, also known as Qatar Stars League or QNB Stars League for sponsorship reasons, is the 47th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar. Al-Sadd are the defending champions.

The league was halted on 16 March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar,[1] then later resumed on 24 July 2020.[2]

Teams

Stadia and locations

Club City/Town Stadium
Al-Ahli Doha Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium
Al-Arabi Doha Grand Hamad Stadium
Al-Duhail Doha Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
Al-Gharafa Doha Thani bin Jassim Stadium
Al-Khor Al Khor Al-Khor SC Stadium
Al-Rayyan Al-Rayyan Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
Al-Sadd Doha Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Al-Sailiya Doha Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium
Al-Shahania Al-Shahaniya Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
Al-Wakrah Al Wakrah Al-Wakrah Stadium
Qatar SC Doha Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani
Umm Salal Doha Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium

Personnel and kits

Club Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli Montenegro Nebojsa Jovovic Morocco Nabil El Zhar Jako Regency Group Holding
Al-Arabi Iceland Heimir Hallgrímsson Qatar Ahmed Fatehi Puma N/A
Al-Duhail Morocco Walid Regragui Qatar Karim Boudiaf Puma Mashraf Al Rayan
Al-Gharafa Serbia Slaviša Jokanović Qatar Qasem Burhan Erreà N/A
Al-Khor England Omar Najhi Qatar Naif Mubarak Macron N/A
Al-Rayyan Uruguay Diego Aguirre Qatar Rodrigo Tabata Nike QIC
Al-Sadd Spain Xavi Spain Gabi Puma Qatar Airways
Al-Sailiya Tunisia Sami Trabelsi Qatar Majdi Siddiq Adidas UCC
Qatar Islamic Bank
Al-Shahania Qatar Nabil Anwar Spain Álvaro Mejía Adidas N/A
Al-Wakrah Spain Tintín Márquez Brazil Bruno Uvini Jako N/A
Qatar SC Qatar Wesam Rizik Spain Álex Gálvez Puma N/A
Umm Salal Morocco Aziz Ben Askar Syria Mahmoud Al-Mawas Jako N/A

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of

departure

 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of

appointment

Qatar SC Spain Carlos Alós Sacked 23 September 2019 11th Qatar Wesam Rizik
Umm Salal Spain Raúl Caneda Sacked 24 October 2019 11th Morocco Aziz Ben Askar
Al-Ahli Spain Rubén de la Barrera Sacked 1 December 2019 7th Montenegro Nebojsa Jovovic
Al-Duhail Portugal Rui Faria Resigned 20 January 2020 1st Morocco Walid Regragui
Al-Shahania Spain Pepe Murcia Sacked 9 June 2020 12th Qatar Nabil Anwar

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player UAFA Player[3] Former Players
Al-Ahli Senegal Mohamed Diamé Paraguay Hernán Pérez Tunisia Ahmed Akaïchi Australia Shane Lowry Morocco Nabil El Zhar Uruguay Abel Hernández
Al-Arabi Iceland Aron Gunnarsson Germany Pierre-Michel Lasogga Spain Marc Muniesa Iran Morteza Pouraliganji Tunisia Hamdi Harbaoui Iceland Birkir Bjarnason
Al-Duhail Belgium Edmilson Junior Tunisia Youssef Msakni North Korea Han Kwang-song Morocco Medhi Benatia Iraq Mohanad Ali
Croatia Mario Mandžukić
Al-Gharafa Algeria Sofiane Hanni Mexico Héctor Moreno Ivory Coast Jonathan Kodjia South Korea Koo Ja-cheol Algeria Adlène Guedioura Slovakia Vladimír Weiss
Al-Khor Brazil Lucca Brazil Tiago Bezerra Madagascar Ibrahim Amada Lebanon Alexander Michel Melki Morocco Ahmed Hammoudan Brazil Wágner
Al-Rayyan Argentina Gabriel Mercado Cameroon Franck Kom Ivory Coast Yohan Boli South Korea Lee Jae-ik Algeria Yacine Brahimi
Al-Sadd South Korea Nam Tae-hee South Korea Jung Woo-young Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah Spain Gabi
Mexico Marco Fabián
Al-Sailiya Senegal Kara Mbodji Algeria Nadir Belhadj Iran Karim Ansarifard Jordan Mohammad Abu Zrayq Tunisia Bilel Saidani
Morocco Mbark Boussoufa
Al-Shahania Spain Álvaro Mejía Netherlands Nigel de Jong Ivory Coast Jean-Paul Késsé Mangoua Iran Ramin Rezaeian Oman Jameel Al-Yahmadi Morocco Abdelaziz Barrada
Morocco Ahmed Akaïchi
Al-Wakrah Brazil Lucas Mendes Mali Ousmane Coulibaly Spain Cristian Ceballos Australia Isaías Algeria Mohamed Benyettou Brazil Bruno Uvini
Morocco Iliass Bel Hassani
Qatar SC Spain Álex Gálvez Brazil Kayke Netherlands Abdenasser El Khayati Uzbekistan Sardor Rashidov Morocco Mehdi Berrahma Democratic Republic of the Congo Junior Kabananga
Umm Salal Argentina Raúl Becerra Algeria Walid Mesloub Bosnia and Herzegovina Enes Sipović Syria Mahmoud Al-Mawas Algeria Ayoub Azzi Brazil Magno Cruz
Brazil João Victor
Ivory Coast Yannick Sagbo
Morocco Adil Rhaili
Spain Víctor Vázquez

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Duhail (C) 22 16 4 2 38 16 +22 52 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage and FIFA Club World Cup first round
2 Al-Rayyan 22 15 6 1 40 15 +25 51 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
3 Al-Sadd[lower-alpha 1] 22 14 3 5 51 29 +22 45
4 Al-Gharafa 22 10 6 6 34 29 +5 36 Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
5 Al-Sailiya 22 8 5 9 22 25 −3 29
6 Al-Wakrah 22 7 6 9 28 31 −3 27
7 Al-Arabi 22 6 8 8 28 28 0 26
8 Qatar SC 22 4 8 10 18 26 −8 20
9 Al-Ahli 22 5 5 12 23 35 −12 20
10 Umm Salal 22 3 9 10 18 37 −19 18
11 Al-Khor (O) 22 3 8 11 23 33 −10 17 Qualification for relegation play-off
12 Al-Shahania (R) 22 2 10 10 22 41 −19 16 Relegation to Qatargas League
Source: QSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Al-Sadd qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as Emir of Qatar Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away AHL ARA DUH GHA WAK KHO RAY SAD SAI SHA QAT UMM
Al-Ahli — 0–3 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 1–0
Al-Arabi 3–1 — 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–6 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1
Al-Duhail 1–0 1–1 — 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–1
Al-Gharafa 3–1 1–0 0–2 — 2–1 2–2 4–2 1–5 1–3 3–0 0–0 2–0
Al-Wakrah 2–1 2–1 2–4 3–3 — 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 1–2
Al-Khor 2–3 1–3 2–3 1–3 1–1 — 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–0
Al-Rayyan 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 — 1–0 1–0 2–2 5–0 2–2
Al-Sadd 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–4 — 3–0 4–2 0–3 2–1
Al-Sailiya 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 — 2–2 1–0 0–0
Al-Shahania 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–7 0–0 — 0–0 1–1
Qatar SC 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 — 1–1
Umm Salal 1–1 1–5 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–4 2–2 0–2 2–2 0–5 —
Updated to match(es) played on 21 August 2020. Source: Qatar Soccer League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Leader : 2021 AFC Champions League Group stage
2021 AFC Champions League group stage
2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
Qualification to Relegation play-off
Relegation to 2020–21 Qatargas League
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Al-Duhail4462211111111111111111
Al-Rayyan5885522222222222222222
Al-Sadd1131134444333333333333
Al-Gharafa2223453333444444444444
Al-Sailiya71099687676666765666655
Al-Wakrah11757878888977677777766
Al-Arabi3314345555555556555577
Qatar SC9111111111111999789999999998
Al-Ahli10646766767898888888889
Umm Salal69101010910111111121212111111111010101010
Al-Khor85789109101010101010101010101111111111
Al-Shahania12121212121212121212111111121212121212121212
Updated to match(es) played on 21 August 2020. Source: QSL

Relegation play-off

Al-Khor2–0Al-Markhiya
Referee: Khamis Mohamed Al Kuwari

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Qatar Akram Afif Al Sadd 15
Algeria Yacine Brahimi Al Rayyan
3 Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah Al Sadd 13
Iran Ramin Rezaeian Al-Shahania
5 Algeria Sofiane Hanni Al-Gharafa 11
Algeria Mohamed Benyettou Al-Wakrah
7 Tunisia Hamdi Harbaoui Al-Arabi 10
8 Qatar Ahmed Alaaeldin Al-Gharafa 9
Brazil Tiago Bezerra Al-Khor
10 Qatar Hassan Al-Haidos Al Sadd 8
Qatar Mohammed Muntari Al-Duhail

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Algeria Baghdad BounedjahAl-SaddAl-Shahania7–131 August 2019[4]
Qatar Akram Afif Al-Sadd Al-Gharafa 5–1 23 December 2019
Algeria Yacine BrahimiAl RayyanUmm Salal4–03 January 2020[5]
Ivory Coast Jonathan Kodjia Al-Gharafa Al Rayyan 4–2 23 January 2020
Qatar Akram Afif Al-Sadd Al-Sailiya 3–0 1 February 2020

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Qatar Akram Afif Al Sadd 9
2 Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah Al Sadd 6
Qatar Rodrigo Tabata Al Rayyan (5)

Al Sadd (1)

4 Algeria Yacine Brahimi Al Rayyan 5
Brazil Tiago Bezerra Al-Khor
Belgium Edmilson Junior Al-Duhail
Algeria Walid Mesloub Umm Salal
Qatar Almoez Ali Al-Duhail
Qatar Abdulaziz Hatem Al Rayyan

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Qatar Fahad Younes Al-Rayyan 13
2 Qatar Jassem Adel Qatar SC 7
Qatar Amine Lecomte Al-Duhail (4)

Al-Sailiya 3)

4 Qatar Qasem Burhan Al-Gharafa 6
5 Qatar Saoud Al Khater Al-Wakrah 5
Qatar Mohammed Al-Bakri Al-Shahania (1)

Al-Duhail (4)

Qatar Khalifa Ababacar Al-Sailiya
8 Qatar Mahmud Abunada Al-Arabi 4
Brazil Ivanildo Rodrigues Al-Ahli
10 Qatar Saad Al-Sheeb Al Sadd 3
11 Senegal Papa Djibril Al-Khor 2
Qatar Ebrahim Daryoush Al-Shahania
Qatar Baba Malick Umm Salal
14 Qatar Rajab Hamza Al-Khor 1
Qatar Meshaal Barsham Al Sadd
France Grégory Gomis Al-Arabi
Senegal Hassan Idriss Dicko Al-Wakrah
Qatar Moatasem Bostami Qatar SC
Qatar Salah Zakaria Al-Gharafa

Team of the Year

No Position Nat. Player Club Ref.
1 Goalkeeper Qatar Fahad Younes Al-Rayyan SC [6]
2 Defender Qatar Ró-Ró Al-Sadd
3 Defender Qatar Boualem Khoukhi Al-Sadd
4 Defender Qatar Ahmed Yasser Al-Duhail
5 Defender Qatar Abdelkarim Hassan Al-Sadd
6 Midfielder Qatar Karim Boudiaf Al-Duhail
7 Midfielder Cameroon Franck Kom Al-Rayyan SC
8 Midfielder Qatar Abdulaziz Hatem Al-Rayyan SC
9 Midfielder Algeria Yacine Brahimi Al-Rayyan SC
10 Forward Qatar Akram Afif Al-Sadd
11 Forward Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Sadd

References

  1. ↑ "Qatar suspends the League until March 29". sportsfinding.com. 16 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Football action to resume on July 24". Qatar Football Association. 17 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "One Arab player allowed at each club, says QFA Exec Com". QFA. 15 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Al-Shahania 1 Al-Sadd 7". soccerway.com. 31 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Umm Salal 0–4 Al-Rayyan". soccerway.com. 3 January 2020.
  6. ↑ Attar, Samar Al (4 February 2021). "QPA picks the best in the 2019-2020 season • Qatar Players Association". Qatar Players Association. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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