2020–21 Qatar Stars League

The 2020–21 Qatari League, also known as Qatar Stars League or QNB Stars League for sponsorship reasons, was the 47th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar. Al-Duhail are the defending champions.

Qatar Stars League
Season2020–2021
Dates3 September 2020 – 10 April 2021
ChampionsAl-Sadd (15th title)
RelegatedAl-Kharaitiyat
Champions LeagueAl-Sadd
Al-Duhail
Champions League Play-off roundAl-Rayyan
Matches played132
Goals scored376 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerAlgeria Baghdad Bounedjah
(21 goals)
Best goalkeeperIvanildo Rodrigues
Biggest home winAl Sadd 8–0 Al-Sailiya
(7 January 2021)
Biggest away winAl-Ahli 1–7 Al Sadd
(25 October 2020)
Highest scoringAl-Duhail 8–1 Al-Wakrah
(8 January 2021)
Longest winning runAl Sadd
(7 matches)
Longest unbeaten runAl Sadd
(22 matches)
Longest winless runAl-Kharaitiyat
(13 matches)
Longest losing runAl-Kharaitiyat
(13 matches)
All statistics correct as of 10 April 2021.

Al Sadd won the league title for a record 15th time, without suffering a defeat during the entire campaign.[1]

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-Kharaitiyat Umm Salal 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-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 Iran Omid Ebrahimi Puma Regency Group Holding
Al-Arabi Iceland Heimir Hallgrímsson Qatar Ahmed Fatehi Puma N/A
Al-Duhail France Sabri Lamouchi Qatar Almoez Ali Puma Al Rayan Bank
Al-Gharafa Italy Andrea Stramaccioni Qatar Qasem Burhan Puma N/A
Al-Khor Germany Winfried Schäfer Qatar Helal Mohammed Adidas N/A
Al-Kharaitiyat Qatar Wissam Rizk Iran Pejman Montazeri Joma N/A
Al-Rayyan France Laurent Blanc Algeria Yacine Brahimi Nike QIC
Al-Sadd Spain Xavi Qatar Hassan Al-Haydos Puma Qatar Airways
Al-Sailiya Tunisia Sami Trabelsi Qatar Majdi Siddiq Umbro UCC Holding
Qatar Islamic Bank
Al-Wakrah Spain Tintín Márquez Australia Isaías Umbro N/A
Qatar SC Qatar Younes Ali Spain Álex Gálvez Puma N/A
Umm Salal Morocco Aziz Ben Askar Qatar Anas Mubarak Jako N/A

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of

departure

 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of

appointment

Al-Gharafa Serbia Slaviša Jokanović Signed by Sheffield United 27 May 2021 Italy Andrea Stramaccioni July 2021

Foreign players
  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Players in italics were out of squad or left club within the season, after pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player UAFA Player[2] Former Players
Al-Ahli Iran Omid Ebrahimi Senegal Mohamed Diamé Paraguay Hernán Pérez Australia Shane Lowry Morocco Nabil El Zhar
Al-Arabi Iceland Aron Gunnarsson Spain Marc Muniesa Tunisia Youssef Msakni Iran Mehrdad Mohammadi Algeria Ayoub Azzi Germany Pierre-Michel Lasogga
Iran Mehdi Torabi
Tunisia Hamdi Harbaoui
Al-Duhail Belgium Edmilson Junior Brazil Dudu Kenya Michael Olunga Iran Ali Karimi Morocco Medhi Benatia Iran Ramin Rezaeian
Tunisia Youssef Msakni
Al-Gharafa Algeria Sofiane Hanni Ivory Coast Jonathan Kodjia Ivory Coast Wilfried Kanon South Korea Koo Ja-cheol Algeria Adlène Guedioura Mexico Héctor Moreno
Al Kharaitiyat Ghana Evans Mensah Ivory Coast Oumar Sako Morocco Rachid Tiberkanine Iran Pejman Montazeri Syria Mohammed Osman
Al-Khor Germany Pierre-Michel Lasogga Brazil Rafael Vaz Greece Giannis Fetfatzidis Japan Yuki Kobayashi Morocco Ismail El Haddad Brazil Lucca
Lebanon Alexander Michel Melki
Madagascar Ibrahim Amada
Brazil Léo Gamalho
Al-Rayyan Argentina Gabriel Mercado Cameroon Franck Kom Ivory Coast Yohan Boli Iran Shoja' Khalilzadeh Algeria Yacine Brahimi
Al-Sadd Brazil Guilherme South Korea Nam Tae-hee Spain Santi Cazorla South Korea Jung Woo-young Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah
Al-Sailiya Algeria Nadir Belhadj Brazil Tiago Bezerra Senegal Kara Mbodji Iran Ramin Rezaeian Iraq Mohanad Ali Morocco Ahmed Hammoudan
Al-Wakrah Brazil Lucas Mendes Mali Ousmane Coulibaly Algeria Abdennour Belhocini Australia Isaías Sánchez Algeria Mohamed Benyettou Spain Cristian Ceballos
Kuwait Fahad Al Ansari
Qatar SC Nigeria Anthony Okpotu Spain Cristian Ceballos Algeria Youcef Belaïli Iraq Bashar Resan Morocco Mehdi Berrahma Brazil Kayke
Spain Álex Gálvez
Iran Ali Karimi
Netherlands Abdenasser El Khayati
Umm Salal Brazil Kayke Nigeria Moses Orkuma Tunisia Aymen Abdennour Iran Rouzbeh Cheshmi Morocco Ahmed Hammoudan Algeria Ayoub Azzi
Algeria Abdennour Belhocini
Algeria Walid Mesloub
Ivory Coast Késsé Mangoua
Ivory Coast Yannick Sagbo
Syria Mahmoud Al-Mawas

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Sadd (C) 22 19 3 0 77 14 +63 60 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Al-Duhail 22 15 2 5 53 25 +28 47
3 Al-Rayyan 22 10 5 7 31 22 +9 35
4 Al-Gharafa 22 10 3 9 41 34 +7 33 Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
5 Al-Ahli 22 10 3 9 28 38 −10 33
6 Qatar SC 22 9 5 8 30 24 +6 32
7 Al-Arabi 22 8 5 9 28 32 −4 29
8 Al-Wakrah 22 7 5 10 19 29 −10 26
9 Al-Sailiya 22 7 5 10 22 36 −14 26
10 Umm Salal 22 5 6 11 13 31 −18 21
11 Al-Khor (O) 22 3 8 11 17 42 −25 17 Qualification for Relegation play-off
12 Al Kharaitiyat (R) 22 4 0 18 17 49 −32 12 Relegation to Qatargas League
Source: QSL, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away AHL ARA DUH GHA WAK KHA KHO RAY SAD SAI QAT UMM
Al-Ahli — 2–0 3–5 0–4 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–7 2–0 1–4 1–0
Al-Arabi 1–0 — 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–4 3–1 1–0 2–1
Al-Duhail 4–0 2–0 — 0–3 8–1 4–1 6–1 2–0 1–3 1–2 2–1 3–0
Al-Gharafa 1–3 1–1 1–2 — 1–0 2–0 6–3 1–3 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–1
Al-Wakrah 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 — 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–4 1–0 0–0 2–0
Al Kharaitiyat 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–2 0–2 — 2–1 0–3 1–5 0–2 2–1 3–0
Al-Khor 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 — 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1
Al-Rayyan 3–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 — 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1
Al-Sadd 3–0 3–2 3–1 4–1 1–1 5–0 7–0 2–1 — 8–0 3–0 3–1
Al-Sailiya 0–0 0–1 0–2 4–2 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–5 — 1–3 1–1
Qatar SC 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 — 0–1
Umm Salal 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–5 0–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 0–3 1–0 0–1 —
Source: QSL, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round
Leader : 2022 AFC Champions League Group stage
2021 AFC Champions League group stage
2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
Qualification to Relegation play-off
Relegation to 2021–22 Qatargas League
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Al-Sadd1112111111111111111111
Al-Duhail2446454654322222222222
Al-Rayyan8364645566666545433333
Al-Gharafa3553333232234334545664
Al-Ahli4221222323545667676445
Qatar SC10128101287445453453354556
Al-Arabi591179101010119977776767787
Al-Wakrah963557688879101010101099998
Al-Sailiya71178768777888888888879
Umm Salal1110121210121299101010999991010101010
Al-Khor68109111111121011111111111111111111111111
Al Kharaitiyat127911899111212121212121212121212121212
Source: QSL

Relegation play-off
Al-Khor3-1Al-Shahania
Attendance: 0
Referee: Saoud Ali Al-Adba

Season statistics

Top scorers

[3]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Sadd 21
2 Brazil Dudu Al-Duhail 14
3 Spain Santi Cazorla Al-Sadd 13
Algeria Youcef Belaïli Qatar SC
5 Belgium Edmilson Junior Al-Duhail 12
6 Ivory Coast Yohan Boli Al-Rayyan 11
Ivory Coast Jonathan Kodjia Al-Gharafa
8 Iran Mehrdad Mohammadi Al-Arabi 10
Qatar Rodrigo Tabata Al-Sadd
Morocco Nabil El Zhar Al-Ahli

Top assists
As of 3 January 2021[3]
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Spain Santi Cazorla Al Sadd 8
Algeria Sofiane Hanni Al-Gharafa
3 Brazil Dudu Al-Duhail 6
4 Qatar Abdelkarim Hassan Al Sadd 5
Qatar Akram Afif Al Sadd
Qatar Ahmed Fatehi Al-Arabi
5 Belgium Edmilson Junior Al-Duhail 4

Clean sheets
As of 29 December 2020
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Brazil Ivanildo Rodrigues Al-Ahli 5
2 Qatar Jassem Adel Qatar SC 4
Senegal Papa Djibril Al-Khor
4 Qatar Baba Malick Umm Salal 3
Qatar Fahad Younes Al-Rayyan
Qatar Salah Zakaria Al-Gharafa
7 Qatar Qasem Burhan Al-Gharafa 2
Qatar Saoud Al Khater Al-Wakrah
Qatar Amine Lecomte Al-Sailiya
Qatar Meshaal Barsham Al Sadd
11 Qatar Khalifa Ababacar Al-Duhail 1
Qatar Mohammed Al-Bakri Al-Duhail
Qatar Mahmud Abunada Al-Arabi

References
  1. "West Asia Wrap: Al Sadd end Qatar season unbeaten, Al Hilal suffer defeat in Saudi Arabia". AFC. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. "One Arab player allowed at each club, says QFA Exec Com". QFA. 15 January 2019.
  3. "Players - Stars League - Top Scorer & Assist".
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