Qatar Stars League

Qatar Stars League
Founded	1972
Country	Qatar
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Qatari Second Division
Domestic cup(s)	Emir Cup; Qatar Cup; Qatar FA Cup; Qatari Stars Cup; Sheikh Jassem Cup;
International cup(s)	AFC Champions League; AFC Cup; Arab Club Champions Cup;
Current champions	Al-Duhail (8th title) ; (2022–23)
Most championships	Al-Sadd (16 titles)
TV partners	beIN Sports; Alkass Sports
Website	qsl.qa
	Current: 2023–24 Qatar Stars League

The Qatar Stars League (Arabic: دوري نجوم قطر; abbreviated as QSL), known as Expo Stars League for sponsorship reasons, is the top level football league in Qatar football league system. Contested by 12 teams, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Qatari Second Division (QSD). Seasons of the QSL usually run from September to April. The league's first season was played in 1963, although the first official season occurred in 1972. The league currently features 12 clubs, with one club being demoted to make room for one club being promoted.

The Qatari league system provides 5 domestic cups that these clubs are able to participate in: the Emir of Qatar Cup, open to all teams in both the first and second divisions, the Qatar Crown Prince Cup a postseason tournament played by the top four first division teams, the Sheikh Jassem Cup, a prelude to the first division regular season, the Qatari Stars Cup, a round-robin tournament played midseason, and the Qatar FA Cup, where the bottom 8 teams from the QSL and the entire QSD participate. The league title has been officially won by 7 clubs since its inception. The club that has won the most championships is Al Sadd SC, with 16 titles.

League structure

There are 2 divisions in the Qatari football structure and the league has previously seen one club promoted and relegated each year except in expansion seasons. The Qatar Stars League, previously known as the Q-League currently features 12 teams, with the 2nd division featuring 8 teams. The top four clubs at the end of the regular league system participate in the Qatar Crown Prince Cup, which was formed in the 1994/95 season.[1]

The Qatar Stars League has slowly expanded since the turn of the decade moving from 9 clubs to 10 clubs, and then latest setup of 12 clubs for the Qatari League 2009-10 campaign. It was announced that in the 2013-14 season, the number of clubs in the top division would increase to 14, whereas the second division would increase to 18 clubs which includes the reserve teams of the top division clubs.[2]

It was announced on 15 April 2009 that no clubs would be relegated from the top flight in the 2008–09 Qatar Stars League season, due to expansion reasons, however the announcement was made with only one game remaining.[3] That year, the top league expanded to 12 clubs. In May 2013, the QFA again expanded the league by two more teams, bringing the total number of clubs in the first division to 14.[4] In 2017 the number of teams moved back to 12.

There are currently 4 official amateur football leagues in Qatar. Three amateur leagues are under the jurisdiction of the Qatar Community Football League (QCFL), established by the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, and the fourth, known as the Qatar Amateur League (QAL) is recognized by the QFA. Inaugurated in November 2013,[5] the QAL has 14 teams, all of which were established through the country's government, political and social sectors.[6]

History

Early history

The first unofficial season of the Qatar Stars League was the 1963–64 season, 3 years after the formation of the QFA. Similarly, a second division was also created during this time. For many years, there was no promotion or relegation system.[7] Al-Maref, a club representing the Ministry of Education, was dissolved in 1966-67 by decision of the QFA and its players distributed to other clubs.[8]

First official season

In 1972–73, the first official season was played.[9] Al Esteqlal, now known as Qatar SC, won the first championship.[10]

The first time there was a playoff for the championship was in 1980, between Al Sadd and Al Arabi. Al Sadd won the match 1–0.[7]

Although a second division had been in place for some time, there was no relegation or promotion system. However, in 1981, such a system was put in place for the first time. Five clubs participated in the second division that year.[7]

In 1984–85, there was no relegation or promotion due to a lack of players as members of the Qatar national football team were preparing for the qualification rounds of the 1986 FIFA World Cup.[7]

In 1994, for one season, the QFA launched a new system where matches ending in draws would end in a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. This was put in place in an effort to improve attendance.[7]

Three second division clubs were dissolved in the 1990 season: Al Nasr, Al Tadamon, and Al Nahda. Many of their players were distributed to first division clubs and became prominent players in Qatari football history, such as Fahad Al Kuwari, Ahmed Al Kuwari and Hamad Al Khalifa. After the dissolution of these clubs, there was no longer any relegation or promotion for five years. In 1995/96, the second division was brought back with five clubs, while there were ten clubs participating in the first division.[7]

The 2003 money influx from QFA

A successful method the QFA used to develop the league was allocating each Q-League club with a sum of $10,000,000 to buy big-name foreign players in order to increase popularity, in the summer of 2003. The attempt brought in players such as Ronald and Frank de Boer, Romário, Pep Guardiola, Fernando Hierro, Marcel Desailly, Stefan Effenberg, Claudio Caniggia, and Gabriel Batistuta who soon appeared and shone in the league.[11][12]

In addition, in 2004, the Aspire Academy was formed, which provides training facilities to young people in order to improve the footballing standard not only in Qatar, but internationally. Many notable players have graduated from the academy, including Abdelkarim Hassan, Saad Al Sheeb, and Ibrahim Majid.[13]

2009: Changing name to Qatar Stars League

In 2009, no clubs were relegated from the top division. Due to the recent formation of Lekhwiya and El Jaish, this meant that the second division would lose two clubs while two more clubs would enter the first division, bringing the total number of clubs in the first division to 12, and the second division to 6.[3] As part of the expansion campaign, the "Q-League" changed its name to what it is currently known as, "Qatar Stars League",[14] and inaugurated a new domestic cup, the "Qatari Stars Cup".[15]

Clubs

Champions

Al Sadd are the most successful team in the league

Club	Wins	Winning years[16]
Al-Sadd	16	1971–72, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1999–00, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2012–13, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
Qatar SC	8	1966-67, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1972–73, 1976–77, 2002–03
Al-Duhail	8	2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2022–23
Al-Rayyan	8	1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1994–95, 2015–16
Al-Arabi	7	1982–83, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97
Al-Gharafa	7	1991–92, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
Al-Wakrah	2	1998–99, 2000–01

2022–23 season

Qatar Stars League
Club	Location	Stadium	Year formed
Al Ahli SC	Doha	Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium	1950
Al-Arabi SC	Doha	Grand Hamad Stadium	1952
Al-Duhail SC	Doha	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium	2009
Al-Gharafa SC	Doha	Thani bin Jassim Stadium	1979
Al-Markhiya SC	Al-Markhiya	Al-Markhiya Stadium	1995
Al-Rayyan SC	Al Rayyan	Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium	1967
Al Sadd SC	Al Sadd	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium	1969
Al-Sailiya SC	Doha	Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium	1950
Al-Shamal SC	Madinat ash Shamal	Al-Shamal SC Stadium	1980
Al-Wakrah SC	Al Wakrah	Al Janoub Stadium	1959
Qatar SC	Doha	Suheim bin Hamad Stadium	1959
Umm Salal SC	Umm Salal	Thani bin Jassim Stadium	1979

Total titles won by region

Region	Number of titles	Clubs
Doha	40	Al-Sadd SC (16), Qatar SC (8), Al-Arabi SC (7), Al-Duhail SC (7), Al Maref (3)
Al Rayyan	15	Al-Rayyan SC (8), Al-Gharafa SC (7)
Al Wakrah	2	Al-Wakrah SC (2)

Media coverage

Qatar

In 2012, Alkass Sports signed a deal to have the rights to broadcast Stars League in English.[17] beIN Sports also bought rights to broadcast Stars League.

Seasons	Channel
2012–present	Alkass Sports
2012–present	beIN Sports

Post-season awards

An award system was developed in 2006 in which the best player and coach of the footballing season are selected by a panel of journalists. Each award winner receives $100,000.[18][19] There are also awards for youth players and club staff.

Year	Best Player	Club	Best Coach	Club
2006[18]	Sebastián Soria	Al Gharafa	Jorge Fossati	Al Sadd
2007[18]	Emerson Sheik	Al Sadd	Jorge Fossati	Al Sadd
2008[18]	Aziz Ben Askar	Umm Salal	Marcos Paquetá	Al Gharafa
2009[18]	Leonardo Pisculichi	Al Arabi	Sebastião Lazaroni	Qatar SC
2010[18]	Juninho Pernambucano	Al Gharafa	Caio Júnior	Al Gharafa
2011[18]	Bakari Koné	Lekhwiya	Abdullah Mubarak	Al Ahli
2012[20]	Rodrigo Tabata	Al-Rayyan	Diego Aguirre	Al-Rayyan
2013[21]	Khalfan Ibrahim	Al Sadd	Hussein Amotta	Al Sadd
2014	Nadir Belhadj	Al Sadd	Sami Trabelsi	Al-Sailiya SC
2015	Hassan Al-Haydos	Al Sadd	Michael Laudrup	Lekhwiya SC
2016	Rodrigo Tabata	Al-Rayyan	Jorge Fossati	Al-Rayyan
2017	Nam Tae-hee	Lekhwiya	Jesualdo Ferreira	Al Sadd
2018	Youssef Msakni	Al-Duhail SC	Djamel Belmadi	Al-Duhail SC
2019	Akram Afif	Al Sadd	Jesualdo Ferreira	Al Sadd
2020	Akram Afif	Al Sadd	Diego Aguirre	Al-Rayyan
2021	Santi Cazorla	Al Sadd	Xavi	Al-Sadd
2022	Akram Afif	Al Sadd	Tintín Márquez	Al-Wakrah
2023	Youssef Msakni	Al Arabi	Younes Ali	Al Arabi

Top goalscorers

Source:[22][23]

Year		Best scorers	Team	Goals
1972–73		Awodh Hassan	Al-Esteqlal	10
1973–74		Mansoor Muftah	Al-Rayyan SC	15
1974–75	Not held
1975–76		Jamal Al Khatib	Al-Esteqlal	13
1976–77		Mansoor Muftah	Al-Rayyan SC	13
1977–78		Mansoor Muftah	Al-Rayyan SC	11
1978–79		Hassan Mattar	Al-Sadd SC	11
1979–80		Hamdan Hamed Badr Bilal Sharif Abdul-Hamed Mansoor Muftah	Al Ahli SC Al-Sadd SC Qatar SC Al-Rayyan SC	5
1980–81		Hassan Mattar	Al-Sadd SC	9
1981–82		Mansoor Muftah	Al-Rayyan SC	18
1982–83		Mansoor Muftah	Al-Rayyan SC	10
1983–84		Mansoor Muftah	Al-Rayyan SC	7
1984–85		Ahmed Yaqoub	Al-Arabi SC	7
1985–86		Mansoor Muftah	Al-Rayyan SC	22
1986–87		Hassan Sabela	Al Ahli SC	9
1987–88		Hassan Jowhar	Al-Sadd SC	11
1988–89		Farshad Pious	Al Ahli SC	9
1989–90		Marquinho Carioca	Al-Arabi SC	10
1990–91		Mahmoud Soufi Adel Khamis Hassan Sabela	Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad Al Ahli SC	8
1991–92		Mubarak Mustafa Rabeh Madjer	Al Arabi SC Qatar SC	12
1992–93		Mubarak Mustafa	Al Arabi SC	9
1993–94		Ahmed Daham Mahmoud Soufi Marquinho Carioca	Al-Shamal SC Al-Ittihad Al Arabi SC	9
1994–95		Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi	Al-Rayyan SC	9
1995–96		Ricky Owubokiri	Al-Arabi SC	16
1996–97		Mubarak Mustafa Alboury Lah	Al-Arabi SC Al Ahli SC	11
1997–98		Hussein Amotta Alboury Lah Cláudio Mendes Prates	Al-Sadd SC Al Ahli SC Al-Arabi SC	10
1998–99		Fabrice Akwa	Al-Wakrah SC	11
1999–2000		Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi	Al-Rayyan SC	14
2000–01		Mamoun Diop	Al-Wakrah SC	14
2001–02		Rachid Amrane	Al-Ittihad	16
2002–03		Rachid Rokki	Al-Khor SC	15
2003–04		Gabriel Batistuta	Al-Arabi SC	25
2004–05		Sonny Anderson	Al-Rayyan SC	20
2005–06		Carlos Tenorio	Al-Sadd SC	21
2006–07		Younis Mahmoud	Al-Gharafa SC	24
2007–08		Clemerson	Al-Gharafa SC	27
2008–09		Magno Alves	Umm Salal SC	25
2009–10		Cabore Younis Mahmoud	Al-Arabi SC Al-Gharafa SC	21
2010–11		Younis Mahmoud	Al-Gharafa SC	15
2011–12		Adriano	El Jaish SC	18
2012–13		Sebastián Soria	Lekhwiya SC	19
2013–14		Dioko Kaluyituka	Al Ahli SC	22
2014–15		Dioko Kaluyituka	Al Ahli SC	25
2015–16		Abderrazak Hamdallah Rodrigo Tabata	El Jaish SC Al Rayyan	21
2016–17		Youssef El-Arabi	Al-Duhail SC	24
2017–18		Youssef El-Arabi	Al-Duhail SC	26
2018–19		Baghdad Bounedjah	Al-Sadd SC	39
2019–20		Yacine Brahimi Akram Afif	Al Rayyan SC Al-Sadd SC	15
2020–21		Baghdad Bounedjah	Al-Sadd SC	21
2021–22		Michael Olunga	Al-Duhail	24
2022–23		Michael Olunga	Al-Duhail	22

By player

Rank	Player	Country	Titles	Seasons
1	Mansoor Muftah	Qatar	8	1973–74,1976-1977, 1977–78,1979–80 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1985–86
2	Mubarak Mustafa	Qatar	3	1991–92, 1992–93, 1996–97
2	Younis Mahmoud	Iraq	3	2006–07, 2009–10, 2010–11
4	Hassan Sabela	Qatar	2	1986–87, 1990–91
4	Alboury Lah	Senegal	2	1996–97, 1997–98
4	Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi	Qatar	2	1994–95, 1999–2000
4	Mahmoud Soufi	Qatar	2	1990–91, 1993–1994
4	Dioko Kaluyituka	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2	2013–14, 2014–15
4	Youssef El-Arabi	Morocco	2	2016–17, 2017–18
4	Baghdad Bounedjah	Algeria	2	2018–19, 2020–21
4	Michael Olunga	Kenya	2	2021–22, 2022–23

All-time top scorers

Rank	Name	Club	Years	Goals	Apps	Assists
1	Sebastián Soria	Al-Gharafa SC, Qatar SC, Al-Rayyan SC, Al-Duhail SC, Al-Arabi SC	2004–	209	404	58
2	Mansour Muftah	Al-Rayyan SC, Al-Wakrah SC	1973–1998	182+	—
3	Rodrigo Tabata	Al-Rayyan SC, Al Sadd SC	2011–	146	259	100
4	Baghdad Bounedjah	Al Sadd SC	2015–	142	140	58
5	Younis Mahmoud	Al-Gharafa SC, Al Sadd SC, Al-Arabi SC, Al-Khor SC, Al-Wakrah SC	2004–2013	131	190	4
6	Meshal Abdullah	Al-Gharafa SC, Qatar SC, Al-Wakrah SC, Al-Sailiya SC, Al Ahli SC	1999–2010	123	354	28
7	Youssef Msakni	Al-Arabi SC, Al-Duhail SC	2013–	96	163	59
8	Hassan Al-Haydos	Al Sadd SC	2007–	96	312	82
9	Nam Tae-hee	Al Sadd SC, Al-Duhail SC	2012–	94	230	75
10	Mubarak Mustafa	Al-Arabi SC,Al-Khor SC,Al-Gharafa SC	1990–2007	+91	+179	+42
11	Dioko Kaluyituka	Al-Duhail SC , Al-Gharafa SC, Al Kharaitiyat SC, Muaither SC, Al Ahli SC	2011–2017	84	121	12
12	Khalfan Ibrahim	Al-Arabi SC , Al Sadd SC, Al-Rayyan SC	2004–2020	83	241	49
13	Akram Afif	Al Sadd SC	2018–	77	97	67
14	Youssef El-Arabi	Al-Duhail SC	2016–2019	76	59	13
15	Moumouni Dagano	Al-Sailiya SC, Qatar SC, Al-Shamal SC, Al-Duhail SC, Al-Khor SC	2008–2015	72	158	20
16	Akwá	Qatar SC, Al-Gharafa SC, Al-Wakrah SC	1998–2006	70	123
17	Araújo	Al-Gharafa SC	2007–2010	68	84
18	Rachid Rokki	Al-Khor SC, Umm Salal SC	2000–2008	65	118
19	Carlos Tenorio	Al Sadd SC	2003–2008	63	88
20	Leonardo Pisculichi	Al-Arabi SC	2007–2012	63	112	15
21	Yahia Kébé	Al Kharaitiyat SC	2009–2016	58	132	21
22	Michael Olunga	Al-Duhail	2020	57	56
23	Wagner	Al-Sailiya SC, Al-Arabi SC, El Jaish SC,Al Ahli SC (Doha)	2009–2018	57	174	29
24	Cabore	Umm Salal SC, Al-Arabi SC	2009–2014	57	90	15
25	Mirghani Al Zain	Al-Gharafa SC, Al-Wakrah SC ,Al-Sailiya SC	1996–2019	57	420
26	Júlio César	Al-Khor SC, Al Ahli SC	2009–2016	56	117	13
27	Abdulgadir Ilyas Bakur	Al-Sailiya SC, Al-Arabi SC, El Jaish SC,Umm Salal SC,Al-Markhiya SC	2008–	55	184	39
28	Amad Al-Hosni	Qatar SC,Al-Rayyan SC	2005–2010	52	100	6
29	Yannick Sagbo	Umm Salal SC	2015–2020	51	98	12
30	Ali Afif	Al Sadd SC ,Al-Duhail SC	2015–2020	50	269	34
31	Boualem Khoukhi	Al Sadd SC ,Al-Arabi SC (Qatar)	2009–	49	248	25

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External links

QSL Official website
QFA Official website
Qatar Stars League – worldfootball.net (multilingual)
Qatar Stars League – goal.com
Qatar Stars League – hailoosport.com (in Arabic)
Qatar Stars League – hailoosport.com
Qatari Football on Twitter

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