2008–09 Qatar Stars League

The 2008–09

Qatari League or Q-League season was the 36th edition of top level football in Qatar

and started on the 13 September 2008.

The season was played in 3 stages:

The 2008–09 calendar released by the QFA saw the first phase run through 13 September till 23 November before phase two kicked off on 27 November to end on 7 February 2009. The final phase started on February 12 and concluded on April 17.

Ten teams played for the title of league champions with each outfit playing 27 matches. The last team in the standings was to be relegated until the QFA announced an expansion to the league for the following season.

The competition will be played at the seven stadiums of

Qatar Sports Club, and Al-Arabi Sports Club

.

Al Khuratiyat SC

.

League Expansion

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 2009–10 Qatari League campaign.

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' years.

It was announced on 15 April 2009 that no clubs would be relegated from the top flight in the

Qatari League 2008-09 season, due to expansion reasons. The announcement was made with only one game remaining.^[1]

Members clubs

Club	City/Town	Stadium	2007-2008 season	Notes
Al-Gharrafa	Doha	Al-Gharafa Stadium	Q-League Champions	AFC Champions League 2009 Qualifier
Al-Sadd	Doha	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium	2nd in Q-League
Umm-Salal Sports Club	Umm Salal	Thani bin Jassim Stadium	3rd in Q-League	AFC Champions League 2009 Qualifier
Qatar Sports Club	Doha	Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium	4th in Q-League
Al-Rayyan Sports Club	Ar Rayyan	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium	5th in Q-League
Al-Arabi Sports Club	Doha	Grand Hamad Stadium	6th in Q-League
Al-Khor	Khor	Al-Khawr Stadium	7th in Q-League	Gulf Club Champions Cup 2008
Al-Sailiya Sport Club	Al Sailiya	Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium	8th in Q-League
Al Wakrah	Al Wakrah	Al-Wakrah Stadium	9th in Q-League
Al Khuratiyat SC	Al Khuraitiyat	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium	Promoted from 2nd level

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Reason of departure	Replaced by	Date Replaced
Al-Arabi Sports Club	Abel Braga	Replaced with more experienced coach	Zé Mário	July 2008
Al Wakrah	Adnan Dirjal	-	Mustapha Madih	July 2008
Al Khuratiyat SC	Moscofetch Nebosja	Replaced with more experienced coach	Nebojsa Vuckovic	July 2008
Al-Khor Sports Club	Jean-Paul Rabier	End of contract	Bertrand Marchand	June 2008
Umm-Salal Sports Club	Laurent Banide	Sacked after 7 games^[2]	Gerard Gili	November 2008
Al-Sailiya Sport Club	Jose Paolo	Sacked after 8 games^[3]	Nebojsa Vukovic	November 2008
Al Khuratiyat SC	Nebojsa Vukovic	Sacked after 8 games^[4]	Bernard Simondi	November 2008
Al-Sadd	Emerson Leao	Sacked after 9 games^[5]	Dzemaludin Musovic	November 2008
Al-Arabi Sports Club	Zé Mário	Sacked ^[6]	Uli Stielike	December 2008
Al-Sailiya Sport Club	Nebojsa Vukovic	Sacked	Džemal Hadžiabdić	February 2009
Al-Sailiya Sport Club	Dzemaludin Musovic	Short term contract.^[7]	Cosmin Olăroiu	April 2009

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	AFC player	Former players
Al-Arabi	Leonardo Pisculichi	Salman Isa	Kim	Lomana LuaLua	Souleymane Keïta	Mohammed Al-Balushi	Younis Mahmoud
Al-Gharafa	Clemerson Araújo	Fernandão	Younis Mahmoud	Otmane El Assas	Hakan Yakin	Nashat Akram
Al-Khor	Sayed Mohamed Adnan	Moumouni Dagano	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	Salam Shaker	Kamel Zaiem	Mahdi Karim	Fabrício Souza Bill Tchato
Al-Kharaitiyat	Abdulla Baba Fatadi	Oumar Tchomogo	Fabão	Joseph-Désiré Job	Sabri Lamouchi	Ashraf Bait Taysir	Rodolfo Soares Wílton Figueiredo Ali Hasan Kamal
Al-Rayyan	Aloísio Chulapa	Marcelo Tavares	Ricardinho	Amara Diané	Amad Al-Hosni	Hassan Mudhafar Al-Gheilani
Al-Sadd	Felipe	Carlos Tenorio	Agyemang Opoku	Pascal Feindouno	Khalifa Ayil Al-Noufali	Mohammed Rabia Al-Noobi	Ahmad Ali Hatimi
Al-Sailiya	Ahmad Ali Hatimi	Abdoulaye Cissé	Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona	Badar Al-Maimani	Lamjed Chehoudi	Ahmed Kano	Mobello Baba Keita
Al-Wakrah	Ali Rehema	Adil Ramzi	Anouar Diba	Delano Hill	Elbekay Bouchiba	Karrar Jassim
Qatar SC	Marcinho	Roger	Qusay Munir	Talal El Karkouri	Youssef Safri	Ahmed Al-Dokhi
Umm Salal	Magno Alves	Nivaldo	Aziz Ben Askar	Moussa N'Diaye		Mohamed Husain	Sabri Lamouchi

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Gharrafa	27	17	5	5	56	33	+23	56
2	Al-Sadd	27	15	9	3	60	25	+35	54
3	Al-Rayyan Sports Club	27	15	7	5	62	35	+27	52
4	Qatar Sports Club	27	11	10	6	42	36	+6	43
5	Al-Khor	27	9	13	5	38	28	+10	40
6	Umm-Salal Sports Club	27	9	8	10	46	45	+1	35
7	Al-Arabi Sports Club	27	8	5	14	37	51	−14	29
8	Al Wakrah	27	8	3	16	32	56	−24	27
9	Al-Sailiya Sport Club	27	5	5	17	31	58	−27	20
10	Al Khuratiyat SC	27	3	6	18	19	59	−40	15

Source: RSSSF

Qatari League 2008-09 winners
Al-Gharrafa 6th title

Top scorers

25 goals

Umm-Salal
)

21 goals

Leonardo Pisculichi (Al-Arabi)

20 goals

Al-Gharafa
)

19 goals

Sebastián Soria (Qatar SC)
Al-Rayyan
)

15 goals

Al-Sadd
)

13 goals

Al-Sadd
)

11 goals

Al-Sadd
)
Al-Rayyan
)
Al-Khor
)
Al-Sailiya
)

10 goals

Al-Gharafa
)
Al-Khor
)
Al Wakra
)

References

^ Q-League expands to 12 Archived 2009-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ Laurant Bainde dismissed as Umm Salal Coach^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Jose Paolo dismissed as Al-Sailiya Coach
^ Nebojsa Vukovic dismissed as Al Khuratiyat SC Coach
^ Emerson Leao dismissed as Al Sadd Coach
^ Zé Mário dismissed as Al Arabi Coach
^ "Olaroiu named Al Sadd manager". Qatar Football Association. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-04-24.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

Qatari League Goalzz
QFA | Qatar Football Association - Home Arabic
QFA | Qatar Football Association - Home English
News About the Qatar League

[1] Q-League expands to 12 Archived 2009-05-02 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Laurant Bainde dismissed as Umm Salal Coach^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Jose Paolo dismissed as Al-Sailiya Coach

[4] Nebojsa Vukovic dismissed as Al Khuratiyat SC Coach

[5] Emerson Leao dismissed as Al Sadd Coach

[6] Zé Mário dismissed as Al Arabi Coach

[7] "Olaroiu named Al Sadd manager". Qatar Football Association. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-04-24.^{[permanent dead link]}

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