2018–19 Qatar Stars League

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Qatar Stars League
Season2018–19
ChampionsAl Sadd (14th title)
RelegatedAl-Kharaitiyat
AFC Champions LeagueAl Sadd
Al-Duhail
Al-Sailiya
Matches played132
Goals scored429 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorerAlgeria Baghdad Bounedjah (39 goals)
Biggest home winAl Sadd 10–1 Al-Arabi
(12 August 2018)
Biggest away winAl-Gharafa 1–8 Al Sadd
(2 December 2018)
Highest scoringAl Sadd 10–1 Al-Arabi
(12 August 2018)
Longest winning run11 matches
Al Sadd
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Al Sadd
Longest winless run9 matches
Al Kharaitiyat
Longest losing run9 matches
Al Kharaitiyat

The 2018–19 Qatari League, also known as Qatar Stars League, is the 46th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar.

The Qatar Stars League (QSL) has announced the dates of the first phase of the 2018–19 QNB Stars League. The first phase of the QNB Stars League kicked off on 4 August 2018 and ended on 4 November 2018.[1] The league ended on 13 April 2019.

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-Kharaitiyat Al Khor Al-Khor SC Stadium
Al-Khor
 Al Khor Al-Khor SC Stadium
Al-Shahania
 Al-Shahaniya
Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
Al-Rayyan
Al-Rayyan
Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
Al-Sadd Doha
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Al-Sailiya Doha Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium
Qatar SC Doha Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani
Umm Salal Doha
Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium

Personnel and Kits

Club Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli Spain Rubén De la Barrera Jako N/A
Al-Arabi Iceland Heimir Hallgrímsson Jako Doha Bank
Al-Duhail Portugal Rui Faria BURRDA Mashraf Al Rayan
Al-Gharafa
 France Christian Gourcuff Erreà N/A
Al-Kharaitiyat Qatar Wesam Rizik Hummel Oryx GTL
Al-Khor
 England Omar Najhi Macron N/A
Al-Rayyan
Gilson Da Souza
 Nike QIC
Al-Sadd Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira Puma Qatar Airways
Al-Sailiya Tunisia Sami Trabelsi Adidas UCC
Qatar Islamic Bank
Al-Shahania
Pepe Murcia
 Adidas N/A
Qatar SC Argentina Sergio Batista Puma N/A
Umm Salal Spain Raúl Caneda Adidas N/A

Foreign players

Each clubs are allowed to have nine foreign players. For the remainder of the season, each clubs can include one player from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and one player from Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).

  • 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] Yemen Player(s) Former Players
Al-Ahli Costa Rica Jonathan McDonald Netherlands Nigel de Jong Venezuela Jhon Chancellor Iran Omid Ebrahimi
Mouhcine Moutouali
 — Iran Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh
Yemen Ahmed Sadeq
Al-Arabi Brazil Diego Jardel Ivory Coast Wilfried Bony
Víctor Vázquez
 Iran Morteza Pouraliganji
Ahmad Ibrahim Khalaf
 — Brazil Mailson
Colombia Franco Arizala
Yemen Mudir Al-Radaei
Al-Duhail Belgium Edmilson Junior Morocco Medhi Benatia Morocco Youssef El-Arabi Japan Shoya Nakajima — — South Korea Nam Tae-hee
Brazil Lucas Mendes
Al-Gharafa Brazil Lucas Mendes Portugal Diogo Amado Slovakia Vladimír Weiss Iran Mehdi Taremi — — Netherlands Wesley Sneijder
Al-Kharaitiyat Colombia Charles Monsalvo Morocco Anouar Diba Romania Valentin Lazăr Iraq Ali Faez Atiyah Algeria Ilias Hassani Yemen Ahmed Al-Haifi Algeria Jugurtha Hamroun
Al-Khor
Tiago Bezerra
Wágner
 Brazil Willians Lebanon Alexander Michel Melki Tunisia Aymen Trabelsi Yemen Mohammed Boqshan
Diogo Acosta
Al-Rayyan
Lucca
 Uruguay Gonzalo Viera Venezuela Gelmin Rivas South Korea Koh Myong-jin — —
Jony
Al-Sadd Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah Spain Gabi Spain Xavi South Korea Jung Woo-young — — —
Al-Sailiya Algeria Nadir Belhadj Brazil Maurício Ramos Morocco Rachid Tiberkanine Syria Fahd Youssef Tunisia Bilel Saidani Yemen Alaa Al-Sasi —
Qatar SC Algeria Jugurtha Hamroun
Dodó
 Cameroon Samuel Eto'o Iraq Hussein Ali Al-Saedi Jordan Baha' Abdel-Rahman Yemen Ammar Hamsan Syria Osama Omari
Umm Salal Brazil Anderson Conceição Brazil Tinga Ivory Coast Yannick Sagbo Syria Mahmoud Al-Mawas Algeria Mourad Satli — Morocco Adil Rhaili
Democratic Republic of the Congo Arnold Mvuemba
Al-Shahania Argentina Luciano Vázquez
Jean-Paul Késsé Mangoua
Álvaro Mejía
 Iran Ramin Rezaeian Iraq Rebin Sulaka — Oman Nadhir Awadh

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Sadd (C) 22 18 3 1 100 22 +78 57 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage and FIFA Club World Cup first round[a]
2 Al-Duhail 22 15 5 2 52 17 +35 50 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage[b]
3 Al-Sailiya 22 12 2 8 38 26 +12 38 Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
4 Al-Rayyan 22 10 7 5 34 31 +3 37
5 Al-Ahli 22 10 4 8 32 39 −7 34
6 Al-Arabi 22 10 0 12 27 41 −14 30
7
Al-Shahania
 22 7 6 9 26 34 −8 27
8
Al-Gharafa
 22 7 5 10 35 39 −4 26
9 Umm Salal 22 6 5 11 24 44 −20 23
10
Al-Khor
 22 5 5 12 22 36 −14 20
11 Qatar SC (O) 22 4 4 14 20 42 −22 16 Qualification for Relegation play-off
12 Al-Kharaitiyat (R) 22 5 0 17 19 58 −39 15 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. ^ The league champions will qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup first round unless the 2019 AFC Champions League winners are from Qatar.
  2. ^ Al-Duhail qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as Emir of Qatar Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away SAD DUH SAI RAY AHL ARA
SHA
GHA
 UMM
KHO
 QAT KHA
Al Sadd 3–1 1–1 5–0 7–2 10–1 4–0 1–1 6–1 6–2 8–1 7–1
Al-Duhail 2–2 1–0 0–0 6–0 2–0 5–1 4–2 2–0 6–0 1–1 4–1
Al-Sailiya 0–2 0–1 1–2 4–2 2–3 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 5–2
Al-Rayyan 0–4 2–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–3 2–1
Al Ahli 4–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–4 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–2
Al-Arabi 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 5–1 1–0 0–1 2–1
Al-Shahania
 1–4 0–3 0–1 3–0 1–2 0–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–0
Al-Gharafa
 1–8 0–0 2–1 4–2 1–3 3–0 0–0 2–3 6–0 1–3 0–2
Umm Salal SC 1–5 1–3 0–2 1–1 4–1 0–3 2–5 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1
Al-Khor
 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 4–0
Qatar SC 1–5 2–3 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–0
Al Kharaitiyat 0–6 1–0 0–5 0–6 1–2 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–5 1–0
Source: QSL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Leader :
Al-Khor
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Qatar SC35991010109119101010101010101010111111
Al-Kharaitiyat12111212121211121212121212121212121212121212
Source: QSL

Relegation play-off

Qatar SC1–0Muaither SC
  • H. Ali 38'
 Report

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1 Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah Al Sadd 39
2 Morocco Youssef El-Arabi Al Duhail 26
Qatar Akram Afif Al Sadd
4 Morocco Rachid Tiberkanine Al Sailiya 13
Qatar Abdulgadir Ilyas Bakur Al Sailiya
6
Hassan Al-Haidos
 Al Sadd 10
7 Qatar Rodrigo Tabata Al-Rayyan 9
Ivory Coast Yannick Sagbo Umm Salal
9
Wágner
 Al-Khor 8
Slovakia Vladimír Weiss Al-Gharafa
Argentina Luciano Vázquez Al Shahania
Syria Mahmoud Al-Mawas Umm Salal
Iran Mehdi Taremi Al Gharafa

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Sadd Al-Kharaitiyat 6–0 5 August 2018 [4]
Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah7 Al-Sadd Al-Arabi 10–1 12 August 2018 [5]
Morocco Rachid Tiberkanine Al-Sailiya Al-Kharaitiyat 5–0 4 November 2018 [6]
Morocco Youssef El-Arabi Al-Duhail SC
Al-Shahania
 5–1 8 November 2018 [7]
Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Sadd Al-Kharaitiyat 7–1 8 November 2018 [8]
Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Sadd
Al-Gharafa
 8–1 2 December 2018 [9]
Qatar Akram Afif
Qatar Akram Afif Al-Sadd
Al-Khor
 6–2 16 February 2019 [10]
Qatar Akram Afif Al-Sadd Qatar SC 8–1 28 February 2019 [11]
Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah
Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Sadd Al-Ahli 7–2 4 April 2019 [12]
Note

7 Player scored 7 goals

Team of the Year

[13]
No Position Player Club
1 Goalkeeper Qatar Saad Al-Sheeb Al-Sadd
2 Defender Qatar Hamid Ismail Al-Sadd
3 Defender Qatar Boualem Khoukhi Al-Sadd
4 Defender Qatar Bassam Al-Rawi Al-Duhail
5 Defender Qatar Abdelkarim Hassan Al-Sadd
6 Midfielder Qatar Karim Boudiaf Al-Duhail
7 Midfielder Qatar Abdulaziz Hatem
Al-Gharafa
8 Midfielder Qatar Rodrigo Tabata Al-Rayyan SC
9 Midfielder Qatar
Hassan Al-Haidos
 Al-Sadd
10 Forward Qatar Akram Afif Al-Sadd
11 Forward Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Sadd

References

  1. ^ "QSL announces dates of first phase of new season | QNB Stars League". qsl.qa. 1 July 2018. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  2. ^ "One Arab player allowed at each club, says QFA Exec Com". QFA. 15 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Players - Stars League".
  4. ^ "Al-Kharaitiyat 0 Al-Sadd 6". soccerway.com. 5 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Al-Sadd 10 Al-Arabi 1". soccerway.com. 12 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Al-Kharaitiyat 0 Al-Sailiya 5". soccerway.com. 4 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Al Duhail 5 Al-Shahania 1". soccerway.com. 8 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Al-Sadd 7 Al-Kharaitiyat 1". soccerway.com. 8 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Al-Gharafa 1 Al-Sadd 8". soccerway.com. 8 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Al-Sadd 6 Al-Khor 2". soccerway.com. 16 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Al-Sadd 8 Qatar SC 1". soccerway.com. 28 February 2019.
  12. ^ "Al-Sadd 7 Al-Ahli 2". soccerway.com. 4 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Qatar11 • Qatar Players Association".

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