2020–21 Qatar Stars League

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Ivanildo 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)
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All statistics correct as of 10 April 2021.

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.

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
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
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
Lucca
Lebanon Alexander Michel Melki
Madagascar Ibrahim Amada
Brazil Léo Gamalho
Al-Rayyan Argentina Gabriel Mercado Cameroon Franck Kom Ivory Coast Yohan Boli
Shoja' Khalilzadeh
 Algeria Yacine Brahimi
Al-Sadd
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
Kayke
Spain Álex Gálvez
Iran Ali Karimi
Netherlands Abdenasser El Khayati
Umm Salal
Kayke
 Nigeria Moses Orkuma Tunisia Aymen Abdennour Iran Rouzbeh Cheshmi Morocco Ahmed Hammoudan
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 :
Al-Khor
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Al Kharaitiyat127911899111212121212121212121212121212
Source: QSL

Relegation play-off

Al-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

Clean sheets

As of 29 December 2020
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1
Ivanildo Rodrigues
 Al-Ahli 5
2
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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