Qatar Stars League

Qatar Stars League
abbreviation	QSL
Association	Qatar Football Association
First edition	1963
Teams	14th
master	Al-Sadd SC
Record champions	Al-Sadd SC (14 titles)
Current season	2019/20
Website	qfa.com.qa
Qualification for	AFC Champions League
↓ Reserve League

The Qatar Stars League ( Arabic دوري نجوم قطر, DMG Daurī Nuǧūm Qaṭar ) is a professional football league in Qatar . It also forms the highest football league in the country. Since 1963, the league has been played with frequently changing names. The first champion was Al-Maref, the reigning champion of the 2018/19 season is Al-Sadd SC ^[obsolete] , who is also the record champion with 14 titles.

In the past, the league usually consisted of ten teams, from the 2009/10 season the league was increased and played with twelve teams, which is why there were no relegated athletes in the season that had previously ended. For the 2013/14 season, the league was supplemented by two more teams, which meant that no club had to be relegated in the preseason.

mode

The championship is played back and forth, with each team playing against each other twice. The champion qualifies for the AFC Champions League together with the winner of the Emir of Qatar Cup . The last of the table is relegated to the second division.

Clubs of the 2019/20 season

society	city	Stadion	Remarks
Al-Ahli SC	Doha	Al Ahli Stadium
Al-Arabi SC	Doha	Grand Hamad Stadium
Al-Duhail SC	Doha	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
Al-Gharafa SC	Al-Rayyan	Al-Gharafa Stadium
Al-Khor SC	Al-Khor	Al-Khawr Stadium
Al-Rayyan SC	Al-Rayyan	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
Al-Sadd SC	Doha	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium	Champion 2018/19
Al-Sailiya SC	Doha	Al Ahli Stadium
Al-Shahaniya SC	Doha	Grand Hamad Stadium
Al-Wakrah SC	Al-Wakra	Al-Janoub Stadium	Climbers
Qatar SC	Doha	Qatar SC Stadium
Umm-Salal SC	Umm Salal	Al-Gharafa Stadium

Previous title holder

1963/64: Al-Maref 1964/65: Al-Maref 1965/66: Al-Maref 1966/67: Al-Oruba 1967/68: Al-Oruba 1968/69: Al-Oruba 1969/70: Al-Oruba 1970/71: Al-Oruba 1971/72: Al-Sadd 1972/73: Al-Esteqlal 1973/74: Al-Sadd 1974/75: no championship 1975/76: Al-Rayyan 1976/77: Al-Esteqlal 1977/78: Al-Rayyan

1978/79: Al-Sadd 1979/80: Al-Sadd 1980/81: Al-Sadd 1981/82: Al-Rayyan 1982/83: Al-Arabi 1983/84: Al-Rayyan 1984/85: Al-Arabi 1985/86: Al-Rayyan 1986/87: Al-Sadd 1987/88: Al-Sadd 1988/89: Al-Sadd 1989/90: Al-Rayyan 1990/91: Al-Arabi 1991/92: Al-Ittihad 1992/93: Al-Arabi

1993/94: Al-Arabi 1994/95: Al-Rayyan 1995/96: Al-Arabi 1996/97: Al-Arabi 1997/98: Al-Ittihad 1998/99: Al-Wakrah SC 1999/2000: Al-Sadd 2000/01: Al-Wakrah SC 2001/02: Al-Ittihad 2002/03: Qatar Sports Club 2003/04: Al-Sadd 2004/05: Al-Gharafa 2005/06: Al-Sadd 2006/07: Al-Sadd 2007/08: Al-Gharafa

2008/09: Al-Gharafa 2009/10: Al-Gharafa 2010/11: Al-Duhail SC 2011/12: Al-Duhail SC 2012/13: Al-Sadd 2013/14: Al-Duhail SC 2014/15: Al-Duhail SC 2015/16 : al-Rayyan SC 2016/17 : Al-Duhail SC 2017/18 : Al-Duhail SC 2018/19: Al-Sadd

player

Al-Ahli : pep Guardiola Al-Arabi : Gabriel Batistuta Stefan Effenberg Iván Hurtado Pierre-Michel Lasogga Dennis Oliech Tony Popović Taribo West

Al-Sadd : Abedi Pelé Karim Bagheri Ali Daei Hossein Kaebi Frank Leboeuf Marcio Emerson Passos Raúl Romario Carlos Tenorio Mauro Zárate

Al-Rayyan : Sonny Anderson Jacek Bąk Mario Basler Frank de Boer Ronald de Boer Fernando Hierro Emile Mpenza Salomon Olembé

Al-Wakrah : Frank Leboeuf Emad Mohammed Ahmed Radhi Al-Gharafa Nasch'at Akram Marcel Desailly Yunis Mahmud Emad Mohammed Hakan Yakin

Al-Khor Yunis Mahmud Hawar Mulla Mohammed Qatar Sports Club : Claudio Caniggia Marcel Desailly Christophe Dugarry Razzaq Farhan Ali Karimi Jay-Jay Okocha

See also

• List of top scorer in the Qatar Stars League
• List of the highest national soccer divisions

Web links

• Association website with news and information about the league

Individual evidence

1. ↑ the-afc.com: Q-League expands to 12