2018–19 Qatar Stars League

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

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 goalscorerBaghdad 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 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 Rubén De la Barrera Jako N/A
Al-Arabi Heimir Hallgrímsson Jako Doha Bank
Al-Duhail Rui Faria BURRDA Mashraf Al Rayan
Al-Gharafa Christian Gourcuff Erreà N/A
Al-Kharaitiyat Wesam Rizik Hummel Oryx GTL
Al-Khor Omar Najhi Macron N/A
Al-Rayyan Gilson Da Souza Nike QIC
Al-Sadd Jesualdo Ferreira Puma Qatar Airways
Al-Sailiya Sami Trabelsi Adidas UCC
Qatar Islamic Bank
Al-Shahania Pepe Murcia Adidas N/A
Qatar SC Sergio Batista Puma N/A
Umm Salal 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 Jonathan McDonald Nigel de Jong Jhon Chancellor Omid Ebrahimi Mouhcine Moutouali — Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh
Ahmed Sadeq
Al-Arabi Diego Jardel Wilfried Bony Víctor Vázquez Morteza Pouraliganji Ahmad Ibrahim Khalaf — Mailson
Franco Arizala
Mudir Al-Radaei
Al-Duhail Edmilson Junior Medhi Benatia Youssef El-Arabi Shoya Nakajima — — Nam Tae-hee
Lucas Mendes
Al-Gharafa Lucas Mendes Diogo Amado Vladimír Weiss Mehdi Taremi — — Wesley Sneijder
Al-Kharaitiyat Charles Monsalvo Anouar Diba Valentin Lazăr Ali Faez Atiyah Ilias Hassani Ahmed Al-Haifi Jugurtha Hamroun
Al-Khor Tiago Bezerra Wágner Willians Alexander Michel Melki Aymen Trabelsi Mohammed Boqshan Ahmed Yasin Ghani
Rebin Sulaka
Diogo Acosta
Al-Rayyan Lucca Gonzalo Viera Gelmin Rivas Koh Myong-jin — — Jony
Al-Sadd Baghdad Bounedjah Gabi Xavi Jung Woo-young — — —
Al-Sailiya Nadir Belhadj Maurício Ramos Rachid Tiberkanine Fahd Youssef Bilel Saidani Alaa Al-Sasi —
Qatar SC Jugurtha Hamroun Dodó Samuel Eto'o Hussein Ali Al-Saedi Baha' Abdel-Rahman Ammar Hamsan Osama Omari
Umm Salal Anderson Conceição Tinga Yannick Sagbo Mahmoud Al-Mawas Mourad Satli — Adil Rhaili
Arnold Mvuemba
Al-Shahania Luciano Vázquez Jean-Paul Késsé Mangoua Álvaro Mejía Ramin Rezaeian Rebin Sulaka — 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[lower-alpha 1]
2 Al-Duhail 22 15 5 2 52 17 +35 50 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 2]
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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (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 : 2020 AFC Champions League Group stage
2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
Relegation to 2019-20 Qatargas League
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Al-Sadd1111322223322211111111
Al-Duhail2222111111111122222222
Al-Sailiya5433433334433335334333
Al-Rayyan4355254442244443443444
Al-Ahli1061010999866555554555555
Al-Arabi6944546678989766666666
Al-Shahania1188888810910898999988987
Al-Gharafa9776677787666678897778
Umm Salal71067765555777887779899
Al-Khor8121111111112111011111111111111111111101010
Qatar SC35991010109119101010101010101010111111
Al-Kharaitiyat12111212121211121212121212121212121212121212
Source: QSL

Relegation play-off
Qatar SC1–0Muaither SC
 Report
Referee: Salman Ahmad Falahi

Statistics

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

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Baghdad BounedjahAl-SaddAl-Kharaitiyat6–05 August 2018[4]
Baghdad Bounedjah7Al-SaddAl-Arabi10–112 August 2018[5]
Rachid TiberkanineAl-SailiyaAl-Kharaitiyat5–04 November 2018[6]
Youssef El-ArabiAl-Duhail SCAl-Shahania5–18 November 2018[7]
Baghdad BounedjahAl-SaddAl-Kharaitiyat7–18 November 2018[8]
Baghdad BounedjahAl-SaddAl-Gharafa8–12 December 2018[9]
Akram Afif
Akram AfifAl-SaddAl-Khor6–216 February 2019[10]
Akram AfifAl-SaddQatar SC8–128 February 2019[11]
Baghdad Bounedjah
Baghdad BounedjahAl-SaddAl-Ahli7–24 April 2019[12]
Note

7 Player scored 7 goals

Top assists
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Akram Afif Al-Sadd 15
2 Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Sadd 13
3 Hassan Al-Haidos Al-Sadd 12
4 Mouhcine Moutouali Al Rayyan 11
5 Edmilson Junior Al-Duhail 9
6 Xavi Al-Sadd 8
7 Jean-Paul Késsé Mangoua Al-Shahania 7

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

References
  1. "QSL announces dates of first phase of new season | QNB Stars League". qsl.qa. 1 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. http://www.qpa.qa/en/qatar11/
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