2020–21 Qatar Stars League

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.

Qatar Stars League
Season2020–2021
Dates3 September 2020 – 10 April 2021
ChampionsAl-Sadd (15th title)
RelegatedAl-Kharaitiyat
Champions LeagueAl-Sadd
Al-Duhail
Champions League Play-off roundAl-Rayyan
Matches played132
Goals scored376 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer Baghdad Bounedjah
(21 goals)
Best goalkeeperIvanildo 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)
All statistics correct as of 10 April 2021.

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 Omid Ebrahimi Puma Regency Group Holding
Al-Arabi Heimir Hallgrímsson Ahmed Fatehi Puma N/A
Al-Duhail Sabri Lamouchi Almoez Ali Puma Al Rayan Bank
Al-Gharafa Andrea Stramaccioni Qasem Burhan Puma N/A
Al-Khor Winfried Schäfer Helal Mohammed Adidas N/A
Al-Kharaitiyat Wissam Rizk Pejman Montazeri Joma N/A
Al-Rayyan Laurent Blanc Yacine Brahimi Nike QIC
Al-Sadd Xavi Hassan Al-Haydos Puma Qatar Airways
Al-Sailiya Sami Trabelsi Majdi Siddiq Umbro UCC Holding
Qatar Islamic Bank
Al-Wakrah Tintín Márquez Isaías Umbro N/A
Qatar SC Younes Ali Álex Gálvez Puma N/A
Umm Salal Aziz Ben Askar 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 Slaviša Jokanović Signed by Sheffield United 27 May 2021 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 Omid Ebrahimi Mohamed Diamé Hernán Pérez Shane Lowry Nabil El Zhar
Al-Arabi Aron Gunnarsson Marc Muniesa Youssef Msakni Mehrdad Mohammadi Ayoub Azzi Pierre-Michel Lasogga
Mehdi Torabi
Hamdi Harbaoui
Al-Duhail Edmilson Junior Dudu Michael Olunga Ali Karimi Medhi Benatia Ramin Rezaeian
Youssef Msakni
Al-Gharafa Sofiane Hanni Jonathan Kodjia Wilfried Kanon Koo Ja-cheol Adlène Guedioura Héctor Moreno
Al Kharaitiyat Evans Mensah Oumar Sako Rachid Tiberkanine Pejman Montazeri Mohammed Osman
Al-Khor Pierre-Michel Lasogga Rafael Vaz Giannis Fetfatzidis Yuki Kobayashi Ismail El Haddad Lucca
Alexander Michel Melki
Ibrahim Amada
Léo Gamalho
Al-Rayyan Gabriel Mercado Franck Kom Yohan Boli Shoja' Khalilzadeh Yacine Brahimi
Al-Sadd Guilherme Nam Tae-hee Santi Cazorla Jung Woo-young Baghdad Bounedjah
Al-Sailiya Nadir Belhadj Tiago Bezerra Kara Mbodji Ramin Rezaeian Mohanad Ali Ahmed Hammoudan
Al-Wakrah Lucas Mendes Ousmane Coulibaly Abdennour Belhocini Isaías Sánchez Mohamed Benyettou Cristian Ceballos
Fahad Al Ansari
Qatar SC Anthony Okpotu Cristian Ceballos Youcef Belaïli Bashar Resan Mehdi Berrahma Kayke
Álex Gálvez
Ali Karimi
Abdenasser El Khayati
Umm Salal Kayke Moses Orkuma Aymen Abdennour Rouzbeh Cheshmi Ahmed Hammoudan Ayoub Azzi
Abdennour Belhocini
Walid Mesloub
Késsé Mangoua
Yannick Sagbo
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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (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 : 2022 AFC Champions League Group stage
2021 AFC Champions League group stage
2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
Qualification to Relegation play-off
Relegation to 2021–22 Qatargas League
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Al-Sadd1112111111111111111111
Al-Duhail2446454654322222222222
Al-Rayyan8364645566666545433333
Al-Gharafa3553333232234334545664
Al-Ahli4221222323545667676445
Qatar SC10128101287445453453354556
Al-Arabi591179101010119977776767787
Al-Wakrah963557688879101010101099998
Al-Sailiya71178768777888888888879
Umm Salal1110121210121299101010999991010101010
Al-Khor68109111111121011111111111111111111111111
Al Kharaitiyat127911899111212121212121212121212121212
Source: QSL

Relegation play-off
Al-Khor3-1Al-Shahania
Attendance: 0
Referee: Saoud Ali Al-Adba

Season statistics

Top scorers

[3]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Sadd 21
2 Dudu Al-Duhail 14
3 Santi Cazorla Al-Sadd 13
Youcef Belaïli Qatar SC
5 Edmilson Junior Al-Duhail 12
6 Yohan Boli Al-Rayyan 11
Jonathan Kodjia Al-Gharafa
8 Mehrdad Mohammadi Al-Arabi 10
Rodrigo Tabata Al-Sadd
Nabil El Zhar Al-Ahli

Top assists
As of 3 January 2021[3]
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Santi Cazorla Al Sadd 8
Sofiane Hanni Al-Gharafa
3 Dudu Al-Duhail 6
4 Abdelkarim Hassan Al Sadd 5
Akram Afif Al Sadd
Ahmed Fatehi Al-Arabi
5 Edmilson Junior Al-Duhail 4

Clean sheets
As of 29 December 2020
Rank Player Club Clean Sheets
1 Ivanildo Rodrigues Al-Ahli 5
2 Jassem Adel Qatar SC 4
Papa Djibril Al-Khor
4 Baba Malick Umm Salal 3
Fahad Younes Al-Rayyan
Salah Zakaria Al-Gharafa
7 Qasem Burhan Al-Gharafa 2
Saoud Al Khater Al-Wakrah
Amine Lecomte Al-Sailiya
Meshaal Barsham Al Sadd
11 Khalifa Ababacar Al-Duhail 1
Mohammed Al-Bakri Al-Duhail
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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