2018–19 Qatar Stars League

Qatar Stars League
Season	2018–19
Champions	Al Sadd (14th title)
Relegated	Al-Kharaitiyat
AFC Champions League	Al Sadd; Al-Duhail; Al-Sailiya
Matches played	132
Goals scored	429 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Baghdad Bounedjah (39 goals)
Biggest home win	Al Sadd 10–1 Al-Arabi; (12 August 2018)
Biggest away win	Al-Gharafa 1–8 Al Sadd; (2 December 2018)
Highest scoring	Al Sadd 10–1 Al-Arabi; (12 August 2018)
Longest winning run	11 matches; Al Sadd
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches; Al Sadd
Longest winless run	9 matches; Al Kharaitiyat
Longest losing run	9 matches; Al Kharaitiyat
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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 edit

Stadia and locations edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
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:

^ The league champions will qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup first round unless the 2019 AFC Champions League winners are from Qatar.
^ Al-Duhail qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as Emir of Qatar Cup winners.

Results edit

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 edit

	Leader : 2020 AFC Champions League Group stage
	2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
	Relegation to 2019-20 Qatargas League

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team ╲ Round
Al-Sadd	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Al-Duhail	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Al-Sailiya	5	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	5	3	3	4	3	3	3
Al-Rayyan	4	3	5	5	2	5	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4
Al-Ahli	10	6	10	10	9	9	9	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Al-Arabi	6	9	4	4	5	4	6	6	7	8	9	8	9	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Al-Shahania	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	10	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	7
Al-Gharafa	9	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	9	7	7	7	8
Umm Salal	7	10	6	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	9	8	9	9
Al-Khor	8	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Qatar SC	3	5	9	9	10	10	10	9	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Al-Kharaitiyat	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Source: QSL

Relegation play-off edit

17 April 2019

18:45

Qatar SC	1–0	Muaither SC
H. Ali 38'	Report

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Referee: Salman Ahmad Falahi

Statistics edit

Top scorers edit

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

Hat-tricks edit

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

Note

⁷ Player scored 7 goals

Team of the Year edit

^[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 edit

^ "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.
^ "One Arab player allowed at each club, says QFA Exec Com". QFA. 15 January 2019.
^ "Players - Stars League".
^ "Al-Kharaitiyat 0 Al-Sadd 6". soccerway.com. 5 August 2018.
^ "Al-Sadd 10 Al-Arabi 1". soccerway.com. 12 August 2018.
^ "Al-Kharaitiyat 0 Al-Sailiya 5". soccerway.com. 4 November 2018.
^ "Al Duhail 5 Al-Shahania 1". soccerway.com. 8 November 2018.
^ "Al-Sadd 7 Al-Kharaitiyat 1". soccerway.com. 8 November 2018.
^ "Al-Gharafa 1 Al-Sadd 8". soccerway.com. 8 November 2018.
^ "Al-Sadd 6 Al-Khor 2". soccerway.com. 16 February 2019.
^ "Al-Sadd 8 Qatar SC 1". soccerway.com. 28 February 2019.
^ "Al-Sadd 7 Al-Ahli 2". soccerway.com. 4 April 2019.
^ "Qatar11 • Qatar Players Association".

External links edit

Official website (in Arabic and English)

[table_note_res_CWC0.90272914706856-3] The league champions will qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup first round unless the 2019 AFC Champions League winners are from Qatar.

[table_note_res_CLGS0.90272914706856-4] Al-Duhail qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as Emir of Qatar Cup winners.

[qsl-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.

[5] "Players - Stars League".

[6] "Al-Kharaitiyat 0 Al-Sadd 6". soccerway.com. 5 August 2018.

[7] "Al-Sadd 10 Al-Arabi 1". soccerway.com. 12 August 2018.

[8] "Al-Kharaitiyat 0 Al-Sailiya 5". soccerway.com. 4 November 2018.

[9] "Al Duhail 5 Al-Shahania 1". soccerway.com. 8 November 2018.

[10] "Al-Sadd 7 Al-Kharaitiyat 1". soccerway.com. 8 November 2018.

[11] "Al-Gharafa 1 Al-Sadd 8". soccerway.com. 8 November 2018.

[12] "Al-Sadd 6 Al-Khor 2". soccerway.com. 16 February 2019.

[13] "Al-Sadd 8 Qatar SC 1". soccerway.com. 28 February 2019.

[14] "Al-Sadd 7 Al-Ahli 2". soccerway.com. 4 April 2019.

[15] "Qatar11 • Qatar Players Association".

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