2018–19 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[]
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[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 | |
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:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (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[]
Positions by round[]
Leader : 2020 AFC Champions League Group stage | |
2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off | |
Relegation to 2019-20 Qatargas League |
Source: QSL
Relegation play-off[]
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[]
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 | |||||
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 | |||||
Baghdad Bounedjah | Al-Sadd | Al-Ahli | 7–2 | 4 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[]
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[]
- ^ "QSL announces dates of first phase of new season | QNB Stars League". qsl.qa. 1 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[]
- Official website (in Arabic and English)
Categories:
- Qatar Stars League seasons
- 2018–19 in Qatari football
- 2018–19 in Asian association football leagues