2020–21 Qatar Stars League

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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 goalscorerAlgeria Baghdad Bounedjah
(21 goals)
Best goalkeeperIvanildo
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

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Stadia and locations

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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 Ahmad 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 Stadium
Umm Salal Doha Suheim bin Hamad Stadium

Personnel and kits

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Club Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli   Nebojša Jovović   Omid Ebrahimi Puma Regency Group Holding
Al-Arabi   Heimir Hallgrímsson   Ahmed Fathy Puma N/A
Al-Duhail   Sabri Lamouchi   Almoez Ali Puma Al Rayan Bank
Al-Gharafa   Slaviša Jokanović   Qasem Burhan Puma N/A
Al-Khor   Winfried Schäfer   Helal Mohammed Adidas N/A
Al-Kharaitiyat   Wesam Rizik   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 Sánchez Umbro N/A
Qatar SC   Younes Ali   Álex Gálvez Puma N/A
Umm Salal   Aziz Ben Askar   Lawrence Quaye Jako N/A

Foreign players

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  • 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   Hernán Pérez   Mohamed Diamé   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   Adlène Guedioura   Jonathan Kodjia   Wilfried Kanon   Koo Ja-cheol   Sofiane Hanni   Héctor Moreno
Al Kharaitiyat   Evans Mensah   Oumar Sako   Rachid Tiberkanine   Pejman Montazeri   Mohammed Osman
Al-Khor   Rafael Vaz   Pierre-Michel Lasogga   Giannis Fetfatzidis   Yuki Kobayashi   Ismail El Haddad   Léo Gamalho
  Lucca
  Alexander Michel Melki
  Ibrahim Amada
Al-Rayyan   Gabriel Mercado   Franck Kom   Yohan Boli   Shojae Khalilzadeh   Yacine Brahimi
Al-Sadd   Guilherme   Jung Woo-young   Santi Cazorla   Nam Tae-hee   Baghdad Bounedjah
Al-Sailiya   Nadir Belhadj   Tiago Bezerra   Kara Mbodji   Ramin Rezaeian   Mohanad Ali   Ahmed Hammoudan
Al-Wakrah   Abdennour Belhocini   Lucas Mendes   Ousmane Coulibaly   Isaías Sánchez   Mohamed Benyettou   Fahad Al Ansari
  Cristian Ceballos
Qatar SC   Youcef Belaïli   Anthony Okpotu   Cristian Ceballos   Bashar Resan   Mehdi Berrahma   Kayke
  Ali Karimi
  Abdenasser El Khayati
  Álex Gálvez
Umm Salal   Kayke   Moses Orkuma   Aymen Abdennour   Rouzbeh Cheshmi   Ahmed Hammoudan   Abdennour Belhocini
  Ayoub Azzi
  Walid Mesloub
  Jean-Paul Késsé Amangoua
  Yannick Sagbo
  Mahmoud Al-Mawas

League table

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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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated


Results

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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

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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

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

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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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

Clean sheets

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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

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  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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