2021–22 Qatar Stars League

The 2021–22 Qatari League, also known as Qatar Stars League or QNB Stars League, was the 48th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar. The league kicked off on 11 September 2021 and ended on 11 March 2022.[1][2] Al-Sadd were defending champions and won the league for a second straight undefeated season.[3]

Qatar Stars League
Season2021–2022
Dates11 September 2021 – 11 March 2022
ChampionsAl-Sadd
RelegatedAl-Khor
Champions LeagueAl-Sadd
Champions League Play-off roundAl-Duhail
Al-Wakrah
Matches played125
Goals scored407 (3.26 per match)
Top goalscorerKenya Michael Olunga
(25 goals)
Biggest home winAl-Sadd 7–2 Al-Shamal
(26 September 2021)
Al-Duhail 5–0 Al-Sailiya
(26 September 2021)
Al-Gharafa 5–0 Al-Khor
(26 October 2021)
Al-Duhail 6–1 Umm Salal
(2 March 2022)
Biggest away winAl-Ahli 0–6 Al-Duhail
(29 December 2021)
Al-Shamal 0–6 Umm Salal
(23 January 2022)
Al-Wakrah 0–6 Al-Sadd
(31 January 2022)
Al-Ahli 2–8 Al-Sadd
(21 February 2022)
Highest scoringAl-Sadd 6–4 Al-Gharafa
(17 October 2021)
Al-Ahli 2–8 Al-Sadd
(21 February 2022)
Longest winning run9 matches
Al-Sadd
Longest unbeaten run20 matches
Al-Sadd
Longest winless run16 matches
Al-Sailiya
Longest losing run6 matches
Al-Sailiya

Teams

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Team location

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Al Ahli, Al Arabi, Al Duhail, Al Gharafa, Al Sadd, Al Sailiya, Qatar, Umm Salal
 
Al Khor
 
Al Rayyan
 
Al Wakrah
 
Al Shamal
Location football club of Qatar Stars League

Stadia and locations

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Club City/Town Stadium Capacity
Al-Ahli Doha Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium 18,000
Al-Arabi Doha Grand Hamad Stadium 13,000
Al-Duhail Doha Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium 9,000
Al-Gharafa Doha Thani bin Jassim Stadium 21,175
Al-Khor Al Khor Al-Khor SC Stadium 12,000
Al-Rayyan Al-Rayyan Ahmad bin Ali Stadium 50,000
Al-Sadd Doha Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium 12,946
Al-Sailiya Doha Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium 18,000
Al-Shamal Al Shamal Al-Shamal SC Stadium 5,000
Al-Wakrah Al Wakrah Al Janoub Stadium 40,000
Qatar SC Doha Suheim bin Hamad Stadium 13,000
Umm Salal Doha Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium 13,000

Personnel and kits

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Club Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli   Nebojša Jovović   Ali Qadry Puma Regency Group Holding
Al-Arabi   Younes Ali   Ahmed Fatehi Puma Doha Bank
Sharq Insurance
Snoonu
Al-Duhail   Luís Castro   Almoez Ali Puma Al Rayan Bank
Al-Gharafa   Andrea Stramaccioni   Qasem Burhan Puma N/A
Al-Khor   Andre Lima (caretaker)   Helal Mohammed Adidas N/A
Al-Rayyan   Nicolás Córdova (interim)   Yacine Brahimi Puma Baladna
Mall of Qatar
Al-Sadd   Javi Gracia   Hassan Al-Haydos Puma Qatar Airways
Al-Sailiya   Sami Trabelsi   Majdi Siddiq Zat Outfit N/A
Al-Shamal   Hicham Jadrane   Baha' Faisal Erreà N/A
Al-Wakrah   Tintín Márquez   Ahmed Fadhel Puma N/A
Qatar SC   Youssef Safri   Sebastián Soria Macron N/A
Umm Salal   Wesam Rizik   Aymen Abdennour Jako N/A

Managerial changes

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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 2 July 2021
Umm Salal   Aziz Ben Askar End of contract 30 June 2021   Sérgio Farias July 2021
Qatar SC   Younes Ali End of contract 30 June 2021   Zé Ricardo July 2021
Al-Arabi   Heimir Hallgrímsson End of contract 30 June 2021   Younes Ali July 2021
Al-Duhail   Sabri Lamouchi Resigned July 2021   Luís Castro July 2021
Al Sadd   Xavi Signed by Barcelona 5 November 2021 1st   Javi Gracia 7 December 2021
Al-Khor   Winfried Schäfer Sacked 11 November 2021 12th   Andre Lima (caretaker) 12 November 2021
Al-Rayyan   Laurent Blanc Sacked 13 February 2022 10th   Nicolás Córdova (interim) 13 February 2022

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[4] Former Players
Al-Ahli   Sandro Manoel   Yazan Al-Naimat   José Ángel Pozo   Hossein Kanaanizadegan   Soufiane Bouftini   Hernán Pérez
  Marko Jevtović
  Patrick Friday Eze
Al-Arabi   Aron Gunnarsson   Adama Diomande   Aaron Boupendza   Farshid Esmaeili   Youssef Msakni   Mehrdad Mohammadi
  Marc Muniesa
Al-Duhail   Edmilson Junior   Toby Alderweireld   Michael Olunga   Nam Tae-hee   Ferjani Sassi
Al-Gharafa   Sofiane Hanni   Gabriel Pires   Cheick Diabaté   Saeid Ezatolahi   Mehdi Tahrat   Jonathan Kodjia
  Mohammed Al-Musalami
Al-Khor   Giannis Fetfatzidis   Pierre-Michel Lasogga   Juma Al-Habsi   Harib Al-Saadi   Ismail El Haddad   Kayke
  Koo Ja-cheol
  Rafael Vaz
Al-Rayyan   Steven Nzonzi   Yohan Boli   James Rodríguez   Shojae Khalilzadeh   Yacine Brahimi   Franck Kom
Al-Sadd   Guilherme   André Ayew   Santi Cazorla   Jung Woo-young   Baghdad Bounedjah
Al-Sailiya   Carlos Strandberg   Kara Mbodji   Walter Bwalya   Dostonbek Khamdamov   Driss Fettouhi   Adama Diomande
  Ramin Rezaeian
  Nassim Hnid
Al-Shamal   Matías Nani   Jeison Medina   Jeremy de Nooijer   Ali Olwan   Amjad Attwan   Baha' Faisal
Al-Wakrah   Boualem Mesmoudi   Gelson Dala   Lucas Mendes   Omid Ebrahimi   Mohamed Benyettou   Ousmane Coulibaly
Qatar SC   Anthony Okpotu   Javi Martínez   Salaah Al-Yahyaei   Bashar Resan   Djamel Benlamri   Youcef Belaïli
  Isaac Mbenza
Umm Salal   Isael   Moses Orkuma   Aymen Abdennour   Aymen Hussein   Yaseen al-Bakhit

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Sadd (C) 22 20 2 0 80 24 +56 62 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Al-Duhail 22 14 5 3 59 24 +35 47 Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round[a]
3 Al-Wakrah 22 11 4 7 34 30 +4 37
4 Al-Arabi 22 11 3 8 34 31 +3 36
5 Al-Gharafa 22 9 3 10 39 40 −1 30
6 Umm Salal 22 6 7 9 32 36 −4 25
7 Al-Ahli 22 5 10 7 24 39 −15 25
8 Al-Rayyan 22 6 6 10 31 40 −9 24
9 Qatar SC 22 6 5 11 21 31 −10 23
10 Al-Shamal 22 6 4 12 32 47 −15 22
11 Al-Sailiya (O) 22 3 7 12 17 36 −19 16 Qualification for Relegation play-off
12 Al-Khor (R) 22 2 10 10 21 46 −25 16 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 KHO RAY SAD SAI SHA WAK QAT UMM
Al-Ahli 1–1 0–6 0–1 6–3 0–1 2–8 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 2–1
Al-Arabi 2–3 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–4 1–0 4–2 1–2 1–2 0–2
Al-Duhail 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 3–3 5–0 4–1 0–4 2–1 6–1
Al-Gharafa 0–0 0–0 2–4 5–0 3–2 1–5 3–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–0
Al-Khor 2–2 0–2 1–4 1–1 0–0 2–4 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1
Al-Rayyan 1–1 2–4 0–4 0–2 2–2 2–4 4–2 3–2 3–0 2–1 2–3
Al-Sadd 4–1 4–2 1–1 6–4 3–0 1–0 2–0 7–2 2–1 1–0 2–0
Al-Sailiya 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–0
Al-Shamal 3–0 1–3 0–1 2–3 4–0 1–2 1–5 2–3 3–0 2–1 0–6
Al-Wakrah 0–0 0–1 4–1 3–2 4–1 1–1 0–6 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–4
Qatar SC 0–0 0–2 0–5 2–3 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–2
Umm Salal 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–2
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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Leader : 2023 AFC Champions League Group stage
2023 AFC Champions League group stage
2023 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
Qualification to Relegation play-off
Relegation to 2022–23 Qatargas League
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Al-Sadd2211111111111111111111
Al-Duhail1122222222222222222222
Al-Arabi44434333333
Al-Gharafa33343555444
Al-Wakrah98555444555*
Umm Salal676677986666
Qatar SC710111288797777
Al-Rayyan5610866668988
Al-Ahli8997119810108109
Al-Shamal101279912117910910
Al-Khor121112111210101212121111
Al-Sailiya1158101011121111111212
Updated to match(es) played on 5 January 2022. Source: QSL Soccerway

Relegation play-off

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Al-Sailiya3–2Al Kharaitiyat

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 2 March 2022[5]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Michael Olunga Al-Duhail 25
2   André Ayew Al Sadd 15
3   Akram Afif Al Sadd 14
4   Baghdad Bounedjah Al Sadd 13
5   Aymen Hussein Umm Salal 11
  Gelson Dala Al-Wakrah
7   Cheick Diabaté Al-Gharafa 10
8   Mohamed Benyettou Al-Wakrah 9
9   Jeison Medina Al-Shamal 8
  Sebastián Soria Qatar SC

References

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  1. ^ "QSL releases schedule for 2021-22 season QNB Stars League". Qatar Stars League. 29 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Qatar Football Association Outlines New Season". Qatar Football Association. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Xavi's victorious Qatari side Al-Sadd finish league campaign unbeaten". Reuters. 9 April 2021.
  4. ^ "One Arab player allowed at each club, says QFA Exec Com". QFA. 15 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Players - Stars League - Top Scorer & Assist".
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