Football league season
Season | 2020–2021 |
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Dates | 3 September 2020 – 10 April 2021 |
Champions | Al-Sadd (15th title) |
Relegated | Al-Kharaitiyat |
Champions League | Al-Sadd Al-Duhail |
Champions League Play-off round | Al-Rayyan |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 376 (2.85 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Baghdad Bounedjah (21 goals) |
Best goalkeeper | Ivanildo |
Biggest home win | Al-Sadd 8–0 Al-Sailiya (7 January 2021) |
Biggest away win | Al-Ahli 1–7 Al-Sadd (25 October 2020) |
Highest scoring | Al-Duhail 8–1 Al-Wakrah (8 January 2021) |
Longest winning run | Al-Sadd (7 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Al-Sadd (22 matches) |
Longest winless run | Al-Kharaitiyat (13 matches) |
Longest losing run | Al-Kharaitiyat (13 matches) |
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 10 April 2021. |
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.
Al-Sadd won the league title for a record 15th time, without suffering a defeat during the entire campaign.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Personnel and kits
Club | Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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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
- 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.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Results
Home \ Away | AHL | ARA | DUH | GHA | WAK | KHA | KHO | RAY | SAD | SAI | QAT | UMM |
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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 | — |
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 ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
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Al-Sadd | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Al-Duhail | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Al-Rayyan | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Al-Gharafa | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Al-Ahli | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Qatar SC | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
Al-Arabi | 5 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
Al-Wakrah | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Al-Sailiya | 7 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
Umm Salal | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Al-Khor | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Al Kharaitiyat | 12 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Relegation play-off
Al-Khor | 3-1 | Al-Shahania |
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Season statistics
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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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
- As of 29 December 2020
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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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
- "West Asia Wrap: Al Sadd end Qatar season unbeaten, Al Hilal suffer defeat in Saudi Arabia". AFC. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- "One Arab player allowed at each club, says QFA Exec Com". QFA. 15 January 2019.
- "Players - Stars League - Top Scorer & Assist".
External links
- Official website (in Arabic and English)
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