2016–17 Qatar Stars League Explained

Season:2016–17
Winners:Lekhwiya (5th title)
Matches:168
Total Goals:525
League Topscorer: Baghdad Bounedjah & Youssef El-Arabi (24 goals)
Biggest Home Win:
(21 December 2016)
Biggest Away Win:
(7 December 2016)
Highest Scoring:
(2 November 2016)

(21 December 2016)
Highest Attendance:7,703

(2 April 2017)
Average Attendance:672
Updated:2 April 2017

The 2016–17 Qatari League, also known as Qatari Stars League, is the 44th edition of top level football championship in Qatar. The season began on 15 September 2016 and concluded on 27 April 2017.

Al-Rayyan are the defending champions having won their eighth championship and Lekhwiya won the league title.[1] Muaither and Al-Shahaniya have entered as the two promoted teams from the 2015–16 Qatargas League.

Teams

Stadia and locations

ClubCity/TownStadiumCoach
Al-AhliDohaHamad bin Khalifa Stadium Yousuf Adam
Al-ArabiDohaGrand Hamad Stadium Oswaldo de Oliveira
Al-GharafaAl RayyanThani bin Jassim Stadium Pedro Caixinha
El JaishDohaAbdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Sabri Lamouchi
Al-KharaitiyatAl KhorAl-Khor SC Stadium Ahmad Al-Ajlani
Al-KhorAl KhorAl-Khor SC Stadium Jean Fernandez
Al-RayyanAl RayyanJassim Bin Hamad Stadium Michael Laudrup
Al-SaddDohaJassim Bin Hamad Stadium Jesualdo Ferreira
Al-SailiyaAl RayyanHamad bin Khalifa Stadium Sami Trabelsi
Al-ShahaniyaAl-ShahaniyaGrand Hamad Stadium Igor Štimac
Al-WakrahAl WakrahSaoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium Kais Yaâkoubi
LekhwiyaDohaAbdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Djamel Belmadi
MuaitherMuaitherThani bin Jassim Stadium Philippe Burle
Umm SalalDohaSuheim Bin Hamad Stadium Mahmoud Jaber

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyManner of departureIncoming managerDate of appointment
Al-Ahli Yousuf Adam11 May 2016[2] Mutual consentPre-season Luka Bonačić11 May 2016[3]
Al-Shahaniya Luka Bonačić11 May 2016 Fathi Al-Jabal17 June 2016[4]
Al-Arabi Gianfranco Zola28 June 2016Sacked Gerardo Pelusso28 June 2016
Al-Rayyan Jorge Fossati26 September 2016Signed by Qatar4th Michael Laudrup3 October 2016
Al-Ahli Luka Bonačić28 October 2016Sacked7th Yousuf Adam30 October 2016
Al-Wakrah Mauricio Larriera29 November 201613th Kais Yaâkoubi30 November 2016
Umm Salal Bülent Uygun14 December 20167th Mahmoud Jaber14 December 2016
Al-Shahania Fathi Al-Jabal25 December 201612th Igor Štimac28 December 2016

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4AFC PlayerFormer players
Al-Ahli Cristian Maidana John Benson Pejman Montazeri Yassine Chikhaoui Mojtaba Jabbari Sayed Mohamed Adnan
Ndombe Mubele
Wilfried Yessoh
Al-Arabi Paulinho Vivien Assie Imoh Ezekiel Moustapha Bayal Sall Ashkan Dejagah
Al-Gharafa Johnson Kendrick Rashid Sumaila Krisztián Németh Vladimír Weiss Han Kook-young
El Jaish Lucas Mendes Romarinho Seydou Keita Mohammad Mothnani Sardor Rashidov
Al-Kharaitiyat Domingos Lassina Diaby Anouar Diba Rachid Tiberkanine Sanzhar Tursunov Erik Paartalu
Tatá
Jeremy Bokila
Abdelmoula Berrabah
Al-Khor Madson Welinton Sultan Al Enezi Mouhcine Iajour Pejman Khoubiari
Al-Rayyan Ulises Pascua Víctor Cáceres Sergio García Gonzalo Viera Koh Myong-jin
Al-Sadd Baghdad Bounedjah Jugurtha Hamroun Xavi Morteza Pouraliganji
Al-Sailiya Grégory Gomis Dragoș Grigore Valentin Lazăr Sanjar Shaakhmedov Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov Faouzi Aaish
Paul Alo'o
Raoul Loé
Al-Shahaniya Kaled Gourmi Rahim Zahivi Jean-Paul Késsé Amangoua Álvaro Mejía Mehrdad Pooladi Mohamed Tiaïba
Al-Wakrah Prince Ibara Mohsine Moutouali Youssoupha Mbengué Sanharib Malki Ali Rehema Pablo Zeballos
Pablo Olivera
Lekhwiya Edgar Youssef El-Arabi Chico Flores Youssef Msakni Nam Tae-hee
Muaither Bruno Aguiar Wilfried Yessoh Minori Sato Ahmed Yasin Ghani William Schuster
Dioko Kaluyituka
Mahmoud Za'tara
Matías Mier
Umm Salal Faouzi Aaish Alef Anderson Martins Yannick Sagbo Mahmoud Al-Mawas Tha'er Bawab

Luis Jiménez has Palestinian citizenship and was counted as Asian player.

League table

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 15 April 2017[5]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Youssef El-ArabiLekhwiya24
2 Baghdad BounedjahAl-Sadd23
3 Rodrigo TabataAl-Rayyan20
4 Yannick SagboUmm Salal15
5 RomarinhoEl Jaish14
Nam Tae-heeLekhwiya
Sardor RashidovEl Jaish
8 Mohsine MoutoualiAl-Wakrah11
Sergio GarcíaAl-Rayyan
10 Luis JiménezAl-Arabi10
Meshal AbdullahAl-Ahli
Vladimír WeissAl-Gharafa
XaviAl-Sadd

Clean sheets

As of 15 April 2017[6]

RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1 Saad Al SheebAl-Sadd11
2 Omar BariAl-Rayyan9
3 Grégory GomisAl-Sailiyaalign=center rowspan=46
Ahmed SoufianeAl-Kharaitiyat
Baba MalickUmm Salal
Yousef HassanAl-Gharafa
7 Amine LecomteLekhwiyaalign=center rowspan=25
Saoud Al KhaterEl Jaish

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Al Rayyan win QSL. qna. 25 March 2016. 11 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160322110150/http://www.qna.org.qa/en-us/News/16030521340061/Al-Rayyan-Win-Qatar-Stars-League-Title. 22 March 2016. dead.
  2. Web site: QSL Bonačić set for Al Ahli . 2016-07-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010124819/http://www.qsl.com.qa/en/News/view/11451/bona%C4%8Di%C4%87-set-for-al-ahli- . 2016-10-10 . dead .
  3. Web site: QSL Bonačić set for Al Ahli . 2016-07-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010124819/http://www.qsl.com.qa/en/News/view/11451/bona%C4%8Di%C4%87-set-for-al-ahli- . 2016-10-10 . dead .
  4. http://www.qsl.com.qa/en/News/view/11540/al-jabal-signs-with-shahania{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.
  5. Web site: Top Goalscorers. soccerway.com. 21 December 2016.
  6. Web site: Top clean sheets. mundial. 21 December 2016.