2020–21 Qatar Stars League Explained

Season:2020–2021
Dates:3 September 2020 – 10 April 2021
Competition:Qatar Stars League
Winners:Al-Sadd (15th title)
Relegated:Al-Kharaitiyat
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Al-Sadd
Al-Duhail
Continentalcup2:Champions League Play-off round
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Al-Rayyan
Matches:132
Total Goals:376
League Topscorer: Baghdad Bounedjah
(21 goals)
Best Goalkeeper:Ivanildo Rodrigues
Biggest Home Win:
Biggest Away Win:
Highest Scoring:
Longest Wins:Al Sadd
(7 matches)
Longest Unbeaten:Al Sadd
(22 matches)
Longest Winless:Al-Kharaitiyat
(13 matches)
Longest Losses:Al-Kharaitiyat
(13 matches)
Prevseason:2019–20
Nextseason:2021–22
Updated: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.[1]

Teams

Stadia and locations

ClubCity/TownStadium
Al-AhliDohaHamad bin Khalifa Stadium
Al-ArabiDohaGrand Hamad Stadium
Al-DuhailDohaAbdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
Al-GharafaDohaThani bin Jassim Stadium
Al-KhorAl KhorAl-Khor SC Stadium
Al-KharaitiyatUmm SalalAl-Khor SC Stadium
Al-RayyanAl-RayyanAhmed bin Ali Stadium
Al-SaddDohaJassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Al-SailiyaDohaHamad bin Khalifa Stadium
Al-WakrahAl WakrahAl-Wakrah Stadium
Qatar SCDohaHamad bin Suhaim Al Thani
Umm SalalDohaSuheim Bin Hamad Stadium

Personnel and kits

ClubCoachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Al-Ahli Nebojsa Jovovic Omid EbrahimiPumaRegency Group Holding
Al-Arabi Heimir Hallgrímsson Ahmed FatehiPumaN/A
Al-Duhail Sabri Lamouchi Almoez AliPumaAl Rayan Bank
Al-Gharafa Andrea Stramaccioni Qasem BurhanPumaN/A
Al-Khor Winfried Schäfer Helal MohammedAdidasN/A
Al-Kharaitiyat Wissam Rizk Pejman MontazeriJomaN/A
Al-Rayyan Laurent Blanc Yacine BrahimiNikeQIC
Al-Sadd Xavi Hassan Al-HaydosPumaQatar Airways
Al-Sailiya Sami Trabelsi Majdi SiddiqUmbroUCC Holding
Qatar Islamic Bank
Al-Wakrah Tintín Márquez IsaíasUmbroN/A
Qatar SC Younes Ali Álex GálvezPumaN/A
Umm Salal Aziz Ben Askar Anas MubarakJakoN/A

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3AFC PlayerUAFA Player[2] Former Players
Al-Ahli Omid Ebrahimi Mohamed Diamé Hernán Pérez 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 Sofiane Hanni Jonathan Kodjia Wilfried Kanon Koo Ja-cheol Héctor Moreno
Al Kharaitiyat Evans Mensah Oumar Sako Rachid Tiberkanine Pejman Montazeri Mohammed Osman
Al-Khor Pierre-Michel Lasogga Rafael Vaz Giannis Fetfatzidis Yuki Kobayashi Ismail El Haddad Lucca
Alexander Michel Melki
Ibrahim Amada
Léo Gamalho
Al-Rayyan Gabriel Mercado Franck Kom Yohan Boli Shoja' Khalilzadeh Yacine Brahimi
Al-Sadd Guilherme Nam Tae-hee Jung Woo-young Baghdad Bounedjah
Al-Sailiya Nadir Belhadj Tiago Bezerra Kara Mbodji Ramin Rezaeian Mohanad Ali Ahmed Hammoudan
Al-Wakrah Lucas Mendes Ousmane Coulibaly Abdennour Belhocini Isaías Sánchez Mohamed Benyettou Cristian Ceballos
Fahad Al Ansari
Qatar SC Anthony Okpotu Cristian Ceballos Youcef Belaïli Bashar Resan Mehdi Berrahma Kayke
Álex Gálvez
Ali Karimi
Abdenasser El Khayati
Umm Salal Kayke Moses Orkuma Aymen Abdennour Rouzbeh Cheshmi Ahmed Hammoudan Ayoub Azzi
Abdennour Belhocini
Walid Mesloub
Késsé Mangoua
Yannick Sagbo
Mahmoud Al-Mawas

League table

Season statistics

Top scorers

[3]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Baghdad BounedjahAl-Sadd21
2 DuduAl-Duhail14
3 Santi CazorlaAl-Sadd13
Youcef BelaïliQatar SC
5 Edmilson JuniorAl-Duhail12
6 Yohan BoliAl-Rayyan11
Jonathan KodjiaAl-Gharafa
8 Mehrdad MohammadiAl-Arabi10
Rodrigo TabataAl-Sadd
Nabil El ZharAl-Ahli

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1 Ivanildo RodriguesAl-Ahli5
2 Jassem AdelQatar SC4
Papa DjibrilAl-Khor
4 Baba MalickUmm Salal3
Fahad YounesAl-Rayyan
Salah ZakariaAl-Gharafa
7 Qasem BurhanAl-Gharafa2
Saoud Al KhaterAl-Wakrah
Amine LecomteAl-Sailiya
Meshaal BarshamAl Sadd
11 Khalifa AbabacarAl-Duhail1
Mohammed Al-BakriAl-Duhail
Mahmud AbunadaAl-Arabi

Notes and References

  1. Web site: West Asia Wrap: Al Sadd end Qatar season unbeaten, Al Hilal suffer defeat in Saudi Arabia. AFC. 12 April 2021. 3 May 2021.
  2. Web site: One Arab player allowed at each club, says QFA Exec Com . . 15 January 2019.
  3. Web site: Players - Stars League - Top Scorer & Assist .