2023–24 Qatar Stars League

The 2023–24 Qatar Stars League, or the QSL, also called Expo Stars League for sponsorship reasons, is scheduled to be the 50th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar.

Qatar Stars League

Season	2023–24
Matches played	112
Goals scored	402 (3.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Akram Afif (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Rayyan 6–0 Al-Markhiya (20 December 2023) Al-Sadd 6–0 Umm Salal (21 December 2023)
Biggest away win	Al-Markhiya 0–4 Al-Arabi (1 December 2023) Al-Ahli 0–4 Al-Rayyan (2 December 2023)
Highest scoring	Al-Gharafa 5–4 Al-Arabi (3 November 2023)
Longest winning run	7 matches Al-Sadd
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches Al-Sadd
Longest winless run	9 matches Al-Duhail Muaither
Longest losing run	5 matches Al-Markhiya
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 6 April 2024.

Al-Duhail are the defending champions.^[1]

Teams

 

 

Doha

 

Al-Gharafa
Muaither
Umm Salal

 

Al-Rayyan

 

Al-Sadd

 

Al-Shamal

 

Al-Wakrah

 

Doha teams

Al-Ahli
Al-Arabi
Al-Duhail
Al-Markhiya
Qatar SC

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Locations of the 2022–23 Qatar Stars League teams

 

 

Al-Ahli

 

Al-Arabi

 

Al-Duhail

 

Al-Markhiya

 

Qatar SC

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Doha Qatar Stars League football clubs

Stadia and locations

Club	City/Town	Stadium	Capacity
Al-Ahli	Doha	Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium	12,000
Al-Arabi	Doha	Grand Hamad Stadium	12,000
Al-Duhail	Doha	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium	10,000
Al-Gharafa	Doha	Thani bin Jassim Stadium	21,872
Al-Markhiya	Doha	Al-Markhiya Stadium	200
Al-Rayyan	Al Rayyan	Ahmad bin Ali Stadium	47,343
Al-Sadd	Doha	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium	13,030
Al-Shamal	Al Shamal	Al-Shamal SC Stadium	5,000
Al-Wakrah	Al Wakrah	Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium	12,000
Muaither	Doha	Thani bin Jassim Stadium	21,872
Qatar SC	Doha	Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium	12,000
Umm Salal	Doha	Thani bin Jassim Stadium	21,872

Personnel and kits

Club	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli	Pepa	Yazan Naim	Adidas	Regency Group Holding
Al-Arabi	Younes Ali	Abdullah Marafee	Adidas	Doha Bank Sharq Insurance Snoonu
Al-Duhail	Christophe Galtier	Almoez Ali	Puma	Al Rayan Bank
Al-Gharafa	Pedro Martins	Yacine Brahimi	Erreà	N/A
Al-Markhiya	Madjid Bougherra	Talal Al-Shila	Joma	N/A
Al-Rayyan	Leonardo Jardim	Abdulaziz Hatem	Nike	Baladna Mall of Qatar
Al-Sadd	Wesam Rizik	Hassan Al-Haydos	New Balance	Qatar Airways
Al-Shamal	Poya Asbaghi	Matías Nani	Zat Outfit	N/A
Al-Wakrah	José Murcia	Ahmed Fadhel	Puma	N/A
Muaither	Jorge da Silva	Saif Al-Mohannadi	Jako	N/A
Qatar SC	Hélio Sousa	Bashar Resan	Erreà	N/A
Umm Salal	Patrice Carteron	Andy Delort	Puma	N/A

Foreign players

Clubs can register a total of seven foreign players over the course of the season, provided that two of them do not exceed the age of 21 (born in 2002 and under).^[2]

• 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	Player 4	Player 5	U21 Players 1	U21 Players 2	Unregistered Players	Former Players
Al-Ahli	Julian Draxler	Idrissa Doumbia	Yazan Al-Naimat	Naïm Sliti	Ramón Arias	Robin Tihi	Sekou Yansané		Sofiane Hanni   Danilo Arboleda
Al-Arabi	Rafinha	Marco Verratti	Abdou Diallo	Omar Al Somah	Youssef Msakni	Mohamed Taabouni	Simo Keddari
Al-Duhail	Philippe Coutinho	Lucas Veríssimo	Ibrahima Diallo	Michael Olunga	Kim Moon-hwan	Isaac Lihadji	Ibrahima Bamba	Edmilson Junior	Rúben Semedo
Al-Gharafa	Farid Boulaya	Yacine Brahimi	Lyanco	Jang Hyun-soo	Ferjani Sassi	Seydou Sano	Fabricio Díaz		Yohan Boli
Al-Markhiya	Naby Sarr	Yusupha Njie	Bashar Resan	Driss Fettouhi	Rúben Semedo	Abdelghani Lallam	Naoufal Bannis		Rochinha   João Teixeira
Al-Rayyan	Róger Guedes	Thiago Mendes	Shogo Taniguchi	Achraf Bencharki	Rodrigo	Gabriel Pereira	André Amaro	Sofiane Boufal   Ameed Mahajna
Al-Sadd	Baghdad Bounedjah	Guilherme	Paulo Otávio	Mateus Uribe	Gonzalo Plata	Amin Hazbavi	Ilyes Housni	Giovani
Al-Shamal	Matías Nani	Ricardo Gomes	Jeison Murillo	Omid Ebrahimi	Younès Belhanda	Mohamed Rafik Omar	Younes El Hannach		Ali Olwan
Al-Wakrah	Mohamed Benyettou	Gelson Dala	Trent Sainsbury	Hamdy Fathy	Adam Maher	Ayoub Assal	Omar Salah		Lucas Mendes
Muaither	Hugo Gomes	Tiago Leonço	Yazan Al-Arab	Ayman El Hassouni	Denis Alibec	Fouad Hanfoug Saleh	Jamal Hamed	Nassim Benaissa   Abdoulaye Bakayoko	Guy Mbenza   Mamadou Traoré   Ramón Arias
Qatar SC	Bruno Tabata	Ben Malango	Yohan Boli	Badr Benoun	Javi Martínez	Raoul Danzabe Sanda	Ali Saoudi		Bashar Resan
Umm Salal	Victor Lekhal	Lucas João	Kenji Gorré	Marouane Louadni	Oussama Tannane	Naïm Laidouni	Landing Badji		Andy Delort

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Sadd	19	13	4	2	52	16	+36	43	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite League stage
2	Al-Gharafa	18	12	4	2	46	29	+17	40	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite play-off round
3	Al-Wakrah	19	11	4	4	38	25	+13	37	Qualification for the AFC Champions League 2 group stage
4	Al-Rayyan	18	11	2	5	38	25	+13	35
5	Al-Arabi	19	6	8	5	36	31	+5	26
6	Al-Duhail	19	7	4	8	35	37	−2	25
7	Al-Shamal	19	5	6	8	27	33	−6	21
8	Umm Salal	18	5	5	8	26	34	−8	20
9	Al-Ahli	19	6	2	11	34	45	−11	20
10	Qatar SC	19	5	4	10	30	39	−9	19
11	Muaither	18	3	5	10	26	42	−16	14	Qualification for Relegation play-off
12	Al-Markhiya	19	3	2	14	14	46	−32	11	Relegation to Qatargas League

Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2024. Source: QSL, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

Results

Home \ Away	AHL	ARA	DUH	GHA	MAR	RAY	SAD	SHA	WAK	MUA	QAT	UMM
Al-Ahli	—	1–1	1–2	1–4	1–4	0–4	17 Apr	1–2	26 Apr	4–2	2–4	1–2
Al-Arabi	2–3	—	3–3	0–1	19 Apr	2–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	26 Apr	1–0	1–1
Al-Duhail	3–5	2–2	—	1–4	0–0	3–2	3–1	3–1	2–3	4–1	1–1	0–1
Al-Gharafa	1–2	5–4	3–2	—	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	5–2	2–1	7 Apr
Al-Markhiya	0–2	0–4	1–2	16 Apr	—	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	0–2	1–2	26 Apr
Al-Rayyan	19 Apr	1–0	2–0	3–4	6–0	—	26 Apr	2–1	3–0	7 Apr	1–0	2–2
Al-Sadd	4–2	0–1	3–1	4–0	5–0	4–0	—	4–0	0–0	4–2	3–0	6–0
Al-Shamal	2–1	0–0	1–2	26 Apr	2–0	3–4	19 Apr	—	16 Apr	0–0	1–2	1–3
Al-Wakrah	3–2	2–4	2–1	19 Apr	1–2	3–2	0–0	2–2	—	3–0	1–0	2–1
Muaither	1–1	2–2	17 Apr	0–2	5–2	0–0	0–2	2–2	2–4	—	19 Apr	1–3
Qatar SC	1–3	3–4	26 Apr	4–4	4–0	17 Apr	1–3	0–2	1–5	3–2	—	1–1
Umm Salal	3–1	16 Apr	19 Apr	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	3–4	0–2	1–2	2–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2024. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 6 April 2024 (Flashscore)

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Akram Afif	Al-Sadd	23
2	Yacine Brahimi	Al-Gharafa	18
3	Róger Guedes	Al-Rayyan	17
4	Mohamed Benyettou	Al-Wakrah	15
5	Omar Al Somah	Al-Arabi	14
6	Ricardo Gomes	Al-Shamal	12
	Michael Olunga	Al-Duhail
8	Youssef Msakni	Al-Arabi	9
	Yohan Boli	Qatar SC
10	Naïm Sliti	Al-Ahli	8
	Bruno Tabata	Qatar SC

References

1. "Qatar Stars League sides plan extensive preparations, announce pre-season training camps". 2023-06-18. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
2. "تحديد أعداد اللاعبين في كشوفات الفرق-للموسم الرباضي 2023-2024".

External links

• 2023–24 Qatar Stars League at Soccerway