2016–17 Qatar Stars League

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Qatar Stars League
Season2016–17
ChampionsLekhwiya (5th title)
RelegatedMuaither
Al-Wakrah
AFC Champions LeagueLekhwiya
Al-Sadd
Matches played168
Goals scored525 (3.13 per match)
Top goalscorerAlgeria Baghdad Bounedjah & Morocco Youssef El-Arabi (24 goals)
Biggest home winLekhwiya 10–0 Al-Shahaniya
(21 December 2016)
Biggest away winAl-Rayyan 0–5 Al-Sadd
(7 December 2016)
Highest scoringAl-Sailiya 4–6 El-Jaish
(2 November 2016)
Lekhwiya 10–0 Al-Shahaniya
(21 December 2016)
Longest winning run9 matches
Lekhwiya
Longest unbeaten run20 matches
Lekhwiya
Longest winless run18 matches
Al-Shahaniya
Longest losing run8 matches
Muaither
Highest attendance7,703
Al-Sadd 4–1 Al-Rayyan
(2 April 2017)
Average attendance672
All statistics correct as of 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[edit]

Stadia and locations[edit]

Club City/Town Stadium Coach
Al-Ahli Doha Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Qatar Yousuf Adam
Al-Arabi Doha Grand Hamad Stadium Brazil Oswaldo de Oliveira
Al-Gharafa Al Rayyan Thani bin Jassim Stadium Portugal Pedro Caixinha
El Jaish Doha Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium France Sabri Lamouchi
Al-Kharaitiyat Al Khor Al-Khor SC Stadium Tunisia Ahmad Al-Ajlani
Al-Khor Al Khor Al-Khor SC Stadium France Jean Fernandez
Al-Rayyan Al Rayyan Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Denmark Michael Laudrup
Al-Sadd Doha Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Portugal Jesualdo Ferreira
Al-Sailiya Al Rayyan Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Tunisia Sami Trabelsi
Al-Shahaniya Al-Shahaniya Grand Hamad Stadium Croatia Igor Štimac
Al-Wakrah Al Wakrah Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium Tunisia Kais Yaâkoubi
Lekhwiya Doha Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Algeria Djamel Belmadi
Muaither Muaither Thani bin Jassim Stadium France Philippe Burle
Umm Salal Doha Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium Qatar Mahmoud Jaber

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Pos. Incoming manager Date of appointment
Al-Ahli Qatar Yousuf Adam 11 May 2016[2] Mutual consent Pre-season Croatia Luka Bonačić 11 May 2016[3]
Al-Shahaniya Croatia Luka Bonačić 11 May 2016 Tunisia Fathi Al-Jabal 17 June 2016[4]
Al-Arabi Italy Gianfranco Zola 28 June 2016 Sacked Uruguay Gerardo Pelusso 28 June 2016
Al-Rayyan Uruguay Jorge Fossati 26 September 2016 Signed by Qatar 4th Denmark Michael Laudrup 3 October 2016
Al-Ahli Croatia Luka Bonačić 28 October 2016 Sacked 7th Qatar Yousuf Adam 30 October 2016
Al-Wakrah Uruguay Mauricio Larriera 29 November 2016 13th Tunisia Kais Yaâkoubi 30 November 2016
Umm Salal Turkey Bülent Uygun 14 December 2016 7th Qatar Mahmoud Jaber 14 December 2016
Al-Shahania Tunisia Fathi Al-Jabal 25 December 2016 12th Croatia Igor Štimac 28 December 2016

Foreign players[edit]

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

^1 Luis Jiménez has Palestinian citizenship and was counted as Asian player.

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lekhwiya (C) 26 19 6 1 79 33 +46 63 2018 AFC Champions League Group Stage
2 Al-Sadd 26 18 7 1 77 23 +54 61
3 Al-Rayyan 26 15 6 5 53 27 +26 51 Qualification to the 2018 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
4 El Jaish[a] 26 13 6 7 45 40 +5 45
5 Al-Gharafa 26 12 4 10 42 43 −1 40 Qualification to the 2018 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
6 Umm Salal 26 9 10 7 32 35 −3 37
7 Al-Kharaitiyat 26 10 4 12 27 32 −5 34
8 Al-Sailiya 26 8 7 11 32 45 −13 31
9 Al-Arabi 26 8 4 14 39 56 −17 28
10 Al-Ahli 26 7 6 13 33 45 −12 27
11 Al-Khor 26 6 7 13 25 38 −13 25
12 Al-Shahaniya 26 3 13 10 30 53 −23 22
13 Muaither (R) 26 5 5 16 23 46 −23 20 Relegation to the 2017–18 Qatargas League
14 Al-Wakrah (R) 26 2 9 15 29 50 −21 15
Updated to match(es) played on 15 April 2017. Source: RSSSF and Qatar Stars League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ El Jaish were merged into Lekhwiya to form Al-Duhail after the 2016–17 season.[5] As a result, Al-Gharafa, the league 5th place, entered the qualifying play-off.


Statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

As of 15 April 2017[6]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Sadd 24
Morocco Youssef El-Arabi Lekhwiya
3 Qatar Rodrigo Tabata Al-Rayyan 20
4 Ivory Coast Yannick Sagbo Umm Salal 15
5 Brazil Romarinho El Jaish 14
South Korea Nam Tae-hee Lekhwiya
Uzbekistan Sardor Rashidov El Jaish
8 Morocco Mohsine Moutouali Al-Wakrah 11
Spain Sergio García Al-Rayyan
10 Chile Luis Jiménez Al-Arabi 10
Qatar Meshal Abdullah Al-Ahli
Slovakia Vladimír Weiss Al-Gharafa
Spain Xavi Al-Sadd

Clean sheets[edit]

As of 15 April 2017[7]
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Qatar Saad Al Sheeb Al-Sadd 11
2 Qatar Omar Bari Al-Rayyan 9
3 France Grégory Gomis Al-Sailiya 6
Qatar Ahmed Soufiane Al-Kharaitiyat
Qatar Baba Malick Umm Salal
Qatar Yousef Hassan Al-Gharafa
7 Qatar Amine Lecomte Lekhwiya 5
Qatar Saoud Al Khater El Jaish

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Al Rayyan win QSL". qna. 25 March 2016. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ^ "QSL | Bonačić set for Al Ahli". Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  3. ^ "QSL | Bonačić set for Al Ahli". Archived from the original on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  4. ^ http://www.qsl.com.qa/en/News/view/11540/al-jabal-signs-with-shahania[permanent dead link].
  5. ^ "Lekhwiya, Al Jaish Clubs to Merge into One Club under the Name of Al Duhail Sports Club". www.qna.org.qa. Archived from the original on 2017-04-12. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Top Goalscorers". soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Top clean sheets". mundial. Retrieved 21 December 2016.

External links[edit]

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