# 2019–20 Qatar Stars League

The 2019–20 Qatari League, also known as Qatar Stars League or QNB Stars League for sponsorship reasons, is the 47th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar. Al-Sadd are the defending champions.
The league was halted on 16 March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar, then later resumed on 24 July 2020.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Club | City/Town | Stadium |
| Al-Ahli | Doha | Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium |
| Al-Arabi | Doha | Grand Hamad Stadium |
| Al-Duhail | Doha | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium |
| Al-Gharafa | Doha | Thani bin Jassim Stadium |
| Al-Khor | Al Khor | Al-Khor SC Stadium |
| Al-Rayyan | Al-Rayyan | Ahmed bin Ali Stadium |
| Al-Sadd | Doha | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium |
| Al-Sailiya | Doha | Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium |
| Al-Shahania | Al-Shahaniya | Ahmed bin Ali Stadium |
| Al-Wakrah | Al Wakrah | Al-Wakrah Stadium |
| Qatar SC | Doha | Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani |
| Umm Salal | Doha | Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium |

### Personnel and kits

| Club | Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Al-Ahli | Nebojsa Jovovic | Nabil El Zhar | Jako | Regency Group Holding |
| Al-Arabi | Heimir Hallgrímsson | Ahmed Fatehi | Puma | N/A |
| Al-Duhail | Walid Regragui | Karim Boudiaf | Puma | Mashraf Al Rayan |
| Al-Gharafa | Slaviša Jokanović | Qasem Burhan | Erreà | N/A |
| Al-Khor | Omar Najhi | Naif Mubarak | Macron | N/A |
| Al-Rayyan | Diego Aguirre | Rodrigo Tabata | Nike | QIC |
| Al-Sadd | Xavi | Gabi | Puma | Qatar Airways |
| Al-Sailiya | Sami Trabelsi | Majdi Siddiq | Adidas | UCC Qatar Islamic Bank |
| Al-Shahania | Nabil Anwar | Álvaro Mejía | Adidas | N/A |
| Al-Wakrah | Tintín Márquez | Bruno Uvini | Jako | N/A |
| Qatar SC | Wesam Rizik | Álex Gálvez | Puma | N/A |
| Umm Salal | Aziz Ben Askar | Mahmoud Al-Mawas | Jako | N/A |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager |
| Qatar SC | Carlos Alós | Sacked | 23 September 2019 | 11th | Wesam Rizik |
| Umm Salal | Raúl Caneda | Sacked | 24 October 2019 | 11th | Aziz Ben Askar |
| Al-Ahli | Rubén de la Barrera | Sacked | 1 December 2019 | 7th | Nebojsa Jovovic |
| Al-Duhail | Rui Faria | Resigned | 20 January 2020 | 1st | Walid Regragui |
| Al-Shahania | Pepe Murcia | Sacked | 9 June 2020 | 12th | Nabil Anwar |

### Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | AFC Player | UAFA Player | Former Players |
| Al-Ahli | Mohamed Diamé | Hernán Pérez | Ahmed Akaïchi | Shane Lowry | Nabil El Zhar | Abel Hernández |
| Al-Arabi | Aron Gunnarsson | Pierre-Michel Lasogga | Marc Muniesa | Morteza Pouraliganji | Hamdi Harbaoui | Birkir Bjarnason |
| Al-Duhail | Edmilson Junior | Youssef Msakni | | Han Kwang-song | Medhi Benatia | Mohanad Ali Mario Mandžukić |
| Al-Gharafa | Sofiane Hanni | Héctor Moreno | Jonathan Kodjia | Koo Ja-cheol | Adlène Guedioura | Vladimír Weiss |
| Al-Khor | Lucca | Tiago Bezerra | Ibrahim Amada | Alexander Michel Melki | Ahmed Hammoudan | Wágner |
| Al-Rayyan | Gabriel Mercado | Franck Kom | Yohan Boli | Lee Jae-ik | Yacine Brahimi | |
| Al-Sadd | Nam Tae-hee | | | Jung Woo-young | Baghdad Bounedjah | Gabi Marco Fabián |
| Al-Sailiya | Kara Mbodji | Nadir Belhadj | | Karim Ansarifard | Mohammad Abu Zrayq | Bilel Saidani Mbark Boussoufa |
| Al-Shahania | Álvaro Mejía | Nigel de Jong | Jean-Paul Késsé Mangoua | Ramin Rezaeian | Jameel Al-Yahmadi | Abdelaziz Barrada Ahmed Akaïchi |
| Al-Wakrah | Lucas Mendes | Ousmane Coulibaly | Cristian Ceballos | Isaías | Mohamed Benyettou | Bruno Uvini Iliass Bel Hassani |
| Qatar SC | Álex Gálvez | Kayke | Abdenasser El Khayati | Sardor Rashidov | Mehdi Berrahma | Junior Kabananga |
| Umm Salal | Raúl Becerra | Walid Mesloub | Enes Sipović | Mahmoud Al-Mawas | Ayoub Azzi | Magno Cruz João Victor Yannick Sagbo Adil Rhaili Víctor Vázquez |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Duhail (C) | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 16 | +22 | 52 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage and FIFA Club World Cup first round |
| 2 | Al-Rayyan | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 15 | +25 | 51 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Sadd | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 45 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Al-Gharafa | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 36 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Al-Sailiya | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 29 | |
| 6 | Al-Wakrah | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 27 | |
| 7 | Al-Arabi | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 26 | |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 20 | |
| 9 | Al-Ahli | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 20 | |
| 10 | Umm Salal | 22 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 37 | −19 | 18 | |
| 11 | Al-Khor (O) | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 17 | Qualification for relegation play-off |
| 12 | Al-Shahania (R) | 22 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 16 | Relegation to Qatargas League |
* ↑ Al-Sadd qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as Emir of Qatar Cup winners.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AHL | ARA | DUH | GHA | WAK | KHO | RAY | SAD | SAI | SHA | QAT | UMM |
| Al-Ahli | — | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Al-Arabi | 3–1 | — | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Duhail | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Al-Gharafa | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Al-Wakrah | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–3 | — | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Al-Khor | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Al-Rayyan | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–2 |
| Al-Sadd | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 | — | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Al-Sailiya | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Al-Shahania | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–7 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Qatar SC | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 |
| Umm Salal | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–5 | — |

## Positions by round

* Leader : 2021 AFC Champions League Group stage
* 2021 AFC Champions League group stage
* 2021 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
* Qualification to Relegation play-off
* Relegation to 2020–21 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 |
| Al-Duhail | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Al-Rayyan | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Al-Sadd | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Al-Gharafa | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Al-Sailiya | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Al-Wakrah | 11 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Al-Arabi | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Qatar SC | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Al-Ahli | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Umm Salal | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Al-Khor | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Al-Shahania | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Akram Afif | Al Sadd | 15 |
| 1 | Yacine Brahimi | Al Rayyan | 15 |
| 3 | Baghdad Bounedjah | Al Sadd | 13 |
| 3 | Ramin Rezaeian | Al-Shahania | 13 |
| 5 | Sofiane Hanni | Al-Gharafa | 11 |
| 5 | Mohamed Benyettou | Al-Wakrah | 11 |
| 7 | Hamdi Harbaoui | Al-Arabi | 10 |
| 8 | Ahmed Alaaeldin | Al-Gharafa | 9 |
| 8 | Tiago Bezerra | Al-Khor | 9 |
| 10 | Hassan Al-Haidos | Al Sadd | 8 |
| 10 | Mohammed Muntari | Al-Duhail | 8 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Baghdad Bounedjah | Al-Sadd | Al-Shahania | 7–1 | 31 August 2019 |
| Akram Afif | Al-Sadd | Al-Gharafa | 5–1 | 23 December 2019 |
| Yacine Brahimi | Al Rayyan | Umm Salal | 4–0 | 3 January 2020 |
| Jonathan Kodjia | Al-Gharafa | Al Rayyan | 4–2 | 23 January 2020 |
| Akram Afif | Al-Sadd | Al-Sailiya | 3–0 | 1 February 2020 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Fahad Younes | Al-Rayyan | 13 |
| 2 | Jassem Adel | Qatar SC | 7 |
| 2 | Amine Lecomte | Al-Duhail (4) Al-Sailiya 3) | 7 |
| 4 | Qasem Burhan | Al-Gharafa | 6 |
| 5 | Saoud Al Khater | Al-Wakrah | 5 |
| 5 | Mohammed Al-Bakri | Al-Shahania (1) Al-Duhail (4) | 5 |
| 5 | Khalifa Ababacar | Al-Sailiya | 5 |
| 8 | Mahmud Abunada | Al-Arabi | 4 |
| 8 | Ivanildo Rodrigues | Al-Ahli | 4 |
| 10 | Saad Al-Sheeb | Al Sadd | 3 |
| 11 | Papa Djibril | Al-Khor | 2 |
| 11 | Ebrahim Daryoush | Al-Shahania | 2 |
| 11 | Baba Malick | Umm Salal | 2 |
| 14 | Rajab Hamza | Al-Khor | 1 |
| 14 | Meshaal Barsham | Al Sadd | 1 |
| 14 | Grégory Gomis | Al-Arabi | 1 |
| 14 | Hassan Idriss Dicko | Al-Wakrah | 1 |
| 14 | Moatasem Bostami | Qatar SC | 1 |
| 14 | Salah Zakaria | Al-Gharafa | 1 |

## Team of the Year

| No | Position | Player | Club |
| 1 | Goalkeeper | Fahad Younes | Al-Rayyan SC |
| 2 | Defender | Ró-Ró | Al-Sadd |
| 3 | Defender | Boualem Khoukhi | Al-Sadd |
| 4 | Defender | Ahmed Yasser | Al-Duhail |
| 5 | Defender | Abdelkarim Hassan | Al-Sadd |
| 6 | Midfielder | Karim Boudiaf | Al-Duhail |
| 7 | Midfielder | Franck Kom | Al-Rayyan SC |
| 8 | Midfielder | Abdulaziz Hatem | Al-Rayyan SC |
| 9 | Midfielder | Yacine Brahimi | Al-Rayyan SC |
| 10 | Forward | Akram Afif | Al-Sadd |
| 11 | Forward | Baghdad Bounedjah | Al-Sadd |