# 2015–16 Qatar Stars League

The 2015–16 Qatari League, also known as Qatari Stars League, was the 43rd edition of top level football championship in Qatar. The season started on 11 September 2015. Lekhwiya were the defending champions having won their fourth championship. Al-Rayyan secured their 8th title on 5 March with five games remaining.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Club | City/Town | Stadium | Coach |
| Al-Ahli | Doha | Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium | Yousuf Adam |
| Al-Arabi | Doha | Grand Hamad Stadium | Gianfranco Zola |
| Al-Gharafa | Al Rayyan | Thani bin Jassim Stadium | Pedro Caixinha |
| El Jaish | Doha | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium | Sabri Lamouchi |
| Al-Kharaitiyat | Al Khor | Al-Khor SC Stadium | Amar Osim |
| Al-Khor | Al Khor | Al-Khor SC Stadium | Jean Fernandez |
| Al-Rayyan | Al Rayyan | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium | Jorge Fossati |
| Al-Sadd | Doha | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium | Jesualdo Ferreira |
| Al-Sailiya | Al Rayyan | Ahmed bin Ali Stadium | Sami Trabelsi |
| Al-Wakrah | Al Wakrah | Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium | Mauricio Larriera |
| Lekhwiya | Doha | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium | Djamel Belmadi |
| Mesaimeer | Mesaimeer | Al-Seliah Stadium | Rodion Gačanin |
| Qatar SC | Doha | Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium | Sebastião Lazaroni |
| Umm Salal | Doha | Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium | Bülent Uygun |

### Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | AFC Player | Former players |
| Al-Ahli | Ndombe Mubele | Patou Kabangu | John Benson | Farri Agri | Pejman Montazeri | Mouhcine Iajour | Mojtaba Jabbari | Danilo Carando Ró-Ró |
| Al-Arabi | Allan Sousa | Paulinho | Yousef Ramadan | Javad Nekounam | | | Ashkan Dejagah | Junior Dutra Rod Fanni |
| Al-Gharafa | Anderson Martins | Johnson Kendrick | Krisztián Németh | Vladimír Weiss | Thamer Jamal | Yassine Chikhaoui | Masoud Shojaei | Dioko Kaluyituka |
| El Jaish | Lucas Mendes | Romarinho | Wagner Ribeiro | Abderrazak Hamdallah | Mohammad Mothnani | | Sardor Rashidov | |
| Al-Kharaitiyat | Domingos | Yahia Kébé | Vivien Assie | Anouar Diba | Issiar Dia | | Hassan Abdel-Fattah | Eithini Marcel |
| Al-Khor | Júlio César | Madson | Marco Antônio | Lassina Diaby | Heo Jae-won | | Park Hee-do | Lee Yong |
| Al-Rayyan | Ulises Pascua | Nathan Ribeiro | Babou Sidiki | Víctor Cáceres | Sergio García | Gonzalo Viera | Koh Myong-jin | |
| Al-Sadd | Baghdad Bounedjah | Nadir Belhadj | Ró-Ró | Xavi | | | Morteza Pouraliganji | Muriqui Lee Jung-soo |
| Al-Sailiya | Raoul Loé | Carlos Preciado | Grégory Gomis | Dragoș Grigore | Omar Ibrahim Hammad | | Faouzi Aaish | Edinho |
| Al-Wakrah | Sebastián Sáez | Mohsine Moutouali | Ruben Amorim | | | | Ali Rehema | Gastón Sangoy |
| Lekhwiya | Ivanildo | Dioko Kaluyituka | Chico Flores | Youssef Msakni | | | Nam Tae-hee | Vladimír Weiss |
| Mesaimeer | Erivelto | Herman Kakou | Adama Traoré | Hélio Pinto | Wajdi Bouazzi | | Mohammad Nouri | Rafael Amorim Anselmo Cardoso |
| Qatar SC | Rafik Halliche | Danilo Carando | Emiliano Vecchio | Mostafa Mido | Ismail Belmaalem | | Han Kook-young | Moumouni Dagano Mouhcine Iajour Hamdi Harbaoui |
| Umm Salal | Welinton | Yannick Sagbo | Mounir El Hamdaoui | | | | Sanzhar Tursunov | Jérémie Aliadière Andranik Teymourian Thamer Jamal |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Rayyan (C) | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 69 | 23 | +46 | 62 | 2017 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | El Jaish | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 48 | 2017 AFC Champions League 2nd qualifying round |
| 3 | Al-Sadd | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 47 | 2017 AFC Champions League 2nd qualifying round |
| 4 | Lekhwiya | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 44 | 2017 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Umm Salal | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 41 | 2017 GCC Champions League |
| 6 | Al-Ahli | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 37 | 2017 GCC Champions League |
| 7 | Al-Sailiya | 26 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 36 | |
| 8 | Al-Arabi | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 35 | |
| 9 | Al-Gharafa | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 34 | |
| 10 | Al-Khor | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 33 | |
| 11 | Al-Wakrah | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 30 | |
| 12 | Al-Kharaitiyat | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 27 | |
| 13 | Qatar SC (R) | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 27 | Relegation to the Qatari Second Division |
| 14 | Mesaimeer (R) | 26 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 62 | −47 | 6 | Relegation to the Qatari Second Division |
* ↑ Lekhwiya qualified for the 2017 AFC Champions League by winning the 2016 Emir of Qatar Cup.