# 2023–24 Qatar Stars League

The 2023–24 Qatar Stars League, or the QSL, also called Expo Stars League for sponsorship reasons, was the 50th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar.
Al-Duhail were the defending champions.

## Teams
### 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).
* 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 | Palestinian players | 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 | Alaa Aldeen Hassan | | |
| Al-Duhail | Philippe Coutinho | Lucas Veríssimo | Ibrahima Diallo | Michael Olunga | Kim Moon-hwan | Isaac Lihadji | Ibrahima Bamba | | Edmilson Junior Abdel Al Badaoui | 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 | Ameed Mahajna | Sofiane Boufal | |
| 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 | Nassim Benaissa | Jamal Hamed | Abdoulaye Bakayoko | Guy Mbenza Mamadou Traoré Ramón Arias |
| Qatar SC | Bruno Tabata | Ben Malango | Yohan Boli | Badr Benoun | Javi Martínez | Raoul Danzabe | 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 (C) | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 65 | 21 | +44 | 49 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite League stage |
| 2 | Al-Rayyan | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 47 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite League stage |
| 3 | Al-Gharafa | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 44 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite play-off round |
| 4 | Al-Wakrah | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 38 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage |
| 5 | Al-Arabi | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 29 | |
| 6 | Al-Duhail | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 42 | 45 | −3 | 28 | |
| 7 | Umm Salal | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 28 | |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 25 | |
| 9 | Al-Shamal | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 25 | |
| 10 | Al-Ahli | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 37 | 58 | −21 | 23 | |
| 11 | Al-Markhiya (R) | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 50 | −30 | 18 | Qualification for Relegation play-off |
| 12 | Muaither (R) | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 14 | Relegation to Qatargas League |

## 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 | 1–9 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 |
| Al-Arabi | 2–3 | — | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 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 | 1–1 |
| Al-Markhiya | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Al-Rayyan | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 6–0 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 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 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| Al-Wakrah | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Muaither | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–4 | — | 3–5 | 1–3 |
| Qatar SC | 1–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–4 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 |
| Umm Salal | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 28 April 2024 (Flashscore)
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Akram Afif | Al-Sadd | 26 |
| 2 | Yacine Brahimi | Al-Gharafa | 21 |
| 3 | Róger Guedes | Al-Rayyan | 19 |
| 4 | Omar Al Somah | Al-Arabi | 17 |
| 5 | Mohamed Benyettou | Al-Wakrah | 16 |
| 6 | Michael Olunga | Al-Duhail | 15 |
| 7 | Yohan Boli | Qatar SC | 13 |
| 8 | Ricardo Gomes | Al-Shamal | 12 |
| 9 | Naim Sliti | Al-Ahli | 10 |
| 9 | Achraf Bencharki | Al-Rayyan | 10 |

## Team of the Year

| No | Position | Player | Club |
| 1 | Goalkeeper | Meshaal Barsham | Al-Sadd |
| 2 | Defender | Paulo Otávio | Al-Sadd |
| 3 | Defender | Lucas Mendes | Al-Wakrah |
| 4 | Defender | Lyanco | Al-Gharafa |
| 5 | Defender | Bassam Al-Rawi | Al-Sadd |
| 6 | Midfielder | Hamdy Fathy | Al-Wakrah |
| 7 | Midfielder | Ferjani Sassi | Al-Gharafa |
| 8 | Midfielder | Marco Verratti | Al-Arabi |
| 9 | Forward | Yacine Brahimi | Al-Gharafa |
| 10 | Forward | Róger Guedes | Al-Rayyan |
| 11 | Forward | Akram Afif | Al-Sadd |