2020–21 Qatar Stars League
{{Short description|57th season of top-tier football league in Qatar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox football league season
| image =
| season = 2020–2021
| dates = 3 September 2020 – 10 April 2021
| competition = Qatar Stars League
| winners = Al-Sadd (15th title)
| relegated = Al-Kharaitiyat
| continentalcup1 = Champions League
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Al-Sadd
Al-Duhail
| continentalcup2 = Champions League Play-off round
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = Al-Rayyan
| matches = 132
| total goals = 376
| league topscorer = {{flagicon|ALG}} Baghdad Bounedjah
(21 goals)
| best goalkeeper = Ivanildo
| biggest home win = {{nowrap|Al-Sadd 8–0 Al-Sailiya}}
{{small|(7 January 2021)}}
| biggest away win = {{nowrap|Al-Ahli 1–7 Al-Sadd}}
{{small|(25 October 2020)}}
| highest scoring = {{nowrap|Al-Duhail 8–1 Al-Wakrah}}
{{small|(8 January 2021)}}
| longest wins = Al-Sadd
(7 matches)
| longest unbeaten = Al-Sadd
(22 matches)
| longest winless = Al-Kharaitiyat
(13 matches)
| longest losses = Al-Kharaitiyat
(13 matches)
| highest attendance =
| lowest attendance =
| prevseason = 2019–20
| nextseason = 2021–22
| updated = 10 April 2021
}}
The 2020–21 Qatari League, also known as Qatar Stars League or QNB Stars League for sponsorship reasons, was the 47th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar. Al-Duhail are the defending champions.
Al-Sadd won the league title for a record 15th time, without suffering a defeat during the entire campaign.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/news/afcsection/west-asia-wrap-al-sadd-end-qatar-season-unbeaten-al-hilal-suffer-defeat-in-saudi|title=West Asia Wrap: Al Sadd end Qatar season unbeaten, Al Hilal suffer defeat in Saudi Arabia|website=AFC|date=12 April 2021|accessdate=3 May 2021}}
Teams
=Stadia and locations=
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Club ! City/Town ! Stadium |
Al-Ahli
| Doha |
Al-Arabi
| Doha |
Al-Duhail
| Doha |
Al-Gharafa
| Doha |
Al-Khor
| Al Khor |
Al-Kharaitiyat |
Al-Rayyan |
Al-Sadd
| Doha |
Al-Sailiya
| Doha |
Al-Wakrah |
Qatar SC
| Doha | Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani Stadium |
Umm Salal
| Doha |
=Personnel and kits=
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
! Club ! Coach ! Captain ! Kit manufacturer ! Shirt sponsor |
Al-Ahli
| {{flagicon|MNE}} Nebojša Jovović | {{flagicon|IRN}} Omid Ebrahimi | Puma | Regency Group Holding |
Al-Arabi
| {{flagicon|ISL}} Heimir Hallgrímsson | {{flagicon|QAT}} Ahmed Fathy | Puma | N/A |
Al-Duhail
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sabri Lamouchi | {{flagicon|QAT}} Almoez Ali | Puma |
Al-Gharafa
| {{flagicon|SRB}} Slaviša Jokanović | {{flagicon|QAT}} Qasem Burhan | Puma | N/A |
Al-Khor
| {{flagicon|GER}} Winfried Schäfer | {{flagicon|QAT}} Helal Mohammed | Adidas | N/A |
Al-Kharaitiyat
| {{flagicon|QAT}} Wesam Rizik | {{flagicon|IRN}} Pejman Montazeri | Joma |N/A |
Al-Rayyan
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Laurent Blanc | {{flagicon|ALG}} Yacine Brahimi | Nike | QIC |
Al-Sadd
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Xavi | {{flagicon|QAT}} Hassan Al-Haydos | Puma |
Al-Sailiya
| {{flagicon|TUN}} Sami Trabelsi | {{flagicon|QAT}} Majdi Siddiq | Umbro |
Al-Wakrah
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Tintín Márquez | {{flagicon|AUS}} Isaías Sánchez | Umbro | N/A |
Qatar SC
| {{flagicon|QAT}} Younes Ali | {{flagicon|ESP}} Álex Gálvez | Puma | N/A |
Umm Salal
| {{flagicon|MAR}} Aziz Ben Askar | {{flagicon|QAT}} Lawrence Quaye | Jako | N/A |
=Foreign players=
- 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.
class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!Club !Player 1 !Player 2 !Player 3 !AFC Player !UAFA Player{{cite web |title=One Arab player allowed at each club, says QFA Exec Com |url=https://www.qfa.qa/one-arab-player-allowed-at-each-club-says-qfa-exec-com |website=QFA |date=15 January 2019}} !Former Players |
Al-Ahli
| {{flagicon|IRN}} Omid Ebrahimi | {{flagicon|PAR}} Hernán Pérez | {{flagicon|SEN}} Mohamed Diamé | {{flagicon|AUS}} Shane Lowry | {{flagicon|MAR}} Nabil El Zhar | |
Al-Arabi
| {{flagicon|ISL}} Aron Gunnarsson | {{flagicon|ESP}} Marc Muniesa | {{flagicon|TUN}} Youssef Msakni | {{flagicon|IRN}} Mehrdad Mohammadi | {{flagicon|ALG}} Ayoub Azzi | {{flagicon|GER}} Pierre-Michel Lasogga |
Al-Duhail
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Edmilson Junior | {{flagicon|BRA}} Dudu | {{flagicon|KEN}} Michael Olunga | {{flagicon|IRN}} Ali Karimi | {{flagicon|MAR}} Medhi Benatia | {{flagicon|IRN}} Ramin Rezaeian |
Al-Gharafa
| {{flagicon|ALG}} Adlène Guedioura | {{flagicon|CIV}} Jonathan Kodjia | {{flagicon|CIV}} Wilfried Kanon | {{flagicon|KOR}} Koo Ja-cheol | {{flagicon|ALG}} Sofiane Hanni | {{flagicon|MEX}} Héctor Moreno |
Al Kharaitiyat
| {{flagicon|GHA}} Evans Mensah | {{flagicon|CIV}} Oumar Sako | {{flagicon|MAR}} Rachid Tiberkanine | {{flagicon|IRN}} Pejman Montazeri | {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} Mohammed Osman | |
Al-Khor
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Rafael Vaz | {{flagicon|GER}} Pierre-Michel Lasogga | {{flagicon|GRE}} Giannis Fetfatzidis | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuki Kobayashi | {{flagicon|MAR}} Ismail El Haddad | {{flagicon|BRA}} Léo Gamalho |
Al-Rayyan
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Gabriel Mercado | {{flagicon|CMR}} Franck Kom | {{flagicon|CIV}} Yohan Boli | {{flagicon|IRN}} Shojae Khalilzadeh | {{flagicon|ALG}} Yacine Brahimi | |
Al-Sadd
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Guilherme | {{flagicon|KOR}} Jung Woo-young | {{flagicon|ESP}} Santi Cazorla | {{flagicon|KOR}} Nam Tae-hee | {{flagicon|ALG}} Baghdad Bounedjah | |
Al-Sailiya
| {{flagicon|ALG}} Nadir Belhadj | {{flagicon|BRA}} Tiago Bezerra | {{flagicon|SEN}} Kara Mbodji | {{flagicon|IRN}} Ramin Rezaeian | {{flagicon|IRQ}} Mohanad Ali | {{flagicon|MAR}} Ahmed Hammoudan |
Al-Wakrah
| {{flagicon|ALG}} Abdennour Belhocini | {{flagicon|BRA}} Lucas Mendes | {{flagicon|MLI}} Ousmane Coulibaly | {{flagicon|AUS}} Isaías Sánchez | {{flagicon|ALG}} Mohamed Benyettou | {{flagicon|KUW}} Fahad Al Ansari |
Qatar SC
| {{flagicon|ALG}} Youcef Belaïli | {{flagicon|NGA}} Anthony Okpotu | {{flagicon|ESP}} Cristian Ceballos | {{flagicon|IRQ}} Bashar Resan | {{flagicon|MAR}} Mehdi Berrahma | {{flagicon|BRA}} Kayke |
Umm Salal
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Kayke | {{flagicon|NGA}} Moses Orkuma | {{flagicon|TUN}} Aymen Abdennour | {{flagicon|IRN}} Rouzbeh Cheshmi | {{flagicon|MAR}} Ahmed Hammoudan | {{flagicon|ALG}} Abdennour Belhocini |
League table
|section=League table
|source=[https://www.qsl.qa/en/standings QSL], [https://int.soccerway.com/national/qatar/stars-league/c215/ Soccerway]
|team1=SAD |team2=DUH |team3=RAY |team4=GHA |team5=AHL |team6=QAT |team7=ARA |team8=WAK |team9=SAI |team10=UMM |team11=KHO |team12=KHA
|update=complete
|win_AHL=10|draw_AHL=3 |loss_AHL=9 |gf_AHL=28|ga_AHL=38|status_AHL=
|win_ARA=8 |draw_ARA=5 |loss_ARA=9 |gf_ARA=28|ga_ARA=32|status_ARA=
|win_DUH=15|draw_DUH=2 |loss_DUH=5 |gf_DUH=53|ga_DUH=25|status_DUH=
|win_GHA=10|draw_GHA=3 |loss_GHA=9 |gf_GHA=41|ga_GHA=34|status_GHA=
|win_KHA=4 |draw_KHA=0 |loss_KHA=18|gf_KHA=17|ga_KHA=49|status_KHA=R
|win_KHO=3 |draw_KHO=8 |loss_KHO=11|gf_KHO=17|ga_KHO=42|status_KHO= O
|win_RAY=10|draw_RAY=5 |loss_RAY=7 |gf_RAY=31|ga_RAY=22|status_RAY=
|win_SAD=19|draw_SAD=3 |loss_SAD=0 |gf_SAD=77|ga_SAD=14|status_SAD=C
|win_SAI=7 |draw_SAI=5 |loss_SAI=10|gf_SAI=22|ga_SAI=36|status_SAI=
|win_WAK=7 |draw_WAK=5 |loss_WAK=10|gf_WAK=19|ga_WAK=29|status_WAK=
|win_QAT=9 |draw_QAT=5 |loss_QAT=8 |gf_QAT=30|ga_QAT=24|status_QAT=
|win_UMM=5 |draw_UMM=6 |loss_UMM=11|gf_UMM=13|ga_UMM=31|status_UMM=
|result1=CLGS |result2=CLGS |result3=CLGS |result4=CLPO
|result11=RPO |result12=REL
|name_AHL=Al-Ahli
|name_ARA=Al-Arabi
|name_DUH=Al-Duhail
|name_GHA=Al-Gharafa
|name_KHA=Al Kharaitiyat
|name_KHO=Al-Khor
|name_RAY=Al-Rayyan
|name_SAD=Al-Sadd
|name_SAI=Al-Sailiya
|name_WAK=Al-Wakrah
|name_QAT=Qatar SC
|name_UMM=Umm Salal
|show_limit=5
|class_rules=1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
|res_col_header=QR
|status_text_Y=May at best reach relegation play-off
|status_text_X=Assured a place of the AFC Champions League play-off round
|col_CLGS=green1 |text_CLGS=Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
|col_CLPO=green2 |text_CLPO=Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
|col_RPO=red2 |text_RPO=Qualification for Relegation play-off
|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to {{season link|2021–22|Qatargas League}}
}}
Results
{{#invoke:sports results|main
| source = [https://www.qsl.qa/en/games-results?matchday=122 QSL], [https://int.soccerway.com/national/qatar/stars-league/c215/ Soccerway]
| update = complete
| matches_style = FBR
|team1=AHL |team2=ARA |team3=DUH |team4=GHA |team5=WAK |team6=KHA |team7=KHO |team8=RAY |team9=SAD |team10=SAI |team11=QAT |team12=UMM
|name_AHL=Al-Ahli
|name_ARA=Al-Arabi
|name_DUH=Al-Duhail
|name_GHA=Al-Gharafa
|name_WAK=Al-Wakrah
|name_KHA=Al Kharaitiyat
|name_KHO=Al-Khor
|name_RAY=Al-Rayyan
|name_SAD=Al-Sadd
|name_SAI=Al-Sailiya
|name_QAT=Qatar SC
|name_UMM=Umm Salal
|match_AHL_ARA=2–0
|match_AHL_DUH=3–5
|match_AHL_GHA=0–4
|match_AHL_KHA=2–0
|match_AHL_KHO=1–2
|match_AHL_RAY=1–1
|match_AHL_SAD=1–7
|match_AHL_SAI=2–0
|match_AHL_WAK=2–1
|match_AHL_QAT=1–4
|match_AHL_UMM=1–0
|match_ARA_AHL=1–0
|match_ARA_DUH=2–3
|match_ARA_GHA=1–2
|match_ARA_KHA=1–2
|match_ARA_KHO=3–0
|match_ARA_RAY=1–1
|match_ARA_SAD=1–4
|match_ARA_SAI=3–1
|match_ARA_WAK=1–0
|match_ARA_QAT=1–0
|match_ARA_UMM=2–1
|match_DUH_AHL=4–0
|match_DUH_ARA=2–0
|match_DUH_GHA=0–3
|match_DUH_KHA=4–1
|match_DUH_KHO=6–1
|match_DUH_RAY=2–0
|match_DUH_SAD=1–3
|match_DUH_SAI=1–2
|match_DUH_WAK=8–1
|match_DUH_QAT=2–1
|match_DUH_UMM=3–0
|match_GHA_AHL=1–3
|match_GHA_ARA=1–1
|match_GHA_DUH=1–2
|match_GHA_KHA=2–0
|match_GHA_KHO=6–3
|match_GHA_RAY=1–3
|match_GHA_SAD=0–2
|match_GHA_SAI=0–1
|match_GHA_WAK=1–0
|match_GHA_QAT=2–0
|match_GHA_UMM=1–1
|match_KHA_AHL=1–2
|match_KHA_ARA=1–3
|match_KHA_DUH=0–2
|match_KHA_GHA=1–2
|match_KHA_KHO=2–1
|match_KHA_RAY=0–3
|match_KHA_SAD=1–5
|match_KHA_SAI=0–2
|match_KHA_WAK=0–2
|match_KHA_QAT=2–1
|match_KHA_UMM=3–0
|match_KHO_AHL=0–1
|match_KHO_ARA=2–2
|match_KHO_DUH=1–1
|match_KHO_GHA=1–3
|match_KHO_KHA=2–1
|match_KHO_RAY=0–1
|match_KHO_SAD=0–0
|match_KHO_SAI=0–0
|match_KHO_WAK=1–0
|match_KHO_QAT=1–2
|match_KHO_UMM=0–1
|match_RAY_AHL=3–1
|match_RAY_ARA=2–0
|match_RAY_DUH=1–2
|match_RAY_GHA=2–1
|match_RAY_KHA=2–0
|match_RAY_KHO=1–1
|match_RAY_SAD=0–1
|match_RAY_SAI=0–2
|match_RAY_WAK=1–0
|match_RAY_QAT=2–1
|match_RAY_UMM=1–1
|match_SAD_AHL=3–0
|match_SAD_ARA=3–2
|match_SAD_DUH=3–1
|match_SAD_GHA=4–1
|match_SAD_KHA=5–0
|match_SAD_KHO=7–0
|match_SAD_RAY=2–1
|match_SAD_SAI=8–0
|match_SAD_WAK=1–1
|match_SAD_QAT=3–0
|match_SAD_UMM=3–1
|match_SAI_AHL=0–0
|match_SAI_ARA=0–1
|match_SAI_DUH=0–2
|match_SAI_GHA=4–2
|match_SAI_KHA=2–0
|match_SAI_KHO=1–1
|match_SAI_RAY=1–1
|match_SAI_SAD=1–5
|match_SAI_WAK=1–3
|match_SAI_QAT=1–3
|match_SAI_UMM=1–1
|match_WAK_AHL=0–2
|match_WAK_ARA=2–2
|match_WAK_DUH=1–0
|match_WAK_GHA=2–0
|match_WAK_KHA=2–1
|match_WAK_KHO=0–0
|match_WAK_RAY=0–2
|match_WAK_SAD=1–4
|match_WAK_SAI=1–0
|match_WAK_QAT=0–0
|match_WAK_UMM=2–0
|match_QAT_AHL=1–1
|match_QAT_ARA=3–0
|match_QAT_DUH=1–1
|match_QAT_GHA=2–2
|match_QAT_KHA=3–1
|match_QAT_KHO=3–0
|match_QAT_RAY=1–0
|match_QAT_SAD=1–1
|match_QAT_SAI=1–2
|match_QAT_WAK=1–0
|match_QAT_UMM=0–1
|match_UMM_AHL=0–2
|match_UMM_ARA=0–0
|match_UMM_DUH=0–1
|match_UMM_GHA=1–5
|match_UMM_KHA=1–0
|match_UMM_KHO=0–0
|match_UMM_RAY=3–2
|match_UMM_SAD=0–3
|match_UMM_SAI=1–0
|match_UMM_WAK=0–0
|match_UMM_QAT=0–1
}}
Positions by round
{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|sortable=y|legendpos=tr
| team1= Al-Sadd
| pos1= 1/1/1/2/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1
| team2= Al-Duhail
| pos2= 2/4/4/6/4/5/4/6/5/4/3/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/2
| team3= Al-Rayyan
| pos3= 8/3/6/4/6/4/5/5/6/6/6/6/6/5/4/5/4/3/3/3/3/3
| team4= Al-Gharafa
| pos4= 3/5/5/3/3/3/3/2/3/2/2/3/4/3/3/4/5/4/5/6/6/4
| team5= Al-Ahli
| pos5= 4/2/2/1/2/2/2/3/2/3/5/4/5/6/6/7/6/7/6/4/4/5
| team6= Qatar SC
| pos6=10/12/8/10/12/8/7/4/4/5/4/5/3/4/5/3/3/5/4/5/5/6
| team7=Al-Arabi
| pos7= 5/9/11/7/9/10/10/10/11/9/9/7/7/7/7/6/7/6/7/7/8/7
| team8= Al-Wakrah
| pos8= 9/6/3/5/5/7/6/8/8/8/7/9/10/10/10/10/10/9/9/9/9/8
| team9= Al-Sailiya
| pos9= 7/11/7/8/7/6/8/7/7/7/8/8/8/8/8/8/8/8/8/8/7/9
| team10= Umm Salal
| pos10= 11/10/12/12/10/12/12/9/9/10/10/10/9/9/9/9/9/10/10/10/10/10
| team11= Al-Khor
| pos11= 6/8/10/9/11/11/11/12/10/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11
| team12= Al Kharaitiyat
| pos12= 12/7/9/11/8/9/9/11/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12
| color_1=1st|text_1=Leader : 2022 AFC Champions League Group stage
| color_2=green1|text_2=2021 AFC Champions League group stage
| color_3=green2|text_3=2022 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
| color_11=red2 |text_11 = Qualification to Relegation play-off
| color_12=red1|text_12=Relegation to 2021–22 Qatargas League
| update=complete|source=[https://www.qsl.qa/en/games-results?matchday=117 QSL]|date=August 2018}}
Relegation play-off
{{Football box
|date = 5 May 2021
|time = 12:00
|team1 = Al-Khor
|score = 3-1
|report =
|team2 = Al-Shahania
|goals1 =*I Fetfatzidis {{goal|2}}
- Y Kobayashi {{goal|19}}
- S Brahmi {{goal|77|pen.}}
|goals2 = *A. Al-Yahri {{goal|86}}
|stadium = Suheim bin Hamad Stadium
|attendance =0
|referee =Saoud Ali Al-Adba
}}
Season statistics
=Top scorers=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
Rank
!Player !Club !Goals |
---|
1
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ALG}} Baghdad Bounedjah |align="left"|Al-Sadd |21 |
2
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Dudu |align="left"|Al-Duhail |14 |
rowspan="2"|3
|align="left"|{{flagicon|ESP}} Santi Cazorla |align="left"|Al-Sadd |rowspan="2"|13 |
align="left"|{{flagicon|ALG}} Youcef Belaïli
|align="left"|Qatar SC |
5
|align="left"|{{flagicon|BEL}} Edmilson Junior |align="left"|Al-Duhail |12 |
rowspan="2"|6
|align="left"|{{flagicon|CIV}} Yohan Boli |align="left"|Al-Rayyan |rowspan="2"|11 |
align="left"|{{flagicon|CIV}} Jonathan Kodjia
|align="left"|Al-Gharafa |
rowspan="3"|8
|align="left"|{{flagicon|IRN}} Mehrdad Mohammadi |align="left"|Al-Arabi |rowspan="3"|10 |
align="left"|{{flagicon|QAT}} Rodrigo Tabata
|align="left"|Al-Sadd |
align="left"|{{flagicon|MAR}} Nabil El Zhar
|align="left"|Al-Ahli |
=Clean sheets=
{{updated|29 December 2020}}
class="wikitable"
!Rank !Player !Club !Clean sheets |
align="center" |1
|{{flagicon|BRA}} Ivanildo Rodrigues | align="center" |5 |
2
|{{flagicon|QAT}} Jassem Adel | rowspan="2" |4 |
align="center" |
|{{flagicon|SEN}} Papa Djibril |
rowspan="3" |4
|{{flagicon|QAT}} Baba Malick | rowspan="3" |3 |
{{flagicon|QAT}} Fahad Younes |
{{flagicon|QAT}} Salah Zakaria |
rowspan="4" align="center" |7
|{{flagicon|QAT}} Qasem Burhan | rowspan="4" align="center" |2 |
{{flagicon|QAT}} Saoud Al Khater |
{{flagicon|QAT}} Amine Lecomte |
{{flagicon|QAT}} Meshaal Barsham |
rowspan="3" align="center" |11
|{{flagicon|QAT}} Khalifa Ababacar | rowspan="3" align="center" |1 |
{{flagicon|QAT}} Mohammed Al-Bakri |
{{flagicon|QAT}} Mahmud Abunada |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.qsl.qa/en}} {{in lang|ar|en}}
{{Qatar Stars League seasons}}
{{2020 in Asian football (AFC)}}
{{2021 in Asian football (AFC)}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2019-20 Qatar Stars League}}