2017–18 Qatar Stars League

Qatar Stars League
Season	2017–18
Champions	Al-Duhail
Relegated	Al-Kharaitiyat ; Al-Markhiya
AFC Champions League	Al-Duhail ; Al-Sadd ; Al-Rayyan ; Al-Gharafa
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Qatari League, also known as Qatar Stars League, is the 45th edition of top level football championship in Qatar.[1]

Teams

Stadia and locations

Club	City/Town	Stadium	Coach
Al-Ahli	Doha	Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium	George Jorge
Al-Arabi	Doha	Grand Hamad Stadium	Luka Bonačić
Al-Duhail	Doha	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium	Djamel Belmadi
Al-Gharafa	Doha	Thani bin Jassim Stadium	Bülent Uygun
Al-Kharaitiyat	Al Khor	Al-Khor SC Stadium	Yassir Al Sobaie
Al-Khor	Al Khor	Al-Khor SC Stadium	Nacif Beyaoui
Al Markhiya	Al Wakrah	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium	Adel Sellimi
Al-Rayyan	Al-Rayyan	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium	Michael Laudrup
Al-Sadd	Doha	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium	Jesualdo Ferreira
Al-Sailiya	Doha	Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium	Sami Trabelsi
Qatar SC	Doha	Sheikh Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani	Gabriel Calderón
Umm Salal	Doha	Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium	Talal El Karkouri

Foreign players

The total number of foreign players is restricted to nine per club. Clubs can register up to four professional foreign players, of which a maximum of three are allowed from nations outside the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC Player	Yemen Player(s)	Former Player
Al-Ahli	Simao Mate Junior	Hamza Younés	Yassine Chikhaoui	Hadi Al Masri	Mohammed Fuad Omar	Cristian Nazarit Kim Gwi-hyeon
Al-Arabi	Diego Jardel	Ivan Fustar	Kwame Karikari	Saad Natiq	Mudir Al-Radaei	Mardik Mardikian Ammar Jemal
Al-Duhail	Lucas Mendes	Youssef El-Arabi	Youssef Msakni	Nam Tae-hee
Al-Gharafa	Wesley Sneijder	Diogo Amado	Rubert Quijada	Mehdi Taremi		Vladimir Weiss Luis Jimenez
Al Khairitiyat	Josue Mohy	Anouar Diba	Rachid Tiberkanine	Sanzhar Tursunov	Ahmed Al-Haifi
Al-Khor	Luciano Castan	Madson Formagini	Ariel Ngueukam	Soroush Rafiei		David da Silva Julien Ebah
Al Markhiya	Eric Pereira	Léo Mineiro	Tijan Jaiteh	Rebin Sulaka	Ammar Hamsan	Kwame Karikari Alain Traoré
Al-Rayyan	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Mouhcine Moutouali	Gonzalo Viera	Koh Myong-jin		Yohan Mollo
Al-Sadd	Baghdad Bounedjah	Jugurtha Hamroun	Xavi Hernandez	Morteza Pouraliganji
Al-Sailiya	Nadir Belhadj	Dragos Grigore	Valentin Lazar	Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov	Alaa Al-Sasi
Qatar SC	Bruno Gallo	Patrick Fabiano	Osama Omari	Luis Jimenez		Mohammad Tayyebi Sajjad Shahbazzadeh Habib Habibou Michael Babatunde
Umm Salal	Yannick Sagbo	Adil Rhaili	Oussama Darragi	Mahmoud Al-Mawas	Mohammed Ba Rowis	Youssef Sekour

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Duhail SC	22	19	3	0	86	27	+59	60	Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al-Sadd	22	16	1	5	68	25	+43	49	Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League group stage
3	Al-Rayyan	22	13	4	5	54	39	+15	43	Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League play-off round
4	Al-Gharafa	22	10	5	7	43	34	+9	35	Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League play-off round
5	Umm Salal	22	8	9	5	33	34	−1	33
6	Al-Sailiya	22	8	4	10	40	42	−2	28
7	Al-Arabi	22	6	6	10	30	42	−12	24
8	Qatar SC	22	7	3	12	24	46	−22	24
9	Al-Khor	22	6	4	12	25	39	−14	22
10	Al-Ahli	22	6	4	12	24	43	−19	22
11	Al-Kharaitiyat	22	4	4	14	29	62	−33	16	Relegation to 2018–19 Qatargas League
12	Al Markhiya	22	2	7	13	19	42	−23	13	Relegation to 2018–19 Qatargas League

Updated to match(es) played on 4 April. Source: RSSSF, Qatar Stars League, and FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Youssef El-Arabi	Al-Duhail	26
2	Youssef Msakni	Al-Duhail	25
3	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Al-Rayyan	18
4	Baghdad Bounedjah	Al-Sadd	16
5	Rodrigo Tabata	Al-Rayyan	15
6	Rachid Tiberkanine	Al Kharaitiyat	13
7	Wagner Ribeiro	Al-Rayyan	12
	Nam Tae-hee	Al Duhail	12
	Jugurtha Hamroun	Umm Salal	12
10	Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov	Al-Sailiya	10
	Madson	Al-Duhail	10
	Yannick Sagbo	Al-Sailiya	10
	Andres Quintana	Al Rayyan	10
14	Wesley Sneijder	Al-Gharafa	9

Team of the Year

[2]
No	Position	Player	Club
1	Goalkeeper	Saad Al Sheeb	Al-Sadd
2	Defender	Hamid Ismail	Al-Sadd
3	Defender	Abdelkarim Hassan	Al-Sadd
4	Defender	Pedro Miguel	Al-Sadd
5	Defender	Lucas Mendes	Al-Duhail
6	Midfielder	Karim Boudiaf	Al-Duhail SC
7	Midfielder	Ahmed Abdul Maqsoud	Al-Rayyan
8	Midfielder	Xavi	Al-Sadd
9	Midfielder	Hassan Al-Haidos	Al-Sadd
10	Forward	Youssef Msakni	Al-Duhail SC
11	Forward	Baghdad Bounedjah	Al-Sadd

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References

External links

Official website (in Arabic and English)

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[1] Qatar Stars League 2017/2018

[2] ttp://www.qpa.qa/en/the-first-edition-of-qatar-11-awards/

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