The 2016–17 Qatar Stars League was the 44th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar. The season began on 15 September 2016 and concluded on 27 April 2017.
Al-Rayyan were the defending champions, having won their eighth championship. Muaither and Al Shahaniya have entered as the two promoted teams from the 2015–16 Qatargas League.
Teams Stadia and locations Club City/Town Stadium Head coach Al Ahli Doha Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Yousuf Adam Al-Arabi Doha Grand Hamad Stadium Oswaldo de Oliveira Al-Gharafa Al Gharrafa Thani bin Jassim Stadium Pedro Caixinha Al Kharaitiyat Al Kharaitiyat Al-Khor SC Stadium Ahmad Al-Ajlani Al-Khor Al Khor Al-Khor SC Stadium Jean Fernandez Al-Rayyan Al Rayyan Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Michael Laudrup Al Sadd Doha Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Jesualdo Ferreira Al-Sailiya Al Sailiya Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Sami Trabelsi Al Shahaniya Al-Shahaniya Grand Hamad Stadium Igor Štimac Al-Wakrah Al Wakrah Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium Kais Yaâkoubi El Jaish Duhail Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Sabri Lamouchi Lekhwiya Doha Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Djamel Belmadi Muaither Muaither Thani bin Jassim Stadium Philippe Burle Umm Salal Doha Suheim bin Hamad Stadium Mahmoud Jaber
Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyManner of departureIncoming managerDate of appointment Al Ahli Yousuf Adam 11 May 2016Mutual consentPre-season Luka Bonačić 11 May 2016 Al Shahaniya Luka Bonačić 11 May 2016 Fathi Al-Jabal 17 June 2016http://www.qsl.com.qa/en/News/view/11540/al-jabal-signs-with-shahania. Al-Arabi Gianfranco Zola 28 June 2016 Sacked Gerardo Pelusso 28 June 2016 Al-Rayyan Jorge Fossati 26 September 2016 Signed by Qatar 4th Michael Laudrup 3 October 2016 Al Ahli Luka Bonačić 28 October 2016Sacked 7th Yousuf Adam 30 October 2016 Al-Wakrah Mauricio Larriera 29 November 2016 13th Kais Yaâkoubi 30 November 2016 Umm Salal Bülent Uygun 14 December 2016 7th Mahmoud Jaber 14 December 2016 Al Shahaniya Fathi Al-Jabal 25 December 2016 12th Igor Štimac 28 December 2016
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player Former players Al Ahli Cristian Maidana Sayed Mohamed Adnan Yassine Chikhaoui Pejman Montazeri Ndombe Mubele Mojtaba Jabbari Wilfried Yessoh Al-Arabi Paulinho Imoh Ezekiel Moustapha Bayal Sall Luis Jiménez Ashkan Dejagah Al-Gharafa Rashid Sumaila Krisztián Németh Vladimír Weiss Han Kook-young El Jaish Lucas Mendes Romarinho Seydou Keita Sardor Rashidov Al Kharaitiyat Domingos Anouar Diba Rachid Tiberkanine Sanzhar Tursunov Erik Paartalu Tatá Jeremy Bokila Abdelmoula Berrabah Al-Khor Madson Welinton Mouhcine Iajour Sultan Al Enezi Al-Rayyan Víctor Cáceres Sergio García Gonzalo Viera Koh Myong-jin Al Sadd Baghdad Bounedjah Jugurtha Hamroun Xavi Morteza Pouraliganji Al-Sailiya Dragoș Grigore Valentin Lazăr Sanjar Shaakhmedov Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov Faouzi Aaish Paul Alo'o Raoul Loé Al Shahaniya Kaled Gourmi Mehrdad Pooladi Álvaro Mejía Rahim Zahivi Mohamed Tiaïba Jean-Paul Késsé Amangoua Al-Wakrah Prince Ibara Ali Rehema Mohsine Moutouali Sanharib Malki Pablo Zeballos Pablo Olivera Lekhwiya Youssef El-Arabi Chico Flores Youssef Msakni Nam Tae-hee Edgar Muaither Bruno Aguiar Ahmed Yasin Wilfried Yessoh Minori Sato William Schuster Dioko Kaluyituka Mahmoud Za'tara Matías Mier Umm Salal Faouzi Aaish Anderson Martins Yannick Sagbo Mahmoud Al-Mawas Alef Tha'er Bawab
Luis Jiménez has Palestinian citizenship and was counted as Asian player.
League table
Statistics
Top scorers As of 15 April 2017 RankPlayerClubGoals1 Youssef El-ArabiLekhwiya242 Baghdad BounedjahAl Sadd233 Rodrigo TabataAl-Rayyan204 Yannick SagboUmm Salal155 RomarinhoEl Jaish14 Nam Tae-heeLekhwiya Sardor RashidovEl Jaish8 Mohsine MoutoualiAl-Wakrah11 Sergio GarcíaAl-Rayyan10 Luis JiménezAl-Arabi10 Meshal AbdullahAl Ahli Vladimír WeissAl-Gharafa XaviAl Sadd
Clean sheets As of 15 April 2017 RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Saad Al Sheeb Al Sadd112 Omar Bari Al-Rayyan93 Grégory Gomis Al-Sailiya6 Ahmed Soufiane Al Kharaitiyat Baba Malick Umm Salal Yousef Hassan Al-Gharafa7 Amine Lecomte Lekhwiya5 Saoud Al Khater El Jaish
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