The 2018–19 Qatari League, also known as Qatar Stars League or QNB Stars League for sponsorship reasons, was the 46th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar.
The QSL has announced the dates of the first phase of the 2018–19 QNB Stars League. The first phase of the QNB Stars League kicked off on 4 August 2018 and ended on 4 November 2018. The league ended on 13 April 2019.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Club City/Town Stadium Al Ahli Doha Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Al-Arabi Doha Grand Hamad Stadium Al Duhail Doha Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Al-Gharafa Doha Thani bin Jassim Stadium Al Kharaitiyat Al Khor Al-Khor SC Stadium Al-Khor Al Khor Al-Khor SC Stadium Al-Rayyan Al-Rayyan Ahmed bin Ali Stadium Al Sadd Doha Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Al-Sailiya Doha Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Al Shahaniya Al-Shahaniya Ahmed bin Ali Stadium Qatar SC Doha Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani Umm Salal Doha Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium
Personnel and kits Club Coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Al Ahli Rubén de la Barrera Jako N/A Al-Arabi Heimir Hallgrímsson Jako Doha Bank Al Duhail Rui Faria BURRDA Mashraf Al Rayan Al-Gharafa Christian Gourcuff Erreà N/A Al Kharaitiyat Wesam Rizik Hummel Oryx GTL Al-Khor Omar Najhi Macron N/A Al-Rayyan Gilson de Souza (caretaker) Nike QIC Al Sadd Jesualdo Ferreira Puma Qatar Airways Al-Sailiya Sami Trabelsi Adidas UCC HoldingQatar Islamic Bank Al Shahaniya José Murcia Adidas N/A Qatar SC Sergio Batista Puma N/A Umm Salal Raúl Caneda Adidas N/A
Foreign players Each clubs are allowed to have nine foreign players but can only register five professionals. For the remainder of the season, each clubs can include one player from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and one player from Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA).
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.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3AFC playerUAFA playerFormer players Al Ahli Jonathan McDonald Nigel de Jong Jhon Chancellor Omid Ebrahimi Mohsine Moutouali Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh Al-Arabi Diego Jardel Wilfried Bony Víctor Vázquez Morteza Pouraliganji Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf Mailson Franco Arizala Al Duhail Edmilson Junior Medhi Benatia Shoya Nakajima Youssef El-Arabi Lucas Mendes Nam Tae-hee Al-Gharafa Lucas Mendes Diogo Amado Vladimír Weiss Mehdi Taremi Wesley Sneijder Al Kharaitiyat Ilias Hassani Charles Monsalvo Valentin Lazăr Ali Faez Anouar Diba Jugurtha Hamroun Al-Khor Tiago Bezerra Wágner Willians Santana Alexander Michel Melki Aymen Trabelsi Diogo Acosta Ahmed Yasin Rebin Sulaka Al-Rayyan Lucca Gonzalo Viera Gelmin Rivas Koh Myong-jin Jony Al Sadd Baghdad Bounedjah Gabi Xavi Jung Woo-young Al-Sailiya Nadir Belhadj Maurício Ramos Rachid Tiberkanine Fahd Youssef Bilel Saidani Al Shahaniya Luciano Vázquez Jean-Paul Késsé Amangoua Álvaro Mejía Ramin Rezaeian Rebin Sulaka Nadhir Awadh Qatar SC Jugurtha Hamroun Dodô Samuel Eto'o Hussein Ali Al-Saedi Baha' Abdel-Rahman Osama Omari Umm Salal Anderson Conceição Tinga Yannick Sagbo Mahmoud Al-Mawas Mourad Satli Arnold Mvuemba Adil Rhaili
League table
Results
Positions by round
Relegation play-off
Statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Baghdad Bounedjah Al Sadd392 Youssef El-Arabi Al Duhail26 Akram Afif Al Sadd4 Rachid TiberkanineAl-Sailiya13 Abdulgadir Ilyas Bakur6 Hassan Al-Haydos Al Sadd107 Yannick Sagbo Umm Salal9 Rodrigo Tabata Al-Rayyan9 Luciano Vázquez Al Shahaniya8 Wágner Al-Khor Mehdi TaremiAl-Gharafa Vladimír Weiss Mahmoud Al-Mawas Umm Salal
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref Al Sadd Al Kharaitiyat 6–0 7 Al Sadd Al-Arabi 10–1 Al-Sailiya Al Kharaitiyat 5–0 Al Duhail Al Shahaniya 5–1 Al Sadd Al Kharaitiyat 7–1 Al Sadd Al-Gharafa 8–1 Al Sadd Al-Khor 6–2 Al Sadd Qatar SC 8–1 Al Sadd Al Ahli 7–2
Note 7 Player scored 7 goals
Team of the Year +NoPositionPlayerClub1GoalkeeperSaad Al-SheebAl Sadd2DefenderHamid IsmailAl Sadd3DefenderBoualem KhoukhiAl Sadd4DefenderBassam Al-RawiAl Duhail5DefenderAbdelkarim HassanAl Sadd6MidfielderKarim BoudiafAl Duhail7MidfielderAbdulaziz HatemAl-Gharafa8MidfielderRodrigo TabataAl-Rayyan9MidfielderHassan Al-HaydosAl Sadd10ForwardAkram AfifAl Sadd11ForwardBaghdad BounedjahAl Sadd
References
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