The 2019–20 Qatari League, also known as the Qatar Stars League or QNB Stars League for sponsorship reasons, was the 47th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar. Al Sadd were the defending champions.
The league was halted on 16 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar, then later resumed on 24 July 2020.
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-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 Al-Wakrah Al Wakrah Al-Wakrah Stadium Qatar SC Doha Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani Umm Salal Doha Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium
Personnel and kits Club Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Al Ahli Nebojša Jovović Nabil El Zhar Jako Regency Group Holding Al-Arabi Heimir Hallgrímsson Ahmed Fatehi Puma N/A Al Duhail Walid Regragui Karim Boudiaf Puma Mashraf Al Rayan Al-Gharafa Slaviša Jokanović Qasem Burhan Erreà N/A Al-Khor Omar Najhi Naif Mubarak Macron N/A Al-Rayyan Diego Aguirre Rodrigo Tabata Nike QIC Al Sadd Xavi Gabi Puma Qatar Airways Al-Sailiya Sami Trabelsi Majdi Siddiq Adidas UCC HoldingQatar Islamic Bank Al Shahaniya Nabil Anwar Álvaro Mejía Adidas N/A Al-Wakrah Tintín Márquez Bruno Uvini Jako N/A Qatar SC Wesam Rizik Álex Gálvez Puma N/A Umm Salal Aziz Ben Askar Mahmoud Al-Mawas Jako N/A
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentQatar SC Carlos AlósSacked23 September 201911th Wesam RizikUmm Salal Raúl CanedaSacked24 October 201911th Aziz Ben AskarAl Ahli Rubén de la BarreraSacked1 December 20197th Nebojša JovovićAl Duhail Rui FariaResigned20 January 20201st Walid Regragui Al Shahaniya José MurciaSacked9 June 2020 12th Nabil Anwar
Foreign players
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3AFC playerUAFA playerFormer players Al Ahli Nabil El Zhar Hernán Pérez Mohamed Diamé Shane Lowry Ahmed Akaïchi Abel Hernández Al-Arabi Pierre-Michel Lasogga Aron Gunnarsson Marc Muniesa Morteza Pouraliganji Hamdi Harbaoui Birkir Bjarnason Al Duhail Edmilson Junior Medhi Benatia Han Kwang-song Youssef Msakni Mario Mandžukić Mohanad Ali Al-Gharafa Adlène Guedioura Jonathan Kodjia Héctor Moreno Koo Ja-cheol Sofiane Hanni Vladimír Weiss Al-Khor Lucca Tiago Bezerra Ibrahim Amada Alexander Michel Melki Ahmed Hammoudan Wágner Al-Rayyan Gabriel Mercado Franck Kom Yohan Boli Lee Jae-ik Yacine Brahimi Al Sadd Jung Woo-young Nam Tae-hee Baghdad Bounedjah Marco Fabián Gabi Al-Sailiya Nadir Belhadj Kara Mbodji Karim Ansarifard Mohammad Abu Zrayq Mbark Boussoufa Bilel Saidani Al Shahaniya Jean-Paul Késsé Amangoua Nigel de Jong Álvaro Mejía Ramin Rezaeian Jameel Al-Yahmadi Abdelaziz Barrada Ahmed Akaïchi Al-Wakrah Lucas Mendes Ousmane Coulibaly Cristian Ceballos Isaías Mohamed Benyettou Bruno Uvini Iliass Bel Hassani Qatar SC Kayke Abdenasser El Khayati Álex Gálvez Sardor Rashidov Mehdi Berrahma Junior Kabananga Umm Salal Ayoub Azzi Raúl Becerra Enes Sipović Mahmoud Al-Mawas Walid Mesloub João Victor Magno Cruz Yannick Sagbo Adil Rhaili Víctor Vázquez
Isaías has Australian citizenship and was counted as Asian player.
League table
Results
Positions by round
Relegation play-off
Statistics
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Yacine BrahimiAl-Rayyan15 Akram AfifAl Sadd3 Baghdad BounedjahAl Sadd13 Ramin RezaeianAl Shahaniya5 Mohamed BenyettouAl-Wakrah11 Sofiane HanniAl-Gharafa7 Hamdi HarbaouiAl-Arabi108 Tiago BezerraAl-Khor9 Ahmed AlaaeldinAl-Gharafa10 Hassan Al-HaydosAl Sadd8 Mohammed MuntariAl Duhail
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref Al Sadd Al Shahaniya 7–1 Al SaddAl-Gharafa5–1 Al-Rayyan Umm Salal 4–0 Al-GharafaAl-Rayyan4–2 Al SaddAl-Sailiya3–0
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Fahad YounesAl-Rayyan132 Amine LecomteAl Duhail (4) Al-Sailiya (3)7 Jassem AdelQatar SC4 Qasem BurhanAl-Gharafa65 Khalifa AbabacarAl-Sailiya5 Mohammed Al-BakriAl Shahaniya (1) Al Duhail (4) Saoud Al KhaterAl-Wakrah8 IvanildoAl Ahli4 Mahmud AbunadaAl-Arabi10 Saad Al-SheebAl Sadd311 Baba MalickUmm Salal2 Ebrahim DaryoushAl Shahaniya Papa DjibrilAl-Khor14 Grégory GomisAl-Arabi1 Meshaal BarshamAl Sadd Moatasem BostamiQatar SC Rajab HamzaAl-Khor Salah ZakariaAl-Gharafa Hassan Idriss DickoAl-Wakrah
Team of the Year +NoPositionNat.PlayerClubRef.1GoalkeeperFahad YounesAl-Rayyan2DefenderRó-RóAl Sadd3DefenderBoualem KhoukhiAl Sadd4DefenderAhmed YasserAl Duhail5DefenderAbdelkarim HassanAl Sadd6MidfielderKarim BoudiafAl Duhail7MidfielderFranck KomAl-Rayyan8MidfielderAbdulaziz HatemAl-Rayyan9MidfielderYacine BrahimiAl-Rayyan10ForwardAkram AfifAl Sadd11ForwardBaghdad BounedjahAl Sadd
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