2022–23 Qatar Stars League

The 2022–23 Stars League, or the QSL, also called QNB Stars League for sponsorship reasons, is scheduled to be the 49th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar. The league will kick off in August 1, 2022 and is expected to end in March 2023. Al-Sadd are the defending champion.

Qatar Stars League

Season	2022–23
Dates	1 August 2022 – 28 April 2023
Champions	Al-Duhail
Relegated	Al-Sailiya
Matches played	132
Goals scored	369 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Michael Olunga (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Qatar SC 5–0 Al-Gharafa (11 January 2023) Al-Wakrah 5–0 Al-Sailiya (24 January 2023)
Biggest away win	Al-Shamal 0–5 Al-Sailiya (5 February 2023)
Highest scoring	Al-Markhiya 4–3 Al-Sadd (1 August 2022) Al-Wakrah 5–2 Al-Ahli (18 March 2023) Al-Arabi 4–3 Al-Ahli (13 April 2023) Al-Rayyan 3–4 Al-Duhail (18 April 2023)
Longest winning run	7 matches Al-Duhail
Longest unbeaten run	16 matches Al-Duhail
Longest winless run	11 matches Umm Salal
Longest losing run	5 matches Al-Shamal
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 29 April 2023.

This season had an extended break due to 2022 FIFA World Cup being held in Qatar.

Teams

Doha

Al-Gharafa
Umm Salal

Al-Rayyan

Al-Sadd

Al-Shamal

Al-Wakrah

Doha teams

Al-Ahli
Al-Arabi
Al-Duhail
Al-Markhiya
Al-Sailiya
Qatar SC

Locations of the 2022–23 Qatar Stars League teams

Al-Ahli
Al-Sailiya

Al-Arabi

Al-Duhail

Al-Markhiya

Qatar SC

Doha Qatar Stars League football clubs

Stadia and locations

In August and September clubs played their matches in the 2022 FIFA World Cup venues. Beside that, some clubs play in multiple stadiums throughout the season.

Club	City/Town	Stadium	Capacity
Al-Ahli	Doha	Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium	12,000
Al-Arabi	Doha	Grand Hamad Stadium	12,000
Al-Duhail	Doha	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium	10,000
Al-Gharafa	Doha	Thani bin Jassim Stadium	21,872
Al-Markhiya	Doha	various
Al-Rayyan	Doha[a]	various
Al-Sadd	Doha	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium	13,030
Al-Sailiya	Doha	Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium	12,000
Al-Shamal	Doha[b]	various
Al-Wakrah	Al Wakrah	Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium	12,000
Qatar SC	Doha	various
Umm Salal	Doha	various

Personnel and kits

Club	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli	Nebojša Jovović	Ali Qadry	Nike	Regency Group Holding
Al-Arabi	Younes Ali	Ahmed Fatehi	Puma	Doha Bank Sharq Insurance Snoonu
Al-Duhail	Hernán Crespo	Almoez Ali	Puma	Al Rayan Bank
Al-Gharafa	Pedro Martins	Qasem Burhan	Erreà	N/A
Al-Markhiya	Abdullah Mubarak	Talal Al-Shila	Joma	N/A
Al-Rayyan	Nicolás Córdova	Dame Traore	Kelme	Baladna Mall of Qatar
Al-Sadd	Juan Manuel Lillo	Hassan Al-Haydos	New Balance	Qatar Airways
Al-Sailiya	Sami Trabelsi	Majdi Siddiq	Zat Outfit	N/A
Al-Shamal	Hicham Jadrane	Baha' Faisal	Zat Outfit	N/A
Al-Wakrah	Tintín Márquez	Ahmed Fadhel	Puma	N/A
Qatar SC	Youssef Safri	Sebastián Soria	Erreà	N/A
Umm Salal	Wesam Rizik	Jonathan Kodjia	Jako	N/A

Foreign players

All teams could register as many foreign players as they want, but only five professional players could be included in match roster.

• 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.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	AFC Player	UAFA Player[1]	Former Players
Al-Ahli	Sofiane Hanni	Shojae Khalilzadeh	Nikola Vukčević	Hossein Kanaanizadegan	Yazan Al-Naimat
Al-Arabi	Aron Gunnarsson	Marc Muniesa	Rafinha	Omar Al Somah	Youssef Msakni	Aaron Boupendza Mehrdad Mohammadi
Al-Duhail	Federico Fernández	Michael Olunga	Rúben Semedo	Nam Tae-hee	Ferjani Sassi	Adlène Guédioura Edmilson Junior
Al-Gharafa	Yacine Brahimi	Ishak Belfodil	Farid Boulaya	Islom Tukhtakhujaev	Mehdi Tahrat
Al-Markhiya	Ayoub Azzi	Zé Turbo	Ayoub Assal	Jameel Al-Yahmadi	Driss Fettouhi	Jugurtha Hamroun Aymen Hussein
Al-Rayyan	Yohan Boli	Steven Nzonzi	Jeisson Vargas	Shogo Taniguchi	Sofiane Boufal	James Rodríguez Yaser Hamed
Al-Sadd	Santi Cazorla	Guilherme	Ayoub El Kaabi	Jung Woo-young	Baghdad Bounedjah	André Ayew
Al-Sailiya	Sergio Vittor	Carlos Strandberg	Mohamed Diamé	Mehrdad Mohammadi	Ismail Khafi	Bilel Saidani Giannis Fetfatzidis Mohanad Ali
Al-Shamal	Matías Nani	Ali Olwan	Loïck Landre	Amjad Attwan	Yacine Bammou
Al-Wakrah	Lucas Mendes	Gelson Dala	Trent Sainsbury	Omid Ebrahimi	Mohamed Benyettou	Adlène Guédioura
Qatar SC	Javi Martínez	Javier Pastore	Nabil Bahoui	Bashar Resan	Badr Benoun	Matheus Jussa Ben Malango Anthony Okpotu
Umm Salal	Adil Rhaili	Vinícius Araújo	Aleksa Vukanović	Yaseen Al-Bakhit	Abdellah Khafifi	Jonathan Kodjia Dries Saddiki Valentino Yuel Sardor Rashidov João Carlos Teixeira

Notes

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Duhail (C)	22	16	3	3	50	26	+24	51	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al-Arabi	22	16	1	5	43	23	+20	49	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
3	Al-Sadd[c]	22	14	2	6	46	26	+20	44	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
4	Al-Wakrah	22	11	6	5	44	24	+20	39	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
5	Qatar SC	22	11	3	8	28	30	−2	36
6	Al-Gharafa	22	9	5	8	32	38	−6	32
7	Al-Markhiya	22	7	3	12	30	37	−7	24
8	Al-Ahli	22	6	6	10	32	45	−13	24
9	Al-Rayyan	22	5	5	12	29	33	−4	20
10	Umm Salal	22	3	9	10	18	34	−16	18
11	Al-Shamal (O)	22	5	3	14	22	41	−19	18	Qualification for Relegation play-off
12	Al-Sailiya (R)	22	4	4	14	28	45	−17	16	Relegation to Qatargas League

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2023. Source: QSL, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(C) Champions; (O) Relegation play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Team is registered in Al Rayyan.
2. Team is registered in Al Shamal.
3. Qualified as 2021-22 champions.

Results

Home \ Away	AHL	ARA	DUH	GHA	MAR	RAY	SAD	SAI	SHA	WAK	QAT	UMM
Al-Ahli	—	1–2	1–1	3–3	1–0	0–4	2–1	0–4	0–1	2–2	1–3	3–1
Al-Arabi	4–3	—	0–3	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	4–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–0
Al-Duhail	2–1	3–1	—	3–0	3–1	2–1	1–3	1–1	5–2	2–4	3–0	3–1
Al-Gharafa	1–1	0–1	2–0	—	2–1	2–2	1–3	2–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–2
Al-Markhiya	2–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	—	2–3	4–3	1–3	2–1	0–4	4–0	2–3
Al-Rayyan	1–2	0–3	3–4	4–1	1–2	—	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1
Al-Sadd	3–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	—	4–0	1–2	4–2	2–0	2–0
Al-Sailiya	1–2	1–5	1–3	1–2	1–3	2–2	1–2	—	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–1
Al-Shamal	2–2	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–2	1–3	0–5	—	0–0	3–0	0–1
Al-Wakrah	5–2	1–2	0–1	0–4	0–0	1–0	2–1	5–0	5–1	—	1–2	4–0
Qatar SC	2–0	3–2	1–3	5–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–3	—	4–1
Umm Salal	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2023. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

14 May 2023 (2023-05-14)

21:30 UTC+3

Al-Shamal	2–1	Al Khor

Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 8 May 2023^[2]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Michael Olunga	Al-Duhail	22
2	Omar Al Somah	Al-Arabi	19
3	Gelson Dala	Al-Wakrah	15
4	Youssef Msakni	Al-Arabi	13
	Yohan Boli	Al-Rayyan
7	Baghdad Bounedjah	Al-Sadd	12
8	Carlos Strandberg	Al-Sailiya	11
9	Akram Afif	Al-Sadd	10
9	Driss Fettouhi	Al-Markhiya	9
	Mohamed Benyettou	Al-Wakrah
	Mehrdad Mohammadi	Al-Sailiya
12	Yazan Al-Naimat	Al-Ahli	8

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Score	Date
Ben Malango	Qatar SC	Al-Gharafa	5-0	11 January 2023
Michael Olunga4	Al–Duhail	Al-Shamal	2–5	8 May 2023

Attendances

#	Football club	Average attendance
1	Al-Gharafa SC	1,147
2	Al-Sadd SC	1,044
3	Al-Wakrah SC	980
4	Umm-Salal SC	844
5	Al-Duhail SC	794
6	Al-Rayyan SC	730
7	Al-Arabi SC	728
8	Al-Ahli SC	680
9	Qatar SC	368
10	Al-Shamal SC	354
11	Al-Sailiya SC	168
12	Al-Markhiya SC	164