2023–24 Qatar Stars League

The 2023–24 Qatar Stars League, or the QSL, also called Expo Stars League for sponsorship reasons, was the 50th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar.

Qatar Stars League

Season	2023–24
Champions	Al Sadd (17th title)
Relegated	Al-Markhiya Muaither
Champions League Elite	Al Sadd Al-Rayyan Al-Gharafa
Champions League Two	Al-Wakrah
AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League	Al-Arabi
Matches played	132
Goals scored	482 (3.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	Akram Afif (26 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Rayyan 6–0 Al-Markhiya (20 December 2023) Al Sadd 6–0 Umm Salal (21 December 2023)
Biggest away win	Al Ahli 1–9 Al Sadd (17 April 2024)
Highest scoring	Al Ahli 1–9 Al Sadd (17 April 2024)
Longest winning run	7 matches Al Sadd
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches Al Sadd
Longest winless run	9 matches Al-Duhail Muaither
Longest losing run	5 matches Al-Markhiya
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 28 April 2024.

Al-Duhail were the defending champions.^[1]

Teams

Doha

Al-Gharafa
Muaither
Umm Salal

Al-Rayyan

Al Sadd

Al-Shamal

Al-Wakrah

Doha teams

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

Locations of the 2022–23 Qatar Stars League teams

Al Ahli

Al-Arabi

Al-Duhail

Al-Markhiya

Qatar SC

Doha Qatar Stars League football clubs

Stadia and locations

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	Al-Markhiya Stadium	200
Al-Rayyan	Al Rayyan	Ahmad bin Ali Stadium	47,343
Al Sadd	Doha	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium	13,030
Al-Shamal	Al Shamal	Al-Shamal SC Stadium	5,000
Al-Wakrah	Al Wakrah	Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium	12,000
Muaither	Doha	Thani bin Jassim Stadium	21,872
Qatar SC	Doha	Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium	12,000
Umm Salal	Doha	Thani bin Jassim Stadium	21,872

Personnel and kits

Club	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Al Ahli	Pepa	Yazan Naim	Adidas	Regency Group Holding
Al-Arabi	Younes Ali	Abdullah Marafee	Adidas	Doha Bank Sharq Insurance Snoonu
Al-Duhail	Christophe Galtier	Almoez Ali	Puma	Al Rayan Bank
Al-Gharafa	Pedro Martins	Yacine Brahimi	Erreà	N/A
Al-Markhiya	Madjid Bougherra	Talal Al-Shila	Joma	N/A
Al-Rayyan	Leonardo Jardim	Abdulaziz Hatem	Nike	Baladna Mall of Qatar
Al Sadd	Wesam Rizik	Hassan Al-Haydos	New Balance	Qatar Airways
Al-Shamal	Poya Asbaghi	Matías Nani	Zat Outfit	N/A
Al-Wakrah	José Murcia	Ahmed Fadhel	Puma	N/A
Muaither	Jorge da Silva	Saif Al-Mohannadi	Jako	N/A
Qatar SC	Hélio Sousa	Bashar Resan	Erreà	N/A
Umm Salal	Patrice Carteron	Andy Delort	Puma	N/A

Foreign players

Clubs can register a total of seven foreign players over the course of the season, provided that two of them do not exceed the age of 23 (born in 2000 and under).^[2]

• 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	Player 4	Player 5	U21 players 1	U21 players 2	Palestinian players	Unregistered players	Former players
Al Ahli	Julian Draxler	Idrissa Doumbia	Yazan Al-Naimat	Naïm Sliti	Ramón Arias	Robin Tihi	Sekou Yansané			Sofiane Hanni Danilo Arboleda
Al-Arabi	Rafinha	Marco Verratti	Abdou Diallo	Omar Al Somah	Youssef Msakni	Mohamed Taabouni	Simo Keddari	Alaa Aldeen Hassan
Al-Duhail	Lucas Veríssimo	Philippe Coutinho	Ibrahima Diallo	Michael Olunga	Kim Moon-hwan	Isaac Lihadji	Ibrahima Bamba		Edmilson Junior Abdel Al Badaoui	Rúben Semedo
Al-Gharafa	Farid Boulaya	Yacine Brahimi	Lyanco	Jang Hyun-soo	Ferjani Sassi	Seydou Sano	Fabricio Díaz			Yohan Boli
Al-Markhiya	Naby Sarr	Yusupha Njie	Bashar Resan	Driss Fettouhi	Rúben Semedo	Abdelghani Lallam	Naoufal Bannis			João Teixeira Rochinha
Al-Rayyan	Róger Guedes	Thiago Mendes	Shogo Taniguchi	Achraf Bencharki	Rodrigo	Gabriel Pereira	André Amaro	Ameed Mahajna	Sofiane Boufal
Al-Sadd	Baghdad Bounedjah	Guilherme	Paulo Otávio	Mateus Uribe	Gonzalo Plata	Amin Hazbavi	Ilyes Housni		Giovani
Al-Shamal	Matías Nani	Ricardo Gomes	Jeison Murillo	Omid Ebrahimi	Younès Belhanda	Mohamed Rafik Omar	Younes El Hannach			Ali Olwan
Al-Wakrah	Mohamed Benyettou	Gelson Dala	Trent Sainsbury	Hamdy Fathy	Adam Maher	Ayoub Assal	Omar Salah			Lucas Mendes
Muaither	Hugo Gomes	Tiago Leonço	Yazan Al-Arab	Ayman El Hassouni	Denis Alibec	Fouad Hanfoug	Nassim Benaissa	Jamal Hamed	Abdoulaye Bakayoko	Guy Mbenza Mamadou Traoré Ramón Arias
Qatar SC	Bruno Tabata	Ben Malango	Yohan Boli	Badr Benoun	Javi Martínez	Raoul Danzabe	Ali Saoudi			Bashar Resan
Umm Salal	Victor Lekhal	Lucas João	Kenji Gorré	Marouane Louadni	Oussama Tannane	Naïm Laidouni	Landing Badji			Andy Delort

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Sadd (C)	22	15	4	3	65	21	+44	49	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite League stage
2	Al-Rayyan	22	15	2	5	50	26	+24	47
3	Al-Gharafa	22	13	5	4	53	36	+17	44	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite play-off round
4	Al-Wakrah	22	11	5	6	40	30	+10	38	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage
5	Al-Arabi	22	7	8	7	42	38	+4	29	Qualification for the AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League group stage
6	Al-Duhail	22	8	4	10	42	45	−3	28
7	Umm Salal	22	7	7	8	32	37	−5	28
8	Qatar SC	22	7	4	11	39	47	−8	25
9	Al-Shamal	22	6	7	9	28	37	−9	25
10	Al-Ahli	22	7	2	13	37	58	−21	23
11	Al-Markhiya (R)	22	5	3	14	20	50	−30	18	Qualification for Relegation play-off
12	Muaither (R)	22	3	5	14	34	57	−23	14	Relegation to Qatargas League

Source: QSL, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AHL	ARA	DUH	GHA	MAR	RAY	SAD	SHA	WAK	MUA	QAT	UMM
Al-Ahli	—	1–1	1–2	1–4	1–4	0–4	1–9	1–2	1–0	4–2	2–4	1–2
Al-Arabi	2–3	—	3–3	0–1	1–2	2–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	4–3	1–0	1–1
Al-Duhail	3–5	2–2	—	1–4	0–0	3–2	3–1	3–1	2–3	4–1	1–1	0–1
Al-Gharafa	1–2	5–4	3–2	—	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	5–2	2–1	1–1
Al-Markhiya	0–2	0–4	1–2	3–2	—	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–3	0–2	1–2	1–1
Al-Rayyan	4–1	1–0	2–0	3–4	6–0	—	4–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–2
Al-Sadd	4–2	0–1	3–1	4–0	5–0	4–0	—	4–0	0–0	4–2	3–0	6–0
Al-Shamal	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	3–4	0–4	—	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–3
Al-Wakrah	3–2	2–4	2–1	2–4	1–2	3–2	0–0	2–2	—	3–0	1–0	2–1
Muaither	1–1	2–2	2–5	0–2	5–2	0–0	0–2	2–2	2–4	—	3–5	1–3
Qatar SC	1–3	3–4	4–2	4–4	4–0	0–3	1–3	0–2	1–5	3–2	—	1–1
Umm Salal	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	3–4	0–2	1–2	2–2	—

Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-off

5 May 2024 (2024-05-05)

21:30 UTC+3

Al-Markhiya	1–3	Al Shahaniya

Al Thumama Stadium

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 28 April 2024 (Flashscore)

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Akram Afif	Al-Sadd	26
2	Yacine Brahimi	Al-Gharafa	21
3	Róger Guedes	Al-Rayyan	19
4	Omar Al Somah	Al-Arabi	17
5	Mohamed Benyettou	Al-Wakrah	16
6	Michael Olunga	Al-Duhail	15
7	Yohan Boli	Qatar SC	13
8	Ricardo Gomes	Al-Shamal	12
9	Naim Sliti	Al-Ahli	10
	Achraf Bencharki	Al-Rayyan

Team of the Year

No	Position	Nat.	Player	Club	Ref.
1	Goalkeeper		Meshaal Barsham	Al-Sadd	[3]
2	Defender		Paulo Otávio	Al-Sadd
3	Defender		Lucas Mendes	Al-Wakrah
4	Defender		Lyanco	Al-Gharafa
5	Defender		Bassam Al-Rawi	Al-Sadd
6	Midfielder		Hamdy Fathy	Al-Wakrah
7	Midfielder		Ferjani Sassi	Al-Gharafa
8	Midfielder		Marco Verratti	Al-Arabi
9	Forward		Yacine Brahimi	Al-Gharafa
10	Forward		Róger Guedes	Al-Rayyan
11	Forward		Akram Afif	Al-Sadd