2024–25 Qatar Stars League

Qatar Stars League

Season	2024–25
Dates	9 August 2024 – 18 April 2025
Matches played	62
Goals scored	214 (3.45 per match)
Top goalscorer	Baghdad Bounedjah (10 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Sadd 5–0 Al-Arabi (22 August 2024)
Biggest away win	Al Shamal SC 2–6 Al-Duhail (1 November 2024) Al Khor SC 2–5 Al-Sadd (22 November 2024)
Highest scoring	Shamal 2–6 Al-Duhail (1 November 2024) Al-Shamal 5–2 Al-Arabi (19 October 2024)
Longest winning run	5 matches Al-Duhail
Longest unbeaten run	6 matches Al-Ahli
Longest winless run	7 matches Al-Khor
Longest losing run	3 matches Al Shahaniya Al-Khor
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 23 November 2024.

The 2024–25 Qatar Stars League, or the QSL, also called Ooredoo Stars League for sponsorship reasons, is the 51st edition of top-level football championship in Qatar.

Al Sadd are the defending champions, having winning the previous season.

Teams

Doha

Al-Gharafa
Umm Salal

Al-Khor

Al-Rayyan

Al-Sadd

Al-Shamal

Al-Wakrah

Doha teams

Al-Ahli
Al-Arabi
Al-Duhail
Al Shahaniya
Qatar SC

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Locations of the 2024–25 Qatar Stars League teams

Al-Ahli

Al-Arabi

Al-Duhail

Al Shahaniya

Qatar SC

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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-Khor	Al-Khor	Al-Khor SC Stadium	11,015
Al-Rayyan	Al Rayyan	Ahmad bin Ali Stadium	47,343
Al-Sadd	Doha	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium	13,030
Al-Shahaniya	Doha	Grand Hamad Stadium	13,000
Al-Shamal	Al Shamal	Al-Shamal SC Stadium	5,000
Al-Wakrah	Al Wakrah	Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium	12,000
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	Igor Bišćan	Yazan Naim	Adidas	Regency Group Holding
Al-Arabi	Anthony Hudson	Abdullah Marafee	Adidas	Doha Bank Sharq Insurance Snoonu
Al-Duhail	Christophe Galtier	Almoez Ali	Puma	Al Rayan Bank
Al-Gharafa	Pedro Martins	Yacine Brahimi	Kelme	N/A
Al-Khor	Abdullah Mubarak	Nayef Mubarak	N/A	N/A
Al-Rayyan	Younes Ali	Abdulaziz Hatem	Nike	Baladna Mall of Qatar
Al-Sadd	Félix Sánchez	Hassan Al-Haydos	New Balance	Qatar Airways
Al-Shamal	Nuno Almeida	Matías Nani	Zat Outfit	N/A
Al-Wakrah	Miguel Ángel Ramírez	Ahmed Fadhel	Puma	N/A
Al-Shahaniya	Álvaro Mejía	Mustafa Jalal	N/A	N/A
Qatar SC	Youssef Safri	TBA	Erreà	N/A
Umm Salal	Patrice Carteron	TBA	Puma	N/A

Foreign players

Clubs can only register a total of seven foreigners over the course of the season, provided that two of them do not exceed the age of 23 (born in 2001 and under).

• 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	U23 player 1	U23 player 2	Palestinian players	Unregistered players	Former players
Al-Ahli	Matej Mitrović	Julian Draxler	Idrissa Doumbia	Driss Fettouhi	Erik Expósito	Robin Tihi	Sekou Yansané
Al-Arabi	Marco Verratti	Yazan Al-Naimat	Abdou Diallo	Rodri	Youssef Msakni	Isaac Lihadji	Simo Keddari	Alaa Aldeen Hassan	Omar Al Somah
Al-Duhail	Lucas Veríssimo	Benjamin Bourigeaud	Ibrahima Diallo	Michael Olunga	Luis Alberto	Bautista Burke	Ibrahima Bamba
Al-Gharafa	Yacine Brahimi	Florinel Coman	Jang Hyun-soo	Joselu	Ferjani Sassi	Seydou Sano	Fabricio Díaz	Jamal Hamed	Matías Nani Aron Gunnarsson Rodrigo Sergio Rico Wajdi Kechrida
Al-Khor	Sofiane Hanni	Aymen Hussein	Yohan Boli	Adil Rhaili	Rúben Semedo	Ahmed Kone	Abdallah Nouri
Al-Rayyan	Julien De Sart	Róger Guedes	Trézéguet	Achraf Bencharki	David García	Gabriel Pereira	André Amaro	Ameed Mahajna Mohammed Saleh	Paulo Victor Thiago Mendes Joshua Brenet Francisco Ginella
Al-Sadd	Paulo Otávio	Mateus Uribe	Mohamed Camara	Cristo	Rafa Mújica	Abdessamed Bounacer	Giovani		Adam Ounas Youcef Atal Guilherme Romain Saïss
Al-Shahaniya	Francesco Antonucci	Pelle van Amersfoort	Sven van Beek	Alhassan Koroma	Marc Muniesa	Jaime Pombo Rubio	Mohammed Ibrahim
Al-Shamal	Baghdad Bounedjah	Omid Ebrahimi	Younès Belhanda	Pape Abou Cissé	Naïm Sliti	Mohamed Rafik Omar	Younes El Hannach		Jeison Murillo
Al-Wakrah	Gelson Dala	Ricardo Gomes	Alexander Scholz	Hamdy Fathy	Aïssa Laïdouni	Ayoub Assal	Omar Salah		Farid Boulaya
Qatar SC	Carlinhos	Ben Malango	Ahmed Abdel Kader	Badr Benoun	Javi Martínez	Raoul Danzabe	Mohamed Taabouni	Ataa Jaber	Ali Saoudi
Umm Salal	Victor Lekhal	Antonio Mance	Kenji Gorré	Marouane Louadni	Oussama Tannane	Naïm Laidouni	Landing Badji

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Duhail	11	8	1	2	28	9	+19	25	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite League stage
2	Al Sadd	11	7	1	3	33	20	+13	22	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite play-off round
3	Al-Ahli	11	6	4	1	22	14	+8	22	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage
4	Al-Gharafa	11	6	3	2	22	14	+8	21
5	Al-Shamal	11	5	1	5	21	22	−1	16
6	Umm Salal	11	4	2	5	17	20	−3	14
7	Al-Wakrah	11	4	2	5	14	17	−3	14
8	Al-Rayyan	11	4	1	6	17	21	−4	13
9	Al Shahaniya	11	3	2	6	16	21	−5	11
10	Al-Arabi	11	2	4	5	14	23	−9	10
11	Qatar SC	11	3	1	7	13	28	−15	10	Qualification for Relegation play-off
12	Al-Khor	11	1	4	6	10	18	−8	7	Relegation to Qatargas League

Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2024. Source: QSL, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

Results

Home \ Away	AHL	ARA	DUH	GHA	KHO	RAY	SAD	SHH	SHA	WAK	QAT	UMM
Al-Ahli	—	3–3	0–1	1–0	2–1		2–2	2–1		10 Jan
Al-Arabi		—	0–5		1–1	2–1		10 Jan		1–1	4–1	0–3
Al-Duhail			—	1–1	1–2	4–0	5–1				10 Jan	1–0
Al-Gharafa	22 Jan	3–1		—	10 Jan	2–1			1–1	3–1		3–1
Al-Khor				0–0	—	1–2	2–5	0–0	1–2		1–2
Al-Rayyan	2–2		22 Jan			—		4–2	1–2	0–2		3–1
Al Sadd		5–0		4–2		2–1	—	4–2	10 Jan		22 Jan	1–3
Al Shahaniya		0–0	2–1	2–4	22 Jan			—	2–0	0–1
Al-Shamal	2–4	5–2	2–6				2–1		—		0–1	22 Jan
Al-Wakrah	2–2	22 Jan	0–2		3–1		0–3		0–3	—		3–0
Qatar SC	0–1		1–6	1–3		1–2	1–5	1–3		2–1	—
Umm Salal	0–3				0–0	10 Jan		4–2	3–2		2–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2024. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 8 December 2024 (Flashscore)

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Baghdad Bounedjah	Al-Shamal	11
2	Akram Afif	Al-Sadd	8
	Michael Olunga	Al-Duhail
	Róger Guedes	Al-Rayyan
	Rafa Mújica	Al-Sadd
6	Antonio Mance	Umm Salal	7
	Pelle van Amersfoort	Al-Shahaniya
8	Julian Draxler	Al-Ahli	6
	Edmilson Junior	Al-Duhail
	Ricardo Gomes	Al-Wakrah

External links

• 2024–25 Qatar Stars League at Soccerway