2017–18 Qatar Stars League
The 2017–18 Qatari League, also known as Qatar Stars League, is the 45th edition of top level football championship in Qatar.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Club | City/Town | Stadium | Coach |
Al-Ahli | Doha | Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium | George Jorge |
Al-Arabi | Doha | Grand Hamad Stadium | Luka Bonačić |
Al-Duhail | Doha | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium | Djamel Belmadi |
Al-Gharafa | Doha | Thani bin Jassim Stadium | Bülent Uygun |
Al-Kharaitiyat | Al Khor | Al-Khor SC Stadium | Yassir Al Sobaie |
Al-Khor | Al Khor | Al-Khor SC Stadium | Nacif Beyaoui |
Al Markhiya | Al Wakrah | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium | Adel Sellimi |
Al-Rayyan | Al-Rayyan | Ahmed bin Ali Stadium | Michael Laudrup |
Al-Sadd | Doha | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium | Jesualdo Ferreira |
Al-Sailiya | Doha | Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium | Sami Trabelsi |
Qatar SC | Doha | Sheikh Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani | Gabriel Calderón |
Umm Salal | Doha | Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium | Talal El Karkouri |
Foreign players
The total number of foreign players is restricted to nine per club. Clubs can register up to four professional foreign players, of which a maximum of three are allowed from nations outside the Asian Football Confederation.Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | AFC Player | Yemen Player | Former Player |
Al-Ahli | Simao Mate Junior | Hamza Younés | Yassine Chikhaoui | Hadi Al Masri | Mohammed Fuad Omar | Cristian Nazarit Kim Gwi-hyeon |
Al-Arabi | Diego Jardel | Ivan Fustar | Kwame Karikari | Saad Natiq | Mudir Al-Radaei | Mardik Mardikian Ammar Jemal |
Al-Duhail | Lucas Mendes | Youssef El-Arabi | Youssef Msakni | Nam Tae-hee | ||
Al-Gharafa | Wesley Sneijder | Diogo Amado | Rubert Quijada | Mehdi Taremi | Vladimir Weiss Luis Jimenez | |
Al Khairitiyat | Josue Mohy | Anouar Diba | Rachid Tiberkanine | Sanzhar Tursunov | Ahmed Al-Haifi | |
Al-Khor | Luciano Castan | Madson Formagini | Ariel Ngueukam | Soroush Rafiei | David da Silva Julien Ebah | |
Al Markhiya | Eric Pereira | Léo Mineiro | Tijan Jaiteh | Rebin Sulaka | Ammar Hamsan | Kwame Karikari Alain Traoré |
Al-Rayyan | Abderrazak Hamdallah | Mouhcine Moutouali | Gonzalo Viera | Koh Myong-jin | Yohan Mollo | |
Al-Sadd | Baghdad Bounedjah | Jugurtha Hamroun | Xavi Hernandez | Morteza Pouraliganji | ||
Al-Sailiya | Nadir Belhadj | Dragos Grigore | Valentin Lazar | Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov | Alaa Al-Sasi | |
Qatar SC | Bruno Gallo | Patrick Fabiano | Osama Omari | Luis Jimenez | Mohammad Tayyebi Sajjad Shahbazzadeh Habib Habibou Michael Babatunde | |
Umm Salal | Yannick Sagbo | Adil Rhaili | Oussama Darragi | Mahmoud Al-Mawas | Mohammed Ba Rowis | Youssef Sekour |
League table
Statistics
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
1 | Youssef El-Arabi | Al-Duhail | 26 |
2 | Youssef Msakni | Al-Duhail | 25 |
3 | Abderrazak Hamdallah | Al-Rayyan | 18 |
4 | Baghdad Bounedjah | Al-Sadd | 16 |
5 | Rodrigo Tabata | Al-Rayyan | 15 |
6 | Rachid Tiberkanine | Al Kharaitiyat | 13 |
7 | Wagner Ribeiro | Al-Rayyan | 12 |
7 | Nam Tae-hee | Al Duhail | 12 |
7 | Jugurtha Hamroun | Umm Salal | 12 |
10 | Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov | Al-Sailiya | 10 |
10 | Madson | Al-Duhail | 10 |
10 | Yannick Sagbo | Al-Sailiya | 10 |
10 | Andres Quintana | Al Rayyan | 10 |
14 | Wesley Sneijder | Al-Gharafa | 9 |