The season
Al Sadd won it from the front, and nobody got close
Fourteen wins, 56 goals and a nine-match run. What the 2025-26 table says once you read past the top line.
2026-27 · Week 412 Sep 2026
Al Duhail1
Al Shahaniya1
2026-27 · Week 412 Sep 2026
Al-Arabi0
Qatar SC0
2026-27 · Week 411 Sep 2026
Al-Rayyan3
Al Ahli0
2026-27 · Week 411 Sep 2026
Al-Gharafa0
Lusail0
2026-27 · Week 410 Sep 2026
Al-Sailiya3
Al Sadd6
2026-27 · Week 410 Sep 2026
Al-Shamal1
Al-Wakrah1
Qatari club football
Twelve clubs, nine grounds, one small map
An independent reference for the Qatar Stars League: the finished season in full, who plays where, and every champion since 1963.
Week 5, next up
- 8 Oct 2026
17:45Al-Shamal v Al DuhailAl Bayt Stadium - 8 Oct 2026
20:00Al-Wakrah v Al-GharafaKhalifa International Stadium - 9 Oct 2026
17:45Qatar SC v Al-RayyanLusail Stadium - 9 Oct 2026
20:00Al Sadd v Al-ArabiJassim Bin Hamad - 10 Oct 2026
17:45Al Shahaniya v LusailKhalifa International Stadium - 10 Oct 2026
20:00Al Ahli v Al-SailiyaAl Thumama
Kick-off times are Doha time (AST, UTC+3), as the league publishes them.
The short version
The Qatar Stars League, sponsored as the Doha Bank Stars League, is the top division of club football in Qatar. Twelve clubs play each other twice, 22 rounds and 132 matches, from August to April. The bottom club drops into Qatar Stars League 2, the club above it plays a relegation play-off, and the top finishers take Qatar's places in the AFC and Gulf club competitions.
Al Sadd won 2025-26, their 19th title, more than the next two clubs put together, and have started 2026-27 by winning their first 4 matches. The league has been played since 1963 and has carried the Qatar Stars League name since 2009.
This is a reader's site, not the league's. It has no connection to Qatar Stars League Management or the Qatar Football Association, and it sells nothing. The current table and the scorers are read off the league's own pages and carry the date they were read; everything else is sourced under the table it belongs to.
Table
2026-27, as it stands
After 4 roundsThe 2026-27 season opened in August and has played 4 rounds. Al Sadd have won all of them. Umm Salal went down at the end of last season and Lusail came up in their place, so this is a different twelve from the table below.
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Sadd | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 12 |
| 2 | Al-Rayyan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 10 |
| 3 | Al-Shamal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 8 |
| 4 | Al-Arabi | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
| 5 | Al Duhail | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
| 6 | Lusail | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 |
| 7 | Al Shahaniya | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 4 |
| 8 | Al Ahli | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 |
| 9 | Al-Gharafa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 |
| 10 | Al-Wakrah | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2 |
| 11 | Qatar SC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2 |
| 12 | Al-Sailiya | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 0 |
Scorers
Leading scorers, 2026-27
| Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Akram Afif | Al Sadd | 5 |
| Roberto Firmino | Al Sadd | 4 |
| Róger Guedes | Al Rayyan | 4 |
| Claudinho | Al Sadd | 3 |
| Baghdad Bounedjah | Al Shamal | 3 |
| Rodrigo Moreno | Lusail | 3 |
| Francesco Antonucci | Al Shahania | 3 |
| Farhad Ismail | Lusail | 3 |
| Ahmed Alaaeldin | Al Rayyan | 2 |
Clubs
The twelve
2026-27Al SaddDoha · Jassim bin Hamad19 league titlesAl-RayyanAl Rayyan · Ahmad bin Ali8 league titlesAl-ShamalAl Shamal · Al-Shamal SCNo league titleAl-ArabiDoha · Grand Hamad7 league titlesAl DuhailDoha · Abdullah bin Khalifa8 league titlesLusailLusail · Lusail StadiumNo league titleAl ShahaniyaDoha · Grand HamadNo league titleAl AhliDoha · Hamad bin KhalifaNo league titleAl-GharafaDoha · Thani bin Jassim7 league titlesAl-WakrahAl Wakrah · Saoud bin Abdulrahman2 league titlesQatar SCDoha · Suheim bin Hamad8 league titlesAl-SailiyaDoha · Hamad bin KhalifaNo league title
The 2026-27 field, as the league lists it. Lusail came up from Qatar Stars League 2 in place of Umm Salal and are playing their home matches at Lusail Stadium. Titles are league titles only.
Archive
2025-26, final
FinishedThe 52nd season of the championship ran from 14 August 2025 to late April 2026. Al Sadd led it from the front: 14 wins, 56 goals, a nine-match winning run and a 26-goal cushion on goal difference by the end.
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Sadd | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 45 |
| 2 | Al-Shamal | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 40 |
| 3 | Al-Rayyan | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 38 |
| 4 | Al-Gharafa | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 36 |
| 5 | Al Duhail | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 33 |
| 6 | Qatar SC | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 32 |
| 7 | Al-Arabi | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 32 |
| 8 | Al-Wakrah | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 27 |
| 9 | Al Ahli | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 34 | 43 | −9 | 26 |
| 10 | Al-Sailiya | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 22 |
| 11 | Al Shahaniya | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 21 |
| 12 | Umm Salal | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 20 |
- Champions
- Continental qualification
- Relegation play-off
- Relegated to Qatar Stars League 2
Source: Wikipedia, 2025-26 Qatar Stars League, which cites the league's own standings.
Honours
Every champion since 1963
Eight clubs have won the championship in 60-odd seasons, and one of them has won nearly a third of them.
| Club | Titles | Winning years |
|---|---|---|
| Al Sadd | 19 | 1971-72, 1973-74, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1999-2000, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2012-13, 2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 |
| Al Duhail | 8 | 2010-11, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2019-20, 2022-23 |
| Al-Rayyan | 8 | 1975-76, 1977-78, 1981-82, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1989-90, 1994-95, 2015-16 |
| Qatar SC | 8 | 1966-67, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1972-73, 1976-77, 2002-03 |
| Al-Arabi | 7 | 1982-83, 1984-85, 1990-91, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1996-97 |
| Al-Gharafa | 7 | 1991-92, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2004-05, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 |
| Al-Maaref | 3 | 1963-64, 1964-65, 1965-66 |
| Al-Wakrah | 2 | 1998-99, 2000-01 |
Source: Wikipedia, Qatar Stars League, after RSSSF's list of champions.
Last season
2025-26, as it happened
- 14 Aug 2025. The 52nd championship season opens. Al Sadd start as holders.
- 20 Sep. Al-Arabi 1-8 Al Duhail, the heaviest result of the season and an away win.
- 8 Nov. Umm Salal 3-8 Al Sadd. Eleven goals, the highest scoring match of the season.
- 1-11 Mar 2026. The league is suspended for ten days on security grounds.
- Apr 2026. Al Sadd finish on 45 points, five clear, for a 19th title.
- 9 May. Al Shahaniya beat Al Kharaitiyat 3-0 in the play-off and stay up.
- 2026-27. Umm Salal drop to Qatar Stars League 2 and a promoted club takes their place.
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Where to start
Clubs
Nine Doha clubs, three grounds shared
A Qatari league weekend covers a much smaller map than twelve clubs suggests. Who plays where, and who has won what.
Grounds
One World Cup venue and eight club grounds
Ahmad bin Ali holds more than the other eight put together. The rest are the size Qatari clubs actually fill.