2026-27 · Week 96 Nov 2026
Al-Arabi2
Al Ahli2
2026-27 · Week 96 Nov 2026
Al-Wakrah0
Al Shahaniya3
2026-27 · Week 97 Nov 2026
Al-Shamal5
Al-Sailiya0
2026-27 · Week 97 Nov 2026
Al-Gharafa1
Al Duhail2
2026-27 · Week 98 Nov 2026
Lusail3
Qatar SC2
2026-27 · Week 98 Nov 2026
Al Sadd3
Al-Rayyan4
Week 9 report
Al-Rayyan go top
Week 9 produced 27 goals in six matches. The widest margin was Al-Shamal's 5-0 win over Al-Sailiya.
Week 10, next up
- 19 Nov 2026
16:00Al Ahli v Al-ShamalAl Thumama - 19 Nov 2026
18:30Al-Gharafa v Al-ArabiThani Bin Jassim - 20 Nov 2026
16:00Al Sadd v LusailJassim Bin Hamad - 20 Nov 2026
18:30Al Duhail v Qatar SCAbdullah Bin Khalifa - 21 Nov 2026
16:00Al-Wakrah v Al-SailiyaSaoud Bin Abdulrahman - 21 Nov 2026
18:30Al Shahaniya v Al-RayyanSuhaim Bin Hamad
Kick-off times are Doha time (AST, UTC+3), as the league publishes them.
Latest
Reports
2026-27
Week 9 · Al-Arabi 2-2 Al Ahli
Erik Exposito scores twice in two minutes to erase two-goal deficit
Erik Exposito spared Al Ahli defeat at Al Thumama, scoring twice in two minutes after the interval to cancel out the two-goal lead Al Arabi had built before the break.
Week 9 · Al-Wakrah 0-3 Al Shahaniya
Abdoulaye Traore scores twice as the visitors win 3-0
Abdoulaye Traore scored in stoppage time at the end of each half as Al Shahania won 3-0 at Al Wakrah on Friday.
Week 9 · Al-Shamal 5-0 Al-Sailiya
Five different scorers share the goals at Abdullah Bin Khalifa
Al Shamal had the match settled by the 65th minute at Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium on Saturday, with five different players scoring against Al Sailiya.
Week 9 · Al-Gharafa 1-2 Al Duhail
Soumare's 63rd-minute winner puts the visitors back on top
Al Duhail came from a goal down to beat Al Gharafa 2-1 at Thani Bin Jassim on Saturday, and Boubakary Soumare decided it in the 63rd minute.
Week 9 · Lusail 3-2 Qatar SC
Firouzi's goal four minutes from time settles a five-goal match
Hamidreza Firouzi scored in the 86th minute to give Lusail a 3-2 win over Qatar SC at Al Khor Stadium on Sunday.
Week 9 · Al Sadd 3-4 Al-Rayyan
Ahmed Alaaeldin scores twice as early burst sends the visitors top
Al Rayyan had the match more or less won within 28 minutes.
Week 8 · Al Shahaniya 1-2 Al Ahli
Fettouhi scores two minutes after Traore levelled at Al Khor
Driss Fettouhi won it for Al Ahli at Al Khor Stadium on Friday, two minutes after Al Shahania had drawn level.
Week 8 · Al-Gharafa 2-0 Qatar SC
Two late goals from Yacine Brahimi lift his side to nine points
Yacine Brahimi decided a tight game at Thani Bin Jassim on Friday.
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 after 9 rounds of 2026-27 sit behind Al-Rayyan. 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.
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Where to start
- The seasonAl 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.
- ClubsNine 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.
- GroundsOne 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.
- HonoursEvery champion since 1963, and the cup that opens the season
Eight clubs have won the league; one of them nearly a third of the time. The Sheikh Jassim Cup is where each season starts.
Table
2026-27, as it stands
After 9 roundsThe 2026-27 season opened in August and has played 9 rounds. Al-Rayyan lead on goal difference. 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-Rayyan | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 21 |
| 2 | Al Duhail | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 21 |
| 3 | Al Sadd | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 18 |
| 4 | Al-Arabi | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 14 |
| 5 | Lusail | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 12 |
| 6 | Al-Shamal | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 12 |
| 7 | Al Ahli | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 12 |
| 8 | Al-Wakrah | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 11 |
| 9 | Al Shahaniya | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 10 |
| 10 | Al-Gharafa | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 9 |
| 11 | Qatar SC | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 6 |
| 12 | Al-Sailiya | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 33 | −24 | 1 |
Scorers
Leading scorers, 2026-27
| Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Akram Afif | Al Sadd | 9 |
| Roberto Firmino | 8 | 3 |
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.