2017–18 Qatar Stars League
# 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 (AFC).

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | AFC Player | Former Player |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Al-Ahli | Simão Mate Junior | Hamza Younés | Yassine Chikhaoui | Hadi Al Masri | Cristian Nazarit Kim Gwi-hyeon |
| Al-Arabi | Diego Jardel | Ivan Fuštar | Kwame Karikari | Saad Natiq | 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 | Vladimír Weiss Luis Jiménez |
| Al Khairitiyat | Josue Mohy | Anouar Diba | Rachid Tiberkanine | Sanzhar Tursunov | |
| Al-Khor | Luciano Castán | Madson | Ariel Ngueukam | Soroush Rafiei | David da Silva Julien Ebah |
| Al Markhiya | Eric | Léo Mineiro | Tijan Jaiteh | Rebin Sulaka | Kwame Karikari Alain Traoré |
| Al-Rayyan | Abderrazak Hamdallah | Mohsine Moutouali | Gonzalo Viera | Koh Myong-jin | Yohan Mollo |
| Al-Sadd | Baghdad Bounedjah | Jugurtha Hamroun | Xavi | Morteza Pouraliganji | |
| Al-Sailiya | Nadir Belhadj | Dragoș Grigore | Valentin Lazăr | Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov | |
| Qatar SC | Bruno Gallo | Patrick Fabiano | Luis Jiménez | Osama Omari | Mohammad Tayyebi Sajjad Shahbazzadeh Habib Habibou Michael Babatunde |
| Umm Salal | Yannick Sagbo | Adil Rhaili | Oussama Darragi | Mahmoud Al-Mawas | Youssef Sekour |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Al-Duhail SC | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 27 | +59 | 60 | Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Sadd | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 68 | 25 | +43 | 49 | Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Rayyan | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 43 | Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Al-Gharafa | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 35 | Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Umm Salal | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 33 | |
| 6 | Al-Sailiya | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 28 | |
| 7 | Al-Arabi | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 24 | |
| 8 | Qatar SC | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 24 | |
| 9 | Al-Khor | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 22 | |
| 10 | Al-Ahli | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 43 | −19 | 22 | |
| 11 | Al-Kharaitiyat | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 62 | −33 | 16 | Relegation to 2018–19 Qatargas League |
| 12 | Al Markhiya | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 42 | −23 | 13 | Relegation to 2018–19 Qatargas League |

## Statistics

### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Youssef El-Arabi | Al-Duhail | 24 |
| 2 | Youssef Msakni | Al-Duhail | 24 |
| 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 |

## Team of the Year

| No | Position | Player | Club |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Goalkeeper | Saad Al Sheeb | Al-Sadd |
| 2 | Defender | Hamid Ismail | Al-Sadd |
| 3 | Defender | Abdelkarim Hassan | Al-Sadd |
| 4 | Defender | Pedro Miguel | Al-Sadd |
| 5 | Defender | Lucas Mendes | Al-Duhail |
| 6 | Midfielder | Karim Boudiaf | Al-Duhail SC |
| 7 | Midfielder | Ahmed Abdul Maqsoud | Al-Rayyan |
| 8 | Midfielder | Xavi | Al-Sadd |
| 9 | Midfielder | Hassan Al-Haidos | Al-Sadd |
| 10 | Forward | Youssef Msakni | Al-Duhail SC |
| 11 | Forward | Baghdad Bounedjah | Al-Sadd |
