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53rd season of top-tier football league in Qatar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2016–17 Qatari League, also known as Qatari Stars League, is the 44th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar. The season began on 15 September 2016 and concluded on 27 April 2017.
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Season | 2016–17 |
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Champions | Lekhwiya (5th title) |
Relegated | Muaither Al-Wakrah |
AFC Champions League | Lekhwiya Al-Sadd |
Matches played | 168 |
Goals scored | 525 (3.13 per match) |
Top goalscorer | ![]() ![]() |
Biggest home win | Lekhwiya 10–0 Al-Shahaniya (21 December 2016) |
Biggest away win | Al-Rayyan 0–5 Al-Sadd (7 December 2016) |
Highest scoring | Al-Sailiya 4–6 El-Jaish (2 November 2016) Lekhwiya 10–0 Al-Shahaniya (21 December 2016) |
Longest winning run | 9 matches Lekhwiya |
Longest unbeaten run | 20 matches Lekhwiya |
Longest winless run | 18 matches Al-Shahaniya |
Longest losing run | 8 matches Muaither |
Highest attendance | 7,703 Al-Sadd 4–1 Al-Rayyan (2 April 2017) |
Average attendance | 672 |
← 2015–16 2017–18 →
All statistics correct as of 2 April 2017. |
Al-Rayyan are the defending champions having won their eighth championship and Lekhwiya won the league title.[1] Muaither and Al-Shahaniya have entered as the two promoted teams from the 2015–16 Qatargas League.
Club | City/Town | Stadium | Coach |
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Al-Ahli | Doha | Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium | ![]() |
Al-Arabi | Doha | Grand Hamad Stadium | ![]() |
Al-Gharafa | Al Rayyan | Thani bin Jassim Stadium | ![]() |
El Jaish | Doha | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium | ![]() |
Al-Kharaitiyat | Al Khor | Al-Khor SC Stadium | ![]() |
Al-Khor | Al Khor | Al-Khor SC Stadium | ![]() |
Al-Rayyan | Al Rayyan | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium | ![]() |
Al-Sadd | Doha | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium | ![]() |
Al-Sailiya | Al Rayyan | Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium | ![]() |
Al-Shahaniya | Al-Shahaniya | Grand Hamad Stadium | ![]() |
Al-Wakrah | Al Wakrah | Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium | ![]() |
Lekhwiya | Doha | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium | ![]() |
Muaither | Muaither | Thani bin Jassim Stadium | ![]() |
Umm Salal | Doha | Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium | ![]() |
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Manner of departure | Pos. | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Al-Ahli | ![]() |
11 May 2016[2] | Mutual consent | Pre-season | ![]() |
11 May 2016[3] |
Al-Shahaniya | ![]() |
11 May 2016 | ![]() |
17 June 2016[4] | ||
Al-Arabi | ![]() |
28 June 2016 | Sacked | ![]() |
28 June 2016 | |
Al-Rayyan | ![]() |
26 September 2016 | Signed by Qatar | 4th | ![]() |
3 October 2016 |
Al-Ahli | ![]() |
28 October 2016 | Sacked | 7th | ![]() |
30 October 2016 |
Al-Wakrah | ![]() |
29 November 2016 | 13th | ![]() |
30 November 2016 | |
Umm Salal | ![]() |
14 December 2016 | 7th | ![]() |
14 December 2016 | |
Al-Shahania | ![]() |
25 December 2016 | 12th | ![]() |
28 December 2016 |
^1 Luis Jiménez has Palestinian citizenship and was counted as Asian player.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Lekhwiya (C) | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 79 | 33 | +46 | 63 | 2018 AFC Champions League Group Stage |
2 | Al-Sadd | 26 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 77 | 23 | +54 | 61 | |
3 | Al-Rayyan | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 51 | Qualification to the 2018 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off |
4 | El Jaish[lower-alpha 1] | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 45 | |
5 | Al-Gharafa | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 40 | Qualification to the 2018 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off |
6 | Umm Salal | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 37 | |
7 | Al-Kharaitiyat | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 34 | |
8 | Al-Sailiya | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 45 | −13 | 31 | |
9 | Al-Arabi | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 28 | |
10 | Al-Ahli | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 27 | |
11 | Al-Khor | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 38 | −13 | 25 | |
12 | Al-Shahaniya | 26 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 22 | |
13 | Muaither (R) | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 20 | Relegation to the 2017–18 Qatargas League |
14 | Al-Wakrah (R) | 26 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 15 |
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Lekhwiya | 24 |
2 | ![]() |
Al-Sadd | 23 |
3 | ![]() |
Al-Rayyan | 20 |
4 | ![]() |
Umm Salal | 15 |
5 | ![]() |
El Jaish | 14 |
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Lekhwiya | ||
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El Jaish | ||
8 | ![]() |
Al-Wakrah | 11 |
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Al-Rayyan | ||
10 | ![]() |
Al-Arabi | 10 |
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Al-Ahli | ||
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Al-Gharafa | ||
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Al-Sadd | ||
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Al-Sadd | 11 |
2 | ![]() |
Al-Rayyan | 9 |
3 | ![]() |
Al-Sailiya | 6 |
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Al-Kharaitiyat | ||
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Umm Salal | ||
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Al-Gharafa | ||
7 | ![]() |
Lekhwiya | 5 |
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El Jaish | ||
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