The 2020–21 Qatari League, also known as Qatar Stars League or QNB Stars League for sponsorship reasons, was the 48th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar. Al Duhail were the defending champions.
Al Sadd won the league title for a record 15th time, without suffering a defeat during the entire campaign.
Teams
Stadia and locations Club City/Town Stadium Al Ahli Doha Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Al-Arabi Doha Grand Hamad Stadium Al Duhail Doha Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Al-Gharafa Doha Thani bin Jassim Stadium Al Kharaitiyat Umm Salal Al-Khor SC Stadium Al-Khor Al Khor Al-Khor SC Stadium Al-Rayyan Al Rayyan Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Al Sadd Doha Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Al-Sailiya Doha Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Al-Wakrah Al Wakrah Al-Wakrah Stadium Qatar SC Doha Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani Stadium Umm Salal Doha Suheim bin Hamad Stadium
Personnel and kits Club Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Al Ahli Nebojša Jovović Omid Ebrahimi Puma Regency Group Holding Al-Arabi Heimir Hallgrímsson Ahmed Fathy Puma N/A Al Duhail Sabri Lamouchi Almoez Ali Puma Al Rayan Bank Al-Gharafa Slaviša Jokanović Qasem Burhan Puma N/A Al Kharaitiyat Wesam Rizik Pejman Montazeri JomaN/A Al-Khor Winfried Schäfer Helal Mohammed Adidas N/A Al-Rayyan Laurent Blanc Yacine Brahimi Nike QIC Al Sadd Xavi Hassan Al-Haydos Puma Qatar Airways Al-Sailiya Sami Trabelsi Majdi Siddiq Umbro UCC HoldingQatar Islamic Bank Al-Wakrah Tintín Márquez Isaías Umbro N/A Qatar SC Younes Ali Álex Gálvez Puma N/A Umm Salal Aziz Ben Askar Lawrence Quaye Jako N/A
Foreign players Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Players in italics were out of squad or left club within the season, after pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window, and at least had one appearance.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3AFC PlayerUAFA PlayerFormer players Al Ahli Shane Lowry Hernán Pérez Mohamed Diamé Omid Ebrahimi Nabil El Zhar Al-Arabi Ayoub Azzi Aron Gunnarsson Marc Muniesa Mehrdad Mohammadi Youssef Msakni Pierre-Michel Lasogga Mehdi Torabi Hamdi Harbaoui Al Duhail Edmilson Junior Dudu Michael Olunga Ali Karimi Medhi Benatia Ramin Rezaeian Youssef Msakni Al-Gharafa Adlène Guedioura Jonathan Kodjia Wilfried Kanon Koo Ja-cheol Sofiane Hanni Héctor Moreno Al Kharaitiyat Evans Mensah Oumar Sako Rachid Tiberkanine Pejman Montazeri Mohammed Osman Al-Khor Rafael Vaz Pierre-Michel Lasogga Giannis Fetfatzidis Yuki Kobayashi Ismail El Haddad Léo Gamalho Lucca Alexander Michel Melki Ibrahim Amada Al-Rayyan Gabriel Mercado Franck Kom Yohan Boli Shojae Khalilzadeh Yacine Brahimi Al Sadd Guilherme Jung Woo-young Santi Cazorla Nam Tae-hee Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Sailiya Nadir Belhadj Tiago Bezerra Kara Mbodji Ramin Rezaeian Mohanad Ali Ahmed Hammoudan Al-Wakrah Abdennour Belhocini Lucas Mendes Ousmane Coulibaly Isaías Mohamed Benyettou Fahad Al Ansari Cristian Ceballos Qatar SC Youcef Belaïli Anthony Okpotu Cristian Ceballos Bashar Resan Mehdi Berrahma Kayke Ali Karimi Abdenasser El Khayati Álex Gálvez Umm Salal Kayke Ahmed Hammoudan Moses Orkuma Rouzbeh Cheshmi Aymen Abdennour Abdennour Belhocini Ayoub Azzi Walid Mesloub Jean-Paul Késsé Amangoua Yannick Sagbo Mahmoud Al-Mawas
Isaías has Australian citizenship and was counted as Asian player.
League table
Results
Positions by round
Relegation play-off
Season statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Baghdad BounedjahAl Sadd212 DuduAl Duhail143 Youcef BelaïliQatar SC13 Santi CazorlaAl Sadd5 Edmilson JuniorAl Duhail126 Jonathan KodjiaAl-Gharafa11 Yohan BoliAl-Rayyan8 Mehrdad MohammadiAl-Arabi10 Nabil El ZharAl Ahli Rodrigo TabataAl Sadd
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 IvanildoAl Ahli52 Jassem AdelQatar SC4 Papa DjibrilAl-Khor4 Baba MalickUmm Salal3 Fahad YounesAl-Rayyan Salah ZakariaAl-Gharafa7 Amine LecomteAl-Sailiya2 Meshaal BarshamAl Sadd Qasem BurhanAl-Gharafa Saoud Al KhaterAl-Wakrah11 Khalifa AbabacarAl Duhail1 Mahmud AbunadaAl-Arabi Mohammed Al-BakriAl Duhail
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