2008–09 Qatar Stars League

Template:Short description Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The 2008–09 Qatar Stars League season was the 36th edition of top level football in Qatar and started on the 13 September 2008.

The season was played in 3 stages:

The 2008–09 calendar released by the QFA saw the first phase run through 13 September till 23 November before phase two kicked off on 27 November to end on 7 February 2009. The final phase started on February 12 and concluded on April 17.

Ten teams played for the title of league champions with each outfit playing 27 matches. The last team in the standings was to be relegated until the QFA announced an expansion to the league for the following season.

The competition was played at the seven stadiums of Al-Sadd, Al-Rayyan, Al-Gharafa, Al-Wakrah, Al-Khor, Qatar SC, and Al-Arabi.

Al-Gharafa won the title last season after pipping powerhouse Al-Sadd into second place while Al-Shamal were relegated and their place in the top division would be taken up by Al-Kharaitiyat.

League expansion

The Qatar Stars League has slowly expanded since the turn of the decade, moving from 9 clubs to 10 clubs and then latest setup of 12 clubs for the 2009–10 Qatar Stars League campaign.

There are 2 divisions in the Qatari football structure and the league has previously seen one club promoted and relegated each year except in 'expansion' years.

It was announced on 15 April 2009 that no clubs would be relegated from the top flight due to expansion reasons. The announcement was made with only one game remaining.^[1]

Teams

Club	City/Town	Stadium	Head coach	Last season	Notes
Al-Gharafa	Al Gharrafa	Thani bin Jassim Stadium	Template:Flagicon Marcos Paquetá	Q-League Champions	2009 AFC Champions League Qualifier
Al-Sadd	Doha	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium	Template:Flagicon Cosmin Olăroiu	2nd in Q-League
Umm Salal	Umm Salal	Thani bin Jassim Stadium	Template:Flagicon Gérard Gili	3rd in Q-League	2009 AFC Champions League Qualifier
Qatar SC	Doha	Suheim bin Hamad Stadium	Template:Flagicon Sebastião Lazaroni	4th in Q-League
Al-Rayyan	Al Rayyan	Ahmad bin Ali Stadium	Template:Flagicon Paulo Autuori	5th in Q-League
Al-Arabi	Doha	Grand Hamad Stadium	Template:Flagicon Uli Stielike	6th in Q-League
Al-Khor	Al Khor	Al-Khor SC Stadium	Template:Flagicon Bertrand Marchand	7th in Q-League	2008 Gulf Club Champions Cup Qualifier
Al-Sailiya	Al Sailiya	Suheim bin Hamad Stadium	Template:Flagicon Nebojša Vučković	8th in Q-League
Al-Wakrah	Al Wakrah	Al Janoub Stadium	Template:Flagicon Mustapha Madih	9th in Q-League
Al-Kharaitiyat	Al Kharaitiyat	Ahmad bin Ali Stadium	Template:Flagicon Arturzinho	Promoted from 2nd level

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	AFC player	Former players
Al-Arabi	Template:Flagicon Leonardo Pisculichi	Template:Flagicon Salman Isa	Template:Flagicon Kim	Template:Flagicon Lomana LuaLua	Template:Flagicon Souleymane Keïta		Template:Flagicon Mohammed Al-Balushi	Template:Flagicon Younis Mahmoud
Al-Gharafa	Template:Flagicon Clemerson	Template:Flagicon Fernandão	Template:Flagicon Nashat Akram	Template:Flagicon Otmane El Assas	Template:Flagicon Hakan Yakin		Template:Flagicon Younis Mahmoud
Al-Khor	Template:Flagicon Sayed Mohamed Adnan	Template:Flagicon Moumouni Dagano	Template:Flagicon Bill Tchato	Template:Flagicon Alaa Abdul-Zahra	Template:Flagicon Mahdi Karim	Template:Flagicon Kamel Zaiem	Template:Flagicon Salam Shaker	Template:Flagicon Da Silva Template:Flagicon Fabrício Souza Template:Flagicon Jean Paul Yontcha
Al-Kharaitiyat	Template:Flagicon Abdulla Baba Fatadi	Template:Flagicon Oumar Tchomogo	Template:Flagicon Fabão	Template:Flagicon Rodolfo Soares	Template:Flagicon Joseph-Désiré Job	Template:Flagicon Sabri Lamouchi	Template:Flagicon Ashraf Bait Taysir	Template:Flagicon Wílton Figueiredo Template:Flagicon Ali Hasan Kamal
Al-Rayyan	Template:Flagicon Aloísio Chulapa	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Tavares	Template:Flagicon Ricardinho	Template:Flagicon Amara Diané	Template:Flagicon Amad Al-Hosni	Template:Flagicon Abasse Ba	Template:Flagicon Hassan Mudhafar Al-Gheilani	Template:Flagicon Roque Júnior
Al-Sadd	Template:Flagicon Felipe	Template:Flagicon Carlos Tenorio	Template:Flagicon Agyemang Opoku	Template:Flagicon Pascal Feindouno	Template:Flagicon Khalifa Ayil Al-Noufali	Template:Flagicon Mohammed Rabia Al-Noobi	Template:Flagicon Ismail Matar
Al-Sailiya	Template:Flagicon Abdoulaye Cissé	Template:Flagicon Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona	Template:Flagicon Ahmed Kano	Template:Flagicon Mobello Baba Keita	Template:Flagicon Lamjed Chehoudi		Template:Flagicon Badar Al-Maimani
Al-Wakrah	Template:Flagicon Ali Rehema	Template:Flagicon Adil Ramzi	Template:Flagicon Anouar Diba	Template:Flagicon Delano Hill	Template:Flagicon Elbekay Bouchiba		Template:Flagicon Karrar Jassim
Qatar SC	Template:Flagicon Marcinho	Template:Flagicon Roger	Template:Flagicon Qusay Munir	Template:Flagicon Talal El Karkouri	Template:Flagicon Youssef Safri		Template:Flagicon Ahmed Al-Dokhi
Umm Salal	Template:Flagicon Fabrício Souza	Template:Flagicon Magno Alves	Template:Flagicon Nivaldo	Template:Flagicon Pejman Khoubiari	Template:Flagicon Aziz Ben Askar	Template:Flagicon Moussa N'Diaye	Template:Flagicon Mohamed Husain	Template:Flagicon Sabri Lamouchi

Final league table

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