2008–09 Qatar Stars League

Q-League
Season	2008–09
Champions	Al-Gharrafa
2010 AFC Champions League	Al-Gharrafa Al-Sadd
2010 AFC Cup	Al-Rayyan Sports Club
2009–10 Gulf Club Champions Cup	Al-Khor Sports Club Qatar SC
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008-09 Qatari League or Q-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 September 13 till November 23 before phase two kicked off on November 27 to end on February 7, 2009. The final phase started on February 12 and conclude 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 will be played at the seven stadiums of Al-Sadd, Al-Rayyan Sports Club, Al-Gharrafa, Al Wakrah, Al Khor, Qatar Sports Club, and Al-Arabi Sports Club.

Al-Gharrafa 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 will now be taken up by Al Khuratiyat SC.

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 Qatari League 2009-10 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 in the Qatari League 2008-09 season, due to expansion reasons. The announcement was made with only one game remaining.^[1]

Members clubs

Club	City/Town	Stadium	2007-2008 season	Notes
Al-Gharrafa	Doha	Al-Gharafa Stadium	Q-League Champions	AFC Champions League 2009 Qualifier
Al-Sadd	Doha	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium	2nd in Q-League
Umm-Salal Sports Club	Umm Salal	Thani bin Jassim Stadium	3rd in Q-League	AFC Champions League 2009 Qualifier
Qatar Sports Club	Doha	Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium	4th in Q-League
Al-Rayyan Sports Club	Ar Rayyan	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium	5th in Q-League
Al-Arabi Sports Club	Doha	Grand Hamad Stadium	6th in Q-League
Al-Khor	Khor	Al-Khawr Stadium	7th in Q-League	Gulf Club Champions Cup 2008
Al-Sailiya Sport Club	Al Sailiya	Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium	8th in Q-League
Al Wakrah	Al Wakrah	Al-Wakrah Stadium	9th in Q-League
Al Khuratiyat SC	Al Khuraitiyat	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium	Promoted from 2nd level

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Reason of departure	Replaced by	Date Replaced
Al-Arabi Sports Club	Abel Braga	Replaced with more experienced coach	Zé Mario	July 2008
Al Wakrah	Adnan Dirjal	-	Mustapha Madih	July 2008
Al Khuratiyat SC	Moscofetch Nebosja	Replaced with more experienced coach	Nebojsa Vuckovic	July 2008
Al-Khor Sports Club	Jean-Paul Rabier	End of contract	Bertrand Marchand	June 2008
Umm-Salal Sports Club	Laurent Banide	Sacked after 7 games^[2]	Gerard Gili	November 2008
Al-Sailiya Sport Club	Jose Paolo	Sacked after 8 games^[3]	Nebojsa Vukovic	November 2008
Al Khuratiyat SC	Nebojsa Vukovic	Sacked after 8 games^[4]	Bernard Simondi	November 2008
Al-Sadd	Emerson Leao	Sacked after 9 games^[5]	Dzemaludin Musovic	November 2008
Al-Arabi Sports Club	Zé Mario	Sacked ^[6]	Uli Stielike	December 2008
Al-Sailiya Sport Club	Nebojsa Vukovic	Sacked	Džemal Hadžiabdić	February 2009
Al-Sailiya Sport Club	Dzemaludin Musovic	Short term contract.^[7]	Cosmin Olaroiu	April 2009

Final league table

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Gharrafa	27	17	5	5	56	33	+23	56
2	Al-Sadd	27	15	9	3	60	25	+35	52
3	Al-Rayyan Sports Club	27	15	7	5	62	35	+27	52
4	Qatar Sports Club	27	11	10	6	42	36	+6	43
5	Al-Khor	27	9	13	5	38	28	+10	40
6	Umm-Salal Sports Club	27	9	8	10	46	45	+1	35
7	Al-Arabi Sports Club	27	8	5	14	37	51	-14	29
8	Al Wakrah	27	8	3	16	32	56	-24	27
9	Al-Sailiya Sport Club	27	5	5	17	31	58	-24	20
10	Al Khuratiyat SC	27	3	6	18	19	59	-40	15

Qatari League 2008-09 Winners
Al-Gharrafa 6th Title 2nd in a row

Top scorers

25 goals

Magno Alves (Umm-Salal)

21 goals

Leonardo Pisculichi (Al-Arabi)

20 goals

Clemerson de Araújo (Al-Gharafa)

19 goals

Sebastián Soria (Qatar SC)
Amara Diane (Al-Rayyan)

15 goals

Khalfan Ibrahim (Al-Sadd)

13 goals

Agyeman Prempeh Opoku (Al-Sadd)

11 goals

10 goals

References

↑ Q-League expands to 12 Archived 2009-05-02 at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Laurant Bainde dismissed as Umm Salal Coach
↑ Jose Paolo dismissed as Al-Sailiya Coach
↑ Nebojsa Vukovic dismissed as Al Khuratiyat SC Coach
↑ Emerson Leao dismissed as Al Sadd Coach
↑ Ze Mario dismissed as Al Arabi Coach
↑ "Olaroiu named Al Sadd manager". Qatar Football Associasion. 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-04-24.

External links

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