The Qatar Stars League, known as Ooredoo Stars League for sponsorship reasons, is the top level football league in Qatar football league system. The QSL season usually runs from September to April. The league’s first season was played in 1963, although the first official season occurred in 1972. See below for Qatari football predictions.
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The Qatari league system provides 5 domestic cups that various clubs can compete for:
- the Emir of Qatar Cup, open to all teams in both the first and second divisions;
- the Qatar Crown Prince Cup a postseason tournament played by the top four first division teams;
- the Sheikh Jassem Cup, a prelude to the first division regular season;
- the Qatari Stars Cup, a round-robin tournament played midseason; and
- the Qatar FA Cup, where the bottom 8 teams from the QSL and the entire QSD participate.
The league title has been officially won by 7 clubs since its inception. The club that has won the most championships is Al Sadd SC, with 16 titles.
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. Subsequently, it was announced that in the 2013-14 season, the number of clubs in the top division would increase to 14, whereas the second division would increase to 18 clubs which includes the reserve teams of the top division clubs
So, see below for Qatari football predictions and forecasts across the top leagues.