2003–04 Qatar Stars League

Qatar Stars League

Season	2003–04
Champions	Al-Sadd
2005 AFC Champions League	Al-Sadd Al-Rayyan
Top goalscorer	Gabriel Batistuta (25 goals)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Statistics of Qatar Stars League for the 2003–04 season.

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and Al-Sadd won the championship.

For the first time, the QFA allocated each club with $10,000,000 to sign foreign players. As a result, Gabriel Batistuta, Pep Guardiola, Stefan Effenberg and others joined the league in the summer of 2003.^[1]

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Former players
Al-Ahli	Thiago Oliveira	Caló	Zé Piguita	Ibrahima Koné	Pep Guardiola	Vagner Gomes
Al-Arabi	Gabriel Batistuta	Mohamed Barakat	Stefan Effenberg	Dennis Oliech	Rachid Benmahmoud	Fabijan Cipot	Noureddine Drioueche
Al-Ittihad	Djamel Belmadi	Amaral	Pius N'Diefi	Abdoul Salam Sow	Kaba Diawara	Emad Mohammed
Al-Khor	Osvaldo	Paulão	Pascal Nouma	Rachid Rokki
Al-Rayyan	Ali Benarbia	Mario Basler	Bouchaib El Moubarki	Fernando Hierro
Al-Sadd	Abbas Saad	Carlos Tenorio	Frank Leboeuf	Abdul Kader Keïta	Youssef Chippo
Al-Sailiya	Karim Kerkar	Bruno Cazarine	Nicolas Alnoudji	David Mazzoncini	William Prunier	Titi Camara	Anselmo
Al-Shamal	Duaij Naser Abdulla	Léon Bessan	Ahmad Abdul-Jabar	Haidar Mahmoud	Razzaq Farhan	Abdelhak Benbella	Omar Boukhari
Al-Wakrah	Julio César Baldivieso	Omar Mussa	Rock Buskapa	Ousmane Soumah	Lahcen Abrami		Romeo Kambou
Qatar SC	Akwá	Claudio Caniggia	Radhi Shenaishil	Saïd Chiba			Hicham Aboucherouane

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Al-Sadd	18	13	3	2	38	10	+28	42
2	Qatar SC	18	10	4	4	31	17	+14	34
3	Al-Arabi	18	9	4	5	38	32	+6	31
4	Al-Ahli	18	7	7	4	33	28	+5	28
5	Al-Rayyan	18	8	3	7	38	32	+6	27
6	Al-Ittihad	18	7	5	6	33	24	+9	26
7	Al-Wakrah	18	7	4	7	26	32	−6	25
8	Al-Khor	18	6	6	6	30	25	+5	24
9	Al-Shamal	18	1	4	13	30	56	−26	7
10	Al-Sailiya	18	0	4	14	20	61	−41	4

Source: RSSSF

References

1. Ken Salmon (9 June 2022). "When Effenberg, Batistuta and Romario played in Qatar". 90soccer.com.

External links

• Qatar - List of final tables (RSSSF)