2003–04 Qatar Stars League
| Season | 2003–04 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Al Sadd |
| 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, Fernando Hierro, and Claudio Caniggia among others, joined the league in the summer of 2003.[1]
Personnel
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Foreign players
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Former players |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ahli | Sandro Zamboni | Thiago Oliveira | Caló | Zé Piguita | Ibrahima Koné | Pep Guardiola | Vagner Gomes |
| Al-Arabi | Noureddine Drioueche | Gabriel Batistuta | Stefan Effenberg | Dennis Oliech | Rachid Benmahmoud | Fabijan Cipot | Mohamed Barakat |
| 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
- ^ Ken Salmon (9 June 2022). "When Effenberg, Batistuta and Romario played in Qatar". 90soccer.com.