| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Winners: | Lekhwiya (5th title) |
| Matches: | 168 |
| Total Goals: | 525 |
| League Topscorer: | Baghdad Bounedjah &  Youssef El-Arabi (24 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | (21 December 2016) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (7 December 2016) |
| Highest Scoring: | (2 November 2016) (21 December 2016) |
| Highest Attendance: | 7,703 (2 April 2017) |
| Average Attendance: | 672 |
| Updated: | 2 April 2017 |
The 2016–17 Qatari League, also known as Qatari Stars League, is the 44th edition of top-level football championship in Qatar. The season began on 15 September 2016 and concluded on 27 April 2017.
Al-Rayyan are the defending champions having won their eighth championship and Lekhwiya won the league title.[1] Muaither and Al-Shahaniya have entered as the two promoted teams from the 2015–16 Qatargas League.
| Club | City/Town | Stadium | Coach | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Ahli | Doha | Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium |  Yousuf Adam | |
| Al-Arabi | Doha | Grand Hamad Stadium |  Oswaldo de Oliveira | |
| Al-Gharafa | Al Rayyan | Thani bin Jassim Stadium | Pedro Caixinha | |
| El Jaish | Doha | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium |  Sabri Lamouchi | |
| Al-Kharaitiyat | Al Khor | Al-Khor SC Stadium |  Ahmad Al-Ajlani | |
| Al-Khor | Al Khor | Al-Khor SC Stadium | Jean Fernandez | |
| Al-Rayyan | Al Rayyan | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium | Michael Laudrup | |
| Al-Sadd | Doha | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium | Jesualdo Ferreira | |
| Al-Sailiya | Al Rayyan | Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium | Sami Trabelsi | |
| Al-Shahaniya | Al-Shahaniya | Grand Hamad Stadium | Igor Štimac | |
| Al-Wakrah | Al Wakrah | Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium | Kais Yaâkoubi | |
| Lekhwiya | Doha | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium | Djamel Belmadi | |
| Muaither | Muaither | Thani bin Jassim Stadium | Philippe Burle | |
| Umm Salal | Doha | Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium | Mahmoud Jaber |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Manner of departure | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Ahli | Yousuf Adam | 11 May 2016[2] | Mutual consent | Pre-season | Luka Bonačić | 11 May 2016[3] |
| Al-Shahaniya | Luka Bonačić | 11 May 2016 | Fathi Al-Jabal | 17 June 2016[4] | ||
| Al-Arabi |  Gianfranco Zola | 28 June 2016 | Sacked | Gerardo Pelusso | 28 June 2016 | |
| Al-Rayyan | Jorge Fossati | 26 September 2016 | Signed by Qatar | 4th | Michael Laudrup | 3 October 2016 |
| Al-Ahli | Luka Bonačić | 28 October 2016 | Sacked | 7th | Yousuf Adam | 30 October 2016 |
| Al-Wakrah | Mauricio Larriera | 29 November 2016 | 13th | Kais Yaâkoubi | 30 November 2016 | |
| Umm Salal |  Bülent Uygun | 14 December 2016 | 7th | Mahmoud Jaber | 14 December 2016 | |
| Al-Shahania | Fathi Al-Jabal | 25 December 2016 | 12th | Igor Štimac | 28 December 2016 |
Luis Jiménez has Palestinian citizenship and was counted as Asian player.
As of 15 April 2017[5]
As of 15 April 2017[6]
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saad Al Sheeb | Al-Sadd | 11 | |
| 2 | Omar Bari | Al-Rayyan | 9 | |
| 3 | Grégory Gomis | Al-Sailiya | align=center rowspan=4 | 6 |
| Ahmed Soufiane | Al-Kharaitiyat | |||
| Baba Malick | Umm Salal | |||
| Yousef Hassan | Al-Gharafa | |||
| 7 | Amine Lecomte | Lekhwiya | align=center rowspan=2 | 5 |
| Saoud Al Khater | El Jaish | |||
