Qatar Football AssociationQNB Stars League
15.06.2021 18:51 in :

Doha:  The Executive Committee of the Qatar Football Association, headed by the President His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, held a meeting today, Tuesday, with the participation of, Vice President Saoud bin Abdulaziz Al Muhannadi, Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Thani, Hani Taleb Ballan, Ahmed Abdulaziz Al-Buainain, Abdul Rahman Al-Qahtani and General Secretary Mansour Al-Ansari, to discuss the project to develop the QNB Stars League submitted by the Qatar Stars League Management.

After discussing all the details of the QNB Stars League development project, the Executive Committee of the Qatar Football Association approved the new Qatar Stars League strategy to deliver   high-quality competitive football, which includes the following points:

First: Reducing the number of clubs participating in the Qatar Stars League to 10 clubs to elevate to competitive technical high quality football, starting from the 2023-2024 season.

Second: Continuation of the promotion and relegation system, with the play-off match.

Third: Clubs will commit to the ‘new club participation agreement (CPA)’, which includes the criteria necessary to enhance the level of professionalism for clubs and competitions starting from the 2022-2023 season.

Fourth: Distribution of central financial revenues from commercial rights and TV broadcasts for clubs per the new mechanisms and standards, starting from the 2023-2024 season

Fifth: Adopting a new mechanism for playing the national team players with their respective clubs according to criteria determined by the QFA after consulting with the relevant authorities and departments, starting from the 2023-2024 season

Sixth: The Central Scouting Team (CST) will include experts and specialists to support clubs identify international players and coaches in accordance to their actual value and quality starting from the 2021-2022 season.

The mechanism for implementing the strategy will be as follows:

First: Holding workshops with clubs.
Second: Partnering with world football experts and specialists.

In addition to the above, the meeting agenda also included the briefing of H.E., the President and members of the Executive Committee on the reports submitted by the various committees of the QFA regarding the work mechanism and uniformity, and other related matters.