Round 1 [Nov 18] Qatar 1-0 Wakra [Abdulaziz Hassan (89' pen.)] [Nov 19] Taawun 2-1 Shamal [Uli Parreira (26'), Salah Foudal (34') - Haytham Al-Amin (13')] [later] Rayyan 1-1 Ittihad [Gilson Sousa (31') - Fabrice Akwa (87')] [Dec 20] Sadd 1-0 Arabi [Jassem Mahmoud (48')] Ahli bye Round 2 [Nov 25,26] Arabi 1-2 Rayyan [Mubarak Mustapha (50') - Gilson Souza (9'), Mohamed Salem Al-Enazi (52')] Ahli 2-2 Taawun [Paulo Sergio (78'), Abdullah Al-Mansouri (81') - Uli Parreira (26'; 84')] Wakra 0-2 Ittihad [Fabrice Akwa (25'), Osvaldo Martinez (42')] Qatar 4-0 Shamal [Khaled Gharib (20'), Sido Traoré (32'), Abdulaziz Hassan (43'), Othman Al-Khatib (68')] Sadd bye Round 3 [Dec 2,3] Wakra 2-3 Arabi [Hussein Ali Al-Meri (53'), Nayef Al-Khater (56') - Hisham Zahed (18'), Ahmed Fares (50'), Mahmoud Soufi (79')] Ittihad 3-0 Shamal [Fabrice Akwa (12'; 54'), Franck Sitora (38')] Qatar 2-2 Ahli [Abdullah Al-Hamad (37'), Salem Al-Adasani (67' og) - Paulo Sergio (37'), Khalifa Salem (62')] [Jan 4] Sadd 1-2 Rayyan [Abdullah Obaid (2') - Mohamed Salem Al-Enazi (14'; 70')] Taawun bye Round 4 [Dec 9,10] Shamal 1-4 Arabi [Sobhi Adel (55') - Mubarak Mustapha (20' pen.; 37'; 65'), Mahmoud Soufi (27')] Ittihad 1-1 Ahli [Mustapha Adam (25') - Suleyman Sissi (45')] Sadd 3-1 Wakra [Adel Jaddouh (7'), Fahad Al-Kowari (71' pen.; 76') - Hussein Al-Meri (74')] Qatar 0-2 Taawun [Salah Foudal (10'; 37')] Rayyan bye Round 5 [Dec 16,17] Arabi 1-0 Ahli [Marcelo Kuervas (58')] Shamal 0-5 Sadd [Mohamed Gholam (15'; 25'), Abdulnasser Al-Obaidly (47'), Fahad Al-Kowari (67' pen.; 90')] Ittihad 3-0 Taawun [Mustapha Adam (37'; 84'), Abdullah Al-Mazrouyi (41')] Wakra 0-1 Rayyan [Mohamed Salem Al-Enazi (66')] Qatar bye Round 6 [Dec 23,24] Ahli 1-6 Sadd [Paulo Sergio (15') - Fahad Al-Kowari (1'; 48' pen.; 74' pen.), Joseph Ogu (64'; 76'), Dahi Al-Noubi (71')] Arabi 1-1 Taawun [Jeremy Okudu (59') - Salah Foudal (44')] Shamal 1-7 Rayyan [Wajdi Badreddine (22' pen.) - Mamadou So (14'), Mohamed Salem Al-Enazi (31'; 84'), Gilson Souza (36'), Faysal Adam (58'; 65'), Salman Musabbah (73')] Ittihad 1-1 Qatar [Franck Sitora (23') - Moammar Abdurrabb (12')] Wakra bye Round 7 [Dec 30,31] Sadd 0-0 Taawun Ahli 2-1 Rayyan [Youssouf Mounif (4'), Hassan Abdulrazzaq (5') - Gilson Souza (52')] Arabi 5-0 Qatar [Mahmoud Soufi (2'; 56'; 87'), Marcelo Kuervas (58'), Abdulaziz Karim (68')] Shamal 0-1 Wakra [Hussein Al-Meri (82' pen.)] Ittihad bye Round 8 [Jan 6,7] Taawun 1-2 Rayyan [Marcio Domingos (25') - Mohamed Salem Al-Enazi (31'), Gilson Sousa (55')] Sadd 2-0 Qatar [Dane Fayne (49'), Jassem Mahmoud (51')] Arabi awd Ittihad [awarded 3-0, originally 1-3] [Mahmoud Soufi (50') - Youssouf Adam (25'), Mustapha Adam (65'; 89')] [match awarded 3-0 as Ittihad substituted their (sent off) 'keeper by a foreign player; according to local rules foreigners may not play as keeper] Ahli 1-0 Wakra [Abdullah Jassem (54')] Shamal bye Round 9 [Jan 13,14] Rayyan 0-0 Qatar Taawun 1-2 Wakra [Salah Foudal (49') - Nii Bala (15'; 67')] Ahli 3-2 Shamal [Abdullah Jassem (15'), Paulo Sergio (76'; 88') - Adam Shivro (19'; 49')] Sadd 2-1 Ittihad [Fahad Al-Kowari (16'), Joseph Ogu (22') - Abdullah Al-Mazrouyi (90')] Arabi bye Round 10 [Jan 28,29] Arabi 0-1 Sadd [Fahad Al-Kowari (26')] Shamal 2-2 Taawun [Saeed Shahine (1'), Wajdi Badreddine (11' pen.) - Salah Foudal (7' pen.), Hussein Yasser (32')] Wakra 0-0 Qatar [Feb 15] Rayyan 0-0 Ittihad Ahli bye Round 11 [Feb 4] Ittihad 1-2 Wakra Shamal 0-1 Qatar Taawun 1-0 Ahli Rayyan 3-4 Arabi [Mohamed Salem Al-Enazi (13'; 44'; 74') - Mahmoud Soufi (21'), Hisham Zahed (55'), Abdulaziz Karim (81'), Ahmed Rashed (89')] Sadd bye Round 12 [Feb 7] Rayyan 1-0 Sadd [Nasser Kamil (65')] Ahli 2-2 Qatar [Paulo Sergio (18'; 86' pen.) - Waliddine Mohamed (34'), Abdulaziz Hassan (56' pen.)] Shamal 2-5 Ittihad [Saleh Al-Rashidi (63'; 65') - Fabrice Akwa (5'; 52'; 71'), Franck Sitora (8'), Ozvaldo Martinez (85' pen.)] Arabi 2-2 Wakra [Mahmoud Soufi (11'), Mubarak Mustapha (54') - Nayef Al-Khater (45'), Hussein Al-Meri (51')] Taawun bye Round 13 [Feb 11] Ahli 1-1 Ittihad [Paulo Sergio (55') - Fabrice Akwa (22')] Arabi 9-0 Shamal [Marcelo Kuervas (5'; 25'), Rashed Moussa (39'; 88'), Ahmed Fares (41'), Silvinho Dalma (44'), Jeremy Okudu (54'; 64'), Mubarak Al-Kowari (90')] Taawun 1-2 Qatar [Abdullah Ahmed (68') - Abdulaziz Hassan (82'), Khamis Ahmed (90')] Wakra 1-2 Sadd [Nii Bala (57') - Abdullah Obaid (55'), Abdulnasser Al-Obaidly (68')] Rayyan bye Round 14 [Feb 18,19] Ahli 1-0 Arabi [Rashed Obaid (27')] Sadd 5-0 Shamal [Dane Fayne (10'; 44'), Joseph Ogu (17'), Hussein Amouta (42'), Eissa Gholam (82')] Taawun 0-0 Ittihad Rayyan 1-1 Wakra [Gilson Souza (44') - Nayef Al-Khater (84')] Qatar bye Round 15 [Feb 26] Sadd 2-0 Ahli [Joseph Ogu (66'), Fahad Al-Kowari (75')] Taawun 3-3 Arabi [Fabrizio Santos (26'), Husein Yasser Al-Mohammadi (79'), Abdullah Hassan (81') - Jeremy Okudu (46'), Marcelo Kuervas (52' pen.), Mubarak Mustapha (60')] Rayyan 2-1 Shamal [Gilson Sousa (86'), Mohamed Salem Al-Enazi (88') - Abdulaziz Bilal (8')] Qatar 1-4 Ittihad [Meshel Mubarak (25') - Mustapha Adam (39'), Saghir Al-Shemmari (49'), Abdullah Al-Mazrouyi (70'), Ozvaldo Martinez (73')] Wakra bye Round 16 [Mar 2] Rayyan 3-0 Ahli [Mohamed Salem Al-Enazi (43'; 85'), Nasser Kamil (87')] Taawun 0-1 Sadd [Adel Darwish (25'] Qatar 0-0 Arabi Wakra 6-2 Shamal [Boubacar Ali (11'; 39'), Nii Bala (69'; 83'), Jassem Al-Tamimi (51'), Jassem Saleh (86') - Wajdi Badreddine (56'; 80')] Ittihad bye Round 17 [Mar 5] Qatar 0-4 Sadd [Dane Fayne (48'; 58'), Joseph Ogu (65'), Hussein Amouta (77')] Rayyan 2-1 Taawun [Mohamed Salem Al-Enazi (49'), Gilson Souza (78') - Fabrizio Santos (46')] Ittihad 0-0 Arabi Wakra 2-0 Ahli [Boubacar Ali (13'), Hussein Al-Meri (77')] Shamal bye Round 18 [Mar 9] Ittihad 1-1 Sadd [Ali Al-Ka'abi (30') - Mohamed Gholam (87')] Shamal 0-1 Ahli Wakra 2-2 Taawun Qatar 0-1 Rayyan Arabi bye Final Table: 1.Al Sadd 16 12 2 2 36- 8 38 [Doha-al-Sadd] Champions 2.Al Rayyan 16 10 4 2 29-14 34 [Rayyan] 3.Al Arabi 16 7 5 4 36-17 26 [Doha] 4.Al Ittihad 16 5 8 3 24-15 23 [Doha-Gharrafa] 5.Al Ahli 16 5 5 6 17-26 20 [Doha] 6.Al Wakra 16 5 4 7 22-22 19 [Wakra] 7.Qatar SC 16 4 6 6 14-24 18 [Doha] 8.Al Taawun 16 3 7 6 19-23 16 [Khor] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.Al Shamal 16 0 1 15 12-60 1 [Shamal] Relegation Playoff Relegation Playoff First Leg [Apr 18] Shamal 0-0 Shabab Second Leg [Apr 26] Shabab 1-2 Shamal Shamal remain in 1st division Topscorers: 1. Mohamed Salem Al-Enazi (Al-Rayyan) 14 2. Fahad Al-Kowari (Al-Sadd) 9 3. Fabrice Akwa (Al-Ittihad) 8 Paulo Sergio (Al-Ahly) 8 Mahmoud Soufi (Al-Arabi) 8 Gilson Souza (Al-Rayyan) 8 7. Mustapha Adam (Al-Ittihad) 6 Salah Foudal (Al-Ta'awon) 6 Mubarak Mustapha (Al-Arabi) 6 Joseph Ogu (Al-Sadd) 6 Authors: Mohammed Qayed (mhqayed@hotmail.com) and Mohamed S. Chbaro (sp_editor@terra.net.lb) Last updated: 18 Sep 2003 (C) Copyright Mohammed Qayed, Mohamed S. Chbaro and RSSSF 1999/2003