The Qatar Football League wheel is backI want Stars League “The new season is expected to be full of excitement and rivalry, and in addition to the expected conflict between the major clubs that are looking forward to winning the big title, a constellation of professional stars will appear in the Qatari championship stadiums, including a number of Arab players who imposed themselves in the championship during the past years, and some of them even outperformed those coming from Europe and South America, such as the Algerian Baghdad Bounedjah, the striker of Al-Shamal Club.
Algerian fans have become accustomed to following the Qatari league in recent seasons to always check on the performance of the national team stars. The Qatari championship is present in the Algerian street, and perhaps this season will witness the continuation of this follow-up, given the presence of three stars, led by Bounedjah, who preferred to remain in the championship for the tenth consecutive year, and Yacine Brahimi, one of the most influential stars in the league in recent seasons, while the third is the new deal at Al-Sadd Club, the promising defender Abdessamad Bounacer.
Bounedjah to enhance his golden record in the scorers list
As was the case in recent seasons, the spotlight will be on Algerian striker Baghdad Bounedjah (32 years old) during the new season of the Ooredoo Stars League, who chose to stay in Qatar for a tenth consecutive season, but this time he will appear in the shirt of his new club Al Shamal, after spending 9 seasons with Al Sadd Club.
And join Algeria national team star To the north during the current summer transfer market with a contract extending for two seasons, that is, until the year 2026, to open a new page in his professional career after writing his name in letters of gold with the leader Al-Sadd.
Bounedjah is Al Sadd’s all-time top scorer with 222 goals in 252 matches in all competitions, and with “Al-Zaeem” he won 4 titles in the Stars League in 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024.
In addition to the collective titles, Bounedjah was able to place himself at the top of the historical scorers in the Qatari league by scoring 150 goals in 157 matches. Despite the difficulty of competing with Al Shamal for the major title, Baghdad will devote all his efforts to helping his team advance to the golden square positions at the very least.
In order to do this, Bounedjah will be eager to score more goals, which he loves to score in every possible way. He has excelled in scoring dozens of them, sometimes with headers, and sometimes with shots, and he is constantly manipulating the opponents’ defenses inside the penalty area.
Brahimi seeks first Qatar Stars League title
Another Algerian star to watch in the Ooredoo Stars League will be Yacine Brahimi, Al Gharafa’s playmaker and star player last season.
Brahimi (34 years old) is looking to win his first title in the Qatari league, as he has never tasted the sweetness of coronation, with Al-Gharafa, which strengthened its ranks during the current summer Mercato with some distinguished players, most notably the Spanish striker Joselu, coming from Real Madrid, and the Romanian Coman, to be one of the most important competitors for the title this season.
And moved on Brahimi To play in the Stars League in the summer of 2019 by joining Al Rayyan Club from Porto, Portugal, and his best achievement in the competition was finishing second with “Al-Raheeb” in the 2019-2020 season, in addition to winning the award for the best scorer in the competition during the same season with 15 goals.
After spending 3 seasons with Al Rayyan, the Algerian national team star wore the Al Gharafa shirt in the summer of 2022, and presented his best levels with it last season, as he scored 21 full goals in the Qatar Stars League, to occupy the second place in the scorers list behind the Qatari Akram Afif, the Al Sadd star and the competition’s top scorer with 26 goals, noting that the Algerian international finished the league in third place behind the champion, Al Sadd leader, and the second-placed Al Rayyan.
Brahimi is looking forward to having his best season ever, especially if he quickly finds harmony with Joselu and Koeman in the attacking line, as Brahimi appeared alone last season, fighting the opponents’ defenses in search of helping Al Gharafa achieve his major goals, and Yassin will be the center of attention for his superior abilities in quick penetrations that relentlessly split the ranks of the opponents.
Abdel Samad Bounacer is the new Algerian in the Ooredoo Stars League
The 2024-2025 Ooredoo Stars League will witness the emergence of a new Algerian face, represented by defender Abdessamad Bounacer, who recently joined Al Sadd from the Algerian team, USM Alger. Bounacer (19 years old) signed a five-season contract with the Al Sadd leader until 2029.
Bounacer is one of the most promising names in Algerian football, as he was promoted from the youth team of the Union of the Capital last season 2023-2024 to the first team.
Despite his young age, and not exceeding 19 years, he participated in 35 full matches in all competitions with the “Sons of Soustara” (the nickname of the capital’s union) during the past season, and scored one goal and provided one assist to his teammates.
Bennacer has great quality and potential that he showed with his former club, USM Alger, which opened the doors for him to play with the Algerian U-23 national team, with which he has played one international match so far.
In addition to Bounedjah, Brahimi and Bounacer, the Ooredoo Stars League will witness the presence of two other Algerian internationals during the new season, namely Sofiane Hanni, the playmaker of Al Khor Club, who was promoted with the team to the Stars League after a season spent in the first division, and Victor Lakhal, the midfielder with Umm Salal, who aspires this season to rise further in the standings, and repeat his victory in a local title as he did last season by winning the Ooredoo Cup.
