The Qatari Second Division ( Arabic : دوري الدرجة الثانية القطري ), QSD or Second Division League , also was known as Qatargas League due to sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of football league competition in Qatar . Contested by 8 teams, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Qatar Stars League (QSL), the top-tier football league in the country. The QSD seasons run from September to April.
4-427: The league's first season was played in 1979 which was won by Al-Ittihad . The club with the most QSD wins is Al-Markhiya which has won 6 QSD titles. According to the league's development strategy, starting with the 2022–23 season, the first-placed club of this league will play a relegation match against the tenth-placed club of the first league to decide which club will participate in the first league next season. There
8-560: Is no relegation from the second division. In 1990, the Qatar Football Association dissolved three second division clubs: Al Nasr , Al Tadamon , and Al Nahda . The clubs' players and staff were distributed to first division clubs. As a result, the Qatari Second Division was unofficially dissolved on a temporary basis. The competition resumed operations in the 1996–97 season. The first promotion play-off took place in
12-486: The 1999–00 season, between Second Division champions Muaither SC and the bottom-ranked team of the Qatar Stars League , Al Shamal . Muaither lost the match. It was announced on 15 April 2009 that no clubs would be relegated from the top flight in the 2008–09 season , due to expansion reasons, however the announcement was made with only one game remaining. This meant that the Qatari Second Division would remain with
16-488: The same number of teams despite the recent formation of Lekhwiya SC and El Jaish SC , while the top flight would expand to 12 teams. On 6 October 2013 it was announced Qatari Second Division had a sponsorship with Qatargas . An annual competition known as the Qatari Second Division Cup is played by all second division clubs. Source: Al-Gharafa SC Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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