Al Sadd sealed the QSL title - their first since the 2012-13 season - with a match to spare after defending champions Al Duhail lost 1-0 to Kharaitiyat. The win gave Al Sadd an unassailable 54 points from 21 matches with Al Duhail on 47.
Striker Baghdad Bounedjah scored a hat-trick while Qatar national team skipper Hassan Al Haydos scored two at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium.
Akram Afif and Jung Woo-young were also on the scoresheet in front of Al Sadd's ecstatic fans who celebrated their 14th title triumph in pouring rain.
Al Sadd's focus will now turn to the 2019 AFC Champions League with the Doha-based club resuming their Group D campaign against Uzbekistan's Pahkator on Tuesday.
The 2018 semi-finalists are currently third in the standings, having opened their campaign with a 2-0 defeat against Al Ahli Saudi before beating Persepolis of Islamic Republic of Iran 1-0 on Matchday Two.
Photo: Al Sadd
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