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The 2013–14 Qatar Stars League was the 41st edition of top-level football championship in Qatar. The season started on 1 September 2013 and ended on 11 April 2014. Al-Sadd were the defending champions. Lekhwiya won its third league title with 53 points.

Qatar Stars League
Season2013–14
ChampionsLekhwiya
3rd title
RelegatedAl-Rayyan
Muaither
AFC Champions LeagueLekhwiya
El Jaish
Al-Sadd
Matches played182
Goals scored553 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorerDioko Kaluyituka (22 goals)

League expansion

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At the end of the previous season, it was announced that the 2013–14 season would feature 14 teams. The decision to increase the numbers of teams means Al-Sailiya, who finished bottom of the league table, will avoid relegation. Meanwhile, Muaither, who lost to Al-Arabi in the play-offs, will join as the 14th team. The Second Division and the reserve league also merged to create a stronger second tier.[1] On the 6 October 2013 it was announced that the second tier would be known as the QatarGas League due to sponsorship reasons.[2]

Teams

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Al-Ahli were promoted as champions from the 2nd Division. They were joined by Muaither who came in second place and failed to win the end of season playoff against Al-Arabi but secured promotion due to the league expansion

Stadia and locations

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Doha
 
Umm Salal
 
Al Rayyan
 
Al Khor
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Locations of teams in the 2013–14 Qatari League
Club City/Town Stadium Capacity
Al-Ahli Doha Al-Ahly Stadium 20,000
Al-Arabi Doha Grand Hamad Stadium[3] 13,000
Al-Gharafa Al Gharafa Al-Gharafa Stadium 22,000
Al-Kharaitiyat Al-Rayyan Al-Khawr Stadium 13,000
Al-Khor Al Khor Al-Khawr Stadium 13,000
Al-Rayyan Al Rayyan Ahmed bin Ali Stadium 22,000
Al-Sadd Doha Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium 18,000
Al-Sailiya Doha Ahmed bin Ali Stadium 1 22,000
Al-Wakrah Al Wakrah Al-Wakrah Stadium 12,000
El Jaish Doha Qatar SC Stadium 13,000
Lekhwiya Doha Lekhwiya Sports Stadium 15,000
Muaither Doha Khalifa International Stadium 50,000
Qatar SC Doha Qatar SC Stadium 13,000
Umm Salal Umm Salal Grand Hamad Stadium 13,000

1 Al Sailiya do not have a stadium of their own so will share with Al Rayyan.[4]

Personnel and kits

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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Al-Ahli   Milan Máčala
Al-Arabi   Paulo César Carpegiani
Al-Gharafa   Diego Aguirre
Al-Kharaitiyat   Bertrand Marchand
Al-Khor   László Bölöni[5]
Al-Rayyan   Manolo Jiménez
Al-Sadd   Hussein Ammouta
Al-Sailiya   Sami Trabelsi
Al-Wakrah   Maher Kanzari
El Jaish   Nabil Maâloul
Lekhwiya   Eric Gerets
Muaither   Ladislas Lozano
Qatar SC   Sebastião Lazaroni
Umm Salal   Bülent Uygun

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Al-Kharaitiyat   Bernard Simondi[6] Contract not renewed 23 May 2013   Bertrand Marchand[7] 26 May 2013
Al-Sailiya   Abdullah Mubarak Resigned [8] 8 June 2013   Sami Trabelsi[9] 8 June 2013
Al-Arabi   Abdelaziz Bennij Contract not renewed 8 June 2013   Uli Stielike[10] 8 June 2013
Al-Wakrah   Mehmed Baždarević Contract not renewed 20 June 2013   Adnan Dirjal[11] 20 June 2013
Umm Salal   Alain Perrin Sacked 30 September 2013   Gérard Gili[12] 30 September 2013
Al-Rayyan   Diego Aguirre Sacked 30 October 2013   Manolo Jiménez[13] 6 November 2013
Umm Salal   Gérard Gili Sacked 14 December 2013   Bülent Uygun[14] 14 December 2013
El Jaish   Răzvan Lucescu Sacked 16 January 2014   Nabil Maâloul[15] 21 January 2014
Al-Arabi   Uli Stielike Sacked [16] 28 January 2014   Paulo César Carpegiani 18 February 2014
Al-Gharafa   Zico Mutual consent [17] 29 January 2014   Diego Aguirre 6 February 2014
Al-Wakrah   Adnan Dirjal Resigned [18] 12 March 2014   Maher Kanzari 1 June 2014

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 AFC player Former players
Al-Ahli   Abdullah Omar   Dioko Kaluyituka   Patou Kabangu   Mojtaba Jabbari   Ferydoon Zandi
Al-Arabi   Karim Ziani   Bruno Rangel   Wanderley   Orestes 1   Sayed Mohamed Adnan
  Jesús Meza
Al-Gharafa   Lisandro López   Nenê   Lassina Diaby   Miku   Mark Bresciano
Al-Kharaitiyat   Domingos   Yahia Kébé   Vivien Assie   Youssef Kaddioui   Jaycee John
Al-Khor   Júlio César   Madson   William   Ali Hasan Kamal   Salam Shaker   Bruno Mineiro
  Faouzi Abdelghani
Al-Rayyan   Lucho González   Kalu Uche   Yakubu   Cho Yong-hyung   Juan Forlín
  Nilmar
  Rodrigo Tabata
Al-Sadd   Nadir Belhadj   Rodrigo Tabata   Raúl   Lee Jung-soo   Leandro
  Mamadou Niang
Al-Sailiya   Marcelo Camacho   Marcelo Tavares   Moumouni Dagano   Yves Diba Ilunga   Faouzi Aaish
Al-Wakrah   Sebastián Sáez   Michel   Pejman Khoubiari   Saïd Boutahar   Ali Rehema   Anouar Diba
El Jaish   Anderson Martins   Nilmar   Jirès Kembo Ekoko   Mohammad Mothnani   Go Seul-ki   Kalu Uche
  Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini
Lekhwiya   Madjid Bougherra   Vladimír Weiss   Youssef Msakni   Nam Tae-hee   Issiar Dia
Muaither   Jhasmani Campos   Johnson Kendrick   Rodrigo   Cho Sung-hwan   Ha Sung-min   Ebrahima Sawaneh
  Đorđe Đikanović
  Fozil Musaev
Qatar SC   Adriano   Douglão   Marcinho   Sin Jin-ho
Umm Salal   Cabore   Victor Simões   Otmane El Assas   Pejman Montazeri   Sasa Ognenovski
  Bakari Koné

^1 Orestes has East Timorese citizenship and was counted as Asian player.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Lekhwiya (C) 26 16 5 5 55 30 +25 53 2015 AFC Champions League group stage
2 El Jaish 26 14 6 6 39 27 +12 48 2015 AFC Champions League 2nd qualifying round
3 Al-Sadd 26 13 8 5 54 30 +24 47
4 Al-Sailiya 26 11 9 6 45 37 +8 42
5 Al-Arabi 26 11 6 9 41 41 0 39 2015 GCC Champions League group stage
6 Al-Ahli 26 9 7 10 48 50 −2 34
7 Umm Salal 26 9 7 10 34 36 −2 34
8 Al-Wakrah 26 8 8 10 41 40 +1 32
9 Al-Gharafa 26 8 8 10 40 41 −1 32
10 Qatar SC 26 8 7 11 34 40 −6 31
11 Al-Khor 26 5 15 6 29 30 −1 30
12 Al-Kharaitiyat 26 7 8 11 31 34 −3 29
13 Al-Rayyan (R) 26 7 8 11 34 40 −6 29 GCC Champions League and relegation to the 2nd Division
14 Muaither (R) 26 4 2 20 28 69 −41 14 Relegation to the 2014–15 Qatari 2nd Division
Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2014. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

References

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  1. ^ "QSL SET TO EXPAND الغرافة والإدارة تشكره". QSL. 7 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Qatargas and QFA Sign 3 Year Sponsorship Agreement". QFA. 6 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  3. ^ "AL ARABI: AN INTRODUCTION". 9 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Al Sailiyah to base camp at Al Rayyan Stadium". QFA. 22 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-04-16. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  5. ^ "BOLONI AGREES NEW DEAL". QSL. 26 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  6. ^ "SIMONDI AND KHARAITIYAT PART COMPANY". QSL. 23 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  7. ^ "SIMONDI REPLACES MARCHAND". QSL. 26 May 2012. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  8. ^ "AL SAILIYAH PART COMPANY WITH MUBARAK". 9 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  9. ^ "AL SAILIYA UNVEIL NEW COACH". 9 June 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2013.[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ "NEW AL ARABI COACH OUTLINES PLANS FOR SEASON AHEAD". 9 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  11. ^ "DIRJAL RETURNS TO AL WAKRAH". 20 June 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  12. ^ "Umm Salal to unveil new coach on Tuesday". 3 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  13. ^ "JIMINEZ UNVEILED AS AL RAYYAN COACH". 6 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-11-06. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  14. ^ "Bülent Uygun Named New Umm Salal Coach". 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  15. ^ "Eljaish rope in Tunisian to replace Lucescu". 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  16. ^ "QATAR STARS LEAGUE:AL ARABI PART COMPANY WITH STIELIKE". 29 January 2014. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  17. ^ "ZICO LEAVES AL GHARAFA BY MUTUAL CONSENT". 29 January 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  18. ^ "Al Wakrah Head Coach Adnan Dirjal resigns". 12 March 2014. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
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