2013–14 Qatar Stars League

The 2013–14 Qatari League, also known as Qatari Stars League was the 41st edition of top-level football championship in Qatar. The season was started on 1 September 2013 and was finished 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 Mu'aidar
Al Rayyan
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 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 – 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 will also merge 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
Locations of teams in the 2013–14 Qatari League
ClubCity/TownStadiumCapacity
Al AhliDohaAl-Ahly Stadium20,000
Al-ArabiDohaGrand Hamad Stadium[3]13,000
Al-GharafaAl GharafaAl-Gharafa Stadium22,000
Al KharaitiyatAl-RayyanAl-Khawr Stadium13,000
Al-KhorAl KhorAl-Khawr Stadium13,000
Al-RayyanAl RayyanAhmed bin Ali Stadium22,000
Al SaddDohaJassim Bin Hamad Stadium18,000
Al-SailiyaDohaAhmed bin Ali Stadium 122,000
Al-WakrahAl WakrahAl-Wakrah Stadium12,000
El JaishDohaQatar SC Stadium13,000
LekhwiyaDohaLekhwiya Sports Stadium15,000
MuaitherDohaKhalifa International Stadium50,000
Qatar SCDohaQatar SC Stadium13,000
Umm SalalUmm SalalGrand Hamad Stadium13,000

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.

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt 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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TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointment
Al Kharaitiyat Bernard Simondi[6]Contract not renewed23 May 2013 Bertrand Marchand[7]26 May 2013
Al Sailiya Abdullah MubarakResigned [8]8 June 2013 Sami Trabelsi[9]8 June 2013
Al Arabi Abdelaziz BennijContract not renewed8 June 2013 Uli Stielike[10]8 June 2013
Al Wakrah Mehmed BaždarevićContract not renewed20 June 2013 Adnan Dirjal[11]20 June 2013
Umm Salal Alain PerrinSacked30 September 2013 Gérard Gili[12]30 September 2013
Al Rayyan Diego AguirreSacked30 October 2013 Manolo Jiménez[13]6 November 2013
Umm Salal Gérard GiliSacked14 December 2013 Bülent Uygun[14]14 December 2013
El Jaish Răzvan LucescuSacked16 January 2014 Nabil Maâloul[15]21 January 2014
Al Arabi Uli StielikeSacked [16]28 January 2014 Paulo César Carpegiani18 February 2014
Al-Gharafa ZicoMutual consent [17]29 January 2014 Diego Aguirre6 February 2014
Al Wakrah Adnan DirjalResigned [18]12 March 2014 Maher Kanzari1 June 2014

Foreign players

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ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4AFC playerFormer 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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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Lekhwiya (C)2616555530+25532015 AFC Champions League group stage
2El Jaish2614663927+12482015 AFC Champions League 2nd qualifying round
3Al Sadd2613855430+2447
4Al Sailiya2611964537+842
5Al-Arabi26116941410392015 GCC Champions League group stage
6Al Ahli2697104850−234
7Umm Salal2697103436−234
8Al-Wakrah2688104140+132
9Al-Gharafa2688104041−132
10Qatar SC2687113440−631
11Al-Khor2651562930−130
12Al Kharaitiyat2678113134−329
13Al Rayyan (R)2678113440−629GCC Champions League and relegation to the 2nd Division
14Al Mu'aidar (R)2642202869−4114Relegation 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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