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2013–14 Qatar Stars League

{{Short description|50th season of top-tier football league in Qatar}}

{{Infobox football league season

| season = 2013–14

| competition = Qatar Stars League

| winners = Lekhwiya
3rd title

| relegated = Al-Rayyan
Muaither

| continentalcup1 = AFC Champions League

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Lekhwiya
El Jaish
Al-Sadd

| league topscorer = Dioko Kaluyituka (22 goals)

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| matches = 182

| total goals = 553

| average goals =

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 2012–13

| nextseason = 2014–15

}}

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.

League expansion

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.{{cite web|title=QSL SET TO EXPAND الغرافة والإدارة تشكره|url=http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetailsNew.aspx?pid=1385|publisher=QSL|date=7 May 2013|access-date=7 May 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130705202123/http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetailsNew.aspx?pid=1385|archive-date=2013-07-05|url-status=dead}} On the 6 October 2013 it was announced that the second tier would be known as the QatarGas League due to sponsorship reasons.{{cite web|title=Qatargas and QFA Sign 3 Year Sponsorship Agreement|url=http://www.qfa.com.qa//qatargas-and-qfa-sign-3-year-sponsorship-agreement.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131008010924/http://www.qfa.com.qa//qatargas-and-qfa-sign-3-year-sponsorship-agreement.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 October 2013|publisher=QFA|date=6 October 2013|access-date=6 October 2013}}

Teams

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=

{{Location map+ |Qatar |width=300 |float=right |caption=Locations of teams in the 2013–14 Qatari League |places=

{{Location map~ |Qatar |lat=25.286667 |long=51.533333 |label=Doha }}

{{Location map~ |Qatar |lat=25.7 |long=51.666667 |label=Umm Salal |position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Qatar |lat=25.533333|long=51.616667 |label=Al Rayyan |position=left}}

{{Location map~ |Qatar |lat=25.69|long=51.51 |label=Al Khor }}

}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"

! Club

! City/Town

! Stadium

! Capacity

Al-Ahli

| Doha

| Al-Ahly Stadium

| 20,000

Al-Arabi

| Doha

| Grand Hamad Stadium{{cite web|title=AL ARABI: AN INTRODUCTION|url=http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetailsNew.aspx?pid=1430|date=9 June 2012|access-date=9 June 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624181431/http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetailsNew.aspx?pid=1430|archive-date=2013-06-24|url-status=dead}}

| 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.{{cite web|title=Al Sailiyah to base camp at Al Rayyan Stadium|url=http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetails.aspx?pid=753|publisher=QFA|date=22 June 2012|access-date=22 June 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416105748/http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetails.aspx?pid=753|archive-date=2013-04-16|url-status=dead}}

=Personnel and kits=

{{Expand section|– Prose containing any permanent captain changes|date=September 2011}}

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

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"

! Team

! Manager

! Captain

! Kit manufacturer

! Shirt sponsor

Al-Ahli

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Milan Máčala

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Al-Arabi

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Paulo César Carpegiani

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|Al-Gharafa

|{{flagicon|URU}} Diego Aguirre

|

|

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Al-Kharaitiyat

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Bertrand Marchand

|

|

|

Al-Khor

|{{flagicon|ROM}} László Bölöni{{cite web|title=BOLONI AGREES NEW DEAL|url=http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsEn/NewsDetailsNew.aspx?pid=1413|publisher=QSL|date=26 May 2013|access-date=26 May 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130705202110/http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsEn/NewsDetailsNew.aspx?pid=1413|archive-date=2013-07-05|url-status=dead}}

|

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Al-Rayyan

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Manolo Jiménez

|

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Al-Sadd

|{{flagicon|MAR}} Hussein Ammouta

|

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Al-Sailiya

|{{flagicon|TUN}} Sami Trabelsi

|

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Al-Wakrah

|{{flagicon|TUN}} Maher Kanzari

|

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El Jaish

|{{flagicon|TUN}} Nabil Maâloul

|

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Lekhwiya

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Eric Gerets

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Muaither

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Ladislas Lozano

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Qatar SC

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Sebastião Lazaroni

|

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Umm Salal

|{{flagicon|TUR}} Bülent Uygun

|

|

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=Managerial changes=

class="wikitable"
Team

!Outgoing manager

!Manner of departure

!Date of vacancy

!Incoming manager

!Date of appointment

Al-Kharaitiyat

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Bernard Simondi{{cite web|title=SIMONDI AND KHARAITIYAT PART COMPANY|url=http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetailsNew.aspx?pid=1411|publisher=QSL|date=23 May 2012|access-date=23 May 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130705204935/http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetailsNew.aspx?pid=1411|archive-date=2013-07-05|url-status=dead}}

| Contract not renewed

| 23 May 2013

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Bertrand Marchand{{cite web|title=SIMONDI REPLACES MARCHAND|url=http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetailsNew.aspx?pid=1414|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130705202553/http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetailsNew.aspx?pid=1414|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2013|publisher=QSL|date=26 May 2012|access-date=26 May 2013}}

| 26 May 2013

Al-Sailiya

| {{flagicon|QAT}} Abdullah Mubarak

| Resigned {{cite web|title=AL SAILIYAH PART COMPANY WITH MUBARAK|url=http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsEn/NewsDetailsNew.aspx?pid=1425|date=9 June 2012|access-date=9 June 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624181457/http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsEn/NewsDetailsNew.aspx?pid=1425|archive-date=2013-06-24|url-status=dead}}

| 8 June 2013

| {{flagicon|TUN}} Sami Trabelsi{{cite web|title=AL SAILIYA UNVEIL NEW COACH|url=http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetailsNew.aspx?pid=1429=QSL|date=9 June 2012|access-date=9 June 2013}}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| 8 June 2013

Al-Arabi

| {{flagicon|MAR}} Abdelaziz Bennij

| Contract not renewed

| 8 June 2013

| {{flagicon|GER}} Uli Stielike{{cite web|title=NEW AL ARABI COACH OUTLINES PLANS FOR SEASON AHEAD|url=http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsEn/NewsDetailsNew.aspx?pid=1428|date=9 June 2012|access-date=9 June 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624181456/http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsEn/NewsDetailsNew.aspx?pid=1428|archive-date=2013-06-24|url-status=dead}}

| 8 June 2013

Al-Wakrah

| {{flagicon|BIH}} Mehmed Baždarević

| Contract not renewed

| 20 June 2013

| {{flagicon|IRQ}} Adnan Dirjal{{cite web|title=DIRJAL RETURNS TO AL WAKRAH|url=http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsEn/NewsDetailsNew.aspx?pid=1441|date=20 June 2012|access-date=20 June 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624181408/http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsEn/NewsDetailsNew.aspx?pid=1441|archive-date=2013-06-24|url-status=dead}}

| 20 June 2013

Umm Salal

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Perrin

| Sacked

| 30 September 2013

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Gérard Gili{{cite web|title=Umm Salal to unveil new coach on Tuesday|url=http://www.qfa.com.qa/umm-salal-to-unveil-new-coach-on-tuesday.aspx|date=3 October 2013|access-date=3 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005013043/http://www.qfa.com.qa/umm-salal-to-unveil-new-coach-on-tuesday.aspx|archive-date=2013-10-05|url-status=dead}}

| 30 September 2013

Al-Rayyan

| {{flagicon|URU}} Diego Aguirre

| Sacked

| 30 October 2013

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Manolo Jiménez{{cite web|title=JIMINEZ UNVEILED AS AL RAYYAN COACH|url=http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetails.aspx?pid=1622|date=6 November 2013|access-date=6 November 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131106110800/http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetails.aspx?pid=1622|archive-date=2013-11-06|url-status=dead}}

| 6 November 2013

Umm Salal

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Gérard Gili

| Sacked

| 14 December 2013

| {{flagicon|TUR}} Bülent Uygun{{cite web|title= Bülent Uygun Named New Umm Salal Coach |url=http://www.qfa.com.qa/bulent-uygun-named-new-umm-salal-coach/|date=16 December 2013 |access-date=16 December 2013}}

| 14 December 2013

El Jaish

|{{flagicon|ROM}} Răzvan Lucescu

| Sacked

| 16 January 2014

| {{flagicon|TUN}} Nabil Maâloul{{cite web|title= Eljaish rope in Tunisian to replace Lucescu |url=http://www.qfa.com.qa/eljaish-rope-in-tunisian-to-replace-lucescu/|date=16 December 2013 |access-date=16 December 2013}}

| 21 January 2014

Al-Arabi

| {{flagicon|GER}} Uli Stielike

| Sacked {{cite web|title=QATAR STARS LEAGUE:AL ARABI PART COMPANY WITH STIELIKE|url=http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetails.aspx?pid=1842#.UulIatGPMkk|date=29 January 2014|access-date=29 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130191552/http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetails.aspx?pid=1842#.UulIatGPMkk|archive-date=30 January 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

| 28 January 2014

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Paulo César Carpegiani

| 18 February 2014

Al-Gharafa

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Zico

| Mutual consent {{cite web|title=ZICO LEAVES AL GHARAFA BY MUTUAL CONSENT|url=http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetails.aspx?pid=1844#.UulIadGPMkk|date=29 January 2014|access-date=29 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201170916/http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetails.aspx?pid=1844#.UulIadGPMkk|archive-date=1 February 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

| 29 January 2014

| {{flagicon|URU}} Diego Aguirre

| 6 February 2014

Al-Wakrah

| {{flagicon|IRQ}} Adnan Dirjal

| Resigned {{cite web|title=Al Wakrah Head Coach Adnan Dirjal resigns|url=http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetails.aspx?pid=1965#.UySyQtGPMkk|date=12 March 2014|access-date=12 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315075841/http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetails.aspx?pid=1965#.UySyQtGPMkk|archive-date=15 March 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

| 12 March 2014

| {{flagicon|TUN}} Maher Kanzari

| 1 June 2014

=Foreign players=

class="wikitable" border="1"
width="155" | Club

! width="175" | Player 1

! width="175" | Player 2

! width="175" | Player 3

! width="175" | Player 4

! width="175" | AFC player

! width="175" | Former players

Al-Ahli

| {{flagicon|Bahrain}} Abdullah Omar

| {{flagicon|DR Congo}} Dioko Kaluyituka

| {{flagicon|DR Congo}} Patou Kabangu

|

| {{flagicon|Iran}} Mojtaba Jabbari

| {{flagicon|Iran}} Ferydoon Zandi

Al-Arabi

| {{flagicon|Algeria}} Karim Ziani

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Bruno Rangel

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Wanderley

|

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Orestes {{ref|1|1}}

| {{flagicon|Bahrain}} Sayed Mohamed Adnan
{{flagicon|Venezuela}} Jesús Meza

Al-Gharafa

| {{flagicon|Argentina}} Lisandro López

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Nenê

| {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Lassina Diaby

| {{flagicon|Venezuela}} Miku

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Mark Bresciano

|

Al-Kharaitiyat

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Domingos

| {{flagicon|Burkina Faso}} Yahia Kébé

| {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Vivien Assie

| {{flagicon|Morocco}} Youssef Kaddioui

| {{flagicon|Bahrain}} Jaycee John

|

Al-Khor

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Júlio César

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Madson

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} William

| {{flagicon|Iraq}} Ali Hasan Kamal

| {{flagicon|Iraq}} Salam Shaker

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Bruno Mineiro
{{flagicon|Morocco}} Faouzi Abdelghani

Al-Rayyan

| {{flagicon|Argentina}} Lucho González

| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Kalu Uche

| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Yakubu

|

| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Cho Yong-hyung

| {{flagicon|Argentina}} Juan Forlín
{{flagicon|Brazil}} Leandro Padovani
{{flagicon|Brazil}}
Nilmar
{{flagicon|Brazil}} Rodrigo Tabata

Al-Sadd

| {{flagicon|Algeria}} Nadir Belhadj

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Rodrigo Tabata

| {{flagicon|Spain}} Raúl

|

| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Lee Jung-soo

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Leandro
{{flagicon|Senegal}} Mamadou Niang

Al-Sailiya

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Marcelo Camacho

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Marcelo Tavares

| {{flagicon|Burkina Faso}} Moumouni Dagano

| {{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} Yves Diba Ilunga

| {{flagicon|Bahrain}} Faouzi Aaish

|

Al-Wakrah

| {{flagicon|Argentina}} Sebastián Sáez

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Michel

| {{flagicon|Iran}} Pejman Khoubiari

| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} Saïd Boutahar

| {{flagicon|Iraq}} Ali Rehema

| {{flagicon|Morocco}} Anouar Diba

El Jaish

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Anderson Martins

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Nilmar

| {{flagicon|France}} Jirès Kembo Ekoko

| {{flagicon|Tunisia}} Mohammad Mothnani

| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Go Seul-ki

| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Kalu Uche
{{flagicon|Oman}} Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini

Lekhwiya

| {{flagicon|Algeria}} Madjid Bougherra

| {{flagicon|Slovakia}} Vladimír Weiss

| {{flagicon|Tunisia}} Youssef Msakni

|

| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Nam Tae-hee

| {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Issiar Dia

Muaither

| {{flagicon|Bolivia}} Jhasmani Campos

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Johnson Kendrick

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Rodrigo

| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Cho Sung-hwan

| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Ha Sung-min

| {{flagicon|Gambia}} Ebrahima Sawaneh
{{flagicon|Montenegro}} Đorđe Đikanović
{{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} Fozil Musaev

Qatar SC

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Adriano

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Douglão

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Marcinho

|

| {{flagicon|South Korea}} Sin Jin-ho

|

Umm Salal

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Cabore

| {{flagicon|Brazil}} Victor Simões

| {{flagicon|Morocco}} Otmane El Assas

|

| {{flagicon|Iran}} Pejman Montazeri

| {{flagicon|Australia}} Sasa Ognenovski
{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Bakari Koné

{{note|1|1}} Orestes has East Timorese citizenship and was counted as Asian player.

League table

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|show_limit=5

|res_col_header=QR

|team1=LEK|name_LEK=Lekhwiya

|team2=JAI|name_JAI=El Jaish

|team3=SAD|name_SAD=Al-Sadd

|team4=SAI|name_SAI=Al-Sailiya

|team5=ARA|name_ARA=Al-Arabi

|team6=AHL|name_AHL=Al-Ahli

|team7=USS|name_USS=Umm Salal

|team8=WAK|name_WAK=Al-Wakrah

|team9=GHA|name_GHA=Al-Gharafa

|team10=QSC|name_QSC=Qatar SC

|team11=KHO|name_KHO=Al-Khor

|team12=KHA|name_KHA=Al-Kharaitiyat

|team13=RAY|name_RAY=Al-Rayyan

|team14=MUA|name_MUA=Muaither

|win_LEK=16|draw_LEK=5|loss_LEK=5|gf_LEK=55|ga_LEK=30|status_LEK=C

|win_JAI=14|draw_JAI=6|loss_JAI=6|gf_JAI=39|ga_JAI=27

|win_SAD=13|draw_SAD=8|loss_SAD=5|gf_SAD=54|ga_SAD=30

|win_SAI=11|draw_SAI=9|loss_SAI=6|gf_SAI=45|ga_SAI=37

|win_ARA=11|draw_ARA=6|loss_ARA=9|gf_ARA=41|ga_ARA=41

|win_AHL=9|draw_AHL=7|loss_AHL=10|gf_AHL=48|ga_AHL=50

|win_USS=9|draw_USS=7|loss_USS=10|gf_USS=34|ga_USS=36

|win_WAK=8|draw_WAK=8|loss_WAK=10|gf_WAK=41|ga_WAK=40

|win_GHA=8|draw_GHA=8|loss_GHA=10|gf_GHA=40|ga_GHA=41

|win_QSC=8|draw_QSC=7|loss_QSC=11|gf_QSC=34|ga_QSC=40

|win_KHO=5|draw_KHO=15|loss_KHO=6|gf_KHO=29|ga_KHO=30

|win_KHA=7|draw_KHA=8|loss_KHA=11|gf_KHA=31|ga_KHA=34

|win_RAY=7|draw_RAY=8|loss_RAY=11|gf_RAY=34|ga_RAY=40|status_RAY=R

|win_MUA=4|draw_MUA=2|loss_MUA=20|gf_MUA=28|ga_MUA=69|status_MUA=R

|col_CLGS=green1|text_CLGS=2015 AFC Champions League group stage

|result1=CLGS

|col_CL2=green2|text_CL2=2015 AFC Champions League 2nd qualifying round

|result2=CL2|result3=CL2

|col_GCLGS=blue1|text_GCLGS=2015 GCC Champions League group stage

|result5=GCLGS

|col_RAY=red1|text_RAY=GCC Champions League and relegation to the 2nd Division

|result13=RAY

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to the 2014–15 Qatari 2nd Division

|result14=R

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update=11 April 2014

|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesq/qat2014.html RSSSF]

}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Qatar Stars League seasons}}

{{2013 in Asian Football (AFC)}}

{{2014 in Asian Football (AFC)}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2013-14 Qatar Stars League}}

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