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.

League expansion

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. On the 6 October 2013 it was announced that the second tier would be known as the QatarGas League due to sponsorship reasons.

Teams

were promoted as champions from the 2nd Division. They were joined by Al-Mu'aidar 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

ClubCity/TownStadiumCapacity
Al AhliDohaAl-Ahly Stadium20,000
Al-ArabiDohaGrand Hamad Stadium13,000
Al-GharrafaAl GharafaAl-Gharafa Stadium22,000
Al KharitiyathAl-RayyanAl-Khawr Stadium13,000
Al-KhorAl KhorAl-Khawr Stadium13,000
Al-MuaitherDohaKhalifa International Stadium50,000
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
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.

Personnel and kits

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 Kharitiyath Bertrand Marchand
Al-Khor László Bölöni
Al-Muaither Ladislas Lozano
Al-Rayyan Manolo Jiménez
Al-Sadd Hussein Amotta
Al-Sailiya Sami Trabelsi
Al-Wakrah Adnan Dirjal
El Jaish Nabil Maloul
Lekhwiya Eric Gerets
Qatar SC Sebastião Lazaroni
Umm-Salal Bülent Uygun

Managerial changes

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to seven per team, with no more than five on pitch during matches.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Asian Player
Al Ahli Abdullah Omar Alain Dioko Mulota Kabangu John Benson Ró-Ró Semih Aksoy Mojtaba Jabbari
Al-Arabi Karim Ziani Wanderley Bruno Rangel Thamer Jamal Mohammed Muddather Orestes Júnior
Al-Gharrafa Lisandro López Nenê Lassina Diaby Yousief Ramadan Miku Mark Bresciano
Al Kharitiyath Jaycee John Domingos Yahia Kébé Assie Koua Vivien Youssef Kaddioui Mohammed Salam Naief Al Enezi
Al-Khor Júlio César William Madson Salam Shaker Baba Djibril Farri Agri Ali Hasan Kamal
Al-Muaither Jhasmani Campos Johnson Kendrick Rodrigo da Costa Sahilou Ndiaye
Al-Rayyan Lucho González Nathan Otávio Babou Sidiki Barro Yakubu Kalu Uche
Al-Sadd Nadir Belhadj Rodrigo Tabata Hamza Sanhaji Raúl Lee Jung-soo
Al-Sailiya Marcelo Tavares Marcelo Camacho Moumouni Dagano Yves Diba Ilunga Grégory Gomis Omar Ibrahim Faouzi Aaish
Al-Wakrah Sebastián Sáez Michel Souza Pejhman Khoubiari Mohannad Darjal Said Boutahar Hassan Edriss Dicko Ali Rehema
El Jaish Nilmar Anderson Martins Wagner Ribeiro Ivanildo Rodrigues Jires Kembo Ekoko Mohammad Mothnani Go Seul-ki
Lekhwiya Madjid Bougherra Ahmad Ali Hatimi Tresor Kangambu Amine Lecomte Vladimír Weiss Youssef Msakni Nam Tae-hee
Qatar SC Douglao Adriano Marcinho Mostafa Mido Han Kook-young
Umm-Salal Cabore Victor Simões Khalid Jaberti Jawad Ahnash Otmane El Assas Rashid Mohammed Pejman Montazeri

League table