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. On the 6 October 2013 it was announced that the second tier would be known as the QatarGas League due to sponsorship reasons.
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
Club City/Town Stadium Capacity Al Ahli Doha Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium 20,000 Al-Arabi Doha Grand Hamad Stadium 13,000 Al-Gharafa Al Gharrafa Thani bin Jassim Stadium 22,000 Al Kharaitiyat Al Kharaitiyat Al-Khor SC Stadium 13,000 Al-Khor Al Khor Al-Khor SC Stadium 13,000 Al-Rayyan Al Rayyan Ahmad bin Ali Stadium 22,000 Al Sadd Doha Jassim bin Hamad Stadium 18,000 Al-Sailiya Doha Ahmad bin Ali Stadium 1 22,000 Al-Wakrah Al Wakrah Al Janoub Stadium 12,000 El Jaish Duhail Suheim bin Hamad Stadium 13,000 Lekhwiya Doha Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium 15,000 Muaither Muaither Khalifa International Stadium 50,000 Qatar SC Doha Suheim bin Hamad 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.
Personnel
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Head coachAl Ahli Milan MáčalaAl-Arabi Paulo César CarpegianiAl-Gharafa Diego AguirreAl Kharaitiyat Bertrand MarchandAl-Khor László BölöniAl-Rayyan Manolo JiménezAl Sadd Hussein AmmoutaAl-Sailiya Sami TrabelsiAl-Wakrah Maher Kanzari El Jaish Nabil MaâloulLekhwiya Eric GeretsMuaither Ladislas LozanoQatar SC Sebastião LazaroniUmm Salal Bülent Uygun
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointment Al Kharaitiyat Bernard Simondi Contract expired 23 May 2013 Bertrand Marchand 26 May 2013 Al-Sailiya Abdullah Mubarak Resigned 8 June 2013 Sami Trabelsi 8 June 2013 Al-Arabi Abdelaziz Bennij Contract expired 8 June 2013 Uli Stielike 8 June 2013 Al-Wakrah Mehmed Baždarević Contract expired 20 June 2013 Adnan Dirjal 20 June 2013 Umm Salal Alain Perrin Sacked 30 September 2013 Gérard Gili 30 September 2013 Al-Rayyan Diego Aguirre Sacked 30 October 2013 Manolo Jiménez 6 November 2013 Umm Salal Gérard Gili Sacked 14 December 2013 Bülent Uygun 14 December 2013 El Jaish Răzvan Lucescu Sacked 16 January 2014 Nabil Maâloul 21 January 2014 Al-Arabi Uli Stielike Sacked 28 January 2014 Paulo César Carpegiani 18 February 2014 Al-Gharafa Zico Mutual consent 29 January 2014 Diego Aguirre 6 February 2014 Al-Wakrah Adnan Dirjal Resigned 12 March 2014 Maher Kanzari 12 March 2014
Foreign players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC player Former players Al Ahli Abdullah Omar Dioko Kaluyituka Patou Kabangu Mojtaba Jabbari Ferydoon Zandi Al-Arabi Karim Ziani Bruno Rangel Wanderley Orestes Sayed Mohamed Adnan Jesús Meza Al-Gharafa Lisandro López Nenê Miku Mark Bresciano Al Kharaitiyat Domingos Yahia Kébé Youssef Kaddioui Jaycee John Al-Khor Júlio César Madson William Salam Shaker Bruno Mineiro Ali Hasan Kamal Faouzi Abdelghani Al-Rayyan Lucho González Kalu Uche Yakubu Cho Yong-hyung Juan Forlín Leandro PadovaniNilmar Rodrigo Tabata Al Sadd Nadir Belhadj Rodrigo Tabata Raúl Lee Jung-soo Leandro Mamadou Niang Al-Sailiya Marcelo Camacho Moumouni Dagano Yves Diba Ilunga Faouzi Aaish Marcelo Tavares Al-Wakrah Sebastián Sáez Michel Saïd Boutahar Ali Rehema Anouar Diba El Jaish Anderson Martins Nilmar Jirès Kembo Ekoko Go Seul-ki Kalu Uche Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini Lekhwiya Madjid Bougherra Vladimír Weiss Youssef Msakni Nam Tae-hee Issiar Dia Muaither Jhasmani Campos Rodrigo Cho Sung-hwan Ha Sung-min Ebrahima Sawaneh Đorđe Đikanović Fozil Musaev Qatar SC Adriano Douglão Marcinho Sin Jin-ho Umm Salal Caboré Victor Simões Otmane El Assas Pejman Montazeri Sasa Ognenovski Bakari Koné
Orestes has East Timorese citizenship and was counted as Asian player.
League table
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