2012–13 Qatar Stars League

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Lekhwiya
El Jaish
Top goalscorerSebastián Soria
(19 goals)

The 2012–13

Al-Sadd
won the league for the 13th time in their history, making them the most successful team in the Qatar Stars League.

Teams

Al Ahli were relegated to the second level league after finishing bottom in the 2011–12 Qatar Stars League campaign.

Al-Sailiya
were promoted as the 2nd level champions and are back after one season away from the top flight.

Stadia and locations

2012–13 Qatar Stars League is located in Qatar
Doha
Doha
Umm Salal
Umm Salal
Al Rayyan
Al Rayyan
Al Khor
Al Khor
Locations of teams in the 2012–13 Qatari League
Club City/Town Stadium Capacity
Al-Arabi Doha Grand Hamad Stadium 13,000
Al-Gharrafa
Al Gharafa
Al-Gharafa Stadium
22,000
Al Kharitiyath
Al-Rayyan
Al-Khawr Stadium
12,000
Al-Khor
Al Khor
Al-Khawr Stadium
12,000
Al-Rayyan
Al Rayyan
Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
22,000
Al-Sadd
Doha
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
10,000
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
12,000
Lekhwiya
Doha
Lekhwiya Sports Stadium
10,000
Qatar SC
Doha
Qatar SC Stadium
12,000
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.[1]

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.

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Al-Arabi Morocco Abdelaziz Bennij Qatar Masoud Zeraei Adidas QPM
Al-Gharafa
Habib Sadek
Alex
Errea
Vodafone
Al Kharitiyath France Bernard Simondi Qatar Nabeel Anwar BURRDA Al-Khuratiyat Co.
Al-Khor Romania László Bölöni Qatar Mostafa Jalal Adidas
Qatar Airlines
Al-Rayyan Uruguay Diego Aguirre
Fábio César
Adidas Rayan Co.
Al-Sadd
Hussein Amotta
Qatar Abdulla Koni BURRDA Vodafone
Al-Sailiya Qatar Abdullah Mubarak Qatar Abdulla Darwish Nike Qatar Islamic Bank
Al-Wakrah Bosnia and Herzegovina Mehmed Baždarević Iraq Ali Rehema Nike Opel
El Jaish
Razvan Lucescu
Algeria Karim Ziani Nike Masrat Rayan Archived 2012-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
Lekhwiya Belgium Eric Gerets France Dame Traoré BURRDA Masrat Rayan Archived 2012-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
Qatar SC
Sebastiao Lazaroni
Hussain Al Romaihi
Adidas QatarEnergy
Umm-Salal France Bertrand Marchand
Saša Ognenovski
Nike Global Sports

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
El Jaish Brazil Péricles Chamusca Contract expired [2] 9 May 2012
Razvan Lucescu[3]
9 May 2012
Al-Sadd
Uruguay Jorge Fossati Contract expired 19 May 2012
Hussein Amotta[4]
1 June 2012
Al-Khor
France Alain Perrin Signed by Qatar U-23[5] 21 May 2012 Romania László Bölöni [6] 21 June 2012
Al-Wakrah
Iraq Adnan Dirjal Resigned [7] 23 May 2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mehmed Baždarević 23 May 2012
Umm-Salal
France Gérard Gili Contract expired 20 June 2012 France Bertrand Marchand[8] 27 June 2012
Qatar SC Morocco Saïd Chiba Contract expired 8 July 2012
Sebastiao Lazaroni[9]
9 July 2012
Al Kharitiyath
France Laurent Banide Contract expired 20 July 2012 France Bernard Simondi[10] 23 July 2012
Al Arabi France Pierre Lechantre Sacked [11] 30 September 2012 Egypt Hassan Shehata[12] 11 October 2012
Lekhwiya
Algeria Djamel Belmadi Resigned 8 October 2012 Belgium Eric Gerets[13] 8 October 2012
Al-Sailiya Germany Uli Stielike Sacked 8 October 2012 Tunisia Maher Kanzari[14] 8 October 2012
Al-Gharrafa
Brazil Paulo Silas Sacked 27 November 2012
Habib Sadek[15]
27 November 2012
Al Arabi Egypt Hassan Shehata Sacked [16] 6 December 2012 Morocco Abdelaziz Bennij 6 December 2012
Al-Gharrafa
Habib Sadek
Temp mandate over 20 December 2012 France Alain Perrin[17] 20 December 2012
Al-Sailiya Tunisia Maher Kanzari Resigned[18] 31 January 2013 Qatar Abdullah Mubarak 31 January 2013
Al-Gharrafa
France Alain Perrin Resigned[19] 21 February 2013
Habib Sadek
21 February 2013
Umm Salal France Bertrand Marchand ? ? France Alain Perrin ?

Foreign Players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Asian Player Former Players
Al-Arabi Brazil Wanderley Morocco Houssine Kharja Morocco Youssouf Hadji Senegal Baba Keita Serbia Đorđe Rakić Australia Matthew Spiranovic Brazil Baré
Al-Gharafa Brazil Afonso Alves Brazil Alex Brazil Nenê France Djibril Cissé Iraq Omar Mahmoud Australia Harry Kewell Australia Mark Bresciano
Brazil Diego Tardelli
Serbia Đorđe Rakić
Al-Kharaitiyat Brazil Domingos Burkina Faso Yahia Kébé Democratic Republic of the Congo Dioko Kaluyituka Ivory Coast Vivien Assie Portugal Fábio Paím Iran Andranik
Al-Khor Brazil Bruno Mineiro Brazil Júlio César Brazil Madson Iraq Ali Hasan Kamal Iraq Salam Shaker Jordan Hassan Abdel-Fattah
Norway Pa-Modou Kah
Al-Rayyan Brazil Nathan Ribeiro Brazil Nilmar Brazil Rodrigo Tabata Uruguay Álvaro Fernández South Korea Cho Yong-hyung
Al-Sadd Algeria Nadir Belhadj Iraq Younis Mahmoud Spain Raúl South Korea Lee Jung-soo Senegal Mamadou Niang
Al-Sailiya Brazil Marcelo Tavares Brazil Keninha Goiano Burkina Faso Moumouni Dagano France Grégory Gomis Ivory Coast Babou Sidiki South Korea Kim Kee-hee Ivory Coast Aruna Dindane
Tunisia Khaled Korbi
Al-Wakrah France Pierre-Alain Frau Morocco Anouar Diba Morocco Nabil Daoudi Senegal Hasan Deko Tunisia Khaled Korbi Iraq Ali Rehema Iraq Younis Mahmoud
Peru Reimond Manco
El-Jaish Algeria Karim Ziani Brazil Adriano Brazil Anderson Martins Brazil Ivanildo Tunisia Mohammad Mothnani South Korea Go Seul-ki Oman Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini
Lekhwiya Algeria Madjid Bougherra Brazil Luiz Júnior France Simon Dia Senegal Issiar Dia Tunisia Youssef Msakni South Korea Nam Tae-hee Algeria Mourad Meghni
Brazil Marcelo Tavares
Mali Idrissa Coulibaly
Qatar SC Brazil Marcinho Ivory Coast Bakari Koné Morocco Youssef Safri Iran Hadi Aghily Iraq Qusay Munir
Umm-Salal Brazil Cabore Guinea Ismaël Bangoura Netherlands Saïd Boutahar Morocco Otmane El Assas Sudan Thamer Jamal Australia Sasa Ognenovski Senegal Mamadou Traoré

League Expansion

At the end of the 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 – 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.[20]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Al Sadd
(C)
22 16 3 3 47 23 +24 51 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage
2
Lekhwiya
22 14 4 4 42 22 +20 46 2014 AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off
3 El Jaish 22 13 1 8 25 23 +2 40
4
Al Rayyan
22 11 4 7 49 37 +12 37 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage
5 Umm Salal 22 9 4 9 30 37 −7 31
6
Al Gharafa
22 8 6 8 26 28 −2 30
7
Al Khor
22 7 8 7 26 24 +2 29
8 Qatar SC 22 7 5 10 31 34 −3 26
9
Al Wakra
22 7 5 10 27 31 −4 26
10 Al Kharitiyath 22 4 8 10 21 27 −6 20
11 Al-Arabi 22 3 8 11 25 40 −15 17 Promotion/relegation playoff
12 Al Sailiya (R) 22 3 4 15 29 52 −23 13 Relegation
Updated to match(es) played on 18 April 2013. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Relegation playoff

Al-Mu'aidar
Spiranovic 23'
Al Oraimi 82'
Report
Summary
Laitoula 44' (pen.)
Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha

Fixtures and results

Top scorers

As of 18 April 2013[21]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Qatar Sebastián Soria
Lekhwiya
19
2 Brazil Nilmar
Al-Rayyan
14
3 Burkina Faso Moumouni Dagano Al-Sailiya 13
4 Iraq Younis Mahmoud
Al-Sadd
10
Brazil Júlio César
Al-Khor
10
Qatar Khalfan Ibrahim
Al-Sadd
10
Brazil Rodrigo Tabata
Al-Rayyan
10
5 Brazil Diego Tardelli
Al-Gharafa
9
Qatar Mohammed Razak Qatar SC 9
Spain Raúl
Al-Sadd
9

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