Qatar Stars League
The Qatar Stars League is a professional football league in Qatar. It also forms the highest football league in the country. Since 1963, the league will be played with frequently changing names. The first Master was Al- Maref, the reigning champion Al -Sadd, who with 13 tracks record champion is. In the past, the league consisted of usually ten teams from the 2009/10 season was topped the league and played with twelve teams, so there was no sporting relegated in the previous season ended. For the 2013/14 season the league has been supplemented by two other teams, which had to descend again no club in the previous season.
Mode
Will be wearing the championship with back and leg matches, each team competes against each other twice. The Master qualifies along with the winner of the Emir of Qatar Cup for the AFC Champions League. The last of the table descends to the second division.
Clubs in the 2013/14 season
Previous titleholders
- 2003/ 04: Al -Sadd
- 2004/ 05: Al- Gharafa
- 2005/ 06: Al -Sadd
- 2006/ 07: Al -Sadd
- 2007/ 08: Al- Gharafa
- 2008/ 09: Al- Gharafa
- 2009/10: Al- Gharafa
- 2010/11: Lekhwiya
- 2011/12: Lekhwiya
- 2012/13: Al -Sadd
Former well-known player in the league
In the Qatar Stars League played in recent years many foreign stars and professionals. Below is a selection of the best known:
Al -Ahli SC:
- Spain Josep Guardiola
Al -Arabi:
- Argentina Gabriel Batistuta
- Germany Stefan Effenberg
- Iván Hurtado Ecuador
- Dennis Oliech Kenya
- Australia Tony Popović
- Nigeria Taribo West
Al -Sadd:
- Iran Karim Bagheri
- Iran Ali Daei
- Iran Hossein Kaebi
- France Frank Leboeuf
- Brazil Marcio Emerson Passos
- Ghana Abédi Pele
- Spain Raúl
- Brazil Romario
- Ecuador Carlos Tenorio
- Mauro Zárate Argentina
Al- Rayyan:
- Brazil Sonny Anderson
- Poland Jacek Bąk
- Germany Mario Basler
- Netherlands Frank de Boer
- Netherlands Ronald de Boer
- Spain Fernando Hierro
- Belgium Emile Mpenza
- Cameroon Salomon Olembé
Al- Wakra:
- France Frank Leboeuf
- Iraq Emad Mohammed
- Iraq Ahmed Radhi
Al- Gharafa
- Iraq Nasch'at Akram
- France Marcel Desailly
- Iraq Younis Mahmoud
- Iraq Emad Mohammed
- Hakan Yakin Switzerland
Al -Khor Sports Club
- Iraq Younis Mahmoud
- Iraq Hawar Mulla Mohammed
Qatar Sports Club:
- Argentina Claudio Caniggia
- France Marcel Desailly
- France Christophe Dugarry
- Iraq Razzaq Farhan
- Iran Ali Karimi
- Nigeria Jay- Jay Okocha