Qatar Sports Club (Arabic: نادي قطر الرياضي) is a sports club based in Doha, Qatar. It is best known for its football team which competes in the Qatar Stars League. The club was founded in 1961 with the merger of two Qatari football clubs, Al-Oruba and Al-Nasour.[1]

Qatar SC
نادي قطر الرياضي (Arabic)
Full nameQatar Sports Club
Nickname(s)The King
Founded1960; 64 years ago (1960)
GroundSuheim bin Hamad Stadium
Capacity13,000
ChairmanSheikh Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani
Head coachYoussef Safri
LeagueQatar Stars League
2022–23Qatar Stars League, 5th of 12
WebsiteClub website

They play their home games in the Qatar SC Stadium, which can accommodate 13,000 spectators. The club has recently diversified into sports other than football with an athletics division having been established, competing in sprinting, long jump and javelin throwing. The club adopted its current name, Qatar SC, in 1981.[1]

History

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Formation (1972)

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In 1972, Al-Oruba merged with Al-Nasour to form a new football club named Al-Esteqlal. Former player Saad Mohammed Saleh was selected as the first coach.[2] Al Esteqlal was one of the strongest clubs right from its establishment, winning its first official Q-League season in 1972–73. The next year, in 1974, Al Sadd hired head coach Hassan Othman from the club in addition to 14 of its players, including Hassan Mattar and Mubarak Anber, much to the dismay of club president Hamad bin Suhaim. During this period, transfers could be made unconditionally in Qatari football. Despite the resounding difficulties arising from the transfer fiasco, the club continued with its success, winning the 1976–77 season and supplying the national team with some of its most prominent players.

1981–present: Qatar SC

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Al Esteqlal was renamed Qatar SC in 1981. However, it gradually faded into obscurity for the next 2 decades, with the league being dominated by Al Arabi, Al Sadd, and Al Rayyan. The club won the Qatar Crown Prince Cup in 2002 and also won the 2002–03 league season by three points. They won the Crown Prince Cup the same year, and again in 2009. The club was relegated to Qatari Second Division after the 2015-16 season, but were promoted back to the top division the next season.

Name history

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  • 1972: The club was founded by a merger of Al-Oruba and Al Nasour, and was named Al Esteqlal
  • 1981: The club was renamed Qatar Sports Club

Stadium

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Qatar SC play their matches at Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, which is located in Doha's seaside district of Al Dafna. It is a multi-purpose stadium, featuring an athletics field, a gym, a shopping centre and a mosque, among other facilities. The stadium has a capacity of 13,000 seats. An Iranian student named Yaser GhasemianZoeram designed the stadium of this club for renovation, which was met with a unique reception in Qatar.

Besides local football matches, the stadium also hosts a number of tournaments such as Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix and some of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup matches.

Players

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As of Qatar Stars League:

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   QAT Yossef Ahmed
2 DF   QAT Nasir Peer
4 MF   QAT Omar Al-Amadi
5 MF   CMR Raoul Danzabe
7 MF   NED Mohamed Taabouni (on loan from Al-Arabi)
9 FW   EGY Ahmed Abdel Kader (on loan from Al Ahly)
10 MF   BRA Carlinhos (on loan from Portimonense)
11 MF   QAT Ali Bujaloof
13 DF   MAR Badr Benoun
14 MF   QAT Moataz Bostami
15 DF   QAT Abdullah Al-Muftah
16 MF   QAT Abdurahman Al-Korbi
17 DF   QAT Khaled Mahmoudi
18 DF   QAT Ali Malolah
19 DF   EGY Seif Aboutrika
20 FW   QAT Eisa Palangi
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW   QAT Jassem Al-Jalabi
22 DF   QAT Diyab Taha
23 FW   QAT Sebastián Soria
24 FW   QAT Abdulaziz Al-Ansari
26 MF   QAT Muhammed Zidan
27 MF   QAT Youssef Mohamed
28 FW   COD Ben Malango
29 MF   QAT Ali Al-Egaili U21
31 GK   QAT Motasem Al Bustami
32 DF   QAT Ibrahim Majid
33 GK   QAT Adnan Saleh U21
71 MF   QAT Abdulrahman Mohsin
74 GK   QAT Satea Abdelnasser
77 MF   QAT Zakariya Al-Wahaibi
88 DF   ESP Javi Martínez
99 MF   QAT Ilyas Brimil

Unregistered players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF   TUN Ali Saoudi
91 DF   QAT Talal Al-Raeesi
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   IDN Ahmad Al-Khuwailid

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   QAT Bahaa Ellethy (on loan to Al-Ahli)

Honours

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Records and statistics

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Sebastián Soria holds the club record for most league goals

Last update: 15 March 2023.
Players whose names are in bold are still active with the club.

Most goals
# Nat. Name League Goals
1   Sebastián Soria 116
2   Akwá 43
3   Amad Al-Hosni 36
4   Abdulaziz Hassan Bujaloof 31
5   Marcinho 25
6   Hamdi Harbaoui 21
7   Yasser Nazmi 18
8   Mousa Al Allaq 18

Recent seasons

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Season Division Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Emir Cup
1996–97 1D 7 16 4 3 9 19 19 15 Round 1
1997–98 1D 6 16 5 4 7 17 22 19 Round 1
1998–99 1D 6 16 5 2 9 16 27 17 Round 1
1999–2000 1D 7 16 4 6 6 14 24 18 Quarter-finals
2000–01 1D 8 16 4 2 10 18 27 14 Round 2
2001–02 1D 2 16 9 2 5 30 17 29 Semifinals
2002–03 1D 1 18 10 5 3 24 10 34 Semifinals
2003–04 1D 2 18 10 4 4 31 17 34 Runners-up
2004–05 1D 4 27 14 3 10 40 34 45 Quarter-finals
2005–06 1D 2 27 14 7 6 49 34 49 Semifinals
2006–07 1D 6 27 10 4 13 35 36 34 Quarter-finals
2007–08 1D 4 27 14 4 9 53 38 46 Semifinals
2008–09 1D 4 27 11 10 6 42 36 43 Semifinals
2009–10 1D 4 22 11 5 6 32 23 38 Semifinals
2010–11 1D 5 22 11 7 4 40 26 40 Quarter-finals
2011–12 1D 10 22 6 6 10 32 46 24 Round 3

Technical staff

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Senior team

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As of 29 November 2023[3]
Coaching staff
Head coach   Youssef Safri
Assistant coach   Mohamed Ighir
  Joaquín Gil
  Andre Lima
Goalkeeper coach  
Fitness coach   Anderson Nicolau
Match analysis  
Team doctor  
Physiotherapist  
Kit manager  
General manager  

Youth team

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Coaching staff
Head coach   Yousef Al Noubi
Technical director   David Giguel
Goalkeeping coach   Abdel Fattah Nassef
Fitness coach   Abdulziz Al Kahlawi

Managerial history

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As of 10 May 2023[4]
 
Manager Period
  Hamad Neel Mohammed Ali c. 1962
  Saad Mohammed Saleh c. 1972
  Helmi Hussein 1973–74
  Wagdi Jamal 1974
  Hassan Othman
  Helmi Hussein
1974–75
  Mohammed Kheiri 1975–76
  Jozef Jankech
  Jozef Vengloš[5]
1976–77
  Jorvan Vieira 1980
  Park Byung-suk c. 1980–81[6]
  Paulo Massa 1988
  Uli Maslo July 1, 1988–90
  Sérgio Cosme 1990
  Džemaludin Mušović 1990–91
  Uli Maslo 1991 – April 30, 1992
  Ammo Baba 1992–93
  Jozef Jankech 1993–94
  Hazem Jassam[7] 1994
  Roland Andersson July 1, 1995 – June 30, 1997
  Ján Pivarník[8] 1997
  Reinhard Fabisch[9] 1998–00
  Eid Mubarak[10] 2000
  Verner Lička July 1, 2000 – June 15, 2001
  Zoran Đorđević 2001–02
  Džemaludin Mušović 2002–04
 
Manager Period
  Adel Abu Karbal
  Salman Abdulaziz
2004
  Carlos Alhinho 2004 – June 30, 2005
  Dimitri Davidovic July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006
  Džemal Hadžiabdić 2006
  Yannick Stopyra Nov 2006 – Jan 07
  Srećko Juričić 2007
  Dimitri Davidovic 2007
  Džemaludin Mušović 2007–08
  Hameed Bremel 2008
  Sebastião Lazaroni July 24, 2008 – Aug 11
  Saïd Chiba Aug 12, 2011 – July 8, 2012
  Sebastião Lazaroni July 9, 2012 – June 1, 2014
  Ivan Hašek June 1, 2014 – September 11, 2014
  Radhi Shenaishil September 11, 2014 – October 26, 2015
  Sebastião Lazaroni October 26, 2015– June 27, 2016
  Aurel Țicleanu June 28, 2016– December 26, 2016
  Erik van der Meer December 29, 2016 – May 31, 2017
  Gabriel Calderón July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018
  Abdullah Mubarak November 25, 2017 – September 17, 2018
  Yousuf Al-Noubi[11] September 17, 2018 – October 10, 2018
  Sergio Batista October 10, 2018 – June 30, 2019
  Carlos Alós July 1, 2019 – October 20, 2019
  Wesam Rizik October 21, 2019 – June 30, 2021
  Zé Ricardo June 2021 – October 2021
  Yousuf Al-Noubi[12] October 2021
  Youssef Safri October 2021 – October 2023
  Helio Sousa October 2023 – April 2024
  Yousuf Al-Noubi April 2024 – September 2024
  Youssef Safri September 2024 – present

Performance in AFC competitions

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2003–04: Group Stage

References

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  7. ^ "رياضة: رغم عدم تصديق عقود لاعبيها كرة الزوراء تواصل تحضيراتها للموسم الجديد". al-bayyna.com. 2005. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
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  10. ^ "بطولة قطر : برنامج المرحلة الخامسة عشرة". daharchives.alhayat.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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