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Qatar SC
نادي قطر الرياضي  (Arabic)

Full name	Qatar Sports Club
Nickname(s)	The King
Founded	1960; 64 years ago (1960)
Ground	Suheim bin Hamad Stadium
Ground Capacity	13,000
Chairman	Sheikh Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani
Head coach	Youssef Safri
League	Qatar Stars League
2022–23	Qatar Stars League, 5th of 12
Home colours Away colours

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.

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.

History

Formation (1972)

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. 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

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

• 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

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

As of Qatar Stars League:

No. Position Player 1 GK Yossef Ahmed U21 2 DF Nasir Peer 5 MF Raoul Danzabe 6 MF Ataa Jaber 7 MF Mohamed Taabouni (on loan from Al-Arabi) 8 MF Omar Al-Amadi 9 FW Ahmed Abdel Kader (on loan from Al Ahly) 10 MF Carlinhos (on loan from Portimonense) 11 MF Ali Bujaloof 13 DF Badr Benoun 14 MF Moataz Bostami 15 DF Abdullah Al-Muftah 16 MF Abdurahman Al-Korbi 17 DF Khaled Mahmoudi 18 DF Ali Malolah 20 DF Eisa Palangi

No. Position Player 21 FW Jassem Al-Jalabi 22 DF Diyab Taha 23 FW Sebastián Soria 24 FW Abdulaziz Al-Ansari 26 MF Muhammed Zidan 27 MF Youssef Mohamed 28 FW Ben Malango 29 MF Ali Al-Egaili U21 31 GK Motasem Al Bustami 32 DF Ibrahim Majid 33 GK Adnan Saleh U21 71 MF Abdulrahman Mohsin U21 74 GK Satea Abdelnasser 88 DF Javi Martínez 99 MF Ilyas Brimil

Unregistered players

No. Position Player 91 DF Talal Al-Raeesi

No. Position Player MF Ahmad Al-Khuwailid

Out on loan

No. Position Player DF Bahaa Ellethy (on loan to Al-Ahli)

Honours

• Qatar Stars League
  • Champions (8): 1966-67, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1972–73, 1976–77, 2002–03
• Emir of Qatar Cup
  • Champions (8): 1966-67, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1975–76
• Qatar Crown Prince Cup
  • Champions (3): 2002, 2004, 2009
• Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup
  • Champions (4): 1983, 1984, 1987, 1995
• Qatari Stars Cup/QNB Cup
  • Champions (1): 2014

Records and statistics

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

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

Senior team

Coaching staff
Head coach	Youssef Safri
Assistant coach	Mohamed Ighir Joaquín Gil Andre Lima
Goalkeeper coach	Khaled Mohamed
Fitness coach	Anderson Nicolau
Match analysis	Omar Al-Korbi
Team doctor	Youssef Al Shammari
Physiotherapist	Abdurahman Al Jabbar
Kit manager	Hassan Al Naimi
General manager	Khalid Al-Shammeri

Youth team

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

Managerial history

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 1976–77 Jorvan Vieira 1980 Park Byung-suk c. 1980–81 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 1994 Roland Andersson July 1, 1995 – June 30, 1997 Ján Pivarník 1997 Reinhard Fabisch 1998–00 Eid Mubarak 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 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 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

• AFC Champions League: 1 appearance

2003–04: Group Stage

See also

In Spanish: Qatar Sports Club para niños