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Qatar SC
نادي قطر الرياضي

Full name

Qatar Sports Club

Nickname(s)

The King

Founded

1960; 64 years ago

Ground

Suheim bin Hamad Stadium

Capacity

13,000

Chairman

Sheikh Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani

Manager

Hélio Sousa

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	Yousef Ahmed
2	DF	Mohammed Al-Rabiei
3	DF	Ali Saoudi
4	MF	Omar Al-Amadi
5	MF	Raoul Sanda
6	MF	Abdullah Al-Ahrak (on loan from Al-Duhail)
7	FW	Bruno Tabata (on loan from Palmeiras)
8	MF	Javi Martínez
10	MF	Bashar Resan
11	MF	Ali Bujaloof
12	DF	Nasir Peer
13	DF	Badr Benoun
14	MF	Moataz Bostami
15	DF	Abdullah Al-Muftah

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Abdurahman Al-Korbi
17	DF	Khaled Mahmoudi
18	DF	Ali Malolah
20	DF	Eisa Palangi
21	FW	Jassem Al-Jalabi
22	MF	Saif Aboutrika
23	FW	Sebastián Soria
27	MF	Youssef Mohammed
28	FW	Ben Malango
31	GK	Motasem Al Bustami
32	DF	Ibrahim Majid
33	GK	Adnan Ali
70	MF	Ahmed Al Saadi
74	GK	Satea Abdelnasser

Out on loan

No.		Position	Player
91		DF	Talal Al-Raeesi (at Lusail)
		DF	Bahaa Ellethy (at Muaither)

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Ahmad Al-Khuwailid (at Lusail)

Achievements

Qatar Stars League
- Champions (8): 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1972–73, 1976–77, 2002–03
Qatari Second Division
- Champions (1): 2016–17
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**
#	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	Hélio Sousa

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 - Present