Al Ahli SC (Doha)

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Al-Ahli SC
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Full nameAl-Ahli Sports Club
Nickname(s)Al Ameed (Brigadier)
Founded1950; 71 years ago (1950)
GroundHamad bin Khalifa Stadium
Capacity12,000
ChairmanAbdullah Yousef Al-Mulla
Manager
LeagueQatar Stars League
2020–21Qatar Stars League, 5th of 12
WebsiteClub website

Al Ahli SC (Arabic: النادي الأهلي الرياضي), also known as Al Ahli Doha is a Qatari multi-sport club based in Doha. It is most notable for its professional association football section. Their home ground is the Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium. It is the oldest sports club in Qatar, having been established in 1950.

History[]

Al Ahli was founded under the name Al Najah Sports Club in 1950, rendering it the oldest surviving sports club in Qatar. Al Najah SC was established by the founders of another club, called Sawt al-Arab, which was subsequently disbanded. The most prominent of the founders was Naji Musaad, the first president of the club. The club's first headquarters was located in Barahat Al Jufairi, in a residential house which was rented at a monthly fee of 70 Indian rupees. In 1964, the club was formally founded under resolution no. 2. Their first match abroad was scheduled to take place against Al Muharraq. After travelling to Bahrain by sea, the club was turned down because their squad comprised foreign players. Instead, they played against Al Nusoor, whom they defeated 3–1.[1]

In 1972, Al Najah was merged with another local club under its current name, Al Ahli Sports Club. The first board of directors was formed with eight members, and the club's colors were officially decided as green and white.[1] Early managers after the merger include Mohammed Kheiri, the first manager of Al Ahli Sports Club, Sudanese Abdullah Balash, Lebanese Omar Khatib and Sudanese Hassan Osman.[2] They played a friendly against Pelé-led Santos in 1973 at Doha Sports Stadium.[3] In the 1983/84 season, the club received a new headquarters, equipped with modern training and recreational facilities, as did all of the other sports clubs in Qatar.

In the early nineties, under the presidency of Sheikh Khalid bin Ali Al Thani, the club was relegated to the Qatari 2nd Division for the first time in its history. In an attempt to improve its younger generation of players by providing them with invaluable first team experience, the youth team had been given an opportunity to earn promotion back to the first division. They were unsuccessful, and only were runners up that year.[4]

The club has won one domestic trophy since its formation, the Emir Cup. This competition which was secured four times, with the first triumph coming in the inaugural edition under coach Mohammed Kheiri.[5]

Stadium[]

Al Ahli play their home matches at Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium which has a capacity of 12,000 seats.

Supporters[]

The club has one of the most consistently high home attendances in the Qatar Stars League. On 11 April 2014, they set a new league record for final match day attendance with 10,142 fans attending the league match against Al Sailiya.[6]

Crest[]

Performance in UAFA competitions[]

  • UAFA Club Cup: 2 appearances
2003/04: First round
2007/08: First round

Performance in AFC competitions[]

  • Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances
1992/93: First Round
1998/99: Second Round

Asian record[]

Year Tournament Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1993 Asian Cup Winners' Cup Group stage Kuwait Al-Arabi 0–0 0–1 0–1
1999 Asian Cup Winners' Cup 1 Lebanon Nejmeh w.o.1 0–0 0–0
2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 0–0 1–7 1–7

1. Al Nejmeh SC withdrew from the tournament.

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of Qatar Stars League:

No Position Player Nation
1 GK Yazan Naim  Qatar
3 DF Mohammed Emad U19  Qatar
4 DF  Qatar
5 DF Hossein Kanaanizadegan  Iran
6 MF Marko Jevtović  Serbia
7 FW Nasser Khalfan  Qatar
8 MF Mohamad Abdulnaser  Qatar
9 FW Navid Dorzadeh  Qatar
10 MF Ali Qadry  Qatar
11 MF Hernán Pérez  Paraguay
12 MF Tamim Samy  Qatar
13 DF Ibrahim Majid  Qatar
14 DF Fahad Al-Keldi  Qatar
15 DF Soufiane Bouftini  Morocco
16 MF Abdurahman Al-Harazi (on loan from Al-Rayyan)  Qatar
17 FW Abdalaziz Al Hasia (on loan from Al-Rayyan)  Qatar
18 DF Jassem Mohammed Omar  Qatar
19 FW Hassan Palang  Qatar
20 DF (on loan from Al-Sadd)  Qatar
21 MF Mohammed Al-Ishaq U19  Qatar
22 MF Al Dokali Al Seyed  Libya
23 MF Abdulrasheed Umaru  Qatar
24 DF Ahmed Azhari U19  Qatar
27 MF Jassem Al-Sharshani U19  Qatar
29 MF Saleh Al-Yazidi  Qatar
30 GK Omar Adam  Qatar
31 MF Khaled Mohammed (on loan from Al-Duhail)  Qatar
44 MF Abdulrahman Battawi U19  Qatar
45 FW Patrick Eze  Nigeria
66 DF Yasser Abubakar  Qatar
77 MF Eissa El-Nagar U19  Qatar
90 GK Ivanildo Rodrigues  Qatar
91 MF Laith Daloul U19  Qatar
FW Ali Ferydoon  Qatar

Out on loan[]

No Position Player Nation
99 GK Marwan Badreldin (on loan to Al-Shamal)  Qatar

Managerial history[]

As of 16 April 2021.

 
Seasons Manager Nationality
1972–73 Mohammed Hassan Kheiri Sudan
1975–?? Ali Al Attar Egypt
1978–?? Helmi Hussein Egypt
1 July 1982 – 30 June 1984 Ivo Wortmann Brazil
1984–85 Abdullah Mubarak Qatar
1985–86 Colin Addison England
1987–88 Joubert Meira Brazil
1988 Sebastião Lazaroni Brazil
1991 Zoran Đorđević Serbia
1991–93 Paulo Massa Brazil
1994–95 Faruk Pašić Bosnia and Herzegovina
1997–98 Abdelkadir Bomir Morocco
1998 Heshmat Mohajerani Iran
1998–99 Viktor Prokopenko Ukraine
1999 Abdelkadir Bomir Morocco
1999[7] Sead Gruda
Abdulqadir Almoghaisab
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Qatar
1999–00 José Robles Brazil
2000–01 Cruz Portugal
2001 José Robles Brazil
2001 Eid Mubarak Qatar
1 July 2002 – 30 June 2003 Carlos Alhinho Portugal
16 July 2004 – 8 Nov 2004 Augusto Inácio Portugal
2004–05 Pepe Brazil
2005 Oswaldo de Oliveira Brazil
2005–Feb 2006 Waldemar Lemos
Oswaldo de Oliveira
Brazil
Brazil
Feb 2006–2006 José Robles[8] Brazil
2006 Michel Decastel Switzerland
2006 Reiner Hollmann Germany
2006–07 José Robles Brazil
1 July 2007 – 30 June 2008 Mark Wotte Netherlands
 
Seasons Manager Nationality
2008–09 Erik van der Meer Netherlands
2009 Mrad Mahjoub Tunisia
2009 Carlos Manuel Portugal
2009 Heron Ricardo Ferreira Brazil
2009[9] Abdulqadir Almoghaisab (CT) Qatar
2009 Abdullah Mubarak Qatar
2009–10 José Robles Brazil
2010 Hassan Hormatallah Morocco
1 July 2010– 10 September 2010 Ilija Petković Serbia
26 September 2010–23 Oct 2011 Abdullah Mubarak Qatar
23 October 2011 – 30 June 2012 Bernard Simondi France
1 July 2012 – 30 June 2013 Henri Atamaniuk[10] France
1 July 2012 – 7 February 2015 Milan Máčala Czech Republic
7 February 2015 – 1 February 2016 Zlatko Kranjčar Croatia
1 February 2016 – 11 May 2016 Yousuf Adam (interim) Qatar
11 May 2016 – 30 October 2016 Luka Bonačić Croatia
30 October 2016 – 1 June 2017 Yousuf Adam Qatar
2 June 2017 – 27 December 2017 Joaquín Caparrós Spain
1 January 2018 – 30 June 2018 [10] Spain
June 2018 Milan Máčala Czech Republic
14 December 2018 – 18 November 2019 [10] Spain
1 December 2019 – 30 June 2021 Nebojša Jovović[10] Montenegro
Abdullah Mubarak, former manager of Al Ahli
Former managers with unknown dates
  • Lebanon Omar Khatib
  • Sudan Hassan Osman
  • Sudan Abdullah Balash

Al Ahli club staff[]

Last update: 2 June 2017.[11]

 
Senior team
Technical staff
Head coach Milan Máčala
Assistant coach Ivan Hucko
Head of transatlantic relations Samuel Alger
Medical staff
Head of clinic Dr Tawfiq
Team doctor Sokryi
Physiotherapist Anselmo
Physiotherapist Assad Ammari
Team staff
Director of reserve team Majed Saeed
Director of administration Abdulaziz Hamza
Director of football Ibrahim Al Karaniris
Deputy director of football Khalid Shabib
Director of sports affairs Abdullah Jassim
Director of sport marketing Yaqoub Nasser
ATI Systems Youssef Bizzou
 
Youth teams
Technical staff
U23 manager Hassan Khalil Ahmed
U23 head coach Ivan Hucko
U23 assistant coach Hussein Baqir
U16 head coach John Lake
U16 assistant coach Abdulredha Hussein
 
Youth teams
Medical staff
Physiotherapist Islam Salahuddin
Physiotherapist Ihab Abdelfatah
Team staff
Head of youth teams Fahad Al Wadanaa
Deputy head of youth teams Ahmad Sayyar

Club officials[]

Board[]

Position Staff
President Qatar Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Thani
Vice-president Qatar Khalaf Ahmed Mannai
General secretary Qatar Khaled Abdullah Shabib

Last updated: February 2012
Source: Board of Directors

Club presidents[]

As of February 2012.

No. Chairperson No. Chairperson
1 Qatar Naji Musaad 8 Qatar Abdullah Mohammed Ghurery
2 Qatar Sheikh Mubarak bin Ahmed Al-Thani 9 Qatar Ali bin Ali Ahmed
3 Qatar Sheikh Ali bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani 10 Qatar Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Nasser Al-Thani
4 Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud Al-Thani 11 Qatar Abdullah Ahmad Hashemi
5 Qatar Sultan bin Sultan 12 Qatar Mohammed Kadhim Ibrahim
6 Qatar Abdulaziz Fahad Bozzoer 13 Qatar Sheikh Khalid bin Ali Al Thani
7 Qatar Abdulqadir Al Moghaisib 14 Qatar Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Thani

Honours[]

Winners (4): 1973, 1981, 1987, 1992
Runners-up (5): 1975, 1984, 1985, 1998, 2003
  • Sheikh Jassem Cup
Runners-up (2): 1999, 2006
  • Qatari 2nd Division
Winners (1): 2012

References[]

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