Al Ahli SC (Doha)

Al-Ahli SC

Full name	Al-Ahli Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Al Ameed (Brigadier)
Founded	1950
Ground	Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Doha, Qatar
Capacity	18,000
Chairman	Ahmed bin Hamad Al Thani
Manager	Yousuf Adam
League	Qatar Stars League
2014–15	Qatar Stars League, 5th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

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 stadium is Khalifa International 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 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 were 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 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

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  Al Ahli's crest, late 1900s
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  Al Ahli's crest, present

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	Al-Arabi	0–0	0–1	0–1
1999	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	1	Nejmeh	w.o.^1	0–0	0–0
		2	Al-Ittihad	0–0	1–7	1–7

1. Al Nejmeh SC withdrew from the tournament.

Players

As of Qatar Stars League:

No Position Player Nation 1 Goalkeeper Amer Al Dossari      Qatar 12 Goalkeeper Abdulaziz Al-Harqan      Qatar 74 Goalkeeper Satea Abdelnasser      Qatar 75 Goalkeeper Yazan Naim      Qatar 2 Defender Abdul Ghafoor Murad      Qatar 3 Defender Abdulrahman Mesbeh      Qatar 4 Defender Abdullah Aiesh      Qatar 6 Defender Meshal Mubarak      Qatar 8 Defender John Benson      Ghana 15 Defender Khalil Sharif      Qatar 33 Defender Pejman Montazeri      Iran 71 Defender Fred Dabanka      Ghana 7 Midfielder Mohammed Al Aqib      Qatar 10 Midfielder Ali Qadri      Qatar 13 Midfielder Hamad Al-Eissani      Qatar 18 Midfielder Khaled Al-Ansari      Qatar 21 Midfielder Hamed Ghudairi      Qatar 24 Midfielder Mohsen Al-Yazidi      Qatar 27 Midfielder Younes Ali      Qatar 42 Midfielder Abdulla Al-Kowari      Qatar 63 Midfielder Mojahed Abdullah      Qatar 77 Midfielder Mohammed Al Shahbal      Yemen 88 Midfielder Mojtaba Jabbari      Iran 9 Forward Mouhcine Iajour      Morocco 11 Forward Meshal Abdullah (Captain)     Qatar 14 Forward Farri Agri      Indonesia 19 Forward Firmin Ndombe Mubele      Democratic Republic of the Congo 39 Forward Saoud Al-Khalaqi      Qatar 91 Forward Ali Abdulkarim      Qatar

Players with Multiple Nationalities

• Satea Abdelnasser

For recent squad changes see List of Qatari football transfers summer 2015.

Professional players Pejman Montazeri Mojtaba Jabbari Mouhcine Iajour Firmin Ndombe Mubele

Non-professional foreigners John Benson Fred Dabanka Mohammed Al Shahbal Farri Agri

Managerial history

As of 7 February 2015.

Seasons Manager Nationality 1972–73 Mohammed Hassan Kheiri 1975–?? Ali Al Attar 1978–?? Helmi Hussein July 1, 1982–June 30, 1984 Ivo Wortmann 1984–85 Eid Mubarak 1985–86 Colin Addison 1987–88 Joubert Meira 1988 Sebastião Lazaroni 1991 Zoran Đorđević 1991–93 Paulo Massa 1994–95 Faruk Pašić 1997–98 Abdelkadir Bomir 1998 Heshmat Mohajerani 1998–99 Viktor Prokopenko 1999 Abdelkadir Bomir 1999[7] Sead Gruda Abdulqadir Almoghaisab 1999–00 José Robles 2000–01 Cruz 2001 José Robles 2001 Eid Mubarak July 1, 2002–June 30, 2003 Carlos Alhinho July 16, 2004–Nov 8, 2004 Augusto Inácio

Seasons Manager Nationality 2004–05 Pepe 2005 Oswaldo de Oliveira 2005–Feb 2006 Waldemar Lemos Oswaldo de Oliveira Feb 2006–2006 José Robles[8] 2006 Michel Decastel 2006 Reiner Hollmann 2006–07 José Robles July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008 Mark Wotte 2008–09 Erik van der Meer 2009 Mrad Mahjoub 2009 Carlos Manuel 2009 Heron Ricardo Ferreira 2009[9] Abdulqadir Almoghaisab (CT) 2009 Abdullah Mubarak 2009–10 José Robles 2010 Hassan Hormatallah July 1, 2010–Sept 10 Ilija Petković Sept 26, 2010–Oct 23, 2011 Abdullah Mubarak Oct 23, 2011–June 30, 2012 Bernard Simondi July 1, 2012–February 7, 2015 Milan Máčala February 7, 2015– Zlatko Kranjčar

Abdullah Mubarak, former manager of Al Ahli

Former managers with unknown dates

• Omar Khatib
• Hassan Osman
• Abdullah Balash

Al Ahli club staff

Last update: 7 February 2015.^[10]

Senior team Technical staff Head coach Stanislav Moravec Assistant coach Khalid Taj 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 Stanislav Moravec 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	HE Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Thani
Vice-president	HE Khalaf Ahmed Mannai
General secretary	Khaled Abdullah Shabib

Last updated: February 2012
Source: Board of Directors

Club presidents

As of February 2012.

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

Honours

• Emir of Qatar Cup

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

1. "Al-Ahli Sports Club – Foundation story". al-ahliclub.com. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
2. عبد الرحمن المغيصيب الرئيس السابق : النادي إبني البكر ولا أطيق عليه اي كلمة لو بالغشمرة (in Arabic). al-ahliclub.com. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
3. "مشاركة متميزة لمركز قطر للتراث والهوية في اليوم الرياضي". alarab.qa. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
4. الشيخ خالد بن علي الرئيس السابق للنادي يفتح قلبه للموقع : الادارة الحالية تحتاج للدعم والوقت لاعادة العميد لامجاده-قرارات المجلس الحالي يجب ان تنبع من داخله وليس من المجالس (in Arabic). al-ahliclub.com. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
5. مسابقة كأس سمو الأمير لكرة القدم المباريات النهائية (in Arabic). alkass.net. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
6. "New Record Attendance For A Qatar Stars League Match In Round 26". qsl.com.qa. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
7. المغيصيب أفضل مدرب وطني ويبحث دائماً عن الانجازات (in Arabic). Qatar Olympic Committee. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
8. "أوزفالدو الضحية السادسة في الدوري القطري". alittihad.ae. 7 February 2006. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
9. إقالة مدرب الأهلي القطري (in Arabic). nablustv.net. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
10. أسماء مدربين واداريين الفئات السنية كرة القدم (in Arabic). al-ahliclub.com. Retrieved 22 August 2012.

External links

• Official website