Al-Shamal Sports Club

Al-Shamal SC

Full name	Al-Shamal Sports Club
Founded	1980
Ground	Al-Shamal SC Stadium
Capacity	5,000
Head Coach	Dragan Cvetković
League	Qatar Stars League
2013–14	Qatargas League, 1st (Promoted)
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Al-Shamal SC (Arabic: نادي الشمال الرياضي‎) is a Qatari football club based in Madinat ash Shamal. Al-Shamal were founded in 1980. Its football team currently competes in the first tier of football, the Qatari Stars League.

History

The club was founded in 1980 and first competed in the first tier of Qatari football in 1986.^[1] The club initially only fielded teams in handball and football, but in 1982 branched out to volleyball. In the following years, the club established teams in other sports, including table tennis and basketball.^[2]

Honours

Domestic competitions

• Qatari 2nd Division

Winners (1): 2002, 2014

• Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup

Winners (1): 1996

Players

No Position Player Nation 1 Goalkeeper Maged Al-Shibani      Qatar 22 Goalkeeper Salah Chihab      Qatar 33 Goalkeeper Hassan Ebrahim      Qatar 2 Defender Nazim B. Rajab      Qatar 3 Defender Haitham El-Ashry      Qatar 4 Defender Hassan Al-Sherif      Qatar 6 Defender Talal Shelah      Qatar 21 Defender Basem Fathi      Jordan 23 Defender Sultan Salim      Qatar 90 Defender Hamed Almass      Qatar 5 Midfielder Ezzat Jadoua      Qatar 7 Midfielder Saïd Boutahar      Morocco 8 Midfielder Ahmed Al-Sayyadi      Qatar 10 Midfielder Ali Ferydoon      Iran 11 Midfielder Ibrahim Al-Shelih      Qatar 14 Midfielder Abdullah Mashakel      Qatar 16 Midfielder Willie Overtoom      Cameroon 18 Midfielder Eihab Sirelkhatim      Qatar 77 Midfielder Abdusalam Masroor      Qatar 9 Forward Eric Kassi      Ivory Coast 13 Forward Mohamed Kahlout      Qatar 30 Forward Abdurahman Al-Amri      Qatar 99 Forward Fahad Saket      Qatar

Players registered as professionals

QSL clubs are limited to 4 foreign professionals 3 on the pitch 1 at the bench per squad.^[3]
Last update: 20 August 2014.^[4]

Professional players Basem Fathi Willie Overtoom Saïd Boutahar Eric Kassi

Non-professional foreigners Ali Ferydoon

Current technical staff

As of 7 January 2015.

Position	Staff
Head coach	Adilson Fernandes
Assistant coach	Maher Zeead
Physical coach	Leandro Silva
Goalkeeping coach	Airton Souza
Fitness coach	Marcelo Costa
Physiotherapist	Frederico Lobo
Massage therapist	Joao Ribeiro
Match analyst / Performance analyst	Wildimark L Silva
Team manager	Ahmed Ali

Managerial history

Last update: August 2012.

Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Abel Verônico Cabralzinho (1988) Allan Jones (1995–98)[5] Procópio Cardoso (1999) Adnan Dirjal (1999) Mohamed Arfaoui (1999–00) Maher Siddiq (2000) Hemdan Hamad (2000) Abdelkadir Bu Hamid (2000–01) Luizinho (2001–02) Uli Maslo (2002–03) Robert Mullier (2003) Valdeir Vieira (Dec 2003 – Jan 04) Robert Mullier (Jan 2004–05) Stefano Impagliazzo (2005)

Reinhard Fabisch (2005) Robert Mullier (2005–06) Fernando Dourado (2006) Adilson Fernandes (Jul 2006 – Mar 08) Sebastião Rocha (2008) Stephane Morello (Oct 2008 – Jan 09) José Paulo (2009) Robertinho (2009 – Nov 09) Alain Michel (Nov 2009 – Jun 10) Wajdi Essid (2010) Luizinho (Sep 2010 – Feb 12) José Paulo (Feb 2012 – Aug 12) Costică Ștefănescu (Aug 2012 – Dec 2012) Silvio Diliberto (Dec 2012–2014) Dragan Cvetković (Jan 2015– May2015) Adilson Fernandes (Jul 2015)

References

1. الدوري القطري تاريخ و نجوم (in Arabic). Al Jazeera Sports. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
2. "About the club" (in Arabic). alshamalsportclub.com. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
3. "اعتماد تسجيل أربعة لاعبين أجانب في الموسم الجديد". alkass.net. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
4. "موقع الكأس يرصد حركة الانتقالات قبل إنطلاق الدوري". alkass.net. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
5. المدرب المتألق في الملاعب القطرية سعد حافظ قدت فريق التضامن لإحراز كأس قطر رفضت العقد اللبناني إكراماً لعيون النصر خرجت نجوم المنتخب القطري (in Arabic). almadapaper.net. Retrieved 1 September 2013.

External links

• Al-Shamal Club Official website