Al Ahli SC (Doha)

This article is about the Qatari football team. For other uses, see Al-Ahly (disambiguation).
Al-Ahli SC
Full name Al-Ahli Sports Club
Nickname(s) Al Ameed (Brigadier)
Founded 1950 (1950)
Ground Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium
Doha, Qatar
Ground 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

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

Performance in UAFA competitions

2003/04: First round
2007/08: First round

Performance in AFC competitions

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

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

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

Professional players

Non-professional foreigners

Managerial history

As of 7 February 2015.

 
Seasons Manager Nationality
1972–73 Mohammed Hassan Kheiri Sudan
1975–?? Ali Al Attar Egypt
1978–?? Helmi Hussein Egypt
July 1, 1982–June 30, 1984 Ivo Wortmann Brazil
1984–85 Eid 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
July 1, 2002–June 30, 2003 Carlos Alhinho Portugal
July 16, 2004–Nov 8, 2004 Augusto Inácio Portugal
 
Seasons Manager Nationality
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
July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008 Mark Wotte Netherlands
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
July 1, 2010–Sept 10 Ilija Petković Serbia
Sept 26, 2010–Oct 23, 2011 Abdullah Mubarak Qatar
Oct 23, 2011–June 30, 2012 Bernard Simondi France
July 1, 2012–February 7, 2015 Milan Máčala Czech Republic
February 7, 2015– Zlatko Kranjčar Croatia
Abdullah Mubarak, former manager of Al Ahli
Former managers with unknown dates

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 Qatar HE Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Thani
Vice-president Qatar HE 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 HE Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Thani

Honours

Winners (4): 1973, 1981, 1987, 1992
Runners-up (5): 1975, 1984, 1985, 1998, 2003
Runners-up (2): 1999, 2006
Winners (1): 2012

References

  1. 1 2 "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.

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