Al Sadd Basketball Team

Al Sadd Basketball Team
Nickname	Al-Zaeem (The Boss) Al-Dheeb (The Wolf)
Leagues	Qatari Basketball League
Founded	21 October 1969
Arena	Jassim bin Hamad Indoor Hall (capacity: 2,000)
Location	Doha, Qatar
Team colors	Black and White
President	Mohammed Al Thani
Head coach	John Wojtak
Championships	Qatari Championship (5) Emir of Qatar Cup (6) Qatar Crown Prince Cup (1)
Website	Official website (English) (Arabic)
Uniforms
Home Away

Al Sadd's active sections
Football	Basketball	Handball
Volleyball	Futsal	Athletics

Al Sadd Basketball Team (Arabic: آل فريق السد لكرة السلة‎) is a Qatari professional basketball team based in Doha, Qatar. Al Sadd Basketball Team is a branch of Sadd Sports Club, which is the most successful team in all of Qatar, with many domestic and international titles, including 2 AFC Champions League victories for the football team, and 5 AFC Champions League titles for its handball team.

Honours

Domestic

• Qatari Championship

Winners (5): 1970, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1996, 2012

• Emir of Qatar Cup

Winners (6): 1980, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1999

• Qatar Crown Prince Cup

Winners (1): 2004

Roster

Last Update: February 15, 2012 ^[1]

Al Sadd Basketball Team Roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. Νο. Nat. Name Ht. PG 1 Abdulrahman, Saad (C) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) F 2 Djibril, Thiam 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) C 5 Southall, Michael 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) G 7 Abdul, Osama 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) G/F 22 Khalid, Suliman 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) C 25 Mohammed, Yousef 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) G/F 10 Apostolidis, Georgios 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) SF 9 Wright, Julian 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) C 3 Papadopoulos, Lazaros (C) 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)	Head coach John Wojtak Legend (C) Team captain

Managerial history

• Bob Carroll (1987)
• Abdulrahman Baker (1990)
• Mohammed Najjar (1997–1998)
• Samir Nassar (2005–2006)
• John Wojtak (2008-2010)

Notable players

Qatar Youssef Al-Badr Abdulaziz Al Bakri Khaled Suliman Mohammed Awad Zayed Ali Baroud Bahrain Mohammed Yousef Germany Johannes Krug

Ivory Coast Yessoufou Bassith Iraq Hassan Abdullah Senegal Dieng Bassirou Khalifa Diop Babacar Serbia Milan Vučićević

USA Temi Soyebo Patrick Simpson Michael Sanders Curtis Haywood Christopher Garnett Jason Dixon Clint Deas Demond Cowins Michael Bell Michael Southall

See also

• Al Sadd Handball Team

References

1. "AS SADD SPORTS CLUB DOHA basketball team". Retrieved 2012-02-15.

External links

• Official website (English) (Arabic)
• Asia-basket.com - Team Profile