Qatar SC
نادي قطر الرياضي
Full nameQatar Sports Club
Nickname(s)The King
Founded1960; 64 years ago (1960)
GroundSuheim bin Hamad Stadium
Capacity13,000
ChairmanSheikh Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani
ManagerHélio Sousa
LeagueQatar Stars League
2022–23Qatar Stars League, 5th of 12
WebsiteClub website

Qatar Sports Club (Arabic: نادي قطر الرياضي) is a sports club based in Doha, Qatar. It is best known for its football team which competes in the Qatar Stars League. The club was founded in 1961 with the merger of two Qatari football clubs, Al-Oruba and Al-Nasour.[1]

They play their home games in the Qatar SC Stadium, which can accommodate 13,000 spectators. The club has recently diversified into sports other than football with an athletics division having been established, competing in sprinting, long jump and javelin throwing. The club adopted its current name, Qatar SC, in 1981.[1]

History

Formation (1972)

In 1972, Al-Oruba merged with Al-Nasour to form a new football club named Al-Esteqlal. Former player Saad Mohammed Saleh was selected as the first coach.[2] Al Esteqlal was one of the strongest clubs right from its establishment, winning its first official Q-League season in 1972–73. The next year, in 1974, Al Sadd hired head coach Hassan Othman from the club in addition to 14 of its players, including Hassan Mattar and Mubarak Anber, much to the dismay of club president Hamad bin Suhaim. During this period, transfers could be made unconditionally in Qatari football. Despite the resounding difficulties arising from the transfer fiasco, the club continued with its success, winning the 1976–77 season and supplying the national team with some of its most prominent players.

1981–present: Qatar SC

Al Esteqlal was renamed Qatar SC in 1981. However, it gradually faded into obscurity for the next 2 decades, with the league being dominated by Al Arabi, Al Sadd, and Al Rayyan. The club won the Qatar Crown Prince Cup in 2002 and also won the 2002–03 league season by three points. They won the Crown Prince Cup the same year, and again in 2009. The club was relegated to Qatari Second Division after the 2015-16 season, but were promoted back to the top division the next season.

Name history

Stadium

Qatar SC play their matches at Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, which is located in Doha's seaside district of Al Dafna. It is a multi-purpose stadium, featuring an athletics field, a gym, a shopping centre and a mosque, among other facilities. The stadium has a capacity of 13,000 seats. An Iranian student named Yaser GhasemianZoeram designed the stadium of this club for renovation, which was met with a unique reception in Qatar.

Besides local football matches, the stadium also hosts a number of tournaments such as Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix and some of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup matches.

Players

As of Qatar Stars League:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Qatar QAT Yousef Ahmed
2 DF Qatar QAT Mohammed Al-Rabiei
3 DF Tunisia TUN Ali Saoudi
4 MF Qatar QAT Omar Al-Amadi
5 MF Cameroon CMR Raoul Sanda
6 MF Qatar QAT Abdullah Al-Ahrak (on loan from Al-Duhail)
7 FW Brazil BRA Bruno Tabata (on loan from Palmeiras)
8 MF Spain ESP Javi Martínez
10 MF Iraq IRQ Bashar Resan
11 MF Qatar QAT Ali Bujaloof
12 DF Qatar QAT Nasir Peer
13 DF Morocco MAR Badr Benoun
14 MF Qatar QAT Moataz Bostami
15 DF Qatar QAT Abdullah Al-Muftah
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF Qatar QAT Abdurahman Al-Korbi
17 DF Qatar QAT Khaled Mahmoudi
18 DF Qatar QAT Ali Malolah
20 DF Qatar QAT Eisa Palangi
21 FW Qatar QAT Jassem Al-Jalabi
22 MF Egypt EGY Saif Aboutrika
23 FW Qatar QAT Sebastián Soria
27 MF Qatar QAT Youssef Mohammed
28 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Ben Malango
31 GK Qatar QAT Motasem Al Bustami
32 DF Qatar QAT Ibrahim Majid
33 GK Qatar QAT Adnan Ali
70 MF Qatar QAT Ahmed Al Saadi
74 GK Qatar QAT Satea Abdelnasser

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
91 DF Qatar QAT Talal Al-Raeesi (at Lusail)
— DF Qatar QAT Bahaa Ellethy (at Muaither)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Indonesia IDN Ahmad Al-Khuwailid (at Lusail)

Achievements

Records and statistics

Sebastián Soria holds the club record for most league goals

Last update: 15 March 2023.
Players whose names are in bold are still active with the club.

Most goals
# Nat. Name League Goals
1 Qatar Sebastián Soria 116
2 Angola Akwá 43
3 Oman Amad Al-Hosni 36
4 Qatar Abdulaziz Hassan Bujaloof 31
5 Brazil Marcinho 25
6 Tunisia Hamdi Harbaoui 21
7 Qatar Yasser Nazmi 18
8 Qatar Mousa Al Allaq 18

Recent seasons

Season Division Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Emir Cup
1996–97 1D 7 16 4 3 9 19 19 15 Round 1
1997–98 1D 6 16 5 4 7 17 22 19 Round 1
1998–99 1D 6 16 5 2 9 16 27 17 Round 1
1999–2000 1D 7 16 4 6 6 14 24 18 Quarter-finals
2000–01 1D 8 16 4 2 10 18 27 14 Round 2
2001–02 1D 2 16 9 2 5 30 17 29 Semifinals
2002–03 1D 1 18 10 5 3 24 10 34 Semifinals
2003–04 1D 2 18 10 4 4 31 17 34 Runners-up
2004–05 1D 4 27 14 3 10 40 34 45 Quarter-finals
2005–06 1D 2 27 14 7 6 49 34 49 Semifinals
2006–07 1D 6 27 10 4 13 35 36 34 Quarter-finals
2007–08 1D 4 27 14 4 9 53 38 46 Semifinals
2008–09 1D 4 27 11 10 6 42 36 43 Semifinals
2009–10 1D 4 22 11 5 6 32 23 38 Semifinals
2010–11 1D 5 22 11 7 4 40 26 40 Quarter-finals
2011–12 1D 10 22 6 6 10 32 46 24 Round 3

Technical staff

Senior team

As of 29 November 2023[3]
Coaching staff
Head coach Portugal Hélio Sousa

Youth team

Coaching staff
Head coach Qatar Yousef Al Noubi
Technical director France David Giguel
Goalkeeping coach Egypt Abdel Fattah Nassef
Fitness coach Egypt Abdulziz Al Kahlawi

Managerial history

See also: Category:Qatar SC managers
As of 10 May 2023[4]
 
Manager Period
Sudan Hamad Neel Mohammed Ali c. 1962
Sudan Saad Mohammed Saleh c. 1972
Egypt Helmi Hussein 1973–74
Egypt Wagdi Jamal 1974
Sudan Hassan Othman
Egypt Helmi Hussein 		1974–75
Sudan Mohammed Kheiri 1975–76
Slovakia Jozef Jankech
Slovakia Jozef Vengloš[5] 		1976–77
Brazil Jorvan Vieira 1980
South Korea Park Byung-suk c. 1980–81[6]
Brazil Paulo Massa 1988
Germany Uli Maslo July 1, 1988–90
Brazil Sérgio Cosme 1990
Bosnia and Herzegovina Džemaludin Mušović 1990–91
Germany Uli Maslo 1991 – April 30, 1992
Iraq Ammo Baba 1992–93
Slovakia Jozef Jankech 1993–94
Iraq Hazem Jassam[7] 1994
Sweden Roland Andersson July 1, 1995 – June 30, 1997
Czech Republic Ján Pivarník[8] 1997
Germany Reinhard Fabisch[9] 1998–00
Qatar Eid Mubarak[10] 2000
Czech Republic Verner Lička July 1, 2000 – June 15, 2001
Serbia Zoran Đorđević 2001–02
Bosnia and Herzegovina Džemaludin Mušović 2002–04
 
Manager Period
Qatar Adel Abu Karbal
Qatar Salman Abdulaziz 		2004
Portugal Carlos Alhinho 2004 – June 30, 2005
Belgium Dimitri Davidovic July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006
Bosnia and Herzegovina Džemal Hadžiabdić 2006
France Yannick Stopyra Nov 2006 – Jan 07
Croatia Srećko Juričić 2007
Belgium Dimitri Davidovic 2007
Bosnia and Herzegovina Džemaludin Mušović 2007–08
Morocco Hameed Bremel 2008
Brazil Sebastião Lazaroni July 24, 2008 – Aug 11
Morocco Saïd Chiba Aug 12, 2011 – July 8, 2012
Brazil Sebastião Lazaroni July 9, 2012 – June 1, 2014
Czech Republic Ivan Hašek June 1, 2014 – September 11, 2014
Iraq Radhi Shenaishil September 11, 2014 – October 26, 2015
Brazil Sebastião Lazaroni October 26, 2015– June 27, 2016
Romania Aurel Țicleanu June 28, 2016– December 26, 2016
Netherlands Erik van der Meer December 29, 2016 – May 31, 2017
Argentina Gabriel Calderón July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018
Qatar Abdullah Mubarak November 25, 2017 – September 17, 2018
Qatar Yousuf Al-Noubi[11] September 17, 2018 – October 10, 2018
Argentina Sergio Batista October 10, 2018 – June 30, 2019
Spain Carlos Alós July 1, 2019 – October 20, 2019
Qatar Wesam Rizik October 21, 2019 – June 30, 2021
Brazil Zé Ricardo June 2021 – October 2021
Qatar Yousuf Al-Noubi[12] October 2021
Morocco Youssef Safri October 2021 – October 2023
Portugal Helio Sousa October 2023 - Present

Performance in AFC competitions

2003–04: Group Stage

Club rankings

National ranking

As of 10 May 2023.[13]
Current Rank Country Team Points
5 Qatar Al-Arabi SC 1363
6 Qatar Al-Gharafa 1356
7 Qatar Qatar SC 1316
8 Qatar Al-Wakrah SC 1316
9 Qatar Umm Salal SC 1275

Asian ranking

As of 10 May 2023.[14]
Current Rank Country Team Points
126 Iran S.C. Damash Gilan 1317
127 Iran Havadar S.C. 1317
128 Qatar Qatar SC 1316
129 Qatar Al-Wakrah SC 1316
130 Iran Nassaji Mazandaran 1316

World ranking

As of 10 May 2023.[15]
Current Rank Country Team Points
1293 Finland FC Lahti 1317
1294 Turkey Altay S.K. 1317
1295 Qatar Qatar SC 1316
1296 Puerto Rico Bayamón FC 1316
1297 Sweden IFK Värnamo 1316

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