Al Ahli SC (Doha)

This article is about the Qatari football team. For other uses, see Al-Ahly (disambiguation).

Al-Ahli SC
Full nameAl-Ahli Sports Club
NicknameAl Ameed (Brigadier)
Founded1950 (1950) as Al Najah
1972 (1972) as Al Ahli
GroundHamad bin Khalifa Stadium
Capacity12,000
ChairmanAbdullah Yousef Al-Mulla
Head coachYounes Ali
LeagueQatar Stars League
2024–25Qatar Stars League, 4th of 12
Websiteqfa.qa/al-ahli-club

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 ground is the Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium. Founded in 1950, it is the oldest sports club in Qatar.

History

Al Ahli was founded under the name Al Najah Sports Club in 1950, rendering it the oldest surviving 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 was 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 Sports 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 September 1985, amidst a heavy debt of QAR 700,000, the club announced that it would not contract with any foreign players for that season to preserve its funds. As a result, five Yugoslavian players it had recently signed for its basketball, handball and volleyball teams would be released. The Ministry of Youth and Sports injected QAR 500,000 and its supporters and members raised over QAR 300,000 to help the club pay off debt and contract professionals.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

Players

Current squad

As of Qatar Stars League:

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  QAT Yazan Naim
3 DF  QAT Islam Yassine
4 MF  QAT Talal Al-Shila
5 DF  CRO Matej Mitrović
6 MF  FRA Ibrahima Diallo (on loan from Al-Khor)
7 MF  GER Julian Draxler
8 MF  MAR Driss Fettouhi
9 FW  FRA Sekou Yansané
10 FW  ESP Erik Expósito
11 MF  QAT Abdelrahman Moustafa (on loan from Al-Duhail)
12 DF  QAT Helal Mohammed
13 GK  QAT Mohamed Lingliz
14 MF  NED Michel Vlap
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  FIN Robin Tihi
17 MF  QAT Othman Al-Yahri
18 DF  QAT Jassem Mohammed Omar
20 MF  QAT Hamad Mansour
23 DF  QAT Khaled Radhwan
24 DF  FRA Amidou Doumbouya (on loan from Al-Duhail)
27 MF  QAT Jassem Al-Sharshani
29 MF  LBY Suhaib Gannan (on loan from Al-Duhail)
33 MF  QAT Khaled Mohammed (on loan from Al-Duhail)
35 GK  QAT Marwan Badreldin
41 DF  SDN Ahmed Reyed
88 DF  MAR Ayoub Amraoui
95 MF  QAT Nasser Al-Nasr

Olympic squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  QAT Eissa El-Nagar
15 DF  QAT Ali Shahabi
19 DF  QAT Mohammed Abdelkader
21 DF  QAT Mohammed Al-Ishak
25 MF  QAT Eslam Abdelkader
30 GK  QAT Ali Asghar
37 MF  QAT Mohamed Moukrish
No. Pos. Nation Player
38 FW  QAT Yassin Gaira
44 DF  QAT Laith Daloul
45 DF  QAT Yousef Marei
69 MF  SDN Sallam El-Badri
70 FW  QAT Younis Abdelrahman
80 MF  QAT Mohsen Bour
99 GK  QAT Aboubakr Mohammed

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
32 FW  QAT Navid Dorzadeh (on loan to Al-Markhiya)
49 DF  TUN Zinedine Sassi (on loan to Al-Waab)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  QAT Talal Bahzad (on loan to Al-Khor)
— MF  FRA Yanis Fathelddine (on loan to Al-Kharaitiyat)

Managerial history

As of 10 May 2023[8]
 
Seasons Manager Nationality
1972–73 Mohammed Hassan Kheiri
1975–?? Ali Al Attar
1978–?? Helmi Hussein
1 Jul 1982 – 30 Jun 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 Anatoliy Prokopenko
1999 Abdelkadir Bomir
1999[9] Sead Gruda
Abdulqadir Almoghaisab
1999–00 José Robles
2000–01 Cruz
2001 José Robles
2001 Eid Mubarak
1 Jul 2002 – 30 Jun 2003 Carlos Alhinho
2003 Pepe[10]
16 Jul 2004 – 8 Nov 2004 Augusto Inácio
2004–05 Pepe
2005 Oswaldo de Oliveira
2005–Feb 2006 Waldemar Lemos
Oswaldo de Oliveira
Feb 2006–2006 José Robles[11]
2006 Michel Decastel
2006 Reiner Hollmann
 
Seasons Manager Nationality
2006–07 José Robles
1 Jul 2007 – 30 Jun 2008 Mark Wotte
2008–09 Erik van der Meer
2009 Mrad Mahjoub
2009 Carlos Manuel
2009 Heron Ricardo Ferreira
2009[12] Abdulqadir Almoghaisab (CT)
2009 Abdullah Mubarak
2009–10 José Robles
2010 Hassan Hormatallah
1 Jul 2010– 10 Sep 2010 Ilija Petković
26 Sep 2010 – 23 Oct 2011 Abdullah Mubarak
23 Oct 2011 – 30 Jun 2012 Bernard Simondi
1 Jul 2012 – 30 Jun 2013 Henri Atamaniuk
1 Jul 2012 – 7 Feb 2015 Milan Máčala
7 Feb 2015 – 1 Feb 2016 Zlatko Kranjčar
1 Feb 2016 – 11 May 2016 Yousuf Adam (interim)
11 May 2016 – 30 Oct 2016 Luka Bonačić
30 Oct 2016 – 1 Jun 2017 Yousuf Adam
2 Jun 2017 – 27 Dec 2017 Joaquín Caparrós
1 Jan 2018 – Jun 2018 Jorge Peris
Jun 2018 Yusef Ahmad Baker (interim)[13]
Jun 2018 – Dec 2018 Milan Máčala
14 Dec 2018 – 18 Nov 2019 Rubén de la Barrera
1 Dec 2019 – 14 Sep 2023 Nebojša Jovović

Al Ahli club staff

Last update: 2 June 2017.[14]

 
Senior team
Technical staff
Head coach Igor Bišćan
Assistant coach Ivan Hucko
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 Ivan Hucko
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 Abdulla Yousef Al-Mulla
Vice-president Mohammed Abdulla Al-Mustafawi Al-Hashemi
General secretary Aref Abdulrahman

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 Abdulrahman Abdulqadir Al Moghaisib 14 Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Thani

Records and statistics

Player statistics

Last update: 10 December 2024.
Players whose names are in bold are still active with the club.

Most goals
# Nat. Name League Goals Years active
1 Meshal Abdullah 120 1999–2007, 2008–2010, 2013–2019
2 Dioko Kaluyituka 60 2011–2015
3 Alboury Lah 29 1995–1998
4 Caló 26 2002–2006
5 Ndombe Mubele 16 2015–2017
6 Nabil El Zhar 15 2019–2021
7 Mojtaba Jabbari 15 2013–2017
8 Juma Mossi 15 2001–2002
9 Wagner Ribeiro 13 2009–2011
10 Badar Al-Maimani 12 2005–2007
Sérgio Ricardo 2005–2006

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 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.

Honours

References

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