Al-Arabi (Qatar)
Al-Arabi | |||
Basic data | |||
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Surname | Al-Arabi Sports Club | ||
Seat | Doha , Qatar | ||
founding | 1952 | ||
Colours | Red White | ||
president |
Sheikh Falah bin Jassim Al Thani |
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Website | alarabi.qa | ||
First soccer team | |||
Head coach | Heimir Hallgrímsson | ||
Venue | Grand Hamad Stadium | ||
Places | 13,000 | ||
league | Qatar Stars League | ||
2018/2019 | 6th place | ||
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Al-Arabi (English 'Al-Arabi Sports Club , Arabic النادي العربي الرياضي, DMG an-Nādī al-ʿArabī ar-Riyāḍī ), also known as ' Al-Arabi Doha , is a professional football club from Doha ( Qatar ). The club currently plays in the country's highest league, the Qatar Stars League . The club plays its home games in the Grand Hamad Stadium. Many former stars and professional footballers have already played for Al-Arabi. Both Stefan Effenberg and Gabriel Batistuta ended their careers here. Since the club was founded in 1952, the championship has been won seven times.
history
The association was founded in 1952. In 1983 the club was able to win the national league for the first time in club history . Two years later they repeated this success by remaining unbeaten in the seven-team league after two legs and five points on pursuers Qatar SC .
The club's heyday was in the 1990s, when five championships were won from 1991 to 1997. In addition, the club reached the semi-finals of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup in the 1993/94 season and even the final of the AFC Champions League a year later . 2001 was the last time al-Arabi was runner-up. Since then, the club has struggled with many ups and downs. From 2003 to 2005 the German Wolfgang Sidka was the club's coach. Under him, the club attracted well-known players in Europe such as Gabriel Batistuta and Stefan Effenberg to Qatar. Although Sidka performed well with his team, it was not enough for a title. At the end of his first year with al-Arabi, Sidka was named Trainer of the Year in Qatar. From January 2009, another German, Uli Stielike , was the club's coach. Under him, the 2008/09 season ended in seventh place. In the following year, the improvement took place in third place. In 2009/10 the team reached the final of the Sheikh Jassim Cup . There they defeated Lekhwiya 1-0. The following year, this success was repeated under new coach Paulo Silas after they beat Umm-Salal SC 3-2 in the final .
useful information
society
- The club maintains a league competition to Al-Sadd . So far, numerous title fights and decisions have been held between the two clubs.
player
- The club has been the top scorer ten times last season. The local player Mubarak Mustafa was able to win this title three times (1992, 1993, 1997). The players Ahmed Yaqoub (1985), Hassan Sabela (1987), Marco Antônio (1990, first non-Asian to receive this award), Richard Owebukeri (1996), Cláudio (1998), Gabriel Batistuta (2004) and Caboré (2010) achieved this once each.
Placements
season | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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league | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
position | 7th | 3 | 4th | 9 | 11 | 5 | 8th |
Club successes
National
- Qatar Stars League
- Master 1983, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997
- Winner 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1993
- Sheikh Jassim Cup
- Winner 2010, 2011
Continental
- AFC Champions League
- Finalist 1995
- Cup Winners' Cup of Asia
- Semi-finals 1993/94
Trainer
Name of the trainer | Period | comment |
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Colin Addison | 1992-1993 | |
Luis Santibáñez | 2000 | |
Wolfgang Sidka | Nov. 2003 – Jun. 2005 | • 2004 Qatari Trainer of the Year |
Ilie Balaci | May 2005 - May 2006 | |
Henri Michel | Jul. 2006 - Oct. 2006 | • only three months in office |
Abdullah Saad | Oct. 2006 - Feb. 2007 | |
José Romão | Feb 2007 - Mar 2008 | |
Adilson Fernandes | March 2008 - April 2008 | |
Abel Braga | Apr 2008 - Jul 2008 | |
Zé Mario | Jul 2008 - Dec 2008 | |
Uli Stielike | Jan. 2009-2010 | |
Péricles Chamusca | 2010-2011 | |
Paulo Silas | 2011 - Jan. 2012 | |
Pierre Lechantre | March 2012 - Sep. 2012 | |
Uli Stielike | 2013-2014 | |
Dan Petrescu | Jun. 2014 - Dec. 2014 | |
Gianfranco Zola | 2015-2016 | |
Gerardo Pelusso | 2016 | |
Heimir Hallgrímsson | 2018- |
Known players
Web links
- Official website
- al-Arabi in the database of transfermarkt.de
Individual evidence / explanations
- ↑ Iceland's ex-team boss will be a coach in Qatar on ORF-Sport on December 11, 2018, accessed on December 11, 2018
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Süddeutsche from October 2003 on Effenberg and Al-Arabi
- ↑ Qatar 1984/85 on rsssf.com
- ↑ Qatar 2000/01 on rsssf.com
- ↑ Qatar 2008/09 on rsssf.com
- ↑ Qatar 2009/10 on rsssf.com
- ↑ Image with caption on themes.thestar.com (English)
- ↑ Al Sadd Vs Al Arabi ( memento of October 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on qfa.com.qa
- ↑ rsssf.com: Overview of the masters
- ↑ Michel zu Al Arabi from July 5th on transfermarkt.de
- ↑ Michel must go to transfermarkt.de from October 21, 2006