al-Duhail SC

al-Duhail SC
Basic data
Surname	al-Duhail Sports Club
Seat	Doha , Qatar
founding	1938
president	Abdullah Al Thani
Website	duhailsc.com
First soccer team
Head coach	Rui Faria
Venue	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
Places	12,000
league	Qatar Stars League
2018/19	2nd place
home Away

The al-Duhail Sports Club ( al-Duhail SC for short ; Arabic نادي الدحيل الرياضي, DMG Nādī d-Duḥail ar-riyāḍī , until 2017 Lekhwiya SC ) is a sports club from Doha in Qatar . The men's soccer team plays in the country's highest league, the Qatar Stars League .

history

The association was founded in 1938 as al-Shorta Doha and was renamed Lekhwiya SC in 2009 . In the 2009/10 season the club reached the final of the Sheikh Jassim Cup , which they lost against al-Arabi 0-1. In the same year one rose to the Qatar Stars League . After promotion, the squad was strengthened for the 2010/11 season with Aruna Dindane , Bakari Koné and Abdeslam Ouaddou , among others . At the end of the season they won the championship title for the first time and qualified for the AFC Champions League . The club won the championship title four more times in the following six seasons.

For the 2017/18 season , the club merged with al-Jaish to form al-Duhail SC .

Club successes

• Promotion to the Qatar Stars League : 2009/10
• Qatari champion: 2010/11, 2011/12, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2016/17
• Emir of Qatar Cup : 2016, 2018
• Sheikh Jassim Cup: Finalist 2009/10

Known players

• Madjid Bougherra
• Kanga Akalé
• Bakari Koné
• Aruna Dindane
• Abdeslam Ouaddou
• Almoez Abdulla
• Mehdi Benatia
• Mario Mandzukic

Trainer

• Djamel Belmadi (2010–2012, 2015–2018)
• Eric Gerets (2012-2014)
• Michael Laudrup (2014-2015)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Goalzz: Sheikh Jasim Cup - Qatar 2010
2. ^ Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation: Qatar 2009/10
3. ^ Qatar Tribune: Lekhwiya, Al Jaish clubs to merge into one entity

Web links

• Official website
• Qatar Stars League Profile ( Memento from January 11, 2013 in the Internet Archive )