al-Duhail SC
al-Duhail SC | |||
Basic data | |||
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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 | ||
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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
- ↑ Goalzz: Sheikh Jasim Cup - Qatar 2010
- ^ Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation: Qatar 2009/10
- ^ 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 )