Al-Duhail SC

Al-Duhail SC
	File:Al-Duhail SC (logo).png
Full name	Al-Duhail Sports Club
Nickname(s)	The Red Knights
Founded	2009; 15 years ago as Lekhwiya; 2017; 7 years ago as Al-Duhail
Ground	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium; Doha, Qatar
Capacity	9,000
Chairman	Sheikh Abdullah al Thani
Manager	Walid Regragui
League	Qatar Stars League
2018–19	Qatar Stars League, 2nd
Website	http://www.duhailsc.qa/
Home colours	Away colours

Al-Duhail Sports Club (Template:Lang-ar), formerly Lekhwiya SC, is a Qatari sports club, best known for its football team, which plays in the Qatar Stars League. The club is based in the Duhail district in the city of Doha and plays its home games at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium. It is the first team in Qatari football to win the first division title on its debut season.

In April 2017, it was announced that the club would take over El Jaish SC and merge with following the 2016–17 Qatar Stars League and be known as Al-Duhail Sports Club in rebranding of Lekhwiya SC.^[2]^[3]

History

The club was founded as Al-Shorta Doha and in 2009 was renamed to Lekhwiya.^[4] Lekhwiya Club has the biggest financial budget in Qatar.

Upon the club's reformation, it was entered into the Qatari 2nd Division. It came fourth in the league on its first year before winning the next season in 2010.

In the club's first season in the Qatar Stars League, Lekhwiya finished at the top of the standings to win the 2010–11 Qatar Stars League.^[5] It was the first league title in the club's history. They also managed to reach the final of the 2010 Sheikh Jassem Cup, before losing in the final to Al-Arabi.^[6]

Their first official debut in a continental competition came on March 7, 2012, in the 2012 AFC Champions League. They won their first match against Al-Ahli of Saudi Arabia, with Nam Tae-Hee scoring the only goal and also scoring the first-ever goal for Lekhwiya in any regional competition.^[7]

In the 2011–12 Qatar Stars League season, Lekhwiya retained the league title with two games left to be played.^[8]

They inaugurated a new stadium Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, also known as Lekhwiya Sports Stadium, on February 15, 2013 in a match against Al Khor and won their third league title in the first season at the new stadium.^[9]

in April 2017 the club announced that they would take over El Jaish SC and rebranded the club into Al-Duhail SC.

At the end of the 2017–2018 Season the Club became the First club to hold all 3 domestic Titles the league, Qatar Cup and Emir Cup.

Stadium

Lekhwiya's stadium began construction in 2011.^[9] The first phase was completed in May 2012.^[10] The stadium was officially inaugurated on February 15, 2013 with the first match played being a Qatar Stars League fixture against Al Khor. The official seating capacity is 10,000, it is located in the ISF area of Doha.

Colours and crest

2009–2016

2009–2016
2016–2017

2016–2017

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacture	Shirt sponsor
2009–11	Burrda	None
2011–19	Burrda	Masraf Rayan
2020-	Puma	Masraf Rayan

Kit history

Home kit
2009

Home kit
2011

Players

Current squad

As of 8 January 2020^[11]

No	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Mohammed Al-Bakri ^U23	Qatar
2	DF	Mohammed Musa	Qatar
3	DF	Hamad Al-Obeidi (on loan from Al-Sailiya)	Qatar
4	DF	Medhi Benatia	Morocco
5	DF	Bassam Al-Rawi ^U23	Qatar
6	DF	Ahmed Yasser	Qatar
7	MF	Ismaeel Mohammad	Qatar
8	MF	Luiz Júnior (Captain)	Qatar
9	FW	Han Kwang-song	North Korea
10	MF	Edmilson Junior	Belgium
11	MF	Nasser Al Yazidi ^U23	Qatar
12	MF	Karim Boudiaf	Qatar
13	MF	Hazem Shehata ^U23	Qatar
14	DF	Fahad Al-Keldi ^U23	Qatar
15	DF	Mohammed Ayash ^U23	Qatar
16	FW	Rabeh Boussafi ^U23	Qatar
17	FW	Mario Mandžukić	Croatia
18	DF	Sultan Al-Brake	Qatar
19	FW	Almoez Ali	Qatar
20	MF	Ali Afif	Qatar
21	MF	Mohammed Khuwailid ^U23	Indonesia
23	MF	Assim Madibo ^U23	Qatar
25	MF	Saleh Al-Halabi ^U23	Qatar
26	DF	Nour Rahman	Qatar
27	MF	Abdullah Al-Ahrak ^U23	Qatar
28	MF	Youssef Msakni	Tunisia
29	FW	Mohammed Muntari	Qatar
30	MF	Khaled Waleed ^U23	Qatar
31	DF	Mohammed Dhaifallah ^U23	Qatar
33	GK	Ahmad Rashwan ^U23	Qatar
35	FW	Khaled Yousef ^U23	Qatar
38	MF	Obaid Rahman ^U23	Qatar
39	FW	Lotfi Madjer ^U23	Qatar
40	GK	Amine Lecomte	Qatar
44	GK	Ahmed Soufiane (on loan from Al-Kharaitiyat)	Qatar
47	MF	Fahad Waad ^U23	Iraq
97	MF	Abdelrahman Moustafa ^U23	Qatar

Out on loan

No	Position	Player	Nation
—	GK	Shehab Ellethy ^U23 (on loan to Al-Kharaitiyat)	Qatar
—	GK	Sami Habib ^U23 (on loan to Umm Salal)	Qatar
—	GK	Khalifa Ababacar (on loan to Al-Sailiya)	Qatar
—	DF	Yousef Ayman ^U23 (on loan to Qatar)	Qatar
—	DF	Khaled Radhwan (on loan to Al-Khor)	Qatar
—	DF	Mohamed Al-Naemi ^U23 (on loan to Al-Ahli)	Qatar
—	DF	Murad Naji (on loan to Umm Salal)	Qatar
—	DF	Khalid Muftah (on loan to Al Rayyan)	Qatar
—	MF	Ahmed Moein (on loan to Qatar)	Qatar
—	MF	Adel Bader ^U23 (on loan to Al-Sailiya)	Qatar
—	MF	Ahmed Al-Sibai ^U23 (on loan to Al-Sailiya)	Qatar
—	MF	Salmin Atiq ^U23 (on loan to Umm Salal)	Qatar
—	MF	Khalid Muneer ^U23 (on loan to Al-Wakrah)	Qatar
—	MF	Khaled Mohammed ^U23 (on loan to Al-Ahli)	Qatar
—	FW	Evans Mensah (on loan to Portimonense)	Ghana
—	FW	Mohanad Ali (on loan to Portimonense)	Iraq

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Walid Regragui
Assistant manager
Fitness coach	Khalil Jebabli
Goalkeeping coach	Xavier Poitrinal
Director of football	Ahmed Khalil
Deputy director	Waleed Bakhit
General manager	Abdulnasser Al-Obaidly
Doctor	Hatem Jemaa
Conditioning coach	Mirza Džafić
Physiotherapist	Sofiane Khouja

Last updated: December 2013
Source: Lekhwiya

Records and statistics

Last update: 2 September 2017.
Apps and goals in the QSL and AFC Champions League only. Players whose names are in bold are still active with the club.

**Most appearances**
#	Name	Career	Apps
1	Karim Boudiaf	2010–	192
2	Mohammed Musa	2009–	185
3	Luiz Martin Carlos Júnior	2010–	182
4	Khalid Muftah	2010–	180
5	Nam Tae-Hee	2012–2019	177

**Most goals**
#	Name	Career	Goals
1	Nam Tae-Hee	2012–2019	66
2	Youssef Msakni	2012–	58
3	Sebastián Soria	2012–2015	50
4	Youssef El-Arabi	2016–	32
5	Ali Afif	2012–	22

Reserves and academy

Lekhwiya's reserve team currently competes in the Qatargas League, the second-tier of Qatari football.
Last update: July 2014

Reserve team technical staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Gerard Zaragoza
Fitness coach	Didier Filipe
Goalkeeping coach	Karim Zaza
Director of football	Mohammad Bashir Sulaiti
Team administrator	Ali Hilal
General manager	Mohsen Al Yazidi

Source: Lekhwiya

U21 technical staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Hamdan Hamad
Assist. coach	Saifuddin Komy
Assist. coach	Peter Pollák
Goalkeeping coach	Adam Abdelnasser Abbasi
Team administrator	Khalid Abdullah
General manager	Faisal Al Marri

Source: Al Raya

Administrative staff

Last update: December 2013

Management

Position	Staff
Chairman	Sheikh Abdullah al Thani
Vice-chairman	Khalifa Khamis Sulaiti
General secretary	Adnan Al Ali
Sports administrator	Faraj Saleh al-Marri
Director of Football Team	walid bakhit al ali
Media Coordinator	Mohammed Bashir Al Sulaiti
Audience & Marketing	Mubarak Al Mutawa

Source: Lekhwiya

Board of directors

Position	Staff
Member	Ibrahim Khalil Al Mohannadi
Member	Abdulnasser Al-Obaidly
Member	Ali Salman Al Mohannadi
Member	Nawaf Abdullah Al Maathadi

Source: Lekhwiya

Honours

Qatar Stars League

Winners (6): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18

Qatari Second Division

Winners (1): 2009–10

Qatar Emir Cup:

Winners (3): 2016, 2018, 2019

Qatar Cup

Winners (3): 2013, 2015, 2018

Qatar Super Cup / Shiekh Jassem Cup

Winners (2): 2015, 2016

Al-Duhail in Asia

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
AFC Champions League	46	23	10	13	71	60
Total	46	23	10	13	71	60

Q = Qualification
GS = Group stage
R16 = Round of 16
QF = Quarter-final
SF = Semi-final

AFC Champions League

Round	Club	Home	Away
2012
GS	Al-Ahli	1–0	0–3
GS	Al-Nasr	1–2	1–2
GS	Sepahan	1–0	1–2
2013
GS	Al-Shabab	2–1	1–3
GS	Al-Ittifaq	0–0	2–0
GS	Pakhtakor	3–1	2–0
R16	Al-Hilal	1–0	2–2
QF	Guangzhou Evergrande	0–2	1–4
2014
GS	Al-Ain	1–2	0–5
GS	Tractor	0–0	1–0
GS	Al-Ittihad	2–0	1–3
2015
GS	Persepolis F.C.	3–0	0–3
GS	Al-Nassr FC	1–1	3–1
GS	Bunyodkor	1–0	1–0
R16	Al-Sadd	2–2	2–1
QF	Al-Hilal	2–2	1–4
2016
GS	Zob Ahan	0–1	0–0
GS	Al-Nassr FC	4–0	1–1
GS	Bunyodkor	0–0	0–2
R16	El Jaish SC	0–4	4–2
2017
GS	Al Jazira	3–0	3–1
GS	Al-Fateh	4–1	2–2
GS	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2–1	1–1
R16	Persepolis	0–1	0–0
2018
GS	Zob Ahan	3–1	1–0
GS	Lokomotiv Tashkent	3–2	2–1
GS	Al Wahda	1–0	3–2
R16	Al Ain	4–1	4–2
QF	Persepolis	1–0	1–3
2019
GS	Al-Hilal	2–2	1–3
GS	Al Ain	2–2	2–0
GS	Esteghlal	3–0	1–1
R16	Al-Sadd	1–1	1–3
2020
GS	Persepolis	2–0	TBD
GS	Al-Taawoun	TBD	0–2
GS	Sharjah	TBD	TBD

Managerial history

Khalifa Khamis (2008) (unofficial)^[12]
Abdullah Saad (2008–2009) (unofficial)
Abdullah Mubarak (2009–2010)
Djamel Belmadi (2010–2012)
Eric Gerets (2012–2014)
Michael Laudrup (2014–2015)
Djamel Belmadi (2015–2018)
Nabil Maâloul (2018–2019)
Rui Faria (2019–2020)
Walid Regragui (2020–present)

Other sports

Handball

References

^ Capacity Stadium
^ "Lekhwiya, El Jaish clubs to merge" (in Arabic). Gulf Times. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
^ "Lekhwiya, Al Jaish Clubs to Merge into One Club under the Name of Al Duhail Sports Club". www.qna.org.qa. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
^ "Qatar 2009/10". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
^ Lekhwiya SC new Qatar Star league champions!
^ "Cabore seals Sheikh Jassim Cup triumph for Al Arabi". qfa.com.qa. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
^ "Qatar's Lekhwiya launch Asian campaign with a brave win". qsl.com.qa. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
^ "لخويا يتوج باللقب الثاني ويدفع العربي للخطر". Al Kass. March 25, 2012. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
^ ^a ^b لخويا يستضيف الخور على ملعبه الجديد (in Arabic). Al Kass. 15 February 2013. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
^ "Lekhwiya Sports Stadium". Urbacon-Intl. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
^ "Players – Football -English | Al Duhail Sports Club".
^ "Archive al-watan.com 2011/04/12". Archived from the original on 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2014-06-25.

External links

Official website

[1] Capacity Stadium

[2] "Lekhwiya, El Jaish clubs to merge" (in Arabic). Gulf Times. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.

[3] "Lekhwiya, Al Jaish Clubs to Merge into One Club under the Name of Al Duhail Sports Club". www.qna.org.qa. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2017.

[4] "Qatar 2009/10". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 May 2013.

[5] Lekhwiya SC new Qatar Star league champions!

[6] "Cabore seals Sheikh Jassim Cup triumph for Al Arabi". qfa.com.qa. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2013.

[7] "Qatar's Lekhwiya launch Asian campaign with a brave win". qsl.com.qa. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.

[8] "لخويا يتوج باللقب الثاني ويدفع العربي للخطر". Al Kass. March 25, 2012. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

[stadiumalkass-9] لخويا يستضيف الخور على ملعبه الجديد (in Arabic). Al Kass. 15 February 2013. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[10] "Lekhwiya Sports Stadium". Urbacon-Intl. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[11] "Players – Football -English | Al Duhail Sports Club".

[12] "Archive al-watan.com 2011/04/12". Archived from the original on 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2014-06-25.

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