Qatar SC

Qatar SC
نادي قطر الرياضي (Arabic)
Full nameQatar Sports Club
NicknameThe King
Founded1959 (1959)
GroundSuheim bin Hamad Stadium
Capacity13,000
ChairmanSheikh Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani
Head coachTintín Márquez
LeagueQatar Stars League
2024–25Qatar Stars League, 10th of 12
Websiteqatarsc.qa

Qatar Sports Club (Arabic: نادي قطر الرياضي) is a sports club based in Doha, Qatar. It is best known for its football team which competes in the Qatar Stars League. The club was founded in 1959 with the merger of two Qatari football clubs, Al-Oruba and Al-Nasour.[1]

They play their home games in the Qatar SC Stadium, which can accommodate 13,000 spectators. The club has recently diversified into sports other than football with an athletics division having been established, competing in sprinting, long jump and javelin throwing. The club adopted its current name, Qatar SC, in 1981.[1]

History

Formation (1972)

In 1972, Al-Oruba merged with Al-Nasour to form a new football club named Al-Esteqlal. Former player Saad Mohammed Saleh was selected as the first coach.[2] Al Esteqlal was one of the strongest clubs right from its establishment, winning its first official Q-League season in 1972–73. The next year, in 1974, Al Sadd hired head coach Hassan Othman from the club in addition to 14 of its players, including Hassan Mattar and Mubarak Anber, much to the dismay of club president Hamad bin Suhaim. During this period, transfers could be made unconditionally in Qatari football. Despite the resounding difficulties arising from the transfer fiasco, the club continued with its success, winning the 1976–77 season and supplying the national team with some of its most prominent players.

1981–present: Qatar SC

Al Esteqlal was renamed Qatar SC in 1981. However, it gradually faded into obscurity for the next 2 decades, with the league being dominated by Al Arabi, Al Sadd, and Al Rayyan. The club won the Qatar Crown Prince Cup in 2002 and also won the 2002–03 league season by three points. They won the Crown Prince Cup the same year, and again in 2009. The club was relegated to Qatari Second Division after the 2015-16 season, but were promoted back to the top division the next season.

Name history

  • –1972: Al-Oruba and Al Nasour
  • 1972: The club was founded by a merger of Al-Oruba and Al Nasour, and was named Al Esteqlal
  • 1981: The club was renamed Qatar Sports Club

Stadium

Qatar SC play their matches at Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, which is located in Doha's seaside district of Al Dafna. It is a multi-purpose stadium, featuring an athletics field, a gym, a shopping centre and a mosque, among other facilities. The stadium has a capacity of 13,000 seats.

Besides local football matches, the stadium also hosts a number of tournaments such as Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix and some of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup matches.

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
2 DF  QAT Nasir Baksh
3 DF  FRA Presnel Kimpembe
4 DF  TUN Ali Saoudi
5 MF  CMR Raoul Danzabe
6 MF  JOR Nizar Al-Rashdan
7 MF  COM Faïz Selemani
8 MF  CZE Lukáš Kalvach
9 FW  BRA João Pedro
10 FW  QAT Ahmed Al-Rawi (on loan from Al-Rayyan)
11 FW  BRA Yan Matheus
12 MF  QAT Ibrahim Masoud
14 MF  QAT Abdullah Al-Ahrak (on loan from Al Duhail)
15 DF  QAT Mohammed Ayash (on loan from Al-Duhail)
17 GK  QAT Ali Nader
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  QAT Abdullah Al-Ali (on loan from Al-Rayyan)
19 MF  QAT Abdulrasheed Umaru
20 DF  QAT Eisa Palangi
21 MF  QAT Ahmed Sayyar
22 DF  ARG Franco Russo
23 FW  QAT Sebastián Soria
24 DF  ENG Niall Mason
30 MF  QAT Said Brahmi
31 GK  QAT Motasem Al Bustami
40 DF  SEN Serigne Fallou Diouf
44 MF  QAT Naif Al-Hadhrami (on loan from Al-Rayyan)
74 GK  QAT Satea Abdelnasser
77 DF  PLE Musab Al-Battat

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
1 GK  QAT Yousef Ahmed
13 DF  QAT Abdelrazaq Salah
16 MF  QAT Moaaz Adam
29 MF  SDN Ali Al-Gaili
33 GK  QAT Adnan Saleh
No. Pos. Nation Player
51 FW  EGY Mazen Soliman
71 MF  QAT Abdulraham Muhsin
89 DF  QAT Talal Al-Raeesi
96 DF  EGY Abdelrahman Kafrawy

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
— MF  QAT Youssef Mohamed (on loan to Al-Khor)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  QAT Ali Bujaloof (on loan to Al-Khor)

Honours

Records and statistics

Last update: 15 March 2023.
Players whose names are in bold are still active with the club.

Most goals
# Nat. Name League Goals
1 Sebastián Soria 116
2 Akwá 43
3 Amad Al-Hosni 36
4 Abdulaziz Hassan Bujaloof 31
5 Marcinho 25
6 Hamdi Harbaoui 21
7 Yasser Nazmi 18
8 Mousa Al Allaq 18

Recent seasons

Season Division Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Emir Cup
1996–97 1D 7 16 4 3 9 19 19 15 Round 1
1997–98 1D 6 16 5 4 7 17 22 19 Round 1
1998–99 1D 6 16 5 2 9 16 27 17 Round 1
1999–2000 1D 7 16 4 6 6 14 24 18 Quarter-finals
2000–01 1D 8 16 4 2 10 18 27 14 Round 2
2001–02 1D 2 16 9 2 5 30 17 29 Semifinals
2002–03 1D 1 18 10 5 3 24 10 34 Semifinals
2003–04 1D 2 18 10 4 4 31 17 34 Runners-up
2004–05 1D 4 27 14 3 10 40 34 45 Quarter-finals
2005–06 1D 2 27 14 7 6 49 34 49 Semifinals
2006–07 1D 6 27 10 4 13 35 36 34 Quarter-finals
2007–08 1D 4 27 14 4 9 53 38 46 Semifinals
2008–09 1D 4 27 11 10 6 42 36 43 Semifinals
2009–10 1D 4 22 11 5 6 32 23 38 Semifinals
2010–11 1D 5 22 11 7 4 40 26 40 Quarter-finals
2011–12 1D 10 22 6 6 10 32 46 24 Round 3

Technical staff

Senior team

As of 29 November 2023[3]
Coaching staff
Head coach Tintín Márquez
Assistant coach Miquel Gomila
Goalkeeper coach Ángel Pindado
Fitness coach Xavier Pedrero
Dani Acosta
Match analysis Sergio Márquez
Team doctor Ovidiu Dragoș
Physiotherapist Abdurahman Al Jabbar
Kit manager Hassan Al Naimi
General manager Khalid Al-Shammeri

Youth team

Coaching staff
Head coach Yousef Al Noubi
Technical director David Giguel
Goalkeeping coach Abdel Fattah Nassef
Fitness coach Abdulziz Al Kahlawi

Managerial history

As of 10 May 2023[4]
 
Manager Period
Hamad Neel Mohammed Ali c. 1962
Saad Mohammed Saleh c. 1972
Helmi Hussein 1973–74
Wagdi Jamal 1974
Hassan Othman
Helmi Hussein 		1974–75
Mohammed Kheiri 1975–76
Jozef Jankech
Jozef Vengloš[5] 		1976–77
Jorvan Vieira 1980
Park Byung-suk c. 1980–81[6]
Paulo Massa 1988
Uli Maslo July 1, 1988–90
Sérgio Cosme 1990
Džemaludin Mušović 1990–91
Uli Maslo 1991 – April 30, 1992
Ammo Baba 1992–93
Jozef Jankech 1993–94
Hazem Jassam[7] 1994
Roland Andersson July 1, 1995 – June 30, 1997
Ján Pivarník[8] 1997
Reinhard Fabisch[9] 1998–00
Eid Mubarak[10] 2000
Verner Lička July 1, 2000 – June 15, 2001
Zoran Đorđević 2001–02
Džemaludin Mušović 2002–04
 
Manager Period
Adel Abu Karbal
Salman Abdulaziz 		2004
Carlos Alhinho 2004 – June 30, 2005
Dimitri Davidovic July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006
Džemal Hadžiabdić 2006
Yannick Stopyra Nov 2006 – Jan 07
Srećko Juričić 2007
Dimitri Davidovic 2007
Džemaludin Mušović 2007–08
Hameed Bremel 2008
Sebastião Lazaroni July 24, 2008 – Aug 11
Saïd Chiba Aug 12, 2011 – July 8, 2012
Sebastião Lazaroni July 9, 2012 – June 1, 2014
Ivan Hašek June 1, 2014 – September 11, 2014
Radhi Shenaishil September 11, 2014 – October 26, 2015
Sebastião Lazaroni October 26, 2015– June 27, 2016
Aurel Țicleanu June 28, 2016– December 26, 2016
Erik van der Meer December 29, 2016 – May 31, 2017
Gabriel Calderón July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018
Abdullah Mubarak November 25, 2017 – September 17, 2018
Yousuf Al-Noubi[11] September 17, 2018 – October 10, 2018
Sergio Batista October 10, 2018 – June 30, 2019
Carlos Alós July 1, 2019 – October 20, 2019
Wesam Rizik October 21, 2019 – June 30, 2021
Zé Ricardo June 2021 – October 2021
Yousuf Al-Noubi[12] October 2021
Youssef Safri October 2021 – October 2023
Helio Sousa October 2023 – April 2024
Yousuf Al-Noubi April 2024 – September 2024
Youssef Safri September 2024 – May 2025
Tintín Márquez June 2025 – present

Performance in AFC competitions

2003–04: Group Stage

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