Al-Duhail SC (handball)

Al-Duhail Handball Team
Full name Al-Duhail Handball Team
Nickname(s) The Red Knights
Founded April 2012
Arena Lekhwiya Sports Stadium
Doha, Qatar
Capacity N/A
President Qatar Sheikh Abdullah al Thani
Coach Tunisia Sabet Mahfouz
League 1st Division
2012–13 1st (Champions)[1]
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Al-Duhail Handball Team (Arabic: فريق لخويا لكرة اليد‎) is the handball team of Al-Duhail SC, based in the capital city of Doha, Qatar. It currently competes in the 1st Division of the Qatari Handball League (QHL) and was founded in 2013. It plays its home games at the Lekhwiya Sports Stadium.

History

The idea to form Lekhwiya's handball division began in April 2012 when the Qatar Handball Federation wanted to increase the number of teams participating in the league. Lekhwiya were presented with an opportunity to form a handball team and participate in the first division, and the president of the club, Abdullah Al Thani, accepted. Jabbes Ibrahim was selected as the first coach of the team.[2]

In April 2017, the club take over El Jaish SC and rebranded the club into Al-Duhail SC.

Honours

  • 1st Division
Winners (1): 2013

Current squad

Last Update: October 10, 2012 [3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Qatar Yousef Moualem
2 Qatar Khalid Al Suwaidi
3 Italy Luca
4 Qatar Abdullah Khater
5 Qatar Fawaz Al Medaidi
6 Iceland Ólafur Stefánsson
7 Qatar Sahbi Ben Aziza
8 Qatar Muhannad Abdullah
No. Position Player
9 Qatar Jassim Al Kuwari
10 Qatar Talib Ali
11 Romania Daniel Petran
12 Qatar Yusuf Bin Tayeb
13 Serbia Aleksandar Stanojević
14 Qatar Abdullah Hafez
15 Qatar Abdullah Sharshani
16 Qatar Askar Al Karbi
Serbia Uroš Elezović
Bosnia and Herzegovina Neven Stjepanović

Current technical staff

As of October 10, 2012[3]

Name Role Nationality
Ibrahim BudrulaManagerAlgeria Algerian
Said JoharAssistant managerBahrain Bahraini
Rashid Al-TamimiTeam managerQatar Qatari
Zlatan ArnautovićGoalkeeping coachBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnian
marwen slimPhysiotherapistTunisia tunisian

Managerial history

  • Tunisia Jabbes Ibrahim (April 2012 – July 2013)
  • Algeria Ibrahim Budrala (July 2013 – January 2015 )
  • Croatia Sead Hasanefendić (Februar 2015 – )

References

  1. ↑ "Lekhwiya win Qatar Handball League". olympic.qa. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "LEKHWIYA HAND BALL TEAM". lekhwiyaclub.com. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Lekhwiya handball-team staff". lekhwiyaclub.com. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
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