Al Ahli SC (Doha)

Al Ahli was founded under the name Al Najah Sports Club in 1950, rendering it the oldest surviving sports club in Qatar. Al Najah SC was established by the founders of another club, called Sawt al-Arab, which was subsequently disbanded. The most prominent of the founders was Naji Musaad, the first president of the club. The club's first headquarters was located in Barahat Al Jufairi, in a residential house which was rented at a monthly fee of 70 Indian rupees. In 1964, the club was formally founded under resolution no. 2. Their first match abroad was scheduled to take place against Al Muharraq. After travelling to Bahrain by sea, the club was turned down because their squad comprised foreign players. Instead, they played against Al Nusoor, whom they defeated 3–1.[1]

In 1972, Al Najah was merged with another local club under its current name, Al Ahli Sports Club. The first board of directors was formed with eight members, and the club's colors were officially decided as green and white.[1] Early managers after the merger include Mohammed Kheiri, the first manager of Al Ahli Sports Club, Sudanese Abdullah Balash, Lebanese Omar Khatib and Sudanese Hassan Osman.[2] They played a friendly against Pelé-led Santos in 1973 at Doha Sports Stadium.[3] In the 1983/84 season, the club received a new headquarters, equipped with modern training and recreational facilities, as did all of the other sports clubs in Qatar.

In the early nineties, under the presidency of Sheikh Khalid bin Ali Al Thani, the club was relegated to the Qatari 2nd Division for the first time in its history. In an attempt to improve its younger generation of players by providing them with invaluable first team experience, the youth team had been given an opportunity to earn promotion back to the first division. They were unsuccessful, and only were runners up that year.[4]

The club has won one domestic trophy since its formation, the Emir Cup. This competition which was secured four times, with the first triumph coming in the inaugural edition under coach Mohammed Kheiri.[5]

Al Ahli play their home matches at Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium which has a capacity of 12,000 seats.

The club has one of the most consistently high home attendances in the Qatar Stars League. On 11 April 2014, they set a new league record for final match day attendance with 10,142 fans attending the league match against Al Sailiya.[6]

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  Al Ahli's crest, late 1990s
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  Al Ahli's crest, present

• UAFA Club Cup: 2 appearances

2003/04: First round

2007/08: First round

• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances

1992/93: First Round

1998/99: Second Round

Year	Tournament	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1993	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	Group stage	Al-Arabi	0–0	0–1	0–1
1999	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	1	Nejmeh	w.o.1	0–0	0–0
		2	Al-Ittihad	0–0	1–7	1–7

1. Al Nejmeh SC withdrew from the tournament.

As of Qatar Stars League:

No Position Player Nation 1 Goalkeeper Abdulaziz Al-Harqan  Qatar 2 Defender Ali Faidh Itshi  Qatar 3 Defender Hassan Al-Haifi U23  Qatar 4 Defender Shane Lowry  Australia 5 Midfielder Salah Al-Yahri  Qatar 6 Defender Mohamed Al-Naemi U23 (on loan from Al-Duhail)  Qatar 7 Midfielder Mohsen Al-Yazidi  Qatar 8 Midfielder Mohamad Abdulnaser U23  Qatar 9 Forward Abel Hernández  Uruguay 10 Midfielder Nabil El Zhar  Morocco 11 Midfielder Hernán Pérez  Paraguay 12 Forward Magid Mohamed  Qatar 14 Midfielder Khaled Mohammed U23 (on loan from Al-Duhail)  Qatar 17 Forward Nasser Khalfan  Qatar 18 Defender Jassem Mohammed Omar  Qatar 19 Defender Issa Ghaderi U23  Qatar 21 Midfielder Mohamed Diamé  Senegal 22 Midfielder Fareed Ebrahim U23  Qatar 23 Forward Abdulrasheed Umaru U23  Qatar 25 Defender Mohammed Raed U23  Qatar 26 Forward Salem Khalifah  Qatar 27 Midfielder Ali Qadri  Qatar 30 Goalkeeper Omar Adam U23  Egypt 32 Forward Navid Dorzadeh U23  Qatar 77 Midfielder Babou Sidiki Barro  Qatar 88 Defender John Benson  Qatar 90 Goalkeeper Ivanildo Rodrigues  Qatar 99 Goalkeeper Marwan Badreldin U23  Qatar

Out on loan

No Position Player Nation 97 Goalkeeper Yazan Naim U23 (on loan to Umm Salal)  Qatar — Defender Fred Dabanka (on loan to Al-Shamal)  Qatar — Midfielder Omid Ebrahimi (on loan to Eupen)  Iran — Midfielder Ali Sadeq (on loan to Al-Shamal)  Iraq Managerial history As of 28 December 2017.   Seasons Manager Nationality 1972–73 Mohammed Hassan Kheiri 1975–?? Ali Al Attar 1978–?? Helmi Hussein 1 July 1982 – 30 June 1984 Ivo Wortmann 1984–85 Abdullah Mubarak 1985–86 Colin Addison 1987–88 Joubert Meira 1988 Sebastião Lazaroni 1991 Zoran Đorđević 1991–93 Paulo Massa 1994–95 Faruk Pašić 1997–98 Abdelkadir Bomir 1998 Heshmat Mohajerani 1998–99 Viktor Prokopenko 1999 Abdelkadir Bomir 1999[7] Sead Gruda Abdulqadir Almoghaisab 1999–00 José Robles 2000–01 Cruz 2001 José Robles 2001 Eid Mubarak 1 July 2002 – 30 June 2003 Carlos Alhinho 16 July 2004 – 8 Nov 2004 Augusto Inácio 2004–05 Pepe 2005 Oswaldo de Oliveira 2005–Feb 2006 Waldemar Lemos Oswaldo de Oliveira   Seasons Manager Nationality Feb 2006–2006 José Robles[8] 2006 Michel Decastel 2006 Reiner Hollmann 2006–07 José Robles 1 July 2007 – 30 June 2008 Mark Wotte 2008–09 Erik van der Meer 2009 Mrad Mahjoub 2009 Carlos Manuel 2009 Heron Ricardo Ferreira 2009[9] Abdulqadir Almoghaisab (CT) 2009 Abdullah Mubarak 2009–10 José Robles 2010 Hassan Hormatallah 1 July 2010– 10 September 2010 Ilija Petković 26 September 2010–23 Oct 2011 Abdullah Mubarak 23 October 2011 – 30 June 2012 Bernard Simondi 1 July 2012 – 7 February 2015 Milan Máčala 7 February 2015 – 1 February 2016 Zlatko Kranjčar 1 February 2016 – 11 May 2016 Yousuf Adam (interim) 11 May 2016 – 30 October 2016 Luka Bonačić 30 October 2016 – 1 June 2017 Yousuf Adam 2 June 2017 – 27 December 2017 Joaquín Caparrós June 2018 Milan Máčala Abdullah Mubarak, former manager of Al Ahli Former managers with unknown dates Omar Khatib Hassan Osman Abdullah Balash Al Ahli club staff Last update: 2 June 2017.[10]   Senior team Technical staff Head coach Milan Máčala Assistant coach Ivan Hucko Head of transatlantic relations Samuel Alger Medical staff Head of clinic Dr Tawfiq Team doctor Sokryi Physiotherapist Anselmo Physiotherapist Assad Ammari Team staff Director of reserve team Majed Saeed Director of administration Abdulaziz Hamza Director of football Ibrahim Al Karaniris Deputy director of football Khalid Shabib Director of sports affairs Abdullah Jassim Director of sport marketing Yaqoub Nasser ATI Systems Youssef Bizzou   Youth teams Technical staff U23 manager Hassan Khalil Ahmed U23 head coach Ivan Hucko U23 assistant coach Hussein Baqir U16 head coach John Lake U16 assistant coach Abdulredha Hussein   Youth teams Medical staff Physiotherapist Islam Salahuddin Physiotherapist Ihab Abdelfatah Team staff Head of youth teams Fahad Al Wadanaa Deputy head of youth teams Ahmad Sayyar Club officials Board Position Staff President HE Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Thani Vice-president HE Khalaf Ahmed Mannai General secretary Khaled Abdullah Shabib Last updated: February 2012 Source: Board of Directors Club presidents As of February 2012. 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