Al-Ahli SC
Full nameAl-Ahli Sports Club
Nickname(s)Al Ameed (Brigadier)
Founded1950 (1950) as Al Najah
1972 (1972) as Al Ahli
GroundHamad bin Khalifa Stadium
Capacity12,000
ChairmanAbdullah Yousef Al-Mulla
ManagerPepa
LeagueQatar Stars League
2022–23Qatar Stars League, 8th of 12
WebsiteClub website

Al Ahli SC (Arabic: النادي الأهلي الرياضي), also known as Al Ahli Doha is a Qatari multi-sport club based in Doha. It is most notable for its professional association football section. Their home ground is the Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium. Founded in 1950, it is the oldest sports club in Qatar.

History

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]

Stadium

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

Supporters

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]

Players

As of Qatar Stars League:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Qatar QAT Yazan Naim
2 DF Qatar QAT Eissa El-Nagar
3 DF Qatar QAT Islam Yassine
4 DF Qatar QAT Talal Bahzad
5 DF Colombia COL Danilo Arboleda
7 MF Germany GER Julian Draxler
8 MF Ivory Coast CIV Idrissa Doumbia
9 MF Qatar QAT Ali Qadry
10 MF Tunisia TUN Naïm Sliti
11 FW Jordan JOR Yazan Al-Naimat
12 FW Qatar QAT Ahmed Al-Sibai (on loan from Al-Sailiya)
13 GK Qatar QAT Mohamed Lingliz
14 MF Egypt EGY Abobakar Bayoumi (on loan from Mesaimeer)
15 DF Qatar QAT Mohammed Emad Aiash (on loan from Al-Duhail)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Finland FIN Robin Tihi
17 FW France FRA Sekou Yansané
18 DF Qatar QAT Jassem Mohammed Omar
19 DF Qatar QAT Mohammed Abdelkader
21 MF Qatar QAT Mohammed Al-Ishaq
22 MF Libya LBY Al Dokali Al Seyed
23 MF Qatar QAT Abdulrasheed Umaru
25 MF Qatar QAT Eslam Abdelkader
26 DF Qatar QAT Yaseen Lafrid
27 MF Qatar QAT Jassem Al-Sharshani
32 FW Qatar QAT Navid Dorzadeh
33 MF Qatar QAT Yassin Jeera
35 GK Qatar QAT Marwan Badreldin
44 MF Qatar QAT Laith Daloul
69 MF Qatar QAT Salam Rahma
77 FW Qatar QAT Nasser Khalfan

Managerial history

As of 10 May 2023[7]
 
Seasons Manager Nationality
1972–73 Mohammed Hassan Kheiri Sudan
1975–?? Ali Al Attar Egypt
1978–?? Helmi Hussein Egypt
1 Jul 1982 – 30 Jun 1984 Ivo Wortmann Brazil
1984–85 Eid Mubarak Qatar
1985–86 Colin Addison England
1987–88 Joubert Meira Brazil
1988 Sebastião Lazaroni Brazil
1991 Zoran Đorđević Serbia
1991–93 Paulo Massa Brazil
1994–95 Faruk Pašić Bosnia and Herzegovina
1997–98 Abdelkadir Bomir Morocco
1998 Heshmat Mohajerani Iran
1998–99 Anatoliy Prokopenko Ukraine
1999 Abdelkadir Bomir Morocco
1999[8] Sead Gruda
Abdulqadir Almoghaisab
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Qatar
1999–00 José Robles Brazil
2000–01 Cruz Portugal
2001 José Robles Brazil
2001 Eid Mubarak Qatar
1 Jul 2002 – 30 Jun 2003 Carlos Alhinho Portugal
2003 Pepe[9] Brazil
16 Jul 2004 – 8 Nov 2004 Augusto Inácio Portugal
2004–05 Pepe Brazil
2005 Oswaldo de Oliveira Brazil
2005–Feb 2006 Waldemar Lemos
Oswaldo de Oliveira
Brazil
Brazil
Feb 2006–2006 José Robles[10] Brazil
2006 Michel Decastel Switzerland
2006 Reiner Hollmann Germany
 
Seasons Manager Nationality
2006–07 José Robles Brazil
1 Jul 2007 – 30 Jun 2008 Mark Wotte Netherlands
2008–09 Erik van der Meer Netherlands
2009 Mrad Mahjoub Tunisia
2009 Carlos Manuel Portugal
2009 Heron Ricardo Ferreira Brazil
2009[11] Abdulqadir Almoghaisab (CT) Qatar
2009 Abdullah Mubarak Qatar
2009–10 José Robles Brazil
2010 Hassan Hormatallah Morocco
1 Jul 2010– 10 Sep 2010 Ilija Petković Serbia
26 Sep 2010 – 23 Oct 2011 Abdullah Mubarak Qatar
23 Oct 2011 – 30 Jun 2012 Bernard Simondi France
1 Jul 2012 – 30 Jun 2013 Henri Atamaniuk France
1 Jul 2012 – 7 Feb 2015 Milan Máčala Czech Republic
7 Feb 2015 – 1 Feb 2016 Zlatko Kranjčar Croatia
1 Feb 2016 – 11 May 2016 Yousuf Adam (interim) Qatar
11 May 2016 – 30 Oct 2016 Luka Bonačić Croatia
30 Oct 2016 – 1 Jun 2017 Yousuf Adam Qatar
2 Jun 2017 – 27 Dec 2017 Joaquín Caparrós Spain
1 Jan 2018 – Jun 2018 Jorge Peris Spain
Jun 2018 Yusef Ahmad Baker (interim)[12] Qatar
Jun 2018 – Dec 2018 Milan Máčala Czech Republic
14 Dec 2018 – 18 Nov 2019 Rubén de la Barrera Spain
1 Dec 2019 – 14 Sep 2023 Nebojša Jovović Montenegro
Abdullah Mubarak, former manager of Al Ahli

Al Ahli club staff

Last update: 2 June 2017.[13]

 
Senior team
Technical staff
Head coach Pepa
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 Qatar Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Thani
Vice-president Qatar Khalaf Ahmed Mannai
General secretary Qatar Khaled Abdullah Shabib

Last updated: February 2012
Source: Board of Directors

Club presidents

As of February 2012.

No. Chairperson No. Chairperson
1 Qatar Naji Musaad 8 Qatar Abdullah Mohammed Ghurery
2 Qatar Sheikh Mubarak bin Ahmed Al-Thani 9 Qatar Ali bin Ali Ahmed
3 Qatar Sheikh Ali bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani 10 Qatar Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Nasser Al-Thani
4 Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Saud Al-Thani 11 Qatar Abdullah Ahmad Hashemi
5 Qatar Sultan bin Sultan 12 Qatar Mohammed Kadhim Ibrahim
6 Qatar Abdulaziz Fahad Bozzoer 13 Qatar Sheikh Khalid bin Ali Al Thani
7 Qatar Abdulqadir Al Moghaisib 14 Qatar Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Thani

Records and statistics

Player statistics

Meshal Abdullah holds the record for most league goals scored for Al Ahli

Last update: 19 June 2023.
Players whose names are in bold are still active with the club.

Most goals
# Nat. Name League Goals Years active
1 Qatar Meshal Abdullah 118 1999–2007, 2008–2010, 2013–2019
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo Dioko Kaluyituka 60 2011–2015
3 Senegal Alboury Lah 29 1995–1998
4 Cape Verde Caló 26 2002–2006
5 Democratic Republic of the Congo Ndombe Mubele 16 2015–2017
6 Morocco Nabil El Zhar 15 2019–2021
7 Iran Mojtaba Jabbari 15 2013–2017
8 Burkina Faso Juma Mossi 15 2001–2002
9 Brazil Wagner Ribeiro 13 2009–2011
10 Oman Badar Al-Maimani 12 2005–2007
Brazil Sérgio Ricardo 2005–2006

Performance in UAFA competitions

2003/04: First round
2007/08: First round

Performance in AFC competitions

1992/93: First Round
1998/99: Second Round

Asian record

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

1. Al Nejmeh SC withdrew from the tournament.

Honours

Club rankings

National ranking

As of 18 September 2023.[14]
Current Rank Country Team Points
8QatarQatar SC1316
9QatarUmm Salal SC1273
10QatarAl-Ahli SC1269
11QatarAl-Sailiya SC1269
12QatarAl-Khor SC1241

Asian ranking

As of 18 September 2023.[15]
Current Rank Country Team Points
216IndiaAtlético de Kolkata1270
217UzbekistanFC Sogdiana Jizzakh1275
218QatarAl-Ahli SC1269
219IranShahin Bushehr F.C.1269
220QatarAl-Sailiya SC1269

World ranking

As of 18 September 2023.[16]
Current Rank Country Team Points
1857SwedenÖstersunds FK1270
1858EcuadorC.D. ESPOLI1270
1859QatarAl-Ahli SC1269
1860NigerJUTH F.C.1269
1861VenezuelaC.D. Hermanos Colmenarez1269

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