Al-Duhail SC

The club was founded as Al-Shorta Doha and in 2009 was renamed 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, losing in the final to Al-Arabi.^[6]

Their 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 three domestic Titles the league, Qatar Cup and Emir Cup.

In 2024, it was one of the teams invited to take part in the first installment of the Equality Cup.^[10]

Lekhwiya's stadium began construction in 2011.^[9] The first phase was completed in May 2012.^[11] 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.

As of 12 June 2024^[12]

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

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  QAT Salah Zakaria 3 DF  BRA Lucas Veríssimo 4 DF  QAT Mohammed Emad Aiash 5 DF  QAT Bassam Al-Rawi 7 MF  QAT Ismaeel Mohammad 8 MF  QAT Edmilson Junior 10 MF  ESP Luis Alberto 11 FW  QAT Almoez Ali (captain) 12 MF  QAT Karim Boudiaf 14 FW  KEN Michael Olunga 18 DF  QAT Sultan Al-Brake 19 MF  FRA Benjamin Bourigeaud 20 MF  QAT Abdullah Al-Ahrak 22 DF  ITA Ibrahima Bamba 23 MF  QAT Ahmed Abdul Maqsoud

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  QAT Homam Ahmed 25 FW  QAT Mubarak Shanan U21 27 MF  FRA Ibrahima Diallo 28 MF  QAT Mohammed Al-Majed U21 29 FW  QAT Rashid Al-Abdulla U21 30 GK  ARG Bautista Burke (on loan from Al-Shahaniya) 31 MF  QAT Abdullah Mohsen U21 34 MF  QAT Muaiad Walid U21 40 MF  QAT Abdullah Sabet U21 44 MF  QAT Abdulaziz Abu Shanab U21 48 MF  QAT Fahed Abu Hamdeh U21 66 GK  PLE Khaled Egaz U21 77 DF  QAT Ghanim Al-Minhali U21 93 MF  MAR Hakim Ziyech 96 GK  QAT Amir Hassan U21 (on loan from Al-Arabi)

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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.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 6 MF  QAT Khaleda (Mohammed] (on loan to Al-Wakrah) 15 DF  QAT Mohamed Al-Naimi (on loan to Al-Shamal) 16 MF  QAT Abdulaziz Mohammed (on loan to Al-Shamal) 17 MF  QAT Abdelrahman Moustafa (on loan to Al-Ahli) 21 MF  QAT Fares Said U21 (on loan to Al-Khor) 41 DF  QAT Ahmed Reyed (on loan to Al-Khor)

No. Pos. Nation Player 99 GK  QAT Shehab Ellethy (on loan to Al-Shahaniya) — DF  QAT Yousef Aymen (on loan to Al-Ahly) — MF  LBY Suhaib Gannan U21 (on loan to Al-Shamal) — FW  QAT Lotfi Madjer (on loan to Al-Shahaniya) — FW  QAT Tahsin Jamshid U21 (on loan to Alcorcón B)

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Last update: 14 January 2025.
Players whose names are in bold are still active with the club.

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Most goals

#	Nat.	Name	Career	Goals	League Goals
1		Michael Olunga	2020–	127	75
2		Nam Tae-hee	2012–2019, 2021–2023	117	84
3		Youssef El-Arabi	2016–2019	108	76
4		Youssef Msakni	2012–2021	99	73
5		Almoez Ali	2016–	75	56
6		Sebastián Soria	2012–2015	58	42
7		Ismaeel Mohammad	2011–	56	37

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

AFC Champions League

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Round	Country	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	2–2
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	1–0
GS		Al-Taawoun	0–1	0–2
GS		Sharjah	2–1	2–4
2021
GS		Al-Shorta	2–0	1–2
GS		Al-Ahli	1–1	1–1
GS		Esteghlal	4–3	2–2
2022
GS		Al-Taawon	1–2	4–3
GS		Sepahan	5–2	1–0
GS		Pakhtakor	3–2	3–0
R16		Al-Rayyan	1–1	7–6 (p)
QF		Al-Shabab	2–1
SF		Al-Hilal	0–7
2023–24
GS		Istiklol	2–0	0–0
GS		Persepolis	2–1	0–1
GS		Al-Nassr	3–4	2–3

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• Khalifa Khamis (2008) (unofficial)^[15]
• 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)
• Hatem Almoadab (2020)^[16]
• Sabri Lamouchi (2020–2021)
• Luís Castro (2021–2022)
• Hernán Crespo (2022–2023)
• Christophe Galtier (2023–present)