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 September 1985, amidst a heavy debt of QAR 700,000, the club announced that it would not contract with any foreign players for that season to preserve its funds. As a result, five Yugoslavian players it had recently signed for its basketball, handball and volleyball teams would be released. The Ministry of Youth and Sports injected QAR 500,000 and its supporters and members raised over QAR 300,000 to help the club pay off debt and contract professionals.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.^[7]

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.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  QAT Yazan Naim 2 DF  QAT Eissa El-Nagar U21 3 DF  QAT Islam Yassine 4 DF  QAT Talal Bahzad 5 DF  CRO Matej Mitrović 6 MF  FRA Ibrahima Diallo (on loan from Al-Khor) 7 MF  GER Julian Draxler 9 FW  FRA Sekou Yansané 10 FW  ESP Erik Expósito 13 GK  QAT Mohamed Lingliz 15 DF  QAT Ali Shahabi U21 16 DF  FIN Robin Tihi 18 DF  QAT Jassem Mohammed Omar 19 DF  QAT Mohammed Abdelkader 20 MF  QAT Hamad Mansour 21 DF  QAT Mohammed Al-Ishaq U21 24 MF  QAT Ahmed Azhari 25 MF  QAT Eslam Abdelkader 26 DF  QAT Yaseen Lafrid

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  QAT Jassem Al-Sharshani 30 GK  QAT Ali Asghar U21 32 FW  QAT Navid Dorzadeh 33 MF  MAR Driss Fettouhi 35 GK  QAT Marwan Badreldin 37 DF  QAT Mohammed Moukrish 38 FW  QAT Yassin Gaira U21 44 MF  QAT Laith Daloul 45 DF  QAT Yousef Marei U21 70 MF  QAT Younes Abdelrahman U21 80 FW  QAT Noureldan Tamer U21 99 GK  QAT Aboubakr Abdelrahman U21 — DF  QAT Khaled Radhwan — DF  TUN Zinedine Sassi — DF  QAT Ahmed Reyed — MF  QAT Talal Al-Shila — MF  QAT Suhaib Gannan (on loan from Al-Duhail) — MF  QAT Othman Al-Yahri — MF  QAT Nasser Al-Nasr

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As of 10 May 2023^[8]

More information Seasons, Manager ...

Seasons Manager Nationality 1972–73 Mohammed Hassan Kheiri 1975–?? Ali Al Attar 1978–?? Helmi Hussein 1 Jul 1982 – 30 Jun 1984 Ivo Wortmann 1984–85 Eid 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 Anatoliy Prokopenko 1999 Abdelkadir Bomir 1999[9] Sead Gruda Abdulqadir Almoghaisab 1999–00 José Robles 2000–01 Cruz 2001 José Robles 2001 Eid Mubarak 1 Jul 2002 – 30 Jun 2003 Carlos Alhinho 2003 Pepe[10] 16 Jul 2004 – 8 Nov 2004 Augusto Inácio 2004–05 Pepe 2005 Oswaldo de Oliveira 2005–Feb 2006 Waldemar Lemos Oswaldo de Oliveira Feb 2006–2006 José Robles[11] 2006 Michel Decastel 2006 Reiner Hollmann

Seasons Manager Nationality 2006–07 José Robles 1 Jul 2007 – 30 Jun 2008 Mark Wotte 2008–09 Erik van der Meer 2009 Mrad Mahjoub 2009 Carlos Manuel 2009 Heron Ricardo Ferreira 2009[12] Abdulqadir Almoghaisab (CT) 2009 Abdullah Mubarak 2009–10 José Robles 2010 Hassan Hormatallah 1 Jul 2010– 10 Sep 2010 Ilija Petković 26 Sep 2010 – 23 Oct 2011 Abdullah Mubarak 23 Oct 2011 – 30 Jun 2012 Bernard Simondi 1 Jul 2012 – 30 Jun 2013 Henri Atamaniuk 1 Jul 2012 – 7 Feb 2015 Milan Máčala 7 Feb 2015 – 1 Feb 2016 Zlatko Kranjčar 1 Feb 2016 – 11 May 2016 Yousuf Adam (interim) 11 May 2016 – 30 Oct 2016 Luka Bonačić 30 Oct 2016 – 1 Jun 2017 Yousuf Adam 2 Jun 2017 – 27 Dec 2017 Joaquín Caparrós 1 Jan 2018 – Jun 2018 Jorge Peris Jun 2018 Yusef Ahmad Baker (interim)[13] Jun 2018 – Dec 2018 Milan Máčala 14 Dec 2018 – 18 Nov 2019 Rubén de la Barrera 1 Dec 2019 – 14 Sep 2023 Nebojša Jovović

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Last update: 2 June 2017.^[14]

As of February 2012.

More information No., Chairperson ...

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

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• Emir of Qatar Cup
  • Winners (4): 1973, 1981, 1987, 1992
  • Runners-up (5): 1975, 1984, 1985, 1998, 2003
• Sheikh Jassem Cup
  • Runners-up (2): 1999, 2006
• Qatari 2nd Division
  • Winners (1): 2012