Doha Al Ahli Sc

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.

Al-Ahli SC

Full name	Al-Ahli Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Al Ameed (Brigadier)
Founded	1950; 74 years ago (1950) as Al Najah 1972; 52 years ago (1972) as Al Ahli
Ground	Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium
Capacity	12,000
Chairman	Abdullah Yousef Al-Mulla
Manager	Pepa
League	Qatar Stars League
2022–23	Qatar Stars League, 8th of 12
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.

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. 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. They played a friendly against Pelé-led Santos in 1973 at Doha Sports Stadium. 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.

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.

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.

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   QAT Yazan Naim 2 DF   QAT Eissa El-Nagar 3 DF   QAT Islam Yassine 4 DF   QAT Talal Bahzad 7 MF   GER Julian Draxler 8 MF   CIV Idrissa Doumbia 9 MF   QAT Ali Qadry 10 MF   TUN Naïm Sliti 11 FW   JOR Yazan Al-Naimat 12 FW   QAT Ahmed Al-Sibai (on loan from Al-Sailiya) 13 GK   QAT Mohamed Lingliz 14 MF   EGY Abobakar Bayoumi (on loan from Mesaimeer) 15 DF   QAT Mohammed Emad Aiash (on loan from Al-Duhail) 16 DF   FIN Robin Tihi 17 FW   FRA Sekou Yansané

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF   QAT Jassem Mohammed Omar 19 DF   QAT Mohammed Abdelkader 21 MF   QAT Mohammed Al-Ishaq 22 MF   LBY Al Dokali Al Seyed 23 MF   QAT Abdulrasheed Umaru 25 MF   QAT Eslam Abdelkader 26 DF   QAT Yaseen Lafrid 27 MF   QAT Jassem Al-Sharshani 32 FW   QAT Navid Dorzadeh 33 MF   QAT Yassin Jeera 35 GK   QAT Marwan Badreldin 44 MF   QAT Laith Daloul 69 MF   QAT Salam Rahma 77 FW   QAT Nasser Khalfan

As of 10 May 2023

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 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   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   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 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)   Jun 2018 – Dec 2018 Milan Máčala   14 Dec 2018 – 18 Nov 2019 Rubén de la Barrera   1 Dec 2019 – 14 Sep 2023 Nebojša Jovović

 

Last update: 2 June 2017.

Board

Position	Staff
President	Abdulla Yousef Al-Mulla
Vice-president	Mohammed Abdulla Al-Mustafawi Al-Hashemi
General secretary	Aref Abdulrahman

As of February 2012.

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	Abdulqadir Al Moghaisib	14	Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Thani

Player statistics

 

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		Meshal Abdullah	118	1999–2007, 2008–2010, 2013–2019
2		Dioko Kaluyituka	60	2011–2015
3		Alboury Lah	29	1995–1998
4		Caló	26	2002–2006
5		Ndombe Mubele	16	2015–2017
6		Nabil El Zhar	15	2019–2021
7		Mojtaba Jabbari	15	2013–2017
8		Juma Mossi	15	2001–2002
9		Wagner Ribeiro	13	2009–2011
10		Badar Al-Maimani	12	2005–2007
		Sérgio Ricardo		2005–2006

Performance in UAFA competitions

• UAFA Club Cup: 2 appearances

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

Performance in AFC competitions

• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances

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

Asian record

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.

• 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

National ranking

As of 18 September 2023.

Current Rank	Country	Team	Points
8		Qatar SC	1316
9		Umm Salal SC	1273
10		Al-Ahli SC	1269
11		Al-Sailiya SC	1269
12		Al-Khor SC	1241

Asian ranking

As of 18 September 2023.

Current Rank	Country	Team	Points
216		Atlético de Kolkata	1270
217		FC Sogdiana Jizzakh	1275
218		Al-Ahli SC	1269
219		Shahin Bushehr F.C.	1269
220		Al-Sailiya SC	1269

World ranking

As of 18 September 2023.

Current Rank	Country	Team	Points
1857		Östersunds FK	1270
1858		C.D. ESPOLI	1270
1859		Al-Ahli SC	1269
1860		JUTH F.C.	1269
1861		C.D. Hermanos Colmenarez	1269