Al Ahli SC (Doha)

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.

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Al Ahli SC (Doha)

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 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.

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 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.

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.

Stadium

Al Ahli SC (Doha)

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

Supporters

Al Ahli SC (Doha)

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.

Players

Current squad

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.

<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>Pos.</th><th>Nation</th><th>Player</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>GK</td><td> QAT</td><td>Yazan Naim</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>DF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Islam Yassine</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>MF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Talal Al-Shila</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>DF</td><td> NGA</td><td>William Troost-Ekong</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>MF</td><td> FRA</td><td>Ibrahima Diallo (on loan from Al-Khor)</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>MF</td><td> GER</td><td>Julian Draxler</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>MF</td><td> MAR</td><td>Driss Fettouhi</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>FW</td><td> FRA</td><td>Sekou Yansané</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>FW</td><td> ESP</td><td>Erik Expósito</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>MF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Abdelrahman Moustafa (on loan from Al-Duhail)</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>DF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Helal Mohammed</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>GK</td><td> QAT</td><td>Mohamed Lingliz</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>MF</td><td> NED</td><td>Michel Vlap</td></tr><tr><td>No.</td><td>Pos.</td><td>Nation</td><td>Player</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>DF</td><td> FIN</td><td>Robin Tihi</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>MF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Othman Al-Yahri</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>DF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Jassem Mohammed Omar</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>MF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Hamad Mansour</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td>DF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Khaled Radhwan</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td>DF</td><td> FRA</td><td>Amidou Doumbouya (on loan from Al-Duhail)</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td>MF</td><td> LBY</td><td>Suhaib Gannan (on loan from Al-Duhail)</td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td>FW</td><td> IRN</td><td>Navid Dorzadeh</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td>MF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Khaled Mohammed (on loan from Al-Duhail)</td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td>GK</td><td> QAT</td><td>Marwan Badreldin</td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td>DF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Ahmed Reyed</td></tr><tr><td>88</td><td>DF</td><td> MAR</td><td>Ayoub Amraoui</td></tr><tr><td>95</td><td>MF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Nasser Al-Nasr</td></tr></tbody></table>

Olympic squad

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

<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>Pos.</th><th>Nation</th><th>Player</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>15</td><td>DF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Ali Shahabi</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td>DF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Mohammed Al-Ishak</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td>MF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Eslam Abdelkader</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td>GK</td><td> QAT</td><td>Ali Asghar</td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td>MF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Mohamed Moukrish</td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td>FW</td><td> QAT</td><td>Yassin Gaira</td></tr><tr><td>44</td><td>DF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Laith Daloul</td></tr><tr><td>No.</td><td>Pos.</td><td>Nation</td><td>Player</td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td>DF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Yousef Marei</td></tr><tr><td>69</td><td>MF</td><td> SDN</td><td>Sallam El-Badri</td></tr><tr><td>70</td><td>FW</td><td> QAT</td><td>Younis Abdelrahman</td></tr><tr><td>80</td><td>MF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Mohsen Bour</td></tr><tr><td>86</td><td>FW</td><td> QAT</td><td>Noureldan Tamer</td></tr><tr><td>99</td><td>GK</td><td> QAT</td><td>Aboubakr Mohammed</td></tr></tbody></table>

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.

<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>Pos.</th><th>Nation</th><th>Player</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>26</td><td>DF</td><td> QAT</td><td>Talal Bahzad (on loan to Al-Khor)</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td>MF</td><td> FRA</td><td>Yanis Fathelddine (on loan to Al-Kharaitiyat)</td></tr><tr><td>49</td><td>DF</td><td> TUN</td><td>Zinedine Sassi (on loan to Al-Waab)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Managerial history

Al Ahli SC (Doha)

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

Abdullah Mubarak, former manager of Al Ahli

Al Ahli club staff

Al Ahli SC (Doha)

<table><thead><tr><th> </th><th></th><th> </th><th></th><th> </th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Technical staff</td></tr><tr><td>Head coach</td><td>Younes Ali</td></tr><tr><td>Assistant coach</td><td>Ivan Hucko Khalid Taj</td></tr><tr><td>Head of transatlantic relations</td><td>Samuel Alger</td></tr><tr><td>Medical staff</td></tr><tr><td>Head of clinic</td><td>Dr Tawfiq</td></tr><tr><td>Team doctor</td><td>Sokryi</td></tr><tr><td>Physiotherapist</td><td>Anselmo</td></tr><tr><td>Physiotherapist</td><td>Assad Ammari</td></tr><tr><td>Team staff</td></tr><tr><td>Director of reserve team</td><td>Majed Saeed</td></tr><tr><td>Director of administration</td><td>Abdulaziz Hamza</td></tr><tr><td>Director of football</td><td>Ibrahim Al Karaniris</td></tr><tr><td>Deputy director of football</td><td>Khalid Shabib</td></tr><tr><td>Director of sports affairs</td><td>Abdullah Jassim</td></tr><tr><td>Director of sport marketing</td><td>Yaqoub Nasser</td></tr><tr><td>ATI Systems</td><td>Youssef Bizzou</td></tr><tr><td>Technical staff</td></tr><tr><td>U23 manager</td><td>Hassan Khalil Ahmed</td></tr><tr><td>U23 head coach</td><td>Ivan Hucko</td></tr><tr><td>U23 assistant coach</td><td>Hussein Baqir</td></tr><tr><td>U16 head coach</td><td>John Lake</td></tr><tr><td>U16 assistant coach</td><td>Abdulredha Hussein</td></tr><tr><td>Medical staff</td></tr><tr><td>Physiotherapist</td><td>Islam Salahuddin</td></tr><tr><td>Physiotherapist</td><td>Ihab Abdelfatah</td></tr><tr><td>Team staff</td></tr><tr><td>Head of youth teams</td><td>Fahad Al Wadanaa</td></tr><tr><td>Deputy head of youth teams</td><td>Ahmad Sayyar</td></tr></tbody></table>

Club officials

Board

<table><thead><tr><th>Position</th><th>Staff</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>President</td><td>Abdulla Yousef Al-Mulla</td></tr><tr><td>Vice-president</td><td>Mohammed Abdulla Al-Mustafawi Al-Hashemi</td></tr><tr><td>General secretary</td><td>Aref Abdulrahman</td></tr></tbody></table>

Club presidents

Al Ahli SC (Doha)

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

Records and statistics

Player statistics

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

Last update: 10 December 2024. Players whose names are in bold are still active with the club.

<table><thead><tr><th>#</th><th>Nat.</th><th>Name</th><th>League Goals</th><th>Years active</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td></td><td>Meshal Abdullah</td><td>120</td><td>1999–2007, 2008–2010, 2013–2019</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td></td><td>Dioko Kaluyituka</td><td>60</td><td>2011–2015</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td></td><td>Alboury Lah</td><td>29</td><td>1995–1998</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td></td><td>Caló</td><td>26</td><td>2002–2006</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td></td><td>Ndombe Mubele</td><td>16</td><td>2015–2017</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td></td><td>Nabil El Zhar</td><td>15</td><td>2019–2021</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td></td><td>Mojtaba Jabbari</td><td>15</td><td>2013–2017</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td></td><td>Juma Mossi</td><td>15</td><td>2001–2002</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td></td><td>Wagner Ribeiro</td><td>13</td><td>2009–2011</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td></td><td>Badar Al-Maimani</td><td>12</td><td>2005–2007</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Sérgio Ricardo</td><td>2005–2006</td></tr></tbody></table>

Performance in UAFA competitions

• UAFA Club Cup: 2 appearances

Performance in AFC competitions

• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances

Asian record

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Tournament</th><th>Round</th><th>Club</th><th>Home</th><th>Away</th><th>Aggregate</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1993</td><td>Asian Cup Winners' Cup</td><td>Group stage</td><td>Al-Arabi</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–1</td><td>0–1</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>Asian Cup Winners' Cup</td><td>1</td><td>Nejmeh</td><td>w.o.1</td><td>0–0</td><td>0–0</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Al-Ittihad</td><td>0–0</td><td>1–7</td><td>1–7</td></tr></tbody></table>

Honours

Al Ahli SC (Doha)

• 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 • UAE-Qatar Challenge Cup • Winners (1): 2026