Al-Duhail SC

Al-Duhail Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الدحيل الرياضي), formerly Lekhwiya SC, is a Qatari sports club, best known for its football team, which plays in the Qatar Stars League. The club is based in the Duhail district in the city of Doha and plays its home games at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium. It is the first team in Qatari football to win the first division title on its debut season.

Al-Duhail SC
Full nameAl-Duhail Sports Club
Nickname(s)The Red Knights
Founded2009 (2009) (as Lekhwiya)
GroundAbdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
Doha, Qatar
Capacity9,000[1]
ChairmanKhalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
ManagerChristophe Galtier
LeagueQatar Stars League
2022–23Qatar Stars League, 1st of 12
WebsiteClub website
Al Duhail SC active sections

Football
Basketball
Handball

Volleyball
Futsal
Athletics

In April 2017, it was announced that the club would take over El Jaish SC and merge with it following the 2016–17 Qatar Stars League and be known as Al-Duhail Sports Club in a rebranding of Lekhwiya SC.[2][3]

History

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 first 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]

Stadium
Main article: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium

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.

Colours and crest

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers
Period Kit manufacture Shirt sponsor
2009–11 Burrda None
2011–19 Masraf Rayan
2020– Puma

Kit history
Home kit
2009
Home kit
2011

Players
As of 12 June 2024[12]

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 Salah Zakaria
2 DF  QAT Mohammed Musa
3 DF  QAT Mohamed Al-Naemi
4 DF  QAT Yousef Aymen
5 DF  BRA Lucas Veríssimo
6 MF  QAT Khaled Mohammed
7 MF  QAT Ismaeel Mohammad
8 MF  QAT Luiz Júnior
9 MF  BRA Philippe Coutinho (on loan from Aston Villa)
11 FW  QAT Almoez Ali (captain)
12 MF  QAT Karim Boudiaf
13 GK  QAT Mohamed Saeed Ibrahim (on loan from Al-Wakrah)
14 FW  KEN Michael Olunga
16 FW  QAT Abdulaziz Mohamad Hassan
17 MF  QAT Abdelrahman Moustafa
18 DF  QAT Sultan Al-Brake
19 FW  FRA Isaac Lihadji
20 FW  QAT Lotfi Madjer
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF  QAT Fares Amer
22 DF  ITA Ibrahima Bamba
23 MF  QAT Assim Madibo
24 FW  QAT Mubarak Hamza
25 MF  QAT Suhaib Gannan
27 MF  FRA Ibrahima Diallo
28 FW  QAT Rashid Al-Abdulla
29 FW  QAT Mohammed Muntari
32 MF  QAT Abdulla Muhsin
33 DF  KOR Kim Moon-hwan
37 FW  QAT Abdulaziz Abu Shabab
40 MF  QAT Abdulla Sabet
44 MF  QAT Jassim Al-Mheiri
45 MF  QAT Abdulaziz Mohamad
49 MF  QAT Abdallah Haroun
52 MF  QAT Karim Fadi
66 MF  QAT Abdulhamid Sibai
99 GK  QAT Shehab Ellethy
— MF  ESP Luis Alberto

Unregistered players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
10 MF  BEL Edmilson Junior

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF  QAT Bassam Al-Rawi (at Al-Rayyan)
26 FW  QAT Rabh Boussafi (at Al-Wakrah)
41 MF  QAT Ahmed Reyed (at Al-Khor)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  QAT Ali Ghulais (at Muaither)
— DF  QAT Mohammed Emad Aiash (at Al Ahli)
— MF  QAT Abdullah Al-Ahrak (at Qatar SC)

Personnel

Current technical staff
Position Staff
Head coach Christophe Galtier
Assistant coach Juan Branda
Goalkeeping coach Gustavo Nepote
Fitness coach Federico Martinetti
Fitness coach Raul Esmeriz
Physiotherapist Sabeur Zidi
Physiotherapist Pedro Silva
Massager Anselmo Apolinario
Massager Anderson Apolinario
Doctor Murad Almekrani

Last updated: 23 December 2022
Source: https://www.duhailsc.qa/main-team/

Records and statistics

Last update: 23 May 2024.
Players whose names are in bold are still active with the club.

Most goals
# Nat. Name Career Goals League Goals
1 Nam Tae-hee 2012–2019, 2021–2023 117 84
2 Michael Olunga 2020– 112 67
3 Youssef El-Arabi 2016–2019 108 76
4 Youssef Msakni 2012–2021 99 73
5 Almoez Ali 2016– 68 49
6 Sebastián Soria 2012–2015 58 42
7 Ismaeel Mohammad 2011– 48 34

Reserves and academy

Administrative staff

Honours

Domestic

Regional
  • Qatar–UAE Super Shield
    • Runners-up (1): 2023–24[14]

Al-Duhail in Asia
Competition Pld W D L GF GA
AFC Champions League7135152112395
Total7135152112395
  • Q = Qualification
  • GS = Group stage
  • R16 = Round of 16
  • QF = Quarter-final
  • SF = Semi-final

AFC Champions League

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

Managerial history

Other sports

Handball
Further information: Al Duhail SC (handball)

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