Al-Khor SC

Al-Khor Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الخور الرياضي) is a Qatari professional sports club based in Al Khor, featuring teams in a number of sports including football, futsal, basketball, volleyball, handball, athletics, table tennis and swimming. It is best known for its football team which competes in the Qatar Stars League. It plays its home games at Al Khor Stadium.

Al-Khor SC

Full name	Al-Khor Sports Club
Nickname(s)	"El Forsan" (Knights)
Founded	1961; 62 years ago (1961)
Ground	Al Khor Stadium Al Khor, Qatar
Capacity	12,000^[1]
Chairman	Sultan Shabib Al Mohannadi
Manager	Sérgio Farias
League	Qatari Second Division
2021–22	Qatar Stars League, 12th of 12 (Relegated)
Home colours Away colours

History

Foundation

 

One of the three Al Khor Towers, represented in the club logo

Al-Khor was unofficially established in 1951 by oil workers to fulfill them with the appropriate facility to invest their energy after their participation with the multinational oil companies at the time. In 1961, the club was re-established and set football as its main sport, along with other sports and activities. There were two other clubs in Al Khor, but none of the clubs cooperated. In 1962, Al-Khor SC merged with Al-Jeel Sports Club, one of the other clubs.^[2]

In 1964, they conglomerated with Nahdi Al-Aswad (transliterated to "Black Sports Club") and had formally made a request to join the Qatar Football Association on 10 June later that year. From then on, the club was known as Al-Taawun.^[3]

Post-merger (1964–2004)

The club took advantage of the youth movement and was provided with funds for all facilities. He designed plans and programs to increase the number of participants in the majority of sports. Since 1961, yellow and white were the club colors. In 1964 the club entered the football league and changed the colors to blue and white. Currently, all three colors are included in the crest.^[2]

Renaming to Al Khor (2004–present)

In 2004, the club name was changed to Al Khor after the Qatar Olympic Committee had ordered the name change to clarify the location of the club.^[2]

Honors

• Qatar Crown Prince Cup
  • Winners (1): 2005
• Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup
  • Winners (1): 2002
• Qatari 2nd Division:
  • Winners (1): 1983

Asian record

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
GCC Champions League	51	22	11	18	75	61
Total	15	6	2	7	14	25

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

GCC Champions League

Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2008
GS		Al-Nassr	1–3
GS		Qadsia	0–5
GS		Al-Nahda	1–1
GS		Al Muharraq	1–1
2009–10
GS		Sur	1–0	0–1	1–1
GS		Al-Nassr	0–4	1–3	1–7
2012
GS		Al Naser	2–1	1–0	3–0
GS		Busaiteen	2–0	1–2	3–2
QF		Al Jahra	1–0
SF		Al Wasl	2–1	0–3	2–4

Individual honours

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup:

The following players have played in the FIFA Confederations Cup whilst playing for Al Khor:

•   2009 – Alaa Abdul-Zahra
•   2009 – Mahdi Karim
•   2009 – Salam Shakir

Performance in UAFA competitions

• Arabian Gulf Club Champions Cup: 3 appearances

2008: Group stage

2010: Group stage

2011: Semi-finals

2012: Semi-finals

Players

As of Qatari Second Division:

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 Papa Djibril 3 DF   QAT Mohammed Arafah 4 DF   QAT Khaled Radhwan 5 MF   ALG Jugurtha Hamroun 7 MF   QAT Said Brahmi 8 MF   QAT Musaab Abdulmajeed 9 FW   BRA Lucão 11 MF   MAR Ismail El Haddad 12 GK   QAT Ali Nader 15 DF   QAT Naif Mubarak 16 DF   QAT Thamer Jamal 17 FW   CMR Ronald Ngah 19 MF   FRA Abdallah Nouri 20 MF   QAT Ahmed Al-Mohanadi 22 GK   QAT Mohammad Muntasser

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF   MAR Adil Rhaili 24 MF   QAT Abdulaziz Adel 25 DF   QAT Khaled Karib 28 MF   QAT Anas Elfadil 30 MF   QAT Ali Al-Yazidi 32 GK   QAT Abdulrahman Al-Shaibah 33 DF   ESP Álex Gálvez 55 DF   QAT Abdulrahman Ragab 90 FW   QAT Salem Khalifah 99 DF   QAT Salem Al-Sufyani — GK   CIV Ahmed Kone — DF   QAT Abdullah Khaled — DF   QAT Atef Zaghbani — MF   QAT Muaaz Al-Salemi — MF   JOR Ibrahim Sadeh

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 6 DF   QAT Helal Mohammed (on loan to Al-Arabi)

Personnel

Current technical staff

Last update: September 2021^[4]

Coaching staff
Head coach	Winfried Schäfer
Assistant coach	Mustafa Al-Sweheb
Goalkeeper coach	Javier Pindado
President of the Football device	Youssef Jaffal Al-Kuwari
Team official	Abdullah Hasan Al-Yazidi
Fitness coach	Andre Lima
Performance Analyst	Hugo Pinto
Team Doctor	Hisham Al-Mutawakel
Therapy specialists	Omar Miladi Anis Belhadj

Presidential history

From 1963 to 1982.

Period	Chairperson	Period	Chairperson
1963–64	Saleh Mohammed Dawood Mohannadi	1966–75	Saleh Mohammed Dawood Mohannadi
1964–65	Ahmed Abdullah Al Mohannadi	1975	Mohammed Saif Maeoff
1965–66	Ahmed Abdullah Jolo	1975–82	Ahmed Abdul Aziz Al-Hail
1982	Saleh Mohammed Dawood Mohannadi

Managerial history

As of 11 May 2023

•   Ronald Douglas (ca.) (1979)
•   Marcos Falopa (1979–80)
•   Mohammed Mubarak Al Mohannadi (1980)
•   Marcos Falopa (1980–82)
•   Alcides Romano Junior (1987–89)
•   Antal Szentmihályi (1991–92)
•   Szapor Gábor (1993–94)^[5]
•   Bosse Nilsson (1995)
•   Mowaffaq Mawla (1997–98)
•   Alcides Romano Junior (1998)
•   Roberto Carlos (1998–99)
•   José Roberto Ávila (1999–00)^[6]
•   Paulo Henrique (2000–01)
•   João Francisco (2001–02)
•   Ladislas Lozano (1 July 2002 – 30 June 2003)
•   René Simões (2003)
•   Robert Mullier (2003–04)
•   René Exbrayat (2004–06)
•   Jean-Paul Rabier (1 July 2006 – 30 June 2008)
•   Ladislas Lozano (ca.) (Nov 2007)
•   Bertrand Marchand (1 July 2008 – 14 June 2010)
•   Alain Perrin (14 June 2010 – 31 May 2012)
•   László Bölöni (24 June 2012–15)
•   Jean Fernandez (2015–2017)
•   Laurent Banide (2017 – October 2017)^[7]
•   Omar Najhi (October 2017)^[7]
•   Nacif Beyaoui (October 2017 – May 2018)^[7]
•   Adel Sellimi (1 July 2018 – 15 September 2018)^[8]
•   Omar Najhi (September 2018)^[8]
•   Bernard Casoni (25 September 2018 – June 30, 2019)^[8]
•   Omar Najhi (1 July 2019 – 30 September 2020)^[8]
•   Frédéric Hantz (1 October 2020 – 25 December 2020)^[8]
•   Mostafa Souiheb (26 December 2020 – 24 January 2021)^[8]
•   Winfried Schafer (25 January 2021 – 12 November 2021)^[8]
•   Sérgio Farias (23 June 2022 – present) ^[9]

References

1. . Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
2. "Al Khor Sports Club". Retrieved 24 October 2021.
3. "Qatar – List of Foundation Dates". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
4. "First Team Management". Retrieved 20 May 2021.
5. Ládonyi Lászlo (2001). Football Yearbook 2000, Vol. 1 (in Hungarian). p. 141.
6. (in Arabic). daharchives.alhayat.com. 1999. Archived from the original on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
7. "Qatar Stars League 17/18: Football Development Report - Full Season Analysis" (PDF) (in Arabic). Qatar stars League. p. 58. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
8. "Al Khor SC Manager history". Retrieved 10 May 2021.
9. "Sergio Farias coach of the Knights of Al Khor". 23 June 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2023.

External links

• Official website