Al-Rayyan Sports Club

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Al-Rayyan

Full name

Al-Rayyan Club

Nickname(s)

Ar-rahib (The frightful)

Founded

Unknown

Ground

Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
Ar Rayyan, Qatar
(Capacity 25,000)

Chairman

Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani

Manager

Paulo Autuori

League

Qatari League

2006/07

4th





Home colours





Away colours

Al-Rayyan Club (Arabic: نادي الريان) is a Qatari professional sports club fielding teams in a number of sports such as football (soccer), basketball, volleyball, handball, and table tennis. It is based in the city of Ar Rayyan at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium. The club was founded in 1967 after merging the old Rayyan team with Nusoor Club. The official team colours are red and black, the team is nicknamed "alraheeb" which means the frightful and also the "lions".

Ar Rayyan is a historical city in the state of Qatar, the name meaning "the source of irrigation" and it is also the name of a door in heaven, in the Muslim faith.

The club has won numerous titles in all sports, including two Asian championships in basketball, the Arab championship in handball, table tennis and volleyball, as well as the GCC basketball championship. Both the basketball and handball teams have qualified respectively to the world championships. However, the football team gets the most attention from the club officials as well as the media and the fans, some information is given about it below.

1 Honours
2 Performance in AFC Competitions
3 Current squad
4 Famous Players
5 Noted Managers
6 External links

[edit] Honours

Qatari League: 7

1975/1976, 1977/1978, 1981/1982, 1983/1984, 1985/1986, 1989/1990, 1994/1995

Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 3

1995, 1996, 2001

Emir of Qatar Cup: 3

1999, 2004, 2006

[edit] Performance in AFC Competitions

AFC Champions League: 2 appearances

2005: Group Stage

2007: Group Stage

Asian Club Championship: 4 appearances

1986: Qualifying Stage

1992: 3rd place

1997: Group Stage

1998: Second Round

Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearance

1999/00: Second Round

[edit] Current squad

As of 7 September 2007.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Qasem Burhan
2	DF	Selman Al Meamari
3	MF	Abdulrahman Mesbeh
4	DF	Abdulrahman Al-Kowari
6	DF	Jassim Ghulam
7	MF	Adel Lamy
9	FW	Thiago Ribeiro
8	FW	Emad Nasser
10	FW	Waleed Jassem
11	FW	Wilton Figueiredo
16	MF	Youssef Mokhtari
17	MF	Fumagalli
19	MF	Khaled Othman

No.	Position	Player
20	FW	Ismaeal Ali
21	FW	Jarallah Al-Marry
23	MF	Khalid Jabarti
26	GK	Saud Abd Allah
27	MF	Younes Ali
28	MF	Mubarak Al-Beloushi
30	FW	Soud Khamis
34	MF	Ahmad Mowsa
71	DF	Hussain Ali Baba
82	FW	Ali Mejbel
	DF	Roque Junior