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Younes Ali
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Ali is nicknamed "Guardiola" because he used to ...
, nickname = ''Fareeg Al-Ahlam'' (The Dream Team)
''Century Club in Qatar''
, ground =
Grand Hamad Stadium
The Grand Hamad Stadium ( ar, استاد حمد الكبير), also known as the Al–Arabi Sports Club Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Doha, Qatar. The stadium holds 13,000 people, and is currently used mostly for football matches, as it ...
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Qatar Stars League
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Al-Arabi Sports Club ( ar, النادي العربي الرياضي) is a Qatari
sports club
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
based in
Doha
Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the coun ...
. Founded in 1952, the most prominent team of the club is the
football
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team that competes in the
Qatar Stars League
The Qatar Stars League ( ar, دوري نجوم قطر), or the QSL, also called QNB Stars League for sponsorship reasons, is the top level football league in Qatar football league system. Contested by 12 teams, it operates on a system of promotio ...
. The club's home ground is the 13,000-seat
Grand Hamad Stadium
The Grand Hamad Stadium ( ar, استاد حمد الكبير), also known as the Al–Arabi Sports Club Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Doha, Qatar. The stadium holds 13,000 people, and is currently used mostly for football matches, as it ...
, where they have played since their establishment.
Al-Arabi had their first major success in 1978, winning the Emir of Qatar Cup, and won various titles during the 1980s and 1990s. The club enjoyed their greatest period of success in those two decades, winning 17 major trophies. Domestically, Al-Arabi have won seven league titles, eight
Emir of Qatar Cup
Emir of Qatar Cup ( ar, كأس أمير قطر), also known as the Emir Cup, but changed to Amir Cup starting in 2019, is an association football tournament played every season by 18 first and second division teams. The most successful is Al Sad ...
s, one
Qatar Crown Prince Cup
The Qatar Cup is a tournament in men's football. It is played by the top 4 teams of the Qatar Stars League after each season. In 2013, the tournament was renamed Qatar Cup.
Previous winners
Top-Performing Clubs
References
External links ...
and six
Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup
The Sheikh Jassim Cup ( ar, كأس الشيخ جاسم) is an annual men's super cup competition in Qatari football held between the winner of the Qatar Stars League and the Emir of Qatar Cup.
History
The inaugural Sheikh Jassim Cup was held in ...
s.
Al-Arabi's regular
kit colours are red shirts and shorts with red socks. The club's crest has been changed several times in attempts to re-brand the club and modernise its image. The current crest, featuring a ceremonial falcon, is a modification of the one introduced in the early 1950s. They are known for having one of the largest fan bases in Qatar next to rivals
Al Rayyan
Al Rayyan (; also spelled as ''Ar Rayyan'') is the third-largest municipality in the state of Qatar. Its primary settlement is the city of the same name, which occupies the entire eastern section and largely surrounds Metropolitan Doha and funct ...
. In terms of championships won, they are the second most successful club on a local level after
Al Sadd
Al Sadd Sports Club ( ar, نادي السد الرياضي, lit=Dam Sports Club) is a Qatari sports club based in the Al Sadd district of the city of Doha. It is best known for its association football team, which competes in the ...
. Al-Arabi is known by various nicknames including "Dream Team", "The Red Devils", and "Century Club".
History
Foundation (1952–1990)
The club was founded in 1952 under the name "''Al-Tahrir''", making them the second oldest team in Qatar. In 1957, the club merged with ''Al-Wehda'', a club founded which was founded on that year led by Mohamed Ali Ahmed Al-Ansari, after playing a friendly. They merged under the name of ''Al-Wehda''. Al-Wehda did not play out Qatar or host any foreign clubs due to lack of financial possibilities for the club. In 1972, the club integrated under their current name, Al Arabi. The first president of the club was Ahmed Ali Ahmed Al-Ansari.
Al-Arabi was known for having one of the largest fan bases in all of Qatar, as well as other Gulf states, and was well-known overseas. Their popularity outside of the Middle East was bolstered by their achievements and national team players, until 2003 when it reached its peak with the signing of Argentine legend
Gabriel Batistuta
Gabriel Omar Batistuta (; born 1 February 1969) is an Argentine former professional Association football, footballer. During his playing career, Batistuta was nicknamed Batigol () as well as El Ángel Gabriel (; Spanish for ''Archangel Gabriel, ...
.
It placed 14th place in the
International Federation of Football History & Statistics
The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) is an organisation that chronicles the history and records of association football. It was founded in 1984 by Alfredo Pöge in Leipzig. The IFFHS was based in Abu Dhabi for so ...
's 1901–2000 Asian Club of the Century.
Founders
Golden era (1990–2000)
The 1990s marked the start of a continuous chain of succession for Al-Arabi. The dream team had come to fruition with the likes of
Marco Antônio and Richard Owebukeri who were the top scorers in the league at one point. Perhaps the most significant player was
Mubarak Mustafa
Mubarak Mustafa Fazli Noorallah ( ar, مبارك مصطفى; born 30 March 1973) is a Qatari former footballer who works as a sports analyst for Al Kass. He is known for his numerous achievements with Qatari club Al-Arabi, as well as being the ...
, who is still considered one of the best Qatari footballers in history. The team, impressing many with its versatile squad, took the Qatari league by storm, winning it 5 times out of 10. Not satisfied merely with local success, the team achieved runners-up position in the
AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition ...
in 1995.
They won their first
Heir Apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
cup in 1997.
Decline (2000–2011)
The new century saw a significant slump in Al-Arabi's performance. Factors which impacted this may include the departure of
Mubarak Mustafa
Mubarak Mustafa Fazli Noorallah ( ar, مبارك مصطفى; born 30 March 1973) is a Qatari former footballer who works as a sports analyst for Al Kass. He is known for his numerous achievements with Qatari club Al-Arabi, as well as being the ...
and the increase of competitiveness from local clubs. In the 2002 season, Al Arabi finished in 7th place, the lowest position since its debut in the
Qatar Stars League
The Qatar Stars League ( ar, دوري نجوم قطر), or the QSL, also called QNB Stars League for sponsorship reasons, is the top level football league in Qatar football league system. Contested by 12 teams, it operates on a system of promotio ...
.
The arrival of
Gabriel Batistuta
Gabriel Omar Batistuta (; born 1 February 1969) is an Argentine former professional Association football, footballer. During his playing career, Batistuta was nicknamed Batigol () as well as El Ángel Gabriel (; Spanish for ''Archangel Gabriel, ...
in 2003 saw a glimpse of hope for Al-Arabi as they finished significantly higher in the league than the last 2 previous seasons, however they ended up finished 9th in the league at the end of the 2007 season, a new low. They did not win a single domestic title during this period, and had limited success in international competitions. Furthermore, they suffered their largest-ever defeat against Al Sadd that season when they were beaten 7–0, which resulted in the sacking of their coach
Cabralzinho.
In 2006, due to popular dissent accosting the club president Sheikh Falah bin Jassim, there was an administration change which resulted in Sheikh Faisal bin Mubarak being elected as president.
Management crisis (2011–present)
The beginning of the
2011–12 season looked bright for Al Arabi, with the club winning their first domestic silverware in 13 years by defeating
Umm Salal SC
Umm Salal Sport Club ( ar, نادي أم صلال الرياضي) is a Qatari professional football club based in Umm Salal, that competes in the Qatar Stars League, the highest tier of Qatari football. It used to be known as Al-Tadamun Sport Cl ...
in the final of the
2011 Sheikh Jassem Cup
The 2011 Sheikh Jassim Cup was the 33rd edition of the league cup competition for football teams from Qatar.
Al-Arabi are the defending champions.
Groups
18 clubs from the Qatar Stars League and Qatari 2nd Division were drawn into 4 groups. T ...
. However, a string of bad results in the league resulted in the sacking of their coach,
Paulo Silas
Paulo Silas do Prado Pereira (born 27 August 1965), also known as Paulo Silas, Silas Pereira or simply Silas, is a Brazilian Association football, football pundit, Head coach, coach, and former professional player.
A former central midfielder, ...
.
They were also eligible to play in the
2012 AFC Champions League
The 2012 AFC Champions League was the 31st edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 10th under the current AFC Champions League title.
Ulsan Hyundai from South Korea wo ...
, which they were the first team to be eliminated from. During this period, the club had been in charge of 3 coaches in a span of 3 months. They infamously made history by being the first team since 2007 to lose every match in the group stage, as well as the first Qatari team to achieve this. As a result, the club's Director of Football, Mubarak Mustafa, announced his departure from the club. Furthermore, Dr. Abdullah al-Mal, president of the club, announced his retirement from sports. He was replaced by Hitme Bin Ali Al Hitmi. The fiscal budget of the club was reduced from 15 million riyals to 9 million riyals.
The title of Dream Team
Al Arabi Club called by the nickname " Dream Team ", an old launched by the local press in the season title (1992/1993) proportions team American dreams of basketball where the team has achieved in the early nineties all titles and was the win significant results of all the teams at least three goals in every game.
Most notably Matches at that time, win 6–1 against
Al-Rayyan SC
Al-Rayyan Sports Club () is a Qatari multi-sports club fielding teams in a number of sports such as football, futsal, basketball, volleyball, handball, athletics, table tennis, and swimming. It is based at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in Umm Al ...
, Win 9–0 against
Al itthad ( Al Gharafa), and win 6–0 against
Al Ahli.
Al Arabi Fans Club
Al Arabi Fans Club was established on 21 October 2015, and it was created to support the team in all sports and to gather the fans to think of innovative ways to support and cheer the teams throughout the season. The same day the Fan Club was established, Al Arabi Club management decided to withhold the Number (1) jersey permanently from the list of the first team players and award it to the Fans, whom officially became the number (1) player in Al Arabi Club, Where Captain
Masoud Zeraei waived his number (1) and awarded it to the Fans, who will retains its permanently under resolution. They have the most supporters in Qatar and that is one of the reasons why the gave them shirt number (1).
Stadium
![Doha-grand-hamad-stadium-90685](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Doha-grand-hamad-stadium-90685.jpg)
Grand Hamad Stadium (Arabic: استاد حمد الكبير), also known as the Al-Arabi Sports Club Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Doha, Qatar. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The football team Al-Arabi SC play there. The stadium holds 13,000 people. The stadium was used extensively during the 2006 Asian Games, and was a venue for several different sports; these include football, table tennis, rugby sevens and fencing. Iraq national football team played their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) games at the ground. Now they use the Stadium as a home for Yemen national football team in 2015 Fifa World qualification (AFC).
Rivalries
Al-Rayyan
Al-Rayyan
Al Rayyan (; also spelled as ''Ar Rayyan'') is the third-largest municipalities of Qatar, municipality in the state of Qatar. Its primary settlement is the Al Rayyan (city), city of the same name, which occupies the entire eastern section and lar ...
and Al Arabi are often the most considered the most passionate sets of fans in Qatar. This derby known as "Fans Derby".
Head-to-head
From 1994 to 2017.
Al Sadd
This is the clash of Qatar's two most successful teams:
Al Sadd
Al Sadd Sports Club ( ar, نادي السد الرياضي, lit=Dam Sports Club) is a Qatari sports club based in the Al Sadd district of the city of Doha. It is best known for its association football team, which competes in the ...
and Al Arabi. For some fans, winning this derby is more noteworthy than winning the league itself. The derby is an important component of the country's culture.
Al Arabi always regarded themselves as the club of Qatar's working class, in contrast with the more upper-class support base of Al Sadd. The social class divide between the two fan bases eventually diminished.
Memorable matches
Bold indicates a win.
Head-to-head
From 1996 to 2017.
Crest
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Shirt sponsors and manufacturers
Honours
International
*
Asian Club Championship
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**Runners-up (1):
1994–95
Domestic
*
Qatar Stars League
The Qatar Stars League ( ar, دوري نجوم قطر), or the QSL, also called QNB Stars League for sponsorship reasons, is the top level football league in Qatar football league system. Contested by 12 teams, it operates on a system of promotio ...
**Champions (7):
1982–83,
1984–85,
1990–91,
1992–93,
1993–94,
1995–96,
1996–97
*
Emir of Qatar Cup
Emir of Qatar Cup ( ar, كأس أمير قطر), also known as the Emir Cup, but changed to Amir Cup starting in 2019, is an association football tournament played every season by 18 first and second division teams. The most successful is Al Sad ...
**Champions (8): 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1992–93
*
Qatar Crown Prince Cup
The Qatar Cup is a tournament in men's football. It is played by the top 4 teams of the Qatar Stars League after each season. In 2013, the tournament was renamed Qatar Cup.
Previous winners
Top-Performing Clubs
References
External links ...
**Champions (1):
1997
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*
Qatar FA Cup
The tournament was announced right after the 2020-21 Qatar Stars League ended, were the bottom 8 teams from the Qatar Stars League and the entire Qatari Second Division participate.
History
* 2021 : Al Sailiya 1-0 Al Markhiya
* 2022
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**Champions (1) :
2021–22
*
Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup
The Sheikh Jassim Cup ( ar, كأس الشيخ جاسم) is an annual men's super cup competition in Qatari football held between the winner of the Qatar Stars League and the Emir of Qatar Cup.
History
The inaugural Sheikh Jassim Cup was held in ...
**Champions (6): 1980, 1982, 1994, 2008,
2010
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,
2011
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League results
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Performance in AFC competitions
*
Asian Club Championship
The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition ...
: 5 appearances
::
1987
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: Group stage (Top 8)
::
1993
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: Qualifying – 1st round
::
1995
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: ''Runners-up''
::
1996
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: Group stage (Top 8)
::
1999
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: First Round
*
Asian Cup Winners' Cup
The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an association football competition run by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition was started in 1991 as a tournament for all the domestic cup winners from countries affiliated to the AFC. The winne ...
: 2 appearances
::
1990–91: Second Round
::
1993–94: Semi-final
*
AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition ...
: 1 appearance
::
2012
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: Group stage
Performance in UAFA competitions
*
Gulf Club Champions Cup
The GCC Champions League ( ar, دوري أبطال الخليج للأندية), formerly known as the Gulf Cup for Clubs ( ar, كأس الخليج للأندية), was an annually organized football league tournament for clubs of the Arabian penin ...
: 7 appearances
::1986: ''Runners-up''
::
2002
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: Group stage
::
2006
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: Group stage
::
2011
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: Quarter-finals
Players
''As of
Qatar Stars League
The Qatar Stars League ( ar, دوري نجوم قطر), or the QSL, also called QNB Stars League for sponsorship reasons, is the top level football league in Qatar football league system. Contested by 12 teams, it operates on a system of promotio ...
:''
Unregistered players
Club staff
:Technical and administrative staff
Last updated: April 2019.
Club officials
Managerial history
''Present and past managers of Al-Arabi (incomplete)'':
(* denotes caretaker role)
Al-Wehda (1957–72)
* Tayeb Fadel (1957–??)
* Hassan Djidjo (1968–??)
* Ahmed Ali Al-Ansari (1969)
Al-Arabi (1972–present)
* Salah Daf'Allah (1972)
(player–manager)
* Wagdi Jamal (1975–76)
* Jaber Yusif Al-Jassim (1976–78)
* Abdul Ameer Zainal (1978)
* Silas Gonçalves de Oliveira (1978–80)
* Hassan Mokhtar (1980)
*
Procópio Cardoso
Procópio Cardoso Neto (born March 21, 1939) is a Brazilian former football player and coach.
He started his professional career at Renascença as a center back. Cardoso also played for
Belo Horizonte rivals, Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro, ...
(1981–83)
*
João Francisco
João Francisco Nóbrega da Silva (born January 28, 1947 in Mangaratiba) is a former Brazilian football manager.
Honors
;Vila Nova
* Campeonato Goiano:: 1977
;Cruzeiro
* Campeonato Mineiro: 1984
;Al-Arabi
* Sheikh Jassim Cup: 1982–83
;J ...
(1983–84)
* Sebastião (1984)
*
Cabralzinho (1984–86)
* Sebastião (1986–??)
* Joseph Bowie (1988–89)
* Luis Alberto (1989–91)
*
Oswaldo de Oliveira
Oswaldo de Oliveira Filho (born 5 December 1950), known as Oswaldo de Oliveira, is a Brazilian football manager.
Manager career
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Oswaldo de Oliveira became the first team coach for Corinthians in 1999 when Vanderlei Luxemb ...
(1991–92)
*
Zé Mário (1992)
*
Colin Addison
Colin Addison (born 18 May 1940) is an English former professional footballer and manager.
Born in Taunton, Somerset, Addison started his playing career with York City before moving to Nottingham Forest, Arsenal and Sheffield United. His man ...
(1992–93)
*
Zé Mário (1993)
*
René Simões
René Rodrigues Simões (born December 17, 1952) is a Brazilian retired professional football manager.
Coaching career
Born in Rio de Janeiro, he guided Jamaica national team to the World Cup in France in 1998. This was Jamaica's first, and ...
(1993–94)
*
Oswaldo de Oliveira
Oswaldo de Oliveira Filho (born 5 December 1950), known as Oswaldo de Oliveira, is a Brazilian football manager.
Manager career
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Oswaldo de Oliveira became the first team coach for Corinthians in 1999 when Vanderlei Luxemb ...
(1994–95)
*
Cláudio Galbo Garcia
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Origin and history
Claudia (gens), ...
(1995–96)
* Abdullah Saad (1996)
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Džemaludin Mušović
Džemaludin Mušović (born 30 October 1944) is a Bosnian retired football manager and player. He is regarded as one of the most successful Bosnian football managers.
Club career
Mušović joined Hajduk Split from Sarajevo in 1966 for 13 million ...
(1996–97)
* Ernst (1997–98
* Ferdinando Teixeira (1998)
* Abdullah Saad (1998)
* Ednaldo Patricio (1998
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Anatoliy Azarenkov (1998–99)
* José Paulo Rubim (1999)
* Ednaldo Patricio (1999)
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Roald Poulsen
Roald Poulsen (born 28 November 1950) is a Danish association football manager, who most prominently won the 1989 Danish championship with Odense BK and managed the Zambia national football team.
Poulsen started his coaching career with amateur ...
(1999)
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Fuad Muzurović
Fuad Muzurović (born 3 November 1945) is a Bosnian retired professional football manager and former player.
Playing career
Although he did not have an international playing career, Muzurović is still remembered as a quality full-back playing ...
(1999)
* Abdullah Saad (1999–00
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Luis Santibáñez
Luis Alberto Santibáñez Díaz (7 February 1936 – 5 September 2008) was a Chilean football manager.
As a team coach he won the Chilean title four times, once with Unión San Felipe (1971) and three times with Unión Española (1973, 1975, ...
(2000)
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Adnan Dirjal
Adnan Dirjal ( ar, عدنان درجال مطر; born 26 January 1960 in Baghdad) is an Iraqi former footballer, national team coach, and as of May 2020 heads the Iraqi Ministry of Youth and Sports. He was one of Iraq's most prominent national t ...
(2000–01)
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Procópio Cardoso
Procópio Cardoso Neto (born March 21, 1939) is a Brazilian former football player and coach.
He started his professional career at Renascença as a center back. Cardoso also played for
Belo Horizonte rivals, Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro, ...
(2001)
* Abdullah Saad* (2001–02)
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Slobodan Santrač
Slobodan Santrač (, ; 1 July 1946 – 13 February 2016) was a Serbian football manager and player. He is the all-time top scorer of the Yugoslav First League with a total of 218 goals, as well as the top scorer in the history of OFK Beograd. As m ...
(2002–03)
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Carlos Roberto Pereira
Carlos Roberto Pereira da Silva (born 22 March 1946) is a Brazilian association football manager. He managed Bengal Mumbai FC in the Mumbai Football League from 2008 to 2009.
References
1946 births
Living people
Churchill Brother ...
(2003)
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Cabralzinho (July 2003 – Nov 2003)
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Wolfgang Sidka
Wolfgang Sidka (born 26 May 1954 in Lengerich) is a football manager and former player. As a manager, he led SV Werder Bremen to victory in the UEFA Intertoto Cup
The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting ...
(16 Nov 2003 – 30 June 2005)
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Ilie Balaci
Ilie Balaci (; 13 September 1956 – 21 October 2018) was a Romanian Association football, football midfielder and Manager (association football), manager.
He spent 12 of his 15 years as a professional with CS Universitatea Craiova, Universitate ...
(June 2005 – July 2006)
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Henri Michel
Henri Louis Michel (28 October 1947 – 24 April 2018) was a French football player and coach. He played as a midfielder for Nantes and the France national team, and later went on to coach various clubs and national teams all over the wor ...
(1 July 2006 – 21 Oct 2006)
* Abdullah Saad* (Oct 2006 – Nov 2006)
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Srećko Juričić
Srećko Juričić (born 30 December 1954) is a Croatian former professional footballer, who is currently the sporting director for HNK Rijeka.
Juričić has also had a career as a manager coaching: HNK Rijeka, Koper, Primorje, HIT Gorica, Ist ...
(1 Nov 2006 – 31 Dec 2006)
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José Romão
José Pratas Romão (born 13 April 1954) is a Portuguese former football winger and manager.
Playing career
Born in Beja, Alentejo, Romão started playing for local C.D. Beja. He also represented Vitória de Guimarães, AD Fafe, F.C. Penafiel ...
(Feb 2007 – March 2008)
* Adilson Fernandes (March 2008 – April 2008)
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Zé Mário (July 2008 – Dec 2008)
* Luiz Carlos* (Dec 2008 – Jan 2009)
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Uli Stielike
Ulrich "Uli" Stielike (born 15 November 1954) is a German former footballer and manager. Usually a central midfielder or sweeper, Stielike was well known for his stamina and footballing intelligence.Radnedge, Keir. (2004). The Complete Encyclop ...
(5 Jan 2009 – 30 July 2010)
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Péricles Chamusca
Péricles Raimundo Oliveira Chamusca (born 29 September 1965) is a Brazilian Association football, football Coach (sport), manager who is the current manager of Saudi club Al Taawoun FC, Al-Taawoun.
Early and personal life
Chamusca and his broth ...
(1 July 2010 – 3 June 2011)
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Paulo Silas
Paulo Silas do Prado Pereira (born 27 August 1965), also known as Paulo Silas, Silas Pereira or simply Silas, is a Brazilian Association football, football pundit, Head coach, coach, and former professional player.
A former central midfielder, ...
(9 June 2011 – 3 Jan 2012)
* Abdullah Saad* (1 Jan 2012 – 19 March 2012)
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Pierre Lechantre
Pierre Lechantre (born 2 April 1950) is a French footballer coach and former player. He won the 2000 African Cup of Nations with the Cameroon national team.
Career
On 27 April 2012, Lechantre was named as the head coach of Senegal, but failed ...
(19 March 2012 – 27 Sept 2012)
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Abdelaziz Bennij* (Sept 2012 – Oct 2012)
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Hassan Shehata
Hassan Shehata ( ar, حسن شحاتة; born 19 June 1947) is an Egyptian former professional football player. Before retirement he played as a forward. He then became a football manager, who is now retired. Shehata led Egypt to victory in 3 ti ...
(6 Oct 2012 – 6 Dec 2012)
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Abdelaziz Bennij (Dec 2012 – June 2013)
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Uli Stielike
Ulrich "Uli" Stielike (born 15 November 1954) is a German former footballer and manager. Usually a central midfielder or sweeper, Stielike was well known for his stamina and footballing intelligence.Radnedge, Keir. (2004). The Complete Encyclop ...
(5 June 2013 – Feb 2014)
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Paulo César Gusmão
Paulo César Lopes de Gusmão, better known as Paulo César Gusmão or PC Gusmão (born 19 May 1962, in Rio de Janeiro), is a former football goalkeeper and manager. Gusmão's playing career was from 1982 to 1999, and team manager from 2001 to ...
(Feb 2014 – 5 June 2014)
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Dan Petrescu
Daniel Vasile Petrescu (; born 22 December 1967) is a Romanian football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Liga I club CFR Cluj.
As a player, Petrescu was deployed as a full-back or a winger and represented Premier Lea ...
(5 June 2014 – 1 Dec 2014)
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Daniel Carreño
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...
(1 Dec 2014 – 1 June 2015)
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Gianfranco Zola
Gianfranco Zola (; born 5 July 1966) is an Italian football manager and former footballer who played predominantly as a forward. He was most recently the assistant manager of Chelsea.
He spent the first decade of his playing career playing in ...
(11 July 2015 – 27 June 2016)
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Gerardo Pelusso
Gerardo Cono Pelusso Boyrie (born February 25, 1954) is a Uruguayan football manager
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the ar ...
(28 June 2016 – 1 November 2016)
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Kamal Akhlaf
Kamal may refer to:
*Kamal (name), a male given name and surname with multiple origins
*Kamal (navigation), a navigational instrument for measuring latitude
*Kamal, Jhapa, a rural municipality in Nepal
*Alfa Romeo Kamal, an SUV by Alfa Romeo
*Oper ...
(2 November 2016 – 15 November 2016)
* Edison Aguirre (16 November 2016 – 19 January 2017)
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Oswaldo de Oliveira
Oswaldo de Oliveira Filho (born 5 December 1950), known as Oswaldo de Oliveira, is a Brazilian football manager.
Manager career
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Oswaldo de Oliveira became the first team coach for Corinthians in 1999 when Vanderlei Luxemb ...
(20 January 2017 – 3 June 2017)
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Kais Yâakoubi
Kais Yâakoubi, also written Kais Yakoubi ( ar, قيس اليعقوبي; born 18 July 1966) is a Tunisian former footballer
He was capped 14 times for Tunisia and was also a squad member for the 1988 Olympics.
Honours
; Club Africain:
* Tunisi ...
(9 July 2017 – 9 November 2017)
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Luka Bonačić
Luka Bonačić (; born 21 March 1955) is a Croatian football coach and former professional player.
Early life
He was born in Split, Croatia that was then part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He began his football career at the Spl ...
(10 November 2017 – 8 October 2018)
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Hatem Almoadab Hatem ( ar, حاتم) is a masculine Arabic given name, it may refer to:
Given name
* Hatem Ali, Syrian actor
* Hatem Ben Arfa, French football player of Tunisian descent
* Hatem Aqel, Jordanian footballer
* Hatem Ali Jamadar, Bengali politician
...
(9 October 2018 – 9 December 2018)
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Heimir Hallgrímsson
Heimir Hallgrímsson (born 10 June 1967) is an Icelandic former football player, dentist, and current manager of the Jamaica national football team.
Career
As a player Heimir started playing for ÍBV from his local town Vestmannaeyjar in 1986. ...
(10 December 2018 – 30 Jun 2021)
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Younes Ali
Younes Ali Rahmati ( fa, یونسعلی رحمتی; born 3 January 1983) is a Qatari football (soccer), footballer. He plays as a midfielder and he's a member of the Qatar national football team.
Ali is nicknamed "Guardiola" because he used to ...
(1 July 2021 – )
Former managers with unknown dates
* Mohammed Atatash
* J. Mustafa
* Atha Al-Shatti
* Hilmi Al-Qut
* Medhat Mohammed
* Al-Makki
* Flamarion Nunes
* Ahmed Jassim Al-Jassim "Menotti"
Management
Presidents
* Muqbal bin Ali Al-Hitmi ''(1972–76)''
* Abdulrahman Al Jaber Muftah ''(1976–78)''
* Sultan Khaled Al-Suwaidi ''(1978–88)''
* Dr. Abdullah Yusuf Al-Mal ''(1988–00)''
* Sheikh Jassim bin Fahad bin Jassim Al-Thani ''(2000–01)''
* Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Jaber Al-Thani ''(2001–02)''
* Sheikh Falah bin Jassim Al-Thani ''(2002–06)''
* Sheikh Faisal bin Mubarak Al-Thani ''(2006–09)''
* Dr. Abdullah Yusuf Al-Mal ''(2009–12)''
* Hitmi bin Ali Al-Hitmi ''(2012–2016)''
* Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Jaber Al-Thani ''(2016–2020)''
* Sheikh Tamim bin Fahad bin Jaber Al-Thani ''(2020–)''
Club rankings
National ranking
Asian ranking
World ranking
References
External links
Official website
{{Qatari League
Arabi Sports Club
Arabi Sports Club
Arabi Sports Club
Articles which contain graphical timelines