Al Rayyan Volleyball ( ar, الريان للكرة الطائرة) is a professional

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team based in

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 ...

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. It competes in the

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. They participated in the 2012 edition of the

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held in Qatar after winning the Heir Apparent Cup. The club hired four top athletes to strengthen the team before the 2012 Club World Championships. These include

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from Brazil, the Bulgarian brothers

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and

Valentin Bratoev Valentin Bratoev ( bg, Валентин Братоев; October 21, 1987 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian volleyball player a member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team and Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia. Bratoev won bronze medals with the national team ...

, and the American David Lee, a Gold medalist in Beijing 2008. They did not advance past the group stage. The best achievement for the Al Rayyan volleyball team was in 2014 when they came in the second place in the World Club championship. The squad included

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and

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as foreign players in the team. Al Rayan won the GCC Champions Cup in 2011 and 2015 as well as the Arab championship and Asian cup.

Honors

Domestic

* Qatar Volleyball League :: Winners (10): 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2013,

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, 2018, 2022 * Emir Cup :: Winners (13): 1987, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 *

Crown Prince Cup The Saudi Crown Prince's Cup ( ar, كأس ولي العهد) was the Saudi Arabian annual cup competition. It was the oldest domestic football competition in Saudi Arabia, its first edition was held in 1956–57, but was not crowned from 1975 unti ...

:: Winners (9): 1993, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016

International

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:: Runners-up:

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:: Third place:

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:: Fourth place:

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* World Club Championship :: Runners-up:

GCC Volleyball Club Championship The GCC Volleyball Club Championship is a sports competition for club volleyball teams, currently held annually and organized by the Gulf Volleyball Association by the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Results * In 1982, the competi ...

:: Winners (3): 2011,2015,2016 :: Runners-up: 2014 * Arab Volleyball Clubs Championship :: Winners (1): 2018 *

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:: Winners (1): 2000

Squad

''Squad for 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship *Head Coach:

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Technical staff

''As of August 1st, 2017/''

Notable players

''This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.'' ;

* Ali Eshagh Bairami * Ali Hamid Yaghoub * Abdulrashid Awel Abdulrahman

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* Ramon Moreno *

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(Loan) * Rodrigo Santana (Loan)

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(Loan) *

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* Mario Močić

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* Yosleider Cala *

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* Leonel Marshall Jr. * Alberto Daniel La Rosa Marquez * Raidel Poey * Javier González Panton *

(Loan)

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Carlos Tejeda Carlos Arturo Tejeda Rivera (born July 28, 1980) is a volleyball player from Venezuela, who won the gold medal with the Venezuela men's national volleyball team, men's national team at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Repu ...

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* Philippe Barca-Cysique * Loic De Kergret *

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(Loan)

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* Farhad Ghaemi

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* Ángel Dennis *

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(Loan)

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(Loan)

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* David Cameron Lee (Loan) *

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* Marcus Nilsson

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* Péter Veres

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* Ahmed Al Bakhet

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* Phillip Kipyego Maiyo

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Managerial history

* Ashraf Mehdi * Eid Mubarak * Mohammed Faraj (1987–90) * Dragan Mihailović (2009/10) * Mohammed Al Bahri (2011/12 until February 2012) * Dragan Popović (2012/2013) (Caretaker) *

Ljubomir Travica Ljubomir Travica ( sr-cyr, Љубомир Травица; born 1 October 1954) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player. The current head coach of the Tunisian team, ES Tunis. His son Dragan Travica is a volleyball player, ...

(2012/13 until March 2014) * Daniele Bagnoli (2014/15 until November 2015) *

(2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2012, March 2014, 2015/2016) * Carlos Eduardo Schwanke ( February /2017 - 2018)

References

External links

Al Rayyan Official Website
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