Al-Duhail Sports Club ( ar, نادي الدحيل الرياضي), formerly Lekhwiya SC, is a

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, best known for its

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, which plays in the Qatar Stars League. The club is based in the Duhail district in the city of

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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. In April 2017, it was announced that the club would take over

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and merge with following the

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and be known as Al-Duhail Sports Club in rebranding of Lekhwiya SC.

History

The club was founded as Al-Shorta Doha and in 2009 was renamed to Lekhwiya. 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

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. It was the first league title in the club's history. They also managed to reach the final of the

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, before losing in the final to Al-Arabi. 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

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, with

Nam Tae-Hee Nam Tae-hee (Hangul: 남태희; Hanja: 南泰熙; ; born 3 July 1991 in Busan) is a South Korean footballer currently playing for Al-Duhail and the South Korea national team. Besides South Korea, he has played in England, France, and Qata ...

scoring the only goal and also scoring the first-ever goal for Lekhwiya in any regional competition. In the 2011–12 Qatar Stars League season, Lekhwiya retained the league title with two games left to be played. They inaugurated a new stadium Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, also known as Lekhwiya Sports Stadium, on February 15, 2013 in a match against

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and won their third league title in the first season at the new stadium. in April 2017 the club announced that they would take over

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

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and Emir Cup.

Stadium

Lekhwiya's stadium began construction in 2011. The first phase was completed in May 2012. The stadium was officially inaugurated on February 15, 2013 with the first match played being a Qatar Stars League fixture against

. The official seating capacity is 10,000, it is located in the ISF area of

Colours and crest

File:LekhwiyaSC.png, 2009–2016 File:Lekhwiya,sc,2016,logo.png, 2016–2017

Shirt sponsors and manufacturers

Kit history

Players

Out on loan

Personnel

Current technical staff

Records and statistics

Last update: 2 September 2017.
''Apps and goals in the QSL and AFC Champions League only. Players whose names are in bold are still active with the club.''

Reserves and academy

Lekhwiya's reserve team currently competes in the

Qatargas League The Qatari Second Division ( ar, دوري الدرجة الثانية القطري), QSD or Second Division League, also was known as Qatargas League due to sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of football league competition in Qatar. Contested ...

, the second-tier of Qatari football.
Last update: July 2014 ;Reserve team technical staff ;U21 technical staff

Administrative staff

Last update: May 2021 ;Board of Directors ;Management (Football)

Honours

* Qatar Stars League **Winners (7):

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, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20 *

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**Winners: 2009–10 *

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**Winners (4):

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**Winners (3):

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, 2015, 2018 * Qatar Super Cup / Shiekh Jassem Cup **Winners (2): 2015, 2016

Al-Duhail in Asia

*Q = Qualification *GS = Group stage *R16 = Round of 16 *QF = Quarter-final *SF = Semi-final AFC Champions League

Managerial history

* Khalifa Khamis (2008) ''(unofficial)'' * Abdullah Saad (2008–2009) ''(unofficial)'' * Abdullah Mubarak (2009–2010) *

Djamel Belmadi Djamel Belmadi ( ar, جمال بلماضي; born 25 March 1976) is a professional football coach and former player who manages the Algeria national team. As a player he was midfielder who had spells in Ligue 1 with Paris Saint-Germain, Marse ...

(2010–2012) *

Eric Gerets Eric Maria Gerets (, born 18 May 1954) is a Belgian football manager and former player who played as a right back. He started his playing career as an amateur for his local team AA Rekem, before achieving success with Standard Liège and PSV. ...

(2012–2014) *

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(2014–2015) *

(2015–2018) *

Nabil Maâloul Nabil Maâloul ( ar, نَبِيْل مَعْلُول; born 25 December 1962) is a Tunisian professional football manager and former player who is currently managing Espérance de Tunis. Maâloul was capped 74 times for his country, and partici ...

(2018–2019) * Rui Faria (2019–2020) *

Walid Regragui Hoalid Regragui (born 23 September 1975), known as Walid Regragui ( ar, وليد الركراكي, Walīd ar-Ragrāgī), is a Moroccan professional football manager and former player who played as a right-back. He is the head coach of the Mor ...

(2020) * Hatem Almoadab (2020) *

Sabri Lamouchi Sabri Lamouchi (born 9 November 1971) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder. He was the manager of Qatar Stars League club Al-Duhail. Early life Lamouchi was born in Lyon, France, and is of Tun ...

(2020–2021) * Luís Castro (2021–2022) *

Hernán Crespo Hernán Jorge Crespo (; born 5 July 1975) is an Argentine professional football coach and former player. He is the current manager of Qatari club Al-Duhail. A prolific striker, Crespo scored over 300 goals in a career spanning 19 years. At in ...

(2022–present)

Other sports

Handball

References

External links

Official website
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