| Full name | Qatar Sports Club نادي قطر الرياضي |
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| Nickname(s) | The King | ||
| Founded | 1959 | ||
| Ground | Qatar SC Stadium Doha, Qatar (Capacity: 20,000) |
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| Chairman | Nasser Al Thani | ||
| Manager | Saïd Chiba | ||
| League | Qatar Stars League | ||
| 2010-11 | Qatari League, 5th | ||
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Qatar Sports Club (Arabic: نادي قطر الرياضي) is a sports club based in Doha, Qatar. It is best known for its football team that plays in the Qatari League.
Qatar Sports Club players wear a yellow shirt and black shorts as their home kit and have the fourth largest stadium in Qatar, Qatar SC Stadium, which has a capacity of 19,000. Qatar Sports Club have recently diversified into sports other than football. An Athletics group has been established, this department competes in javelin throwing, long jumps and sprinting. However, the main aims of this faction lie in sprinting and long distance running.
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Qatar SC was founded in 1959 under the name Al Nasour. In 1972 it merged with Al Oruba to form Al Esteqlal. Al Esteqlal was one of the strongest clubs since its establishment, winning its first official Qatar Stars League season in 1972/73. It continued with it's success, winning the 1976/77 season and supplying the national team with some of it's most prominent players. However, it gradually faded into obscurity for the next 2 decades, with the league being dominated by Al-Arabi, Al-Sadd, and Al-Rayyan. The club won the 2002-03 season by three points. They were renamed to Qatar SC in 2004. They have also won the Qatar Crown Prince Cup three times: 2002, 2004, and 2009.
Qatar SC play their matches at Qatar SC Stadium, which is located in Al Dafna. The stadium is multi-purpose, featuring an athletics field, a gym, a shopping centre and a mosque, among other facilities. The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 people and hosts Lekhwiya and Al-Saliya, as well as hosting a number of tournamets such as Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix and some of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup matches.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent squad changes see: List of Qatari football transfers winter 2011–12.
Present and past managers of Qatar SC (incomplete):
| Period | Manager |
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| 1980 | Jorvan Vieira |
| 1988-1992 | Uli Maslo |
| 1992-1993 | Ammo Baba |
| 1993-1994 | Jozef Jankech |
| 1995–1997 | Roland Andersson |
| 2000-2001 | Verner Lička |
| 2001-2002 | Zoran Đorđević |
| 2002-2004 | Džemal Hadžiabdić |
| 2004-2007 | Džemaludin Mušović |
| 2007 | Srećko Juričić |
| 2007-2008 | Dimitri Davidovic |
| 2008-2011 | Sebastião Lazaroni |
| 2011– | Saïd Chiba |
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