Al Rayyan Volleyball Team

Al Rayyan
Full name Al Rayyan Volleyball
Founded 1968[1]
Ground Al Rayyan Indoor Arena
Al-Rayyan, Qatar
(Capacity: 2,000)
Chairman Qatar Sheikh Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Thani
Manager Croatia igor Arbutina
League Qatari Volleyball League
2010/11 3rd
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Main article: Al Rayyan SC

Al Rayyan Volleyball (Arabic: الريان للكرة الطائرة) is a professional Volleyball team based in Al-Rayyan, Qatar. It competes in the Qatari Volleyball League. They participated in the 2012 edition of the FIVB Club World Championship 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 Rodrigão from Brazil, the Bulgarian brothers Georgi and Valentin Bratoev, and the American David Lee, a gold medalist in Beijing 2008. They did not advance past the group stage.

They won the GCC Champions Cup in 2011.

Honors

Domestic

Winners (3): 2007, 2013, 2014
Winners (1): 2010
Winners (2): 2010, 2011

International

Runners-up: 2013, 2014
Runners-up: 2014

Squad

Squad for 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

Number Player
1 Bulgaria Matey Kaziyski
2 Qatar Ali Hassan Asadi
4 Qatar Mohamed Al-Oui
5 Morocco Mohamed Hachdadi
6 Cuba Michael Sánchez
7 Brazil Raphael Vieira de Oliveira
9 Qatar Ali Bairami
10 Qatar Mohammed Abdulla
11 Cuba Robertlandy Simón
12 Qatar Mubarak Dahi Waleed
13 Qatar Ali Hamed Yaqub
16 Brazil Alan Domingos (L)

Technical staff

As of June 16, 2014[3]

Name Role Nationality
Igor Arbutina Head Coach Croatia Croatian
Mubarak Al-Abdulla Manager Qatar Qatari
Karim Ben Ayed Assistant Coach Tunisia Tunisian
Mubarak Rashid Assistant Coach Qatar Qatari
Vladimir Nikolic Physiotherapist Serbia Serbian
Arnaout Mohammed Doctor Tunisia Tunisian

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.[4]

Qatar
  • Qatar Ali Eshagh Bairami
  • Qatar Ali Hamid Yaghoub
  • Qatar Abdulrashid Awel Abdulrahman

Brazil

  • Brazil Ramon Moreno

Croatia

Cuba

  • Cuba Yosleider Cala Gerardo
  • Cuba Leonel Marshall
  • Cuba Alberto Daniel La Rosa Marquez
  • Cuba Raidel Poey
  • Cuba Javier Augusto Gonzalez Panton II

Venezuela

  • Venezuela Carlos Arturo Tejeda

France

Italy

Saudi Arabia

  • Saudi Arabia Ahmed Al Bakhet

Serbia

Sweden

  • Sweden Nils Jon Marcus Nilsson

Managerial history

References

  1. "Al Rayyan club profile". asianmensvball. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. FIVB. "Al-Rayyan Sports Club Team Composition". Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  3. الجهاز الفني (in Arabic). alrayyansc.com. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  4. "World of Volley :: Al Rayyan SC". World of Volley. Retrieved February 16, 2013.

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