El Jaish SC

El-Jaish SC

Full name	El Jaish Sports Club نادي الجيش الرياضي
Founded	2007
Ground	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Doha, Qatar
Ground Capacity	12,000[1]
Chairman	Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah
Manager	Sabri Lamouchi
League	Qatar Stars League
2014–15	Qatar Stars League, 3rd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

El Jaish's active sections
Football	Basketball	Handball
Volleyball	Futsal	Athletics

El-Jaish Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الجيش الرياضي‎) is a Qatar Football Association member club, based in the Al-Duhail area of Doha, which is currently playing in the Qatar Stars League. The team won the Qatargas League prior to 2011, but were not eligible for promotion and as a result were not declared as the champions of the league. It was promoted to the first division, the Stars League, the first year after it was made eligible.

The club also has participations in other sports, most notably in handball where its team has previously achieved 3rd place in both, the GCC Handball Championship, and the Asian Club Handball Championship.^[2]

History

El Jaish SC was officially established in 2011 after spending several seasons in the second division without being eligible for promotion.

In its first season in the Qatar Stars League, El Jaish finished second, just two points behind champions Lekhwiya, and qualified for the 2013 AFC Champions League. After a poor start to the 2013 Champions League, El Jaish won 3 of its 4 last group stage games to emerge as the groups runners-up, setting up a Round of 16 tie against Al Ahli of Saudi Arabia. They were eliminated after losing 0–2 in the away game and 1–3 on aggregate.^[3]

In 2013, El Jaish were involved in the controversial case of Zahir Belounis not being granted an exit visa over his dispute with the club over unpaid wages.^[4][5][6]

Honours

4 Official Championships.

• Qatari Stars Cup

Winners (1): 2012–13 (Shared Record) (Defunct)

• Qatari Second Division / Qatargas League

Winners (1): 2007–08*, 2008–09*,^[7] 2010–11

• Qatar Crown Prince Cup

Winners (1): 2014

Notes:

• 2007–08 and 2008–09 El-Jaish were winners but the club was not officiated yet so they don't count as official championships.

Statistics

League seasons

El Jaish in Asia

• Q = Qualification
• GS = Group stage
• R16 = Round of 16
• QF = Quarter-final
• SF = Semi-final

AFC Champions League

Round	Country	Club	Home	Away
2013
GS		Al Shabab	3–0	0–2
GS		Tractor Sazi	3–3	4–2
GS		Al Jazira	3–1	1–1
R16		Al Ahli	1–1	0–2

Players

As of Qatar Stars League:

No Position Player Nation 1 Goalkeeper Fahad Younes      Qatar 16 Goalkeeper Khalifa Abo Baker      Qatar 22 Goalkeeper Saoud Al Khater      Qatar 2 Defender Murad Naji      Qatar 3 Defender Abdullah Al-Musaiki      Qatar 4 Defender Lucas Mendes      Brazil 8 Defender Yousef Muftah      Qatar 19 Defender Abdurahman Abker      Qatar 21 Defender Ali Sanad      Qatar 67 Defender Jassem Al-Hashemi      Qatar 77 Defender Abdulaziz Al-Mohannadi      Qatar 96 Defender Jassem Al-Mulla      Qatar 5 Midfielder Mohammed Al Jabri      Qatar

No Position Player Nation 6 Midfielder Yasser Abou Baker      Qatar 7 Midfielder Wesam Rizik      Qatar 13 Midfielder Salah Al-Yahri      Qatar 14 Midfielder Mohammad Mothnani      Tunisia 17 Midfielder Othman Al Yahri      Qatar 18 Midfielder Mohammed Jeddo      Qatar 20 Midfielder Wagner Ribeiro      Brazil 23 Midfielder Khalid Abdulraouf      Qatar 27 Midfielder Ahmed Moein      Qatar 9 Forward Abderrazak Hamdallah      Morocco 10 Forward Sardor Rashidov      Uzbekistan 12 Forward Magid Mohammed      Qatar 31 Forward Romarinho      Brazil

Players with Multiple Nationalities

• Khalifa Abo Baker
• Abdurahman Abker
• Wesam Rizik
• Magid Mohamed
• Abdulgadir Ilyas Bakur

Players registered as professionals

QSL clubs are limited to 4 foreign professionals (3 + 1 Asian) per squad.^[8]
Last update: 20 August 2014.^[9]

Personnel

Last update: May 23, 2014^[10]

Senior team

Coaching staff
Head coach	Sabri Lamouchi
Assistant coach	Lassaad Chabbi
Assistant coach	Yousef Adam
Reserve head coach	Cristian Petre
Reserve asst. coach	Yousuf Al-Nobi
Goalkeeping coach	Ahmed Naji
Fitness coach	Khalil Jebabli
Fitness coach	André Lima
Medical staff
Team doctor	Marian Dumitru
Physiotherapist	Sorin Minea
Physiotherapist	Mohamed Ali Laid
Physiotherapist	Badii Al-Tayib
Kinesiologist	Nabyl Bekraoui
Specialist staff
Translator	Abdelrahman Naim
Translator	Ju Hoyeong
Photographer	Adrian Alexandru
Administrative staff
Team manager	Rashid Al-Kaabi
Team administrator	Ismail Hashem
Logistics officer	Nasser Al-Shammari

Youth team

Last update: May 24, 2013^[11]

Coaching staff
Head coach	Aref Awadh Salem
Assistant coach	Zoran Lović
Goalkeeping coach	Pedro Lascarim
Physiotherapist	Ahsan Ajoo
Technical staff
Technical Director	Leonardo Vitorino

Management

Position	Staff
President	Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah
Executive Director	Dr. Thani Abdulrahman Al Kuwari
Marketing & Audience Manager	Saeed Al-Eidah
Sports Manager	Yousuf Bakhit Al Kuwari
Media Manager	Amer Abdulrahman Al Kaabi
Financial Manager	Khamis Al Kuwari

Associated clubs

• FC Schalke 04^[12]

Kit sponsors and manufacturers

Period	Kit manufacture	Shirt sponsor
2011–	Nike	NAPT

Managerial history

• Mohammed Al Ammari (July 2007 – May 2011) / Yousef Al Nobi (assistant)
• Péricles Chamusca (June 15, 2011 – May 31, 2012) / Marcello Chamusca (assistant)
• Răzvan Lucescu (June 1, 2012 – Jan 15, 2014) / Mihai Stoica (assistant)
• Yousef Adam (Jan 15, 2014 – Jan 21, 2014) / Yousef Al Nobi (assistant)
• Nabil Maâloul (Jan 21, 2014 – Jan 26, 2014) / Yousef Adam (assistant)
• Nabil Maâloul (Jan 26, 2014 – Dec 11, 2014) / Lassaad Chabbi (assistant)
• Abdulqadir Almoghaisab (Dec 12, 2014 – Dec 27, 2014) / Lassaad Chabbi (assistant)
• Sabri Lamouchi (Dec 27, 2014–present) / Lassaad Chabbi (assistant)

Handball

References

External links

• Official website