Al-Khor SC

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Al-Khor Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الخور الرياضي) is a Qatari professional sports club based in the city of Al Khor, featuring teams in a number of sports including football, futsal, basketball, volleyball, handball, athletics, table tennis and swimming. Al-Khor SC is best known for its football team, which competes in the Qatar Stars League from season 2024-25 again after a short absence of 2 years in Qatari Second Division. It plays its home games at Al-Khor Stadium.

Al-Khor SC
Full nameAl-Khor Sports Club
Nickname(s)"El Forsan"
(Knights)
Founded1961; 63 years ago (1961)
GroundAl Khor Stadium
Al Khor, Qatar
Capacity11,015[1]
ChairmanNasser Thamer Al-Humaidi
ManagerAbdullah Mubarak
LeagueQatari Second Division
2023–24Qatari Second Division, 1st of 12 (Promoted)

History

Foundation

One of the three Al Khor Towers, represented in the club logo

Al-Khor was unofficially established in 1951 by oil workers to fulfill them with the appropriate facility to invest their energy after their participation with the multinational oil companies at the time. In 1961, the club was re-established and set football as its main sport, along with other sports and activities. There were two other clubs in Al Khor, but none of the clubs cooperated. In 1962, Al-Khor SC merged with Al-Jeel Sports Club, one of the other clubs.[2]

In 1964, they conglomerated with Nahdi Al-Aswad ("Black Sports Club") and had formally made a request to join the Qatar Football Association on 10 June later that year. From then on, the club was known as Al-Taawun.[3]

Post-merger (1964–2004)

The club took advantage of the youth movement and was provided with funds for all facilities. He designed plans and programs to increase the number of participants in the majority of sports. Since 1961, yellow and white were the club colors. In 1964 the club entered the football league and changed the colors to blue and white. Currently, all three colors are included in the crest.[2]

Renaming to Al Khor (2004–present)

In 2004, the club name was changed to Al Khor after the Qatar Olympic Committee had ordered the name change to clarify the location of the club.[2]

Honors

Asian record

CompetitionPldWDLGFGA
GCC Champions League512211187561
Total156271425
  • Q = Qualification
  • GS = Group stage
  • R16 = Round of 16
  • QF = Quarter-final
  • SF = Semi-final

GCC Champions League

RoundCountryClubHomeAwayAggregate
2008
GS Al-Nassr1–3
GS Qadsia0–5
GS Al-Nahda1–1
GS Al Muharraq1–1
2009–10
GS Sur1–00–11–1
GS Al-Nassr0–41–31–7
2012
GS Al Naser2–11–03–0
GS Busaiteen2–01–23–2
QF Al Jahra1–0
SF Al Wasl2–10–32–4

Individual honours

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup:

The following players have played in the FIFA Confederations Cup whilst playing for Al Khor:

Performance in UAFA competitions

2008: Group stage
2010: Group stage
2011: Semi-finals
2012: Semi-finals

Players

As of Qatari Second Division:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
18DF  QATMahmoud Nader
19MF  FRAAbdallah Nouri
20MF  QATAhmed Al-Mohanadi
21DF  QATAtef Zaghbani
24MF  QATEisa Al-Muhannadi
25DF  QATAbdullah Khaled
26FW  LBYAbdulhamid Nasr
27MF  QATJasser Yahya
30MF  QATAli Al-Yazidi
31GK  CIVAhmed Kone
32GK  QATAbdulrahman Al-Shaibah
65MF  ALGKhalil Zohir
88MF  CMRFélix Oukiné
94MF  ALGSofiane Hanni

Personnel

Current technical staff

Last update: May 2024[4]

Coaching staff
Head coachAbdullah Mubarak
Assistant coachsErik van der Meer
Salam Shaker
Goalkeeper coach Javier Pindado
President of the Football deviceHamad Dasmal Al-Kuwari
Director generalAbdul Rahman Hassan Al-Emadi
Fitness coachYoussef Dahbi
Performance AnalystHugo Pinto
Team DoctorHisham Al-Mutawakel
Therapy specialistsOmar Miladi
Anis Belhadj

Presidential history

From 1963 to 1982.

PeriodChairpersonPeriodChairperson
1963–64 Saleh Mohammed Dawood Mohannadi1966–75 Saleh Mohammed Dawood Mohannadi
1964–65 Ahmed Abdullah Al Mohannadi1975 Mohammed Saif Maeoff
1965–66 Ahmed Abdullah Jolo1975–82 Ahmed Abdul Aziz Al-Hail
1982 Saleh Mohammed Dawood Mohannadi

Managerial history

As of 11 May 2023

References