Al-Khor Sports Club () is a Qatari professional sports club based in the city of Al Khor. Al-Khor SC is best known for its football team, which competes in the Qatar Stars League from the 2024-25 season again after a short absence of 2 years in Qatari Second Division. It plays its home games at Al-Khor Stadium.
History Foundation period (1951–1964)
Al-Khor was unofficially established in 1951 as "Al-Taawun", The club was created by oil workers to fulfill their needs with the appropriate facilities 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 two clubs.
In 1964, they conglomerated with Nahdi Al-Aswad ("Black Sports Club") and formally made a request to join the Qatar Football Association on 10 June that year. From then on, the club was known as Al-Taawun.
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.
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.
Honours Qatar Crown Prince Cup Winners (1): 2005 Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup Winners (1): 2002 Qatari 2nd Division: Winners (2): 1983, 2024
Asian record CompetitionPldWDLGFGA GCC Champions League 51 22 11 18 75 61 Total 15 6 2 7 14 25
Q = Qualification GS = Group stage R16 = Round of 16 QF = Quarter-final SF = Semi-final
GCC Champions League Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate2008GS Al-Nassr1–3GS Qadsia0–5GS Al-Nahda1–1GS Al Muharraq1–12009–10GS Sur1–00–11–1GS Al-Nassr0–41–31–72012GS Al Naser2–11–03–0GS Busaiteen2–01–23–2QF Al Jahra1–0SF 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: 2009 – Alaa Abdul-Zahra 2009 – Mahdi Karim 2009 – Salam Shakir
Performance in UAFA competitions Arabian Gulf Club Champions Cup: 3 appearances 2008: Group stage 2010: Group stage 2011: Semi-finals 2012: Semi-finals
Players As of Qatari Second Division:
Personnel Current technical staff Last update: May 2024 Coaching staffHead coachSalam Shaker (Interim)Assistant coachesPepe BermúdezGoalkeeper coachPindaPresident of the Football deviceHamad Dasmal Al-KuwariDirector generalAbdul Rahman Hassan Al-EmadiFitness coachAlberto MartínezPerformance AnalystHugo PintoTeam DoctorHisham Al-MutawakelTherapy specialistsOmar MiladiAnis Belhadj
Presidential history From 1963 to 1982.
PeriodChairpersonPeriodChairperson1963–64 Saleh Mohammed Dawood Mohannadi1966–75 Saleh Mohammed Dawood Mohannadi1964–65 Ahmed Abdullah Al Mohannadi1975 Mohammed Saif Maeoff1965–66 Ahmed Abdullah Jolo1975–82 Ahmed Abdul Aziz Al-Hail1982 Saleh Mohammed Dawood Mohannadi
Managerial history
Ronald Douglas (ca.) (1979) Marcos Falopa (1979–80) Mohammed Mubarak Al Mohannadi (1980) Marcos Falopa (1980–82) Alcides Romano Junior (1987–89) Antal Szentmihályi (1991–92) Szapor Gábor (1993–94) Bosse Nilsson (1995) Mowaffaq Mawla (1997–98) Alcides Romano Junior (1998) Roberto Carlos (1998–99) José Roberto Ávila (1999–00) Paulo Henrique (2000–01) João Francisco (2001–02) Ladislas Lozano (1 July 2002 – 30 June 2003) René Simões (2003) Robert Mullier (2003–04) René Exbrayat (2004–06) Jean-Paul Rabier (1 July 2006 – 30 June 2008) Ladislas Lozano (ca.) (Nov 2007) Bertrand Marchand (1 July 2008 – 14 June 2010) Alain Perrin (14 June 2010 – 31 May 2012) László Bölöni (24 June 2012–15) Jean Fernandez (2015–2017) Laurent Banide (2017 – October 2017) Omar Najhi (October 2017) Nacif Beyaoui (October 2017 – May 2018) Adel Sellimi (1 July 2018 – 15 September 2018) Omar Najhi (September 2018) Bernard Casoni (25 September 2018 – June 30, 2019) Omar Najhi (1 July 2019 – 30 September 2020) Frédéric Hantz (1 October 2020 – 25 December 2020) Mostafa Souiheb (26 December 2020 – 24 January 2021) Winfried Schafer (25 January 2021 – 12 November 2021) Sérgio Farias (23 June 2022 – 17 October 2022) Hicham Jadrane (18 October 2022 – 8 April 2023) Nabeel Mohammad Anwar (9 April 2023 – 5 January 2024) Abdullah Mubarak (8 January 2024 – present)
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