Al-Riffa Sports Club () is a Bahraini professional football club based in Riffa, that competes in the Bahraini Premier League, the top flight of Bahraini football.Bahrain Riffa Club: team archive Soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 August 2021
History The club was founded in 1953 as West Riffa Sports Club. In 2001, the club changed its name to Al-Riffa Sports Club.
Stadium Riffa use Bahrain National Stadium as their home ground, which has the capacity for nearly 24,000 spectators.Scorespro Current squad First-team squad
Achievements
The club's first international achievement was in 1982 when Riffa placed second in the GCC Club Cup. This was an important achievement for the club and Bahraini football in general as it helped the region take notice of the talent available in Bahrain.
Domestic Bahraini Premier League: 14 1982, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022. Bahraini King's Cup: 7 1973, 1985, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2019, 2021. Bahraini FA Cup: 4 2000, 2001, 2004, 2014. Bahraini Crown Prince Cup: 4 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005. Bahraini Super Cup: 2 2019, 2021. Khalid Bin Hamad Cup: 1 2025-26
International Scissors Cup: 1 1997
Performance in GCC competitions (As West Riffa SC) GCC Club Championship 10 appearances 1992: Group stage 1995: Group stage 1999: Group stage 2001: Group stage 2005: Group stage 2006: Group stage 2009–10: Group stage 2011: Quarter-finals 2012: Quarter-finals 2024–25: Group stage 2025–26:
Performance in AFC competitions AFC Champions League 1 appearance 2004: Group stage
Asian Club Championship 5 appearances 1989: Qualifying stage 1992: Qualifying – 1st round 1995: Second round 1997: withdrew in First round 1999: First round
AFC Cup 7 appearances 2010: Semi-final 2013: Round of 16 2014: Round of 16 2015: Group stage 2020: Cancelled 2022: Zonal finals 2023–24: Zonal semifinals
Notable managers Theo Laseroms (1982–84) Uli Maslo (1985–88), (1993–94) Rodion Gačanin (July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2005) Dragan Talajić (July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006) Eelco Schattorie (2006–07) Srećko Juričić (July 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007) Wilco van Buuren (Youth Team Director) Julio Peixoto Stefano Impagliazzo (2011–13) Florin Motroc (June 1, 2013 – 2014) Ali Ashoor (2018–2022) Carlos Inarejos (2024–2025)
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