Al Rayyan Volleyball () 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 Volleyball Men's 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. The best achievement for the Al Rayyan volleyball team was in 2014 when they came in the second place in the World Club championship. The squad included Michael Sánchez, Raphael Vieira de Oliveira, Matey Kaziyski and Robertlandy Simón as foreign players in the team. Al Rayan won the GCC Champions Cup in 2011 and 2015 as well as the Arab championship and Asian cup.
Honors
Domestic Qatar Volleyball League Winners (12): 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2025 Emir Cup Winners (16): 1987, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023 Crown Prince Cup Winners (9): 1993, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016
International Asian Club Championship Champions: 2025 Runners-up: 2013, 2014 Third place: 2019 Fourth place: 2002
World Club Championship Runners-up: 2014
GCC Volleyball Club Championship Winners (3): 2011, 2015, 2016 Runners-up: 2014, 2017
Arab Volleyball Clubs Championship Winners (3): 2018, 2019, 2022 Runners-up: 1998, 2012 Third place: 2017 Fourth place: 2001, 2005
Arab Volleyball Clubs Championship Cup Winners Winners (1): 2000
West Asian Volleyball Clubs Championship Winners (2): 2023, 2024
Squad Squad for 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship Head coach: Igor Arbutina
Number Player1 Farhad Ghaemi2 Ali Hassan Asadi4 Mohamed Al-Oui5 Mohamed Hachdadi6 Michael Sánchez7 Raphael Vieira de Oliveira9 Ali Bairami (c)10 Mohammed Abdulla11 Robertlandy Simón12 Mubarak Dahi Waleed13 Ali Hamed Yaqub16 Alan Domingos (L)
Technical staff
As of 1 August 2017/ NameRoleNationality Carlos Eduardo Schwanke Head coach Brazilian Mubarak Al-Abdulla Manager QatariToufik Benmessadek Assistant coach Algerian Ali Issac Assistant coach Qatari Vladimir Nikolić Physiotherapist Serbian Arnaout Mohammed Doctor 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.
Qatar Ali Eshagh Bairami Ali Hamid Yaghoub Abdulrashid Awel Abdulrahman
Brazil Ramon Moreno Alan Domingos Raphael Vieira de Oliveira (Loan) Rodrigo Santana (Loan)
Bulgaria Matey Kaziyski (Loan) Valentin Bratoev
Croatia Igor Omrčen Mario Močić
Cuba Yosleider Cala Wilfredo León Leonel Marshall Jr. Alberto Daniel La Rosa Marquez Raidel Poey Javier González Panton Robertlandy Simón (Loan)
Estonia Oliver Venno
Venezuela Carlos Tejeda
France Philippe Barca-Cysique Loic De Kergret Antonin Rouzier (Loan)
Iran Saber Kazemi Farhad Ghaemi
Italy Cristian Savani Wout Wijsmans Ángel Dennis Hristo Zlatanov Lorenzo Bernardi
Serbia Ivan Miljković (Loan)
Slovenia Tine Urnaut
Finland Mikko Oivanen (Loan)
United States David Cameron Lee (Loan) Brook Billings
Sweden Marcus Nilsson
Hungary Péter Veres
Kenya Phillip Kipyego Maiyo
Russia Dmitriy Ilinykh
Managerial history Ashraf Mehdi Eid Mubarak Mohammed Faraj (1987–90) Dragan Mihailović (2009/10) Mohammed Al Bahri (2011/12 until February 2012) Dragan Popović (2012/2013) (Caretaker) Ljubomir Travica (2012/13 until March 2014) Daniele Bagnoli (2014/15 until November 2015) Igor Arbutina (2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2012, March 2014, 2015/2016) Carlos Eduardo Schwanke ( February /2017 – 2018)
References
External links Al Rayyan Official Website