Al Rayyan Sports Club

Al-Rayyan Club is a Qatari professional sports club fielding teams in a number of sports such as football (soccer), basketball, volleyball, handball, and table tennis. It is based in the city of Ar Rayyan at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium. The club was founded in 1967 after merging the old Rayyan team with Nusoor Club. The official team colours are red and black, the team is nicknamed "alraheeb" which means the frightful and also the "lions".

Ar Rayyan is a historical city in the state of Qatar, the name meaning "the source of irrigation" and it is also the name of a door in heaven, in the Muslim faith.

The club has won numerous titles in all sports, including two Asian championships in basketball, the Arab championship in handball, table tennis and volleyball, as well as the GCC basketball championship. Both the basketball and handball teams have qualified respectively to the world championships. However, the football team gets the most attention from the club officials as well as the media and the fans, some information is given about it below.


Honours
Qatari League: 7
1975/1976, 1977/1978, 1981/1982, 1983/1984, 1985/1986, 1989/1990, 1994/1995

Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 3
1995, 1996, 2001

Emir of Qatar Cup: 3
1999, 2004, 2006

Sheikh Jassem Cup: 2
1992,2000

Performance in AFC Competitions
AFC Champions League: 2 appearances
2005: Group Stage
2007: Group Stage
Asian Club Championship: 4 appearances
1986: Qualifying Stage
1992: 3rd place
1997: Group Stage
1998: Second Round
Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearance
1999/00: Second Round

Current squad
No. Position Player
1 GK Saud Al Hajiri
2 DF Salman Mesbeh
6 DF Abdulrahman Mesbeh
3 DF Marcelo Tavares
7 FW Adel Lamy
8 MF Ricardinho
11 FW Amara Diané
14 MF Mohammed Yasser Mohamedy
16 DF Hassan Mudhafar
89 DF Abdul Ghafoor Murad
99 GK Noor Ghoulam
19 MF Khaled Othman
20 FW Amad Al Hosni
35 MF Jarallah Marri
No. Position Player
23 MF Majdi Siddiq
26 GK Saud Abd Allah
27 MF Younes Ali
28 MF Mubarak Al-Beloushi
9 FW Soud Khamis
50 MF Saud Salem Al Enzi
31 DF Shami Hassan Shami
00 DF Sadeq Ahmed
19 DF Khalid Othman
00 MF Hamad Al Abedy
30 GK Omar Bari
13 DF Mustafa Abdi
33 MF Abdulla Afifa
50 MF Saud Salem