Al-Khor SC

Al-Khor Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الخور الرياضي) 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.

Al-Khor SC

Full name	Al-Khor Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Fursan (The Knights)
Founded	1961; 64 years ago (1961)
Ground	Al Khor Stadium Al Bayt Stadium Al Khor, Qatar
Capacity	11,015[1]
Chairman	Nasser Thamer Al-Humaidi
Head coach	Salam Shaker (caretaker)
League	Qatari Second Division
2024–25	Qatar Stars League, 12th of 12 (relegated)
Website	alkhor-club.com
Home colours Away colours

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 two clubs.^[2]

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.^[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

• Qatar Crown Prince Cup
  • Winners (1): 2005
• Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup
  • Winners (1): 2002
• Qatari 2nd Division:
  • Winners (2): 1983, 2024

Asian record

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
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	Aggregate
2008
GS		Al-Nassr	1–3
GS		Qadsia	0–5
GS		Al-Nahda	1–1
GS		Al Muharraq	1–1
2009–10
GS		Sur	1–0	0–1	1–1
GS		Al-Nassr	0–4	1–3	1–7
2012
GS		Al Naser	2–1	1–0	3–0
GS		Busaiteen	2–0	1–2	3–2
QF		Al Jahra	1–0
SF		Al Wasl	2–1	0–3	2–4

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:

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRA Lacerda 2 DF  QAT Khaled Karib 3 DF  QAT Ibrahim Al-Saeed 7 MF  QAT Saif Al-Mohannadi 11 FW  CPV Ricardo Gomes 15 DF  QAT Naif Mubarak 16 MF  ALG Khalil Zohir U21 18 FW  QAT Eisa Al-Muhannadi 20 MF  QAT Ahmed Al-Mohanadi 22 GK  QAT Abdulrahman Al-Shaibah U21 27 MF  QAT Jasser Yahya 30 FW  QAT Malik Hassan 80 MF  NGA Abdulah Oyekanmi

No. Pos. Nation Player 94 MF  ALG Sofiane Hanni — GK  QAT Abdullah Al-Radhi (on loan from Al-Shamal) — GK  QAT Abubaker Osman U21 — DF  QAT Ahmad Abdelhay — DF  QAT Yasser Boussawi — DF  QAT Talal Bahzad (on loan from Al-Ahli) — DF  TUN Koussay Smiri (on loan from Espérance) — MF  QAT Abdulrahman Anad — MF  EGY Abobakar Bayoumi — MF  QAT Ali Bujaloof (on loan from Qatar) — MF  QAT Youssef Mohamed (on loan from Qatar) — FW  BRA Luan Farias — FW  QAT Mekki Tombari

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  FRA Ibrahima Diallo (on loan to Al-Ahli) 26 DF  LBY Abdulahamid Naser (on loan to Al-Shamal)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  QAT Helal Mohammed (on loan to Al-Arabi) — MF  ALG Abdallah Nouri (on loan to Al-Bidda)

Personnel

Current technical staff

Last update: May 2024^[4]

Coaching staff
Head coach	Salam Shaker (Interim)
Assistant coaches	Pepe Bermúdez
Goalkeeper coach	Pinda
President of the Football device	Hamad Dasmal Al-Kuwari
Director general	Abdul Rahman Hassan Al-Emadi
Fitness coach	Alberto Martínez
Performance Analyst	Hugo Pinto
Team Doctor	Hisham Al-Mutawakel
Therapy specialists	Omar Miladi Anis Belhadj

Presidential history

From 1963 to 1982.

Period	Chairperson	Period	Chairperson
1963–64	Saleh Mohammed Dawood Mohannadi	1966–75	Saleh Mohammed Dawood Mohannadi
1964–65	Ahmed Abdullah Al Mohannadi	1975	Mohammed Saif Maeoff
1965–66	Ahmed Abdullah Jolo	1975–82	Ahmed Abdul Aziz Al-Hail
1982	Saleh Mohammed Dawood Mohannadi

Managerial history

As of 11 May 2023

• 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)^[5]
• Bosse Nilsson (1995)
• Mowaffaq Mawla (1997–98)
• Alcides Romano Junior (1998)
• Roberto Carlos (1998–99)
• José Roberto Ávila (1999–00)^[6]
• 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)^[7]
• Omar Najhi (October 2017)^[7]
• Nacif Beyaoui (October 2017 – May 2018)^[7]
• Adel Sellimi (1 July 2018 – 15 September 2018)^[8]
• Omar Najhi (September 2018)^[8]
• Bernard Casoni (25 September 2018 – June 30, 2019)^[8]
• Omar Najhi (1 July 2019 – 30 September 2020)^[8]
• Frédéric Hantz (1 October 2020 – 25 December 2020)^[8]
• Mostafa Souiheb (26 December 2020 – 24 January 2021)^[8]
• Winfried Schafer (25 January 2021 – 12 November 2021)^[8]
• Sérgio Farias (23 June 2022 – 17 October 2022) ^[9]
• Hicham Jadrane (18 October 2022 – 8 April 2023)
• Nabeel Mohammad Anwar (9 April 2023 – 5 January 2024)
• Abdullah Mubarak (8 January 2024 – present)