El Jaish SC (handball)

El Jaish Handball Team (Arabic: فريق الجيش كرة اليد) was the handball team of El Jaish SC, a multisport club based in the Al-Duhail area of Doha, Qatar. It used to compete in the Qatar Handball League (QHL). The team which was officially founded in 2011, became a dominant force in the QHL since its formation.

El Jaish
Full name	El Jaish Handball Team
Nickname(s)	The Army
Founded	2011 (2011)
Arena	Al Rayyan Indoor Arena Al Rayyan, Qatar
Capacity	2,000
President	Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah
Head coach	Zoran Kastratović
League	Qatar Handball League
2016–17	1st (champions)
Club colours
Home Away
Website Official site

El Jaish's active sections
Football	Basketball	Handball
Volleyball	Futsal	Athletics

The team has previously won the continental championship, the Asian Club League Handball Championship, on one occasion in 2013. In April 2017, the club was taken over by Lekhwiya and rebranded into Al-Duhail SC.

Honours

• Qatar Handball League

Winners (4): 2010–11, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17

• Asian Club League Handball Championship

Winners (1): 2013

• IHF Super Globe

Third place (1): 2013

Notable former players

• Dan Beutler
• Nándor Fazekas
• Jovo Damjanović
• Žarko Marković
• Goran Stojanović
• Zoran Roganović
• Ahmed El-Ahmar
• Mirza Kapić
• Duško Čelica
• Deni Velić
• Janko Kević
• Milan Šajin

Managerial history

• Ivica Obrvan (2013)
• Kamel Akkab (2013–)^[1]
• Toni Gerona (2015-2017)

See also

• El Jaish SC
• IHF Super Globe