Al-Markhiya Sports Club

Al-Markhiya S.C.

Full name	Al-Markhiya Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Ittifaq
Founded	1995
Ground	Al-Markhiya Stadium, Doha
Capacity	40.000
Chairman	Mubarak Al-Naemi
Head coach	Ayman Mansour
League	Qatargas League
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Al-Markhiya Sports Club (Arabic: المرخية‎‎) is a Qatari multi-sports club, based in Doha.^[1] Its football department plays in the Qatargas League. It was widely regarded as the fastest improving team due to it winning the Second Division league 4 times in the first 5 it has taken part of. It has also entered history by being the first second division club to be promoted to the Qatar Stars League. The club was founded in 1995 as Al-Ittifaq, but was renamed to Al-Markhiya in 2004 to better represent the district where it is located.

Various conspiracies have kept the team from remaining in the Qatar Stars League - the most prominent being the infamous Al-Arabi game in 2002.

Honours

• Qatargas League

Winners (4): 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999

Players

As of Qatargas League:

No Position Player Nation 1 Goalkeeper Jalaleddine Omar      Qatar 22 Goalkeeper Mohammed Muntasser      Qatar 30 Goalkeeper Marwan Naji      Qatar 2 Defender Jassem Al-Shammeri      Qatar 3 Defender Sultan Khalaf      Qatar 4 Defender Nazem Rajab      Qatar 5 Defender Amer Mothana      Qatar 7 Defender Khamis Al-Khulaifi      Qatar 51 Defender Abdullah Al-Khodari      Qatar 6 Midfielder Saleh Al-Yahri      Qatar 8 Midfielder Dawod Abdulkarim      Qatar 12 Midfielder Ahmed Kanu      Oman 17 Midfielder Tareq Hamed      Qatar 20 Midfielder Mohammed Kani      Qatar 23 Midfielder Peter Opiyo      Kenya 40 Midfielder Yassin Yaqoub      Qatar 50 Midfielder Alan Sousa      Brazil 9 Forward Akram Zuway      Libya 10 Forward Ali Abo Kharimah      Qatar 70 Forward Mohammed Al-Mahri      Qatar

Players with Multiple Nationalities

• Jalaleddine Omar

Players registered as professionals

QSL clubs are limited to 4 foreign professionals 3 on the pitch 1 at the bench per squad.^[2]
Last update: 20 August 2014.^[3]

Professional players Ahmed Kanu Peter Opiyo Alan Sousa Akram Zuway

Technical staff

Last update: 21 July 2012.

Name	Role	Nationality
Ayman Mansour	Manager	Egyptian
Ali Salem Al-Ghanimi	Head of Youth Teams	Qatari
Yasser Ali Rayyashi	Vice-Head of Youth Teams	Qatari
Khalil Rayyashi	Vice-Head of Youth Teams	Qatari
Haroon Basheer	U-20 Head Coach	Qatari

List of managers

• Hassan Afif (1st) (2001–02)
• Eid Mubarak (2002)
• Hassan Afif (2nd) (2002–03)
• Talha Ashraf (1st) (2004–05)
• Hassan Afif (caretaker) (3rd) (2005)
• Hassan Afif (2006–07)
• Saad Hafez (2007)
• Karim Abdul Razak (2007–08)
• Hassan Afif (4th) (2008)
• Talha Ashraf (2nd) (2008)
• Fareed Ramzi (2008)
• Luis Fernando^[4] (2009)
• Luizinho (2009)
• Omar Meziane (2010)
• Ayman Mansour (2010–11)
• Osama Siksik (caretaker) (2011)
• Talha Ashraf (3rd) (2011–12)
• Peter Polák (2012–13)
• Osama Siksik (caretaker) (2013–14)
• Karim Abdul Razak (2014)
• Luizinho (2014–15)
• Ayman Mansour (2015–)^[5]

References

1. Official website (Arabic)
2. "اعتماد تسجيل أربعة لاعبين أجانب في الموسم الجديد". alkass.net. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
3. "موقع الكأس يرصد حركة الانتقالات قبل إنطلاق الدوري". alkass.net. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
4. مسيمير والشحانية في افتتاح كأس الدرجة الثانية (in Arabic). alarab.qa. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
5. Mojtaba Abdul Rahman Salem (15 December 2015). "الشمال يشعل دوري قطر غاز ليغ". Al Arab. Retrieved 15 December 2015.