Al Rayyan SC Futsal Team explained

Clubname:Al Rayyan Sports Club
Fullname:Al Rayyan Futsal Team
Nickname:The Lions
Al-Raheeb (The Fearful)
Ground:Al Rayyan Sports Complex
Al-Rayyan
Capacity:2,000
Chairman:Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani
League:Qatar Futsal League
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See main article: Al Rayyan Sports Club.

Al Rayyan Futsal Team is part of Al Rayyan Sports Club in Qatar. It is based in Umm Al Afaei, Al Rayyan. The team was founded in 2006. Since the Qatar professional futsal league started in 2006/2007, Al Rayyan were the main force in Qatar. They won the first Qatar professional league when it first started in 2006/2007. Al Rayyan won the first Qatar Association Cup in 2008/2009, beating Qatar SC 7–5 in the final. In addition to the first league and cup titles, Al Rayyan secured the first Qatar Futsal Super Cup in 2010/2011 after beating Al Sadd 3–2 in a thrilling encounter.In the first time in the history of futsal in Qatar, the winner of the league would be decided by a play-off. Al Rayyan subsequently won their third league title by beating Al Gharafa 3–2 and 4–3 in both final games sealing their second consecutive league title.

Al Rayyan hosted the second AFC champions league tournament during 26-6-2011 and 1-7-2011. In May 2011 Al Rayyan signed two Iranian international stars on loan from Foolad Mahan to participate in the AFC Champions League 2011: Mohammad Taheri (the best Asian player in 2010) and Ali Hassanzadeh.

The team finished fourth, losing in the semi-finals to Shahid Mansouri from Iran 6–5 after extra time in a controversial match. Al Rayyan got the Fair Play Award and Ali Hassanzadeh won the tournament top scorer with 10 goals.

Season to season

SeasonDivisionPlaceQatar Federation CupSuper CupAFC Club Championship
2006/07QFL1stNot HeldNot HeldNot Held
2007/08QFL2ndNot HeldNot HeldNot Held
2008/09QFL2nd1stNot HeldNot Held
2009/2010QFL1stSemi-finalistNot Heldnot qualified
2010/2011QFL1stFinalist1st4th
2011/2012QFL????Finalist4th

Former head coaches

Club honours

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hassan Rhouila - Futsal Coach. futsalplanet.com. 5 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194518/http://www.futsalplanet.com/gallery/gallery-02.asp?PerId=1198. 4 March 2016. dead.
  2. Web site: Adil Sayeh - Futsal Coach. futsalplanet.com. 5 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114833/http://www.futsalplanet.com/gallery/gallery-02.asp?PerId=1763. 4 March 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: Dževad Habibija ima svojo spletno stran. futsal.si. 5 January 2012. Slovenian.
  4. Web site: Juanito will coach the Qatar club "Al Rayyan". lnfs.es. 5 January 2012. September 2011.