El Jaish SC (handball) explained

Clubname:	El Jaish
Fullname:	El Jaish Handball Team
Nickname:	The Army
Ground:	Al Rayyan Indoor Arena Al Rayyan, Qatar
Capacity:	2,000
Chairman:	Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	Zoran Kastratović
League:	Qatar Handball League
Season:	2016–17
Position:	1st (champions)
Website:	https://web.archive.org/web/20130926052628/http://www.eljaish.com/public.php
Colour1:	Maroon
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El Jaish Handball Team (ar|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.

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Asian Champion’s League 2013 : Encore un titre pour Kamel Akkeb !. dzhand.net. 14 June 2014.