Al-Markhiya SC

Al-Markhiya Sports Club (Arabic: المرخية‎) is a Qatari multi-sports club, based in the Al Markhiya district of 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.

Al-Markhiya S.C.

Full name	Al-Markhiya Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Ittifaq
Founded	1995
Ground	Al-Markhiya Stadium, Doha
Capacity	200
Chairman	Ali AlMusaifri
Head coach	Omar Najhi
League	Qatari Second Division
2019/20	2nd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Honours

• Qatargas League

Winners (5): 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2017

Stadium

Built in 1995, the Al-Markhiya Stadium covers 68,000 m² and features a football pitch with a capacity for 200 people, locker rooms and an administrative office.[2] However, due to its insufficient capacity and facilities, the club frequently uses Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium as its homegrounds.[3]

Current squad

As of Qatari Second Division:

No. Position Player Nation 1 Goalkeeper Ali Al-Tamimi  Qatar 3 Defender Mohammed Arafah  Qatar 5 Forward Omar Moharram  Qatar 6 Midfielder Salem Al-Hadhrami  Qatar 7 Midfielder Ali Al-Muhannadi  Qatar 8 Midfielder Talal Al-Shila  Qatar 9 Forward Farid Al-Marhoubi  Qatar 10 Forward Ahmad Al Douni  Syria 11 Midfielder Mohammed Al Yazeedi  Qatar 12 Midfielder Ahmed Kanu  Oman 13 Midfielder Ali Al-Shibani  Qatar 14 Midfielder Mohammed Al-Taher  Qatar 16 Midfielder Ghassan Waheed  Qatar 17 Midfielder Mohammed Al-Qahtani  Qatar 18 Defender Aden Ali Aden  Qatar 19 Defender Anas Bani Yaseen  Jordan 20 Midfielder Mohammed Al-Majed  Qatar 21 Goalkeeper Basel Samih  Qatar 22 Midfielder Eisa Al-Muhannadi  Qatar 23 Midfielder Abdulla Afifa  Qatar 27 Midfielder Jameel Al-Yahmadi  Oman 28 Defender Yousef Ramadan  Qatar 31 Goalkeeper Jassim Fakhroo  Qatar 71 Defender Fred Dabanka  Qatar 80 Midfielder Abdullah Al-Hajri  Qatar 90 Forward Salem Khalifah  Qatar 92 Defender Hamad Balghaith  Qatar 95 Goalkeeper Mohammed Fathi  Qatar 96 Midfielder Abdullah Yousef  Qatar

Out on loan

Nat Position Player Nation — Defender Saleh Al Yahri (on loan to Al-Wakrah)  Qatar

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 (2015–2016)
• Silvio Diliberto (2016–)

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References

1. Official website Archived 16 July 2012 at Archive.today (in Arabic)
2. "QOC Venue Booklet" (PDF). Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC). 24 March 2015. p. 76. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
3. "Club profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
4. مسيمير والشحانية في افتتاح كأس الدرجة الثانية (in Arabic). alarab.qa. 29 September 2009. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
5. Mojtaba Abdul Rahman Salem (15 December 2015). "الشمال يشعل دوري قطر غاز ليغ". Al Arab. Retrieved 15 December 2015.