Al-Gharafa SC

Association football club in Qatar

football club

Active departments of
Al-Gharafa Sports Club

Football
Basketball
Al-Gharafa Sports Club ( Arabic : نادي الغرافة الرياضي‎ ) is a Qatari multisports baseball club based in the Al Gharrafa district of Al Rayyan. It is best known for its football team, although it besides has teams for other sports. It was established on 6 June 1979 as Al-Ittihad and later formally incorporated into the Qatar Football Association on 23 September of that lapp year. The club was formally renamed to its current form in 2004 to better represent the district of Al-Gharafa, of which the club belongs to. The club was most notably founded by Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim Al-Thani, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al-Thani, Sheikh Hamad bin Faisal Al-Thani, Sheikh Ali bank identification number Abdullah Al-Thani and Saad Mohammed Al-Rumaihi. [ 1 ] In a documentary produced by Al Kass sports duct about the history of the cabaret, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim mentioned that the theme was initially suggested by Saad Al-Rumaihi who was working as a sports diarist at the Al Raya Newspaper.

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history [edit ]

Al-Gharafa Sports Club was founded on 6 June 1979 and was formally created on 23 September 1979 as Al-Ittihad by the first president of the board of directors, Khalifa Bin Fahad Bin Mohammed Al-Thani ( 1979–1982 ) under resoluteness no. 9. Al-Gharafa was founded with the intent of creating sports facilities for the youth in the Al Gharrafa region. It did not occur to the leaders that Al-Gharafa would become as enormously successful as it is today. The name “ Al-Ittihad “, which when translated into English, means “ United ”, was chosen in the spirit of the brotherhood and solidarity that characterized the club and its leaders. Yellow and amobarbital sodium were selected as the club colors due to the founders ‘ endearment towards the Brazil national team. [ 1 ] Al-Gharafa owe a lot of its success in the early years to the fiscal and material support of its Sheikh leaders. [ 2 ] As Al-Gharafa was established relatively late compared to early Qatari clubs at the clock, it was sent to the Qatari 2nd Division. It dominated the league and won the title on its introduction in the 1979/80 temper with egyptian coach Mahmoud Abu Rujaila, adenine well three more times, the second by defending the championship in the 1980/81 temper, and the third gear in the 1983/84 season, which, subsequently, was the year that their youth team had besides won the league. Their beginning alien actor was Faisal Hannan, a sudanese football player who agreed to a contract one year prior to the club ‘s constitution. additionally, they won the 1986/87 season of the 2nd Division, allowing them to play in the 1987–88 season of the Qatar Stars League. The golf club ended up winning its first base Stars League title in 1991–92, breaking the 16-year deadlock between the three prevailing Qatari clubs Al-Arabi, Al Sadd, and Al-Rayyan. Al-Gharafa ‘s youth team besides won the league a class late in the 1992/93 season. The club were runner-up in 1994 to Al-Arabi, before winning the Emir of Qatar Cup 4 times in a quarrel, from 1995 to 1998, under coach Jamal Haji. [ 2 ] The club won the league for the moment time in the 1997/98 season with 32 points after they edged Al-Rayyan by a margin of 3 points. Al-Rayyan eat up runner-up, with Al Sadd in one-third place. The very adjacent class they finished runner-up to Al-Wakrah SC, however, Al-Gharafa had the best goal dispute. [ 2 ]
On Friday, 28 April 2000, at Khalifa International Stadium, Al-Gharafa won their first Qatar Crown Prince Cup. The match had ended scoreless before they beat Al-Rayyan 9–8 in a dramatic penalty shoot-out. They were led by Adel Khamis, the long-time captain of the team. Al-Gharafa besides won the Crown Prince Cup in 2010 and 2011. [ 2 ] They won the league backing in the 2000–01 season by defeating Al Sadd in their last game on 1 May 2001 by a scoreline of 1–0. After the match, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, then president of the olympian committee, delivered an award to Adel Khamis, adenine well as gold medals to the whole team and a sum of 500,000 Qatari riyals to the club. Rachid Amrane besides won the league top goalscorer with a reckoning of 16 goals. [ 2 ]
The Qatar Stars League was revamped in the 2004/05 season, with many clubs changing their names ( including Al-Gharafa ), angstrom well as changing the number of games played each season from 18 to 27. The golf club won the league this year, with only 1 personnel casualty from 27 games, bringing their point match to 66, which was 14 more than the runner-up, Al-Rayyan. They besides won their first Sheikh Jassem Cup that year, on 12/9/2005, after defeating Al Ahli 2–1, courtesy of goals from Rodrigo and Fahad Al Shammari. [ 2 ] The future class they were abortive in retaining the league championship, entirely finishing runner-up to Al Sadd. Although the adjacent season, they won the league once more, besides scoring the highest number of goals in a season with 72 goals, chiefly thanks to the efforts of Araújo, who scored 27 goals that season, shattering Gabriel Batistuta ‘s read of 25. [ 2 ]

stadium [edit ]

Al Gharafa plays its home games at Thani bin Jassim Stadium which is situated in the Al Gharafa suburb of Al Rayyan. The stadium holds 27,000 people and was built in 2003. The stadium hosted 2011 AFC asian Cup and other international competitions. It is planned to expand the existing 27,000 capability to 44,740 for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [ 3 ]

youth development [edit ]

Al Gharafa has one of the largest youth development programmes in the country. It recruits young person players for every age bracket available, and has produced national team players from its academy. They regularly visit local schools, equally well as control school tournaments, and offer students trials. presently there are approximately 350 players in the club ‘s young person ranks, with 100 players in its academy, and 240 players in grass roots. Break-up is as follows ( as of 2013 ) : [ 4 ]

Break-up of all youth players

Total number of youth players
Playing in national teams
In ASPIRE
350
35
45

Break-up of academy players

Category
U–19
U–17
U–15
U–14
Total no. of players

Number of players
25
25
25
25
100

Number of trainers
5
5
5
5

Training sessions/week
5
5
4
4

Break-up of grass–roots players

Category
U–12
U–11
U–10
U–9
U–8
U–7
U–6
U–15
Total no. of players

Number of players
30
30
30
30
30

30
30
20
240

Number of trainers
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4

Training sessions/week
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2

Honours [edit ]

Winners (4): 1979–80, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1986–87

Winners (7): 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2009, 2012

Winners (3): 2000, 2010, 2011

Winners (2): 2005, 2007

Winners (1): 1999

Records & statistics [edit ]

other records [edit ]

Season

Div.

Pos.

Pl.

Domestic cups

AFC

Other Competitions

1995–96

QSL
5
16
4
4
8
22
21
+1
16
CPC
PFC
ACWC,

ASC
GCC

1996–97

QSL
3
16
8
5
3
22
14
+8
29
CPC
PFC
ACWC,

ASC
GCC

1997–98

QSL
1
16
10
5
1
23
13
+10
32
CPC
PFC
ACWC,

ASC
GCC

1998–99

QSL
2
16
10
4
2
32
11
+21
34
CPC
PFC
ACWC,

ASC
GCC

1999–2000

QSL
4
16
5
8
3
24
15
+9
23
CPC

2000–01

QSL
5
16
8
4
4
27
19
+8
28
CPC
EC

2001–02

QSL
1
16
13
2
1
42
18
+24
41
CPC

2002–03

QSL
2
18
8
8
2
29
21
+8
32
CPC
PFC
SSC
EC

2003–04

QSL
6
18
7
5
6
33
24
+9
26
CPC
ACL

2004–05

QSL
1
27
20
6
1
71
23
+48
66
CPC
ACL
ARCL

2005–06

QSL
6
27
8
10
9
29
30
-1
34
CPC
ACL
Quarter-finals

2006–07

QSL
2
27
11
10
6
51
41
+10
43
CPC
PFC

2007–08

QSL
1
27
20
2
5
72
35
+37
62
CC
ACL
Group Stage

2008–09

QSL
1
27
17
5
5
56
33
+23
56
CC
PFC
ACL

2009–10

QSL
1
22
16
5
1
55
16
+39
53
CC
ACL
Group Stage

2010–11

QSL
2
22
14
1
7
51
31
+20
43
CC
ACL
Semi-finals

2011–12

QSL
6
22
8
7
7
26
27
-1
31
CPC
ACL
Semi-finals

2012–13

QSL
6
22
8
6
8
26
28
-2
30
CC

performance in AFC competitions [edit ]

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

As of Qatar Stars League:

Position

Player

Nation

Unregistered players [edit ]

Position

Player

Nation

Out on loan [edit ]

Position

Player

Nation

luminary players [edit ]

For a number of all former and current Al Gharafa players with a Wikipedia article, see class : Al-Gharafa SC players This list includes players whom have made significant contributions to their national team and to the club. At least 100 caps for the club or 80 caps for their national team is needed to be considered for inclusion. Updated 28 March 2016.

Personnel [edit ]

last update : 17 September 2021

cabaret officials [edit ]

management [edit ]

Position

Staff

President

Sh. Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani

Vice-President

Sh. Khalid bin Ahmed Al Thani

Treasurer

Sh. Thani bin Thamer Al Thani

General Secretary

Jassem Al Mansouri

Vice Secretary

Ahmed Al Shehhi

Board member

Sh. Abdulaziz bin Jassim Al-Thani

General Secretary

Sh. Hamad bin Mohammed Al Thani

General Secretary

Sh. Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Thani

General Secretary

Sh. Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani

last updated : 18 December 2014
Source : Board of Directors

managerial history [edit ]

last update : June 2014. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ]

Notes

Note 1 denotes caretaker role

References [edit ]

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