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Al Shahania beat Al Shamal 2-0 in Week 8 of Ooredoo Stars League
Al Shahania scored a valuable 2-0 win over Al Shamal in an exciting Week 8 match of the 2024-2025 season Ooredoo Stars League at the Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium of Qatar SC on Saturday. Pelle van Amersfoort (22nd minute–penalty) and substitute Abdulrahman Masoud (83rd minute) got the g
Upcoming matches
Results
QSL Cup |
10/11/2024
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Grand Hamad
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Ooredoo Stars League |
01/11/2024
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Al Thumama
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Ooredoo Stars League |
26/10/2024
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Suhaim Bin Hamad
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Ooredoo Stars League |
18/10/2024
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Jassim Bin Hamad
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QSL Cup |
11/10/2024
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Suhaim Bin Hamad
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MATCHES PLAYED 9
Wins 2
loses 5
DRAW MATCHES2
Goals11
GOALS CONCEDED16
Established: 1998
President: Mr. Saoud Manahi Al Shammari
Nick Name: Al Matanikh
Titles
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history
The club was founded in 1951 under the name Al Nasr and the first internal regulations were put in place in 1958. Al Nasr was one of the strongest Qatari clubs in the 1950s and early 1960s. The club attracted many foreign players who entertained Qatari fans those days with their skills. It was the first club to recruit foreign footballers.
Qatar’s football ambassador: Al Nasr club is considered as the first ambassador of Qatar football outside the Gulf region. It travelled to Lebanon and Syria in 1958, and played some friendly matches in Beirut, Tripoli and Damascus.
Al Shahania Club: The club was founded in 1998. Its headquarters was located in Al Rayyan area of Doha. It was a villa consisting of six rooms. In 2001, the club’s headquarters was relocated by the Qatar Olympic Committee to Al Shahania area with an administrative headquarters, a main stadium and changing rooms for players.
The club management has been keen to meet all necessary requirements of players, be they sportswear, transportation or entertainment. It has players (1989/1990/1991) in the Qatar Football Association’s age-group leagues. There are also junior and youth teams in addition to the first team.
Coach
Alvaro Mejia
Date of Birth:18/01/1982
He began his football career with Real Madrid in 2003, and participated with them in 71 matches across all competitions, during which he scored 13 goals. In July 2007, he moved to Real Murcia and played with them until 2010, during which he participated in a total of 114 matches and scored four goals.
In the summer of 2010, he moved to Arles Avignon Club and participated with them in 12 matches. Six months later in the winter of 2011, he moved to the Turkish club Konyaspor, and in 2014 he moved to the Qatar Stars League, specifically to Al Shahaniya Club, until 2020, before he took over as assistant coach for the team in 2021, and trained the team.
The first in 2022 and achieved many achievements with the team, by achieving the second division cup title. He also contributed to the team reaching the semi-finals of the HH the Amir’s Cup in the penultimate edition for the first time in the club’s history. He also led Al Shahaniya to qualify for the Stars League last season after winning the playoff match.
Al Markhiya won by three goals to one.