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Qatar Sports Club (Arabic: نادي قطر الرياضي) is a sports club based in Doha, Qatar. It is best known for its football team which competes in the Qatar Stars League. The club was founded in 1961 with the merger of two Qatari football clubs, Al-Oruba and Al-Nasour.
They play their home games in the Qatar SC Stadium, which can accommodate 13,000 spectators. The club has recently diversified into sports other than football with an athletics division having been established, competing in sprinting, long jump and javelin throwing. The club adopted its current name, Qatar SC, in 1981.
History
Formation (1972)
In 1972, Al-Oruba merged with Al-Nasour to form a new football club named Al-Esteqlal. Former player Saad Mohammed Saleh was selected as the first coach. Al Esteqlal was one of the strongest clubs right from its establishment, winning its first official Q-League season in 1972–73. The next year, in 1974, Al Sadd hired head coach Hassan Othman from the club in addition to 14 of its players, including Hassan Mattar and Mubarak Anber, much to the dismay of club president Hamad bin Suhaim. During this period, transfers could be made unconditionally in Qatari football. Despite the resounding difficulties arising from the transfer fiasco, the club continued with its success, winning the 1976–77 season and supplying the national team with some of its most prominent players.
1981–present: Qatar SC
Al Esteqlal was renamed Qatar SC in 1981. However, it gradually faded into obscurity for the next 2 decades, with the league being dominated by Al Arabi, Al Sadd, and Al Rayyan. The club won the Qatar Crown Prince Cup in 2002 and also won the 2002–03 league season by three points. They won the Crown Prince Cup the same year, and again in 2009. The club was relegated to Qatari Second Division after the 2015-16 season, but were promoted back to the top division the next season.
Qatar Club ble grunnlagt i 1969 og har siden etablert seg som et av de mest suksessrike basketballlagene i Qatar. De har vunnet flere QBL-mesterskap, Qatari basketbalcup og Qatar Super Cup.
På internasjonalt nivå har Qatar Club deltatt i FIBA Asia Champions Cup og andre FIBA-turneringer. De har oppnådd suksess i disse turneringene, og nådde finalen i FIBA Asia Champions Cup i 2008.
Qatar Club har et sterkt og talentfullt lag, ledet av erfarne spillere som kaptein Daoud Musa og den amerikanske importen Justin Carter. Laget er kjent for sitt raske tempo og aggressive forsvarsspill.
Hjemmebanen til Qatar Club er Al-Sadd Indoor Arena, en toppmoderne arena med en kapasitet på over 5000 tilskuere. Laget har en sterk fanbase som gir støyende støtte under hjemmekampene.