El Jaish SC
El-Jaish Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الجيش الرياضي) was a Qatari multi-sports club from 2011 to 2017, based in the Al-Duhail area of Doha. The association football team played in the Qatar Stars League. The team won the Qatargas League prior to 2011, but were not eligible for promotion and as a result were not declared as the champions of the league. It was promoted to the first division, the Stars League, the first year after it was made eligible.
| Full name | El Jaish Sports Club نادي الجيش الرياضي | ||
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| Founded | 2011 | ||
| Dissolved | 1 July 2017 | ||
| Ground | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Doha, Qatar | ||
| Capacity | 12,000 | ||
| Chairman | N/A | ||
| Manager | Sabri Lamouchi | ||
| League | Qatar Stars League | ||
| 2016–17 | Qatar Stars League, 4th | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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| El Jaish's active sections | ||
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Football |
Basketball |
Handball |
Volleyball |
Futsal |
Athletics |
The club also had participations in other sports, most notably in handball where its team has previously achieved 3rd place in both the GCC Handball Championship and the Asian Club Handball Championship.
In April 2017, it was announced that the club would be taken over by Lekhwiya SC following the 2016–17 Qatar Stars League, and merge into Lekhwiya SC which would be rebranded as Al-Duhail SC.