Al-Duhail SC
Al-Duhail Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الدحيل الرياضي), formerly Lekhwiya SC, is a Qatari sports club, best known for its football team, which plays in the Qatar Stars League. The club is based in the Duhail district in the city of Doha and plays its home games at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium. It is the first team in Qatari football to win the first division title on its debut season.
| Full name | Al-Duhail Sports Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Red Knights | ||
| Founded | 2009 (as Lekhwiya) | ||
| Ground | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Doha, Qatar | ||
| Capacity | 9,000 | ||
| Chairman | Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani | ||
| Manager | Christophe Galtier | ||
| League | Qatar Stars League | ||
| 2022–23 | Qatar Stars League, 1st of 12 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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| Al Duhail SC active sections | ||
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Football |
Basketball |
Handball |
Volleyball |
Futsal |
Athletics |
In April 2017, it was announced that the club would take over El Jaish SC and merge with it following the 2016–17 Qatar Stars League and be known as Al-Duhail Sports Club in a rebranding of Lekhwiya SC.
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