Al-Wakrah SC

Al-Wakrah SC
Full nameAl-Wakrah Sports Club
Nickname(s)The Blue Waves
"The Sailors"
Founded1959; 65 years ago (1959)
GroundAl Janoub Stadium
Capacity29,000
ChairmanSheikh Khalifa bin Hassan
Head coachMiguel Ángel Ramírez
LeagueQatar Stars League
2022–23Qatari Stars League, 4th of 12
Websitehttps://alwakrahsc.qa/
Al Wakrah's active sections

Football

Basketball

Handball

Volleyball

Futsal

Athletics

Al-Wakrah Sport Club (Arabic: نادي الوكرة الرياضي) is a Qatari multi-sports club based in the city of Al Wakrah. Their professional football team competes in the Qatar Stars League. They play their home games at the Al Janoub Stadium.

Name history

  • 1959: Founded as Al-Wakrah Youth Club
  • 1967: Changed name to Al-Wakrah Sports Club

History

Interior of Al Janoub Stadium

Al Wakrah was founded in 1959,[1] and was officially legitimized in 1965 under the name of Al Wakrah Youth Club.[2] From that time, its football and handball sections were formed, with both participating in local competitions. It changed its name to Al Wakrah Sports Club in 1967. Over the years, it branched out to many sports, including chess, basketball, and bowling.

The original club headquarters at Al Wakrah Stadium was constructed in 1984, and tennis and squash teams were also formed during this time in addition to its previously formed sports teams. They won the Qatari league twice, in 1999 and 2001.[3]

The new club headquarters is Al Janoub Stadium, inaugurated in 2019[4] as one of the FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar sites and was designed by Zaha Hadid.[5]

Fanbase

A fan group Instagram account dedicated to the club's supporters was created in 2022 and was popularised during the world cup as Argentinian fans shared the club's colors and decided to support the club during its matches before the break.

Al Wakrah fans are mainly people who grew up supporting the club due to their love for the city of Al Wakrah. With a small but loyal fanbase, Al Wakrah continues to dominate games and cause huge upsets in the league.

Honours

Players

As of Qatar Stars League:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Qatar QAT Mohammed Al-Bakri
2 DF Qatar QAT Lucas Mendes
3 DF Qatar QAT Abdelkarim Hassan
5 MF Qatar QAT Ahmed Fadhel
6 MF Jordan JOR Omar Salah
7 FW England ENG Ayoub Assal
8 MF Egypt EGY Hamdy Fathy
9 FW Qatar QAT Mohamed Khaled Hassan U21
10 MF Angola ANG Gelson Dala
11 FW Cape Verde CPV Ricardo Gomes
12 DF Qatar QAT Yousef El-Khatib U21
13 DF Denmark DEN Alexander Scholz
14 DF Qatar QAT Tameem Al-Muhaza
15 DF Qatar QAT Al-Mahdi Ali Mukhtar
16 MF Qatar QAT Nabil Irfan U21
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Qatar QAT Jassim Al-Zarra (on loan from Al-Gharafa)
20 FW Qatar QAT Nasser Al Yazidi
21 MF Qatar QAT Khalid Muneer
22 GK Qatar QAT Saoud Al Khater
25 DF Qatar QAT Abdelaziz Mitwali
27 MF Qatar QAT Khaled Mohammed (on loan from Al-Duhail)
31 GK Qatar QAT Yousef Ramadan U21
32 MF Qatar QAT Anas Ramadan U21
33 MF Qatar QAT Moayad Hassan
45 MF Qatar QAT Muhammad Taher Khan
69 FW England ENG Maxim Jordan
70 MF Algeria ALG Farid Boulaya
93 MF Tunisia TUN Aïssa Laïdouni
96 FW Qatar QAT Fayiz Al-Farsi U21
99 GK Qatar QAT Omair Al-Sayed

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF Qatar QAT Abdelrahman Rashid (on loan to Al-Khor)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Qatar QAT Motaman Mohamed U21 (on loan to Júpiter Leonés)

Records and statistics

Mirghani Al Zain holds the club record for league goals scored

Last update: 23 February 2012.
Apps and goals in the QSL only

Most goals
# Nat. Name League Goals
1 Qatar Mirghani Al Zain 53
2 Morocco Adil Ramzi 47
3 Qatar Ali Mejbel Fartoos 24
4 Qatar Mansoor Muftah 19
5 Morocco Ali Boussaboun 18
Most caps
# Nat. Name League Caps
1 Qatar Turki Aman 249
2 Qatar Mirghani Al Zain 242
3 Qatar Nayef Al Khater 218
4 Qatar Ali Qassim 183
5 Qatar Mohammed Enyas 169

Club staff

Position Name
Head coach Spain Miguel Ángel Ramírez
Assistant coach Qatar Ali Al-Marri
Spain Beñat Labaien
Goalkeeper coach Brazil Davidson
Fitness coach Spain Cristóbal Fuentes
Chief analyst Spain Sergio Márquez
Technical Assistant Colombia Luís Piedrahita
Head of scouting Spain Sergio Márquez
Team manager Qatar
Doctor Morocco
Physiotherapist Tunisia
Medicaltherapist Spain
Technical director Qatar

Managerial history

As of 24 May 2012

Individual honours

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

The following players have played in the FIFA Confederations Cup:

Performance in AFC competitions

2001: First Round
2002: First Round

Other sports

Basketball

References

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