Muaither SC

Muaither S.C.

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Full name	Muaither Sports Club
Founded	1996 (1996)
Ground	Muaither Sports Club Stadium Muaither, Qatar
Capacity	27,000
Chairman	Saleh Al-Aji
Manager	Mounir Jaaouani
League	Qatari Second Division
2020–21	Qatari Second Division, 3rd of 8
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Muaither SC (Arabic: نادي معيذر الرياضي) is a multi-sports club based in Muaither, Qatar. It is best known for its football department, which plays in the Qatari Second Division.

History

1996–2013: Second division

The club was founded in 1996 as "Al Shabab". It changed its name to "Al Muaither" in 2004 by decision of the Qatar Olympic Committee. They played exclusively in the Qatari Second Division until 2013.

Their first promotion play-off was in the 1999–00 season against Qatar SC.

In 2004, Muaither became the first team in history from the second division to win the Sheikh Jassem Cup. They defeated Al-Wakrah SC 2–1 in the final.

They finished as runners-up of the Second Division in the 2012 and 2013 season, which earned them promotion play-off matches against Umm Salal and Al Arabi. They lost the first match against Umm Salal, which was the club's second promotion play-off match in its history, by a scoreline of 0–1 after extra time in 2012. They also lost 1–2 against Al Arabi after extra time in 2013.

Their president, Saleh Al-Aji, filed a complaint on 23 April against Al Arabi under the pretense that they were fielding a suspended player, Baba Keita. This was according to the league statistics available on the Qatar Football Association's website. The QFA dashed their hope of being promoted by officially stating that the information they presented was not available on the website, and that Muaither must have acquired the information from third-party sources.

2013–2014: Qatar Stars League

It was announced on 7 May 2013 that the Qatar Stars League would expand to 14 clubs, which inferred that Muaither would be promoted to the first division despite losing the relegation play-off.

Their first action in the first division was to hire renowned Spanish-French coach, Ladislas Lozano.

They were relegated at the end of the 2013–14 season, along with Al Rayyan.

Current team staff

Coaching staff
Head coach	Mounir Jaaouani
Goalkeeping coach	Mihal Barbu Michał Chamera
Fitness coach	Daniel Rouman
Physiotherapist	Anthony Padayao
Driver	Ben Goodson
Technical staff
Team manager	Mahmoud Ali Mahmoud
Administrator	Hussein Khudair Jamal Saeed Ali Salah

Current squad

As of Qatari Second Division:

Nat Position Player Nation 1 GK Ahmad Rashwan Qatar 3 DF Islam Yassine Qatar 5 MF Ayoub Mashhor Qatar 6 MF Basem Abdulmenem Qatar 7 MF Nabil El Zhar Morocco 8 MF Mohammed Al Yazeedi Qatar 9 FW Abdallah Al Anzi Qatar 10 MF Ayoub Ouadrassi Qatar 11 MF Saif Al-Mohannadi Qatar 12 GK Ghaith Jumaa Qatar 14 FW Molham Babouli Syria 16 MF Ibrahim Elsadig Qatar 17 MF Mohammed Adnan Hamad Iraq 18 MF Ahmed Saleem Qatar 19 MF Malek Mohammed France 20 MF Ali Al-Marri Qatar 23 MF Waleed Saleh Qatar 37 DF Rashid Sumaila Ghana 38 MF Ghassan Waheed Qatar 39 DF Nadir Belhadj Algeria 64 MF Mohammed Omar Qatar 66 GK Majed Abdulateef Qatar 70 FW Abdullah Abdulrahman Qatar 71 GK Muaiad Shanan Qatar 99 FW Rafael Ramazotti Brazil — DF Islam Chahrour Algeria

Honours

• Qatari Second Division
  • Winners (1): 2015–16

• Qatari Sheikh Jassim Cup
  • Winners (1): 2003

Managerial history

• Fareed Ramzi (2004)
• Sabri Miniawy (2004–2006)
• Wameed Mounir (2006)
• Abdelkadir Bomir (2006–2007)
• Abdulrahman Taleb (2007–2008)
• Abdullah Saad (2009)
• Silvio Diliberto (2009–2012)
• Mohammed Sahel (2012–2013)
• Ladislas Lozano (19 June 2013–1 February 2014)
• Mohammed Sahel (1 February 2014–present)

External links

• Official website