Al-Rayyan Sports Club
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| Full name | Al-Rayyan Sports Club ( Arabic : نادي الريان الرياضي ) |
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| Nickname(s) | The Lions & Al-Raheeb (The Fierce) |
| Founded | 1967 |
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Ahmed bin Ali Stadium Al-Rayyan, Qatar |
| Capacity | 27,000 |
| Chairman | Sheik Saoud Bin Khalid Al Thani |
| Manager | Michael Laudrup |
| League | Qatar Stars League |
| 2015–16 | 1st |
| Website | Club home page |
| Al Rayyan's active sections | ||
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 'Football' |
 Basketball |
 Handball |
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 Futsal |
 Athletics |
| Al-Rayyan Stadium | |
| Full name | Ahmed bin Ali Stadium |
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| Location | Umm Al-Afai, Al Rayyan, Qatar |
| Capacity | 44,740 (football) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 2003 |
| Opened | 2003 |
Al-Rayyan Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الريان الرياضي) is a Qatari professional sports club fielding teams in a number of sports such as football, futsal, basketball, volleyball, handball, athletics, table tennis and swimming. It is based at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in Omm Alafai in the city of Al-Rayyan. The club was founded in 1967 after merging the old Rayyan team with Nusoor Club. The official team colours are red and black. The team is nicknamed is 'The Lions' and also 'Al-Raheeb' which means the The Fierce.
They have won numerous titles in all sports, including two Asian championships in basketball, the Arab championship in handball, futsal domestic titles, table tennis and volleyball, as well as numerous GCC basketball, handball and volleyball championships. Both the basketball and handball teams have qualified for the world championships. However, the football team gets the most attention from the club officials as well as the media and the fans.
Al Rayyan's history goes back to the mid-sixties when it was known as Old Al Rayyan. Old Al Rayyan, though an amateur football team, competed in matches arranged throughout the whole country, not being limited to the city in which it was based. Their headquarters was based in a two-bedroom house and they played their matches on a football field in a school based in the New Rayyan area. The club relied on donations from the fans during this period.
In 1967, Al Rayyan began as a combination of two groups called " new Al Rayyan’sons and old al-Rayyan’son". In 1967, Al-Rayyan started its factory. From 1967 until now, Al-Rayyan has accomplished many trophies not only in soccer even in the rest of the games such as handball, basketball and volleyball. The people who contributed to build Al Rayyan knew that this team would not be a regular team, but it will also represent the culture of the city of Al Rayyan outside of Qatar. In 2008, the club established magazine called SOUT AL RAYYAN (The Voice of Al Rayyan) which is the first magazine that cares about Al Rayyan news, and it is the only team’s magazine in Qatar.
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