Lekhwiya

Duhail SC

Full name	Duhail Sports Club
Nickname(s)	The Red Knights
Founded	2009; 8 years ago (2009) as Lekhwiya 2017; 0 years ago (2017) Al-Duhail
Ground	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Doha, Qatar
Ground Capacity	12,000
Chairman	Sheikh Abdullah al Thani
Manager	Djamel Belmadi
League	Qatar Stars League
2016–17	Qatar Stars League, 1st
Website	Club home page

Lekhwiya's active sections
Football	Basketball	Handball
Volleyball	Futsal	Athletics

Al-Duhail Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الدحيل الرياضي‎‎) is a Qatari sports club, best known for its football team, which plays in the Qatar Stars League. The club is based in the city of Doha and plays its home games at Lekhwiya Sports Stadium. It is the first team in Qatari football to win the first division title on its debut season.

In April 2017, it was announced that the club would would take over El Jaish SC and merge with following the 2016–17 Qatar Stars League and be known as Al-Duhail Sports Club in rebranding of Lekhwiya sc.

The club was founded as Al-Shorta Doha and in 2009 was renamed to Lekhwiya. Lekhwiya club has the biggest financial budget in Qatar.

Upon the club's reformation, it was entered into the Qatari 2nd Division. It came fourth in the league on its first year before winning the next season in 2010.

In the club's first season in the Qatar Stars League, Lekhwiya finished at the top of the standings to win the 2010–11 Qatar Stars League. It was the first league title in the club's history. They also managed to reach the final of the 2010 Sheikh Jassem Cup, before losing in the final to Al-Arabi.

Their first official debut in a continental competition came on March 7, 2012 in the 2012 AFC Champions League. They won their first match against Al-Ahli of Saudi Arabia, with Nam Tae-Hee scoring the only goal and also scoring the first ever goal for Lekhwiya in any regional competition.

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