Lekhwiya SC
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| Full name | Lekhwiya Sports Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Red Knights |
| Founded | 2009 |
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Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Doha, Qatar |
| Capacity | 12,000 |
| Chairman | Sheikh Abdullah al Thani |
| Manager | Djamel Belmadi |
| League | Qatar Stars League |
| 2015–16 | Qatar Stars League, 4th |
| Website | Club home page |
| Lekhwiya's active sections | ||
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 Football |
 Basketball |
 Handball |
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 Futsal |
 Athletics |
Lekhwiya Sports Club (Arabic: نادي لخويا 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.
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.
In the 2011–12 Qatar Stars League season, Lekhwiya retained the league title with two games left to be played.
They inaugurated a new stadium, under the name of Lekhwiya Sports Stadium, on February 15, 2013 in a match against Al Khor and won their third league title in the first season at the new stadium.
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