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{{Short description|Multi-sports club in Qatar}}
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| fullname = Al-Shamal Sports Club
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| founded = {{Start date and age|1980}}
| ground = [[Al-Shamal SC Stadium]]
| capacity = 5,300
| chairman = Ibrahim Abdullah Hussein Al-Sada
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = [[David Prats]]
| league = [[Qatar Stars League]]
| season = [[2024–25 Qatar Stars League|2024–25]]
| position = Qatar Stars League, 6th of 12
| website = {{URL|https://alshamal.qa}}
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'''Al-Shamal Sports Club''' ({{langx|ar|نادي الشمال الرياضي}}) is a [[Qatar]]i multi-sports club based in [[Madinat ash Shamal]]. Al-Shamal was founded in 1980. Its football team competes in the [[Qatar Stars League]], the top tier of the national football league system.

==History==
Mohammed bin Badr Al-Sadah founded the club in 1980. Al-Sadah started his football administration career as a member of the [[Al Sadd SC|Al Sadd]] Board of Directors in 1972, before founding and serving as the first president of Al-Shamal in 1980.<ref name="2022interview">{{cite web|last1=Al-Muhannadi|first1=Mohammed Ali|url=https://al-sharq.com/article/17/11/2022/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B3%D8%B3-%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%A8-%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%8B:-%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7|title=محمد بن بدر السادة رئيس ومؤسس نادي الشمال ونائب رئيس الأتحاد القطري لكرة القدم مسبقاً: يا جماهيرنا ادعموا منتخبنا|publisher=Al Sharq|language=Arabic|date=17 November 2022|accessdate=8 June 2024}}</ref> With very few resources at their disposal, the team played its early matches on dirt pitches. The team's results in matches were sub-par initially, leading to the administration prioritising youth development. This led to the emergence of players such as Adnan Abdullah, the first Al-Shamal player to compete with the [[Qatar national football team|Qatar national team]],<ref name="2023interview"/> and Jassim Al Muhaiza, who achieved the rare feat of playing for three age categories of the Qatar national team in one season.<ref name="2022interview"/>

The team's first coach was former [[Zamalek SC|Zamalek]] player Samir Kotb. He would be succeeded by his compatriot Ibrahim Al-Sheikh, who formerly played for Egypt's [[Al Nasr SC (Egypt)|Al Nasr]].<ref name="2023interview">{{cite web|last1=Al-Muhannadi|first1=Mohammed Ali|url=https://al-sharq.com/article/04/04/2023/%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%81%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AD-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AB%D8%B1%D9%8A|title=بن شمسان حامي الرويس من القراصنة|publisher=Al Sharq|language=Arabic|date=4 April 2023|accessdate=8 June 2024}}</ref> Other early coaches include Sudanese former footballer Anwar Babiker, whose son later played professionally for the club as well as other clubs in Qatar and abroad, and Zaid Al-Sadah.<ref name="raya1">{{cite web|last1=Al-Gharawi|first1=Saber|url=https://www.raya.com/2007/09/01/%D9%82%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%82%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84/|title=قمة الطموحات والآمال في قلعة الشمال|publisher=Al Raya|language=Arabic|date=1 September 2007|accessdate=8 June 2024}}</ref>

Initially, the club only had a football section, but in 1982 it branched out to [[handball]], with early coaches for this category being Ezz El-Din Bin Sultan and Ramadan Madani Abdel-Al. In the following years, the club established teams in other sports, starting with [[volleyball]], under the supervision of Abdel-Azim Bayoumi and Mamdouh Ali, and followed by [[table tennis]], which was overseen by a Chinese coach. Following these were the additions of sections for [[basketball]], whose early coaches included Hassan Youssef and Mohammed Hamed, and [[Sport of athletics|athletics]], which was first coached by Ahmed Al-Maghrabi, followed by Qadri Bakri. During this period of the club's history, age categories for the football team were also formed.<ref name="raya1"/>

Among the earliest accomplishments of the club was its youth football team coming in third place in the General Youth League in 1982–83.<ref name="raya1"/> In 1983, [[Abel Verônico]] took charge of the senior team. Under his leadership, the club won its first championship, the [[1985–86 Qatari Second Division|1985–86]] edition of the [[Qatari 2nd Division]].<ref name="santos"/> This ensured their promotion to the country's [[Qatar Stars League|top tier]] of football for the first time ever, taking part in the [[1986–87 Qatar Stars League]]. They would go on to win the Arab Peace Championship, a regional tournament, in 1995.<ref name="raya1"/> Their most notable triumph was winning the 1996 [[Sheikh Jassim Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.qfa.qa/al-shamal-sc/|title=نادي الشمال الرياضي|publisher=Qatar Football Association|language=Arabic|accessdate=8 June 2024}}</ref> 

In 2001, the club administration successfully acquired ownership of the club's headquarters from the [[Ministry of Public Health (Qatar)|Ministry of Health]].<ref name="raya1"/> In 2011, the club opened its home stadium, [[Al-Shamal SC Stadium]] in [[Madinat ash Shamal]]. It has emerged as a prominent local landmark in the city.<ref name="stadium1"/> Aside from accommodating the club's sports teams, it also features a banquet hall and a lecture hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://alshamal.qa/%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%ae-%d9%88-%d8%a3%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%b7%d9%8a%d8%b1/|title=نبذة عن النادي|publisher=Al Shamal Sports Club|language=Arabic|accessdate=8 June 2024}}</ref>

==Stadium==
{{Main|Al-Shamal SC Stadium}}
[[File:Shamal sports club-Qatar.JPG|thumb|View of the stadium]]

Modeled after the historic [[Zubarah Fort]], [[Al-Shamal SC Stadium]], the club's home grounds is renowned for its unique design, with its red bricks being imported from India.<ref name="2023interview"/> It was opened in 2011.<ref name="stadium1">{{cite web|url=https://alshamal.qa/%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%a3%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af-%d8%a8%d9%86-%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%8a/|title=ملعب الشمال الرياضي|publisher=Al Shamal Sports Club|language=Arabic|accessdate=8 June 2024}}</ref> Spread over an area of 84,000 m<sup>2</sup> in [[Madinat ash Shamal]], the stadium had an original seating capacity of 3,500 spectators,<ref name="qoc"/> though this was later increased to a 5,000 seating capacity.<ref name="stadium1"/> The club also has an indoor sports hall, with a capacity for 500 spectators, which is used by its handball, volleyball and basketball teams. Furthermore, an athletics field and a football training field can be found at the venue.<ref name="qoc">{{cite web|url=http://adminuser.mcs.gov.qa/OpenDataLibrary/final%20QOC%20Venue%20Booklet%20-MOCSv1---.pdf|title=QOC Venue Booklet|publisher=Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC)|page=67|date=24 March 2015|access-date=14 November 2019|archive-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129005904/http://adminuser.mcs.gov.qa/OpenDataLibrary/final%20QOC%20Venue%20Booklet%20-MOCSv1---.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Honours==
===Domestic===
*'''[[Qatari 2nd Division]]'''
**'''Winners (4):''' 1985–86, 2002–03, 2014–15, 2020–21
*'''[[Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup]]'''
**'''Winners (1):''' 1996

===Regional===
*'''Arab Peace Championship'''
**'''Winners (1):''' 1995

==Players==
''As of [[Qatar Stars League]]:''

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{{Fs player |no=2|nat=QAT|name=[[Mouafak Awad]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=3|nat=FRA|name=[[Younes El Hannach]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=4|nat=SEN|name=[[Pape Abou Cissé]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=5|nat=TUN|name=[[Naïm Sliti]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=6|nat=IRN|name=[[Omid Ebrahimi]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=7|nat=ALG|name=[[Mohamed Rafik Omar]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player |no=8|nat=QAT|name=[[Talal Al-Shila]]|pos=MF|other={{small|on loan from [[Al-Markhiya SC|Al-Markhiya]]}}}}
{{Fs player |no=9|nat=QAT|name=[[Nasser Al-Nasr]] |pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=10|nat=MAR|name=[[Younès Belhanda]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=11|nat=ALG|name=[[Baghdad Bounedjah]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player |no=12|nat=QAT|name=[[Mohammed Al-Mannai]] |pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=13|nat=QAT|name=[[Marawan Brimil]] {{small|<sup>'''U21'''</sup>}}|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=14|nat=GHA|name=Omar Ali|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=15|nat=QAT|name=[[Jassim Al-Mehairi]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=16|nat=QAT|name=[[Abdulaziz Mohammed (Qatari footballer)|Abdulaziz Mohammed]]|pos=MF|other={{small|on loan from [[Al-Duhail SC|Al-Duhail]]}}}}
{{fs mid|nonumber=|bg=FF0000|color=FFFFFF|border=FFFFFF}}
{{Fs player |no=17|nat=QAT|name=[[Mohammed Musa]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=19|nat=QAT|name=[[Faisal Azadi]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=21|nat=QAT|name=Abdullatif Al-Ishaq {{small|<sup>'''U21'''</sup>}}|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=22|nat=QAT|name=Othman Basti {{small|<sup>'''U21'''</sup>}}|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=23|nat=QAT|name=[[Mohammed Al-Naimi]]|pos=DF|other={{small|on loan from [[Al-Duhail SC|Al-Duhail]]}}}}
{{Fs player |no=24|nat=COL|name=[[Jeison Murillo]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=30|nat=QAT|name=[[Omar Bari]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player |no=33|nat=QAT|name=[[Ahmed Hagana]] {{small|<sup>'''U21'''</sup>}}|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=39|nat=QAT|name=[[Mohammed Al-Rabiei]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=44|nat=QAT|name=[[Mahdi Salem]] |pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=45|nat=QAT|name=[[Abdullah Al-Radhi]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player |no=47|nat=IRQ|name=[[Fahad Waad]] |pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=50|nat=QAT|name=Shahin Shah Khel {{small|<sup>'''U21'''</sup>}}|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player |no=67|nat=QAT|name=[[Jassem Al-Hashemi]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=95|nat=GUI|name=[[Babacar Seck (footballer)|Babacar Seck]]|pos=GK}}
{{fs end|nonumber=|bg=FF0000|color=FFFFFF|border=FFFFFF}}

===Out on loan===
{{fs start|nonumber=|bg=FF0000|color=FFFFFF|border=FFFFFF}}
{{Fs player |no=18|nat=QAT|name=[[Talal Muneer]]|pos=MF|other={{small|on loan to [[Muaither SC|Muaither]]}}}}
{{Fs player |no=|nat=QAT|name=[[Mohamed Kadik]]|pos=GK|other={{small|on loan to [[Al Shahaniya SC|Al-Shahaniya]]}}}}
{{fs mid|nonumber=|bg=FF0000|color=FFFFFF|border=FFFFFF}}
{{Fs player |no=|nat=ARG|name=[[Matías Nani]]|pos=DF|other={{small|on loan to [[Al-Gharafa SC|Al-Gharafa]]}}}}
{{Fs player |no=|nat=LBA|name=[[Al Dokali Al Seyed]]|pos=MF|other={{small|on loan to [[Al Ahli SC (Tripoli)|Al-Ahli Tripoli]]}}}}
{{fs end|nonumber=|bg=FF0000|color=FFFFFF|border=FFFFFF}}

== Club staff ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Position
!Name
|-
|Head coach
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[David Prats]]
|-
|Assistant coach
|{{Flagicon|QAT}} Saoud Al-Sayed
|-
|Goalkeeper coach
|{{Flagicon|SEN}} Hassan Idriss Dicko
|-
|Fitness coach
|{{Flagicon|QAT}} Ahmed Al-Qahtani
|-
|Match Analysis
|{{Flagicon|QAT}} Mahmoud El-Tahir
|-
|Sports Director
|{{Flagicon|QAT}} Mishaal Muqbil Al Ali
|-
|Media and Marketing Director
|{{Flagicon|QAT}} Taha Issa Al Muhaiza
|-
|Doctor
|{{Flagicon|QAT}} Osama Masoud
|-
|Physiotherapist
|{{Flagicon|QAT}} Ibarhim Abdulnaser
|-
|Performance Analyst
|{{Flagicon|QAT}} Salman Nazzal
|-
|Technical director
|{{Flagicon|QAT}} Nasser Jawal
|}

==Managerial history==
{{updated|16 May 2023}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/al-shamal-sc/9/ | title=Al Shamal SC » Manager history | date= | accessdate=2023-05-16 | archive-date=2023-05-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517052443/https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/al-shamal-sc/9/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=28em}}
*{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Samir Kotb]] (1980–??)<ref name="2023interview"/>
*{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Ibrahim Al-Sheikh]]<ref name="2023interview"/>
*{{flagicon|SUD}} [[Anwar Babakir]]<ref name="raya1"/>
*{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Zaid Al-Sadah]]<ref name="raya1"/>
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Abel Verônico]] (1983–87)<ref name="santos">{{cite web|last1=Guarche|first1=Guilherme|url=https://www.santosfc.com.br/abel-veronico-um-ponta-esquerda-que-honrou-a-camisa-do-peixe/|title=Abel Verônico, um ponta-esquerda que honrou a camisa do Peixe|publisher=Santos FC|language=Portuguese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306005543/https://www.santosfc.com.br/abel-veronico-um-ponta-esquerda-que-honrou-a-camisa-do-peixe/|archive-date=6 March 2022|accessdate=8 June 2024}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Ibrahim Al-Sheikh]] (1987)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raya.com/2024/05/25/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%88%D9%91%D9%84-%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D8%A9%D9%8C-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%91%D8%A9%D9%8C-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%83%D9%84-%D8%B3-21/|title=شواطئ رائعة للبحث عن جمال|publisher=Al Raya|language=Arabic|date=27 May 1987|accessdate=8 June 2024}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Carlos Roberto Cabral|Cabralzinho]] (1988)
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Allan Jones (football coach)|Allan Jones]] (1995–98)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://almadapaper.net/sub/12-263/p21.htm|script-title=ar:المدرب المتألق في الملاعب القطرية سعد حافظ قدت فريق التضامن لإحراز كأس قطر رفضت العقد اللبناني إكراماً لعيون النصر خرجت نجوم المنتخب القطري|publisher=almadapaper.net|language=ar|access-date=1 September 2013|archive-date=30 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530165905/http://almadapaper.net/sub/12-263/p21.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Procópio Cardoso]] (1999)
*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Adnan Dirjal]] (1999)
*{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Mohamed Arfaoui]] (1999–00)
*{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Maher Siddiq]] (2000)
*{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Hemdan Hamad]] (2000)
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Abdelkadir Bu Hamid]] (2000–01)
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Luisinho Lemos]] (2001–02)
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Uli Maslo]] (2002–03)
*{{flagicon|SWI}} [[Robert Mullier]] (2003)
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Valdeir Vieira]] (Dec 2003&nbsp;– Jan 04)
*{{flagicon|SWI}} [[Robert Mullier]] (Jan 2004–05)
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Stefano Impagliazzo]] (2005)
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Reinhard Fabisch]] (2005)
*{{flagicon|SWI}} [[Robert Mullier]] (2005–06)
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Fernando Dourado]] (2006)
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Adilson Fernandes]] (Jul 2006&nbsp;–Mar 08)
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Sebastião Rocha (football manager)|Sebastião Rocha]] (2008)
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Stephane Morello]] (Oct 2008&nbsp;–Jan 09)
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[José Paulo Rubim|José Paulo]] (2009)
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Robertinho (footballer, born 1960)|Robertinho]] (2009&nbsp;–Nov 09)
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alain Michel (football manager)|Alain Michel]] (Nov 2009&nbsp;–Jun 10)
*{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Wajdi Essid]] (2010)
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Luisinho Lemos]] (Sep 2010&nbsp;–Feb 12)
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[José Paulo Rubim|José Paulo]] (Feb 2012&nbsp;–Aug 12)
*{{flagicon|ROM}} [[Costică Ștefănescu]] (Aug 2012&nbsp;–Dec 2012)
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Silvio Diliberto]] (Dec 2012–2014)
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Dragan Cvetković]] (Jan 2015–May 2015)
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Adilson Fernandes]] (Jul 2015–Jun 2016)
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Ilie Stan]] (Jul 2016–Jan 2017)
*{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Slavko Matić]] (Jan 2017–Oct 2017)
*{{flagicon|NED}} [[Silvio Diliberto]] (Oct 2017–2018)
*{{flagicon|SER}} [[Darko Novic]] (Sep 2018–2020)
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Hicham Jadrane]] (Jul 2020–Jun 2022)
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Hisham Zahid]] (Jul 2022–Feb 2023)
*{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Wesam Rizik]] (Feb 2023–Jun 2023)
*{{flagicon|IRI}} [[Poya Asbaghi]] (Jun 2023–July 2024)
*{{flagicon|POR}} Nuno Almeida (July 2024–present)
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|https://alshamal.qa/}}

{{Al-Shamal SC squad}}
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