Lekhwiya Sports Club is a Qatar

Qatar

Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...

i sports club

Sports club

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, best known for its football team

Football team

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, which plays in the Qatar Stars League. The club is based in the city of Doha

Doha

Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...

.

History

The club was founded as Al-Shorta Doha and in January 2010 was renamed in Lekhwiya. Lekhwiya club has the biggest Financial budget in Qatar .

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

2010–11 Qatar Stars League

The 2010-11 Qatari League or Qatari Stars League season will be the 38th edition of top level football championship in Qatar and started in September.-Teams:...

. It was the first league title in the club's history. They also managed to reach the final of the 2010 Sheikh Jassem Cup

2010 Sheikh Jassem Cup

The 2010 Sheikh Jassem Cup is the 32nd edition of the league cup competition for football teams from Qatar.Umm-Salal are the defending champions.- Round One Groups :14 clubs were drawn into 4 groups of 4 or 5 teams...

, before losing in the final to Al-Arabi.

Current Players

Notable players

 Brazil

• Netinho

 Egypt

• Ashraf Mohammed

 Iraq

• Anwar Abdulfodhail
• Hussain Ali Shehab

 Libya

• Gollas Jodiea

 Morocco

• Abdeslam Ouaddou
  Abdeslam Ouaddou
  Abdeslam Ouaddou is a Moroccan football defender. He currently plays for Qatar SC.-Career:He started his footballing career quite late, at the age of 21. On December 7, 2006 Ouaddou asked Olympiacos to release him free because he felt homesick and had some family problems...
  
  

 Oman

• Mubarak Eid Al Saadi

 Pakistan

• Hamed Naseer

 Qatar

• Mousa Al Allaq
  Mousa Majid Al Allaq
  Mousa Majid Al Allaq is a Qatari footballer who currently plays for Lekhwiya.-International career:The defender has regularly represented Qatar in the under-23 national football team...
  
  
• Fawaz Al Khater
  Fawaz Al Khater
  Fawaz Daoud Sultan Abdullah Al-Khater is a Qatari footballer, who currently plays for Al Jaish.-Career:The defender joined in August 2010 on loan to Lekhwiya and returned to his club Umm Salal in January 2011.-Notes:...
  
  
• Sultan Belal Al Shahwani
• Thamer Babushmoos
• Sadeq Edris
• Aws Ibrahim
• Abdulkadir Ja"eel
• Ahmed Kalaf
• Ali Nasser
  Ali Nasser
  Ali Nasser Saleh is a Yemeni-Qatari footballer who is a defender for Lekhwiya.- Notes :...
  
  
• Abdulaziz Rabe
• Rabee Yousuf

 Somalia

• Abdulkareem Adam

 Sudan

• Mohamed Izzeldin Mohamed

 Uzbekistan

• Jasur Hasanov
  Jasur Hasanov
  Jasur Orziqulovich Hasanov is a footballer from Uzbekistan currently playing for Qatari club Qatar SC...