El Jaish SC is a
Qatari
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the ...
professional
basketball
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club. The club competes in the
Qatari Basketball League
The Qatari Basketball League () is the top-tier men's basketball league operating in Qatar. The winning team obtains the participation right to the FIBA West Asia Super League. The first official season took place in 1981/82. There is a second ...
.
The club has traditionally provided
Qatar's national basketball team
The Qatar national basketball team represents Qatar in international basketball competitions. It is administered by the Qatar Basketball Federation. () The team won two bronze medals at the Asian Basketball Championship and belongs to the major ...
with key players.
tab=roster 2015 FIBA Asia Championship – Qatar Roster
FIBA.com, accessed 16 May 2016.
Current roster
Notable players
* Mohd Mohamed
* Mohamed Youssef
* Anthony Anderson
Anthony Anderson (born August 15, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, and television host. He is known for his leading roles in television shows such as Andre "Dre" Johnson on the comedy series ''Black-ish'' (2014–2022), Marlin Boulet on the ...
* Devan Downey
* Sean Lampley
* Alex Legion
* Vernon Macklin
Vernon Leon Macklin (born September 25, 1986) is an American basketball coach and former professional basketball player. He is an assistant coach of the Ulsan Hyundai Mobis in the Korean Basketball League (KBL). Macklin played college basketball ...
See also
*El Jaish SC
El-Jaish Sports Club () was a Qatari multi-sports club from 2011 to 2017, based in the Al-Duhail area of Doha. The association football team played in the Qatar Stars League. The team won the Qatargas League prior to 2011, but were not eligi ...
References
External links
Asia-Basket.com Team Page
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Basketball teams in Doha
Basketball teams established in 2007
El Jaish SC