Al Rayyan Futsal Team is part of
Al Rayyan Sports Club in
Qatar
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ...
. It is based in Umm Al Afaei, Al Rayyan. The team was founded in 2006. Since the Qatar professional
futsal
Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game of association football, and i ...
league started in 2006/2007, Al Rayyan were the main force in Qatar. They won the first Qatar professional league when it first started in 2006/2007. Al Rayyan won the first Qatar Association Cup in 2008/2009, beating Qatar SC 7–5 in the final. In addition to the first league and cup titles, Al Rayyan secured the first Qatar Futsal Super Cup in 2010/2011 after beating Al Sadd 3–2 in a thrilling encounter.
In the first time in the history of futsal in Qatar, the winner of the league would be decided by a play-off. Al Rayyan subsequently won their third league title by beating Al Gharafa 3–2 and 4–3 in both final games sealing their second consecutive league title.
Al Rayyan hosted the second AFC champions league tournament during 26-6-2011 and 1-7-2011.
In May 2011 Al Rayyan signed two Iranian international stars on loan from
Foolad Mahan to participate in the AFC Champions League 2011:
Mohammad Taheri
Mohammad Taheri (; born 2 May 1985) is an Iranian professional futsal player.
Honours
Country
* FIFA Futsal World Cup
** Third place (1): 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup, 2016
* AFC Futsal Championship
** Champion (5): 2005 AFC Futsal Champions ...
(the best Asian player in 2010) and Ali Hassanzadeh.
The team finished fourth, losing in the semi-finals to Shahid Mansouri from Iran 6–5 after extra time in a controversial match. Al Rayyan got the Fair Play Award and Ali Hassanzadeh won the tournament top scorer with 10 goals.
Season to season
Former head coaches
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Hassan Rhouila ''2006–2007''
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Adil Sayeh ''2007''
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Dževad Habibija ''2007-2008''
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Hassan Rhouila ''2008-2011''
*
Juanito
Juanito is a given name or nickname, meaning "Little Juan" or Johnny. Notable people with the name include:
Professional footballers
* Juan Ignacio Gomez Taleb (born 1985), Argentinian forward
* Juan Díaz Sánchez (1948–2013), Spanish forw ...
2011–2012
Club honours
* 3 Qatar League (2006–2007) (2009–2010) (2010–2011)
* 1 Qatar Association Cup (2008–2009)
* 1 Qatar Super Cup (2010–2011)
References
External links
Official website
{{Al Rayyan SC
Al-Rayyan SC
Futsal clubs in Qatar
Futsal clubs established in 2006
2006 establishments in Qatar