Al Rayyan Volleyball () is a professional volleyball team based in

Al-Rayyan Al Rayyan (; also spelled ''Ar Rayyan'') is the third-largest municipalities of Qatar, municipality in Qatar. Its primary settlement is the Al Rayyan (city), city of the same name, which occupies the entire eastern section and is a part of the Do ...

, Qatar. It competes in the

Qatari Volleyball League The Qatari Volleyball League (QVL) is a professional volleyball league in Qatar at the top of the Qatari volleyball league system. It was founded in 1979. Teams 2020–21 * Al Ahli S.C. * Al Arabi S.C. * Al Gharafa S.C. * Al Khor S.C. * Al Ra ...

. They participated in the 2012 edition of the

FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship The FIVB Men's Volleyball Club World Championship is an international men's club volleyball competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Volleyball'' (FIVB), the sport's global governing body. The competition was first contested ...

held in Qatar after winning the Heir Apparent Cup. The club hired four top athletes to strengthen the team before the 2012 Club World Championships. These include

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from Brazil, the Bulgarian brothers

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and

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, and the American David Lee, a Gold medalist in Beijing 2008. They did not advance past the group stage. The best achievement for the Al Rayyan volleyball team was in 2014 when they came in the second place in the World Club championship. The squad included

Michael Sánchez Michael Sánchez Bozhulev (born 5 June 1986) is a Cuban Ukrainian volleyball player who plays for the Cuban men's national volleyball team. He is a member of the national squad that claimed the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in R ...

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Matey Kaziyski Matey Iliyanov Kaziyski () (born 23 September 1984) is a Bulgarian professional volleyball player, member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team during 2003–2012 and Italy, Italian club Trentino Volley, a participant of the Olympic Games 2 ...

and

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as foreign players in the team. Al Rayan won the GCC Champions Cup in 2011 and 2015 as well as the Arab championship and Asian cup.

Honors

Domestic

* Qatar Volleyball League :: Winners (12): 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2013,

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2025 * Emir Cup :: Winners (16): 1987, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023 *

Crown Prince Cup The Saudi Crown Prince's Cup () was the oldest Saudi Arabian annual cup competition. History The cup was the oldest and first domestic football competition in Saudi Arabia; the first edition was held in 1956–57; five editions were played betwe ...

:: Winners (9): 1993, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016

International

Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious cl ...

:: Runners-up:

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

:: Third place:

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

:: Fourth place:

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

* World Club Championship :: Runners-up:

GCC Volleyball Club Championship The GCC Volleyball Club Championship is a sports competition for club volleyball teams, currently held annually and organized by the Gulf Volleyball Association by the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Results * In 1982, the competi ...

:: Winners (3): 2011, 2015, 2016 :: Runners-up: 2014, 2017 * Arab Volleyball Clubs Championship :: Winners (3): 2018, 2019, 2022 :: Runners-up: 1998, 2012 :: Third place: 2017 :: Fourth place: 2001, 2005 * Arab Volleyball Clubs Championship Cup Winners :: Winners (1): 2000 * West Asian Volleyball Clubs Championship :: Winners (2): 2023, 2024

Squad

''Squad for

2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship The 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 10th edition of the event. It was held in Belo Horizonte, Brazil from 5 to 10 May 2014. The Russian club Belogorie Belgorod won the title for the first time. Qualification Pools ...

'' *Head coach: Igor Arbutina

Technical staff

''As of 1 August 2017/''

Notable players

''This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.'' ;Qatar * Ali Eshagh Bairami * Ali Hamid Yaghoub * Abdulrashid Awel Abdulrahman Brazil * Ramon Moreno * Alan Domingos *

(Loan) * Rodrigo Santana (Loan) Bulgaria *

(Loan) *

Croatia *

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* Mario Močić Cuba * Yosleider Cala *

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* Leonel Marshall Jr. * Alberto Daniel La Rosa Marquez * Raidel Poey *

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(Loan) Estonia * Oliver Venno Venezuela * Carlos Tejeda France * Philippe Barca-Cysique * Loic De Kergret *

Antonin Rouzier Antonin Rouzier (born 18 August 1986) is a French former professional volleyball player, a former member of the France men's national volleyball team, France national team. A participant in the Olympic Games 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio 2016, 2015 ...

(Loan) Iran *

Farhad Ghaemi Farhad Ghaemi (; born 28 August 1989) is a volleyball player from Iran, who plays as an outside spiker for the Men's National Team. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His ethnicity is Iranian Turkmen. Ghaemi had ...

Italy *

Cristian Savani Cristian Savani (born 22 February 1982) is an Italian volleyball player, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team in 2001–2013 and Italian club BluVolley Verona, a medalist of the Olympic Games (bronze in 2012), 2012 Italian Champion, ...

Wout Wijsmans Wout Wijsmans (born 17 July 1977 in Hasselt) is a Belgian former volleyball player. He has played at the highest level in Italy from 1999 to 2013, as well as in Belgium, China and Turkey. Biography Wijsmans is the son of Noël Wijsmans and Monie ...

Ángel Dennis Ángel Dennis (born 13 June 1977) is a Cuban-born Italian volleyball player. Dennis played with the Cuba men's national volleyball team, Cuban men's national volleyball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he finished in seventh pla ...

Hristo Zlatanov Hristo Zlatanov (Bulgarian: Христо Златанов - born 21 April 1976) is a Bulgarian-Italian former volleyball player who played on the Italian national volleyball team. He participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China ...

Lorenzo Bernardi Lorenzo Bernardi (born 11 August 1968) is an Italian professional volleyball coach and former player, a silver medallist at the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, two–time World Champion (1990, 1994), and a two–time European Champion (1989, 1995 ...

Serbia *

Ivan Miljković Ivan Miljković ( sr-cyrl, Иван Миљковић ; born 13 September 1979) is a Serbian businessman and former professional volleyball player. Miljković was a member of the Serbia men's national volleyball team from 1998–2012. He is an 20 ...

(Loan) Finland *

Mikko Oivanen Mikko Oivanen (born 26 May 1986) is a Finnish volleyball player, a member of Finland men's national volleyball team. Personal life Mikko has a twin brother – Matti Oivanen, who is also a volleyball player. Career Clubs Oivanen started hi ...

(Loan) United States * David Cameron Lee (Loan) * Brook Billings Sweden * Marcus Nilsson Hungary * Péter Veres Saudi Arabia * Ahmed Al Bakhet Kenya * Phillip Kipyego Maiyo Russia * Dmitriy Ilinykh

Managerial history

* Ashraf Mehdi * Eid Mubarak * Mohammed Faraj (1987–90) * Dragan Mihailović (2009/10) *

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(2011/12 until February 2012) * Dragan Popović (2012/2013) (Caretaker) *

Ljubomir Travica Ljubomir Travica ( sr-cyr, Љубомир Травица; born 1 October 1954) is a professional volleyball coach and former player from former Yugoslavia. He is the current head coach of You Energy Volley, in the Italian Volleyball League. His ...

(2012/13 until March 2014) *

Daniele Bagnoli Daniele Bagnoli (25 October 1953 – 27 December 2024) was an Italian volleyball coach. As coach, Bagnoli was an eight-time Italian champion, seven-time Italian Cup winner, two-time Winner's Cup winner, five-time European Cup and Le ...

(2014/15 until November 2015) * Igor Arbutina (2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2012, March 2014, 2015/2016) * Carlos Eduardo Schwanke ( February /2017 – 2018)

References

External links

Al Rayyan Official Website
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