Al-Riffa Sports Club ( ar, نادي الرفاع الرياضي) is a

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i professional football club based in

Riffa Riffa ( ar, الرفاع, ) is the second largest city in the Kingdom of Bahrain by area size. Riffa is divided into three parts: , and . The city is completely located in the Southern Governorate. The city is growing fast: during the 2001 ce ...

, that competes in the

Bahraini Premier League The Bahraini Premier League is the main football competition in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Currently known as the Nasser bin Hamad Premier League, the first season was held in 1957. The winners of the domestic championship qualify for the AFC Cup. ...

, the top flight of

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. The club was founded in 1953.

History

The club was founded in 1953 under the name of West Riffa Sports Club. In 2001, the club changed the name to Al-Riffa Sports Club.

Stadium

Riffa use

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as their home ground, which has a capacity of nearly 24,000 spectators.

Achievements

The club's first international achievement was in 1982 when Riffa placed second in the

GCC Club Cup The GCC Club Cup ( ar, كأس الأندية الخليجية), formerly known as the GCC Champions League ( ar, دوري أبطال مجلس التعاون الخليجي), was an annually organized football tournament for clubs of the six Gulf C ...

. This was an important achievement for the club and Bahraini football in general as it helped the region take notice of the talent available in Bahrain.

Domestic

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: 14 :: 1982, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022. ; Bahraini King's Cup: 7 :: 1973, 1985, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2019, 2021. ; Bahraini FA Cup: 4 :: 2000, 2001, 2004, 2014. ; Bahraini Crown Prince Cup: 4 :: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005. ; Bahraini Super Cup: 2 :: 2019, 2021.

Friendly international

;Scissors Cup (India): 1 ::1997.

Performance in AFC competitions

;

AFC Champions League The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) 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 club competition ...

: 1 appearance ::

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

: Group stage ;

Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) 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 club competition ...

: 5 appearances ::

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker ru ...

: Qualifying stage ::

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engines ...

: Qualifying – 1st round ::

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strike ...

: Second round ::

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

: withdrew in First round ::

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school s ...

: First round ;

AFC Cup The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Under its current rules, the competition is played primarily between clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying ...

: 5 appearances ::

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

: Semi-final ::

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment ...

: Round of 16 ::

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

: Round of 16 ::

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

: Group stage ::

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: Zonal finals

Notable managers

* Theo Laseroms (1982–84) * Uli Maslo (1985–88), (1993–94) *

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(July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2005) * Dragan Talajić (July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006) * Eelco Schattorie (2006–07) * Srećko Juričić (July 1, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007) *

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''(Youth Team Director)'' * Julio Peixoto *

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(2011–13) * Florin Motroc (June 1, 2013 – 2014) *

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(2018 –)

References

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