Muaither SC

Muaither SC (Arabic: نادي معيذر الرياضي) is a multi-sports club based in Muaither, Qatar. It is best known for its football department, which plays in the Qatari Second Division.^[1]

Muaither S.C.

Full name	Muaither Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Al Kahilan
Founded	1996; 29 years ago (1996)
Ground	Thani bin Jassim Stadium Al Gharrafa, Qatar
Capacity	21,175
Chairman	Saleh Al-Aji
Manager	Jorge da Silva
League	Qatari Second Division
2023–24	Qatar Stars League, 12th of 12 (relegated)
Website	www.muaither.com
Home colours

History

1996–2013: Second division

The club was founded in 1996 as "Al Shabab". It changed its name to "Al Muaither" in 2004 by decision of the Qatar Olympic Committee. They played exclusively in the Qatari Second Division until 2013.

Their first promotion play-off was in the 1999–00 season against Al Shamal, losing the match. This was the first promotion play-off to ever take place in Qatar.^[2]

In 2004, Muaither became the first team in history from the second division to win the Sheikh Jassem Cup. They defeated Al-Wakrah SC 2–1 in the final.

The club suffered its largest loss in August 2006 in the Sheikh Jassem Cup against Al Sadd, losing 0-21. This loss marked the largest loss of any club in a professional football club in the GCC at the time.^[3]

They finished as runners-up of the Second Division in the 2012 and 2013 season, which earned them promotion play-off matches against Umm Salal and Al Arabi. They lost the first match against Umm Salal, which was the club's second promotion play-off match in its history, by a scoreline of 0–1 after extra time in 2012. They also lost 1–2 against Al Arabi after extra time in 2013.

Their president, Saleh Al-Aji, filed a complaint on 23 April against Al Arabi under the pretense that they were fielding a suspended player, Baba Keita. This was according to the league statistics available on the Qatar Football Association's website. The QFA dashed their hope of being promoted by officially stating that the information they presented was not available on the website, and that Muaither must have acquired the information from third-party sources.^[4][5]

2013–present: Promotions and subsequent relegations

It was announced on 7 May 2013 that the Qatar Stars League would expand to 14 clubs, which inferred that Muaither would be promoted to the first division despite losing the relegation play-off.^[6]

Their first action in the first division was to hire renowned Spanish-French coach, Ladislas Lozano.^[7] He was sacked on 1, February 2014 after the club lost 5–0 to Al Duhail SC.^[8]

They were relegated at the end of the 2013–14 season, along with Al Rayyan.^[9] Coach Ladislaz Lozano was replaced by Moroccan coach Mohammed Sahel, who was then replaced by compatriot Fouad Al Sahabi.^[10] Al Sahabi assembled a first team squad comprising three Moroccan professional players, however, despite pushing the club towards the top of the second division league table, the club failed to win promotion back to the Stars League, with its hopes being dashed after a loss to El Jaish's reserve team in April 2015.^[11] Al Sahabi was sacked as a result and replaced by the club's youth team coach.^[12]

After securing a 1–0 win against Al Rayyan in the second division on 14 March 2016, the team, led by Philippe Burle, was promoted to the Qatar Stars League for the second time in its history.^[13] However, Burle's Al Muaither was relegated at the end of the 2016–17 season after losing 16 of its 26 matches.^[14]

The club won the Second Division Cup for the second time in its history in December 2019 under coach Philippe Burle after beating Al Markhiya 3–2.^[15] Also that year, the club finished as runners-up in the 2019–20 Second Division, earning them a promotion play-off match against Qatar SC. However, Muaither lost the match 0–1.^[16]

2022–2024: Promotion to Stars League and subsequent relegation

After winning the 2022–23 Second Division title, the club was once promoted to the Stars League for the third time in its history.^[17] They finished 12th in 2023–24 and were relegated after spending only a single season in the Stars League.

Stadium

Currently, the club uses Thani bin Jassim Stadium in Al Gharrafa as its home stadium. The club's 42,000 m² headquarters includes an administrative building and two football training grounds, but does not have a professional-capacity stadium.^[18]

Current squad

As of Qatari Stars League:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  QAT Majed Abdullatif 2 DF  QAT Monkez Adi 3 DF  ALG Fouad Hanfoug 4 DF  ENG Niall Mason 5 DF  QAT John Benson 6 DF  QAT Mohammed Rabee 7 FW  QAT Abdulrahim Al-Baloushi 8 MF  ALG Nassim Benaissa 9 FW  CGO Guy Mbenza 10 MF  QAT Muaaz Al-Salemi 11 MF  QAT Yousef Al-Yahri 12 MF  QAT Abdulaziz Adel 14 FW  CIV Anicet Oura

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  QAT Saad Hussain 16 MF  QAT Amgad Morshed 17 MF  QAT Abdulrahman Al-Salahi 19 DF  QAT Ziyad Tarek 20 MF  QAT Talal Muneer (on loan from Al-Shamal) 21 FW  QAT Nasser Al-Enazi 22 MF  QAT Mohammed Al-Badr 32 MF  ARG Mariano Vázquez 33 DF  SRB Milan Obradović 37 MF  QAT Abdulghani Muneer 44 GK  QAT Abdulrahman Al-Ali 95 GK  QAT Mohamed El-Gendy

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  QAT Abdulaziz Al-Hasia (on loan to Al-Khor)

Current team staff

Coaching staff
Head coach	Mounir Jaaouani[19]
Goalkeeping coach	Mihal Barbu Michał Chamera
Fitness coach	Daniel Rouman
Physiotherapist	Anthony Padayao
Driver	Ben Goodson
Technical staff
Team manager	Mahmoud Ali Mahmoud
Administrator	Hussein Khudair Jamal Saeed Ali Salah

Honours

• Qatari Second Division
  • Winners (2): 2015–16, 2022–23
• Qatari Second Division Cup
  • Winners (2): ??, 2018
• Qatari Sheikh Jassim Cup
  • Winners (1): 2003

Managerial history

• Fareed Ramzi (2004)
• Sabri Miniawy (2004–2006)
• Wamidh Munir (2006)
• Abdelkadir Bomir (2006–2007)
• Abdulrahman Taleb (2007–2008)
• Mohammed Bin Naji (2008)^[20]
• Najeeb Al Hanouni (2009)^[21]
• Abdullah Saad (2009)
• Wamidh Munir (2009–2010)
• Silvio Diliberto (2011–2012)
• Mohammed Sahel (2012–2013)
• Ladislas Lozano (19 June 2013 – 1 February 2014)^[8]
• Mohammed Sahel (1 February 2014–February 2015)^[10]
• Fouad Al Sahabi (February 2015–15 April 2015)^[12]
• Philippe Burle (June 2015–March 2019)^[22]
• Shaker Abdul Latif (March 2019) (interim)^[23]
• Philippe Burle (March 2019–October 2019)
• Sami Saleheldin (October 2019) (interim)^[24]
• Philippe Burle (October 2019–1 October 2020)^[25]
• Mounir Jaaouani (1 October 2020–)^[26]

References

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19. "استعدادات جادة لمعيذر فى معسكر المغرب". Al Sharq. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
20. "معيذر يهزم الشحانية ودياً". kooora.com (in Arabic). Qatar Football Association. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
21. "كأس الأمير تنطلق علي ملعب حمد الكبير" (in Arabic). Al Raya. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
22. "الفرنسي فيليب بيرول مدربا لنادي معيذر" (in Arabic). Al Sharq. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
23. "لقاء معيذر والمرخية يشعل صراع البطاقة الثانية اليوم" (in Arabic). Muaither SC. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
24. "المرخية يهزم الوعب والبدع يكتسح لوسيل الخريطيات يعبر الشمال ويتمسك بالصدارة" (in Arabic). Muaither SC. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
25. "نادي معيذر يعلن انتهاء عقد مدربه فيليب بيرول" (in Arabic). Muaither SC. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
26. "مبارك غانم: الجعواني مدرباً لمعيذر" (in Arabic). Muaither SC. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

External links

• Official website