Al-Rayyan Sports Club (Arabic: \u0646\u0627\u062f\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0631\u064a\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u064a\u0627\u0636\u064a\u200e) is a Qatari professional sports club fielding teams in a number of sports such as football (soccer), basketball, volleyball, handball, and table tennis. It is based at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium in Omm Alafai in the city of Al-Rayyan. The club was founded in 1967 after merging the old Rayyan team with Nusoor Club. The official team colours are red and black, the team is nicknamed is "The Lions" and also "Al-Raheeb" which means the frightful nicknamed after Abdul Majeed's song of the same name.<\/P>
Arrayyan is a historical city in the state of Qatar, the name meaning "the source of irrigation" and it is also the name of a door in heaven, in the Muslim faith.<\/P>
The club has won numerous titles in all sports, including two Asian championships in basketball, the Arab championship in handball, table tennis and volleyball, as well as the GCC basketball championship. Both the basketball and handball teams have qualified for the world championships. However, the football team gets the most attention from the club officials as well as the media and the fans. The football team has the largest fan-base in Qatar.<\/P>","EB91D699086F1F17846A1216AD2083C3":"40,740","32EED5AE2B03C17AE9CE11F4F5F2936F":"Al Rayyan","341115063FD1CD8D":"98672","A3B3C821F4815DD2":"2479","23A207CDBA5674BBB1C9F6E64605564A":"Jose Leonardo Nunes Alves Sousa Jardim","37FE64B882E92ECB":"Al Rayyan","4852A99C0B1E8B281F768BF6F7769914":"Shabab Al Ahli Dubai,Al-Hilal SFC,AS Monaco,Sporting Clube de Portugal,Olympiakos Piraeus,SC Braga,Beira Mar,G.D. Chaves,Camacha","03A7D9C89753B0D1380A64764519199FB9772FF9B422CB1E":"1","34A0AE9CBA0644B6":"http:\/\/www.alrayyansc.com\/","4DC924206DB9E0EB3B8818DC2C371A93":"Ahmed bin Ali Stadium","56D1193A280251FE":"Al Rayyan","0EB6A015033C3CEC56DA30D47F1CA55E":"","3FC9B61F2E659497C9CEBAE42D62ADEB":"Qatar","F84B1B8AF3973AEE":"1","2EC2CE09DA225C510B8476426035EFA9":"
DOMESTIC<\/U>
Qatar Stars League:
<\/STRONG>1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1994–95, 2015–16
Qatari Second Division\/ Qatargas League:
<\/STRONG>1988–89, 2014–15
Qatar Crown Prince Cup:
<\/STRONG>1995, 1996, 2001, 2012
Emir of Qatar Cup:
<\/STRONG>1999, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013
Qatar Super Cup \/ Shiekh Jassem Cup:
<\/STRONG>1992, 2000, 2012, 2013<\/P>","1CD1A53514962B6A":"1","6B02481E401D41DD8A44F7EAE1BDE140":"Shabab Al Ahli Dubai","8165D0EC38D769BD27A209A15276D0CF":"","3D3B712BD7BB3346233C27994E5E2815":"1974-8-1","F4582884020ECEA691D8D46CC172E947":"180cm","03A7D9C89753B0D1D7F7ED990952C548":"0","7C314F98A46E5CCF80F8B8125BB0A065":"2023-7-1","A2993BAC4D9D88EC":"","90CF36599B563A1AA6EE0398DF07A98F":"Umm Al Afaei, Al Rayyan","9770E443802D7F63":"","D769ED524110EC21":"Jose Leonardo Nunes Alves Sousa Jardim","892B81E13FEE84C5":"","4215859A20E707AF2C0683BB3A054242":"90","87C021F1E71FC6CD6E05BF0B3DD05793":"","A71E2A228B763CFB":"Al Rayyan","CC02AD5B3CF69E6DCAD0426C64DE8022":"Portugal,Venezuela","41780118C08E58E3":"","e_index":3};