Al-Shamal Sports Club

Mohammed bin Badr Al-Sadah founded the club in 1980. Al-Sadah started his football administration career as a member of the Al Sadd Board of Directors in 1972, before founding and serving as the first president of Al-Shamal in 1980. With very few resources at their disposal, the team played its early matches on dirt pitches. The team's results in matches were sub-par initially, leading to the administration prioritising youth development. This led to the emergence of players such as Adnan Abdullah, the first Al-Shamal player to compete with the Qatar national team, and Jassim Al Muhaiza, who achieved the rare feat of playing for three age categories of the Qatar national team in one season. The team's first coach was former Zamalek player Samir Kotb. He would be succeeded by his compatriot Ibrahim Al-Sheikh, who formerly played for Egypt's Al Nasr. Other early coaches include Sudanese former footballer Anwar Babiker, whose son later played professionally for the club as well as other clubs in Qatar and abroad, and Zaid Al-Sadah. Initially, the club only had a football section, but in 1982 it branched out to handball, with early coaches for this category being Ezz El-Din Bin Sultan and Ramadan Madani Abdel-Al. In the following years, the club established teams in other sports, starting with volleyball, under the supervision of Abdel-Azim Bayoumi and Mamdouh Ali, and followed by table tennis, which was overseen by a Chinese coach. Following these were the additions of sections…

As of 16 May 2023

Domestic

Qatar Stars League 2 Winners (4): 1985–86, 2002–03, 2014–15, 2020–21 Sheikh Jassim Cup Winners (1): 1996

Regional

Arab Peace Championship Winners (1): 1995