Al Rayyan SC Volleyball Team

Volleyball team in Qatar

Al RayyanFull name| Al Rayyan Volleyball

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Founded| 1968[1]
Ground| Al Rayyan Indoor Arena
Al-Rayyan, Qatar
(Capacity: 2,000)
Chairman| Sheik Saoud Bin Khalid Al Thani
Manager| Mubarak Eid
League| Qatari Volleyball League
2022/23| Champion
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Main article: Al Rayyan SC

Al Rayyan Volleyball (Arabic: الريان للكرة الطائرة) is a professional volleyball team based in Al-Rayyan, Qatar. It competes in the Qatari Volleyball League. They participated in the 2012 edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship 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 Rodrigão from Brazil, the Bulgarian brothers Georgi and Valentin Bratoev, 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, Raphael Vieira de Oliveira, Matey Kaziyski and Robertlandy Simón 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

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### Domestic

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* Qatar Volleyball League

Winners (11): 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2023

* Emir Cup

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

* Crown Prince Cup

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

### International

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* Asian Club Championship

Runners-up: 2013, 2014
Third place: 2019
Fourth place: 2002

* World Club Championship

Runners-up: 2014

* GCC Volleyball Club Championship

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

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Squad for 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship

* Head coach:  Igor Arbutina[2]

Number | Player

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1  |  Farhad Ghaemi
2  |  Ali Hassan Asadi
4  |  Mohamed Al-Oui
5  |  Mohamed Hachdadi
6  |  Michael Sánchez
7  |  Raphael Vieira de Oliveira
9  |  Ali Bairami (c)
10  |  Mohammed Abdulla
11  |  Robertlandy Simón
12  |  Mubarak Dahi Waleed
13  |  Ali Hamed Yaqub
16  |  Alan Domingos (L)

## Technical staff

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As of 1 August 2017/[3]

Name  | Role  | Nationality

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Carlos Eduardo Schwanke | Head coach |  Brazilian
Mubarak Al-Abdulla | Manager |  Qatari
Toufik Benmessadek | Assistant coach |  Algerian
Ali Issac | Assistant coach |  Qatari
Vladimir Nikolić | Physiotherapist |  Serbian
Arnaout Mohammed | Doctor |  Tunisian

## Notable players

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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.[4]

Qatar

* Ali Eshagh Bairami
* Ali Hamid Yaghoub
* Abdulrashid Awel Abdulrahman

Brazil

* Ramon Moreno
* Alan Domingos
* Raphael Vieira de Oliveira (Loan)
* Rodrigo Santana (Loan)

Bulgaria

* Matey Kaziyski (Loan)
* Valentin Bratoev

Croatia

* Igor Omrčen
* Mario Močić

Cuba

* Yosleider Cala
* Wilfredo León
* Leonel Marshall Jr.
* Alberto Daniel La Rosa Marquez
* Raidel Poey
* Javier González Panton
* Robertlandy Simón (Loan)

Estonia

* Oliver Venno

Venezuela

* Carlos Tejeda

France

* Philippe Barca-Cysique
* Loic De Kergret
* Antonin Rouzier (Loan)

Iran

* Farhad Ghaemi

Italy

* Cristian Savani
* Wout Wijsmans
* Ángel Dennis
* Hristo Zlatanov
* Lorenzo Bernardi

Serbia

* Ivan Miljković (Loan)

Finland

* Mikko Oivanen (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

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## Managerial history

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* Ashraf Mehdi
* Eid Mubarak
* Mohammed Faraj (1987–90)
* Dragan Mihailović (2009/10)
* Mohammed Al Bahri (2011/12 until February 2012)
* Dragan Popović (2012/2013) (Caretaker)
* Ljubomir Travica (2012/13 until March 2014)
* Daniele Bagnoli (2014/15 until November 2015)
* Igor Arbutina (2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2012, March 2014, 2015/2016)
* Carlos Eduardo Schwanke ( February /2017 – 2018)

## References

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1. ^ "Al Rayyan club profile". asianmensvball. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
2. ^ FIVB. "Al-Rayyan Sports Club Team Composition". Retrieved 6 May 2014.
3. ^ الجهاز الفني (in Arabic). alrayyansc.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
4. ^ "World of Volley :: Al Rayyan SC". World of Volley. Retrieved 16 February 2013.

## External links

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* Al Rayyan Official Website (in Arabic)

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* Al Arabi
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