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| Full name | Muaither Sports Club | |
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| Nickname | 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 SC (Arabic:نادي معيذر الرياضي) is a multi-sports club based inMuaither, Qatar. It is best known for itsfootball department, which plays in theQatari Second Division.[1]
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 theQatari Second Division until 2013.
Their first promotion play-off was in the 1999–00 season againstAl 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 theSheikh Jassem Cup. They defeatedAl-Wakrah SC 2–1 in the final.
The club suffered its largest loss in August 2006 in the Sheikh Jassem Cup againstAl Sadd, losing 0-21. This loss marked the largest loss of any club in a professional football club in theGCC 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 againstUmm Salal andAl 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 0–1after 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 theQatar 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]
It was announced on 7 May 2013 that theQatar 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 toAl Duhail SC.[8]
They were relegated at the end of the 2013–14 season, along withAl 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 toEl 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 the2016–17 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 beatingAl 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 againstQatar SC. However, Muaither lost the match 0–1.[16]
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.
Currently, the club usesThani bin Jassim Stadium inAl 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]
As ofQatari Second Division:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Coaching staff | |
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| 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 |
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]
