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| Full name | Lusail City Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 2013 | ||
| Ground | Doha Stadium (Qatar), Doha, Qatar | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 | ||
| Chairman | Ahmed Abbasi | ||
| Head coach | Zoheir Bensdira | ||
| League | Qatar QAL | ||
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| Website | Club website | ||
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Lusail City Football Club is a football club based in Doha, Qatar. The team currently competes in the QAL, the third tier of the Qatar football league system. [1] Although it is named as an amateur league, more than half of the teams have proper training facilities and give their players a salary and medical cover and unlike the Qatari 1st and 2nd tier, there is no limit on foreign players.
The Lusail City football team was founded by current chairman Ahmed Abbasi and Boualem Benou in the summer of 2013 to participate in the newly formed QAL. The team briefly uses the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium training facilities for its training.
History
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The team was formed in 2013 under the name Ittihad Al Asdika which translates into Friends United. The team then changed its name to Lusail City FC for the 2014/2015 season. The team had an interesting mix of young ambitious players and experienced former internationals. They managed to finish 2nd in the table on their maiden season with striker Sofiane Rersa finishing as joint top scorer with 22 goals. This was under the guidance of coach Zoheir Bensdira.[2]
The next season saw a number of the experienced players calling it time on the game and a number of other important players leaving. The team had a season full of mixed results and had a mid-table finish. The next two seasons saw the team finish in the bottom half both times and this was mainly due to a mass exodus of players and injury troubles.
In 2016 Lusail City played a friendly match against the Singapore national football team who were in Qatar for a training camp. They went down 4-2 with Ghanaian forward Taufic Mumin scoring Lusail's two goals.
Current squad
edit- As of 30 January 2017.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Current technical staff
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| Head coach |  Zoheir Bensdira
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| Assistant head coach | Yassine Koliai
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| Goalkeeper coach |  Marcos Cardoso
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| Team Analyst |  Amine Ammor
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| Team Doctor |  Emmanuel Onyinye
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Honours
edit- Qatar QAL : 2013-2014 2nd Place
Notable former players that played at international level
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References
edit- ^ "Amateur League kick-off on Nov 11". Doha Stadium Plus. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "Former Ligi pair complete first season in Qatar". Futaa.com. 14 July 2014.
External links
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Category:Football clubs in Qatar
Category:Association football clubs established in 2013
Category:Sport in Qatar