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Al-Gharafa SC

Qatari multi-sports club based in the Al Gharrafa district of Al Rayyan municipality

Key facts

Full name: Al-Gharafa Sports Club
Nickname: Al Fuhud (The Cheetahs)
Founded: 6 June 1979 ; 46 years ago ( 1979-06-06 ) , as Al-Ittihad
Ground: Thani bin Jassim Stadium
Capacity: 21,175
Chairman: Jassim bin Thamer
Head coach: Pedro Martins
League: Qatar Stars League
2025 26: Qatar Stars League, 4th of 12
Website: algharafa .qa

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Al-Gharafa Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الغرافة الرياضي) is a Qatari multi-sports club based in the Al Gharrafa district of Al Rayyan municipality. The club is best known for its football team, although it also has teams for other sports. The club was established on 6 June 1979 as Al-Ittihad and later officially incorporated into the Qatar Football Association on 23 September of that same year. The club was officially renamed to its current form in 2004 to better represent the district of Al-Gharafa, where the club is located.

The club was founded by Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, Sheikh Hamad bin Faisal Al Thani, Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani and Saad Mohammed Al-Rumaihi. In a documentary produced by Al Kass sports channel about the history of the club, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim mentioned that the idea was initially suggested by Saad Al-Rumaihi who was working as a sports journalist at the Al Raya newspaper.