Al Duhail SC
| Full name | Al Duhail Sports Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | The Red Knights | ||
| Founded | 1938 (as Al-Shorta) 2009 (as Lekhwiya) 2017 (as Al-Duhail) | ||
| Ground | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 10,221 | ||
| Chairman | Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani | ||
| Head coach | Djamel Belmadi | ||
| League | Qatar Stars League | ||
| 2024–25 | Qatar Stars League, 2nd of 12 | ||
| Website | www | ||
|
| |||
Al-Duhail Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الدحيل الرياضي), formerly Lekhwiya SC, is a Qatari sports club, It is the oldest football team in Qatar, being formed in 1938 as Al-Shorta. The club participates in the Qatar Stars League. Al-Duhail is based in the Duhail district in the city of Doha and plays its home games at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium. It is the first team in Qatari football to win the first division title on its debut season.
In April 2017, it was announced that the club would take over El Jaish SC and merge with it following the 2016–17 Qatar Stars League and be known as Al-Duhail Sports Club in a rebranding of Lekhwiya SC.