Al-Gharafa Sports Club

Football club infobox
clubname = Al-Gharafa


fullname = Al-Gharafa
nickname =
founded = 1979 as "Al-Ittihad"
ground = Al-Gharafa Stadium
Doha, Qatar
capacity = 25,000
chairman = flagicon|Qatar Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani
manager = flagicon|Brazil Marcos Paqueta
league = Qatari League
season = 2007/08
position = 1st
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Al-Gharafa ( _ar. الغرافة) is a Qatari football club from Doha. It was founded in 1979 as Al Ittihad Doha and renamed in 2004.

Achievements

* Qatari League: 5 (1991/1992, 1997/1998, 2001/2002, 2004/2005, 2007/2008)
* Emir of Qatar Cup (The Prince Cup): 6 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002)
* Qatar Crown Prince Cup: 1 (2000)
* Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 1

(1999)

Performance in AFC Competitions

* AFC Champions League: 3 appearances::2002-03: Qualifying West - 3rd Round::2006: Group Stage::2008: Group Stage
* Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance::1994: Qualifying - 1st round
*Asian Cup Winners Cup: 3 appearances::1995/96: First Round::1996/97: Second Round::1997/98: Quarter-Finals

Current squad

Famous Players

* Samir Amirèche
* Djamel Belmadi
* Fabrice Akwá
* A'ala Hubail
* Alexandre da Silva Mariano
* Fernandão
* Araújo
* Rodrigo Mendes
* Sergio Ricardo
* Sonny Anderson
* Emad Mohammed
* Younis Mahmoud
* Nashat Akram
* Radhi Shnaishil
* Marcel Desailly
* Otmane El Assas
* Fawzi Bashir
* Paulo Wanchope
* Sirous Ghayeghran
* Tony Yeboah
* Bakari Koné
* Norberto Mulenessa Maurito
* Pius Ndiefi
* Abdoul Salam Sow
* Hakan Yakin

External links

* [http://www.algharafa.com/ Official Website]