- Al-Markhiya Sports Club
Infobox Football club
clubname = Al-Markhiya S.C.
fullname = Al-Markhiya Sports Club
nickname = Al-Ittifaq
shortname =
founded = 1995
ground = Markhiya Stadium
capacity = 40,000
chairman = Mubarak Al-Naemi
mgrtitle = Head Coach
manager =
league = Qatar national second division
season =
position =
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Al-Markhiya Sports Club ( _ar. المرخية) is a
Qatar i multi-sports club. Itsfootball (soccer) department plays for national second division. It was widely regarded as the fastest improving team due to it winning the Second Division league 4 times in the first 5 it has taken part of. It has also entered history by being the first second division club to be promoted to the Qatari Premier League.Various conspiracies have kept the team from remaining in the Qatar Premier League - the most prominent being the infamous Al-Arabi game in 2002.
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