{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Short description|Volleyball team in Qatar}} {{Infobox volleyball club |clubname = Al Rayyan |short name = |image = |fullname = Al Rayyan Volleyball |founded = 1968<ref>{{cite web|url=http://asianmensvball.pldthome.com/team_qat.aspx |title=Al Rayyan club profile |publisher=asianmensvball |accessdate=25 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411204315/http://asianmensvball.pldthome.com/team_qat.aspx |archivedate=11 April 2014 }}</ref> |ground = Al Rayyan Indoor Arena<br>Al-Rayyan, Qatar |capacity = 2,000 |chairman = Sheik Saoud Bin Khalid Al Thani |manager = Mubarak Eid |league = '''Qatari Volleyball League''' |season = 2022/23 |position = '''Champion''' |pattern_la1= |pattern_b1= _redsides_2 |pattern_ra1= |leftarm1=FF0000 |body1=FF0000 |rightarm1=FF0000 |shorts1=FF0000 |pattern_la2= |pattern_b2= _blacksides |pattern_ra2= |leftarm2=000000 |body2=FF0000 |rightarm2=000000 |shorts2=000000 }}

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'''Al Rayyan Volleyball''' ({{langx|ar|الريان للكرة الطائرة}}) is a professional volleyball team based in Al-Rayyan, Qatar. It competes in the Qatari Volleyball League. They participated in the 2012 edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship held in Qatar after winning the Heir Apparent Cup. The club hired four top athletes to strengthen the team before the 2012 Club World Championships. These include Rodrigão from Brazil, the Bulgarian brothers Georgi and Valentin Bratoev, and the American David Lee, a Gold medalist in Beijing 2008. They did not advance past the group stage. The best achievement for the Al Rayyan volleyball team was in 2014 when they came in the second place in the World Club championship. The squad included Michael Sánchez, Raphael Vieira de Oliveira, Matey Kaziyski and Robertlandy Simón as foreign players in the team. Al Rayan won the GCC Champions Cup in 2011 and 2015 as well as the Arab championship and Asian cup.

==Honors==

===Domestic=== * '''Qatar Volleyball League''' :: '''Winners (12):''' 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2025 * '''Emir Cup''' :: '''Winners (16):''' 1987, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023 *'''Crown Prince Cup''' :: '''Winners (9):''' 1993, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016

===International=== * '''Asian Club Championship''' :: '''Champions''': 2025 :: '''Runners-up''': 2013, 2014 :: '''Third place''': 2019 :: '''Fourth place''': 2002

* '''World Club Championship''' :: '''Runners-up''': 2014

* '''GCC Volleyball Club Championship''' :: '''Winners (3):''' 2011, 2015, 2016 :: '''Runners-up''': 2014, 2017

* '''Arab Volleyball Clubs Championship''' :: '''Winners (3):''' 2018, 2019, 2022 :: '''Runners-up''': 1998, 2012 :: '''Third place''': 2017 :: '''Fourth place''': 2001, 2005

* '''Arab Volleyball Clubs Championship Cup Winners''' :: '''Winners (1):''' 2000

* '''West Asian Volleyball Clubs Championship''' :: '''Winners (2):''' 2023, 2024

==Squad== ''Squad for 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship'' *Head coach: {{flagicon|CRO}} Igor Arbutina<ref name=ARA>{{cite web |url=http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/ClubWorldChampionships/Men/2014/Teams.asp?Team=ARA|title=Al-Rayyan Sports Club Team Composition|author=FIVB|accessdate=6 May 2014}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Number ! Player |- align="left" |1 |{{flagicon|IRN}} Farhad Ghaemi |- align="left" |2 |{{flagicon|QAT}} Ali Hassan Asadi |- align="left" |4 |{{flagicon|QAT}} Mohamed Al-Oui |- align="left" |5 |{{flagicon|MAR}} Mohamed Hachdadi |- align="left" |6 |{{flagicon|CUB}} Michael Sánchez |- align="left" |7 |{{flagicon|BRA}} Raphael Vieira de Oliveira |- align="left" |9 |{{flagicon|QAT}} Ali Bairami (c) |- align="left" |10 |{{flagicon|QAT}} Mohammed Abdulla |- align="left" |11 |{{flagicon|CUB}} Robertlandy Simón |- align="left" |12 |{{flagicon|QAT}} Mubarak Dahi Waleed |- align="left" |13 |{{flagicon|QAT}} Ali Hamed Yaqub |- align="left" |16 |{{flagicon|BRA}} Alan Domingos (L) |}

==Technical staff==

''As of 1 August 2017/''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alrayyansc.com/ar/players-squad.php?member=coach&id=13|script-title=ar:الجهاز الفني|publisher=alrayyansc.com|language=Arabic|accessdate=16 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304024928/http://www.alrayyansc.com/ar/players-squad.php?member=coach&id=13|archive-date=4 March 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> {| class="toccolours" |- ! style="background:silver;"|Name ! style="background:silver;"|Role ! style="background:silver;"|Nationality |- style="background:#eee;" | Carlos Eduardo Schwanke || Head coach || {{flagicon|BRA}} Brazilian |- | Mubarak Al-Abdulla || Manager || {{flagicon|QAT}} Qatari |- style="background:#eee;" |Toufik Benmessadek || Assistant coach || {{flagicon|ALG}} Algerian |- | Ali Issac || Assistant coach || {{flagicon|QAT}} Qatari |- – style="background:#eee;" |- | Vladimir Nikolić || Physiotherapist || {{flagicon|SER}} Serbian |-- style="background:#eee;" | Arnaout Mohammed || Doctor || {{flagicon|TUN}} Tunisian |- |}

==Notable players== ''This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldofvolley.com/wov-community/Community_Members/clubs/6131/al-rayyan-sc-.html?tab=players|title=World of Volley :: Al Rayyan SC|publisher=World of Volley|accessdate=16 February 2013}}</ref> {{col-begin-small}}

{{col-2}} ;'''Qatar''' * {{flagicon|QAT}} Ali Eshagh Bairami * {{flagicon|QAT}} Ali Hamid Yaghoub * {{flagicon|QAT}} Abdulrashid Awel Abdulrahman

'''Brazil''' * {{flagicon|BRA}} Ramon Moreno * {{flagicon|BRA}} Alan Domingos * {{flagicon|BRA}} Raphael Vieira de Oliveira (Loan) * {{flagicon|BRA}} Rodrigo Santana (Loan)

'''Bulgaria''' * {{flagicon|BUL}} Matey Kaziyski (Loan) * {{flagicon|BUL}} Valentin Bratoev

'''Croatia''' * {{flagicon|CRO}} Igor Omrčen * {{flagicon|CRO}} Mario Močić

'''Cuba''' * {{flagicon|CUB}} Yosleider Cala * {{flagicon|CUB}} Wilfredo León * {{flagicon|CUB}} Leonel Marshall Jr. * {{flagicon|CUB}} Alberto Daniel La Rosa Marquez * {{flagicon|CUB}} Raidel Poey * {{flagicon|CUB}} Javier González Panton * {{flagicon|CUB}} Robertlandy Simón (Loan)

'''Estonia''' * {{flagicon|EST}} Oliver Venno

'''Venezuela''' * {{flagicon|VEN}} Carlos Tejeda

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'''France''' * {{flagicon|FRA}} Philippe Barca-Cysique * {{flagicon|FRA}} Loic De Kergret * {{flagicon|FRA}} Antonin Rouzier (Loan)

'''Iran''' * {{flagicon|IRN}} Saber Kazemi * {{flagicon|IRN}} Farhad Ghaemi

'''Italy''' * {{flagicon|ITA}} Cristian Savani * {{flagicon|ITA}} Wout Wijsmans * {{flagicon|ITA}}{{flagicon|CUB}} Ángel Dennis * {{flagicon|ITA}} Hristo Zlatanov * {{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Bernardi

'''Serbia''' * {{flagicon|SRB}} Ivan Miljković (Loan)

'''Slovenia''' * {{flagicon|SLO}} Tine Urnaut

'''Finland''' * {{flagicon|FIN}} Mikko Oivanen (Loan)

'''United States''' * {{flagicon|USA}} David Cameron Lee (Loan) * {{flagicon|USA}} Brook Billings

'''Sweden''' * {{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Nilsson

'''Hungary''' * {{flagicon|HUN}} Péter Veres

'''Kenya''' * {{flagicon|KEN}} Phillip Kipyego Maiyo

'''Russia''' * {{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitriy Ilinykh

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==Managerial history== * {{flagicon|EGY}} Ashraf Mehdi * {{flagicon|QAT}} Eid Mubarak * {{flagicon|EGY}} Mohammed Faraj (1987–90) * {{flagicon|SRB}} Dragan Mihailović (2009/10) * {{flagicon|TUN}} '''Mohammed Al Bahri''' (2011/12 until February 2012) * {{flagicon|SRB}} Dragan Popović (2012/2013) <small>(Caretaker)</small> * {{flagicon|SRB}} '''Ljubomir Travica''' (2012/13 until March 2014) * {{flagicon|ITA}} '''Daniele Bagnoli''' (2014/15 until November 2015) * {{flagicon|CRO}} '''Igor Arbutina''' (2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2012, March 2014, 2015/2016) * {{flagicon|BRA}} '''Carlos Eduardo Schwanke''' ( February /2017 – 2018)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140415062921/http://www.alrayyansc.com/ Al Rayyan Official Website] {{in lang|ar}}

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