Al-Mesaimeer Sports Club
Encyclopedia
Al-Mesaimeer Sports Club is a Qatar
i multi-sports club based in Mesaimeer. Its football department plays in the Qatar 2nd Division
. It has never been promoted to the first league. It was previously known as Al-Nahda Sports Club, then Al-Shoala, and finally, today it is known as Mesaimeer Sports Club.
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In 1998 His Highness the former Heir Apparent Sheikh Jasim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
, along with the Qatar National Olympic Committee, publicized the club followed by the formation of a constituent general assembly and the election of a Board of Directors. In light of that period the club's name was changed to Al-Shoala.
In 2000, the construction of the club's official headquarters in the Mesaimeer area was completed under the supervision of National Olympic Committee, consisting of an administrative building, clothes changing rooms and a football field.
The Board of Directors' plans were re-examined to attract the local community to the club and form a base of players in all age groups starting from the juniors to the first team and provided facilties and services ranging from sports equipment and accessories to trainers, educators and advice from professional players.
The club began its participation in sporting events and the first team was runner-up in the second league numerous times. After a period of time, junior and youth players were playing against big teams and beating them, prompting the Board of Directors to show diligence and attention towards the younger players and acknowledge that they are the backbone of the club and its future. They shifed their resources towards them and trained them well and provided them with attention outside the club, assisting them in their school studies, in addition to support within the club, in hope that they will one day represent the first team. In the year 2004, due to the desire of the members of the club's founders and employees, the club changed its name to Al-Mesaimeer Sports Club, in accordance to the region of where the club and i's headquarters are situated.
Marcelo Da Silva Santos Moussa Pokong
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Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
i multi-sports club based in Mesaimeer. Its football department plays in the Qatar 2nd Division
Qatar National First Division
The Qatar Stars League is the highest professional league in Qatari football. There is also a second division league in Qatar.- League Structure :...
. It has never been promoted to the first league. It was previously known as Al-Nahda Sports Club, then Al-Shoala, and finally, today it is known as Mesaimeer Sports Club.
History
The club was formed as a football team in 1996 (under the name "Al-Nahda Sports Club"), located in Doha due to administrative and financial dependence of the Qatar Football AssociationQatar Football Association
The Qatar Football Association is the governing body of football in Qatar.-Beginnings:The advent of football at Qatar dates back to the year of 1946, accompanied by the arrival of oil companies...
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In 1998 His Highness the former Heir Apparent Sheikh Jasim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Jasim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Sheikh Jasim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani was the former heir apparent of Qatar. He is the third son of the current Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and the first child of the Emir with his second wife, Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned.-Education and career:Sheikh Jasim was...
, along with the Qatar National Olympic Committee, publicized the club followed by the formation of a constituent general assembly and the election of a Board of Directors. In light of that period the club's name was changed to Al-Shoala.
In 2000, the construction of the club's official headquarters in the Mesaimeer area was completed under the supervision of National Olympic Committee, consisting of an administrative building, clothes changing rooms and a football field.
The Board of Directors' plans were re-examined to attract the local community to the club and form a base of players in all age groups starting from the juniors to the first team and provided facilties and services ranging from sports equipment and accessories to trainers, educators and advice from professional players.
The club began its participation in sporting events and the first team was runner-up in the second league numerous times. After a period of time, junior and youth players were playing against big teams and beating them, prompting the Board of Directors to show diligence and attention towards the younger players and acknowledge that they are the backbone of the club and its future. They shifed their resources towards them and trained them well and provided them with attention outside the club, assisting them in their school studies, in addition to support within the club, in hope that they will one day represent the first team. In the year 2004, due to the desire of the members of the club's founders and employees, the club changed its name to Al-Mesaimeer Sports Club, in accordance to the region of where the club and i's headquarters are situated.
Current squad
- Head coach:
Jorge Paixão - Assistant coach: Rui Maside
Notable players
Mohammed KasolaMohammed Kasola
Mohammed Kasola is a Qatari footballer of Ghanaian origin. He currently plays as a defender for Al Sadd.-International career:...
Marcelo Da Silva Santos Moussa Pokong
Moussa Pokong
Etienne Le Doux Moussa Pokong is an Cameroonian football player who is currently playing for Al-Mesaimeer.-Club career:Pokong transferred to Club Africain in January 2006, he cames from FS d'Akonolinga...
Sidibe Mohamed