Al-Gharafa SC (basketball)

Al Gharafa Doha
NicknameAl Fuhud (The Cheetahs)
LeaguesQatari Basketball League
Founded1979
LocationDoha, Qatar
Head coachKosay Hatem
ChampionshipsQatari Championship (2)
WebsitePresentation at Asia-basket.com

Al Gharafa Doha is a Qatari professional basketball club. The club competes in the Qatari Basketball League.

The club has traditionally provided Qatar's national basketball team with key players.

History

The team originally competed under the name Al-Ittihad and changed its name to Al-Gharafa before the 2005 season.

The team won the Qatari League in 2014.

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Al Gharafa roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.
F 0 Qatar Ahmad Osman 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
F/C 1 United States C. J. Aiken 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
F 6 Qatar Nedim Muslic 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
G 7 Qatar Azzam Abuisneenah 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
G 8 United States Kenny Brown 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
SG 10 Qatar Raslan Abdulla 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
G 12 United States Antonio Wade 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
C 18 Qatar Mohammed Yousuf 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
G 21 Qatar Amr Elgohary 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
F 22 Qatar Marlen Issaybayev 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
F 24 Senegal Ousseynou Mbow 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
F 38 Qatar Mohammed Ouiri 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Notable players

See also

References

  1. ↑ |tab=roster 2015 FIBA Asia Championship – Qatar Roster, FIBA.com, accessed 16 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Al Gharafa Doha - Team History". Asia-Basket.com. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Big wins for Gharafa, Qatar Sports Club". Gulf Times. December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  4. ↑ Madwar, Ahmad (December 7, 2018). "Nemanja Besovic agreed terms with Al Gharafa". Asia-Basket.com. Eurobasket Data Center. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ Lupo, Nicola (September 28, 2018). "Franklin Session signs with Al Gharafa". Sportando.com. NanoPress. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Justin volgt Wesley naar Qatar". svthetitans.nl (in Dutch). February 21, 2018. Archived from the original on August 22, 2018. Retrieved August 22, 2018.