Al-Gharafa SC (basketball)

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Al Gharafa Doha
NicknameAl Fuhud (The Cheetahs)
Leagues Qatari Basketball League
Founded1979
Location Doha, Qatar
Head coachKosay Hatem
Championships Qatari Championship (2)
Website Presentation at Asia-basket.com

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

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The club has traditionally provided Qatar's national basketball team with key players. [1]

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. [2]

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 Flag of Qatar.svg Ahmad Osman 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
F/C 1 Flag of the United States.svg C. J. Aiken 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
F 6 Flag of Qatar.svg Nedim Muslic 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
G 7 Flag of Qatar.svg Azzam Abuisneenah 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
G 8 Flag of the United States.svg Kenny Brown 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
SG 10 Flag of Qatar.svg Raslan Abdulla 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
G 12 Flag of the United States.svg Antonio Wade 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
C 18 Flag of Qatar.svg Mohammed Yousuf 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
G 21 Flag of Qatar.svg Amr Elgohary 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
F 22 Flag of Qatar.svg Marlen Issaybayev 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
F 24 Flag of Senegal.svg Ousseynou Mbow 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
F 38 Flag of Qatar.svg Mohammed Ouiri 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg 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.


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