The Qatar national football team, nicknamed "The Maroons", represents Qatar in international football, and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and comes under the global jurisdiction of world football’s governing body FIFA. They play their home games at Khalifa International Stadium and Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. The latter is considered the home stadium.
Qatar Sports Club is a sports club based in Doha, Qatar. It is best known for its football team which competes in the Qatar Stars League. The club was founded in 1961 with the merger of two Qatari football clubs, Al-Oruba and Al-Nasour.
Sheik Mohammed Ali Hassan Al-Moayad was a Yemeni cleric who was convicted in 2005 on U.S. federal charges of conspiring to provide material support and resources to Hamas and Al-Qaeda. His conviction was overturned in the Court of Appeals in 2008. He then pleaded guilty to conspiring to raise money for Hamas, was sentenced to time served, and deported to Yemen. Prior to his arrest, he was the imam of the main mosque in Sana'a and a high-ranking member of Yemen's opposition Al-Islah party.
Alamut is a novel by Vladimir Bartol, first published in 1938 in Slovenian, dealing with the story of Hassan-i Sabbah and the Hashshashin, and named after their Alamut fortress. The maxim of the novel is "Nothing is an absolute reality; all is permitted". This book was one of the inspirations for the video game series Assassin's Creed.
The 2002 West Asian Football Federation Championship took part in Syrian Capital of Damascus. Iraq won the final against Jordan 3–2 after extra time coming back from 0–2 at half time. The 6 entrants were Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon and host nation Syria. The draw was held on 13 August in Kuala Lumpur.
Al-Markhiya Sports Club is a Qatari multi-sports club, based in the Al Markhiya district of Doha. Its football department plays in the Qatar Stars League. 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 Qatar Stars League. The club was founded in 1995 as Al-Ittifaq, but was renamed to Al-Markhiya in 2004 to better represent the district where it is located.
Hassan Yousuf Mudhafar Al-Gheilani, commonly known as Hassan Mudhafar, is an Omani former footballer who plays for Al-Oruba SC in Oman Professional League.
Hassan Abdel-Fattah Mahmoud Al-Mahsiri is a Jordanian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Hassan Khalid Hassan Al-Haydos is a Qatari professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd.
Ali Hassan Afif Yahya is a Qatari footballer. He currently plays for Umm Salal and the Qatar national team as a left-back.
Below are the rosters for the 2010 Toulon Tournament.
Mohamed Alanssi is a Yemeni national who has worked as an informant for the FBI in over 20 terrorism-related federal prosecutions, starting in November 2001. Alanssi set himself on fire in front of the White House on November 15, 2004. A note he wrote to his FBI handler at the time said he had to travel to Yemen to see his sick wife before he testified in a major terrorism prosecution in 2005. Alanssi was the sole informant in that case, which involved various counts of material support of terrorism against Mohammed Ali Hassan Al-Moayad and his assistant. At the trial, Alanssi was not called by the prosecution, but appeared as a hostile witness for Al-Moayad's defense.
Moayad Samir Ajan is a Syrian footballer. He currently plays as a left back for Al-Wahda in the Syrian Premier League, the top division in Syria.
Abdelkarim Hassan is a Qatari professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Qatar Stars League club Al-Wakrah and the Qatar national team.
The 2013 West Asian Football Federation Championship was the 8th WAFF Championship, an international tournament for member nations of the West Asian Football Federation. The tournament was hosted by Qatar from 25 December 2013 to 7 January 2014 and the host country won the tournament for the first time. The 2012 champions, Syria, did not defend their title.
Akram Hassan Afif Yahya Afif is a Qatari professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd and the Qatar national team.
Yousef Hassan is a Qatari footballer of Egyptian descent. He currently plays for Al-Gharafa and the Qatar national football team.
Moayad Shatat is a Jordanian businessman, who has links to the world of football, particularly the Spanish League. He served as vice president with Málaga CF and in 2016 was selected by Skyline International, part of a business investment group, to manage the project designed for Elche CF. Following the investment made with the group's international capital into Elche CF, Shatat will take up the role of Executive Chairman of the entity.
Muayad Aref Al Khouli, also spelt Moayad Al Khouli and Moaiad Alkhouli, is a Syrian footballer.
Suq Al-Shuyukh Club, is an Iraqi football team based in Suq al-Shuyukh, Dhi Qar, that plays in Iraqi First Division League.
