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Al Shamal SC

Club · Qatar · Stars League

«The North Stars»

199 Matches

73 wins

42 draws

84 losses

308–323 Goals

−15 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Form D W D W D D

The Al-Shamal SC Stadium in Madinat ash Shamal takes its shape from the Al Zubara Fort, a nod that gives it the local name Fort Stadium alongside its official one. It opened in 2011 with room for 3,500 and has since grown to 5,000.

Al-Shamal was founded in 1980 by Mohammed bin Badr Al-Sadah, starting out on dirt pitches before the club branched into handball, volleyball, table tennis, basketball and athletics within two years. Football brought the first real success in 1985–86, when Abel Verônico's side won the Qatar Second Division and reached the Qatar Stars League for the first time. The following fifteen years produced the club's best spell: the Arab Peace Championship in 1995 and the Sheikh Jassim Cup in 1996, offset by three seasons finishing bottom of the table and a direct relegation in 2000–01 after collecting a single point.

What followed was a cycle familiar to the club's supporters — Second Division titles in 2003, 2015 and 2021 each bought a return to the top flight, each followed sooner or later by another drop. The 2025–26 season broke that pattern: a second-place finish in the Qatar Stars League sent Al-Shamal into the AFC Champions League Elite for the first time. Baghdad Bounedjah, the Algerian striker who won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2019, arrived that same season.

Al-Markhiya SC provides the club's closest rivalry, the two northern sides meeting in what Arabic media call Derby Al-Shamal. It is still known, in Arabic, as Al-Nujoom Al-Shamaliya — the North Stars.

Latest results

All matches

14 Sep	AFC Champions League	Al-Ittihad FC H	1:1	D
10 Sep	Stars League	Al Wakrah A	1:1	D
4 Sep	Stars League	Al Shahaniya SC H	4:2	W
1 Sep	Qatar Cup	Al-Rayyan H	3:3	D
27 Aug	Stars League	Al-Gharafa A	3:1	W
21 Aug	Stars League	Al-Arabi SC A	2:2	D

Standing

AFC Champions League

Group stage · West Region

#	Team	M	W	D	Goals	Pts
6	Neftchi	1	1	0	1:0	3
7	Al-Ittihad FC	1	0	1	1:1	1
8	Al Shamal SC	1	0	1	1:1	1
9	Pakhtakor	1	0	1	1:1	1
10	Al-Ahli Saudi	1	0	1	1:1	1

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 199

199 Matches

73 wins

42 draws

84 losses

308–323 Goals

−15 Difference

1.5 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 199

73 42 84

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	199	94	105
Scored	308	145	163
Conceded	323	158	165
Scored per game	1.5	1.5	1.6
Conceded per game	1.6	1.7	1.6
Difference	−15	−13	−2

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Wesley Saïd Midfielder 2 Matches

A. Al Saeed Forward 2 Matches

N. Benaissa Midfielder 2 Matches

Michel Termanini Defender 2 Matches

Ahmed Sayyar Midfielder 2 Matches

Abdullah El Rady Goalkeeper 2 Matches

Ali Mohammed Goalkeeper 2 Matches

Fahad Waad Midfielder 2 Matches

Squad of Al Shamal SC

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Matches
22	Wesley Saïd	Midfielder	2
78	A. Al Saeed	Forward	2
28	N. Benaissa	Midfielder	2
23	Michel Termanini	Defender	2
27	Ahmed Sayyar	Midfielder	2
45	Abdullah El Rady	Goalkeeper	2
1	Ali Mohammed	Goalkeeper	2
47	Fahad Waad	Midfielder	2
14	Omar Ali	Forward	2
5	Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane	Midfielder	2
4	Pablo Mari	Defender	2
70	Tiago Rafael Maia da Silva	Midfielder	2
95	B. Seck	Goalkeeper	2
11	B. Bounedjah	Forward	2
10	Álex Collado Gutiérrez	Midfielder	2
17	Abdullah Abdulsalam Alahrak	Midfielder	2
2	M. Awad	Defender	2
8	Ali Assadalla Thaimn Qambar	Forward	1
15	Hussain Bahzad	Defender	1
16	Federico Baes	Defender	1
24	J. Murillo	Defender	1
3	Abdelkarim Hassan Al Haj Fadlalla	Defender	1
18	Adel Bader Al Ahmad	Midfielder	1
8	Ali Assadalla	Midfielder	1
15	H. Bahzad	Defender	1