Football team

Al-Gharafa

Club · Qatar · Stars League

«Al Fuhud»

239 Matches

98 wins

46 draws

95 losses

403–426 Goals

−23 Difference

1.7 Scored per game

Form L L L D L W

Bilal Mohammed made 180 appearances for Al-Gharafa and won 108 caps for Qatar. The team he played for grew out of Al-Ittihad, formed on 6 June 1979 and entered into the Qatar Football Association that September; the name changed to Al-Gharafa in 2004, tying the club to the district of Al Rayyan it had represented all along. Yellow and blue went on the shirts because the founders liked the look of Brazil.

The nickname, Al Fuhud, the Cheetahs, sat well on a side that took seven Qatar Stars League titles between 1992 and 2010. The Emir of Qatar Cup has been kinder still: nine wins stretching from 1995 all the way to 2026. Adel Khamis, known as the Brown Gazelle and later club captain, was part of the side that won Qatar the Gulf Cup in 1992, and his name still carries weight around Thani bin Jassim Stadium.

That ground has been rebuilt and expanded since it went up in 2003, most recently around the 2022 World Cup, and it sits at the centre of Qatari football's oldest rivalry: Al-Rayyan SC, the neighbours. The Al Thani family's backing has continued into recent years under Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim bin Thamer Al Thani as head of football. With the Emir Cup won again in 2025 and 2026, Al-Gharafa go into the new season.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

8 Oct	Stars League	Al Wakrah A
1 Oct	QSL Cup	Al Mesaimeer H	4:2	W
15 Sep	AFC Champions League	Al-Hilal Saudi A	1:2	L
11 Sep	Stars League	Lusail City H	0:0	D
5 Sep	Stars League	Al-Sadd SC A	1:4	L
1 Sep	Qatar Cup	Al-Sadd SC A	1:2	L

Standing

AFC Champions League

Group stage · West Region

#	Team	M	D	L	Goals	Pts
10	Al-Ahli Saudi	1	1	0	1:1	1
11	Al Wasl SC	1	0	1	1:2	0
12	Al-Gharafa	1	0	1	1:2	0
13	Al Quwa Al Jawiya	1	0	1	0:1	0
14	Tractor	1	0	1	0:1	0

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 239

239 Matches

98 wins

46 draws

95 losses

403–426 Goals

−23 Difference

1.7 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 239

98 46 95

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	239	123	116
Scored	403	216	187
Conceded	426	180	246
Scored per game	1.7	1.8	1.6
Conceded per game	1.8	1.5	2.1
Difference	−23	+36	−59

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Khalifa Ababacar N'Diaye Goalkeeper 5 Matches

Amro Abdelfatah Ali Surag Defender 5 Matches

Ferjani Sassi Midfielder 5 Matches

Saifeldeen Hassan Abdulkareem Fadlalla Defender 5 Matches

Fabricio Díaz Badaracco Midfielder 5 Matches

Florinel Teodor Coman Forward 5 Matches

Hyun-Soo Jang Defender 5 Matches

Dame Traoré Defender 4 Matches

Squad of Al-Gharafa

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Matches
1	Khalifa Ababacar N'Diaye	Goalkeeper	5
11	Amro Abdelfatah Ali Surag	Defender	5
13	Ferjani Sassi	Midfielder	5
23	Saifeldeen Hassan Abdulkareem Fadlalla	Defender	5
29	Fabricio Díaz Badaracco	Midfielder	5
7	Florinel Teodor Coman	Forward	5
20	Hyun-Soo Jang	Defender	5
6	Dame Traoré	Defender	4
4	S. Sano	Defender	4
26	Rayyan Ahmed Al-Ali	Defender	4
18	Ayoub Al-Ui	Defender	4
5	Mostafa Essam Qadeera	Defender	4
34	M. Gamal	Goalkeeper	3
9	F. Magri	Forward	3
49	R. Faragalla	Midfielder	3
97	A. Nasar Mohamed	Forward	3
90	Alaa Aladdin Hassan	Forward	3
96	A. Ounas	Midfielder	3
31	A. Kone	Goalkeeper	3
8	Yacine Nasr Eddine Brahimi	Midfielder	3
19	Yousef Saaed Ahmed	Forward	2
33	Chalpan Abdullah Abdulnasir	Defender	2
24	Aron Einar Malmquist Gunnarsson	Defender	2
12	Mathias Antonsen Normann	Midfielder	2
9	Joselu	Forward	2
14	Álvaro Djaló Dias Fernandes	Defender	2
21	Hamad Majid	Goalkeeper	2
34	Mahmood Gamal Mohamed	Goalkeeper	2
99	Jamal Hamed Mayor	Forward	2
16	Jamil Friak	Midfielder	2
57	Yousef Musa	Midfielder	2
22	Andri Syahputra Sudarmanto	Midfielder	2
17	Rabeh Yahia Boussafi	Forward	2
27	Mason Anthony Holgate	Defender	1
10	Ismaël Bennacer	Midfielder	1
2	Abdulrahman Al-Rashidi	Midfielder	1