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Al Rayyan Volleyball (Arabic: الريان للكرة الطائرة) is a professional volleyball team based in Al-Rayyan, Qatar. It competes in the Qatari Volleyball League. They participated in the 2012 edition of the FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship held in Qatar after winning the Heir Apparent Cup. The club hired four top athletes to strengthen the team before the 2012 Club World Championships. These include Rodrigão from Brazil, the Bulgarian brothers Georgi and Valentin Bratoev, and the American David Lee, a Gold medalist in Beijing 2008. They did not advance past the group stage.
The best achievement for the Al Rayyan volleyball team was in 2014 when they came in the second place in the World Club championship. The squad included Michael Sánchez, Raphael Vieira de Oliveira, Matey Kaziyski and Robertlandy Simón as foreign players in the team.
Al Rayan won the GCC Champions Cup in 2011 and 2015 as well as the Arab championship and Asian cup.
Honors
= Domestic
=Qatar Volleyball League
Winners (11): 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022, 2023
Emir Cup
Winners (16): 1987, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023
Crown Prince Cup
Winners (9): 1993, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016
= International
=Asian Club Championship
Runners-up: 2013, 2014
Third place: 2019
Fourth place: 2002
World Club Championship
Runners-up: 2014
GCC Volleyball Club Championship
Winners (3): 2011, 2015, 2016
Runners-up: 2014, 2017
Arab Volleyball Clubs Championship
Winners (3): 2018, 2019, 2022
Runners-up: 1998, 2012
Third place: 2017
Fourth place: 2001, 2005
Arab Volleyball Clubs Championship Cup Winners
Winners (1): 2000
West Asian Volleyball Clubs Championship
Winners (2): 2023, 2024
Squad
Squad for 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship
Head coach: Igor Arbutina
Technical staff
As of 1 August 2017/
Notable players
This list of former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contributions to the team in terms of appearances or goals while playing for the team, or who made significant contributions to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is clearly not yet complete and all inclusive, and additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.
Managerial history
Ashraf Mehdi
Eid Mubarak
Mohammed Faraj (1987–90)
Dragan Mihailović (2009/10)
Mohammed Al Bahri (2011/12 until February 2012)
Dragan Popović (2012/2013) (Caretaker)
Ljubomir Travica (2012/13 until March 2014)
Daniele Bagnoli (2014/15 until November 2015)
Igor Arbutina (2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2012, March 2014, 2015/2016)
Carlos Eduardo Schwanke ( February /2017 – 2018)
References
External links
Al Rayyan Official Website (in Arabic)