El Jaish Sports Club announced their new signings for the first team. The new players are Rashidov from Uzbekistan, Abdulrazzaq Hamdallah from Morocco, Khalifa Abu Baker - loaned from Al Kharaitiyat for two seasons and Othman al-Yahri a loan player from Al Gharafa for one season.
The conference was attended by club treasurer Khamis al-Kuwari, head of football Yousef Dasmal, and media coordinator Hamid al-Marwani.
Al-Kuwari said, “I wish good luck to all our players, I hope that they give great performances and win many titles with El Jaish.
“We will focus on the league in order to try and win titles, this is our target since we arrived in the Qatar stars league. I think it is time now to achieve our ambitions for ourselves and for the fans.”
Player Hamdallah said, “For me El Jaish was the preferred choice in the QSL because it is a big team and always competes for titles. Also there is a great coach here so I am happy to be here. I hope I will be lucky and win some titles with El Jaish.”
He added, “The Qatari league is one of the best leagues and is as important as the Chinese league where I used to play. I am confident that I will give the best of myself.”
Uzbek Rashidov said that he wants to achieve as much as possible with El Jaish. He said, “El Jaish is well-known and I played against them in the AFC champions league. I already know that El Jaish plays to win and I hope to win many titles here.”
Al Sadd resume training after win over Mesaimeer
Al Sadd resumed training Saturday evening on their training pitches following the 6-3 win over Mesaimeer in a preseason friendly held last Thursday. The match was part of the team’s preparations for the 2015-16 Qatar Stars League season.
The training session saw the participation of star midfielder Khalfan Ibrahim, who had been away from group recuperating after surgery on his lower abdomen. The operation was carried out in Munich back in early August. The playmaker will now try to regain his fitness as fast as possible ahead of the start of the QSL campaign which will start for the Wolves on September 13.
The technical staff were keen to implement a physical training regimen in order to keep the fitness levels of the players high, especially as they have been training since the 12th of July.
Later in the session, the players practiced with the ball, which included both offensive and defensive aspects of the game as well as drills to deal with the attacks on goal from deep and from the wings.
In their second friendly match in Doha after returning from their overseas training camp in Austria, Wolves defeated Mesaimeer 6-3, with Spanish star and team captain Xavi Hernandez, and Brazilian Muriqui scoring twice before the break. Hamza and Nasser Sankees scored one each in the second half.
Brazilian player Da Silva scored a hat-trick for Mesaimeer.
Rayyan beat Umm Salal 4-0
Al Rayyan defeated Umm Salal 4-0 in a friendly played on Thursday evening in the Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium as part of their preparations for the new Qatar Stars League season.
Sergio Garcia bagged a hat-trick with Rodrigo Tabata scoring the fourth and final goal for Al Rayyan.
This is Al Rayyan’s second friendly match since returning from their external training camp in the Netherlands.
Ahli to face Rayyan in friendly
Al Ahli is to play a friendly game against Al Rayyan on Monday 19:30 at the QFA’s Football Development pitches. The match is part of both teams preseason preparation programme.
There will also be a friendly match between the reserve teams which will start exactly two hours earlier.
This will be Al Ahli’s first friendly after returning from their external training camp in Austria. The team’s coach Zlatko Kranjcar is keen to make sure the players are fully fit and ready ahead of the new Qatar Stars League season which kicks off September 11.
As for Rayyan, this will be their third friendly after their return from their overseas training camp in the Netherlands.
