Al Sadd Basketball Team

Al Sadd Basketball Team
Nickname	Al-Zaeem (The Boss) Al-Dheeb (The Wolf)
Leagues	Qatari Basketball League
Founded	21 October 1969
Arena	Jassim bin Hamad Indoor Hall (capacity: 4,000)
Location	Doha, Qatar
Team colors	Black and White
President	Mohammed Al Thani
Head coach	Zoran Krečković
Championships	Qatari Championship (5) Emir of Qatar Cup (6) Qatar Crown Prince Cup (1)
Website	Official website (in English and Arabic)
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Main article: Sadd Sports Club

Al Sadd Basketball Team (Arabic: فريق السد لكرة السلة) is a Qatari professional basketball team based in Doha, Qatar. Al Sadd Basketball Team is a branch of Sadd Sports Club, which is the most successful team in all of Qatar, with many domestic and international titles, including 2 AFC Champions League victories for the football team, and 5 AFC Champions League titles for its handball team.

Honours

Domestic

• Qatari Championship

Winners (5): 1970, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1996, 2013

• Emir of Qatar Cup

Winners (6): 1980, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1999

• Qatar Crown Prince Cup

Winners (1): 2004

Managerial history

• Bob Carroll (1987)
• Abdulrahman Baker (1990) [1]
• Mohammed Najjar (1997–1998)
• Samir Nassar (2005–2006)
• John Wojtak (2008–2010)
• Zoran Krečković (2011–2012, 2014–2018)

Notable players

Qatar

• Youssef Al-Badr
• Abdulaziz Al Bakri
• Khaled Suliman
• Mohammed Awad
• Zayed Ali Baroud

Bahrain

• Mohammed Yousef

Germany

• Johannes Krug

Ivory Coast

• Yessoufou Bassith

Iraq

• Hassan Abdullah

Senegal

• Dieng Bassirou
• Khalifa Diop Babacar

Serbia

• Milan Vučićević

USA

• Temi Soyebo
• Patrick Simpson
• Michael Sanders
• Curtis Haywood
• Christopher Garnett
• Jason Dixon
• Clint Deas
• Demond Cowins
• Michael Bell
• Michael Southall

See also

• Al Sadd Handball Team

External links

• Official website (in English and Arabic)
• Asia-basket.com - Team Profile