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El Jaish SC (handball)

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Full name
  
El Jaish Handball Team

Capacity
  
2,000

2013–14
  
1st, champion

Head coach
  
Zoran Kastratović

Date founded
  
2007

Nickname(s)
  
The Army

League
  
1st Division

Arena
  
Al Rayyan

Location
  
Doha, Qatar

President
  
Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah

El Jaish Handball Team (Arabic: الجيش فريق كرة اليد‎‎) is the handball team of El Jaish SC, a multisport club based in the Al-Duhail area of Doha, Qatar. It currently competes in the 1st Division of the Qatari Handball League (QHL). The team was officially founded in 2007, and has been a dominant force in the QHL since its formation.

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The team has previously won the conintental championship, the Asian Club League Handball Championship, on one occasion in 2013.

Honours

  • 1st Division
    • Winners (2): 2013
  • Asian Club League Handball Championship
    • Winners (1): 2013
  • IHF Super Globe
    • Third place (1): 2013

    Notable former players

  • Dan Beutler
  • Nándor Fazekas
  • Goran Stojanović
  • Zoran Roganović
  • Ahmed El-Ahmar
  • Duško Čelica
  • Janko Kević
  • Deni Velić
  • Jovo Damjanović
  • Milan Šajin
  • Mirza Kapić

    • Managerial history

  • Ivica Obrvan (2013)
  • Kamel Akkab (2013–)

    • References

    El Jaish SC (handball) Wikipedia
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