Al Rayyan SC Volleyball Team


Al Rayyan Volleyball 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

''Squad for 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship
As of August 1st, 2017/
NameRoleNationality
Carlos Eduardo SchwankeHead Coach Brazilian
Mubarak Al-AbdullaManager Qatari
Toufik BenmessadekAssistant Coach Algerian
Ali IssacAssistant Coach Qatari
Vladimir NikolićPhysiotherapist Serbian
Arnaout MohammedDoctor Tunisian

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.
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Brazil
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cuba
Venezuela
France
Iran
Italy
Serbia
Finland
United States
Sweden
Hungary
Saudi Arabia
Kenya
Russia