Al-Rayyan Sports Club

What Al-Rayyan Sports Club does

Al-Rayyan Sports Club (نادي الريان الرياضي) is a Qatar-based sports organization headquartered in Al Rayyan, Qatar, that fields professional and competitive teams across multiple sports disciplines including football (soccer), futsal, basketball, volleyball, and handball. Per firmographic data, the organization traces its roots to 1967, making it one of Qatar's older established sports institutions with deep local roots in the Al Rayyan municipality. The club represents the district in national and regional tournaments and is characterized in the source data as one of Qatar's "prominent sports clubs."

Name

Al-Rayyan Sports Club

Legal name

Al-Rayyan Sports Club

Website

https://alrayyansc.qa

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Al-Rayyan Sports Club is a Qatar-based multi-sport organization tracing to 1967, fielding teams in football, futsal, basketball, volleyball, and handball. It serves local fans and community members in the Al Rayyan municipality through professional sports entertainment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Sports Club

NAICS

Sports Teams and Clubs (711211)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Amateur Clubs & Community Sports Organizations (MPAKACAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Team Sports Matches (Club & National) (MPAGAMAB)

Keywords

• Professional football club
• Multi-sport club
• Sports entertainment
• Athletic competition
• Community sports

Headquarters

HQ city

Qatar

HQ country

Jordan

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Al-Rayyan Sports Club is a Qatari sports organization that fields competitive teams across multiple sports disciplines including football, futsal, basketball, volleyball, and handball. The club represents the Al Rayyan district in national and regional tournaments, delivering professional sports entertainment and serving as a community hub for local residents.

Product overview

Al-Rayyan Sports Club is a Qatari sports club website. The primary website (alrayyansc.qa) is currently under maintenance and not providing access to product or service information.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Al Hilal SFC: Saudi Pro League giant owned by the Public Investment Fund; directly comparable as a multi-sport-backed, Gulf-region football powerhouse that sets the commercial benchmark for top GCC clubs competing for regional talent and sponsorship share.
• Manchester City Football Club: City Football Group-owned English Premier League champion; comparable as a benchmark for the multi-club, multi-sport ownership and commercial infrastructure model that sophisticated investors would seek to bring to a Qatari club like Al-Rayyan.
• Al Nassr FC: Saudi Pro League club benefiting from PIF-era investment and global star signings; comparable to Al-Rayyan as a Gulf football franchise competing for the same regional sponsorship pool, broadcast rights, and talent.
• Paris Saint-Germain: Qatar Sports Investments-owned European football superclub; not a direct competitor but highly comparable in that QSI's Gulf-based ownership model provides the strategic template a private-equity-style investment in Al-Rayyan would aim to replicate.

Direct peers

• Al Sadd Sports Club: Historic Qatari multi-sport club based in Doha, Al Sadd is Al-Rayyan's primary domestic rival in the Qatar Stars League and similarly fields teams across multiple sports. Operates within the same national federation, sponsor universe, and broadcast deal framework.
• Al Duhail Sports Club: Qatari multi-sport club owned by Qatar Sports Investments, Al Duhail competes with Al-Rayyan in the Qatar Stars League and has been a dominant force in recent years, offering a benchmark for commercial scale and squad value in the same league.
• Al Arabi Sports Club: Qatari multi-sport club based in Doha that competes with Al-Rayyan in domestic football, basketball, handball, and volleyball leagues, sharing the same fan-base dynamics and QFA commercial ecosystem.
• Al Gharafa Sports Club: Another Doha-based Qatari multi-sport club competing in the same domestic football league and other team sports, comparable in scale, governance ambiguity, and reliance on the QFA/Stars League structure.

Regional players

• Esteghlal FC: Historic Iranian multi-sport club; shares Al-Rayyan's profile of deep local roots, multi-sport operations, and dependence on domestic league economics and national federation support.
• Persepolis FC: Iranian football powerhouse and one of Asia's most valuable clubs; comparable to Al-Rayyan as a legacy, fan-owned multi-sport club reliant on domestic broadcast and gate revenue rather than state-of-the-art commercial infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/alrayyansc
• Facebookfacebook.com/alrayyansc

Revenue estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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