SPORT 16 FRIDAY 7 APRIL 2017 Lekhwiya are QSL champions Rizwan Rehmat equaliser in the 35th minute The Peninsula when Ismail Mohamad found Players vie for the ball during the Qatar FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS the net, much to the delight of Stars League match between Lekhwiya outh Korean interna- the home fans. and Al Ahli, played at Lekhwiya Stadium tional Nam Tae hee Just when Lekhwiya fans yesterday. Lekhwiya beat Al Ahli to secure 1963-64 : Al Maref 1964-65 : Al Maref produced a close-range would have given up on the their fifth Qatar Stars League (QSL) title. goal late into injury team, Tae hee picked up a lose 1965-66 : Al Maref time to power ball and sent it crashing into the 1966-67 : Al Oruba SLekhwiya to their fifth Qatar net in injury time to seal the 1967-68 : Al Oruba Stars League (QSL) title victory team's fifth QSL title triumph. 1968-69 : Al Oruba following a fighting 2-1 win over "Al Ahli's defense was so 1969-70 : Al Oruba Al Ahli. tough to handle in this game. 1970-71 : Al Oruba Tae hee scored in the 95th Their players are so hard to bat- 1971-72 : Al Sadd minute as home side Lekhwiya tle against. They closed all gaps 1972-73 : Al Esteqlal picked up three points in the for us in this game. It was qual- 1973-74 : Al Sadd round 25 clash. ity football. The goals which we 1974/75 : no champion Lekhwiya, coached by scored were because they had 1975-76 : Al Rayyan Djamel Belmadi, now have an made minor mistakes. But this 1976-77 : Al Esteqlal unassailable tally of 62 points is football," Lekhwiya's Ismail 1977-78 : Al Rayyan with just one round to go. Mohammed said after their 1978-79 : Al Sadd Al Sadd, who were held to a exciting victory. 1979-80 : Al Sadd 2-2 draw by Al Sailiyah yester- "When I watched Al Ahli 1980-81 : Al Sadd day, are in second spot with 58 play El Jaish, I got the feeling 1981-82 : Al Rayyan points from 25 matches. that this (yesterday's) game 1982-83 : Al Arabi This is Lekhwiya's fifth QSL could be a tough challenge for 1983-84 : Al Rayyan title victory since their maiden us. I saw Al Ahli is becoming a 1984-85 : Al Arabi triumph in the 2010-11 season. strong side and we were tad 1985-86 : Al Rayyan Belmadi was the coach at wary of them. But for this game, 1986-87 : Al Sadd the time and the Algerian helped we used specific tactics planned 1987-88 : Al Sadd the Red Knights successfully by the coach and all of them 1988-89 : Al Sadd defend their title the next sea- were successful and we man- 1989-90 : Al Rayyan son as well. aged to get the win we were 1990-91 : Al Arabi Eric Gerets was the coach looking for. In the last few min- 1991-92 : Al Ittihad when Lekhwiya won their QSL utes, we were tense since we 1992-93 : Al Arabi title in the 2013-14 season. wanted that goal so badly. 1993-94 : Al Arabi Michael Laudrup, the pop- Thank God we pulled it off," he 1994-95 : Al Rayyan ular Danish coach, helped said. 1995-96 : Al Arabi Lekhwiya bag their fourth QSL Defender Khalid Muftah 1996-97 : Al Arabi title the following year. said: "Finally, we have won the 1997-98 : Al Ittihad Ali Fereydoun yesterday title. It feels amazing. It has been 1998-99 : Al Wakrah opened the scoring for Al Ahli a long season for us. I would say 1999-2000 : Al Sadd in the 5th minute of the match, Lekhwiya deserved to win the 2000-01 : Al Wakrah leaving Belmadi and his back- title because this club gets all the 2001-02 : Al Ittihad room staff stunned at Lekhwiya support it needs. We have total 2002-03 : Qatar SC Stadium. support of the club manage- 2003-04 : Al Sadd But the home side regrouped ment. Throughout the season, 2004-05 : Al Gharafa quickly and produced the we only lost one game. That is 2005-06 : Al Sadd a very good record. That shows 2006-07 : Al Sadd Lekhwiya bag how well we did." 2007-08 : Al Gharafa QSL glory Earlier, Al Sadd shared 2008-09 : Al Gharafa points with Al Sailiyah in a 2-2 2009-10 : Al Gharafa Nam Tae hee draw at Al Sadd Stadium. 2010-11 : Lekhwiya produced a Al Sadd's Xavi opened the backline. In the 12th minute, Al keeper Gregory Gomis's body. the stronger of the two sides in 2011-12 : Lekhwiya close-range goal late scoring in the 15th but Al Saili- Sailiyah's Uzbek forward It was Xavi's 10th goal of the the first 20 minutes into the 2012-13 : Al Sadd into injury time to yah's Sanjar Shaakhmedov Temurkhuja Abdukholikov season. second half but Al Sailiyah 2013-14 : Lekhwiya power Lekhwiya to scored the equalizer the very picked up a rebound off the feat Barely a minute later, Al backline held firm to deny the 2014-15 : Lekhwiya their fifth Qatar next minute. of Al Sadd defender Mohammed Sailiyah scored the equaliser home club. 2015-16 : Al Rayan Stars League (QSL) Al Sailiyah's Valentin Lazar Kasola before firing a bullet after Shaakhmedov produced In the 68th minute, Al 2016-17 : Lekhwiya title victory. gave his side the lead in the 71st from the edge of the box. an easy deflection inside the Al Sadd's Bounedjah produced a minute but Al Sadd's Baghdad The shot beat Al Sadd goal- Sadd box. snap-header from close range Lekhwiya, coached by Bounedjah (83, penalty) pro- keeper Saad Al Dosari but the Al Sadd mounted serious but his deflection sailed just QSL: WEEK 25 Djamel Belmadi, now duced a well-taken spot kick ball curled away from the goal- pressure with regular intervals above the crossbar. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS late in the second half. post as the home team breathed and in the 27th minute, Xavi In the 71st minute, Lazar have an unassailable Lekhwiya 2-1 Al Ahli tally of 62 points with Al Sailiyah put pressure on a sign of relief. produced his trademark swing- produced a bit of solo run before the hosts with a couple of early However, in the 15th minute ing shot from long distance. The smashing the ball into the Al Al Sadd 2-2 Al Sailiyah just one round to go. moves in the first minute of the Al Sadd jumped to a 1-0 lead ball narrowly missed the Sadd net for Al Sailiyah's sec- TODAY'S FIXTURES match at Al Sadd Stadium. with a somewhat plucky crossbar. ond goal. Al Khor vs Al Shahania This is Lekhwiya's In the third minute, Lazar finish. Two minutes from the first- Bounedjah scored Al Sadd's At Al Khor Club (6.20pm.) fifth QSL title victory chipped a neat pass towards Barca legend Xavi - the Al half whistle, Al Sadd's Ibrahim second goal in the 83rd minute Al Wakrah vs Umm Salal since their maiden defender Mohamad Rajeb who Sadd captain - curled in a beau- Majed managed a snap-header off a penalty kick, much to the At Al Wakrah Stadium (6.20pm.) triumph in the failed to deflect the ball into the tifully-taken free-kick that hit that just sailed above the Al delight of home fans. It was Muaither SC vs Al Kharaitiyat 2010-11 season. net from close range while being goalpost and went into the goal Sailiyah crossbar. Bounedjah's 23rd goal of the At Al Gharafa Stadium (6.20pm.) under pressure from the Al Sadd after rebounding off the goal- Al Sadd clearly emerged as season. FRIDAY 7 APRIL 2017 SPORT 17 Ref axed after Al Mohannadi wins appeal against FIFA ban penalty blunder Zurich investigation. He had previously been The agenda was voted down after London Reuters disqualified from standing for a place on just 27 minutes of the Congress in Goa. AFP the FIFA Council while the matter was The election for four places on the atari and Asian soccer official investigated. Council will now go ahead in May eferee Keith Stroud has Saoud Al Mohannadi (pictured) However, FIFA's Appeal Committee although the AFC has already published been removed from his Q has won an appeal against a one- said in a statement yesterday that there the names of the eight candidates. Rscheduled fixture this year ban that prevented him from was insufficient evidence to establish The AFC could not immediately weekend after a bizarre pen- standing for a place on the FIFA Coun- that Al Mohannadi had violated the code be reached to comment on whether alty blunder at Newcastle cil, soccer's governing body said of ethics. It also lifted a 20,000 Swiss Al Mohannadi would be allowed to United, reports said yesterday. franc ($19,930.24) fine levied against stand. yesterday. Al Mohannadi, a vice-president of him. Al Mohannadi was elected vice-pres- He disallowed Matt Ritch- the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) His disqualification in September led ident of the AFC during the elections ie's successful penalty for and Qatar Football Association (QFA), delegates to cancel an extraordinary AFC conducted in April 2015 last year in Bah- Newcastle against Burton and was banned by FIFA's ethics watchdog Congress which had been called to rain. After his election he said he wanted awarded the visitors an indi- in November on allegations 'for failing choose Asian places on the FIFA to put the region back on the path of rect free-kick rather than to cooperate as a witness' in an Council.