Al-Markhiya Sports Club

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Al-Markhiya S.C.
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Full name Al-Markhiya Sports Club
Nickname(s) Al-Ittifaq
Founded 1995
Ground Markhiya Stadium
(Capacity 40,000)
Chairman Mubarak Al-Naemi
League Qatar national second division
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Al-Markhiya Sports Club (Arabic: المرخية) is a Qatari multi-sports club. Its football (soccer) department plays for national second division. It was widely regarded as the fastest improving team due to it winning the Second Division league 4 times in the first 5 it has taken part of. It has also entered history by being the first second division club to be promoted to the Qatari Premier League.

Various conspiracies have kept the team from remaining in the Qatar Premier League - the most prominent being the infamous Al-Arabi game in 2002.