Lusail loses to Al Rayyan 1-0 in the first round of the Doha Bank Stars League

Our first football team, Lusail Club, lost to Al Rayyan 1-0 in the first round of the Doha Bank Stars League for the 2026-2027 season. The match was held tonight at the Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium.

Our first football team, Lusail Club, lost to Al Rayyan 1-0 in the first round of the Doha Bank Stars League for the 2026-2027 season. The match was held tonight at the Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium. Our Portuguese coach, Emanuel Mesquita, started the match with the following lineup: Arsha Shakouri in goal, Amin Ali Reza, Franck Russo, Mohammad Ayash, Omid Ebrahimi, Farhad Esmaeili, Hamed Reza Firouzi, Nayef Al-Hadrami, Mohammad Khan, Ali Nemati, and Rodrigo Moreno.

Al Rayyan took the lead in the 43rd minute through Brazilian player Gabriel Pereira, ending the first half with a 1-0 advantage. In the second half, our team tried to equalize, but their efforts went wide. In the 88th minute, Lusail players appealed for a penalty after Al Rayyan's Jassim Jaber fouled our player, George Stojanovski, but the referee waved play on. The match ended with Al Rayyan winning 1-0, in front of 5,812 fans.

Our team will face Al Ahli in the second round on the 28th of this month at the Al Thumama World Cup Stadium. Lusail hopes to bounce back from their first-round defeat and achieve a positive result against Al Ahli.