Al-Gharafa Sports Club, commonly known as Al-Gharafa SC, is a multi-sports club based in Al Gharrafa, Al Rayyan, Qatar, best known for its professional football team. The club competes in the Qatar Stars League, the country's top-level football competition, and is one of Qatar's well-known teams. This unofficial Al-Gharafa SC flag (Arabic: علم نادي الغرافة الرياضي غير الرسمي) features the club's official emblem centered on a yellow-and-dark-blue vertically striped background inspired by the team's traditional home kit and long-standing visual identity.
| Flag Proportion: | 3:5 (standard flag ratio) |
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| Flag Format: | Animated GIF (25-frame loop) |
| Flag Usage: | Fan-made / unofficial digital flag |
The club's emblem is built around a large dark-blue football with white seams outlining its hexagonal panels, overlaid by a slightly larger yellow silhouette of the country of Qatar. The combination of the national map and football connects the club's identity to both its home country and the sport. Yellow and blue have been the club's traditional colors since its founding, reportedly chosen because of the founders' admiration for the Brazil national football team. Across the lower part of the emblem are three interlocking white circles outlined in green, reminiscent of the Olympic rings and reflecting the club's involvement in multiple sports. The circles contain the Arabic club name, "نادي الغرافة الرياضي," and the founding inscription, "تأسس سنة ١٩٧٩," in black lettering. Beneath the central circle is the Arabic location inscription, "الغرافة - قطر," identifying the club's home in Al Gharrafa, Qatar, while a small falcon is perched above it. The falcon, Qatar's national bird, is an important cultural symbol associated with wealth, strength, nobility, pride, and status. Green leafy branches frame the emblem from the sides and bottom, adding associations with growth and nature. The name Al-Gharafa is commonly associated with the Arabic word for scooping or drawing water, reflecting the area's history as a low-lying floodplain where local people once collected water. Together, the emblem's national, sporting, and cultural symbols express Al-Gharafa's regional roots, multi-sports identity, and long-standing traditions.
| Team name: | Al-Gharafa Sports Club |
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| Team nicknames: | الفهود (The Cheetahs) |
| Team abbreviation: | - |
| Founded: | 1979 |
| Location: | Al Gharrafa, Al Rayyan, Qatar |
| Stadium: | Thani bin Jassim Stadium |
| Capacity: | 21,175 |
| League: | Qatar Stars League |
| Team Colors: | Yellow and dark-blue |
| Championships: | 7 |
| Mascots: | - |
