Foreign Players
Qatari clubs were booming with foreign players throughout the 1950s until the 1970s, players from Sudan, Egypt, Somalia, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, and Ethiopia enriched Qatari football and played an enormous role in spreading the game among local fans.
Contracts were not signed to recruit foreign players; instead, they were employed in governmental administrations or private companies.
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