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Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي السعودي) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Jeddah, that competes in the second division of Saudi Arabian football, following their relegation from the Saudi Professional League in the 2021–22 season. The club was founded in 1937.
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Full name | Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | Al Malaki (The Royal) Al Raqi (The Classy) Qala'at Alku'uws (The Fortress of Trophies) Safeer Al Watan (The Nation's Ambassador) | |||
Founded | 17 March 1937 | |||
Ground | King Abdullah Sports City | |||
Capacity | 62,345 | |||
Chairman | Majed Al-Nefaie | |||
Manager | Robert Siboldi | |||
League | Saudi First Division League | |||
2021–22 | Pro League, 15th of 16 (relegated) | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Domestically, Al-Ahli has won 3 Saudi Professional League, a record of 13 King's Cups, 6 Crown Prince Cups,1 General League Shield, and 1 Super Cup. In international club football, they have won a record shared of 3 GCC Champions League and 1 Arab Club Championship. The first Saudi club combined the league and the King's Cup in the same season in 1968, and the only club that did it twice in 1978 and 2016.
Al-Ahli was one of the four founding members of the Saudi Pro League that have never been relegated from the top flight, until the 2021–22 season, along with Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad, and Al-Nassr.[1] Al-Ahli have a record-breaking 51-match unbeaten run from 2014 to 2016.
Al Ahli's home games are played at King Abdullah Sports City, also known as the KASC Stadium. The stadium, which is shared with long-lasting city rivals Al-Ittihad, is the second-largest stadium in Saudi Arabia, with a total capacity of over 62,000.
The club's most famous Saudi players are Taisir Al-Jassim, Khalid Massad, Amin Dabo, Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad, Malek Mouath, and Yasser Al Mosailem, the most famous foreign players are Omar Al Soma, Victor Simões, Nabil Maâloul, Imad Al Hosni and Mohamed Barakat.
HistoryEdit
Founded in 1937 by four young men, Al Ahli Club is located in the heart of Jeddah's dream city and is the largest sports beacon in its strategic location on its largest street Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Street (Tahlia). The idea of establishing was founded among a number of students in Al-Falah school. The oldest school in the city of Jeddah was the beginning of the launch of Ahli towards a wider horizons and progress to lead gradually to become in the past and present a giant name pioneer and successful ambassador to the sport of homeland in many games, and the culmination of this success called the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, may God have mercy on him Ambassador of the nation on Friday, 10/7/1430 July 3, 2009.
Prince Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, Chairman of the Honorary Members and Honorary Members of the club throughout its history received management of the club headed by Abdul Aziz Al Anqari and the club's players on a historic day in Al Ahli Saudi FC's history and especially for Al Ahlawi as the biggest honor achieved by Al-Ahli club in its history after achieving a unique achievement in the same year in 2008, where he achieved four foreign championships the handball team who won the Asian Club League Handball Championship and then the Gulf Cup. The first football team and Volleyball team also won the Gulf Cup.
Former and famous Brazilian coach Telê Santana coached Al-Ahli from 1983 to 1985 and won 2 titles, one is league 1984 and the second is King Cup in 1983. Al Ahli has played eighteen King Cup finals, won thirteen and lost only five.
From 2014 to 2016, under the management of Swiss coach Christian Gross, the team won four titles with him. 2014–15 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, 2015–16 Saudi Professional League and 2016 King Cup. Al Ahli has won every major competition in which it has competed, with the exception of the AFC Champions League (in this competition they have lost two finals, in 1985–86 Asian Club Championship and 2012 AFC Champions League. They are also the first Saudi Club who played the Asian Final. Al Ahli is one of the big 4 clubs at Saudi Arabia along with Al Hilal, Al Nasser, and the local rivals Al Ittihad.
Shield of Sports Excellence and the title of ambassador of the homelandEdit
In 2009, the club completed its seventy-five years with a lot of historical and successful achievements. On 3 July 2009, Al-Ahli Club and its fans won't forget the day when the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz received the heads and members of the honor of the club and its board of directors after winning four International titles in 2008. The club was awarded the highest honor, where he was presented with the shield of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for sports excellence and the title "Ambassador of the Homeland".
HonoursEdit
DomesticEdit
- Saudi Professional League:[2]
- King Cup:[3]
- Saudi Super Cup:
- Winners: 2016
- Crown Prince Cup:[3]
- Saudi Federation Cup:[3]
- Winners: 2001, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2013
- Runners-up: 1976, 1989, 1991, 1997
- Saudi Founder's Cup:[3]
- Runners-up: 1999
- Domestic Treble
- Winners: 2016
- Double
- Winners: 1970, 1978, 2007
InternationalEdit
Kits and crestEdit
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsorsEdit
Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt main sponsor |
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1998–2000 | Shammel | None |
2000–2001 | Adidas | |
2001–2002 | Le Coq Sportif | |
2002–2003 | Diadora | SADAFCO |
2003–2006 | Le Coq Sportif | |
2006–2008 | Umbro | Al-Jawal |
2008–2009 | STC | |
2009–2012 | Adidas | |
2012–2014 | Umbro | |
2014–2015 | Qatar Airways | |
2015–2017 | Puma | |
2017–2019 | Umbro | Saudia |
2019–2020 | S-Team | |
2020– | Xtep |
PlayersEdit
As of 25 September 2020:[4][5]
Unregistered playersEdit
No | Position | Player | Nation |
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18 | FW | Othman Alhaj | Chad |
48 | FW | Abdullah Mahbub | Saudi Arabia |
99 | FW | Safi Al-Zaqrati | Saudi Arabia |
— | MF | Ahmed Bassas | Saudi Arabia |
Out on loanEdit
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RecordsEdit
Asian recordEdit
OverviewEdit
- As of 30 April 2021
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions League | 103 | 46 | 27 | 30 | 165 | 127 |
Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
TOTAL | 107 | 49 | 27 | 31 | 174 | 130 |
Record by countryEdit
Country | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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China | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 50.00 |
India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
Iran | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 45.83 |
Iraq | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 83.33 |
Kuwait | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
Qatar | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 30.00 |
Saudi Arabia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 40.00 |
South Korea | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0.00 |
Syria | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 71.43 |
Tajikistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
United Arab Emirates | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 39.13 |
Uzbekistan | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 50.00 |
MatchesEdit
NotesEdit
- QR: Qualifying round
- 1Q: First qualifying round
- 2Q: Second qualifying round
- 3Q: Third qualifying round
- PO: Play-off round
- A ^ After extra time.
Top scorers in Asian competitionsEdit
Player | Country | Goals | |
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1 | Omar Al Somah | Syria | 24 |
2 | Victor Simões | Brazil | 14 |
3 | Taisir Al-Jassim | Saudi Arabia | 9 |
4 | Amad Al-Hosni | Oman | 8 |
Muhannad Assiri | Saudi Arabia | ||
6 | Abdulrahim Jaizawi | Saudi Arabia | 6 |
7 | Alessandro Cambalhota | Brazil | 5 |
Mustafa Bassas | Saudi Arabia | ||
Abdulfattah Asiri | Saudi Arabia |
Recent seasonsEdit
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P KC CPC PFC ARCL CL GCC Saudi Super Cup Top scorer Manager 2000–01 SPL 1 22 15 6 1 50 19 31+ 51 – Quarter-finals Winners Semi-finals – – – Ibrahim Al-Suwayyed 12 Luka Peruzović 2001–02 SPL 4 22 12 4 6 39 26 13+ 40 – Winners Winners – – Winners – Obeid Al-Dosari 11 Luka Peruzović
Yousef Anbar2002–03 SPL 2 22 15 2 5 54 23 31+ 47 – Runners-up Runners-up Winners 3rd Qualifying Round – – Mohammed Barakat 10 Dimitri Davidovic
Ilija Lukić2003–04 SPL 4 22 10 8 4 31 21 10+ 38 – Runner-up Group stage Group stage – – – Rojero Pereira 11 Pierre Lechantre
Valmir Louruz2004–05 SPL 5 22 10 8 4 41 21 20+ 34 – Round 16 Semi-finals Semi-finals Quarter-finals – – Rojero Pereira 13 Valmir Louruz
Geninho2005–06 SPL 4 22 9 9 4 45 23 22+ 36 – Runners-up Runners-up – – – – Abdelhaq Ait Laarif
Malek Mouath8 Ilija Lukić
Nebojša Vučković2006–07 SPL 5 22 7 8 7 29 33 −4 29 – Winners Winners Semi-finals – – – Malek Mouath 20 Nebojša Vučković 2007–08 SPL 8 22 7 5 10 30 31 −1 26 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Semi-finals – Group stage – – Malek Mouath 14 Nebojša Vučković
Yousef Anbar2008–09 SPL 3 22 11 7 4 33 20 +13 40 Quarter-finals Round 16 Group stage – – Winner – Hassan Al-Raheb 10 Stoycho Mladenov 2009–10 ZPL 6 22 7 7 8 28 29 −1 28 Quarter-finals Runners-up Semi-finals – Group stage – – Victor Simões 13 Gustavo Alfaro
Farias2010–11 ZPL 6 26 11 4 11 48 41 +7 37 Winners Quarter-final Runners-up – – – – Victor Simões 20 Trond Sollied
Milovan Rajevac
Aleksandar Ilić2011–12 ZPL 2 26 19 5 2 60 22 +38 62 Winners Semi-final Winners – Runners-up – – Victor Simões 27 Karel Jarolím 2012–13 ZPL 5 26 12 8 6 51 33 +18 44 Semi-finals Quarter-finals Winners – Quarter-finals – – Victor Simões 17 Karel Jarolím
Aleksandar Ilić2013–14 ALJ 3 26 12 9 5 48 24 +24 45 Runners-up Quarter-finals Runners-up – – – – Taisir Al-Jassim 9 Vítor Pereira 2014–15 ALJ 2 26 17 9 0 59 22 +37 60 Round 16 Winners – Round 16 – – Omar Al Somah 31 Christian Gross 2015–16 ALJ 1 26 19 6 1 55 21 +34 63 Winners Runners-up – – Group stages – – Omar Al Somah 34 Christian Gross 2016–17 ALJ 2 26 17 4 5 57 30 +27 55 Runners-up Semi-finals – – Quarter-finals – Winners Omar Al Soma 40 José Manuel Gomes
Christian Gross2017–18 SPL 2 26 16 7 3 59 26 +33 55 Semi-finals – – – Round of 16 – – Muhannad Assiri 13 Serhii Rebrov 2018–19 SPL 4 30 17 4 9 68 41 +27 55 Round of 16 – – Semi-finals Round of 16 – – Omar Al Somah 27 Pablo Guede
Jorge Fossati
Yousef Anbar
Player of the YearEdit
Year | Winner |
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2009–10 | Abdulrahim Jaizawi |
2010–11 | Victor Simões |
2011–12 | Taisir Al-Jassim |
2012–13 | Mustafa Al-Bassas |
2013–14 | Taisir Al-Jassim |
2014–15 | Omar Al Soma |
2015–16 | Omar Al Soma |
2016–17 | Omar Al Soma |
Staff and managementEdit
Technical staffEdit
Position | Name |
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Coach | Vladan Milojević |
Assistant coaches | Milan Kosanovic Darko Tešović Mazen Bahkali |
Goalkeeper coach | Dusan Gasic |
Fitness coaches | Ivan Vucetic |
Performance manager | Nemanja Milincic |
Source:[6]
Board membersEdit
Office | Name |
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President | Abdulelah Mouminah |
Vice-president | Yasser Mahrous |
Director of Football | Bassem Abo Dawood |
Director of Other Sports | Tareef Halawani |
Director of Legal Affairs | Khaled Al-Shehri |
Commercial Director | Omar Aboulola |
Investment Officer | Khaled Al-Nahari |
Board Member | Yasser Allaki |
Board Member | Tarek Khalifah |
Source:[7]
PresidentsEdit
No | Name | From | To |
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1 | Hassan Hamood Al-Shams | 1937 | 1940 |
2 | Omar Hamood Al-Shams | 1950 | 1952 |
3 | Hassan Saroor Al Sabyan | 1952 | 1954 |
4 | Abdullah Bahery | 1955 | 1955 |
5 | Omar Hamood Al Shams | 1956 | 1956 |
6 | Ali Al Jassem Al Na'kly | 1957 | 1957 |
7 | Mohammed Fashlan | 1958 | 1958 |
8 | Abdulrahman bin Saead | 1959 | 1960 |
9 | Jameel Al-Gosani | 1961 | 1961 |
10 | Abdulfatah Abdulrabho | 1962 | 1962 |
11 | Abdullah Al-Bahry | 1963 | 1963 |
12 | Abdulfatah Abdulrabho | 1964 | 1964 |
13 | Omar Yousef | 1965 | 1969 |
14 | Mohammed bin Saleh Hamed | 1970 | 1972 |
15 | Abdullah bin Al-Ganb | 1973 | 1974 |
16 | Abdulmageed Yousef | 1975 | 1975 |
17 | Khaled bin Abdullah | 1976 | 1980 |
18 | Abdullah bin Faisal | 1981 | 1981 |
19 | Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Faisal | 1982 | 1984 |
20 | Abdulraziq Abu Dawod | 1985 | 1986 |
21 | Ahmed Eid Al-Harbi | 1987 | 1987 |
22 | Khaled bin Abdullah | 1988 | 1994 |
23 | Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki | 1994 | 1995 |
24 | Badr bin Fahd | 1995 | 1996 |
25 | Zaki Raheme | 1996 | 1997 |
26 | Abdulaziz Abdulha'a | 1997 | 1998 |
27 | Salman Al-Sudairy | 1998 | 1998 |
28 | Nawaf bin Abdulaziz bin Turki | 1999 | 2003 |
29 | Ahmed Moahmmed Marzoqi | 2004 | 2005 |
30 | Abdulraziq abu Dawod | 2005 | 2005 |
31 | Aymin Fadel | 2005 | 2007 |
32 | Abdulraziq abu Dawod | 2007 | 2007 |
33 | Ahmed Moahmmed Marzoqi | 2007 | 2008 |
34 | Abdulaziz Mohammed Al-A'aqary | 2008 | 2009 |
35 | Fahd bin Khaled bin Abdullah bin Mohammed | 2009 | 2015 |
36 | Musad Al Zuwaihary | 2015 | 2016 |
37 | Ahmad Al-Marzouqi | 2016 | 2017 |
38 | Fahd bin Khaled bin Abdullah bin Mohammed | 2017 | 2017 |
39 | Turki bin Mohammed | 2017 | 2018 |
40 | Majed Al-Nefaie | 2018 | 2018 |
41 | Abdullah Batterjee | 2019 | 2019 |
42 | Ahmed Al-Sayegh | 2019 | 2020 |
43 | Abdulelah Mouminah | 2020 | 2021 |
44 | Majed Al-Nefaie | 2021 |
ManagersEdit
- Mohammed Amin Hilmi (1937–39), (1950–51)
- Abdullah Abdul Majid (1961–65), (1969–71), (1976–77)
- Ahmed Saleh Al Yafei (1961–65), (1976–77)
- Mr. Michael (1967)
- Oscar Hold (1967–70)
- Hassan Sadaqa (1970–xx)
- Taha Ismail (1972–76)
- Didi (1978–81)
- Jorge Vieira (1980–81)
- Carlos the Jackal (1981–82)
- Telê Santana (1983–85)
- Mahmoud El-Gohary (1985)
- Ahmed Bouajila (1985–1986)
- Mahmoud El-Gohary (1986–88)
- Eckhard Krautzun (1988–89)
- Sebastião Lazaroni (1989–90)
- Zanata (1990)
- Xanana (1990–91), (1998–99), (2000–01)
- Luiz Felipe Scolari (1992–93)
- Nabil Maaloul (1994)
- Peter Shtoob (1994)
- Ahmed Al-Saghir (1994–95)
- Márcio Máximo (1995)
- Luís Antônio Zaluar (1995–96)
- Vantuir (1996–97)
- Zanata (1997)
- Cabralzinho (Oct 3, 1998 – Dec 3, 1998)
- Amin Dabo (Dec 3, 1998 – Nov 21, 1999)
- Zanata (Nov 21, 1999 – May 31, 2000)
- Miguel Ángel López (Jun 22, 2000 – Oct 11, 2000)
- Luka Peruzović (Oct 12, 2000 – Apr 11, 2002)
- Yousef Anbar (caretaker) (Apr 11, 2002 – May 31, 2002)
- Dimitri Davidovic (Jun 21, 2002 – Jan 4, 2003)
- Ilija Lukić (Jan 4, 2003 – Jun 1, 2003)
- Pierre Lechantre (Jul 15, 2003 – Sep 30, 2003)
- Valmir Louruz (Oct 6, 2003 – Dec 20, 2004)
- Geninho (Dec 25, 2004 – Jul 17, 2005)
- Ilija Lukić (Jul 30, 2005 – Nov 19, 2005)
- Yousef Anbar (caretaker) (Nov 19, 2005 – Dec 22, 2005)
- Nebojsa Vučković (Dec 22, 2005 – May 22, 2007)
- Theo Bücker (May 30, 2007 – Oct 2, 2007)
- Yousef Anbar (caretaker) (Oct 2, 2007 – Oct 22, 2007)
- Nebojsa Vučković (Oct 22, 2007 – Apr 6, 2008)
- Yousef Anbar (Apr 6, 2008 – May 22, 2008)
- Stoycho Mladenov (July 7, 2008 – May 8, 2009)
- Gustavo Alfaro (June 1, 2009 – Nov 25, 2009)
- Alan Guido (caretaker) (Nov 25, 2009 – Dec 25, 2009)
- Sérgio Farias (Dec 25, 2009 – Jul 1, 2010)
- Trond Sollied (Jul 1, 2010 – Aug 28, 2010)
- Khaled Badra (caretaker) (Aug 28, 2010 – Sept 10, 2010)
- Milovan Rajevac (Sept 10, 2010 – Feb 20, 2011)
- Aleksandar Ilić (Feb 24, 2011 – Jun 30, 2011)
- Karel Jarolím (Aug 5, 2011 – Feb 28, 2013)
- Aleksandar Ilić (Feb 28, 2013 – May 31, 2013)
- Vítor Pereira (Jun 9, 2013 – May 5, 2014)
- Christian Gross (Jun 16, 2014 – May 30, 2016)
- José Manuel Gomes (May 31, 2016 – Sep 30, 2016)
- Christian Gross (Oct 3, 2016 – May 31, 2017)
- Serhii Rebrov (Jun 21, 2017 – Apr 19, 2018)
- Fathi Al-Jabal (Apr 19, 2018 – May 15, 2018)
- Pablo Guede (May 15, 2018 – Feb 5, 2019)
- Jorge Fossati (Feb 8, 2019 – Apr 17, 2019)
- Yousef Anbar (Apr 17, 2019 – May 21, 2019)
- Branko Ivanković (Jun 18, 2019 – Sep 16, 2019)
- Saleh Al-Mohammadi (caretaker) (Sep 16, 2019 – Oct 16, 2019)
- Christian Gross (Oct 16, 2019 – Feb 17, 2020)
- Mazen Bahkali (caretaker) (Feb 17, 2020 – Feb 28, 2020)
- Vladan Milojević (Feb 28, 2020 – Mar 24, 2021)
- Faiçal Gormi (caretaker) (Mar 24, 2021 – Mar 31, 2021)
- Laurențiu Reghecampf (Mar 31, 2021 – May 31, 2021)
- Besnik Hasi (Jun 6, 2021 – Mar 4, 2022)
- Robert Siboldi (Mar 5, 2022 – )
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