Al-Okhdood Club (Arabic: نادي الأخدود, romanizednādī ʿukhdūdi, lit.'Ditch') is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Najran, in the southern region of Saudi Arabia.[1] Founded in 1976, the club competes in the Saudi Professional League, the first tier of Saudi football. The club have won the Saudi Second Division twice in 1992 and most recently in 2021.[2] Besides football, the club also consists of various other departments including karate, handball, taekwondo, volleyball, water polo, basketball and cycling.[3] The club's name alludes to the People of the Ditch mentioned in the Qur'an.[4]

Al-Okhdood
Full nameAl-Okhdood Club
Founded1976; 48 years ago (1976)
GroundPrince Hathloul bin Abdul Aziz Sports City
Capacity12,000
ChairmanSami Al Fadehl
ManagerMartin Ševela
LeagueSaudi Pro League
2022–23FDL, 3rd of 18 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website
Current season

History edit

Al-Okhdood, founded in 1976, secured promotion to the Saudi Pro League on 15 May 2023 for the first time in history, following a 2–2 draw between 5th-placed Al-Faisaly and Jeddah with three matchdays left, in which they became the 37th club in top tier of Saudi Arabia.[5]

Honours edit

Management staff edit

Position Name
Manager   Martin Ševela
Assistant Manager   Roland Buchała
  Khalid Abusrour
First-Team Coach   Yaqoob Al-Bulaihi
  Nasser Al-Mohrabit
Goalkeeper Coach   Jarosław Tkocz
  Abdulelah Al-Ghanim
Conditioning Coach   David Skuhravy
Fitness Coach   Muntasser Al-Mehdinat
Performance analyst   Yahya Al-Balushi
Doctor   Saad Mubarak
Physiotherapist   Salman Al-Kaabi
Director of football   Salim Al-Jahbrani
Technical Director   Kemal Alispahić

Current squad edit

As of 05 August 2023:[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   BRA Paulo Vítor
2 DF   KSA Abdulrahman Al-Rio
3 DF   ROU Andrei Burcă
4 DF   KSA Saeed Al-Rubaie (on loan from Al-Shabab)
5 DF   GEO Solomon Kvirkvelia
6 MF   KSA Eid Al-Muwallad
7 MF   KSA Saleh Al-Harthi
8 DF   KSA Hussain Al-Zabdani
9 FW   CMR Léandre Tawamba
10 MF   ROU Florin Tănase
11 MF   ESP Álex Collado (on loan from Real Betis)
12 MF   KSA Abdulaziz Al Hatila
13 MF   KSA Musleh Al-Shaikh
14 MF   EGY Ahmed Mostafa (on loan from Smouha)
15 DF   KSA Naif Asiri
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   KSA Sharfi Al Saleem
18 MF   COL Sebastián Pedroza (on loan from Santa Fe)
19 MF   KSA Saud Salem
20 DF   KSA Hamad Al Mansour (on loan from Al-Nassr)
21 FW   KSA Mohammed Al Jahif
23 GK   KSA Hussain Shae'an
24 FW   KSA Mourad Khodari (on loan from Al-Ahli)
25 GK   KSA Abdulaziz Al-Awairdhi
27 MF   KSA Awadh Khamis
29 MF   KSA Yaseen Al-Zubaidi (on loan from Al-Ahli)
49 MF   KSA Rayan Hattan
77 MF   KSA Hassan Al-Habib
99 FW   NGA Saviour Godwin
GK   KSA Saad Al-Saleh

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "الأخدود - Al-Akhdoud".
  2. ^ "القاسم يتوج الأخدود ببطولة دوري الدرجة الثانية بعد انتصاره على العروبة".
  3. ^ "نادي الأخدود".
  4. ^ "People of the Ditch".
  5. ^ "نادي الأخدود يصعد لأول مرة في تاريخه لدوري روشن للمحترفين" (in Arabic). al-jazirah.com. 16 May 2023.
  6. ^ "تشكيلة الأخدود".

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