Damac Football Club (Arabic: ضمك, romanizedḌamak) is a Saudi Arabian professional sports club based in Khamis Mushait, that currently competes in the Saudi Professional League, the top division of Saudi Arabian football.

Damac
Full nameDamac Football Club
Nickname(s)Faris Al-Janub (The Knight of the South)
Jabal Damac (Mountain of Damac)
Founded1972; 52 years ago (1972)
GroundPrince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha, Saudi Arabia
Capacity20,000
ChairmanKhaled Al Masha'at
ManagerCosmin Contra
LeaguePro League
2022–23Pro League, 8th of 16
WebsiteClub website
Current season

The home venue of this club, founded in 1972, is Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium. They are named for the nearby Jabal Damac mountain.

Honours edit

Management staff edit

Position Name
Manager   Cosmin Contra
Assistant Manager   Laurentiu Rosu
Assistant Manager   Cornel Dobre
Goalkeeper Coach   Turki Al-Qarni
Fitness Coach   Hassan Al-Ghul
Assistant Fitness Coach   Abdulaziz Al-Shahri
Video Analyst   Ahmad Al-Hajj
Rehab Coach   Abdulelah Al-Thani
Performance Analyst   Saad Al-Balushi
Sporting Director   Ali Al-Shaharili
Head of Medical   Mohamed Al-Sheikh
Doctor   Humaid Al-Khams
Physiotherapist   Salman Al-Nawwaf
Physiotherapist   Faisal Al-Hussaini
Physiotherapist   Waleed Al-Muqarrib
Masseur   Razzaq Al-Ghanim
Nutritionist   Saleem Al-Alawi
Director of Development   Sultan Al-Malik
Director of Football   Khalid Al-Thahrani

Managerial history edit

Current squad edit

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   KSA Bander Al-Shahrani
2 DF   KSA Abdulrahman Al-Obaid
3 DF   ALG Abdelkader Bedrane
4 DF   KSA Noor Al-Rashidi
7 MF   KSA Abdullah Al-Qahtani
8 MF   EGY Tarek Hamed
9 FW   GAM Assan Ceesay
10 MF   CMR Georges-Kévin Nkoudou
11 MF   KSA Abdulaziz Al-Bishi (on loan from Al-Ittihad)
12 MF   KSA Abdulaziz Makin
14 MF   KSA Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani
15 DF   ALG Farouk Chafaï
16 MF   KSA Bader Munshi
17 MF   CRO Domagoj Antolić
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW   KSA Ahmed Harisi
19 DF   KSA Abdullah Hawsawi
20 DF   KSA Dhari Al-Anazi
21 DF   KSA Sanousi Hawsawi
22 GK   KSA Abdulbasit Hawsawi
23 MF   KSA Abdulaziz Majrashi
30 GK   ALG Moustapha Zeghba
31 MF   ROU Nicolae Stanciu
40 DF   KSA Hassan Al-Shamrani
41 DF   KSA Sultan Faqihi
49 MF   KSA Ahmed Al-Zain
51 FW   KSA Ramzi Solan
99 FW   KSA Fahad Al-Johani

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF   NED Adam Maher (on loan to Al-Wakrah)
24 MF   KSA Hassan Abu Sharara (on loan to Al-Jabalain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
79 MF   KSA Fares Al-Shahrani (on loan to Jerash)
FW   KSA Rayan Al-Qahtani (on loan to Jerash)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "ضمك يعلن التعاقد مع كونترا وينهي علاقته بالكرواتي ريزيتش" [Damac announce contract with Contra and end relationship with Croatia's Režić]. Al Riyadh (in Arabic). 6 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

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