Al-Ahli Saudi FC

Al-Ahli S.F.C
Full name Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club
Nickname(s) The Royal Team
Fortress of Trophies
The Classy
Nation Ambassador
Founded 1937
Ground King Abdullah Sports City
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ground Capacity 62,000
Chairman Ahmad Al-Marzouqi
Manager Christian Gross
League Saudi Professional League
2015–16 Saudi Professional League, 1st
Website Club home page

Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي الرياضي السعودي) is a Saudi Arabian professional sport club based in Jeddah. It is best known for its football team Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club. The club was founded in 1937. Overall, they have won 30 official titles on the national and international stage. Former and famous Brazilian coach Telê Santana also 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 seventeen King Cup finals , won thirteen and lost only four.

From 2014 to 2016, under the management of Swiss coach Christian Gross, the team won three titles with him. 2015 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 Asian Club Championship and 2012 AFC Champions League. They are also the first Saudi Club who played the Asian Final. Al Ahli is the third most successful club in Saudi Arabia behind Al Hilal and local rivals Al Ittihad.

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 62,000. Al Ittihad are considered their biggest rivals.

The club's most famous Saudi players are Amin Dabo, Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad, Malek Mouath, Taisir Al-Jassim and Yasser Al Mosailem. The most famous foreign players are Victor Simões, Imad Al Hosni and currently playing Omar Al Soma.

Honours

Al-Ahli Holds 30 Championships, as officially recognized by FIFA

Domestic

Al-Ahli's squad, picture taken in 1950

Asian

Arab

Gulf

Performance in AFC competitions

1985 Runners-up
2002–03 Qualification Round 3
2005 Quarter Finals
2008 Group Stage
2010 Group Stage
2012 Runners-up
2013 Quarter Finals
2015 Round of 16
2016 Group Stage

Players

As of Saudi Premier League:

No Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Yasser Al Mosailem      Saudi Arabia
22 Goalkeeper Ahmed Al-Rehaili      Saudi Arabia
44 Goalkeeper Aymen Al-Hussaini      Saudi Arabia
66 Goalkeeper Basem Atallah      Saudi Arabia

2 Defender Ali Al-Zubaidi      Saudi Arabia
6 Defender Mohammed Al Fatil      Saudi Arabia
13 Defender Mohamed Abdel-Shafy      Egypt
21 Defender Ageel Balghaith      Saudi Arabia
25 Defender Motaz Hawsawi      Saudi Arabia
26 Defender Mohammed Aman      Saudi Arabia
30 Defender Saeed Al-Robeai      Saudi Arabia
31 Defender Mansoor Al-Harbi      Saudi Arabia
77 Defender Amiri Kurdi      Saudi Arabia

4 Midfielder Waleed Bakshween      Saudi Arabia
5 Midfielder Fahad Hamad      Saudi Arabia
7 Midfielder Salman Al-Moasher      Saudi Arabia
8 Midfielder Taisir Al-Jassim (Captain)     Saudi Arabia
10 Midfielder Giannis Fetfatzidis      Greece
11 Midfielder Housain Al-Mogahwi      Saudi Arabia
16 Midfielder Maher Othman      Saudi Arabia
18 Midfielder Luíz Carlos      Brazil
24 Midfielder Ali Awagi      Saudi Arabia
40 Midfielder Raed Al-Ghamdi      Saudi Arabia
45 Midfielder Abdulfattah Asiri      Saudi Arabia
47 Midfielder Mustafa Bassas      Saudi Arabia
80 Midfielder Ryan Al-Mousa      Saudi Arabia

9 Forward Omar Al Soma      Syria
14 Forward Muhannad Assiri      Saudi Arabia
20 Forward Islam Seraj      Saudi Arabia

Out on loan

No Position Player Nation
-- Defender Hamed Al-Sherif (on loan from Al-Ettifaq)     Saudi Arabia
-- Defender Abdulelah Bokhari (on loan from Al-Khaleej)     Saudi Arabia
-- Midfielder Yasser Al-Fahmi (on loan from Al-Wehda )     Saudi Arabia
-- Midfielder Saleh Al-Amri (on loan from Al-Ettifaq)     Saudi Arabia
-- Forward Mostafa Al-Musawi (on loan from Al-Khaleej)     Saudi Arabia

Records

SeasonDiv.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAGDPCCCPCPFCARCLCLGCCSaudi Super CupTop scorerManager
2000–01 SPL1221561501931+51   Quarter-final Winner Semi-final           Belgium Lucca
2001–02 SPL4221246392613+40   Winner Winner     Winner       Belgium Lucca, Saudi Arabia Anbar
2002–03 SPL2221525542331+47   Runner-up Runner-up Winner QW-3rd Round     Egypt Barakat 10 Belgium Eilian, Belgium Dmitry
2003–04 SPL4221084312110+38   Runner-up Group Stage Group Stage       Brazil Kim 7 France Lechantre
2004–05 SPL5221084412120+34   Round 16 Semi-final Semi-final Quarter-final     Brazil Perera 13 Brazil Geninho, Serbia Vučković
2005–06 SPL422994452322+36   Runner-up Runner-up         Saudi Arabia Mouath 8 Serbia Vučković
2006–07 SPL5227872933−429   Winner Winner Semi-final       Saudi Arabia Mouath 20 Serbia Vučković
2007–08 SPL82275103031−126 Quarter-final Semi-final Semi-final   Group Stage     Saudi Arabia Mouath 14 Serbia Vučković
2008–09 SPL32211743320+1340 Quarter-final Round 16 Group Stage     Winner   Saudi Arabia Al-Raheb 10 Bulgaria Mladenov
2009–10 SPL6227782829−128 Quarter-final Runner-up Semi-final   Group Stage     Brazil Simões 13 Argentina Alfaro, Brazil Farias
2010–11 SPL626114114841+737 Winner Quarter-final Runner-up         Brazil Simões 20 Serbia Rajevac, Serbia Ilić
2011–12 SPL22619526022+3862 Winner Semi-final Winner   Runner-up     Brazil Simões 27 Czech Republic Jarolím
2012–13 SPL52612865133+1844 Semi-final Quarter-finals Winner   Quarter-finals     Brazil Simões 17 Czech Republic Jarolím, Serbia Ilić
2013–14 ALJ32612954824+2445 Runner-up Quarter Finals Runner-up         Saudi Arabia Al-Jassim 9 Portugal Vítor Pereira
2014–15 ALJ22617905922+3760 Round 16 Winner   Round 16     Syria Omar Al Soma 31 Switzerland Christian Gross
2015–16 ALJ12619615521+3463 Winner Runner-up     Group Stages     Syria Omar Al Soma 32 Switzerland Christian Gross
2016-17 ALJ35311105+510 Round of 32 Quarter-finals     Group Stages   Winner Syria Omar Al Soma 7 Switzerland Christian Gross

Player of the Year

Year Winner
2009–10Saudi Arabia Abdulrahim Jaizawi
2010–11Brazil Victor Simões
2011–12Saudi Arabia Taisir Al-Jassim
2012–13Saudi Arabia Mustafa Al-Bassas
2013–14Saudi Arabia Taisir Al-Jassim
2014–15Syria Omar Al Soma

Presidents

No Name From To
1 Saudi Arabia Hassan Hamood Al-Shams 1937 1940
2 Saudi Arabia Omar Hamood Al-Shams 1950 1952
3 Saudi Arabia Hassan Saroor Al-Sabyan 1952 1954
4 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Bahery 1955 1955
5 Saudi Arabia Omar Hamood Al-Shams 1956 1956
6 Saudi Arabia Ali Al-Jassem Al-Na'kly 1957 1957
7 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Fashlan 1958 1958
8 Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman bin Saead 1959 1960
9 Saudi Arabia Jameel Al-Gosani 1961 1961
10 Saudi Arabia Abdulfatah Abdulrabho 1962 1962
11 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Bahry 1963 1963
12 Saudi Arabia Abdulfatah Abdulrabho 1964 1964
13 Saudi Arabia Omar Yousef 1965 1969
14 Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Saleh Hamed 1970 1972
15 Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Al-Ganb 1973 1974
16 Saudi Arabia Abdulmageed Yousef 1975 1975
17 Saudi Arabia Khaled bin Abdullah 1976 1980
18 Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Faisal 1981 1981
19 Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Faisal 1982 1984
20 Saudi Arabia Abdulraziq Abu Dawod 1985 1986
21 Saudi Arabia Ahmed Eid Al-Harbi 1987 1987
22 Saudi Arabia Khaled bin Abdullah 1988 1994
23 Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki 1994 1995
24 Saudi Arabia Badr bin Fahd 1995 1996
25 Saudi Arabia Zaki Raheme 1996 1997
26 Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Abdulha'a 1997 1998
27 Saudi Arabia Salman Al-Sudairy 1998 1998
28 Saudi Arabia Nawaf bin Abdulaziz bin Turki 1999 2003
29 Saudi Arabia Ahmed Moahmmed Marzoqi 2004 2005
30 Saudi Arabia Abdulraziq abu Dawod 2005 2005
31 Saudi Arabia Aymin Fadel 2005 2007
32 Saudi ArabiaAbdulraziq abu Dawod 2007 2007
33 Saudi Arabia Ahmed Moahmmed Marzoqi 2007 2008
34 Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Mohammed Al-A'aqary 2008 2009
35 Saudi Arabia Fahd bin Khaled bin Abdullah bin Mohammed 2009 2015
36 Saudi Arabia Musad Al Zuwaihary 2015 2016
37 Saudi Arabia Ahmad Al-Marzouqi 2016

Managers

References

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