Al-Raed FC

Al-Raed S.FC

Full name	Al-Raed Saudi Football Club
Founded	1954
Ground	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	23,600[1]
Chairman	Abdullatif Al-Khudair
Manager	Nacif Beyaoui
League	Professional League
2015–16	Professional League, 12th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Al-Ra'ed is a Saudi football club and the first of its kind in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia.^[2] One of the club's notable founders is Abdulaziz Al-Obodi. Established in 1954, Al-Raed currently play in the Pro League and have been playing there since 2008.

History

The team was able to qualify for the Premier League Saudi Arabia, in 1980–1981. It fought Club K in the qualifiers held in Riyadh. In 1986 it was the first team from the Qassim region to enter the Saudi Premier League. The team repeated this ascension to the Premier League at the end of 1989, 1992, 1998, 2002 and 2007. The Senyhassad junior team reached the Saudi Premier League clubs for juniors in 1999, and in 2003.

Players

As of Saudi Premier League:

No Position Player Nation 1 Goalkeeper Ahmed Al-Moshaweh      Saudi Arabia 22 Goalkeeper Mutaeb Sharahili (on loan from Al-Nassr)     Saudi Arabia 27 Goalkeeper Khaled Al-Muqaitib      Saudi Arabia 30 Goalkeeper Mohammad Sharifi      Saudi Arabia 36 Goalkeeper Abdullah Al-Zahrani      Saudi Arabia 2 Defender Mohammed Al-Amri      Saudi Arabia 5 Defender Adriano Alves      Brazil 12 Defender Saeed Al Mowalad      Saudi Arabia 17 Defender Mohammed Al-Qarni      Saudi Arabia 20 Defender Abdusalam Al-Sherif      Saudi Arabia 23 Defender Saleh Al-Shuqairan      Saudi Arabia 24 Defender Sultan Al-Yami      Saudi Arabia 28 Defender Jufain Al-Bishi (Captain)     Saudi Arabia 33 Defender Hussain Al-Showaish      Saudi Arabia 77 Defender Ahmed Al-Habib      Saudi Arabia 6 Midfielder Sultan Al-Sherif      Saudi Arabia 7 Midfielder Abdulrahim Jaizawi      Saudi Arabia 8 Midfielder Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani (on loan from Al-Hilal)     Saudi Arabia 10 Midfielder Meshal Al-Enezi      Saudi Arabia 15 Midfielder Fares Al-Ayyaf      Saudi Arabia 31 Midfielder Gilmar Da Silva      Brazil 37 Midfielder Ayman Ftayni (on loan from Al-Nassr)     Saudi Arabia 49 Midfielder Sultan Al-Sawadi      Saudi Arabia 50 Midfielder Morad Al-Rashidi      Saudi Arabia 80 Midfielder Daniel Amora      Brazil 90 Midfielder Talal Al-Shamali      Saudi Arabia 3 Forward Ismaël Bangoura      Guinea 9 Forward Abdulaziz Al-Qosair      Saudi Arabia 11 Forward Saleh Al-Shehri      Saudi Arabia 18 Forward Fares Al-Harbi      Saudi Arabia 99 Forward Ali Khormi      Saudi Arabia -- Midfielder Samer Salem      Saudi Arabia

Out on loan

No Position Player Nation -- Midfielder Ibrahim Al-Shahwan (on loan to Al-Watani)     Saudi Arabia

Managers

• China (1998–99)
• Marco Cunha (2000)
• Senad Kreso (2001)
• Viorel Kraus (2003–04)
• Lucho Nizzo (July 1, 2010 – Dec 1, 2010)
• Eurico Gomes (Dec 12, 2010 – Oct 16, 2011)
• Ammar Souayah (Oct 30, 2011 – Feb 3, 2013)
• Vlatko Kostov (Feb 4, 2013 – June 27, 2013)
• Noureddine Zekri (July 1, 2013 – Feb, 2014)
• Marc Brys (Feb 25, 2014 – Jun, 2015)
• Abdelkader Amrani (Jun, 2015 – Aug 28, 2015)
• Takis Lemonis (Sep 3, 2015 – Feb 1, 2016)
• Aleksandar Ilić (Feb 5, 2016 – Jun 17, 2016)
• Nacif Beyaoui (Jun 17, 2016 – )

References

1. "King Abdullah Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
2. "نادي الرائد". spl.com.sa. Retrieved 28 December 2015.