Full name | Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | Al-Malaki (The Royals) Ma'aqil Al-Aswad (Stronghold of Lions) Al-Raqi (The Classy Ones) | |||
Founded | 17 March 1937; 87 years ago (1937-03-17) (As Al-Thaghar) | |||
Ground | King Abdullah Sports City | |||
Capacity | 62,345 | |||
Owner | Public Investment Fund (75%) Al-Ahli Non-Profit Foundation (25%) | |||
Chairman | Khalid Al Ghamdi | |||
Manager | Matthias Jaissle | |||
League | Saudi Pro League | |||
2023โ24 | Pro League, 3rd of 18 | |||
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Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club (Arabic: ุงููุงุฏู ุงูุฃููู ุงูุณุนูุฏู, romanized: an-nฤdฤซ al-สฟahlฤซ as-saสฟลซdฤซ, lit. 'Saudi National Club'), commonly known as Al-Ahli, is a Saudi professional football club based in Jeddah. It competes in the Saudi Pro league, the top tier of Saudi football. Al-Ahli has won 31 official championships.
The club was founded in 1937. Known as one of the most successful clubs in Saudi Arabia, domestically, Al-Ahli has won three Saudi Professional Leagues, and also holds the record of 13 Kings Cups, six Crown Prince Cups, one General League Shield, and one Super Cup. In international club football, they have won a record equal of 3 GCC Champions League and 1 Arab Club Championship. Al Ahli was the first Saudi club to win the league and the King's Cup in the same season, and has done so twice - in 1978 and 2016.
Al-Ahli was one of the four founding members of the Saudi Pro League and had never been relegated from the top flight until the 2021โ22 season. The other three are Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad, and Al-Nassr. Al-Ahli hold the record for the longest unbeaten run in the league with their 51-match unbeaten streak from 2014 to 2016.
Al-Ahli's home games are played at King Abdullah Sports City, also known as the shining jewel 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 approximately 63,000.
History
Founded in 1937 by four young men, the Al Ahli Club is located in the heart of Jeddah, and serves as a sports beacon. It's strategically located on Jeddahs largest street, Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Street. The idea of Al-Ahli was conceived by students in Al-Falah school. Al-Falah is the oldest school in the city of Jeddah.
Prince Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, chairman of the Honorary Members and Honorary Members of the club throughout its history, became a manager of the club while it was headed by Abdul Aziz Al Anqari. This was a historic day in Al Ahli Saudi FC's history, especially for Al Ahlawy, Al-Ahli's ultras. This was considered an honor, and happened shortly after the coach's unique achievement in the same year, 2008. He achieved four foreign championships with the handball team that won the Asian Club League Handball Championship.
The former Brazilian coach, Telรช Santana coached Al-Ahli from 1983 to 1985 and won two titles, the League in 1984 and the King Cup in 1983. Al-Ahli has played in eighteen King Cup finals. They've won thirteen of them and came runners up five times.
From 2014 to 2016, under the management of Swiss coach Christian Gross, the team won four titles with him. 2014โ15 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, 2015โ16 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 1985โ86 Asian Club Championship and 2012 AFC Champions League. They were also the first Saudi Club to play in the Asian Final. Al Ahli is one of the big four clubs in Saudi Arabia along with Al Hilal, Al Nassr, and their local rivals Al Ittihad.
Shield of Sports Excellence and the title of ambassador of the homeland
In 2009, the club celebrated 75 years of historical achievements. On 3 July 2009, 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, on the occasion of Al-Ahli winning four International titles in 2008. The club was awarded the highest honor; it was presented with the shield of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for sports excellence, and the title "Ambassador of the Homeland".
Honours
Domestic
- Saudi Professional League (level 1):
- Saudi First Division (level 2):
- Champion: 2022โ23
- King Cup:
- Saudi Super Cup:
- Winners: 2016
- Crown Prince Cup:
- Saudi Federation Cup:
- Winners (3): 2001, 2002, 2007
- Runners-up: 1976, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2003, 2006
- General League Shield
- Winners: 1968โ69
- Saudi Founder's Cup:
- Runners-up: 1999โ2000
- Domestic Treble
- Winners: 2016
- Double
- Winners: 1970, 1978, 2007
International
- AFC Champions League:
- Arab Champions League:
- Winners: 2002โ03
- Gulf Club Champions Cup:
- International Friendship Football Tournament [ar]
- Winners: 2001, 2002
- Runners-up: 1997, 1999
Kits and crest
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt main sponsor |
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2001โ2002 | Le Coq Sportif | |
2002โ2003 | Diadora | |
2003โ2006 | Le Coq Sportif | |
2006โ2008 | Umbro | Al-Jawal |
2008โ2009 | STC | |
2009โ2012 | Adidas | |
2012โ2014 | Umbro | |
2014โ2015 | Qatar Airways | |
2015โ2017 | Puma | |
2017โ2019 | Umbro | Saudia |
2019โ2020 | S-Team | |
2020โ2023 | Xtep | |
2023โ | Adidas | SIRC / Red Sea Global / Neoleap / Urpay |
Players
First-team squad
- As of 30 August 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Other players under contract
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Out on loan
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Records
Asian record
Overview
- 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 country
Country | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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China | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | โ1 | 050.00 |
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 | 045.83 |
Iraq | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 083.33 |
Kuwait | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
Qatar | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 23 | +8 | 030.00 |
Saudi Arabia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | โ2 | 040.00 |
South Korea | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | โ6 | 000.00 |
Syria | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 071.43 |
Tajikistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
United Arab Emirates | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 039.13 |
Uzbekistan | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 050.00 |
Matches
Notes
- 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 competitions
Player | Country | Goals | |
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1 | Omar Al Somah | Syria | 24 |
2 | Victor Simรตes | 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 seasons
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P KC CPC PFC ARCL CL GCC Saudi Super Cup Top scorer Manager 2000โ01 SPL 1 22 15 6 1 50 19 31+ 51 โ Quarter-finals Winners Semi-finals โ โ โ Ibrahim Al-Suwayyed 12 Luka Peruzoviฤ 2001โ02 SPL 4 22 12 4 6 39 26 13+ 40 โ Winners Winners โ โ Winners โ Obeid Al-Dosari 11 Luka Peruzoviฤ
Yousef Anbar2002โ03 SPL 2 22 15 2 5 54 23 31+ 47 โ Runners-up Runners-up Winners 3rd Qualifying Round โ โ Mohammed Barakat 10 Dimitri Davidovic
Ilija Lukiฤ2003โ04 SPL 4 22 10 8 4 31 21 10+ 38 โ Runner-up Group stage Group stage โ โ โ Rojero Pereira 11 Pierre Lechantre
Valmir Louruz2004โ05 SPL 5 22 10 8 4 41 21 20+ 34 โ Round 16 Semi-finals Semi-finals Quarter-finals โ โ Rojero Pereira 13 Valmir Louruz
Geninho2005โ06 SPL 4 22 9 9 4 45 23 22+ 36 โ Runners-up Runners-up โ โ โ โ Abdelhaq Ait Laarif
Malek Mouath8 Ilija Lukiฤ
Nebojลกa Vuฤkoviฤ2006โ07 SPL 5 22 7 8 7 29 33 โ4 29 โ Winners Winners Semi-finals โ โ โ Malek Mouath 20 Nebojลกa Vuฤkoviฤ 2007โ08 SPL 8 22 7 5 10 30 31 โ1 26 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Semi-finals โ Group stage โ โ Malek Mouath 14 Nebojลกa Vuฤkoviฤ
Yousef Anbar2008โ09 SPL 3 22 11 7 4 33 20 +13 40 Quarter-finals Round 16 Group stage โ โ Winner โ Hassan Al-Raheb 10 Stoycho Mladenov 2009โ10 ZPL 6 22 7 7 8 28 29 โ1 28 Quarter-finals Runners-up Semi-finals โ Group stage โ โ Victor Simรตes 13 Gustavo Alfaro
Farias2010โ11 ZPL 6 26 11 4 11 48 41 +7 37 Winners Quarter-final Runners-up โ โ โ โ Victor Simรตes 20 Trond Sollied
Milovan Rajevac
Aleksandar Iliฤ2011โ12 ZPL 2 26 19 5 2 60 22 +38 62 Winners Semi-final Winners โ Runners-up โ โ Victor Simรตes 27 Karel Jarolรญm 2012โ13 ZPL 5 26 12 8 6 51 33 +18 44 Semi-finals Quarter-finals Winners โ Quarter-finals โ โ Victor Simรตes 17 Karel Jarolรญm
Aleksandar Iliฤ2013โ14 ALJ 3 26 12 9 5 48 24 +24 45 Runners-up Quarter-finals Runners-up โ โ โ โ Taisir Al-Jassim 9 Vรญtor Pereira 2014โ15 ALJ 2 26 17 9 0 59 22 +37 60 Round 16 Winners โ Round 16 โ โ Omar Al Somah 31 Christian Gross 2015โ16 ALJ 1 26 19 6 1 55 21 +34 63 Winners Runners-up โ โ Group stages โ โ Omar Al Somah 34 Christian Gross 2016โ17 ALJ 2 26 17 4 5 57 30 +27 55 Runners-up Semi-finals โ โ Quarter-finals โ Winners Omar Al Soma 40 Josรฉ Manuel Gomes
Christian Gross2017โ18 SPL 2 26 16 7 3 59 26 +33 55 Semi-finals โ โ โ Round of 16 โ โ Muhannad Assiri 13 Serhii Rebrov 2018โ19 SPL 4 30 17 4 9 68 41 +27 55 Round of 16 โ โ Semi-finals Round of 16 โ โ Omar Al Somah 27 Pablo Guede
Jorge Fossati
Yousef Anbar
Player of the year
Year | Winner |
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2009โ10 | Abdulrahim Jaizawi |
2010โ11 | Victor Simรตes |
2011โ12 | Taisir Al-Jassim |
2012โ13 | Mustafa Al-Bassas |
2013โ14 | Taisir Al-Jassim |
2014โ15 | Omar Al Soma |
2015โ16 | Omar Al Soma |
2016โ17 | Yasser Al-Mosailem |
2017-18 | Omar Al Soma |
2018-19 | Djaniny |
2019-20 | Omar Al Soma |
2020-21 | Omar Al Soma |
2021-22 | Omar Al Soma |
2022-23 | Ryad Boudebouz |
Staff and management
Technical staff
Position | Nat. | Name |
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Manager | Matthias Jaissle | |
Assistant Manager | Engin Yanova | |
Goalkeeper Coach | Alexander Bade | |
Chief Analyst | Mohamed Abdelfattah | |
Video Analyst | Steffen Konrad | |
Match Analyst | Georgios Martakos | |
Director of Football | Naif Qadi | |
Technical Director | Jan van Winckel |
Source:
Board members
Office | Name |
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President | Khalid Al Ghamdi |
Vice-president | Khalid Al Hendi |
Chief Executive Officer | Ron Gourlay |
Director of Other Sports | Khalid Al Shafei |
Director of Legal Affairs | Mohammed bin Laden |
Commercial Director | Abdulaziz Al Anqari |
Investment Officer | Ayman Al Rashed |
Board Member | Osama Shaker |
Board Member | Muhannad Al Blahid |
Source:
Presidents
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 | 2022 |
45 | Waleed Muath | 2022 | 2023 |
46 | Khalid Al Ghamdi | 2023 |
Managers
- Mohammed Amin Hilmi (1937โ39), (1950โ51)
- Abdullah Abdul Majid (1961โ65), (1969โ71), (1976โ77)
- Ahmed Saleh Al Yafei (1961โ65), (1976โ77)
- Mr. Michael (1967)
- Oscar Hold (1967โ70)
- Hassan Sadaqa (1970โxx)
- Taha Ismail (1972โ76)
- Didi (1978โ81)
- Jorge Vieira (1980โ81)
- Carlos the Jackal (1981โ82)
- Telรช Santana (1983โ85)
- Mahmoud El-Gohary (1985, 1986โ88)
- Ahmed Bouajila (1985โ1986)
- Eckhard Krautzun (1988โ89)
- Sebastiรฃo Lazaroni (1989โ90)
- Zanata (1990, 1997)
- Xanana (1990โ91), (1998โ99), (2000โ01)
- Luiz Felipe Scolari (1992โ93)
- Nabil Maaloul (1994)
- Peter Shtoob (1994)
- Ahmed Al-Saghir (1994โ95)
- Mรกrcio Mรกximo (1995)
- Luรญs Antรดnio Zaluar (1995โ96)
- Vantuir (1996โ97)
- Cabralzinho (3 Oct 1998 โ 3 Dec 1998)
- Amin Dabo (3 Dec 1998 โ 21 Nov 1999)
- Zanata (21 Nov 1999 โ 31 May 2000)
- Miguel รngel Lรณpez (22 Jun 2000 โ 11 Oct 2000)
- Luka Peruzoviฤ (12 Oct 2000 โ 11 Apr 2002)
- Yousef Anbar (caretaker) (11 Apr 2002 โ 31 May 2002, 19 Nov 2005 โ 22 Dec 2005, 2 Oct 2007 โ 22 Oct 2007, 6 Apr 2008 โ 22 May 2008, 4 Sep 2022 โ 25 Sep 2022)
- Dimitri Davidovic (21 Jun 2002 โ 4 Jan 2003)
- Ilija Lukiฤ (4 Jan 2003 โ 1 Jun 2003, 30 Jul 2005 โ 19 Nov 2005)
- Pierre Lechantre (15 Jul 2003 โ 30 Sep 2003)
- Valmir Louruz (6 Oct 2003 โ 20 Dec 2004)
- Geninho (25 Dec 2004 โ 17 Jul 2005)
- Nebojsa Vuฤkoviฤ (22 Dec 2005 โ 22 May 2007, 22 Oct 2007 โ 6 Apr 2008)
- Theo Bรผcker (30 May 2007 โ 2 Oct 2007)
- Stoycho Mladenov (7 July 2008 โ 8 May 2009)
- Gustavo Alfaro (1 June 2009 โ 25 Nov 2009)
- Alan Guido (caretaker) (25 Nov 2009 โ 25 Dec 2009)
- Sรฉrgio Farias (25 Dec 2009 โ 1 Jul 2010)
- Trond Sollied (1 Jul 2010 โ 28 Aug 2010)
- Khaled Badra (caretaker) (28 Aug 2010 โ Sept 10, 2010)
- Milovan Rajevac (Sept 10, 2010 โ 20 Feb 2011)
- Aleksandar Iliฤ (24 Feb 2011 โ 30 Jun 2011, 28 Feb 2013 โ 31 May 2013)
- Karel Jarolรญm (5 Aug 2011 โ 28 Feb 2013)
- Vรญtor Pereira (9 Jun 2013 โ 5 May 2014)
- Christian Gross (16 Jun 2014 โ 30 May 2016)
- Josรฉ Manuel Gomes (31 May 2016 โ 30 Sep 2016)
- Christian Gross (3 Oct 2016 โ 31 May 2017)
- Serhii Rebrov (21 Jun 2017 โ 17 May 2018)
- Fathi Al-Jabal (19 Apr 2018 โ 15 May 2018)
- Pablo Guede (15 May 2018 โ 5 Feb 2019)
- Jorge Fossati (8 Feb 2019 โ 17 Apr 2019)
- Yousef Anbar (17 Apr 2019 โ 21 May 2019)
- Branko Ivankoviฤ (18 Jun 2019 โ 16 Sep 2019)
- Saleh Al-Mohammadi (caretaker) (16 Sep 2019 โ 16 Oct 2019)
- Christian Gross (16 Oct 2019 โ 17 Feb 2020)
- Mazen Bahkali (caretaker) (17 Feb 2020 โ 28 Feb 2020)
- Vladan Milojeviฤ (28 Feb 2020 โ 24 Mar 2021)
- Faiรงal Gormi (caretaker) (24 Mar 2021 โ 31 Mar 2021)
- Laurenศiu Reghecampf (31 Mar 2021 โ 31 May 2021)
- Besnik Hasi (6 Jun 2021 โ 4 Mar 2022)
- Robert Siboldi (5 Mar 2022 โ 4 Sep 2022)
- Pitso Mosimane (25 Sep 2022 โ 15 June 2023)
- Matthias Jaissle (28 Jul 2023โpresent)
Handball
Current Squad
See also
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