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Al-Ahli Saudi FC
	File:Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah) Logo.png
Full name	Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club
Founded	17 March 1937; 87 years ago
Ground	King Abdullah Sports City
Capacity	62,000
Chairman	Prince Fahd bin Khaled
Manager	Serhiy Rebrov
League	Saudi Professional League
2016–17	Saudi Professional League, 2nd
Website	Club website
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Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club (Arabic: النادي الاهلي السعودي) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Jeddah, that competes in the Saudi Pro League, the top flight of Saudi Arabian football. The club was founded in 1937.

Domestically, Al-Ahli have won 3 league titles, 13 King Cup, 6 Crown Prince Cup, 3 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup and 1 Super Cup. In international club football Al-Ahli have won 23 GCC Champions League and 1 Arab Club Championship, the club also reached two AFC Champions League.

Al-Ahli is one of the four founding members of the Saudi Pro League that have never been relegated from the top flight, along with Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad, and Al-Nassr.

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.

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 Omar Al Soma.

History

Former and famous Brazilian coach Telê Santana 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 eighteen King Cup finals, won thirteen and lost only five.

From 2014 to 2016, under the management of Swiss coach Christian Gross, the team won three titles with him. 2014–15 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.

Honours

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

Domestic

Saudi Professional League: ^[1]
- Champions (3) : 1977–78, 1983–84, 2015–16
- Runners-up (8) : 1989–90, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2016–17
Crown Prince Cup: ^[2]
- Winners (6) : 1956–57, 1969–70, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2014–15
- Runners-up (7) : 1957–58, 1973–74, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2015–16
King Cup: ^[2]
- Winners (13) : 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 2011, 2012, 2016

- Runners-up (5) : 1974, 1976, 1984, 2014, 2017
Saudi Super Cup:
- Winners (1) : 2016
Saudi Federation Cup: ^[2]
- Winners (3) : 2001, 2002, 2007
- Runners-up (7) : 1976, 1989, 1991, 1996, 2003, 2006
Saudi Founder's Cup: ^[2]
- Runners-up (1) : 1999

Friendly

Performance in AFC competitions

AFC Champions League: 10 appearances

Players

Current squad

As of 18 August 2017^[5]

No	Position	Player	Nation
1	GK	Yasser Al Mosailem	Saudi Arabia
2	DF	Ali Al-Zubaidi	Saudi Arabia
4	MF	Waleed Bakshween	Saudi Arabia
6	DF	Mohammed Al Fatil	Saudi Arabia
7	MF	Salman Al-Moasher	Saudi Arabia
8	MF	Taisir Al-Jassim (Captain)	Saudi Arabia
9	FW	Omar Al Soma	Syria
10	MF	Giannis Fetfatzidis	Greece
11	MF	Housain Al-Mogahwi	Saudi Arabia
13	DF	Mohamed Abdel-Shafy	Egypt
14	FW	Muhannad Assiri	Saudi Arabia
15	FW	Saleh Al-Amri	Saudi Arabia
17	MF	Ayman Al-Khulaif	Saudi Arabia
18	MF	Ali Al-Asmari	Saudi Arabia
19	MF	Claudemir	Brazil
21	DF	Ageel Balghaith	Saudi Arabia
23	DF	Saeed Al Mowalad	Saudi Arabia
24	MF	Ali Awagi	Saudi Arabia
25	DF	Motaz Hawsawi (vice-captain)	Saudi Arabia
27	MF	Hamdan Al-Shamrani	Saudi Arabia
28	DF	Godfrey Oboabona	Nigeria
31	DF	Mansoor Al-Harbi	Saudi Arabia
33	GK	Mohammed Al-Owais	Saudi Arabia
36	GK	Raghed Al-Najar	Saudi Arabia
42	MF	Leonardo Souza	Brazil
45	MF	Abdulfattah Asiri	Saudi Arabia
47	MF	Mustafa Bassas	Saudi Arabia
49	MF	Ahmed Al-Zain	Saudi Arabia
50	MF	Abdullah Majrashi	Saudi Arabia
66	GK	Basem Atallah	Saudi Arabia
77	DF	Amiri Kurdi	Saudi Arabia

For recent transfers, see 2017–18 Al-Ahli Saudi FC season.

Other players under contract

No	Position	Player	Nation
16	MF	Maher Othman	Saudi Arabia
35	FW	Mohammed Al-Harthi	Saudi Arabia
44	GK	Aymen Al-Hussaini	Saudi Arabia
—-	MF	Yasser Al-Fahmi	Saudi Arabia
—-	FW	Mostafa Al-Musawi	Saudi Arabia

Out on loan

No	Position	Player	Nation
20	FW	Islam Seraj (on loan to Al-Faisaly)	Saudi Arabia
22	GK	Ahmed Al-Rehaili (on loan to Al-Raed)	Saudi Arabia
30	DF	Saeed Al-Robeai (on loan to Al-Faisaly)	Saudi Arabia
40	MF	Raed Al-Ghamdi (on loan to Ohod)	Saudi Arabia
80	MF	Ryan Al-Mousa (on loan to Al-Taawon)	Saudi Arabia
—-	DF	Hamed Al-Sherif (on loan to Hajer)	Saudi Arabia
—-	DF	Abdullah Al-Khateeb (on loan to Al-Khaleej)	Saudi Arabia
—-	MF	Rayan Al-Harbi (on loan to Al-Tai)	Saudi Arabia

Recent seasons

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P	CC	CPC	PFC	ARCL	CL	GCC	Saudi Super Cup	Top scorer		Manager
2000–01	SPL	1	22	15	6	1	50	19	31+	51	–	Quarter-final	Winner	Semi-final	–	–	–	–	–	Lucca
2001–02	SPL	4	22	12	4	6	39	26	13+	40	–	Winner	Winner	–	–	Winner	–	–	–	Lucca, Anbar
2002–03	SPL	2	22	15	2	5	54	23	31+	47	–	Runner-up	Runner-up	Winner	QW-3rd Round	–	–	Barakat	10	Eilian, Dmitry
2003–04	SPL	4	22	10	8	4	31	21	10+	38	–	Runner-up	Group Stage	Group Stage	–	–	–	Kim	7	Lechantre
2004–05	SPL	5	22	10	8	4	41	21	20+	34	–	Round 16	Semi-final	Semi-final	Quarter-final	–	–	Perera	13	Geninho, Vučković
2005–06	SPL	4	22	9	9	4	45	23	22+	36	–	Runner-up	Runner-up	–	–	–	–	Mouath	8	Vučković
2006–07	SPL	5	22	7	8	7	29	33	−4	29	–	Winner	Winner	Semi-final	–	–	–	Mouath	20	Vučković
2007–08	SPL	8	22	7	5	10	30	31	−1	26	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Semi-final	–	Group Stage	–	–	Mouath	14	Vučković
2008–09	SPL	3	22	11	7	4	33	20	+13	40	Quarter-final	Round 16	Group Stage	–	–	Winner	–	Al-Raheb	10	Mladenov
2009–10	SPL	6	22	7	7	8	28	29	−1	28	Quarter-final	Runner-up	Semi-final	–	Group Stage	–	–	Victor Simões	13	Alfaro, Farias
2010–11	SPL	6	26	11	4	11	48	41	+7	37	Winner	Quarter-final	Runner-up	–	–	–	–	Victor Simões	20	Rajevac, Ilić
2011–12	SPL	2	26	19	5	2	60	22	+38	62	Winner	Semi-final	Winner	–	Runner-up	–	–	Victor Simões	27	Jarolím
2012–13	SPL	5	26	12	8	6	51	33	+18	44	Semi-final	Quarter-finals	Winner	–	Quarter-finals	–	–	Victor Simões	17	Jarolím, Ilić
2013–14	ALJ	3	26	12	9	5	48	24	+24	45	Runner-up	Quarter Finals	Runner-up	–	–	–	–	Taisir Al-Jassim	9	Vítor Pereira
2014–15	ALJ	2	26	17	9	0	59	22	+37	60	Round 16	Winner		–	Round 16	–	–	Omar Al Soma	31	Christian Gross
2015–16	ALJ	1	26	19	6	1	55	21	+34	63	Winner	Runner-up	–	–	Group Stages	–	–	Omar Al Soma	34	Christian Gross
2016–17	ALJ	2	26	17	4	5	57	30	+27	55	Runner-up	Semi-finals	–	–	Quarter-finals	–	Winner	Omar Al Soma	40	José Manuel Gomes, Christian Gross
2017–18	ALJ	5	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	3	Round of 32	Round of 16	–	–	Group stage	–	–	Omar Al Soma	2	Serhiy Rebrov

Player of the Year

Year	Winner
2009–10	Abdulrahim Jaizawi
2010–11	Victor Simões
2011–12	Taisir Al-Jassim
2012–13	Mustafa Al-Bassas
2013–14	Taisir Al-Jassim
2014–15	Omar Al Soma
2015–16	Omar Al Soma

Management

Current Board of Directors and Administrators

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Office	Name
President	Prince Fahad bin Khalid
Vice-president	Waleed Muath
Director of Football	Bassem Abo Dawood
Director of Other Sports	Yaser Mahrous
Secretary-General	Mohammed Al Qanb
Treasurer	Waddah Bakhsh
Investment Officer	Abdullah A'ajaj
Commercial Director	Majed Al-Oufi
Board Member	Mohammed Al-Harthi

Presidents

No	Name	From	To
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

Managers

Mohammed Amin Hilmi (1937–39), (1950–51)
Abdullah Abdul Majid (1961–65), (1969–71), (1976–77)
Ahmed Saleh Al Yafei (1961–65), (1976–77)
Mr. Michael (1967)
Oscar Hold (1967–70)
Hassan Sadaqa (1970–xx)
Taha Ismail (1972–76)
Didi (1978–81)
George Vieira (1980–81)
Carlos the Jackal (1981–82)
Telê Santana (1983–85)
Mahmoud El-Gohary (1985)
Ahmed Bouajila (xx)
Eckhard Krautzun (1987–88)
Sebastião Lazaroni (1989–90)
Zanata (1990)
Xanana (1990–91), (1998–99), (2000–01)
Luiz Felipe Scolari (1992–93)
Nabil Maaloul (1994)
Peter Shtoob (1994)
Ahmed Al-Saghir (1994–95)
Márcio Máximo (1995)
Luís Antônio Zaluar (1995–96)
Ramos (1996–97)
Zanata (1997)
Cabralzinho (1998)
Amen Dabu (1999–00)
Miguel Ángel López (2000)
Luka Peruzović (2000–01)
Yousef Anbar (2002), (2008)
Eilian (2002)
Dimitri Davidovic (2003)
Pierre Lechantre (2003)
C. Juninho (2004–05)
Geninho (Jan 1, 2005 – July 17, 2005)
Nebojsa Vučković (2005–07), (2007–08)
Leandro Mendel (2008)
Stoycho Mladenov (June 1, 2008 – April 24, 2009)
Gustavo Alfaro (April 22, 2009 – Dec 20, 2009)
Sergio Farias (Dec 27, 2009 – July 30, 2010)
Trond Sollied (Aug 1, 2010 – Aug 31, 2010)
Milovan Rajevac (Sept 10, 2010 – Feb 20, 2011)
Aleksandar Ilic (Feb 24, 2011 – Aug 4, 2011)
Karel Jarolím (Aug 5, 2011 – May 31, 2013)
Aleksandar Ilic (Feb 28, 2013 – May 31, 2013)
Vítor Pereira (Jul 1, 2013 – Jun 30, 2014)
Christian Gross (Jul 1, 2014 – May 30, 2016)
José Manuel Gomes (May 31, 2016 – Sep 30, 2016)
Christian Gross (Oct 3, 2016 – May 31, 2017)
Serhiy Rebrov (Jun 21, 2017 – Present)

References

^ "Saudi Arabia – List of Champions". RSSSF.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Saudi Arabia – List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.
^ "Arab Club Champions Cup".
^ "Gulf Club Champions Cup".
^ "First team". Al-Ahli F.C. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ https://www.alahlifc.sa/new/workersC

External links

Official website

[1] "Saudi Arabia – List of Champions". RSSSF.

[List_of_Cup_Winners-2] "Saudi Arabia – List of Cup Winners". RSSSF.

[3] "Arab Club Champions Cup".

[4] "Gulf Club Champions Cup".

[5] "First team". Al-Ahli F.C. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

[6] ttps://www.alahlifc.sa/new/workersC

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