Al-Ain FC (Saudi Arabia)

Al-Ain Saudi Football Club (Arabic: نادي العين السعودي) is a Saudi Arabian professional association football club based in Al Atawlah, Al Qara, Al Bahah.[2] The club was founded in 1978 and play their home matches at the King Saud Sport City Stadium. The team competes in the First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football. The club was founded in 1978 under the name of Zahran Football Club. The club was named after the Zahran tribe who are one of the largest tribes in Al-Bahah Province.[3] In 2001, the club changed their name to Al-Ameed Football Club before changing their name to Al-Ain in 2013.[4]

Al-Ain FC
Full nameAl-Ain Saudi Football Club
Founded1978 (1978) (as Zahran)
2001 (2001) (as Al-Ameed)
2013 (2013) (as Al-Ain)[1]
GroundKing Saud Sport City Stadium
Al Bahah, Saudi Arabia
Capacity10,000
ChairmanHassan bin Dabaj
ManagerValeriu Tița
LeagueFirst Division League
2022–23FDL, 14th of 18
WebsiteClub website

Al-Ain have won the Saudi Third Division title once in 2015–16,[5] and finished as runners-up once in 2010–11. The club have won the Al-Bahah Regional League ten times. The club spent four non-consecutive seasons in the Saudi Second Division before gaining to the MS League in the 2017–18 season. They spent two consecutive seasons in the MS League before gaining promotion to the top tier of Saudi football for the first time at the end of the 2019–20 season.[6] The club play their home games at the King Saud Sport City Stadium in Al Bahah, sharing the stadium with derby rivals Al-Hejaz.[7]

Honours

Domestic

Regional

  • Al-Bahah Regional League
    • Winners (10): 1981, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011

Current squad

As of 29 September 2021[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Nigeria NGA Erhun Obanor
4 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Nasser Al-Hulayel
5 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Raed Al-Malki
6 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Karam Barnawi
7 FW Nigeria NGA Anthony Okpotu
8 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Nasser Al-Daajani
9 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Ali Al-Mayyad
10 FW Cape Verde CPV Dodô
11 MF Chad CHA Othman Maloum
16 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Ali Dabbaj
17 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Albaraa Baadheem
18 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Faisal Al-Johani
21 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Saad Al-Saleh
24 MF Ivory Coast CIV Sylla Daouda
25 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Sattam Al-Tambakti (on loan from Al-Wehda)
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Essam Al-Muwallad
30 GK Brazil BRA Bruno Grassi
33 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Hussein Hawsawi
44 DF Ivory Coast CIV Mohamed Ouattara
50 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Munif Doshi
70 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Ali Dagarshawi
71 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Khaled Al-Shamrani
77 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Saeed Al-Qarni
87 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Omar Al-Zahrani
88 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Ghassan Barqawi (on loan from Al-Ahli)
93 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Nawaf Al-Osaimi
97 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Nawaf Al-Zahrani
MF Saudi Arabia KSA Omar Al-Jadani (on loan from Al-Ittihad)
FW Saudi Arabia KSA Yazid Al-Ghamdi (on loan from Al-Ahli)

Managerial history

  • Egypt Bahaa Qebsisi (August 5, 2015 – November 5, 2016)
  • Egypt Abbas Noureddine (November 11, 2016 – February 22, 2017)
  • Saudi Arabia Hamood Al-Saiari (June 12, 2017 – December 3, 2017)
  • Tunisia Mohammed Dahmane (December 8, 2017 – April 1, 2018)
  • Tunisia Mohamed Al Maalej (May 3, 2018 – February 8, 2019)
  • Croatia Alen Horvat (February 9, 2019 – May 20, 2019)
  • Tunisia Habib Ben Romdhane (June 19, 2019 – September 22, 2020)
  • Germany Michael Skibbe (October 12, 2020 – January 28, 2021)
  • Spain Pablo Machín (January 31, 2021 – May 31, 2021)
  • Saudi Arabia Hamood Al-Saiari (August 13, 2021 – October 27, 2021)
  • Saudi Arabia Faisal Al-Ghamdi (caretaker) (October 27, 2021 – November 8, 2021)
  • Tunisia Mohamed Mkacher (November 8, 2021 – June 1, 2022)
  • Tunisia Mohammed Dahmane (August 11, 2022 – November 17, 2022)
  • France Didier Gomes Da Rosa (November 17, 2022 – May 31, 2023)
  • Romania Valeriu Tița (June 24, 2023 – )

Presidential history

As of 1 January 2021.[9]

No Name From To
1 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Jamhour 1978 1978
2 Saudi Arabia Salem Ahmed Al-Zahrani 1979 1983
3 Saudi Arabia Awadh Al-Hilali 1984 1984
4 Saudi Arabia Salem Ahmed Al-Zahrani 1985 1990
5 Saudi Arabia Bakheet Al-Saher 1991 1991
6 Saudi Arabia Salem Ahmed Al-Zahrani 1992 1993
7 Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Banmi 1994 1994
8 Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Odah 1995 2006
9 Saudi Arabia Hamdan Saeed Hamdan 2007 2010
10 Saudi Arabia Mohammed Abdulrahman Al-Zahrani 2010 2018
11 Saudi Arabia Ali Bakheet Al-Zahrani 2018 2018
12 Saudi Arabia Mazen bin Raddad Al-Zahrani 2018 2021
12 Saudi Arabia Hassan bin Dabaj Al-Zahrani 2021

See also

References

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