Al Fateh SC

Al Fateh Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الفتح الرياضي, romanized: nādī al-fataḥ ar-riyāḍiyy, lit.'Conquest Sports Club') is a Saudi Arabian multi-sports club based in Al-Mubarraz, Al-Ahsa. It is mainly known for its professional football club. The club derives its nickname, "Al-Namothaji" (The Paragon), from the fact that almost all of the club's sports play in the national top flights.

Al Fateh
Full nameAl Fateh Sports Club
Nickname(s)Al Namothji (The Role Model)
Abna Al Nakhil (Sons of the Palm)
Founded1958 (1958)
GroundPrince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Capacity19,550[1]
ChairmanMansour Al-Afaliq
ManagerSlaven Bilić
LeaguePro League
2022–23Pro League, 6th of 16
WebsiteClub website

History

Al Fateh have played in the lower divisions for most of their existence, unlike rivals and city neighbours Hajer FC who played in the top flight when they achieved promotions in the 80's, 90's and 2000's. Al Fateh hired Tunisian head coach Fathi Al-Jabal in the middle of the 2007-08 Saudi First Division League, in the 2008-09 season Al-Jabal finished as runners-up to guide Al Fateh to their first ever promotion to the Saudi Professional League. The club managed to stay up in the Saudi Professional League in their first ever top flight season. In the following two seasons the club set out to build a formidable squad, with Al Fateh already possessing talented home grown players such as Hamdan Al-Hamdan and Mohammed Al-Fuhaid, they also acquired the services of Congolese forward Doris Fuakumputu and former Al-Nasser Attacking midfielder Élton.

Saudi League Champions (2012–2013)

Al Fateh pulled off a surprise when on 14 April 2013, they won their first League title, with 2 games to spare, following a 1–0 home win over Al-Ahli. Al Fateh became the seventh club to win the Pro League. This is considered by many to be one of the greatest shocks in Saudi football history, especially considering that Al Fateh were promoted to the Pro League for the first time only four years earlier.[2] This was the first time a club outside the Riyadh and Jeddah clubs to win the Saudi Professional League since the 1986–87 season. Élton won the Player of the Season award by scoring 11 goals and bagging 10 assists, as well as Doris Fuakumputu scoring 17 goals to lead Al Fateh to the title.

Later, they played in the inaugural edition of the Saudi Super Cup to face Al-Ittihad, after 90 minutes the score was a 2-2 draw and the game went into extra time. Élton scored the winning goal of the game in the 111th minute, Al Fateh defeated Al-Ittihad 3–2 after extra time to become the inaugural champions of the Saudi Super Cup.[3]

Al Fateh advanced to the 2014 AFC Champions League group stage in their debut campaign as 2012–13 Saudi Professional League champions, but crashed out of the group stage with a (2D,4L) record and without winning a single match. Al Fateh qualified again to the 2017 AFC Champions League due to Al-Ittihad, the 2015–16 Saudi Professional League 3rd place, could not participate in the AFC Champions League because of club licensing requirements problems. As a result, Al Taawoun, the league 4th place, entered the group stage instead of the qualifying play-offs, while Al Fateh, the league 5th place, entered the qualifying play-offs.[4] Al Fateh defeated Nasaf Qarshi 1-0 in the Qualifying play-offs to advance to the group stage (Group B).[5]

Honours

League

Cup

Current squad

As of Saudi Professional League:

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Sweden SWE Jacob Rinne
2 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Ali Al-Zubaidi
3 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Ziyad Al-Jari
4 MF Australia AUS Jordan Harrison
5 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Fahad Al-Harbi
7 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mukhtar Ali (on loan from Al-Nassr)
8 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Nooh Al-Mousa
10 MF Armenia ARM Lucas Zelarayán
11 MF Morocco MAR Mourad Batna
12 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Saeed Baattia
13 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Meshal Al-Hamdan
14 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Fuhaid (Captain)
15 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Hassan Al-Mohammed
17 DF Morocco MAR Marwane Saâdane
18 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Saeed
20 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Al-Mogren
21 FW Cape Verde CPV Djaniny
24 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Ammar Al-Daheem
25 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Tawfiq Buhimed
26 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Mustafa Malayekah
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 MF Algeria ALG Sofiane Bendebka
29 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Ali Al-Masoud
32 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Hussain Al-Momatin
35 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Faisal Al-Abdulwahed
36 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Rakan Al-Qahtani
37 MF Spain ESP Cristian Tello
40 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Sattam Al-Subaie
42 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Ahmed Al-Julaydan
49 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Saad Al-Shurafa
55 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Waleed Al-Enezi
64 DF Belgium BEL Jason Denayer
66 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abbas Al-Hassan
75 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Fuad Al-Shaqaq
77 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Ali Al-Jassem
83 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Salem Al-Najdi
87 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Qassem Lajami
88 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Othman Al-Othman
94 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Al-Anazi
99 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Hassan Al Salis

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
30 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Osama Al-Mobairik (on loan to Al-Rawdhah)
38 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Lo'ay Al-Johani (on loan to Al-Qaisumah)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Peru PER Christian Cueva (on loan to Alianza Lima)

International competitions

Overview

As of 13 August 2019
Competition Pld W D L GF GA
AFC Champions League 13 2 5 6 11 20
Arab Club Champions Cup 4 2 1 1 7 6
TOTAL 17 4 6 7 18 26

Matches

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2012–13 Arab Club Champions Cup 1R Kuwait Al-Jahra 1–0 2–1 3–1
2R Kuwait Al-Arabi 2–2 2–3 4–5
2014 AFC Champions League Group B Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 0–0 2−3 4th
Iran Foolad 1–5 0−1
Qatar El Jaish 0–0 0−2
2017 AFC Champions League PO Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi 1–0 1–0
Group B Iran Esteghlal Khuzestan 1–1 0−1 3rd
Qatar Lekhwiya 2–2 1−4
United Arab Emirates Al Jazira 3–1 0−0

Management staff

Position Name
ManagerCroatia Slaven Bilić
Assistant ManagerCroatia Danilo Butorović
Assistant Manager Vacant
Assistant Manager Vacant
Goalkeeping CoachCroatia Vatroslav Mihačić
Fitness Coach Vacant
Assistant fitness coach Vacant
Chief AnalystSpain Miguel Ángel Baltanás
Performance Analyst Vacant
Sporting DirectorItaly Nicola Innocentin
Head of Performance Vacant
Performance Manager Vacant
Head of Medical Vacant
Doctor Vacant
Physiotherapist Vacant
Director of football Vacant

Managers

  • Saudi Arabia Ahmed Al-Saud (1997 – 1998)
  • Egypt Moustafa Younis (1998 – 1999)
  • Morocco Hocine Belhassen (July 1, 1999 – December 15, 2000)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Senad Kreso (December 15, 2000 – August 1, 2001)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Faruk Jusić (September 5, 2001 – December 30, 2001)
  • Saudi Arabia Ahmed Al-Saud (caretaker) (December 30, 2001 – January 21, 2002)
  • Saudi Arabia Ali Boushlaibi (January 21, 2002 – May 30, 2002)
  • Tunisia Mondher Ladhari (July 1, 2002 – May 30, 2004)
  • Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Shurfa (caretaker) (July 12, 2004 – September 6, 2004)
  • Tunisia Zouhair Louati (September 6, 2004 – May 30, 2005)
  • Morocco Najib Hemimo (August 1, 2005 – November 1, 2005)
  • Saudi Arabia Ali Bo Saleh (caretaker) (November 1, 2005 – December 23, 2005)
  • Tunisia Rachid Ben Ammar (December 23, 2005 – March 6, 2006)
  • Egypt Bahaaeddine Qebisi (March 9, 2006 – January 12, 2007)
  • Saudi Arabia Ali Bo Saleh (caretaker) (January 12, 2007 – February 2, 2007)
  • Tunisia Omar Meziane (February 2, 2007 – June 1, 2007)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Senad Kreso (July 31, 2007 – December 31, 2007)
  • Saudi Arabia Yousef Al-Sarouj (caretaker) (December 31, 2007 – January 24, 2008)
  • Tunisia Fathi Al-Jabal (January 24, 2008 – May 26, 2014)
  • Spain Juan José Maqueda (May 27, 2014 – September 25, 2014)
  • Tunisia Nacif Beyaoui (October 1, 2014 – May 29, 2016)
  • Portugal Ricardo Sá Pinto (May 29, 2016 – September 23, 2016)
  • Tunisia Fathi Al-Jabal (October 11, 2016 – October 14, 2019)
  • Belgium Yannick Ferrera (October 14, 2019 – January 9, 2022)
  • Greece Georgios Donis (January 9, 2022 – May 31, 2023)
  • Croatia Slaven Bilić (July 8, 2023 – )

See also

References

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