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
ManagerZoran Milinković
LeagueFirst Division League
2023–24FDL, 13th 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  NGA Erhun Obanor
4 DF  KSA Nasser Al-Hulayel
5 DF  KSA Raed Al-Malki
6 DF  KSA Karam Barnawi
7 FW  NGA Anthony Okpotu
8 MF  KSA Nasser Al-Daajani
9 FW  KSA Ali Al-Mayyad
10 FW  CPV Dodô
11 MF  CHA Othman Maloum
12 MF  KSA Essam Al-Muwallad
16 MF  KSA Ali Dabbaj
17 MF  KSA Albaraa Baadheem
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  KSA Faisal Al-Johani
24 MF  CIV Sylla Daouda
30 GK  BRA Bruno Grassi
33 DF  KSA Hussein Hawsawi
44 DF  CIV Mohamed Ouattara
50 DF  KSA Munif Doshi
70 DF  KSA Ali Dagarshawi
71 DF  KSA Khaled Al-Shamrani
77 MF  KSA Saeed Al-Qarni
87 MF  KSA Omar Al-Zahrani
93 MF  KSA Nawaf Al-Osaimi
97 FW  KSA Nawaf Al-Zahrani

Managerial history

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

Presidential history

As of 1 January 2021.[9]

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

See also

References

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