Al-Arabi SC (Saudi Arabia)

Al-Arabi Sports Club (Arabic: نادي العربي), also known as Al-Arabi Al-Saudi, is a professional multi-sports club based in Unaizah, Saudi Arabia. The football team competes in the Saudi First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football.[1]

Al-Arabi
Full nameAl-Arabi Sports Club
Nickname(s)Fares Unaizah (The Knight of Unaizah)
Founded1958 (1958)
GroundDepartment of Education Stadium
Unaizah, Saudi Arabia
Capacity10,000
ChairmanAmeen Al-Malah
ManagerMaher Al-Shammari
LeagueFirst Division League
2023–24FDL, 4th of 18

History

Establishment

Al Arabi Sporting Club was formed in Unaizah in 1958, by a group of young people in the city. The club operated unofficially as an amateur club until 1967 and was registered officially in the same year when General Presidency of Youth Welfare Abdulrahman Al-N'aim officially took over. The club has had fourteen presidents from its establishment until 2010, Currently, Adeeb Al-Kwiter is the president.

Football

Al-Arabi played for the first time in the Saudi First Division in the 1986–87 season. However, It played for four seasons until it won the Saudi First Division in 1989–90 season and was promoted to the Saudi Premier League. The club played one season in the Saudi Premier League and then was relegated to the Saudi First Division, where they played for four years. Al-Arabi was relegated in 1994–95 to the Saudi Second Division and attempted to rise back to the Saudi First Division in the 1995–96 season. Al-Arabi lost in the qualifier finals which was held in Al-Hasa. They played the 1996–97 and the 1997–98 season in the second division, until they were relegated to the third division in the 1998–99 season. The club continued in the third division until managing to qualify in 2001–02 in the final qualification match which was held in Najran and was promoted. The team played in the second division for from the 2002–03 season until the 2004–05 season where it was once again to the third division. Al-Arabi returned to the Saudi Second Division in the 2008–09 season after getting second place in the final qualification which was held in Dammam. In the 2021–22 season, they were champions of the Saudi Second Division and was promoted in the Saudi First Division. They have been playing in that division since the 2022–23 season.

Current squad

As of 1 July 2023:

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  KSA Abdulrahman Al-Shammari
2 DF  KSA Abdulrahman Al-Masoudi
3 DF  CIV Cheick Comara
5 DF  KSA Murtadha Al-Burayh
6 MF  KSA Nawaf Al-Nafea
7 FW  KSA Hassan Sharahili
8 MF  BRA Jobson
9 MF  KSA Mohammed Mansour
10 MF  KSA Wesam Wahib
11 FW  NED Ola John
12 DF  KSA Mohammed Homairan
13 DF  KSA Meshari Al-Qahtani
14 MF  KSA Issam Al-Qarni
17 FW  KSA Mohammed Al-Drees
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  SEN Ablaye Mbengue
22 GK  KSA Mashari Al-Qaraawi
26 MF  KSA Ibrahim Al-Masri
30 GK  KSA Mohammed Mazyad
31 DF  KSA Sari Amro
33 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Duaiji
40 GK  KSA Hossam Karshami
55 MF  KSA Ibrahim Al-Nakhli
66 GK  KSA Basem Atallah
69 MF  BRA Diego Miranda
70 DF  KSA Ahmed Al-Muwallad
77 DF  KSA Osama Al-Bawardi
88 MF  BRA Muralha
91 FW  HON Romell Quioto

Club honours (Football)

Current technical staff

Position Name
Manager Alen Horvat
Assistant Manager Vacant
Goalkeeping Coach Abdali Al-Aoaqbi
Under-17-team Coach Abdulaziz Ibrahim
Under-14-team Coach Tariq Sharif
Goalkeeping Coach-Youth system Tarek Atia
Head of Medical Mahmoud Karim

Coaches history

Basketball

Club honours (Basketball)

  • Saudi Basketball U-17 tournament: 1

1997

Club honours (Hand Ball)

  • Saudi Federation Handball Cup: 1

1983

  • Saudi Youth Handball Tournament: 1

1977

  • Saudi Handball U-17 Premier League: 1

2009

Stadium

Al-Arabi does not have its own football stadium, and uses a playground for training. A sport compound was built in Unaizah with facilities for a wide range of competitive sports, and the General Presidency of Youth Welfare decided to hold a draw between the city's two clubs for the right to use it. Al-Najma SC gained the right to use the stadium without a draw. In February 2007 during an interview on a program called C.V., Saleh Al-Wassel, the then-president of Al-Najma, admitted that he used his influence to obtain the newly built sports facility in Unaizah.

Al Arabi is currently playing all of its home matches at the Department of Education Stadium.

Indoor facilities

Al-Arabi Pavilion is an indoor sports arena used particularly for basketball and handball matches for the club. The capacity of the stadium is 7,000 people, and was built in 2007.

Presidents

  • Suleiman Al-Badi
  • Abdulrahman Al-Naim
  • Ahmed Al-Turki
  • Mohammed Al-Manea
  • Ibrahim Al-Zaki
  • Abdulrahman Al-Musaed
  • Ahmad Al-Mansur
  • Fahad Al-Wahaibi
  • Ahmad Al-Subaie
  • Ahmed Al-Marzouq
  • Adeeb Al-Kwiter
  • Mohammed Al-Dukahil
  • Abdulaziz Al Dera
  • Ameen Al Malah

See also

References

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