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.

See also: Al-Fateh (basketball)
Al Fateh
Full nameAl Fateh Sports Club
Nickname(s)Al Namothji (The Role Model)
Abna Al Nakhil (Sons of the Palm)
Founded1958 (1958)
GroundAl-Fateh SC Stadium
Capacity11,000[1]
ChairmanMansour Al-Afaliq
ManagerSlaven Bilić
LeagueSaudi Pro League
2023–24Pro League, 7th of 18
WebsiteClub website
Al Fateh active departments

Football
(men's)
Basketball
(men's)

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 1 June 2024:

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  SWE Jacob Rinne
2 DF  KSA Ali Al-Zubaidi
3 DF  KSA Ziyad Al-Jari
5 DF  KSA Fahad Al-Harbi
8 MF  KSA Nooh Al-Mousa
10 MF  ARM Lucas Zelarayán
11 MF  MAR Mourad Batna
12 DF  KSA Saeed Baattiah
14 MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Fuhaid (Captain)
15 MF  KSA Hassan Al-Mohammed
17 DF  MAR Marwane Saâdane
18 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Saeed
20 FW  KSA Abdullah Al-Mogren
21 FW  CPV Djaniny
24 DF  KSA Ammar Al-Daheem
25 DF  KSA Tawfiq Buhimed
26 GK  KSA Mustafa Malayekah
28 MF  ALG Sofiane Bendebka
29 FW  KSA Ali Al-Masoud
30 MF  KSA Osama Al-Mobairik
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 MF  KSA Hussain Al-Momatin
34 DF  KSA Meshal Al-Hamdan
36 MF  KSA Rakan Al-Qahtani
37 MF  ESP Cristian Tello
38 MF  KSA Lo'ay Al-Johani
40 GK  KSA Sattam Al-Subaie
42 DF  KSA Ahmed Al-Julaydan
49 FW  KSA Saad Al Sharfa
55 GK  KSA Waleed Al-Enezi
64 DF  BEL Jason Denayer
66 MF  KSA Abbas Al-Hassan
70 MF  AUS Jordan Harrison
75 MF  KSA Fuad Al-Shaqaq
77 FW  KSA Ali Al-Jassem
80 MF  KSA Faisal Al-Abdulwahed
83 DF  KSA Salem Al-Najdi
87 DF  KSA Qassem Lajami
88 MF  KSA Othman Al-Othman
94 MF  KSA Abdullah Al-Anazi
99 FW  KSA Hassan Al Salis

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 Al-Jahra 1–0 2–1 3–1
2R Al-Arabi 2–2 2–3 4–5
2014 AFC Champions League Group B Bunyodkor 0–0 2−3 4th
Foolad 1–5 0−1
El Jaish 0–0 0−2
2017 AFC Champions League PO Nasaf Qarshi 1–0 – 1–0
Group B Esteghlal Khuzestan 1–1 0−1 3rd
Lekhwiya 2–2 1−4
Al Jazira 3–1 0−0

Management staff
Position Name
Manager Slaven Bilić
Assistant Manager Danilo Butorović
First-Team Coach Ibrahim Al-Hanafi
Majid Al-Burhan
Goalkeeping Coach Vatroslav Mihačić
Fitness Coach Yaqoob Al-Ghanim
Assistant fitness coach Saud Al-Mawlawi
Chief Analyst Miguel Ángel Baltanás
Performance Analyst Omar Al-Amri
Sporting Director Nicola Innocentin
Head of Performance Abdulelah Al-Yami
Performance Manager Salim Al-Hanbali
Head of Medical Hussein Al-Jaffar
Doctor Dr. Ihab Al-Hamid
Physiotherapist Thamer Al-Ghannad
Director of football Abdulkader Al-Aqdi

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

See also

References
  1. "رابح صقر يحيي حفل افتتاح ملعب الفتح" (in Arabic). aawsat.com. 19 November 2023.
  2. "الفتح يدخل التاريخ ويتوج بطلاً للدوري السعودي". www.albayan.ae (in Arabic). 15 April 2013. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  3. "الفتح يطيح بالاتحاد ويتوج بلقب السوبر السعودي".
  4. "التعاون إلى دوري آسيا مباشرة والفتح يخوض الملحق".
  5. "AFC Champions League 2017 draw concluded". the-AFC. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
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