Al-Khaleej FC

Al-Khaleej Club (Arabic: نادي الخليج بسيهات, romanized: nādī al-khalīj bi-Sayhāt, lit. 'Saihat Gulf Club') is a Saudi Arabian multisports club. Located in Saihat, Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It is a sport, social, educational club. Additionally, different teams in this club, categorized in different levels based on the age, play different sports. Among the sports played by the Khaleej Club teams are football, handball, volleyball, basketball, tennis, table tennis, gymnastics, athletics, aquatics and others.

Not to be confused with Khaleej Sirte SC.
Al-Khaleej
Full nameAl-Khaleej Club
Nickname(s)Al-Danah ( Pearls )
Founded1945 (1945)
GroundPrince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium
Saihat
Capacity10,000
ChairmanAlaa Al Hamal
ManagerPedro Emanuel
LeaguePro League
2023–24Pro League, 11th of 18
WebsiteClub website

The club is well known for the handball team which played in different worldwide championships. Also, the athletics team accomplished worldwide golden middles.

It was announced that the club stadium will be completely rebuild with a new capacity of 15,000 instead of the previous 10,000 plus new handball court and new training facilities, the work should start in April 2024 and be completed by 2026 before the 2027 Asian cup

Administration

The current administration that runs the club is the club-president Alaa Al Hamal.

Partners

Laser

Management staff

Managerial history
  • Ahmad Al-Ajlani (1997 – 1999)
  • Khaled Al-Marzouq (May 1, 1999 – October 11, 1999)
  • Abdelkrim Bira (October 11, 1999 – March 1, 2000)
  • Angel (July 6, 2000 – March 1, 2001)
  • Khaled Al-Marzouq (March 1, 2001 – June 1, 2004)
  • Yousef Al Suryati (August 9, 2004 – February 7, 2005)
  • Khaled Al-Marzouq (February 7, 2005 – October 31, 2006)
  • Jan Kmoch (caretaker) (October 31, 2006 – January 8, 2007)
  • Lotfi Benzarti (January 8, 2007 – May 20, 2007)
  • Ricardo Formosinho (August 3, 2007 – November 4, 2007)
  • Khaled Al-Marzouq (November 4, 2007 – May 30, 2008)
  • Samir Sellimi (June 23, 2008 – November 17, 2008)
  • Sameer Hilal (November 17, 2008 – May 31, 2009)
  • Khaled Al-Marzouq (June 8, 2009 – May 1, 2010)
  • Eelco Schattorie (July 27, 2010 – January 5, 2011)
  • Abderrazek Chebbi (January 5, 2011 – May 16, 2011)
  • Ahmed El Agouz (July 29, 2011 – November 5, 2011)
  • Khaled Al-Marzouq (November 5, 2011 – May 30, 2012)
  • Ayman Ragab (July 1, 2012 – May 24, 2013)
  • Sameer Hilal (May 28, 2013 – April 6, 2014)
  • Jalel Kadri (April 29, 2014 – May 30, 2016)
  • Patrick De Wilde (June 9, 2016 – August 30, 2016)
  • Jalel Kadri (August 30, 2016 – May 5, 2017)
  • Eusebiu Tudor (May 18, 2017 – January 6, 2018)
  • Maher Al-Shammari (January 6, 2018 – May 1, 2018)
  • Sameer Hilal (May 27, 2018 – June 1, 2019)
  • Alen Horvat (July 7, 2019 – December 14, 2019)
  • Mohammed Tlemceni (caretaker) (December 14, 2019 – January 1, 2020)
  • Kheïreddine Madoui (January 9, 2020 – September 20, 2020)
  • Sameer Hilal (September 23, 2020 – June 1, 2021)
  • Dejan Arsov (July 13, 2021 – November 23, 2021)
  • Paulo Gomes (November 23, 2021 – May 6, 2022)
  • Khaled Al-Marzouq (caretaker) (May 6, 2022 – June 1, 2022)
  • Pedro Emanuel (July 3, 2022 – June 23, 2024)

Current squad

As of 12 August 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 Eyad Al-Nasser
2 DF  KSA Omar Al-Owdah
3 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Khabrani
4 DF  ARG Lisandro López
5 DF  POR Pedro Rebocho
6 MF  KSA Khaled Al-Samiri
7 FW  TOG Khaled Narey
8 MF  POR Ivo Rodrigues
9 FW  EGY Mohamed Sherif
10 MF  POR Fábio Martins
11 FW  KSA Abdulla Al Salem
13 DF  KSA Abdullah Al-Shanqiti
14 DF  KSA Ali Al-Shaafi
15 MF  KSA Mansour Hamzi
16 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Khaibari
17 MF  KSA Hassan Al-Majhad
19 MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Abdullah
21 MF  KSA Hussain Al-Ohaymid
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK  KSA Raed Ozaybi
23 GK  BIH Ibrahim Šehić
25 DF  KSA Arif Al Haydar
27 MF  KSA Fawaz Al-Torais
28 MF  KSA Hussain Al-Sultan
33 DF  KSA Bander Nasser
35 GK  KSA Rayan Al-Dossary
39 DF  KSA Saeed Al Hamsal
42 DF  KSA Fahad Al-Jayzani
44 FW  KSA Ali Abdulraouf
47 MF  ERI Mo Adams
55 MF  KOR Jung Woo-young
57 FW  KSA Malek Al-Darwish
66 DF  KSA Hussain Fraij
77 FW  KSA Hisham Al Dubais
96 GK  KSA Marwan Al-Haidari
99 MF  KSA Hamad Al-Abdan

Honours


Handball

The handball team is one of the most successful handball club in Saudi Arabia. They won 10 times the league.

Partners

Laser Erima

Honours

Asian Club League Handball Championship

IHF Men's Super Globe

Arab Handball Championship of Champions

  • Winners (2): 2002, 2007
  • Runners-up (4): 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995

Saudi Handball League

  • Winners (10): 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2022–23
  • Runners-up (Since 2005): 2005–06, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22

Saudi Handball Federation Cup

  • Winners (9): 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Runners-up(12): 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2021

Saudi Handball Elite Championship

  • Runners-up (4): 2003, 2005, 2015, 2019

Saudi Handball Super Cup

  • Winners (2): 2023, 2024

Saudi Handball Olympic Games

  • Winners (2): 2022, 2023

Saudi Beach Handball Championship

  • Runners-up (1): 2022

Current squad

Squad for the 2023–24 season

Head coach: Dimitris Dimitroulias

Goalkeepers
Left wingers
Right wingers
  • 07 Mohammed Al Meskeen
  • 59 Hassan Al-Turaiki
Line players
  • 03 Ali Al-Ibrahim
  • 05 Jawad Jaffal
  • 77 Marhoon Al-Maa
  • 87 Jawad Al Ghafli
Left backs
Centre backs
Right backs

See also

References
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