Al Ahli Saudi FC

Al-Ahli Saudi
Full name	Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Malaki (The Royal) Al-Raqi (The Classy) Maeqil Al'Aswad (Lions Stronghold)
Founded	17 March 1937
Ground	King Abdullah Sports City (Capacity: 62,345)
Owner	Public Investment Fund (75%) Al-Ahli Non-Profit Foundation (25%)
Chairman	Waleed Muath
Manager	Matthias Jaissle
Current League	Saudi Pro League
2022–23	First Division League, 1st (champions)
Website	Club home page

Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Jeddah, that competes in the Saudi Pro League. The club was founded in 1937.

Known as one of the most successful clubs in Saudi Arabia, domestically, Al-Ahli has won three Saudi Professional Leagues, also holds the record of 13 Kings Cups, six Crown Prince Cups, one General League Shield, and one Super Cup. In international club football, they have won a record equal of 3 GCC Champions League and 1 Arab Club Championship. Al Ahli was the first Saudi club to win the league and the King's Cup in the same season, and has done so twice - in 1978 and 2016.

Al-Ahli's home games are played at King Abdullah Sports City, also known as the "Shining Jewel Stadium". The stadium, which is shared with long-lasting city rivals Al-Ittihad (contesting Jeddah derby), is the second-largest stadium in Saudi Arabia, with a total capacity of approximately 63,000.

Players

First-team squad

As of 26 August 2023

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi 2 DF Fahad Al-Hamad 3 DF Roger Ibañez 6 DF Bassam Al-Hurayji 7 FW Riyad Mahrez 8 MF Sumayhan Al-Nabit 10 FW Roberto Firmino (captain) 11 DF Ezgjan Alioski 13 DF Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi 14 MF Abdullah Otayf 16 GK Édouard Mendy 17 FW Haitham Asiri 18 FW Abdullah Al-Mogren 19 MF Fahad Al-Rashidi 24 FW Morad Khodari 27 DF Ali Majrashi 28 DF Merih Demiral 29 MF Mohammed Al-Majhad 30 MF Ziyad Al-Johani

No. Pos. Nation Player 34 DF Bander Al-Shamrani 35 DF Ahmed Al-Nakhli 37 DF Abdulbasit Hindi 39 MF Yaseen Al-Zubaidi 40 MF Ali Al-Asmari 41 DF Manaf Abo Yabes 45 MF Abdulkarim Darisi 46 DF Rayane Hamidou 62 GK Abdullah Abdoh 65 DF Faisal Al-Sibiyani 71 GK Mohammed Al-Rubaie 73 MF Abdulhamid Al-Humayani 75 DF Abdullah Masoud 79 MF Franck Kessié 77 FW Hassan Al-Ali 95 MF Ayman Fallatah 97 FW Allan Saint-Maximin

Unregistered players

No. Pos. Nation Player 9 MF Ryad Boudebouz 20 MF Ahmed Bassas 21 GK Emad Al-Fadda 31 DF Hani Al-Sebyani 32 MF Eyad Madani 33 GK Nawaf Shae'an

No. Pos. Nation Player 44 MF Naif Bakri 66 DF Abdulrahman Al-Zahrani FW Modou Barrow DF Adel Khodari FW Sultan Al-Suraihi

Out on loan

No. Pos. Nation Player 94 FW Marcão (on loan to Wuhan Three Towns)

No. Pos. Nation Player GK Ghassan Barqawi (on loan to Al-Ain)

Honours

Domestic

• Saudi Pro League (level 1):
  • Champions (3): 1977–78, 1983–84, 2015–16
  • Runners-up: 1989–90, 1995–96, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18
• Saudi First Division (level 2):
  • Champion: 2022–23
• King Cup:
  • Winners (13): 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 2011, 2012, 2016
  • Runners-up: 1974, 1976, 1984, 2014, 2017
• Saudi Super Cup:
  • Winners: 2016
• Crown Prince Cup:
  • Winners (6): 1957, 1970, 1998, 2002, 2006–07, 2014–15
• Saudi Federation Cup:
  • Winners (3): 2001, 2002, 2007
• General League Shield
  • Winners: 1968–69

International

• AFC Champions League:
  • Runners-up: 1985–86, 2012
• Arab Champions League:
  • Winners: 2002–03
• Gulf Club Champions Cup:
  • Winners: 1985, 2002, 2008

External links

• Official website

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