Al Raed
Full nameAl Raed Saudi Football Club
Nickname(s)Raed Al Tahadi
Founded1954 (1954)
GroundKing Abdullah Sport City Stadium,
Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
Capacity25,000[1]
ChairmanFahad Al-Motawa'a
ManagerIgor Jovićević
LeaguePro League
2022–23Pro League, 10th of 16

Al Raed Saudi Football Club (Arabic: نادي الرائد Nādī ar-Rāʾid; lit. 'Pioneer Club') is a Saudi football club based in Buraidah, and the first of its kind in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia.[2] One of the club's notable founders is Abdulaziz Al-Aboudi. Established in 1954, Al Raed have played in the Saudi Pro League, the top division of Saudi football, since 2008.

History

The team was able to qualify for the Premier League Saudi Arabia in 1980–1981. It met Club K in the qualifiers held in Riyadh. In 1986, it was the first team from the Qassim region to enter the Saudi Premier League. The team repeated this ascension to the Premier League at the end of 1989, 1992, 1998, 2002 and 2007. The Senyhassad junior team reached the Saudi Premier League clubs for juniors in 1999, and in 2003.

Stadium

King Abdullah Sports City, the home ground of Al-Raed

The club play their home games at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in Buraidah. They share the stadium with rivals Al-Taawoun, with whom they contest the Al-Qassim derby.

Honours

Management staff

Position Staff
ManagerCroatia Igor Jovićević
Assistant ManagerUkraine Yuriy Benyo
Goalkeeping CoachSpain Curro Galán
Fitness CoachSpain Daniel de Castro
Technical CoachUkraine Andriy Khanas
Chief AnalystUkraine Mykola Shamardin
DoctorUkraine Hryhoryi Romanchuk
PhysiotherapistUkraine Volodymyr Bondarenko
Director of footballUkraine Oleh Volodin
Performance ManagerUkraine Oleksiy Popkov

Current squad

As of Saudi Professional League:

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 Portugal POR André Moreira
2 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Bandar Whaeshi
5 MF Senegal SEN Mamadou Loum (on loan from Porto)
6 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Majrashi
7 MF Algeria ALG Amir Sayoud
8 MF Norway NOR Mathias Normann
9 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Raed Al-Ghamdi
10 MF Morocco MAR Mohamed Fouzair
11 FW Morocco MAR Karim El Berkaoui
14 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mansor Al-Beshe
15 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Omar Al-Kreidis
17 FW Cape Verde CPV Júlio Tavares
18 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Naif Hazazi
19 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Al-Fahad
20 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Rakan Al-Dosari
21 DF Cameroon CMR Oumar Gonzalez
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Ahmed Al-Rehaili
24 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Khalid Al-Subaie
25 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Faisal Abdulrazaq
28 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Hamad Al-Jayzani
32 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Dossari
33 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Mutlaq Al-Hurayji
41 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Nawaf Al-Sahli
42 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Anas Al-Zahrani
43 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Al-Yousef
45 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Yahya Sunbul
49 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Firas Al-Ghamdi
50 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Mashari Sunyur
55 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Nasser Al-Hadhood (on loan from Al-Hilal)
77 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Bassam Al-Hamad
94 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mubarak Al-Rajeh

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
66 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Al-Shaflut (on loan to Al-Najma)

Managers

  • Egypt El-Sayed El-Attiyah (1980–81)
  • Brazil Joel Castro (1990–91)
  • Egypt Mahmoud El-Khawaga (1991)
  • Brazil China (1998–99)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Senad Kreso (July 1, 2000 – November 25, 2000)
  • Brazil Marco Cunha (November 25, 2000 – February 13, 2001)
  • Brazil China (February 13, 2001 – January 7, 2002)
  • Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al-Owdah (January 15, 2002 – May 1, 2002)
  • Brazil José Fernandes (July 1, 2002 – September 22, 2002)
  • Egypt Hani El Antabli (caretaker) (September 22, 2002 – October 24, 2002)
  • Brazil Gainete (October 24, 2002 – December 28, 2002)
  • Saudi Arabia Yousef Khamees (December 28, 2002 – April 27, 2003)
  • Egypt Hani El Antabli (caretaker) (April 27, 2003 – October 8, 2003)
  • Romania Viorel Kraus (October 8, 2003 – January 30, 2004)
  • Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al-Owdah (February 4, 2004 – February 13, 2004)
  • Egypt Hani El Antabli (caretaker) (February 13, 2004 – February 25, 2004)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalil Al-Masri (February 25, 2004 – May 1, 2004)
  • Brazil Luis Ferreira (July 10, 2004 – March 21, 2005)
  • Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al-Owdah (March 21, 2005 – April 24, 2005)
  • Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Nodali (caretaker) (April 24, 2005 – September 1, 2005)
  • Egypt Aboud El Khodary (September 1, 2005 – November 14, 2005)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalil Al-Masri (November 17, 2005 – February 12, 2006)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Koroni (February 12, 2006 – May 1, 2006)
  • Tunisia Mohammed Aldo (May 4, 2006 – December 21, 2008)
  • Brazil Luís Antônio Zaluar (December 29, 2008 – June 1, 2009)
  • Portugal Acácio Casimiro (June 21, 2009 – October 4, 2009)
  • Brazil Edison Mario Souza (October 4, 2009 – May 30, 2010)
  • Brazil Lucho Nizzo (July 15, 2010 – November 7, 2010)
  • Portugal Eurico Gomes (November 7, 2010 – October 17, 2011)
  • Tunisia Hafez Al-Hoarbi (caretaker) (October 17, 2011 – October 28, 2011)
  • Tunisia Ammar Souayah (October 28, 2011 – February 1, 2013)
  • North Macedonia Vlatko Kostov (February 2, 2013 – June 1, 2013)
  • Algeria Noureddine Zekri (June 26, 2013 – February 14, 2014)
  • Tunisia Emad Al-Sulami (caretaker) (February 14, 2014 – March 2, 2014)
  • Belgium Marc Brys (March 2, 2014 – May 1, 2014)
  • North Macedonia Vlatko Kostov (May 31, 2014 – September 1, 2014)
  • Tunisia Emad Al-Sulami (caretaker) (September 1, 2014 – October 7, 2014)
  • Belgium Marc Brys (October 7, 2014 – March 24, 2015)
  • Tunisia Ammar Souayah (March 24, 2015 – May 19, 2015)
  • Algeria Abdelkader Amrani (June 8, 2015 – August 29, 2015)
  • Greece Takis Lemonis (September 3, 2015 – February 1, 2016)
  • Morocco Reda Hakam (caretaker) (February 1, 2016 – February 4, 2016)
  • Serbia Aleksandar Ilić (February 4, 2016 – June 17, 2016)
  • Tunisia Nacif Beyaoui (June 17, 2016 – May 14, 2017)
  • Algeria Taoufik Rouabah (June 4, 2017 – October 1, 2017)
  • Romania Ciprian Panait (October 4, 2017 – February 5, 2018)
  • Serbia Aleksandar Ilić (February 5, 2018 – June 1, 2018)
  • Albania Besnik Hasi (July 26, 2018 – June 1, 2021)
  • Spain Pablo Machín (June 19, 2021 – January 26, 2022)
  • Portugal João Pedro Sousa (January 26, 2022 – May 24, 2022)
  • Saudi Arabia Yousef Al-Ghadeer (June 6, 2022 – June 28, 2022)
  • Romania Marius Șumudică (June 30, 2022 – June 1, 2023)
  • Croatia Igor Jovićević (July 9, 2023 – present)

See also

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Al-Raed.
  1. ↑ "King Abdullah Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "نادي الرائد". spl.com.sa. Archived from the original on 2016-01-06. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
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