Khaleej
Full nameKhaleej Football Club
Nickname(s)Al-Danah
Founded1945 (1945)
GroundPrince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium
Saihat
Capacity10,000
ChairmanAlaa Al-Heml
ManagerPedro Emanuel
LeaguePro League
2022–23Pro League, 14th of 16

Khaleej Football 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.

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

Administration

The current administration that runs the club is the club-president Fawzi Al-Bashsa and vice-president Nazih Al-Nasr.

Football

Management staff

Managerial history

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

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 Saudi Arabia KSA Eyad Al-Nasser
2 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Omar Al-Owdah
3 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Khabrani
4 DF Argentina ARG Lisandro López
5 DF Portugal POR Pedro Rebocho
6 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Khaled Al-Samiri
7 FW Togo TOG Khaled Narey
8 MF Portugal POR Ivo Rodrigues
9 FW Egypt EGY Mohamed Sherif
10 MF Portugal POR Fábio Martins
11 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulla Al Salem
13 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Al-Shanqiti
14 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Ali Al-Shaafi
15 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mansour Hamzi
16 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Khaibari
17 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Hassan Al-Majhad
18 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulelah Hawsawi (on loan from Al-Ittihad)
19 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Abdullah
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Raed Ozaybi
23 GK Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Ibrahim Šehić
25 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Arif Al Haydar
27 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Fawaz Al-Torais
28 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Hussain Al-Sultan
33 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Bander Nasser
35 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Rayan Al-Dossary
39 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Saeed Al Hamsal
42 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Fahad Al-Jayzani
44 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Ali Abdulraouf
47 MF England ENG Mo Adams
55 MF South Korea KOR Jung Woo-young
57 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Malek Al-Darwish
66 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Hussain Fraij
70 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Riyadh Al-Ibrahim
96 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Marwan Al-Haidari
99 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Hamad Al-Abdan

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
21 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Hussain Al-Ohaymid (on loan to Al-Noor)
No. Pos. Nation Player
77 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Hisham Al Dubais (on loan to Al-Jabalain)

Honours

Al-Khaleej players in action against Al-Shoalah on Round 2, Saudi League 2014–15.

Saudi First Division League

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams

  • Winners (1): 1999–00
  • Runners-up (1): 2008–09

Handball

The handball team is one of the most successful handball club in Saudi Arabia. They won 10 times the league. Hani Abdul Karim Al-Dahi is the coach of the first team.[1]

Honours

Source:[2]

Asian Club League Handball Championship

  • Winners (1): 2023 2024

IHF Men's Super Globe

Arab Handball Championship of Champions

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

Saudi Handball Championship

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

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 Federation Cup for Saudi Handball

  • Winners (8): 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2022, 2023
  • Runners-up(12): 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2021

Saudi Super Cup for handball

  • Winners (1): 2023

Players

Saudi Arabia Sadiq Al-Mohsin Bosnia and Herzegovina Qatar Irhad Alihodžić Saudi Arabia Mohammad Al-Salem Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Hulaili Saudi Arabia Mojtaba Al-Salem Saudi Arabia Hassan Al-Turaiki Saudi Arabia Marhoon Al-Maa

Current squad

Squad


Head coach: Dimitris Dimitroulias

Goalkeepers
Left wingers

21 Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Hulaili

Right wingers

15 Saudi Arabia Hassan Al-Turaiki

Line players
No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
Left backs

77 Saudi Arabia Marhoon Al-Maa

Centre backs

1 Saudi Arabia Sadiq Al-Mohsin 57 Saudi Arabia Mojtaba Al-Salem

Right backs

See also

References

  1. ↑ "هاني-عبدالكريم-الضاحي". Khaleej Club (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Al-Khaleej". Goalzz. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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