Al-Adalah FC

Al-Adalah Football Club (Arabic: نادي العدالة لكرة القدم, romanized: nādī al-ʿadāla l-kurat al-qadam, "Justice F.C."), is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Al-Hulaylah, Al-Ahsa, that plays in the Saudi Professional League.^[1] The club was founded in 1984.

Al-Adalah

Full name	Al-Adalah Football Club
Nickname(s)	Fursan Al-Waha (Knights of the Oasis)
Founded	1984; 39 years ago (1984)
Ground	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Capacity	26,000
President	Abdulaziz Al-Mudhey
Manager	Martin Ševela
League	Pro League
2021–22	FDL, 2nd of 20 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Al-Adalah have finished as Second Division runners-up twice, first in the 2008–09 season and then in the 2015–16 season. The club have spent only four seasons in the Saudi First Division, the second tier of Saudi football, before achieving promotion to the Pro League. On May 15, 2019, the club made history by achieving promotion to the Pro League for the first time.^[2]

The club play their home games at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium in Al-Ahsa, sharing the stadium with three other Al-Ahsa based clubs, Al-Fateh, Hajer and Al-Jeel.^[3]

Honours

• Saudi First Division League (Tier 2)
  • Runners-up: 2021–22
  • Third place: 2018–19

• Saudi Second Division (Tier 3)
  • Runners-up: 2008–09, 2015–16

• Saudi Third Division/Saudi Fourth Division (Tier 4)
  • Winners: 2000–01

Current squad

As of 13 June 2021:^[4]

No Position Player Nation 1 GK Milan Mijatović   Montenegro 3 DF Fahad Al-Harbi (on loan from Al-Fateh)   Saudi Arabia 5 DF Murtadha Al-Burayh   Saudi Arabia 6 MF Ahmed Al-Sultan   Saudi Arabia 7 MF Arif Al Haydar   Saudi Arabia 8 DF Abdullah Al-Yousef   Saudi Arabia 10 MF Reinaldo Lenis   Colombia 11 MF Abdulaziz Al-Jamaan   Saudi Arabia 12 FW Marcus Antonsson   Sweden 13 GK Mohammed Al-Bladi   Saudi Arabia 14 MF Abdulrahman Al-Hurib   Saudi Arabia 15 MF Nasser Al-Muqahem   Saudi Arabia 16 MF Khaled Al-Hamdhi   Saudi Arabia 17 MF Christofer Gonzáles   Peru 18 MF Elyas Al-Bladi   Saudi Arabia 19 MF Edson   Brazil 20 FW Mohammed Abu Abd   Saudi Arabia 21 FW Waleed Al-Shangeati   Saudi Arabia 22 GK Ali Al-Ameri   Saudi Arabia 23 DF Mohammed Al-Oufi (on loan from Al-Ittihad)   Saudi Arabia 24 MF Hassan Al-Habib (on loan from Al-Fateh)   Saudi Arabia 27 MF Fawaz Al-Torais (on loan from Al-Hilal)   Saudi Arabia 33 DF Boris Godál (on loan from Železiarne Podbrezová)   Slovakia 43 MF David Tijanić (on loan from Göztepe)   Slovenia 49 DF Ali Al-Salem   Saudi Arabia 50 DF Abdulaziz Al-Alawi   Saudi Arabia 55 DF Nawaf Al-Sobhi   Saudi Arabia 73 GK Mohammed Al-Moqahwi   Saudi Arabia 90 MF Pedro Eugénio   Portugal 91 FW Abdulaziz Al-Yousef   Saudi Arabia 96 MF Hussain Al-Nattar (on loan from Al-Qadsiah)   Saudi Arabia

Out on loan

No Position Player Nation — MF Abdulmajeed Al-Saeed (on loan to Hajer)   Saudi Arabia

Former managers

•   Mohammed Al-Janoubi (August 22, 2002 – October 17, 2002)
•   Hussain Al-Abdulwahab (October 17, 2002 – December 18, 2002)
•   Hassine Menestiri (December 18, 2002 – April 30, 2003)
•   Ahmed Al-Habib (August 1, 2003 – January 24, 2004)
•   Khamis Gera (January 24, 2004 – March 21, 2004)
•   Hussain Al-Abdulwahab (March 23, 2004 – August 13, 2005)
•   Mehrez Al Dami (August 13, 2005 – September 21, 2005)
•   Hussain Al-Abdulwahab (caretaker) (September 21, 2005 – October 20, 2005)
•   Morsi Ktata (October 20, 2005 – July 10, 2006)
•   Ali Zouari (July 24, 2006 – October 5, 2006)
•   Samir Al Khamira (October 5, 2006 – January 9, 2007)
•   Ahmed Al-Habib (caretaker) (January 9, 2007 – February 4, 2007)
•   Najib Khouaja (February 4, 2007 – May 30, 2007)
•   Mahdi Ben Sohaima (June 18, 2007 – November 3, 2007)
•   Ahmed Al-Habib (caretaker) (November 3, 2007 – November 19, 2007)
•   Mohamed Zouiten (November 19, 2007 – January 23, 2008)
•   Najib Khouaja (January 23, 2008 – May 17, 2009)
•   Zouhair Louati (July 18, 2009 – March 5, 2010)
•   Abdullah Darwish (March 5, 2010 – May 10, 2010)
•   Morsi Ktata (July 14, 2010 – March 20, 2011)
•   Nasser Nefzi (March 20, 2011 – May 30, 2011)
•   Habib Ben Romdhane (August 1, 2011 – December 1, 2011)
•   Najib Khouaja (December 1, 2011 – December 20, 2012)
•   Wahid Hidoussi (December 20, 2012 – May 30, 2013)
•   Salah Abou El Fattouh (July 31, 2013 – November 23, 2013)
•   Noureddine Labyad (November 23, 2013 – June 1, 2014)
•   Selim Al Manga (August 13, 2014 – May 30, 2015)
•   Mohamed Saidi (July 30, 2015 – November 14, 2016)
•   Ahmed Sari (November 14, 2016 – March 20, 2017)
•   Abdullah Darwish (March 27, 2017 – May 5, 2018)
•   Ridha Jeddi (May 15, 2018 – April 26, 2019)
•   Redha Al-Janbe (April 26, 2019 – May 16, 2019)
•   Skander Kasri (May 31, 2019 – November 4, 2019)
•   Nacif Beyaoui (November 5, 2019 – June 13, 2020)
•   Giovanni Solinas (June 25, 2020 – September 9, 2020)
•   Mohamed Mkacher (September 18, 2020 – January 29, 2021)
•   Jalel Kadri (January 31, 2021 – June 1, 2021)
•   Nacif Beyaoui (June 3, 2021 – March 18, 2022)
•   Yousef Al Mannai (March 18, 2022 – October 22, 2022)
•   Martin Ševela (October 23, 2022 – )

References

1. "فريق: العدالة" [Al-Adalh team]. Kooora.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 13 March 2016.
2. "العدالة يكمل عقد المتأهلين إلى دوري المحترفين".
3. "Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium".
4. "الفريق الأول".

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