Al-Najma SC (Saudi Arabia)

This article is about the Saudi Arabian Sport Club. For other uses, see Al-Nejmeh (disambiguation).

Al-Najma Sport Club (Arabic: نادي النجمة الرياضي) is a Saudi Arabian football team based in Unaizah that is currently playing in the Saudi Second Division League. Founded in 1960, the team plays in white and black color and green colours.

Al-Najma SC

Full name	Al-Nejmeh Saudi Club
Nickname(s)	Star of Unaizah
Founded	1960 (as Al-Nahdha)
Ground	Al-Najma Club Stadium Unaizah, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Ibrahim Al-Sufi
Manager	Al-Mnesf Ben Mosharek
League	Saudi Second Division
2015–16	Group A, 7th place
Home colours Away colours

Coordinates: 26°5′43″N 44°2′53″E / 26.09528°N 44.04806°E / 26.09528; 44.04806

Al-Najma vs Al-Riyadh in 2010–11 Saudi First Division

Al-Najma has a fierce rivalry with local club Al-Arabi, which is usually manifested in the Unaizah Derby.

1997–1998 Saudi Premier League

The best achievement by the team, is finished third for the Saudi Premier League 1997-98 And entering the semi-finals.

Honours

Saudi First Division League

• Winners (2): 1989–90, 1993–94
• Runners-up (1): 1991–92

Current squad

As of Saudi Second Division:

No Position Player Nation 2 DF Khaled Al-Johani   Saudi Arabia 3 DF Seifeddine Akremi   Tunisia 4 DF Ayman Masrahi   Saudi Arabia 5 DF Yousef Al-Zahrani   Saudi Arabia 6 MF Sultan Shmailan   Saudi Arabia 7 FW Hichem Mokhtar   Algeria 8 MF Ziyad Al-Qahtani   Saudi Arabia 9 FW Ryan Enad   Saudi Arabia 10 MF Mohammed Al-Ghumaiz   Saudi Arabia 11 FW Zamil Al-Sulim   Saudi Arabia 14 MF Hammad Al-Shaye (on loan from Al-Hazem)   Saudi Arabia 15 MF Mohanad Al-Shudukhi   Saudi Arabia 16 DF Saleh Al-Saeed   Saudi Arabia 17 MF Mohammed Al-Fraidi   Saudi Arabia 18 DF Mohammed Nayer   Saudi Arabia 19 MF Abdulaziz Al-Qumaiz   Saudi Arabia 21 MF Saleh Al-Hossain   Saudi Arabia 22 GK Khaled Al-Muqaitib   Saudi Arabia 24 DF Saleh Al-Dawsari   Saudi Arabia 27 MF Fares Al-Khoraimi   Saudi Arabia 29 FW Rakhi Al-Shammeri   Saudi Arabia 44 MF Azzam Al-Obaid   Saudi Arabia 50 GK Marwan Madu   Saudi Arabia 51 DF Muaiad Al-Mutairi   Saudi Arabia 52 DF Fawaz Al-Tomaihi   Saudi Arabia 54 MF Majed Al-Khaibari   Saudi Arabia 55 DF Mortadha Wahkhik   Saudi Arabia 70 MF Rafa Miranda   Portugal 77 MF Abdulrahman Al-Sherif   Saudi Arabia 80 GK Abdullah Al-Saeed   Saudi Arabia 89 MF Faisal Al-Mutairi   Saudi Arabia 98 DF Mohammed Al-Sharqi   Saudi Arabia 99 MF Abdoulaye Dieng   Senegal — DF Sami Kassar   Saudi Arabia

Notable players

• Mansour Al-Mousa
• Abdulaziz Al-Aazmi
• Abdulaziz Alsibyani
• Abdurahman Al-Khaibari
• Marzouk Al-Otaibi
• Mohamed Husain
• Zamil Al-Sulim
• Saad Al-Zahrani
• Ahmed Al-Suhail
• Mesfer Al-Qahtani

Coaches history

•   Rabah Saâdane
•   Youssef Zouaoui
•   Christov Andenov (1997–99)
•   Dudu Georgescu (2001)
•   Dobromir Zhechev (2001–02)

Presidents

•   Abdulrahman Al-Mashari
•   Muhammed Salih Al-Subaie
•   Ibrahim Mansour Al-Maiman
•   Ibrahim Ali Al-Nhabiy
•   Saleh Abdulaziz Al-Wassel
•   Saleh Al-Sowyan
•   Saleh Abdulaziz Al-Wassel (Return)
•   Ibrahim Al-Sufi (Currently)

See also

•  Saudi Arabia portal

• Unaizah

References

External links

 

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