Al Qadsiah FC

Not to be confused with Qadsia SC.

Al-Qadsiah Football Club (Arabic: نادي القادسية) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club that competes in the Saudi First Division League. They are based in Khobar and their home ground is the Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium.^[2]

Al-Qadsiah FC

Full name	Al-Qadsiah Saudi Football Club
Nickname(s)	Fares Al Sharqiya (Knight of the East) Fakhr Al Sharqiya (Pride of the Eastern Province)
Founded	1967; 56 years ago (1967)
Ground	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Khobar, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	11,000^[1]
Owner	Saudi Aramco
Chairman	Ahmed Ghodran
Manager	Míchel
League	First Division League
2022–23	FDL, 11th of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Al-Qadsiah have been a regular and uninterrupted participant in the Saudi Premier League since its inception in the inaugural 1976-77 season, their best ever top-flight season came in the 1980–81 season when they finished in 3rd place. Al-Qadsiah's most successful period in their history came in the early 90's when they won the 1991-92 Crown Prince Cup against Al-Shabab 4–2 on penalties to claim their first ever top flight title. The club's cup win qualified them to the Asian Cup Winners' Cup, they reached the final to face South China who they beat 6-2 on aggregate to clinch the 1993–94 title. In the same season they also picked up the 1993–94 Saudi Federation Cup by beating Al-Nassr 2-0 in the final. After 21 consecutive seasons in the top flight, as well as achieving two domestic titles and one continental title the club was relegated for the first time in their history in the 1996–97 season.

Following the club's first relegation, Al-Qadsiah have become inconsistent in their performances, yo-yoing between divisions with five promotions and relegations since the 1999–2000 season.

Administration

The current administration that runs the club is the club-president Madi Al-Hajri and vice-president Abdullah Badgaish.

Honours

Domestic

• Crown Prince Cup
  • Winners (1): 1991–92^[3]
  • Runners-up (1): 2004–05
• Saudi Federation Cup
  • Winners (1): 1993–94^[3]
  • Runners-up (2): 1989–90, 1992–93
• First Division League
  • Winners (3): 2001–02, 2008–09, 2014–15
  • Runners-up (1): 1999–00, 2019-20
• Saudi Futsal League
  • Winners (1): 2020

Asian

• Asian Cup Winners' Cup
  • Winners (1): 1993–94

International Competitions

Overview

As of 1 May 2013

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	6	4	1	1	12	5
Arab Club Champions Cup	2	1	0	1	3	3
Arab Cup Winners' Cup	6	3	1	2	10	4
TOTAL	14	8	2	4	25	12

Record By Country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Algeria	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Bahrain	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	050.00
Iraq	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Hong Kong	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	100.00
Morocco	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	000.00
Palestine	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Qatar	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
Sudan	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1993–94	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Al-Wehda	4–1	0−1	4–2
		QF	New Radiant	–	–	w/o^[A]
		SF	Al-Arabi	1–0	1−1	2–1
		Final	South China	2–0	4−2	6–2
	Arab Cup Winners' Cup	Group B	ASO Chlef	4–2		2nd
			Haifa	3–0
			CO Casablanca	0–1
			Al-Nasr	0–0
		SF	Al-Mourada	3–0		3–0
		Final	CO Casablanca	0–1		0–1
2005–06	Arab Champions League	R32	Al-Zawraa	3–2	0–1	3−3 (a)

Key: 1R/2R – First/Second round; R16 – Round of 16; QF – Quarter-final; SF – Semi-final;

Notes

New Radiant withdrew.

Current squad

As of 7 September 2021^[4][5]

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   KSA Ahmed Al Jubaya (on loan from Al-Hilal) 3 DF   KSA Abdullah Al-Zori 4 DF   KSA Abdullah Hazazi 5 DF   KSA Jehad Thakri 6 MF   ENG Max Power 7 MF   KSA Ayman Al-Khulaif 8 MF   KSA Mohammed Aboulshamat 9 FW   SEN Mbaye Diagne 10 MF   KSA Saleh Aboulshamat 11 MF   KSA Mohammed Al-Marri 12 DF   KSA Taher Wadi 17 DF   KSA Abdullah Al-Shamekh 18 MF   KSA Turki Al-Ammar 19 MF   PER André Carrillo 22 GK   ESP Joel Robles

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF   KSA Ibrahim Al-Shoeil 26 GK   KSA Mazyad Freeh 28 FW   ARG Luciano Vietto 32 DF   KSA Abdullah Hassoun 33 DF   ESP Álvaro González 37 GK   KSA Abdulaziz Al-Shehri 39 MF   KSA Abdulrahman Al-Dawsari 40 MF   KSA Ibrahim Mahnashi 42 DF   GER Alexander Hack 70 FW   KSA Mohammed Al-Saiari 77 FW   KSA Yasser Duraibi 87 MF   KSA Faris Abdi 88 MF   KSA Naif Masoud 96 MF   KSA Hussain Al-Nattar

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   KSA Abdulmohsen Al-Kheliwi — MF   KSA Ahmed Sufyani

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW   KSA Abdulaziz Al-Othman

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 49 FW   KSA Eissa Al Thakrallah (on loan to Al-Rawdhah) 99 MF   KSA Nafea Al-Sumairi (on loan to Al-Jeel)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   KSA Ibrahim Jaafari (on loan to Al-Zulfi)

Managerial history

•   Ali Sayed Ahmed Sheikh (1969–71)^[6]
•   Khalil Ibrahim Al-Zayani (1992–93)
•   Ján Pivarník (1993–94)
•   Hans-Dieter Schmidt (1995–96)
•   Noureddine Saâdi (1997–98)
•   Cabralzinho (1999–01)
•   Ahmad Al-Ajlani (2001–03)
•   Youssef Zouaoui (2003)
•   Ján Pivarník (2003–04)
•   Ahmad Al-Ajlani (2004–05)
•   Abderrazek Chebbi (October 1, 2008 – May 12, 2009)
•   Daniel Lanata (June 26, 2009 – August 29, 2009)
•   Ammar Souayah (August 29, 2009 – November 27, 2009)
•   Anas Al-Zerqati (caretaker) (November 27, 2009 – December 9, 2009)
•   Dimitar Dimitrov (December 9, 2009 – June 1, 2011)
•   Mariano Barreto (June 6, 2011 – February 11, 2013)
•   Mladen Frančić (February 11, 2013 – May 4, 2013)
•   Abderrazek Chebbi (August 7, 2013 – February 10, 2014)
•   Omar Bakhashwain (February 13, 2014 – March 2, 2014)
•   Ayman Lajdidi (March 2, 2014 – April 5, 2014)
•   Gjoko Hadžievski (May 27, 2014 – October 12, 2014)
•   Jameel Qassem (October 20, 2014 – October 30, 2015)
•   Alexandre Gallo (October 30, 2015 – January 29, 2016)
•   Hamad Al-Dossari (January 29, 2016 – October 29, 2016)
•   Riadh Belkhir (October 29, 2016 – November 9, 2016)
•   Hélio dos Anjos (November 9, 2016 – April 22, 2017)
•   Bandar Basraih (April 22, 2017 – May 5, 2017)
•   Nacif Beyaoui (June 16, 2017 – November 2, 2017)
•   Paulo Bonamigo (November 2, 2017 – February 5, 2018)
•   Bandar Basraih (February 5, 2018 – April 13, 2018)
•   Aleksandar Stanojević (May 23, 2018 – November 4, 2018)
•   Ivaylo Petev (November 5, 2018 – March 10, 2019)
•   Bandar Basraih (March 10, 2019 – April 22, 2019)
•   Nacif Beyaoui (April 22, 2019 – May 16, 2019)
•   Yousef Al Mannai (June 30, 2019 – June 7, 2021)
•   Mohammed Dahmane (July 2, 2021 – December 23, 2021)
•   Aleksandar Ilić (January 8, 2022 – May 31, 2022)
•   Khaled Al-Atwi (June 18, 2022 – September 22, 2022)
•   Habib Ben Romdhane (September 22, 2022 – April 17, 2023)
•   Yousef Al-Ghadeer (April 17, 2023 – May 31, 2023)
•   Robbie Fowler (June 29, 2023 – October 26, 2023) sacked despite winning manager of the month
•   Míchel (October 27, 2023 – )

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

References

1. "Prince Saud Bin Jalawi Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
2. "Soccerway profile". from the original on 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
3. Ian King and Mohammed Qayed (6 September 2012). "Saudi Arabia – List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
4. "تشكيلة - القادسية". from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
5. "تشكيلة اللاعبين". from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
6. (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

Preceded by Yokohama F·Marinos

Asian Cup Winners' Cup Runner up: South China 1994

Succeeded by Yokohama Flügels