Al-Khaleej FC

Not to be confused with Khaleej Sirte SC.

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.

Khaleej

Full name	Khaleej Football Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Danah
Founded	1945; 79 years ago (1945)
Ground	Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium Saihat
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Alaa Al-Heml
Manager	Pedro Emanuel
League	Pro League
2022–23	Pro League, 14th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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

It was announced that the club stadium will be completely rebuild with a new capacity of 15,000 instead of the previous 10,000 plus new handball court and new training facilities, the work should start in April 2024 and be completed by 2026 before the 2027 Asian cup

Administration

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

Football

Partners

Laser

Management staff

• Manager: Pedro Emanuel
• Sporting Director: Constantin Pana

Managerial history

•   Ahmad Al-Ajlani (1997 – 1999)
•   Khaled Al-Marzouq (May 1, 1999 – October 11, 1999)
•   Abdelkrim Bira (October 11, 1999 – March 1, 2000)
•   Angel (July 6, 2000 – March 1, 2001)
•   Khaled Al-Marzouq (March 1, 2001 – June 1, 2004)
•   Yousef Al Suryati (August 9, 2004 – February 7, 2005)
•   Khaled Al-Marzouq (February 7, 2005 – October 31, 2006)
•   Jan Kmoch (caretaker) (October 31, 2006 – January 8, 2007)
•   Lotfi Benzarti (January 8, 2007 – May 20, 2007)
•   Ricardo Formosinho (August 3, 2007 – November 4, 2007)
•   Khaled Al-Marzouq (November 4, 2007 – May 30, 2008)
•   Samir Sellimi (June 23, 2008 – November 17, 2008)
•   Sameer Hilal (November 17, 2008 – May 31, 2009)
•   Khaled Al-Marzouq (June 8, 2009 – May 1, 2010)
•   Eelco Schattorie (July 27, 2010 – January 5, 2011)
•   Abderrazek Chebbi (January 5, 2011 – May 16, 2011)
•   Ahmed El Agouz (July 29, 2011 – November 5, 2011)
•   Khaled Al-Marzouq (November 5, 2011 – May 30, 2012)
•   Ayman Ragab (July 1, 2012 – May 24, 2013)
•   Sameer Hilal (May 28, 2013 – April 6, 2014)
•   Jalel Kadri (April 29, 2014 – May 30, 2016)
•   Patrick De Wilde (June 9, 2016 – August 30, 2016)
•   Jalel Kadri (August 30, 2016 – May 5, 2017)
•   Eusebiu Tudor (May 18, 2017 – January 6, 2018)
•   Maher Al-Shammari (January 6, 2018 – May 1, 2018)
•   Sameer Hilal (May 27, 2018 – June 1, 2019)
•   Alen Horvat (July 7, 2019 – December 14, 2019)
•   Mohammed Tlemceni (caretaker) (December 14, 2019 – January 1, 2020)
•   Kheïreddine Madoui (January 9, 2020 – September 20, 2020)
•   Sameer Hilal (September 23, 2020 – June 1, 2021)
•   Dejan Arsov (July 13, 2021 – November 23, 2021)
•   Paulo Gomes (November 23, 2021 – May 6, 2022)
•   Khaled Al-Marzouq (caretaker) (May 6, 2022 – June 1, 2022)
•   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   KSA Eyad Al-Nasser 2 DF   KSA Omar Al-Owdah 3 DF   KSA Mohammed Al-Khabrani 4 DF   ARG Lisandro López 5 DF   POR Pedro Rebocho 6 MF   KSA Khaled Al-Samiri 7 FW   TOG Khaled Narey 8 MF   POR Ivo Rodrigues 9 FW   EGY Mohamed Sherif 10 MF   POR Fábio Martins 11 FW   KSA Abdulla Al Salem 13 DF   KSA Abdullah Al-Shanqiti 14 DF   KSA Ali Al-Shaafi 15 MF   KSA Mansour Hamzi 18 MF   KSA Abdulelah Hawsawi (on loan from Al-Ittihad) 19 MF   KSA Mohammed Al-Abdullah 22 GK   KSA Raed Ozaybi

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 GK   BIH Ibrahim Šehić 25 DF   KSA Arif Al Haydar 27 MF   KSA Fawaz Al-Torais 28 MF   KSA Hussain Al-Sultan 33 DF   KSA Bander Nasser 35 GK   KSA Rayan Al-Dossary 39 DF   KSA Saeed Al Hamsal 42 DF   KSA Fahad Al-Jayzani 44 FW   KSA Ali Abdulraouf 47 MF   ERI Mo Adams 55 MF   KOR Jung Woo-young 57 FW   KSA Malek Al-Darwish 66 DF   KSA Hussain Fraij 88 MF   KSA Naif Masoud (on loan from Al-Qadsiah) 96 GK   KSA Marwan Al-Haidari 99 MF   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 16 DF   KSA Mohammed Al-Khaibari (on loan to Al-Najma) 17 MF   KSA Hassan Al-Majhad (on loan to Al-Adalah)

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF   KSA Hussain Al-Ohaymid (on loan to Al-Noor) 77 FW   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
  • Winners (2): 2005–06, 2021–22
  • Runners-up (2): 2002–03, 2013–14
• 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]

Partners

Laser Erima

Honours

Source:^[2]

Asian Club League Handball Championship

• Winners (1): 2023 2024

IHF Men's Super Globe

• 2022: 6th out of 12
• 2023: 6th out of 12

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

  Sadiq Al-Mohsin     Irhad Alihodžić   Mohammad Al-Salem   Abdullah Al-Hulaili   Mojtaba Al-Salem   Hassan Al-Turaiki   Marhoon Al-Maa   Ameen Zakkar

Current squad

Squad

Head coach: Dimitris Dimitroulias

Goalkeepers 12     Irhad Alihodžić 16   Mohammad Al-Salem Left wingers 21  Abdullah Al-Hulaili Right wingers 15  Hassan Al-Turaiki Line players Left backs 77  Marhoon Al-Maa 94  Ameen Zakkar Centre backs 1  Sadiq Al-Mohsin 57  Mojtaba Al-Salem Right backs No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

References

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

External links

• Official website