Al-Khaleej FC

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

Al-Khaleej 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.

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[edit]

The current administration that runs the club is the club-president Alaa Al Hamal.

Football[edit]

Partners[edit]

Laser

Management staff[edit]

Manager: Pedro Emanuel
Sporting Director: Constantin Pana

Managerial history[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

The handball team is one of the most successful handball club in Saudi Arabia. They won 10 times the league.

Partners[edit]

Laser

Honours[edit]

Asian Club League Handball Championship

Winners (1): 2023-2024 Asian Club League Handball Championship

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 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 Handball Federation Cup

Winners (9): 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2022, 2023, 2024
Runners-up(12): 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2021

Saudi Handball Elite Championship