Al Raed FC

Al-Raed S.FC

Full name	Al-Raed Saudi Football Club
Founded	1954
Ground	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	23,600
Chairman	Abdullatif Al-Khudair
Manager	Nacif Beyaoui
League	Professional League
2015–16	Professional League, 12th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Al-Ra'ed is a Saudi football club and the first of its kind in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia. One of the club's notable founders is Abdulaziz Al-Obodi. Established in 1954, Al-Raed currently play in the Pro League and have been playing there since 2008.

History

The team was able to qualify for the Premier League Saudi Arabia, in 1980–1981. It fought Club K in the qualifiers held in Riyadh. In 1986 it was the first team from the Qassim region to enter the Saudi Premier League. The team repeated this ascension to the Premier League at the end of 1989, 1992, 1998, 2002 and 2007. The Senyhassad junior team reached the Saudi Premier League clubs for juniors in 1999, and in 2003.

Players

As of Saudi Premier League:

No Position Player Nation 1 GK Ahmed Al-Moshaweh Saudi Arabia 22 GK Mutaeb Sharahili (on loan from Al-Nassr) Saudi Arabia 27 GK Khaled Al-Muqaitib Saudi Arabia 30 GK Mohammad Sharifi Saudi Arabia 2 DF Mohammed Al-Amri Saudi Arabia 5 DF Adriano Alves Brazil 12 DF Saeed Al Mowalad Saudi Arabia 17 DF Mohammed Al-Qarni Saudi Arabia 20 DF Abdusalam Al-Sherif Saudi Arabia 24 DF Sultan Al-Yami Saudi Arabia 28 DF Jufain Al-Bishi (Captain) Saudi Arabia 33 DF Hussain Al-Showaish Saudi Arabia 77 DF Ahmed Al-Habib Saudi Arabia 6 MF Sultan Al-Sherif Saudi Arabia 7 MF Abdulrahim Jaizawi Saudi Arabia 8 MF Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani (on loan from Al-Hilal) Saudi Arabia 10 MF Meshal Al-Enezi Saudi Arabia 15 MF Fares Al-Ayyaf Saudi Arabia 31 MF Gilmar Da Silva Brazil 37 MF Ayman Ftayni (on loan from Al-Nassr) Saudi Arabia 49 MF Sultan Al-Sawadi Saudi Arabia 50 MF Morad Al-Rashidi Saudi Arabia 80 MF Daniel Amora Brazil 90 MF Talal Al-Shamali Saudi Arabia 3 FW Ismaël Bangoura Guinea 9 FW Abdulaziz Al-Qosair Saudi Arabia 11 FW Saleh Al-Shehri Saudi Arabia 18 FW Fares Al-Harbi Saudi Arabia 99 FW Ali Khormi Saudi Arabia -- MF Samer Salem Saudi Arabia

Out on loan

No Position Player Nation -- MF Ibrahim Al-Shahwan (on loan to Al-Watani) Saudi Arabia

Managers

• China (1998–99)
• Marco Cunha (2000)
• Senad Kreso (2001)
• Viorel Kraus (2003–04)
• Lucho Nizzo (July 1, 2010 – Dec 1, 2010)
• Eurico Gomes (Dec 12, 2010 – Oct 16, 2011)
• Ammar Souayah (Oct 30, 2011 – Feb 3, 2013)
• Vlatko Kostov (Feb 4, 2013 – June 27, 2013)
• Noureddine Zekri (July 1, 2013 – Feb, 2014)
• Marc Brys (Feb 25, 2014 – Jun, 2015)
• Abdelkader Amrani (Jun, 2015 – Aug 28, 2015)
• Takis Lemonis (Sep 3, 2015 – Feb 1, 2016)
• Aleksandar Ilić (Feb 5, 2016 – Jun 17, 2016)
• Nacif Beyaoui (Jun 17, 2016 – )