Najran SC

Najran SC
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Full name	Najran Sport Club
Nickname(s)	Mared Al-Janoub (Giant of the South)
Founded	23 June 1981
Ground	Al Akhdoud Club Stadium ; Najran, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Mosleh Musallam
Manager	Miodrag Ješić
League	Saudi Premier League

Najran Sport Club (Arabic: نادي نجران الرياضي) is a Saudi Arabian football team based in Najran, they are currently playing in the Saudi Premier League.

Najran SC achieved promotion to the Saudi Premier League by finishing 2nd in the Saudi First Division during the 2006/07 season.

The beginning

Najran Club is a new club compared to other Saudi clubs. The idea of establishing the club was first born in 1980 when a group of Najranis raised a request to the Youth Welfare office expressing their desire in establishing a club that carried the name of their city. Efforts were harnessed to achieve this quest that was just an idea till the approval of the general president of the Youth Welfare at that time, his royal highness prince Faisal bin Fahad bin Abdulaziz was issued. Accordingly, the founders of the club held a meeting to form and elect the first board of directors.

Current squad

As of 18 September 2012^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	KSA	Majed Belal
5	DF	KSA	Azzan Mqbol
6	DF	KSA	Fares Al Htrsh
7	MF	KSA	Saheb Al-Abdullah
9	MF	KSA	Ali Dhawi
10	MF	KSA	Hamad Al-Rabaei
13	GK	KSA	Jaber Al-Aameri
14	MF	SYR	Jehad Al Hussain (captain)
15	FW	KSA	Medrek Natash
16	MF	KSA	Salih Dowes
17	DF	KSA	Mahmoud Moad
18	DF	KSA	Bandar Mesaed
19	FW	KSA	Mohsen Al-Yami
21	FW	KSA	Mohmad Atiah
22	MF	KSA	Ali Al-Zubaidi
23	MF	KSA	Awadh Khrees
24	GK	KSA	Hussain Al-Hadad


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	GK	KSA	Nasser Al-Saieri
28	MF	KSA	Majed Al-Jafari
29	MF	KSA	Abdulaziz Hamsal
30	DF	ALG	Farid Cheklam
40	DF	KSA	Majed Ali
41	MF	KSA	Salman Hariri
51	MF	KSA	Ibrahim Al Htrsh
55	DF	KSA	Nawaf Al Sabhi
70	FW	KSA	Mousa Al-Shammri
77	FW	KSA	Faisal Al-Shammri
88	DF	KSA	Marjaa Al-Yami
90	FW	KSA	Mutab Salem
99	FW	JOR	Hamza Al-Dardour
--	DF	KSA	Yousef Khamis
--	MF	BRA	Bruno Lazaroni
--	MF	KSA	Mohana Al-Enezi

File:Najran-logo.gif

Old logo -2007

Achievements

The Najran team was able to reach the final match of the prince Faisal Bin Fahad cup 2005-2006 for the first division.

The Najran team was finally able to qualify to the Saudi premier league in the 2007-08 season, and is still playing in it to this day.

They were able to reach the final four in the 2009-10 Saudi Crown Prince Cup after defeating some of the strongest teams in Saudi football such as Al-Ittihad, but lost to Al-Hilal 1-2 after an impressive display.