Al Batin FC

Al Batin

Full name	Al Batin Football Club
Nickname(s)	Al Samawi (The Sky Blue)
Founded	1979 (1979)
Ground	Al-Batin Club Stadium Hafar al-Batin, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	6,000
President	Khaled Al-Huwaidi
Manager	Quim Machado
League	FDL
2022–23	Pro League, 16th of 16 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Al Batin Football Club (Arabic: نادي الباطن لكرة القدم) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Hafar al-Batin, Eastern Province, that competes in the Saudi First Division League. The club was founded in 1979.

Al-Batin's colours are sky blue and black. At the end of the 2007–08 season, they won their first promotion to Saudi Second Division. On 25 March 2011, Al-Batin won their first promotion to Saudi First Division. They play their home matches at the Al-Batin Club Stadium.

Honours

• Saudi First Division
  • Winners (1): 2019–20
  • Runners-up (1): 2015–16
• Saudi Second Division
  • Runners-up (1): 2010–11
• Saudi Third Division
  • Runners-up (1): 2007–08

Managerial history

• Rachid Mezghiche (2002 – 2003)
• Jamal El Khodary (August 1, 2005 – April 1, 2007)
• Hassan Abdelfattah (August 13, 2007 – May 1, 2008)
• Abdelhamid Salmi (July 1, 2009 – September 16, 2009)
• Rachid Mezghiche (September 16, 2009 – May 1, 2010)
• Emad Al-Qasem (July 1, 2010 – December 15, 2011)
• Nasser Nefzi (December 22, 2011 – February 13, 2014)
• Ednaldo Patricio (February 14, 2014 – April 6, 2014)
• Naif Al-Anezi (May 9, 2014 – August 31, 2014)
• Habib Ben Romdhane (September 1, 2014 – February 12, 2016)
• Yousri bin Kahla (February 12, 2016 – April 27, 2016)
• Khalid Al-Koroni (April 27, 2016 – May 27, 2016)
• Adel Abdel Rahman (June 8, 2016 – November 6, 2016)
• Khalid Al-Koroni (November 6, 2016 – May 17, 2017)
• Quim Machado (May 24, 2017 – February 4, 2018)
• Ciprian Panait (February 6, 2018 – May 31, 2018)
• Franky Vercauteren (July 26, 2018 – November 1, 2018)
• Yousef Al-Ghadeer (November 10, 2018 – February 17, 2019)
• Ciprian Panait (February 17, 2019 – May 31, 2019)
• Ridha Jeddi (July 6, 2019 – September 24, 2019)
• José Garrido (September 24, 2019 – March 20, 2021)
• Aleksandar Veselinovic (March 24, 2021 – June 1, 2021)
• Nenad Lalatović (June 25, 2021 — October 17, 2021)
• Darko Nović (caretaker) (October 17, 2021 — October 21, 2021)
• Alen Horvat (October 21, 2021 — February 19, 2023)
• Zdravko Logarušić (February 19, 2023 — June 1, 2023)
• Srđan Vasiljević (July 15, 2023 — September 13, 2023)
• Quim Machado (September 13, 2023 – )

Current squad

As of 12 September 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	Basil Al-Bahrani
4	DF	KSA	Khaled Al-Khathlan
5	DF	MAR	Amine Atouchi
7	MF	KSA	Mishari Al-Qahtani
8	MF	KSA	Yahya Al-Qarni
9	FW	CIV	Mamadou Soro
10	MF	URU	Brahian Alemán (on loan from Banfield)
11	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Sahli
12	GK	MAR	Abdelali Mhamdi
13	DF	KSA	Hassan Al-Asmari (on loan from Al-Ittihad)
14	MF	KSA	Ismail Omar
15	FW	KSA	Abdulrahman Saad
19	DF	KSA	Hassan Al-Jubairi
20	MF	KSA	Tariq Al-Mutairi
21	MF	KSA	Abdulelah Al-Barrih

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	KSA	Meshal Hariss
23	DF	FRA	Thibault Peyre
24	DF	KSA	Saqr Mamdouh
25	MF	MAR	Zakaria Lahlali
26	GK	KSA	Falah Al-Shammari
27	DF	KSA	Rabee Hawsawi
29	DF	KSA	Bader Nasser
45	FW	KSA	Abdulrahman Anwar
48	MF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Samti
66	DF	KSA	Salah Al-Ben Ali
76	MF	GHA	Isaac Sackey
77	FW	KSA	Yousef Fawaz
94	MF	KSA	Nawaf Al-Sehimai
99	FW	KSA	Dhidan Al-Mutairi (on loan from Al-Shabab)

Unregistered players

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
32	GK	KSA	Hammad Al-Shammari
37	MF	KSA	Turki Al-Dhafiri
46	MF	KSA	Omar Sattam

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
80	MF	KSA	Othman Awad
88	MF	KSA	Jathob Muslet

See also

• Hafar al-Batin
• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia