Al-Kawkab FC

Al-Kawkab Football Club (Arabic: نادي الكوكب) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Al Kharj, that plays in the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, the second tier of Saudi football. It was founded in 1968.[1]

Al-Kawkab FC
Full nameAl-Kawkab Football Club
Nickname(s)Fakhar Al Kharj (Pride of Al Kharj)
Founded1968 (1968)
GroundAl-Shoulla Club Stadium
Capacity8,000
ChairmanDabbas Al-Dossari
ManagerMohamed Al Dao
LeagueMS League
2019–20MS League, 14th of 20

Al-Kawkab have won Saudi First Division once and finished runners-up once. They have competed in the Saudi Professional League twice and have been relegated in each season. They won the Second Division once and finished runners-up once as well. The club last competed in the Professional League in the 1987–88 season when they were relegated back to the First Division.

The club play their home games at Al-Shoulla Club Stadium in Al Kharj, sharing the stadium with city rivals Al-Shoulla, with whom they contest the Al Kharj derby with.[2]

Honours

Saudi First Division

Saudi Second Division

  • Winners (3): 1978–79, 2004–05, 2016–17

Current squad

No Position Player Nation
2 Defender Omar Al-Sonain  Saudi Arabia
4 Defender Fahad Al-Munaif  Saudi Arabia
5 Defender Sultan Tankar  Saudi Arabia
6 Midfielder Omar Abdulaziz  Saudi Arabia
8 Midfielder Hassan Abo Shahin  Saudi Arabia
9 Forward Ali Kharmi  Saudi Arabia
10 Forward Adnan Al-Amoudi  Yemen
11 Midfielder Saeed Al-Dossari  Saudi Arabia
15 Midfielder Mishari Al-Qarni  Saudi Arabia
18 Midfielder Badr Al-Johani  Saudi Arabia
19 Midfielder Abdurahman Al-Khaibari  Saudi Arabia
20 Midfielder Chaker Rguiî  Tunisia
21 Defender Wesam Al-Sowayed  Saudi Arabia
23 Goalkeeper Yahia Al-Shehri  Saudi Arabia
25 Midfielder Aliou Cissé (on loan from Al-Adalah)  Senegal
27 Defender Mubarak Wajdi  Saudi Arabia
31 Forward Manucho  Ivory Coast
33 Defender Enad Al-Khalifah  Saudi Arabia
40 Goalkeeper Ahmed Al-Fahmi  Saudi Arabia
49 Defender Abdullah Al-Qadan  Saudi Arabia
69 Defender Abdullah Al Bishi  Saudi Arabia
70 Forward Saeed Al-Zahrani  Saudi Arabia
77 Goalkeeper Sami Fatha  Saudi Arabia
88 Midfielder Misfer Al-Bishi  Saudi Arabia
90 Midfielder Jilani Abdessalam (on loan from CS Chebba)  Tunisia
98 Forward Haider Al-Obaidi  Saudi Arabia
99 Forward Yazid Al-Jumaiaah  Saudi Arabia

References


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