Al Ahli Saudi FC

Al-Ahli achieved the first shield for the Saudi League in 1968

Founded in 1355 AH in 1937 by four young men, Al Ahli Club is located in the heart of Jeddah's dream city and is the largest sports beacon in its strategic location on its largest street Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Street (Tahlia). The idea of establishing was founded among a number of students in Al-Falah school. The oldest school in the city of Jeddah was the beginning of the launch of Ahli towards a wider horizons and progress to lead gradually to become in the past and present a giant name pioneer and successful ambassador to the sport of homeland in many games, and the culmination of this success called the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, may God have mercy on him Ambassador of the nation on Friday, 10/7/1430 July 3, 2009.

Royal Highness Prince Khalid bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, Chairman of the Honorary Members and Honorary Members of the club throughout its history received management of the club headed by Abdul Aziz Al Anqari and the club's players on a historic day that will not be forgotten in general and especially for Al Ahlawi as the biggest honor achieved by Al-Ahli club in its history after achieving a unique achievement in the same year in 2008, where he achieved four foreign championships the handball team who won the Asian Club League Handball Championship and then the Gulf Cup. The first football team and Volleyball team also won the Gulf Cup.

Former and famous Brazilian coach Telê Santana coached Al-Ahli from 1983 to 1985 and won 2 titles, one is league 1984 and the second is King Cup in 1983. Al Ahli has played eighteen King Cup finals, won thirteen and lost only five.

From 2014 to 2016, under the management of Swiss coach Christian Gross, the team won four titles with him. 2014–15 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, 2015–16 Saudi Professional League and 2016 King Cup. Al Ahli has won every major competition in which it has competed, with the exception of the AFC Champions League (in this competition they have lost two finals, in 1985–86 Asian Club Championship and 2012 AFC Champions League. They are also the first Saudi Club who played the Asian Final. Al Ahli is one of the big 4 clubs at Saudi Arabia along with Al Hilal, Al Nasser, and the local rivals Al Ittihad.

As of 25 September 2020:[3][4]

No	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Yasser Al Mosailem (vice-captain)	Saudi Arabia
3	Defender	Mohammed Al Fatil	Saudi Arabia
4	Defender	Talal Al-Absi	Saudi Arabia
5	Defender	Mohammed Al-Khabrani	Saudi Arabia
6	Defender	Lucas Lima	Brazil
9	Forward	Omar Al Somah	Syria
10	Midfielder	Salman Al-Moasher	Saudi Arabia
11	Midfielder	Housain Al-Mogahwi	Saudi Arabia
13	Defender	Yazeed Al-Bakr	Saudi Arabia
14	Forward	Muhannad Assiri	Saudi Arabia
16	Midfielder	Nooh Al-Mousa	Saudi Arabia
18	Forward	Othman Alhaj	Chad
20	Midfielder	Ahmed Bassas	Saudi Arabia
21	Midfielder	Driss Fettouhi	Morocco
22	Goalkeeper	Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi	Saudi Arabia
23	Defender	Abdullah Hassoun	Saudi Arabia
25	Defender	Motaz Hawsawi	Saudi Arabia
26	Midfielder	Mohammed Al-Majhad	Saudi Arabia
27	Midfielder	Sultan Mendash	Saudi Arabia
28	Midfielder	Alexandru Mitriță (on loan from New York City)	Romania
29	Forward	Abdulrahman Ghareeb	Saudi Arabia
30	Midfielder	Ziyad Al-Johani	Saudi Arabia
31	Defender	Hani Al-Sebyani	Saudi Arabia
32	Midfielder	Hassan Al-Qeed (on loan from Al-Shabab)	Saudi Arabia
33	Goalkeeper	Mohammed Al-Owais	Saudi Arabia
35	Midfielder	Yousef Al-Harbi	Saudi Arabia
36	Defender	Ahmed Al-Nakhli	Saudi Arabia
37	Defender	Abdulbasit Hindi	Saudi Arabia
38	Midfielder	Ali Al Shaikhi	Saudi Arabia
39	Forward	Fahad Magrashi	Saudi Arabia
40	Midfielder	Ali Al-Asmari	Saudi Arabia
44	Goalkeeper	Mohammed Al-Rubaie	Saudi Arabia
45	Midfielder	Haitham Asiri	Saudi Arabia
55	Midfielder	Ljubomir Fejsa	Serbia
70	Defender	Mohammed Bassas	Saudi Arabia
77	Forward	Hassan Al-Ali	Saudi Arabia

Unregistered players

No	Position	Player	Nation
2	Defender	Saeed Al Mowalad	Saudi Arabia
8	Midfielder	Elvis Sarić	Bosnia and Herzegovina
48	Defender	Manaf Abo Yabes	Saudi Arabia

Out on loan

No Position Player Nation 99 Forward Safi Al-Zaqrati (on loan to Al-Fayha)  Saudi Arabia — Defender Faisal Darisi (on loan to Najran)  Saudi Arabia — Defender Mohammed Al-Zubaidi (on loan to Damac)  Saudi Arabia — Defender Khaled Al-Barakah (on loan to Al-Hazem)  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Yahya Al-Qarni (on loan to Al-Jabalain)  Saudi Arabia Records Asian record Overview As of 26 September 2020 Competition Pld W D L GF GA Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions League 93 44 23 26 154 111 Asian Cup Winners' Cup 4 3 0 1 9 3 TOTAL 97 47 23 27 163 114 Record by country Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%  China 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 050.00  India 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00  Indonesia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00  Iran 22 11 4 7 36 28 +8 050.00  Iraq 6 4 0 2 12 6 +6 066.67  Kuwait 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00  Qatar 18 6 6 6 29 21 +8 033.33  Saudi Arabia 4 2 0 2 5 5 +0 050.00  South Korea 4 0 1 3 2 8 −6 000.00  Syria 7 5 2 0 12 2 +10 071.43  Tajikistan 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00  United Arab Emirates 23 9 10 4 44 33 +11 039.13  Uzbekistan 12 6 1 5 19 13 +6 050.00 Matches Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate 1985–86 Asian Club Championship Group A East Bengal 2–1 1st Tiga Berlian 1–0 Semi-final Al-Ittihad Aleppo 1–0 1–0 Final Daewoo Royals 1–3 1–3 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup 2Q Al-Jaish 1–0 2−0 3–0 Quarter-finals Navbahor Namangan 6–1 0−2 6–3 Semi-finals Al-Zawraa – Withdrew 2002–03 AFC Champions League 3Q Al-Ahli 2–2 2−3 4–5 2005 AFC Champions League Group D Al-Zawraa 5–1 2−1 1st Al-Jaish 3–1 4−0 Pakhtakor 3–0 1−2 Quarter-finals Shenzhen Jianlibao 2–1 1−3 3–4 2008 AFC Champions League Group C Al-Sadd 2–2 1−2 4th Al-Karamah 1–1 0−0 Al-Wahda 0–0 1−2 2010 AFC Champions League Group A Esteghlal 1–2 1−2 3rd Al-Gharafa 0–1 2−3 Al-Jazira 5–1 2−0 2012 AFC Champions League Group C Lekhwiya 3–0 0−1 2nd Sepahan 1–1 1−2 Al-Nasr 3–1 2−1 Round of 16 Al-Jazira – 3−3 3–3 (p) Quarter-finals Sepahan 4–1 0−0 4–1 Semi-finals Al-Ittihad 2–0 0−1 2–1 Final Ulsan Hyundai 0–3 0–3 2013 AFC Champions League Group C Al-Gharafa 2–0 2−2 1st Al-Nasr 2–2 2−1 Sepahan 4–1 4−2 Round of 16 El Jaish 2−0 1−1 3–1 Quarter-finals FC Seoul 1–1 0−1 1–2 2015 AFC Champions League PO Al-Qadsia 2–1[A] – 2–1 Group D Al-Ahli 2–1 3−3 1st Nasaf Qarshi 2–1 0−0 Tractor Sazi 2–0 2−2 Round of 16 Naft Tehran 2−1 0−1 2–2 (a) 2016 AFC Champions League Group D Nasaf Qarshi 2–1 1−2 3rd Al-Ain 1–2 0−1 El Jaish 2–0 4−1 2017 AFC Champions League Group C Bunyodkor 2–0 0−2 2nd Zob Ahan 2–0 2−1 Al-Ain 2–2 2−2 Round of 16 Al-Ahli 1−1 3−1 4–2 Quarter-finals Persepolis 1–3 2−2 3–5 2018 AFC Champions League Group A Tractor Sazi 2–0 1−0 1st Al-Jazira 2–1 2−1 Al-Gharafa 1–1 1−1 Round of 16 Al-Sadd 2−2 1–2 3–4 2019 AFC Champions League Group D Al-Sadd 2–0 1−2 2nd Pakhtakor 2–1 0−1 Persepolis 2–1 0−2 Round of 16 Al-Hilal 2–4 1–0 3–4 2020 AFC Champions League PO Istiklol 1–0 – 1–0 Group A Al-Wahda – 1–1 1st Esteghlal 2–1 0–3 Al-Shorta 1–0 1–2 Round of 16 Shabab Al-Ahli 1–1 – 1–1 (p) Quarter-finals Pakhtakor – Notes QR: Qualifying round 1Q: First qualifying round 2Q: Second qualifying round 3Q: Third qualifying round PO: Play-off round A ^ After extra time. Top scorers in Asian competitions Player Country Goals 1 Omar Al Somah  Syria 19 2 Victor Simões  Brazil 14 3 Taisir Al-Jassim  Saudi Arabia 9 4 Amad Al-Hosni  Oman 8 Muhannad Assiri  Saudi Arabia 6 Abdulrahim Jaizawi  Saudi Arabia 6 7 Alessandro Cambalhota  Brazil 5 Mustafa Bassas  Saudi Arabia Recent seasons Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P KC CPC PFC ARCL CL GCC Saudi Super Cup Top scorer Manager 2000–01 SPL 1 22 15 6 1 50 19 31+ 51  – Quarter-finals Winners Semi-finals  –  –  – Ibrahim Al-Suwayyed 12 Luka Peruzović 2001–02 SPL 4 22 12 4 6 39 26 13+ 40  – Winners Winners  –  – Winners  – Obeid Al-Dosari 11 Luka Peruzović Yousef Anbar 2002–03 SPL 2 22 15 2 5 54 23 31+ 47  – Runners-up Runners-up Winners 3rd Qualifying Round  –  – Mohammed Barakat 10 Dimitri Davidovic Ilija Lukić 2003–04 SPL 4 22 10 8 4 31 21 10+ 38  – Runner-up Group stage Group stage  –  –  – Rojero Pereira 11 Pierre Lechantre Valmir Louruz 2004–05 SPL 5 22 10 8 4 41 21 20+ 34  – Round 16 Semi-finals Semi-finals Quarter-finals  –  – Rojero Pereira 13 Valmir Louruz Geninho 2005–06 SPL 4 22 9 9 4 45 23 22+ 36  – Runners-up Runners-up  –  –  –  – Abdelhaq Ait Laarif Malek Mouath 8 Ilija Lukić Nebojša Vučković 2006–07 SPL 5 22 7 8 7 29 33 −4 29  – Winners Winners Semi-finals  –  –  – Malek Mouath 20 Nebojša Vučković 2007–08 SPL 8 22 7 5 10 30 31 −1 26 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Semi-finals  – Group stage  –  – Malek Mouath 14 Nebojša Vučković Yousef Anbar 2008–09 SPL 3 22 11 7 4 33 20 +13 40 Quarter-finals Round 16 Group stage  –  – Winner  – Hassan Al-Raheb 10 Stoycho Mladenov 2009–10 ZPL 6 22 7 7 8 28 29 −1 28 Quarter-finals Runners-up Semi-finals  – Group stage  –  – Victor Simões 13 Gustavo Alfaro Farias 2010–11 ZPL 6 26 11 4 11 48 41 +7 37 Winners Quarter-final Runners-up  –  –  –  – Victor Simões 20 Trond Sollied Milovan Rajevac Aleksandar Ilić 2011–12 ZPL 2 26 19 5 2 60 22 +38 62 Winners Semi-final Winners  – Runners-up  –  – Victor Simões 27 Karel Jarolím 2012–13 ZPL 5 26 12 8 6 51 33 +18 44 Semi-finals Quarter-finals Winners  – Quarter-finals  –  – Victor Simões 17 Karel Jarolím Aleksandar Ilić 2013–14 ALJ 3 26 12 9 5 48 24 +24 45 Runners-up Quarter-finals Runners-up  –  –  –  – Taisir Al-Jassim 9 Vítor Pereira 2014–15 ALJ 2 26 17 9 0 59 22 +37 60 Round 16 Winners  – Round 16  –  – Omar Al Somah 31 Christian Gross 2015–16 ALJ 1 26 19 6 1 55 21 +34 63 Winners Runners-up  –  – Group stages  –  – Omar Al Somah 34 Christian Gross 2016–17 ALJ 2 26 17 4 5 57 30 +27 55 Runners-up Semi-finals  –  – Quarter-finals  – Winners Omar Al Soma 40 José Manuel Gomes Christian Gross 2017–18 SPL 2 26 16 7 3 59 26 +33 55 Semi-finals  –  –  – Round of 16  –  – Muhannad Assiri 13 Serhiy Rebrov 2018–19 SPL 4 30 17 4 9 68 41 +27 55 Round of 16  –  – Semi-finals Round of 16  –  – Omar Al Somah 27 Pablo Guede Jorge Fossati Yousef Anbar Player of the Year Year Winner 2009–10 Abdulrahim Jaizawi 2010–11 Victor Simões 2011–12 Taisir Al-Jassim 2012–13 Mustafa Al-Bassas 2013–14 Taisir Al-Jassim 2014–15 Omar Al Soma 2015–16 Omar Al Soma 2016–17 Omar Al Soma Staff and management Technical staff Position Name Coach Vladan Milojević Assistant coaches Milan Kosanovic Darko Tešović Mazen Bahkali Goalkeeper coach Dusan Gasic Fitness coaches Ivan Vucetic Performance manager Nemanja Milincic Source:[5] Board members Office Name President Abdulelah Mouminah Vice-President Yasser Mahrous Director of Football Bassem Abo Dawood Director of Other Sports Tareef Halawani Director of Legal Affairs Khaled Al-Shehri Commercial Director Omar Aboulola Investment Officer Khaled Al-Nahari Board Member Yasser Allaki Board Member Tarek Khalifah Source:[6] Presidents No Name From To 1 Hassan Hamood Al-Shams 1937 1940 2 Omar Hamood Al-Shams 1950 1952 3 Hassan Saroor Al Sabyan 1952 1954 4 Abdullah Bahery 1955 1955 5 Omar Hamood Al Shams 1956 1956 6 Ali Al Jassem Al Na'kly 1957 1957 7 Mohammed Fashlan 1958 1958 8 Abdulrahman bin Saead 1959 1960 9 Jameel Al-Gosani 1961 1961 10 Abdulfatah Abdulrabho 1962 1962 11 Abdullah Al-Bahry 1963 1963 12 Abdulfatah Abdulrabho 1964 1964 13 Omar Yousef 1965 1969 14 Mohammed bin Saleh Hamed 1970 1972 15 Abdullah bin Al-Ganb 1973 1974 16 Abdulmageed Yousef 1975 1975 17 Khaled bin Abdullah 1976 1980 18 Abdullah bin Faisal 1981 1981 19 Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Faisal 1982 1984 20 Abdulraziq Abu Dawod 1985 1986 21 Ahmed Eid Al-Harbi 1987 1987 22 Khaled bin Abdullah 1988 1994 23 Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki 1994 1995 24 Badr bin Fahd 1995 1996 25 Zaki Raheme 1996 1997 26 Abdulaziz Abdulha'a 1997 1998 27 Salman Al-Sudairy 1998 1998 28 Nawaf bin Abdulaziz bin Turki 1999 2003 29 Ahmed Moahmmed Marzoqi 2004 2005 30 Abdulraziq abu Dawod 2005 2005 31 Aymin Fadel 2005 2007 32 Abdulraziq abu Dawod 2007 2007 33 Ahmed Moahmmed Marzoqi 2007 2008 34 Abdulaziz Mohammed Al-A'aqary 2008 2009 35 Fahd bin Khaled bin Abdullah bin Mohammed 2009 2015 36 Musad Al Zuwaihary 2015 2016 37 Ahmad Al-Marzouqi 2016 2017 38 Fahd bin Khaled bin Abdullah bin Mohammed 2017 2017 39 Turki bin Mohammed 2017 2018 40 Majed Al-Nefaie 2018 2018 41 Abdullah Batterjee 2019 2019 42 Ahmed Al-Sayegh 2019 2020 43 Abdulelah Mouminah 2020 Managers Mohammed Amin Hilmi (1937–39), (1950–51) Abdullah Abdul Majid (1961–65), (1969–71), (1976–77) Ahmed Saleh Al Yafei (1961–65), (1976–77) Mr. Michael (1967) Oscar Hold (1967–70) Hassan Sadaqa (1970–xx) Taha Ismail (1972–76) Didi (1978–81) George Vieira (1980–81) Carlos the Jackal (1981–82) Telê Santana (1983–85) Mahmoud El-Gohary (1985) Ahmed Bouajila (1985–1987) Eckhard Krautzun (1987–88) Sebastião Lazaroni (1989–90) Zanata (1990) Xanana (1990–91), (1998–99), (2000–01) Luiz Felipe Scolari (1992–93) Nabil Maaloul (1994) Peter Shtoob (1994) Ahmed Al-Saghir (1994–95) Márcio Máximo (1995) Luís Antônio Zaluar (1995–96) Vantuir (1996–97) Zanata (1997) Cabralzinho (1998) Amen Dabu (1999–00) Miguel Ángel López (2000) Luka Peruzović (2000–01) Yousef Anbar (2002), (2008) Eilian (2002) Dimitri Davidovic (2003) Pierre Lechantre (2003) C. Juninho (2004–05) Geninho (Jan 1, 2005 – July 17, 2005) Nebojsa Vučković (2005–07), (2007–08) José Antonio Nogueira (2008) Stoycho Mladenov (June 1, 2008 – April 24, 2009) Gustavo Alfaro (April 22, 2009 – Dec 20, 2009) Sergio Farias (Dec 27, 2009 – July 30, 2010) Trond Sollied (Aug 1, 2010 – Aug 31, 2010) Milovan Rajevac (Sept 10, 2010 – Feb 20, 2011) Aleksandar Ilić (Feb 24, 2011 – Aug 4, 2011) Karel Jarolím (Aug 5, 2011 – May 31, 2013) Aleksandar Ilić (Feb 28, 2013 – May 31, 2013) Vítor Pereira (Jul 1, 2013 – Jun 30, 2014) Christian Gross (Jul 1, 2014 – May 30, 2016) José Manuel Gomes (May 31, 2016 – Sep 30, 2016) Christian Gross (Oct 3, 2016 – May 31, 2017) Serhiy Rebrov (Jun 21, 2017 – Apr 19, 2018) Fathi Al-Jabal (Apr 19, 2018 – May 15, 2018) Pablo Guede (May 15, 2018 – Feb 5, 2019) Jorge Fossati (Feb 8, 2019 – Apr 17, 2019) Yousef Anbar (Apr 17, 2019 – May 21, 2019) Branko Ivanković (Jun 18, 2019 – Sep 16, 2019) Christian Gross (Oct 16, 2019 – Feb 17, 2020) Mazen Bahkali (Feb 17, 2020 – Feb 28, 2020) interim Vladan Milojević (Feb 28, 2020 – present) References "Saudi Arabia – List of Champions". RSSSF. "Saudi Arabia – List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. "Al-Ahli information for 2018–2019 league season". alahlifc.sa. Retrieved 31 August 2018. http://www.kooora.com/?team=147&cz=15887&mode=p "الصربي فلادان ميلويفيتش مدرباً للفريق الأول لكرة القدم". "مجلس إدارة النادي #الأهلي الذي تمت تزكيته من الجمعية العمومية". External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah). Official website