Al Batin FC

Al-Batin Football Club (Arabic: نادي الباطن لكرة القدم‎), is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Hafar Al-Batin, Eastern Province, and currently playing in the Saudi Professional League. The club was founded in 1979.

Al-Batin FC
Full nameAl-Batin Football Club
Nickname(s)Al Samawi (The Sky Blue)
Founded1979 (1979)
GroundAl-Batin Club Stadium
Hafar Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia
Capacity6,000
PresidentNasser Al-Huwaidi
ManagerJosé Garrido
LeaguePro League
2019–20MS League, 1st of 20 (promoted)

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.[1] On 25 March 2011, Al-Batin won their first promotion to Saudi First Division.[2] They play their home matches at the Al-Batin Club Stadium.

Honours

Current squad

As of 21 August 2019:

No Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Hani Al-Nahedh  Saudi Arabia
2 Defender Omar Al-Owdah  Saudi Arabia
3 Forward Hassan Sharahili  Saudi Arabia
4 Defender Xandro Schenk  Netherlands
5 Defender Renato Chaves  Brazil
6 Midfielder Abdulaziz Damdam  Saudi Arabia
7 Forward Yousef Al-Mozairib  Saudi Arabia
8 Midfielder Dhaifallah Al-Qarni  Saudi Arabia
9 Forward Fábio Abreu  Angola
10 Midfielder Youssef El Jebli  Netherlands
11 Midfielder Mohamed Rayhi  Netherlands
12 Defender Hassan Raghfawi  Saudi Arabia
13 Defender Naif Almas (on loan from Al-Nassr)  Saudi Arabia
14 Forward Saleh Al Abbas (on loan from Al-Nassr)  Saudi Arabia
15 Forward Mohammed Al-Dhafiri  Saudi Arabia
16 Forward Fahad Hadl  Saudi Arabia
17 Midfielder Bassam Al-Huraiji  Saudi Arabia
18 Midfielder Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri (on loan from Al-Shabab)  Saudi Arabia
21 Midfielder Zakaria Sami  Saudi Arabia
22 Goalkeeper Meshaal Huriss  Saudi Arabia
25 Goalkeeper Martín Campaña  Uruguay
26 Goalkeeper Mazyad Freeh  Saudi Arabia
27 Midfielder Abdulmajeed Obaid  Saudi Arabia
29 Defender Bader Nasser  Saudi Arabia
50 Defender Saad Al Khairi (on loan from Al-Ettifaq)  Saudi Arabia
55 Defender Masoud Al-Rubaie  Saudi Arabia
70 Midfielder Rakan Al-Shamlan  Saudi Arabia
88 Midfielder Khaleem Hyland  Trinidad and Tobago

Out on loan
No Position Player Nation
33 Defender Sultan Al-Shammeri (on loan to Al-Nojoom)  Saudi Arabia

Managerial history

See also

References

  1. "وسط استقبال حاشد للفريق بحفر الباطن" (in Arabic). Al-Jazirah. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. "رحلة حائل تنقل الباطن على "الدرجة الأولى" بعد انتظار دام 33 عاماً" (in Arabic). Al Riyadh. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2016.


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