Al Taawoun FC

Al-Taawoun were founded in the year of 1956 under the name of "Al-Shabab" and were founded by Saleh Al Wabili. Four years after the founding of the club, they were officially registered as a professional club in 1960. Under the guidance of Zayed Al-Omrani, as president, the club tasted top flight football for the first time in its history, before being relegated back to the first division in the next season. 2 years after that Al-Taawoun once again won promotion to the Pro League, but this time as champions of the first division. The club were then relegated to the first division after 1 year. In the 2009–10 season Al-Taawoun won promotion to the Pro League for the first in over a decade as runners-up of the league. They have been playing in the Saudi Professional League since the 2010–2011 season.[2] On 29 May 2016, Al-Taawoun qualified for the AFC Champions League for the first time ever by finishing fourth in the league during the 2015–16 season.[3] On 2 May 2019, Al-Taawoun won their first-ever King Cup, as well as their first-ever top-flight trophy, by defeating Al-Ittihad in the final.[4] Al-Taawoun also became the first club from Al-Qassim Region to win the King Cup.

King Cup

• Winners (1): 2019
• Runners-up (1): 1990

Super Cup

• Runners-up (1): 2019

Saudi First Division (Level 2)

• Winners (1): 1996–97
• Runners-up (2): 1994–95, 2009–10

Saudi Second Division (Level 3)

• Winners (1): 1977–78

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams

• Winners (4): 1996–97, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2008–09

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As of 17 October 2020[6]

No Position Player Nation 1 Goalkeeper Cássio  Brazil 2 Defender Yassin Barnawi  Saudi Arabia 3 Forward Léandre Tawamba  Cameroon 4 Defender Iago Santos  Brazil 5 Midfielder Ryan Al-Mousa  Saudi Arabia 6 Defender Mohammed Zayed (on loan from Ohod)  Saudi Arabia 8 Midfielder Sumayhan Al-Nabit  Saudi Arabia 11 Midfielder Ali Al-Nemer  Saudi Arabia 12 Defender Abdulkareem Al-Muziel (on loan from Al-Nassr)  Saudi Arabia 13 Defender Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi  Saudi Arabia 14 Defender Hassan Kadesh  Saudi Arabia 15 Midfielder Fahad Al-Rashidi  Saudi Arabia 16 Defender Fahad Al-Hamad  Saudi Arabia 17 Midfielder Cédric Amissi  Burundi 21 Goalkeeper Moataz Al-Baqaawi  Saudi Arabia 23 Goalkeeper Hussain Shae'an  Saudi Arabia 24 Forward Mohammad Al-Sahlawi  Saudi Arabia 25 Midfielder Faisal Darwish  Saudi Arabia 26 Goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Dhulayfi  Saudi Arabia 27 Forward Abdoulaye Sané  Senegal 29 Midfielder Abdullah Al-Jouei  Saudi Arabia 31 Defender Saad Balobaid  Saudi Arabia 33 Defender Ahmed Assiri  Saudi Arabia 50 Midfielder Mutair Al-Zahrani  Saudi Arabia 55 Midfielder Sandro Manoel  Brazil 63 Midfielder Amgad Hawsawi  Saudi Arabia 66 Midfielder Mohammed Abousaban  Saudi Arabia 85 Defender Nawaf Al-Sobhi  Saudi Arabia 88 Defender Hamdan Al-Ruwaili  Saudi Arabia 95 Midfielder Mohammed Al-Harbi  Saudi Arabia 99 Forward Malek Al-Abdulmenem  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Alejandro Gamarra  Paraguay Out on loan No Position Player Nation 7 Forward Mitchell Duke (on loan to Western Sydney)  Australia 19 Midfielder Ibrahim Al-Otaybi (on loan to Al-Diriyah)  Saudi Arabia 30 Forward Nawaf Al-Rashoudi (on loan to Al-Arabi)  Saudi Arabia 44 Midfielder Saleh Al Saeed (on loan to Al-Bukayriyah)  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Faisal Al-Mutairi (on loan to Al-Arabi)  Saudi Arabia International Competitions Overview As of 27 September 2020 Competition Pld W D L GF GA AFC Champions League 13 4 2 7 11 21 GCC Champions League 5 1 4 0 7 6 TOTAL 18 5 6 7 18 27 Record By Country Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%  Iran 4 0 0 4 1 7 −6 000.00  Oman 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 050.00  Qatar 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 050.00  Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00  United Arab Emirates 5 1 2 2 3 10 −7 020.00  Uzbekistan 2 1 1 0 5 4 +1 050.00 TOTAL 18 5 6 7 18 27 −9 027.78 International Record Matches Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate 2015 GCC Champions League Group A Al-Suwaiq 1–0 2−2 2nd Al-Rayyan 1–1 2–2 Quarter-finals Al-Nasr – 1−1 (p) 1–1 (p) 2017 AFC Champions League Group A Lokomotiv Tashkent 1–0 4−4 3rd Esteghlal 1–2 0−3 Al-Ahli 1–3 0−0 2020 AFC Champions League Group C Sharjah 0–6 1–0 2nd Al-Duhail 2–0 1–0 Persepolis 0–1 0–1 Round of 16 Al-Nassr 0–1 Managers Eoin Hand (July 1, 1987 – June 30, 1988) Antal Szentmihályi (1991–92) Marco Cunha (2004) Tohid Sebravî (2008–09) Celso Fernandes (2008–09) Abderrazak Chebbi (June 1, 2009 – January 1, 2010) Grigore Sichitiu (January 10, 2010 – May 9, 2010) Gheorghe Mulțescu (July 3, 2010 – December 20, 2010) Florin Motroc (December 22, 2010 – December 29, 2011) Srećko Juričić (January 1, 2012 – January 20, 2012) Grigore Sichitiu (January 20, 2012 – April 1, 2012) Khalid Kamal (caretaker) (April 1, 2012 – June 24, 2012) Gjoko Hadžievski (July 1, 2012 – February 20, 2013) Taoufik Rouabah (February 2013 – September 2014) José Manuel Gomes (September 2014 – May 29, 2016) Darije Kalezić (June 2, 2016 – October 16, 2016) Constantin Gâlcă (October 18, 2016 – March 20, 2017) José Manuel Gomes (March 21, 2017 – May 2, 2018) Pedro Emanuel (May 7, 2018 – May, 2019) Paulo Sérgio (May 21, 2019 – December 29, 2019) Abdullah Asiri (caretaker) (December 29, 2019 – January 15, 2020) Vítor Campelos (January 15, 2020 – August 30, 2020) Abdullah Asiri (caretaker) (August 30, 2020 – September 16, 2020) Patrice Carteron (September 16, 2020 – ) References "King Abdullah Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 30 December 2015. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-06-28. Retrieved 2017-02-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "رسمياً.. التعاون يتأهل إلى دوري أبطال آسيا". "التعاون يكتب التاريخ.. ويتوج بطلاً لكأس الملك". "الإنجازات". Taawoun. Retrieved 24 April 2007. "التعاون". kooora. Retrieved 26 December 2018. External links Al-Taawoun's official website Al-Taawoun page at goalzz.com Al-Taawoun page at slstat.com Wikimedia Commons has media related to Al-Taawon.