Al-Faisaly FC

For the Jordanian football team, see Al-Faisaly SC.

Al Faisaly
Full nameAl Faisaly Football Club
Nickname(s)Al Annabi (The Burgundy)
Annabi Sudair (The Burgundy of Sudair)
Founded1954; 70 years ago (1954)
GroundAl Majma'ah Sports City
Al Majma'ah
Capacity7,000
ChairmanAbdulmajeed Al-Omaim
ManagerMarcelo Chamusca
LeagueFirst Division League
2022–23FDL, 5th of 18
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Al-Faisaly FC (Arabic: نادي الفيصلي) is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Harmah.[1] Founded in 1954, the club currently competes in the Saudi First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football.[2] Al-Faisaly play their home games at the Al Majma'ah Sports City in Al Majma'ah.[3]

The club is named after King Faisal (r. 1964–75), who was crown prince at the time of the club's founding.[4]

History

Al Faisaly finished as the runner-up in the 2005–06 first division season, thus becoming the first club from the Sudair region to achieve promotion to the top flight but went straight back down after just one season. Al Faisaly achieved promotion for the second time to the top flight by winning the 2009–10 first division title, and have been competing in the Saudi Professional League until they were relegated in the 2021–22 season after twelve consecutive seasons in the top flight.

During the 2017–18 season, Al Faisaly managed to reach the 2018 King Cup Finalfor the first time in their history, but fell short to Al Ittihad, losing 3–1 in extra time. Al Faisaly reached their second King Cup Final in four years, but this time they managed to win 3–2 against Al Taawon in the 2020–21 King Cup edition with Júlio Tavares scoring a hat-trick to secure their first ever top flight title, as well as their first AFC Champions League qualification. Al Faisaly also qualified to the 2021 Saudi Super Cup after winning their first ever King Cup title on 27 May 2021.[5] Al-Faisaly was defeated in the super cup by Al-Hilal (4–3) on penalties after 2–2 draw.

AFC Champions League debut

The club's debut campaign in the 2022 AFC Champions League was a massive success against all odds, Al Faisaly pulled off a surprising upset by winning 2–1 over Qatari giants and two-times AFC Champions League winners Al Sadd. Al Faisaly managed to top their group in Group E with 2 wins, 3 draw and 1 lost which by doing so, the club advanced to the Round of 16 facing against Iranian side, Foolad, However the club lost 1–0 on aggregate and bowed out from the AFC Champions League.

Current squad

As of 1 July 2022:[6][7]

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


Out on loan

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

Club staff

Role Name
Manager Belgium Yves Vanderhaeghe
Assistant manager Belgium Fahd Al-Warqa
Assistant manager Saudi Arabia Al-Hamidi Abdullah Al-Otaibi
Assistant manager Italy Eugenio Sina
First Team coach Tunisia Khalil Kamal Issa
Goalkeeper Coach Italy Claudio Pozzini
Fitness Coach Italy Sacconi Corrado
Performance analyst Italy Mairo Savoy
General manager Saudi Arabia Muhammad Abdullah Al-Mutairi
General Supervisor Saudi Arabia Medlej Abdul Mohsen Al-Madelj
Team secretary Egypt Alaa El Din Saleh Mohamed Ahmed
Team coordinator Saudi Arabia Muhammad Abdul Karim Al-Olayan

Managers

  • Tunisia Youssef Baati (1989 – 1990)
  • Tunisia Skander Baklouti (1993 – 1996, 6 July 2001 – 1 May 2002)
  • Tunisia Tariq El Mrabet (1998)
  • Tunisia Taher Lamine (1 July 1999 – 6 December 1999)
  • Tunisia Al Nasser Abou Zaid (6 December 1999 – 1 May 2000)
  • Tunisia Mohammed Khalil (1 August 2000 – 1 May 2001)
  • Tunisia Zouhair Louati (1 August 2002 – 1 May 2003)
  • Tunisia Hassine Menestiri (25 July 2003 – 15 April 2004)
  • Egypt Bolbol Bayoumy (caretaker) (15 April 2004 – 30 May 2004)
  • Egypt Mohammed El Sayed (8 July 2004 – 30 March 2005, 29 March 2008 – 19 April 2008)
  • Tunisia Mondher Ladhari (30 March 2005 – 31 May 2005)
  • Tunisia Lotfi El Hashmi (25 June 2005 – 28 November 2005)
  • Algeria Adlène bin Abderrahmane (28 November 2005 – 2 March 2006)
  • Tunisia Nasser Nefzi (2 March 2006 – 1 May 2006)
  • Portugal José Morais (17 July 2006 – 16 December 2006)
  • Egypt Mamdouh Ouka (caretaker) (16 December 2006 – 6 January 2007)
  • France Bernard Simondi (6 January 2007 – 30 May 2007)
  • Brazil Carlos Dante (30 June 2007 – 10 November 2007)
  • Tunisia Abderrazek Chebbi (10 November 2007 – 16 February 2008)
  • Tunisia Mourad Ajmi (16 February 2008 – 29 March 2008)
  • Tunisia Nouri Rouatbi (19 April 2008 – 1 June 2008)
  • Tunisia Hadi Ben Mokhtar (23 July 2008 – 9 May 2010)
  • Croatia Zlatko Dalić (19 May 2010 – 30 April 2012)
  • Belgium Marc Brys (2 June 2012 – 7 December 2013)
  • Morocco Issame Charaï (caretaker) (7 December 2013 – 15 December 2013)
  • Egypt Mohammed El Sayed (caretaker) (15 December 2013 – 27 December 2013)
  • Italy Giovanni Solinas (27 December 2013 – 1 May 2014)
  • Belgium Stéphane Demol (21 May 2014 – 14 March 2015)
  • Portugal Toni Conceição (14 March 2015 – 22 May 2015)
  • Romania Liviu Ciobotariu (6 June 2015 – 17 May 2016)
  • Brazil Hélio dos Anjos (23 May 2016 – 9 November 2016)
  • Morocco Fahd Elouarga (caretaker) (9 November 2016 – 19 November 2016)
  • Croatia Tomislav Ivković (19 November 2016 – 19 February 2017)
  • Italy Giovanni Solinas (20 February 2017 – 5 May 2017)
  • Serbia Vuk Rašović (29 May 2017 – 3 May 2018)
  • Romania Mircea Rednic (2 July 2018 – 8 October 2018)
  • Brazil Péricles Chamusca (14 October 2018 – 1 June 2021)
  • Italy Paolo Tramezzani (18 June 2021 – 7 October 2021)
  • Portugal Daniel Ramos (7 October 2021 – 24 February 2022)
  • Morocco Fahd Elouarga (caretaker) (24 February 2022 – 27 February 2022)
  • Greece Marinos Ouzounidis (27 February 2022 – 30 June 2022)
  • Croatia Ante Miše (12 July 2022 – 19 January 2023)
  • Greece Marinos Ouzounidis (21 January 2023 – 16 March 2023)
  • Italy Giovanni Solinas (16 March 2023 – 31 May 2023)
  • Belgium Yves Vanderhaeghe (15 June 2023 – 15 November 2023)
  • Brazil Marcelo Chamusca (16 November 2023 – present)

International competitions

Overview

As of 27 April 2022
Competition Pld W D L GF GA
AFC Champions League 6 2 3 1 5 4
Arab Club Champions Cup 3 0 1 2 4 7
GCC Champions League 9 3 2 4 9 11
TOTAL 18 5 6 7 18 22

Record by country

Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
 Bahrain 4 1 1 2 2 3 −1 025.00
 Jordan 2 0 2 0 2 2 +0 000.00
 Kuwait 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
 Lebanon 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
 Mauritania 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 000.00
 Qatar 2 1 0 1 2 2 +0 050.00
 Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
 Tunisia 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 000.00
 United Arab Emirates 2 1 1 0 5 4 +1 050.00
 Uzbekistan 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 050.00
TOTAL 18 5 6 7 18 22 −4 027.78

International record

Matches

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2012–13 GCC Champions League Group D Bahrain Al-Busaiteen 0–0 1−0 1st
United Arab Emirates Baniyas 4–3 1–1
Quarter-finals Saudi Arabia Najran 0–2 – 0–2
2015 GCC Champions League Group D Kuwait Al-Jahra 0–1 2−1 3rd
Bahrain East Riffa 1–2 0–1
2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup Play-off round Tunisia Club Africain 2–2 4th
Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 1–2
Mauritania ASAC Concorde 1–3
2022 AFC Champions League Group E Jordan Al-Wehdat 1–1 1–1 1st
Qatar Al-Sadd 2–1 0–1
Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi 0–0 1–0
Round of 16 Iran Foolad 0–1 0–1

Honours

Saudi First Division (Level 2)

  • Winners (1): 2009–10
  • Runners-up (1): 2005–06

Saudi Second Division (Level 3)

  • Winners (1): 2002–03

Saudi Third Division (Level 4)

  • Runners-up (1): 2000–01

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams

  • Winners (1): 2005–06

King Cup

Super Cup

  • Runners-up (1): 2021

See also

References

  1. ^ "الفيصلي - Al Faisaly".
  2. ^ "نادي الفيصلي".
  3. ^ "ملعب مدينة المجمعة الرياضية".
  4. ^ "اللعبون: بداية الفيصلي.. أدبية".
  5. ^ "الفيصلي يتوج بكأس الملك لأول مرة في تاريخ".
  6. ^ "Al-Faisaly information for 2018–2019 league season". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  7. ^ "الموقع الرسمي للنادي الفيصلي بحرمة | اللاعبون الفريق الاول الموقع الرسمي للنادي الفيصلي بحرمة". Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.

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