Al-Ahli Saudi FC
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Al-Ahli is a Saudi Arabian professional football club from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It currently play in Saudi Professional League. It is founded on 1937.
| Full name | Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Al-Malaki (The Royals) Ma'aqil Al-Aswad (Stronghold of Lions) Al-Raqi (The Classy Ones) | |||
| Founded | 1937 | |||
| Ground | King Abdullah Sports City Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City (selected matches) (capacity: 62,345 for King Abdullah Sports City 27,000 for Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City) | |||
| Owner | Public Investment Fund (75%) Al-Ahli Non-Profit Foundation (25%)[1][2] | |||
| Chairman | Khalid Al Ghamdi | |||
| Manager | Matthias Jaissle | |||
| League | Saudi Professional League | |||
| 2023–24 | Saudi Professional League, 3rd place | |||
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History
One of the most successful and historic teams in the history of Saudi Arabia won the league title 9 times , 5 of them consecutive and without losing a single match, and won the Kings cup 8 times and The saudi federation cup 5 times and the Saudi crown prince cup 6 times in total Al Ahli have a massive trophies cabinet containing 51 trophies.
Al Ahli history is a shining history with a big fan base among the middle east, and was linked to many famous football legends, such as Maradona, Cruyff, Pele and Tele Santana.
In 2022, they relegated to Saudi First Division League for the first time in their history which caused a massive surprise among Asia as one of the biggest teams relegatd.[3]
A year later, in 2023, they came back to Saudi Professional League and on their first season they finished as 3rd of the league. It qualified to Asia Champions League.[4]
Players
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Al-Ahli Saudi FC Media
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Al-Ahli achieved the first shield for the Saudi League in 1968
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League and King's Cup 1978.
References
- ↑ Walid, Ahmed (2023-06-13). "PIF to take control of Saudi Arabia’s four biggest clubs as part of major shake-up in Pro League" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4581869/2023/06/05/saudi-arabia-pif-pro-league/. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
- ↑ "Saudi Arabia's PIF takes over Al-Ittihad, Al-Nassr, Al-Hilal and Al-Ahli" (in en-GB). BBC Sport. 2023-06-05. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65813662. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
- ↑ "Al-Ahli's relegation leaves one of Saudi's biggest clubs in unfamiliar territory". Arab News. 2022-07-12. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
- ↑ "It's now official, Al-Ahli Jeddah return to Saudi Pro League". Saudigazette. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
- ↑ "Al-Ahli SFC - Detailed squad 24/25". www.transfermarkt.com. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
- ↑ "Al Ahli 2024-25 Squad". ESPN. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
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