Al-Ahli Saudi FC

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.

Al-Ahli
Full nameAl-Ahli Saudi Football Club
Nickname(s)Al-Malaki (The Royals)
Ma'aqil Al-Aswad (Stronghold of Lions)
Al-Raqi (The Classy Ones)
Founded1937; 88 years ago (1937)
GroundKing 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)
OwnerPublic Investment Fund (75%)
Al-Ahli Non-Profit Foundation (25%)[1][2]
ChairmanKhalid Al Ghamdi
ManagerMatthias Jaissle
LeagueSaudi Professional League
2023–24Saudi Professional League, 3rd place
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
Current season

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

As of April 1, 2025[5][6]
No. Position Player
1 Saudi Arabia GK Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi
3 Brazil DF Roger Ibañez
5 Saudi Arabia DF Mohammed Bakor
6 Saudi Arabia DF Bassam Al-Hurayji
7 Algeria MF Riyad Mahrez
8 Saudi Arabia MF Sumayhan Al-Nabit
9 Saudi Arabia FW Firas Al-Buraikan
10 Brazil FW Roberto Firmino (captain)
11 Brazil MF Alexsander
13 Brazil FW Galeno
14 Saudi Arabia MF Eid Al-Muwallad
15 Saudi Arabia DF Abdullah Al-Ammar
16 Senegal GK Édouard Mendy
19 Saudi Arabia MF Fahad Al-Rashidi
24 Spain MF Gabri Veiga
No. Position Player
27 Saudi Arabia DF Ali Majrashi
28 Turkey DF Merih Demiral
29 Saudi Arabia MF Mohammed Al-Majhad
30 Saudi Arabia MF Ziyad Al-Johani
31 Saudi Arabia DF Saad Balobaid
32 Belgium DF Matteo Dams
45 Saudi Arabia FW Abdulkarim Darisi
46 Saudi Arabia DF Rayan Hamed
55 Saudi Arabia GK Bader Kabli U19
62 Saudi Arabia GK Abdullah Abdoh
77 Republic of Macedonia DF Ezgjan Alioski
79 Côte d'Ivoire MF Franck Kessié (vice-captain)
87 Saudi Arabia MF Ramez Al-Attar U19
90 Saudi Arabia MF Amar Al-Yuhaybi U19
99 England FW Ivan Toney

Al-Ahli Saudi FC Media

References

  1. 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. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4581869/2023/06/05/saudi-arabia-pif-pro-league/. Retrieved 2025-04-01. 
  2. "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. 
  3. "Al-Ahli's relegation leaves one of Saudi's biggest clubs in unfamiliar territory". Arab News. 2022-07-12. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  4. "It's now official, Al-Ahli Jeddah return to Saudi Pro League". Saudigazette. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  5. "Al-Ahli SFC - Detailed squad 24/25". www.transfermarkt.com. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
  6. "Al Ahli 2024-25 Squad". ESPN. Retrieved 2025-04-01.

Other websites

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