Al-Khaleej FC

Sport club in Saudi Arabia

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Football club

Khaleej

Full name| Khaleej Football Club
Nickname(s)| Al-Danah
Founded| 1945; 78 years ago (1945)
Ground| Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium
Saihat
Capacity| 10,000
Chairman| Alaa Al-Heml
Manager| Pedro Emanuel
League| Pro League
2022–23| Pro League, 14th of 16

Home colours

Away colours

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Current season

Khaleej Football Club (Arabic: نادي الخليج بسيهات, romanized: nādī al-khalīj bi-Sayhāt, lit. 'Saihat Gulf Club') is a Saudi Arabian multisports club. Located in Saihat, Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It is a sport, social, educational club. Additionally, different teams in this club, categorized in different levels based on the age, play different sports. Among the sports played by the Khaleej Club teams are football, handball, volleyball, basketball, tennis, table tennis, gymnastics, athletics, aquatics and others.

The club is well known for the handball team which played in different worldwide championships. Also, the athletics team accomplished worldwide golden middles.

## Administration[edit]

The current administration that runs the club is the club-president Fawzi Al-Bashsa and vice-president Nazih Al-Nasr.

## Football[edit]

## Management staff[edit]

* Manager: Pedro Emanuel
* Sporting Director: Constantin Pana

### Managerial history[edit]

* Ahmad Al-Ajlani (1997 – 1999)
* Khaled Al-Marzouq (May 1, 1999 – October 11, 1999)
* Abdelkrim Bira (October 11, 1999 – March 1, 2000)
* Angel (July 6, 2000 – March 1, 2001)
* Khaled Al-Marzouq (March 1, 2001 – June 1, 2004)
* Yousef Al Suryati (August 9, 2004 – February 7, 2005)
* Khaled Al-Marzouq (February 7, 2005 – October 31, 2006)
* Jan Kmoch (caretaker) (October 31, 2006 – January 8, 2007)
* Lotfi Benzarti (January 8, 2007 – May 20, 2007)
* Ricardo Formosinho (August 3, 2007 – November 4, 2007)
* Khaled Al-Marzouq (November 4, 2007 – May 30, 2008)
* Samir Sellimi (June 23, 2008 – November 17, 2008)
* Sameer Hilal (November 17, 2008 – May 31, 2009)
* Khaled Al-Marzouq (June 8, 2009 – May 1, 2010)
* Eelco Schattorie (July 27, 2010 – January 5, 2011)
* Abderrazek Chebbi (January 5, 2011 – May 16, 2011)
* Ahmed El Agouz (July 29, 2011 – November 5, 2011)
* Khaled Al-Marzouq (November 5, 2011 – May 30, 2012)
* Ayman Ragab (July 1, 2012 – May 24, 2013)
* Sameer Hilal (May 28, 2013 – April 6, 2014)
* Jalel Kadri (April 29, 2014 – May 30, 2016)
* Patrick De Wilde (June 9, 2016 – August 30, 2016)
* Jalel Kadri (August 30, 2016 – May 5, 2017)
* Eusebiu Tudor (May 18, 2017 – January 6, 2018)
* Maher Al-Shammari (January 6, 2018 – May 1, 2018)
* Sameer Hilal (May 27, 2018 – June 1, 2019)
* Alen Horvat (July 7, 2019 – December 14, 2019)
* Mohammed Tlemceni (caretaker) (December 14, 2019 – January 1, 2020)
* Kheïreddine Madoui (January 9, 2020 – September 20, 2020)
* Sameer Hilal (September 23, 2020 – June 1, 2021)
* Dejan Arsov (July 13, 2021 – November 23, 2021)
* Paulo Gomes (November 23, 2021 – May 6, 2022)
* Khaled Al-Marzouq (caretaker) (May 6, 2022 – June 1, 2022)
* Pedro Emanuel (July 3, 2022 – )

## Current squad[edit]

As of 12 August 2023:

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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2  | DF |  KSA | Omar Al-Owdah
3  | DF |  KSA | Mohammed Al-Khabrani
4  | DF |  ARG | Lisandro López
5  | DF |  POR | Pedro Rebocho
6  | MF |  KSA | Khaled Al-Samiri
7  | FW |  TOG | Khaled Narey
8  | MF |  POR | Ivo Rodrigues
9  | FW |  EGY | Mohamed Sherif
10  | MF |  POR | Fábio Martins
11  | FW |  KSA | Abdulla Al Salem
13  | DF |  KSA | Abdullah Al-Shanqiti
14  | DF |  KSA | Ali Al-Shaafi
15  | MF |  KSA | Mansour Hamzi
17  | MF |  KSA | Hassan Al-Majhad
18  | MF |  KSA | Abdulelah Hawsawi (on loan from Al-Ittihad)
20  | DF |  KSA | Mohammed Al-Khaibari
22  | GK |  KSA | Raed Ozaybi
23  | GK |  BIH | Ibrahim Šehić
| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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25  | DF |  KSA | Arif Al Haydar
26  | FW |  KSA | Malek Al-Darwish
27  | MF |  KSA | Fawaz Al-Torais
28  | MF |  KSA | Hussain Al-Sultan
30  | MF |  KSA | Mohammed Al-Abdullah
31  | GK |  KSA | Eyad Al-Nasser
33  | DF |  KSA | Bander Nasser
35  | GK |  KSA | Rayan Al-Dossary
39  | DF |  KSA | Saeed Al Hamsal
43  | DF |  KSA | Fahad Al-Jayzani
44  | FW |  KSA | Ali Abdulraouf
47  | MF |  ENG | Mo Adams
55  | MF |  KOR | Jung Woo-young
66  | DF |  KSA | Hussain Fraij
70  | MF |  KSA | Riyadh Al-Ibrahim
96  | GK |  KSA | Marwan Al-Haidari
99  | MF |  KSA | Hamad Al-Abdan

### Out on loan[edit]

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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21  | MF |  KSA | Hussain Al-Ohaymid (on loan to Al-Noor)
| No. | Pos. | Nation  | Player

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77  | FW |  KSA | Hisham Al Dubais (on loan to Al-Jabalain)

## Honours[edit]

Al-Khaleej players in action against Al-Shoalah on Round 2, Saudi League 2014–15.

Saudi First Division League

* Winners (2): 2005–06, 2021–22
* Runners-up (2): 2002–03, 2013–14

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams

* Winners (1): 1999–00
* Runners-up (1): 2008–09

## Handball[edit]

The handball team is one of the most successful handball club in Saudi Arabia. They won 10 times the league. Hani Abdul Karim Al-Dahi is the coach of the first team.[1]

### Honours[edit]

Source:[2]

Asian Club League Handball Championship

* Winners (1): 2023 2024

IHF Men's Super Globe

* 2022: 6th out of 12
* 2023: 6th out of 12

Arab Handball Championship of Champions

* Winners (2): 2002, 2007
* Runners-up (4): 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995

Saudi Handball Championship

* Runners-up (4): 2003, 2005, 2015, 2019

Saudi Handball League

* Winners (10): 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2022–23
* Runners-up (Since 2005): 2005–06, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22

Saudi Federation Cup for Saudi Handball

* Winners (8): 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2022, 2023
* Runners-up(12): 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2021

Saudi Super Cup for handball

* Winners (1): 2023

### Players[edit]

Sadiq Al-Mohsin Irhad Alihodzic Mohammad Al-Salem Abdullah Al-Hulaili Mojtaba Al-Salem Hassan Al-Turaiki Marhoon Al-Maa

### Current squad[edit]

Squad

Head coach: Dimitris Dimitroulias

Goalkeepers

* 14  Irahd Alihodzic
* 16  Mohammad Al-Salem

Left wingers
21 Abdullah Al-Hulaili

Right wingers
15 Hassan Al-Turaiki

Line players
| No.  | Pos.  | Name  | Date of birth (age)  | Height  | App.  | Goals  | Club

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Left backs

77  Marhoon Al-Maa

Centre backs

1  Sadiq Al-Mohsin 57  Mojtaba Al-Salem

Right backs

## See also[edit]

* List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

## References[edit]

1. ^ "هاني-عبدالكريم-الضاحي". Khaleej Club (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
2. ^ "Al-Khaleej". Goalzz. Retrieved 16 August 2023.

## External links[edit]

* Khaleej Club – official website

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Al-Khaleej FC - current squad

* 2 Al-Owdah
* 3 Al-Khabrani
* 4 López
* 5 Rebocho
* 6 Al-Samiri
* 7 Narey
* 8 Rodrigues
* 9 M. Sherif
* 10 Martins
* 11 Al Salem
* 13 Al-Shanqiti
* 14 Al-Shaafi
* 15 Hamzi
* 17 Al-Majhad
* 18 Hawsawi
* 20 Al-Khaibari
* 22 Ozaybi
* 23 Šehić
* 25 Al Haydar
* 26 Al-Darwish
* 27 Al-Torais
* 28 Al-Sultan
* 30 Al-Abdullah
* 31 Al-Nasser
* 33 B. Nasser
* 35 Al-Dossary
* 39 Al Hamsal
* 43 Al-Jayzani
* 44 A. Abdulraouf
* 47 Adams
* 55 Woo-young
* 66 H. Fraij
* 70 Al-Ibrahim
* 96 Al-Haidari
* 99 Al-Abdan
* Manager: Emanuel

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