Al-Ahli Saudi FC
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| Full name | Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) |
The Royal Team Fortress of Trophies The Classy Nation Ambassador | |||
| Founded | 1937 | |||
| Ground |
King Abdullah Sports City Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | |||
| Capacity | 62,000 | |||
| Chairman | Ahmad Al-Marzouqi | |||
| Manager | Christian Gross | |||
| League | Saudi Professional League | |||
| 2015–16 | Saudi Professional League, 1st | |||
| Website | Club home page | |||
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Al-Ahli Saudi Sport Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي الرياضي السعودي) is a Saudi Arabian professional sport club based in Jeddah. It is best known for its football team – Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club. The club was founded in 1937. Overall, they have won 30 official titles on the national and international stage. Former and famous Brazilian coach Telê Santana also coached Al Ahli from 1983 to 1985 and won 2 titles, one is league 1984 and the second is King Cup in 1983. Al Ahli has played seventeen King Cup finals , won thirteen and lost only four.
From 2014 to 2016, under the management of Swiss coach Christian Gross, the team won three titles with him. 2015 Saudi Crown Prince Cup, 2015–16 Saudi Professional League and 2016 King Cup. Al Ahli has won every major competition in which it has competed, with the exception of the AFC Champions League (in this competition they have lost two finals, in 1985 Asian Club Championship and 2012 AFC Champions League. They are also the first Saudi Club who played the Asian Final. Al Ahli is the third most successful club in Saudi Arabia behind Al Hilal and local rivals Al Ittihad.
Al Ahli's home games are played at King Abdullah Sports City, also known as the KASC Stadium. The stadium, which is shared with long-lasting city rivals Al Ittihad, is the second largest stadium in Saudi Arabia, with a total capacity of 62,000. Al Ittihad are considered their biggest rivals.
The club's most famous Saudi players are Amin Dabo, Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad, Malek Mouath, Taisir Al-Jassim and Yasser Al Mosailem. The most famous foreign players are Victor Simões, Imad Al Hosni and currently playing Omar Al Soma.
Honours
Al-Ahli Holds 30 Championships, as officially recognized by FIFA
Domestic
- Saudi Professional League: Official[1]
- Crown Prince Cup: Official[2]
- King Cup: Official[2]

- Runners-up (4) : 1974, 1976, 1984, 2014.
- Saudi Super Cup:
- Winners (1) : 2016
- Saudi Federation cup: Official[2]
- Winners (3) : 2001, 2002, 2007
- Runners-up (7) : 1976, 1989, 1991, 1996, 2003, 2006
- Saudi Founder's Cup: Official[2]
- Runners-up (1) : 1999.
Asian
- AFC Champions League: Official
Arab
- Arab Champions League: Official
Gulf
- Gulf Club Champions Cup: Official
Performance in AFC competitions
- AFC Champions League: 9 appearances
1985 Runners-up 2002–03 Qualification Round 3 2005 Quarter Finals 2008 Group Stage 2010 Group Stage 2012 Runners-up 2013 Quarter Finals 2015 Round of 16 2016 Group Stage
Players
As of Saudi Premier League:
Out on loan
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Records
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P CC CPC PFC ARCL CL GCC Saudi Super Cup Top scorer Manager 2000–01 SPL 1 22 15 6 1 50 19 31+ 51 – Quarter-final Winner Semi-final – – – – –
Lucca2001–02 SPL 4 22 12 4 6 39 26 13+ 40 – Winner Winner – – Winner – – –
Lucca,
Anbar2002–03 SPL 2 22 15 2 5 54 23 31+ 47 – Runner-up Runner-up Winner QW-3rd Round – –
Barakat10
Eilian,
Dmitry2003–04 SPL 4 22 10 8 4 31 21 10+ 38 – Runner-up Group Stage Group Stage – – –
Kim7
Lechantre2004–05 SPL 5 22 10 8 4 41 21 20+ 34 – Round 16 Semi-final Semi-final Quarter-final – –
Perera13
Geninho,
Vučković2005–06 SPL 4 22 9 9 4 45 23 22+ 36 – Runner-up Runner-up – – – –
Mouath8
Vučković2006–07 SPL 5 22 7 8 7 29 33 −4 29 – Winner Winner Semi-final – – –
Mouath20
Vučković2007–08 SPL 8 22 7 5 10 30 31 −1 26 Quarter-final Semi-final Semi-final – Group Stage – –
Mouath14
Vučković2008–09 SPL 3 22 11 7 4 33 20 +13 40 Quarter-final Round 16 Group Stage – – Winner –
Al-Raheb10
Mladenov2009–10 SPL 6 22 7 7 8 28 29 −1 28 Quarter-final Runner-up Semi-final – Group Stage – –
Simões13
Alfaro,
Farias2010–11 SPL 6 26 11 4 11 48 41 +7 37 Winner Quarter-final Runner-up – – – –
Simões20
Rajevac,
Ilić2011–12 SPL 2 26 19 5 2 60 22 +38 62 Winner Semi-final Winner – Runner-up – –
Simões27
Jarolím2012–13 SPL 5 26 12 8 6 51 33 +18 44 Semi-final Quarter-finals Winner – Quarter-finals – –
Simões17
Jarolím,
Ilić2013–14 ALJ 3 26 12 9 5 48 24 +24 45 Runner-up Quarter Finals Runner-up – – – –
Al-Jassim9
Vítor Pereira2014–15 ALJ 2 26 17 9 0 59 22 +37 60 Round 16 Winner – Round 16 – –
Omar Al Soma31
Christian Gross2015–16 ALJ 1 26 19 6 1 55 21 +34 63 Winner Runner-up – – Group Stages – –
Omar Al Soma32
Christian Gross2016-17 ALJ 3 5 3 1 1 10 5 +5 10 Round of 32 Quarter-finals – – Group Stages – Winner
Omar Al Soma7
Christian Gross
Player of the Year
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2009–10 | |
| 2010–11 | |
| 2011–12 | |
| 2012–13 | |
| 2013–14 | |
| 2014–15 |
Presidents
| No | Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1937 | 1940 | |
| 2 | 1950 | 1952 | |
| 3 | 1952 | 1954 | |
| 4 | 1955 | 1955 | |
| 5 | 1956 | 1956 | |
| 6 | 1957 | 1957 | |
| 7 | 1958 | 1958 | |
| 8 | 1959 | 1960 | |
| 9 | 1961 | 1961 | |
| 10 | 1962 | 1962 | |
| 11 | 1963 | 1963 | |
| 12 | 1964 | 1964 | |
| 13 | 1965 | 1969 | |
| 14 | 1970 | 1972 | |
| 15 | 1973 | 1974 | |
| 16 | 1975 | 1975 | |
| 17 | 1976 | 1980 | |
| 18 | 1981 | 1981 | |
| 19 | 1982 | 1984 | |
| 20 | 1985 | 1986 | |
| 21 | 1987 | 1987 | |
| 22 | 1988 | 1994 | |
| 23 | 1994 | 1995 | |
| 24 | 1995 | 1996 | |
| 25 | 1996 | 1997 | |
| 26 | 1997 | 1998 | |
| 27 | 1998 | 1998 | |
| 28 | 1999 | 2003 | |
| 29 | 2004 | 2005 | |
| 30 | 2005 | 2005 | |
| 31 | 2005 | 2007 | |
| 32 | 2007 | 2007 | |
| 33 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| 34 | 2008 | 2009 | |
| 35 | 2009 | 2015 | |
| 36 | 2015 | 2016 | |
| 37 | 2016 |
Managers
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Mohammed Amin Hilmi (1937–39), (1950–51) -
Abdullah Abdul Majid (1961–65), (1969–71), (1976–77) -
Ahmed Saleh Al Yafei (1961–65), (1976–77) -
Mr. Michael (1967) -
Oscar Hold (1967–70) -
Hassan Sadaqa (1970–xx) -
Taha Ismail (1972–76) -
Didi (1978–81) -
George Vieira (1980–81) -
Carlos the Jackal (1981–82) -
Telê Santana (1983–85) -
Mahmoud El-Gohary (1985) -
Ahmed Bouajila (xx) -
Eckhard Krautzun (1987–88) -
Sebastião Lazaroni (1989–90) -
Zanata (1990) -
Xanana (1990–91), (1998–99), (2000–01) -
Luiz Felipe Scolari (1992–93) -
Nabil Maaloul (1994) -
Peter Shtoob (1994) -
Ahmed Al-Saghir (1994–95) -
Márcio Máximo (1995) -
Luís Antônio Zaluar (1995–96) -
Ramos (1996–97) -
Zanata (1997) -
Cabralzinho (1998) -
Amen Dabu (1999–00) -
Miguel Ángel López (2000) -
Luka Peruzović (2000–01) -
Yousef Anbar (2002), (2008) -
Eilian (2002) -
Dimitri Davidovic (2003) -
Pierre Lechantre (2003) -
C. Juninho (2004–05) -
Geninho (Jan 1, 2005 – July 17, 2005) -
Nebojsa Vučković (2005–07), (2007–08) -
Leandro Mendel (2008) -
Stoycho Mladenov (June 1, 2008 – April 24, 2009) -
Gustavo Alfaro (April 22, 2009 – Dec 20, 2009) -
Sergio Farias (Dec 27, 2009 – July 30, 2010) -
Trond Sollied (Aug 1, 2010 – Aug 31, 2010) -
Milovan Rajevac (Sept 10, 2010 – Feb 20, 2011) -
Aleksandar Ilic (Feb 24, 2011 – Aug 4, 2011) -
Karel Jarolím (Aug 5, 2011 – May 31, 2013) -
Aleksandar Ilic (Feb 28, 2013 – May 31, 2013) -
Vítor Pereira (Jul 1, 2013 – Jun 30, 2014) -
Christian Gross (Jul 1, 2014 – May 30, 2016) -
José Manuel Gomes (May 31, 2016 – Sep 30, 2016) -
Christian Gross (Oct 3, 2016 – present)
References
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