Al Faisaly FC

Al Faisaly
Full name	Al Faisaly Football Club
Nickname(s)	Al Annabi (The Burgundy); Annabi Sudair (The Burgundy of Sudair)
Founded	1954; 70 years ago
Ground	Al Majma'ah Sports City; Al Majma'ah
Capacity	6,266
Chairman	Abdulmajeed Al-Omaim
Manager	Filipe Gouveia
League	First Division League
2023–24	FDL, 6th of 18
Website	https://alfaisalyfc.net/
	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.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KSA	Mohammed Al-Hassawi
2	DF	KSA	Yassin Barnawi
3	DF	KSA	Hani Al-Sebyani
6	MF	KSA	Jaber Issa
7	MF	KSA	Abdulaziz Makin
8	MF	BRA	Lucas Souza
9	FW	POR	Alexandre Guedes
11	MF	KSA	Malik Hamza
12	MF	BRA	Morato
13	MF	KSA	Ahmed Karenshi
15	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Ghamdi
17	DF	KSA	Abdullah Subayt
18	MF	KSA	Yahya Al-Qarni


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	FW	KSA	Yazid Jawshan
21	GK	KSA	Yazan Jari
23	FW	KSA	Mohammed Majrashi
24	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Dossari
27	FW	KSA	Saleh Al-Rahmani
47	MF	KSA	Ahmed Al-Badah
50	MF	KSA	Talal Majrashi
53	DF	SEN	Abdoulaye Ba
73	DF	KSA	Hassan Al-Harbi
77	MF	KSA	Ahmed Fallatah
78	DF	KSA	Khaled Daghriri
99	GK	POR	Vladimir Stojković

Club staff

Role	Name
Manager	Filipe Gouveia
Assistant manager	Fahd Al-Warqa Al-Hamidi Abdullah Al-Otaibi
Senior first-team coach	Eugenio Sina
First-Team coach	Khalil Kamal Issa
Goalkeeper Coach	Claudio Pozzini
Fitness Coach	Sacconi Corrado
Performance analyst	Mairo Savoy
General manager	Muhammad Abdullah Al-Mutairi
General Supervisor	Medlej Abdul Mohsen Al-Madelj
Team secretary	Alaa El Din Saleh Mohamed Ahmed
Team coordinator	Muhammad Abdul Karim Al-Olayan

Managers

Youssef Baati (1989 – 1990)
Skander Baklouti (1993 – 1996, 6 July 2001 – 1 May 2002)
Tariq El Mrabet (1998)
Taher Lamine (1 July 1999 – 6 December 1999)
Al Nasser Abou Zaid (6 December 1999 – 1 May 2000)
Mohammed Khalil (1 August 2000 – 1 May 2001)
Zouhair Louati (1 August 2002 – 1 May 2003)
Hassine Menestiri (25 July 2003 – 15 April 2004)
Bolbol Bayoumy (caretaker) (15 April 2004 – 30 May 2004)
Mohammed El Sayed (8 July 2004 – 30 March 2005, 29 March 2008 – 19 April 2008)
Mondher Ladhari (30 March 2005 – 31 May 2005)
Lotfi El Hashmi (25 June 2005 – 28 November 2005)
Adlène bin Abderrahmane (28 November 2005 – 2 March 2006)
Nasser Nefzi (2 March 2006 – 1 May 2006)
José Morais (17 July 2006 – 16 December 2006)
Mamdouh Ouka (caretaker) (16 December 2006 – 6 January 2007)
Bernard Simondi (6 January 2007 – 30 May 2007)
Carlos Dante (30 June 2007 – 10 November 2007)
Abderrazek Chebbi (10 November 2007 – 16 February 2008)
Mourad Ajmi (16 February 2008 – 29 March 2008)
Nouri Rouatbi (19 April 2008 – 1 June 2008)
Hadi Ben Mokhtar (23 July 2008 – 9 May 2010)
Zlatko Dalić (19 May 2010 – 30 April 2012)
Marc Brys (2 June 2012 – 7 December 2013)
Issame Charaï (caretaker) (7 December 2013 – 15 December 2013)
Mohammed El Sayed (caretaker) (15 December 2013 – 27 December 2013)
Giovanni Solinas (27 December 2013 – 1 May 2014)
Stéphane Demol (21 May 2014 – 14 March 2015)
Toni Conceição (14 March 2015 – 22 May 2015)
Liviu Ciobotariu (6 June 2015 – 17 May 2016)
Hélio dos Anjos (23 May 2016 – 9 November 2016)
Fahd Elouarga (caretaker) (9 November 2016 – 19 November 2016)
Tomislav Ivković (19 November 2016 – 19 February 2017)
Giovanni Solinas (20 February 2017 – 5 May 2017)
Vuk Rašović (29 May 2017 – 3 May 2018)
Mircea Rednic (2 July 2018 – 8 October 2018)
Péricles Chamusca (14 October 2018 – 1 June 2021)
Paolo Tramezzani (18 June 2021 – 7 October 2021)
Daniel Ramos (7 October 2021 – 24 February 2022)
Fahd Elouarga (caretaker) (24 February 2022 – 27 February 2022)
Marinos Ouzounidis (27 February 2022 – 30 June 2022)
Ante Miše (12 July 2022 – 19 January 2023)
Marinos Ouzounidis (21 January 2023 – 16 March 2023)
Giovanni Solinas (16 March 2023 – 31 May 2023)
Yves Vanderhaeghe (15 June 2023 – 15 November 2023)
Marcelo Chamusca (16 November 2023 – 31 May 2024)
Filipe Gouveia (6 June 2024 – )

International competitions

Overview

As of 20 February 2023

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
AFC Champions League	7	2	3	2	5	5
Arab Club Champions Cup	3	0	1	2	4	7
GCC Champions League	9	3	2	4	9	11
TOTAL	19	5	6	8	18	23

Record by country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Bahrain	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	025.00
Iran	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
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	19	5	6	8	18	23	−5	026.32

International record

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2012–13	GCC Champions League	Group D	Al-Busaiteen	0–0	1−0	1st
		Group D	Baniyas	4–3	1–1	1st
		Quarter-finals	Najran	0–2	–	0–2
2015	GCC Champions League	Group D	Al-Jahra	0–1	2−1	3rd
2015	GCC Champions League	Group D	East Riffa	1–2	0–1	3rd
2018–19	Arab Club Champions Cup	Play-off round	Club Africain	2–2		4th
			Al-Nejmeh	1–2
			ASAC Concorde	1–3
2022	AFC Champions League	Group E	Al-Wehdat	1–1	1–1	1st
			Al-Sadd	2–1	0–1
			Nasaf Qarshi	0–0	1–0
		Round of 16	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
- Winners (1): 2020–21
- Runners-up (1): 2018
Super Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2021

References

^ "الفيصلي - Al Faisaly".
^ "نادي الفيصلي".
^ "ملعب مدينة المجمعة الرياضية".
^ "اللعبون: بداية الفيصلي.. أدبية".
^ "الفيصلي يتوج بكأس الملك لأول مرة في تاريخ".
^ "Al-Faisaly information for 2018–2019 league season". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
^ "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.

External links

Official site (archived 23 March 2015)
Official site for Harmah City (in Arabic)

[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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