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Al Faisaly FC

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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]

Al Faisaly
Full nameAl Faisaly Football Club
Nickname(s)Al Annabi (The Burgundy)
Annabi Sudair (The Burgundy of Sudair)
Founded1954; 70 years ago (1954)
GroundAl Majma'ah Sports City
Al Majma'ah
Capacity7,000
ChairmanAbdulmajeed Al-Omaim
ManagerMarcelo Chamusca
LeagueFirst Division League
2022–23FDL, 5th of 18
WebsiteClub website
Current season

The club is named after King Faisal (r. 1964–75), who was crown prince at the time of the club's founding.[4]

History edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 Abdullah Al-Hassan
3 DF   KSA Hani Al-Sebyani
4 DF   KSA Yassin Barnawi
6 MF   TUN Larry Azouni
7 MF   GER Joy-Lance Mickels
8 MF   BRA Lucas Souza
10 MF   KSA Abdullah Al-Dossari
11 DF   KSA Abdulaziz Al-Jamaan
14 FW   CMR Paul Garita
15 FW   KSA Saad Al-Muwallad (on loan from Al-Shabab)
17 DF   KSA Abdullah Subayt
19 FW   KSA Yazid Jawshan
20 MF   BRA Morato
22 GK   KSA Taher Al-Hajji
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF   KSA Hassan Al-Shamrani
25 FW   KSA Ahmed Al-Shamrani
27 FW   KSA Saleh Al-Rahmani
31 GK   KSA Sultan Al-Qahtani
44 DF   KSA Hatim Belal
58 MF   KSA Ayman Al-Hujaili
66 DF   KSA Ali Al-Sultan
70 MF   KSA Ahmed Al-Anzi
73 DF   KSA Hassan Al-Harbi
77 MF   KSA Ahmed Fallatah
86 MF   KSA Aseel Al-Harbi
87 DF   KSA Meshal Al-Sebyani
90 FW   KSA Khalid Al Jubaya
97 DF   MAR Mohamed Cheikhi
99 GK   POR Vladimir Stojković


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
55 DF   KSA Mohammed Al-Nukhylan (on loan to Al-Shoulla)

Club staff edit

Role Name
Manager   Yves Vanderhaeghe
Assistant manager   Fahd Al-Warqa
Assistant manager   Al-Hamidi Abdullah Al-Otaibi
Assistant manager   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 edit

International competitions edit

Overview edit

As of 27 April 2022
Competition Pld W D L GF GA
AFC Champions League 6 2 3 1 5 4
Arab Club Champions Cup 3 0 1 2 4 7
GCC Champions League 9 3 2 4 9 11
TOTAL 18 5 6 7 18 22

Record by country edit

Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
  Bahrain 4 1 1 2 2 3 −1 025.00
  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 18 5 6 7 18 22 −4 027.78

International record edit

Matches edit

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2012–13 GCC Champions League Group D   Al-Busaiteen 0–0 1−0 1st
  Baniyas 4–3 1–1
Quarter-finals   Najran 0–2 – 0–2
2015 GCC Champions League Group D   Al-Jahra 0–1 2−1 3rd
  East Riffa 1–2 0–1
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 edit

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

Super Cup

  • Runners-up (1): 2021

See also edit

References edit

  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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