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{{Short description|Association football club in Saudi Arabia}}
{{See also|Al-Fateh (basketball)}}
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| nickname = ''Al Namothji'' (The Role Model)<br>''Abna Al Nakhil'' (Sons of the Palm)
| ground = [[Al-Fateh Stadium]]
| capacity = 12,000<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spa.gov.sa/N2003561|title= رياضي / محافظ الأحساء يرعى حفل افتتاح ملعب نادي الفتح الجديد |publisher=spa.gov.sa|language=ar|date=25 November 2023}}</ref>
| clubname = Al Fateh
| image = Al Fateh SC Logo.svg
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| fullname = Al Fateh Sports Club
| founded = {{start date and age|1958}}
| chairman = Mansour Al-Afaliq
| manager = [[José Gomes (football manager)|José Gomes]]
| league = [[Saudi Pro League]]
| season = [[2024–25 Saudi Pro League|2024–25]]
| position = Pro League, 10th of 18
| website = {{URL|https://fatehclub.com/}}
| current = 2024–25 Al-Fateh SC season
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|-  style="color:white; background:blue; text-align:center;"
!colspan="2" style="text-align: center"|Al Fateh active departments
|- style="text-align: center"
|[[File:Football pictogram.svg|40px]]<br />'''Football<br>(men's)'''
|[[File:Basketball pictogram.svg|40px]]<br />'''[[Al-Fateh (basketball)|Basketball<br>(men's)]]'''
|}

'''Al Fateh Sports Club''' ({{langx|ar|نادي الفتح الرياضي|nādī al-fataḥ ar-riyāḍiyy|[[Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula|Conquest]] Sports Club}}) is a Saudi Arabian [[multi-sports club]] based in [[Al-Mubarraz]], [[Al-Ahsa Governorate|Al-Ahsa]]. It is mainly known for its professional [[Association football|football club]]. The club derives its nickname from the fact that almost all of its sections play in the national top flights.

== History ==
Al Fateh have played in the lower divisions for most of their existence, unlike rivals and city neighbours [[Hajer FC]] who played in the top flight when they achieved promotions in the 80's, 90's and 2000's. Al Fateh hired Tunisian head coach [[Fathi Al-Jabal]] in the middle of the 2007-08 [[Saudi First Division League]], in the 2008–09 season [[Fathi Al-Jabal|Al-Jabal]] finished as runners-up to guide Al Fateh to their first ever promotion to the [[Saudi Professional League]]. The club managed to stay up in the [[Saudi Professional League]] in their first ever top flight season. In the following two seasons the club set out to build a formidable squad, with Al Fateh already possessing talented home grown players such as [[Hamdan Al-Hamdan]] and [[Mohammed Al-Fuhaid]], they also acquired the services of [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese]] forward [[Doris Fuakumputu]] and former [[Al Nassr FC|Al-Nassr]] Attacking midfielder [[Élton Arábia|Élton]].

=== Saudi League Champions (2012–2013) ===
Al Fateh pulled off a surprise when on 14 April 2013, they won their first League title, with 2 games to spare, following a 1–0 home win over [[Al-Ahli Saudi FC|Al-Ahli]]. Al Fateh became the seventh club to win the Pro League. This is considered by many to be one of the greatest shocks in Saudi football history, especially considering that Al Fateh were promoted to the Pro League for the first time only four years earlier.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 April 2013 |title=رياضي / محافظ الأحساء يرعى حفل افتتاح ملعب نادي الفتح الجديد |url=https://www.spa.gov.sa/N2003561 |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=www.albayan.ae |language=ar}}</ref> This was the first time a club outside the Riyadh and Jeddah clubs to win the [[Saudi Professional League]] since the [[1986–87 Saudi Premier League|1986–87]] season. [[Élton Arábia|Élton]] won the Player of the Season award by scoring 11 goals and bagging 10 assists, as well as [[Doris Fuakumputu]] scoring 17 goals to lead Al Fateh to the title.

Later, they played in the inaugural edition of the [[Saudi Super Cup]] to face [[Ittihad FC|Al-Ittihad]], after 90 minutes the score was a 2–2 draw and the game went into extra time. [[Élton Arábia|Élton]] scored the winning goal of the game in the 111th minute, Al Fateh defeated Al-Ittihad 3–2 after extra time to become the inaugural champions of the Saudi Super Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |title=الفتح يطيح بالاتحاد ويتوج بلقب السوبر السعودي |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/860439}}</ref>

Al Fateh advanced to the [[2014 AFC Champions League]] group stage in their debut campaign as [[2012–13 Saudi Professional League]] champions, but crashed out of the group stage with a (2D,4L) record and without winning a single match. Al Fateh qualified again to the [[2017 AFC Champions League]] due to [[Ittihad FC|Al-Ittihad]], the [[2015–16 Saudi Professional League]] 3rd place, could not participate in the AFC Champions League because of club licensing requirements problems. As a result, [[Al Taawoun FC|Al-Taawoun]], the league 4th place, entered the group stage instead of the qualifying play-offs, while Al Fateh, the league 5th place, entered the qualifying play-offs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=التعاون إلى دوري آسيا مباشرة والفتح يخوض الملحق |url=http://www.alriyadh.com/1542513}}</ref> Al Fateh defeated [[FC Nasaf|Nasaf Qarshi]] 1–0 in the Qualifying play-offs to advance to the group stage ([[2017 AFC Champions League group stage#Group B|Group B]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=AFC Champions League 2017 draw concluded |url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/club/afc_champions_league/news/afc_champions_league_2017_draw_concluded.html |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=the-AFC |language=en}}</ref>

==Honours==
*'''[[Saudi Pro League]]''' (tier 1)
**'''Winners (1)''': [[2012–13 Saudi Professional League|2012–13]]
*'''[[Saudi First Division League]]''' (tier 2)
**Runners-up (1): 2008–09
*'''[[Saudi Second Division League]]''' (tier 3)
**'''Winners (3)''': 1982–83, 1996–97, 1998–99
**Runners-up (1): 2002–03
*'''[[Saudi Super Cup]]'''
**'''Winners (1)''': [[2013 Saudi Super Cup|2013]]

==Current squad==
{{Updated| January 2025}}

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{{Fs player|no=4|nat=KSA|name=[[Ziyad Al-Jari]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=KSA|name=[[Naif Masoud]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=MAR|name=[[Amine Sbaï]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=ARG|name=[[Matías Vargas (footballer, born 1997)|Matías Vargas]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=MAR|name=[[Mourad Batna]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=KSA|name=[[Hussain Qassem]]|pos=DF}} 
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=KSA|name=[[Mohammed Al-Fuhaid]]|pos=MF|other=[[Captain (association football)|Captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=KSA|name=[[Saeed Baattiah]]|pos=DF}} 
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=MAR|name=[[Marwane Saâdane]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=KSA|name=[[Suhayb Al-Zaid]]|pos=MF|other={{small|on loan from [[Al Hilal SFC|Al-Hilal]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=CPV|name=[[Djaniny]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=KSA|name=[[Ammar Al-Daheem]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=KSA|name=Mohammed Al-Sahaihi {{small|<sup>'''U19'''</sup>}}|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=26|nat=KSA|name=[[Nawaf Al-Aqidi]]|pos=GK|other={{small|on loan from [[Al-Nassr FC|Al-Nassr]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=28|nat=ALG|name=[[Sofiane Bendebka]]|pos=MF}}
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{{Fs player|no=29|nat=KSA|name=[[Ali Al-Masoud]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=COM|name=[[Zaydou Youssouf]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=37|nat=KSA|name=Ammar Al-Hudaybi {{small|<sup>'''U19'''</sup>}}|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=KSA|name=[[Ahmed Al-Julaydan]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=44|nat=POR|name=[[Jorge Fernandes (footballer, born 1997)|Jorge Fernandes]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=48|nat=KSA|name=Muhannad Al-Yahya|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=49|nat=KSA|name=[[Saad Al-Sharfa]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=55|nat=KSA|name=[[Waleed Al-Enezi (footballer, born 1996)|Waleed Al-Enezi]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=63|nat=KSA|name=[[Montadhar Al-Shaqaq]] {{small|<sup>'''U19'''</sup>}}|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=75|nat=KSA|name=Mehdi Al-Aboud {{small|<sup>'''U19'''</sup>}}|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=82|nat=KSA|name=[[Hussain Al-Zarie]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=88|nat=KSA|name=[[Othman Al-Othman]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=94|nat=KSA|name=[[Abdullah Al-Anazi]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=97|nat=KSA|name=Abdulaziz Al-Dabas {{small|<sup>'''U19'''</sup>}}|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=99|nat=BRA|name=[[Matheus Machado (footballer, born 2003)|Matheus Machado]]|pos=FW}}
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===Out on loan===
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{{Fs player|no=1|nat=HUN|name=[[Péter Szappanos]]|pos=GK|other={{small|on loan to [[Paksi FC|Paks]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=KSA|name=[[Abdullah Al-Mogren]]|pos=FW|other={{small|on loan to [[Damac FC|Damac]]}}}}
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{{Fs player|no=40|nat=KSA|name=Sattam Al-Subaie|pos=GK|other={{small|on loan to [[Mudhar Club|Mudhar]]}}}}
{{Fs player|no=80|nat=KSA|name=Faisal Al-Abdulwahed|pos=MF|other={{small|on loan to [[Al Batin FC|Al-Batin]]}}}}
{{fs end}}

==International competitions==
===Overview===
{{updated|13 August 2019}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Competition
! Pld
! W
! D
! L
! GF
! GA
|-
| [[AFC Champions League Elite]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 13
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
| style="text-align:center;"| 5
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
| style="text-align:center;"| 11
| style="text-align:center;"| 20
|-
| [[Arab Club Champions Cup]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
| style="text-align:center;"| 6
|-
| '''TOTAL'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''17'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''4'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''6'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''7'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''18'''
| style="text-align:center;"| '''26'''
|}

===International record===
====Matches====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Club
! Home
! Away
! Aggregate
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2012–13
| rowspan="2"| [[2012–13 UAFA Club Cup|Arab Club Champions Cup]]
| rowspan="1"| [[2012–13 UAFA Club Cup qualifying play-off#First round|1R]]
| {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Al-Jahra SC|Al-Jahra]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–1
| bgcolor=lightgreen style="text-align:center;"|'''3–1'''
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[2012–13 UAFA Club Cup qualifying play-off#Asian zone 2|2R]]
| {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)|Al-Arabi]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–2
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–3
| bgcolor=pink style="text-align:center;"|'''4–5'''
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2014
| rowspan="3"| [[2014 AFC Champions League|AFC Champions League]]
| rowspan="3"| [[2014 AFC Champions League group stage#Group B|Group B]]
| {{flagicon|UZB}} [[FC Bunyodkor|Bunyodkor]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–0
| style="text-align:center;"| 2−3
| bgcolor=pink style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"| '''4th'''
|-
| {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Foolad F.C.|Foolad]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–5
| style="text-align:center;"| 0−1
|-
| {{flagicon|QAT}} [[El Jaish SC|El Jaish]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–0
| style="text-align:center;"| 0−2
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2017
| rowspan="4"| [[2017 AFC Champions League|AFC Champions League]]
| rowspan="1"| [[2017 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs#Play-off round|PO]]
| {{flagicon|UZB}} [[FC Nasaf|Nasaf Qarshi]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0
| style="text-align:center;"| –
| bgcolor=lightgreen style="text-align:center;"|'''1–0'''
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[2017 AFC Champions League group stage#Group B|Group B]]
| {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Esteghlal Khuzestan F.C.|Esteghlal Khuzestan]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–1
| style="text-align:center;"| 0−1
| bgcolor=pink style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"| '''3rd'''
|-
| {{flagicon|QAT}} [[Al-Duhail SC|Lekhwiya]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–2
| style="text-align:center;"| 1−4
|-
| {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Al Jazira Club|Al Jazira]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–1
| style="text-align:center;"| 0−0
|}

==Coaching staff==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Name
|-
| Manager ||{{flagicon|POR}} [[José Gomes (football manager)|José Gomes]]
|-
| Assistant manager ||{{flagicon|POR}} Nuno Ferreira <br/> {{flagicon|POR}}  João Penedo <br/> {{flagicon|EGY}} [[Ahmed Magdy (footballer, born 1986)|Ahmed Magdy]] 
|-
| Goalkeeping coach ||{{flagicon|POR}} [[Vicente (footballer, born 1990)|Vicente]]
|-
| Conditioning coach ||{{flagicon|POR}} João Penedo
|-
| Fitness coach ||{{flagicon|POR}} João Espinhosa
|-
| Performance analyst ||{{flagicon|KSA}} Omar Al-Amri
|-
| Performance manager ||{{flagicon|GER}} Michael Pfannkuch
|-
| Head of performance ||{{flagicon|ENG}} James Purdue
|-
| Head of medical ||{{flagicon|KSA}} Hussein Al-Jaffar 
|-
| Doctor ||{{flagicon|KSA}} Dr. Ihab Al-Hamid
|-
| Physiotherapist||{{flagicon|KSA}} Thamer Al-Ghannad
|-
| Director of football ||{{flagicon|KSA}} Abdulkader Al-Aqdi
|}

==Managers==
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*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Ahmed Al-Saud]] (1997 – 1998)
*{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Moustafa Younis]] (1998 – 1999)
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Hocine Belhassen]] (July 1, 1999 – December 15, 2000)
*{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Senad Kreso]] (December 15, 2000 – August 1, 2001)
*{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Faruk Jusić]] (September 5, 2001 – December 30, 2001)
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Ahmed Al-Saud]] <small>(caretaker)</small> (December 30, 2001 – January 21, 2002)
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Ali Boushlaibi]] (January 21, 2002 – May 30, 2002)
*{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Mondher Ladhari]] (July 1, 2002 – May 30, 2004)
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Fahad Al-Shurfa]] <small>(caretaker)</small> (July 12, 2004 – September 6, 2004)
*{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Zouhair Louati]] (September 6, 2004 – May 30, 2005)
*{{flagicon|MAR}} [[Najib Hemimo]] (August 1, 2005 – November 1, 2005)
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Ali Bo Saleh]] <small>(caretaker)</small> (November 1, 2005 – December 23, 2005)
*{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Rachid Ben Ammar]] (December 23, 2005 – March 6, 2006)
*{{flagicon|EGY}} [[Bahaaeddine Qebisi]] (March 9, 2006 – January 12, 2007)
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Ali Bo Saleh]] <small>(caretaker)</small> (January 12, 2007 – February 2, 2007)
*{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Omar Meziane]] (February 2, 2007 – June 1, 2007)
*{{flagicon|BIH}} [[Senad Kreso]] (July 31, 2007 – December 31, 2007)
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Yousef Al-Sarouj]] <small>(caretaker)</small> (December 31, 2007 – January 24, 2008)
*{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Fathi Al-Jabal]] (January 24, 2008 – May 26, 2014)
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juan José Maqueda]] (May 27, 2014 – September 25, 2014)
*{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Nacif Beyaoui]] (October 1, 2014 – May 29, 2016)
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Ricardo Sá Pinto]] (May 29, 2016 – September 23, 2016)
*{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Fathi Al-Jabal]] (October 11, 2016 – October 14, 2019)
*{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Yannick Ferrera]] (October 14, 2019 – January 9, 2022)
*{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Georgios Donis]] (January 9, 2022 – May 31, 2023)
*{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Slaven Bilić]] (July 8, 2023 – August 16, 2024)
*{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Jens Gustafsson]] (August 22 – December 4, 2024)
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Guido Hoffmann]] <small>(caretaker)</small> (December 4–12, 2024)
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[José Gomes (football manager)|José Gomes]] (December 12, 2024 – present)
{{div col end}}

==See also==
{{Portal bar|Saudi Arabia|Association football}}
* [[List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|https://www.fatehclub.com/}}

{{Al-Fateh SC squad}}
{{Saudi League}}

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