Al Faisaly FC
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Al-Faisaly KSA FC (Template:Langx) is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Harmah.,[1] the club currently competes in the Saudi First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football.[2][3].
History
The club is named after King Faisal (r. 1964–75), who was crown prince at the time of the club's founding.[4]
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
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Club staff
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Manager | Template:Flagicon Pablo Franco |
| Assistant manager | Template:Flagicon Fahd Al-Warqa Template:Flagicon Al-Hamidi Abdullah Al-Otaibi Template:Flagicon Alhomaidi Al-Otaibi |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Template:Flagicon Muhammed Al-Otaibi |
| Fitness Coach | Template:Flagicon Saleh Anbar |
| Performance analyst | Template:Flagicon Majed Al-Sultan |
| General manager | Template:Flagicon Muhammad Abdullah Al-Mutairi |
| General Supervisor | Template:Flagicon Medlej Abdul Mohsen Al-Madelj |
| Team secretary | Template:Flagicon Alaa El Din Saleh Mohamed Ahmed |
| Team coordinator | Template:Flagicon Muhammad Abdul Karim Al-Olayan |
Managers
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- Template:Flagicon Youssef Baati (1989 – 1990)
- Template:Flagicon Skander Baklouti (1993 – 1996, 6 July 2001 – 1 May 2002)
- Template:Flagicon Tariq El Mrabet (1998)
- Template:Flagicon Taher Lamine (1 July 1999 – 6 December 1999)
- Template:Flagicon Al Nasser Abou Zaid (6 December 1999 – 1 May 2000)
- Template:Flagicon Mohammed Khalil (1 August 2000 – 1 May 2001)
- Template:Flagicon Zouhair Louati (1 August 2002 – 1 May 2003)
- Template:Flagicon Hassine Menestiri (25 July 2003 – 15 April 2004)
- Template:Flagicon Bolbol Bayoumy (caretaker) (15 April 2004 – 30 May 2004)
- Template:Flagicon Mohammed El Sayed (8 July 2004 – 30 March 2005, 29 March 2008 – 19 April 2008)
- Template:Flagicon Mondher Ladhari (30 March 2005 – 31 May 2005)
- Template:Flagicon Lotfi El Hashmi (25 June 2005 – 28 November 2005)
- Template:Flagicon Adlène bin Abderrahmane (28 November 2005 – 2 March 2006)
- Template:Flagicon Nasser Nefzi (2 March 2006 – 1 May 2006)
- Template:Flagicon José Morais (17 July 2006 – 16 December 2006)
- Template:Flagicon Mamdouh Ouka (caretaker) (16 December 2006 – 6 January 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Bernard Simondi (6 January 2007 – 30 May 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Carlos Dante (30 June 2007 – 10 November 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Abderrazek Chebbi (10 November 2007 – 16 February 2008)
- Template:Flagicon Mourad Ajmi (16 February 2008 – 29 March 2008)
- Template:Flagicon Nouri Rouatbi (19 April 2008 – 1 June 2008)
- Template:Flagicon Hadi Ben Mokhtar (23 July 2008 – 9 May 2010)
- Template:Flagicon Zlatko Dalić (19 May 2010 – 30 April 2012)
- Template:Flagicon Marc Brys (2 June 2012 – 7 December 2013)
- Template:Flagicon Issame Charaï (caretaker) (7 December 2013 – 15 December 2013)
- Template:Flagicon Mohammed El Sayed (caretaker) (15 December 2013 – 27 December 2013)
- Template:Flagicon Giovanni Solinas (27 December 2013 – 1 May 2014)
- Template:Flagicon Stéphane Demol (21 May 2014 – 14 March 2015)
- Template:Flagicon Toni Conceição (14 March 2015 – 22 May 2015)
- Template:Flagicon Liviu Ciobotariu (6 June 2015 – 17 May 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Hélio dos Anjos (23 May 2016 – 9 November 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Fahd Elouarga (caretaker) (9 November 2016 – 19 November 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Tomislav Ivković (19 November 2016 – 19 February 2017)
- Template:Flagicon Giovanni Solinas (20 February 2017 – 5 May 2017)
- Template:Flagicon Vuk Rašović (29 May 2017 – 3 May 2018)
- Template:Flagicon Mircea Rednic (2 July 2018 – 8 October 2018)
- Template:Flagicon Péricles Chamusca (14 October 2018 – 1 June 2021)
- Template:Flagicon Paolo Tramezzani (18 June 2021 – 7 October 2021)
- Template:Flagicon Daniel Ramos (7 October 2021 – 24 February 2022)
- Template:Flagicon Fahd Elouarga (caretaker) (24 February 2022 – 27 February 2022)
- Template:Flagicon Marinos Ouzounidis (27 February 2022 – 30 June 2022)
- Template:Flagicon Ante Miše (12 July 2022 – 19 January 2023)
- Template:Flagicon Marinos Ouzounidis (21 January 2023 – 16 March 2023)
- Template:Flagicon Giovanni Solinas (16 March 2023 – 31 May 2023)
- Template:Flagicon Yves Vanderhaeghe (15 June 2023 – 15 November 2023)
- Template:Flagicon Marcelo Chamusca (16 November 2023 – 31 May 2024)
- Template:Flagicon Filipe Gouveia (6 June 2024 – 28 November 2024)
- Template:Flagicon Alhomaidi Al-Otaibi (caretaker) (28 November 2024 – 30 December 2024)
- Template:Flagicon Pablo Franco (30 December 2024 – )
International competitions
Overview
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| 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% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain | ||||||||
| File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran | ||||||||
| File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan | ||||||||
| File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait | ||||||||
| File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon | ||||||||
| File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania | ||||||||
| File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar | ||||||||
| File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia | ||||||||
| File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia | ||||||||
| File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates | ||||||||
| File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan | ||||||||
| TOTAL |
International record
Matches
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012–13 | GCC Champions League | Group D | Template:Flagicon Al-Busaiteen | 0–0 | 1−0 | 1st |
| Template:Flagicon Baniyas | 4–3 | 1–1 | ||||
| Quarter-finals | Template:Flagicon Najran | 0–2 | – | 0–2 | ||
| 2015 | GCC Champions League | Group D | Template:Flagicon Al-Jahra | 0–1 | 2−1 | 3rd |
| Template:Flagicon East Riffa | 1–2 | 0–1 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Arab Club Champions Cup | Play-off round | Template:Flagicon Club Africain | 2–2 | 4th | |
| Template:Flagicon Al-Nejmeh | 1–2 | |||||
| Template:Flagicon ASAC Concorde | 1–3 | |||||
| 2022 | AFC Champions League | Group E | Template:Flagicon Al-Wehdat | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1st |
| Template:Flagicon Al-Sadd | 2–1 | 0–1 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Nasaf Qarshi | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Template:Flagicon Foolad | 0–1 | 0–1 | |||
Honours
- Saudi First Division League (tier 2)
- Winners (1): 2009–10
- Runners-up (1): 2005–06
- Saudi Second Division League (tier 3)
- Winners (1): 2002–03
- Saudi Third Division League (tier 4)
- Runners-up (1): 2000–01
- Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams
- Winners (1): 2005–06
- King's Cup
- Saudi Super Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2021
See also
References
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External links
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- Official site for Harmah City Template:In lang