Al Fateh SC
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Al Fateh Sports Club (Template:Langx) is a Saudi Arabian multi-sports club based in Al-Mubarraz, Al-Ahsa. It is mainly known for its professional 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 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 Congolese forward Doris Fuakumputu and former Al-Nassr Attacking midfielder 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. 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.[1] This was the first time a club outside the Riyadh and Jeddah clubs to win the Saudi Professional League since the 1986–87 season. 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 Al-Ittihad, after 90 minutes the score was a 2–2 draw and the game went into extra time. 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.[2]
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 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, 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.[3] Al Fateh defeated Nasaf Qarshi 1–0 in the Qualifying play-offs to advance to the group stage (Group B).[4]
Honours
- Saudi Pro League (tier 1)
- Winners (1): 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
Current squad
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Out on loan
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International competitions
Overview
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| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| AFC Champions League Elite | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 20 |
| Arab Club Champions Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| TOTAL | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 26 |
International record
Matches
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2012–13 | Arab Club Champions Cup | 1R | Template:Flagicon Al-Jahra | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| 2R | Template:Flagicon Al-Arabi | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–5 | ||
| 2014 | AFC Champions League | Group B | Template:Flagicon Bunyodkor | 0–0 | 2−3 | 4th |
| Template:Flagicon Foolad | 1–5 | 0−1 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon El Jaish | 0–0 | 0−2 | ||||
| 2017 | AFC Champions League | PO | Template:Flagicon Nasaf Qarshi | 1–0 | – | 1–0 |
| Group B | Template:Flagicon Esteghlal Khuzestan | 1–1 | 0−1 | 3rd | ||
| Template:Flagicon Lekhwiya | 2–2 | 1−4 | ||||
| Template:Flagicon Al Jazira | 3–1 | 0−0 |
Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
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| Manager | Template:Flagicon José Gomes |
| Assistant manager | Template:Flagicon Nuno Ferreira Template:Flagicon João Penedo Template:Flagicon Ahmed Magdy |
| Goalkeeping coach | Template:Flagicon Vicente |
| Conditioning coach | Template:Flagicon João Penedo |
| Fitness coach | Template:Flagicon João Espinhosa |
| Performance analyst | Template:Flagicon Omar Al-Amri |
| Performance manager | Template:Flagicon Michael Pfannkuch |
| Head of performance | Template:Flagicon James Purdue |
| Head of medical | Template:Flagicon Hussein Al-Jaffar |
| Doctor | Template:Flagicon Dr. Ihab Al-Hamid |
| Physiotherapist | Template:Flagicon Thamer Al-Ghannad |
| Director of football | Template:Flagicon Abdulkader Al-Aqdi |
Managers
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- Template:Flagicon Ahmed Al-Saud (1997 – 1998)
- Template:Flagicon Moustafa Younis (1998 – 1999)
- Template:Flagicon Hocine Belhassen (July 1, 1999 – December 15, 2000)
- Template:Flagicon Senad Kreso (December 15, 2000 – August 1, 2001)
- Template:Flagicon Faruk Jusić (September 5, 2001 – December 30, 2001)
- Template:Flagicon Ahmed Al-Saud (caretaker) (December 30, 2001 – January 21, 2002)
- Template:Flagicon Ali Boushlaibi (January 21, 2002 – May 30, 2002)
- Template:Flagicon Mondher Ladhari (July 1, 2002 – May 30, 2004)
- Template:Flagicon Fahad Al-Shurfa (caretaker) (July 12, 2004 – September 6, 2004)
- Template:Flagicon Zouhair Louati (September 6, 2004 – May 30, 2005)
- Template:Flagicon Najib Hemimo (August 1, 2005 – November 1, 2005)
- Template:Flagicon Ali Bo Saleh (caretaker) (November 1, 2005 – December 23, 2005)
- Template:Flagicon Rachid Ben Ammar (December 23, 2005 – March 6, 2006)
- Template:Flagicon Bahaaeddine Qebisi (March 9, 2006 – January 12, 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Ali Bo Saleh (caretaker) (January 12, 2007 – February 2, 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Omar Meziane (February 2, 2007 – June 1, 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Senad Kreso (July 31, 2007 – December 31, 2007)
- Template:Flagicon Yousef Al-Sarouj (caretaker) (December 31, 2007 – January 24, 2008)
- Template:Flagicon Fathi Al-Jabal (January 24, 2008 – May 26, 2014)
- Template:Flagicon Juan José Maqueda (May 27, 2014 – September 25, 2014)
- Template:Flagicon Nacif Beyaoui (October 1, 2014 – May 29, 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Ricardo Sá Pinto (May 29, 2016 – September 23, 2016)
- Template:Flagicon Fathi Al-Jabal (October 11, 2016 – October 14, 2019)
- Template:Flagicon Yannick Ferrera (October 14, 2019 – January 9, 2022)
- Template:Flagicon Georgios Donis (January 9, 2022 – May 31, 2023)
- Template:Flagicon Slaven Bilić (July 8, 2023 – August 16, 2024)
- Template:Flagicon Jens Gustafsson (August 22 – December 4, 2024)
- Template:Flagicon Guido Hoffmann (caretaker) (December 4–12, 2024)
- Template:Flagicon José Gomes (December 12, 2024 – present)
See also
References
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External links
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