Al-Houra FC

Association football club in Saudi Arabia

Football club

Al-Houra

Full name

Al-Houra Football Club

Founded

1975; 49 years ago (1975)

Ground

Al-Houra Club Stadium, Umluj

Capacity

3,154

Chairman

Fahad Al-Refaei

Manager

Mohamed Arouri

League

Second Division

2022–23

Third Division, 5th of 32 (promoted)

Home colours

Away colours

Al-Houra FC (Arabic: نادي الحوراء) is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Umluj, Tabuk and competes in the Saudi Second Division, the third tier of Saudi football.^[1] The club was founded in 1975 and consists of various other departments including table tennis, volleyball, and karate.^[2] The club's current president is Fahad Al-Refaei, who was inducted in 2022.^[3] The club play their home games at Al-Houra Club Stadium in Umluj which has a capacity of 3,154.^[4]

Al-Houra spent the majority of their existence between the Regional Leagues and the Saudi Third Division with the exception of two seasons in the Saudi Second Division. Al-Houra earned their first promotion to the Second Division since 1995 after defeating Al-Ghottah in the promotion play-offs during the 2022–23 season.^[5]

Current squad

As of 12 July 2023:^[6]

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	Faisal Al-Jumaidi
2	DF	KSA	Abduljawad Majrashi
3	DF	TUN	Skander Ben Afia
5	DF	KSA	Adel Faraj
6	MF	KSA	Jaber Al-Hadrami
7	MF	KSA	Fares Al-Sayed
8	MF	KSA	Thamer Al-Harbi
10	MF	TUN	Mohamed Aouichi
11	MF	TUN	Iheb Troudi
12	DF	KSA	Bandar Al-Mutairi
13	DF	KSA	Haroon Hashem
14	MF	CMR	Essomba Fouda (on loan from Canon Yaoundé)
15	MF	KSA	Naif Al-Aliany
18	FW	KSA	Mohammed Jumaa
19	FW	CIV	Oscar Tahi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	KSA	Mazen Al-Johani
21	MF	KSA	Mohammed Attiyah
22	GK	KSA	Marwan Madu
23	FW	KSA	Ali Al-Eid
24	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Dakhlan
25	MF	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Qoufi
27	DF	KSA	Mubarak Motrib
55	DF	KSA	Amjad Takrouni
99	GK	KSA	Saud Al-Khaibari
—	DF	KSA	Naif Al-Mousa
—	DF	KSA	Yazeed Fahad
—	MF	KSA	Yazeed Jaber
—	FW	KSA	Yousef Al-Allati
—	FW	KSA	Sultan Atiq

References

^ "الحوراء".
^ "نادي الحوراء".
^ "الرفاعي رئيساً لنادي الحوراء بأملج 4 أعوام".
^ "إنطلاق أعمال منشأة نادي الحوراء الرياضي.. و"صحيفة أملج" تكشف تفاصيل المشروع".
^ "الحوراء يصعد رسمياً لدوري الثانية".
^ "تشكيلة الحوراء".

External links

Saudi Arabian football leagues

Pro League

Clubs

Seasons

1970s	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24