Al Faisaly FC

Al Faisaly

Full name	Al Faisaly Football Club
Nickname(s)	Al Annabi (The Burgundy) Annabi Sudair (The Burgundy of Sudair)
Founded	1954; 70 years ago (1954)
Ground	Al Majma'ah Sports City Al Majma'ah
Capacity	7,000
Chairman	Abdulmajeed Al-Omaim
Manager	Marcelo Chamusca
League	First Division League
2022–23	FDL, 5th of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

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]

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

History

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

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

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

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

International competitions

Overview

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

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

Matches

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

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

• Winners (1): 2020–21
• Runners-up (1): 2018

Super Cup

• Runners-up (1): 2021

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

References

External links

• Official site (archived 23 March 2015)
• Official site for Harmah City (in Arabic)