Al-Jeel Club

Al-Jeel Club (Arabic: نادي الجيل) is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Hofuf, Al-Hasa,^[1] the club competes in the Saudi Second Division League, the third tier of Saudi football.^[2]

Al-Jeel

Full name	Al-Jeel Club Al-Hasa
Founded	1976; 48 years ago (1976)
Ground	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sport City
Capacity	19,550
Chairman	Ahmed Al-Ghunaim
Manager	Saber Abdellaoui
League	Second Division
2023–24	Second Division, 3rd Group A
Home colours Away colours

The club play their home games at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sport City in Al-Ahsa, sharing the stadium with two other City-based clubs, Hajer FC and Al-Adalah FC.^[3]

History

Al-Jeel's first president was Saleh Al-Dhafer and its first manager was Sameer Hajjaj. The club was previously known as Al-Okhowa before changing their name to Al-Jeel.^[4][5] Al-Jeel have finished as runners-up in the Saudi Second Division twice in 1986^[6] and 2010.

Honours

• Saudi Second Division (Level 3)
  • Runners-up (2): 1985–86, 2009–10

Current squad

As of 30 September 2022:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  BRA Edilson Júnior 4 DF  KSA Osama Al-Jawhar 5 DF  KSA Abdullah Al-Suwaiei 6 MF  KSA Abdulelah Al-Ashwan 8 MF  KSA Abdulmajeed Al-Saeed 10 MF  BRA Teco 11 MF  KSA Hassan Al-Solan 12 DF  KSA Fahad Faleh 13 MF  KSA Nasser Balais 15 FW  KSA Saad Al-Muwallad 17 MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Musallam 18 FW  KSA Thamer Al-Arjan

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  KSA Saleh Al-Otaibi 25 MF  TUN Oussema Ben Ayed 31 GK  KSA Hussain Al-Totti 33 GK  KSA Majed Al-Ghamdi 34 GK  KSA Mohammed Al-Burayh 77 MF  KSA Hasan Gazwani 94 FW  MAR Adnane El Ouardy — DF  KSA Abdullah Al-Rubaie — DF  KSA Waleed Saber (on loan from Al-Nassr) — MF  KSA Muaiad Al-Showaifey — MF  KSA Omar Al-Sohaymi — FW  KSA Khalid Kamal

Coaches

• Bahaa Aldeen Al-Qebisi (2008–2009)
• Idris Obeis (2013–2014)
• Abdullah Darwish (2015–2016)
• Luiz Antônio Zaluar (2022–present)

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

References

1. "الجيل - Al-jeel". Archived from the original on 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
2. "نادي الجيل". Archived from the original on 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
3. "Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium".
4. "المويجد لـ ( الأحساء نيوز ) … هذا ما يحتاجه الجيل للوصول لدوري زين والإصابة وظروف عملي وراء إعتزالي". Archived from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
5. "كرة القدم في الآحساء ماضي وحاضر". Archived from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
6. العربي يحقق بطولة اندية الدرجة الثانية بجدارة Archived 2019-05-30 at the Wayback Machine(Arabic)