Al Qadsiah FC

Not to be confused with Qadsia SC.

Al-Qadsiah (Arabic: نادي القادسية لكرة القدم, romanized: nādī al-Qādisiyyah li-kūrāt ae-qādam, lit. 'al-Qadisiyyah Football Club') is a Saudi Arabian professional football club that competes in the Saudi Pro League. The team is based in the eastern city of Khobar and their home ground is the Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium.^[2]

Al-Qadsiah FC

Full name	Al-Qadsiah Saudi Football Club
Nickname(s)	Fares Al Sharqiya (Knight of the East) Fakhr Al Sharqiya (Pride of the Eastern Province)
Founded	1967; 57 years ago (1967)
Ground	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Khobar, Saudi Arabia (Aramco Stadium planned)
Capacity	20,000[1]
Owner	Saudi Aramco
Chairman	Bader Al-Reziza
Manager	Míchel
League	Pro League
2023–24	FDL, 1st of 18 (promoted)
Website	https://www.alqadsiah.com/
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Etymology

The club was named after the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah

History

Al-Qadsiah have been a regular and uninterrupted participant in the Saudi Premier League since its inception in the inaugural 1976-77 season, their best ever top-flight season came in the 1980–81 season when they finished in 3rd place. Al-Qadsiah's most successful period in their history came in the early 90's when they won the 1991-92 Crown Prince Cup against Al-Shabab 4–2 on penalties to claim their first ever top flight title. The club's cup win qualified them for the Asian Cup Winners' Cup, where they reached the final to face South China whom they beat 6–2 on aggregate to clinch the 1993–94 title. In the same season they also picked up the 1993–94 Saudi Federation Cup by beating Al-Nassr 2–0 in the final. After 21 consecutive seasons in the top flight, as well as achieving two domestic titles and one continental title the club was relegated for the first time in their history in the 1996–97 season.

Following the club's first relegation, Al-Qadsiah have become inconsistent in their performances, yo-yoing between divisions with five promotions and relegations since the 1999-2000 season.

In the summer of 2023 Ministry of Sports announced that Al-Qadsiah, together with 7 other clubs in Saudi Arabia, are transformed into companies and Al-Qadsiah become owned by Saudi Aramco.^[3] The team, who competes in the Saudi First Division League, invest in transfers in order to fight for promotion to Saudi Pro League.^[4]

On 6 May 2024, Al-Qadsiah promoted to Saudi Pro League following a 2–2 draw with Ohod.

Administration

The current administration that runs the club is the club-president Madi Al-Hajri and vice-president Abdullah Badgaish.

Honours

Domestic

• Crown Prince's Cup
  • Winners (1): 1991–92^[5]
  • Runners-up (1): 2004–05
• Saudi Federation Cup
  • Winners (1): 1993–94^[5]
  • Runners-up (2): 1989–90, 1992–93
• First Division League
  • Winners (4): 2001–02, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2023-24
  • Runners-up (1): 1999–00, 2019-20

Asian

• Asian Cup Winners' Cup
  • Winners (1): 1993–94

Other Sports

• Saudi Futsal League
  • Winners (1): 2020

International Competitions

Overview

As of 1 May 2013

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	6	4	1	1	12	5
Arab Club Champions Cup	2	1	0	1	3	3
Arab Cup Winners' Cup	6	3	1	2	10	4
TOTAL	14	8	2	4	25	12

Record by country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Algeria	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Bahrain	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	050.00
Iraq	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	066.67
Hong Kong	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	100.00
Morocco	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	000.00
Qatar	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
Sudan	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1993–94	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Al-Wehda	4–1	0−1	4–2
		QF	New Radiant	–	–	w/o[A]
		SF	Al-Arabi	1–0	1−1	2–1
		Final	South China	2–0	4−2	6–2
	Arab Cup Winners' Cup	Group B	ASO Chlef	4–2		2nd
			Haifa	3–0
			CO Casablanca	0–1
			Al-Nasr	0–0
		SF	Al-Mourada	3–0		3–0
		Final	CO Casablanca	0–1		0–1
2005–06	Arab Champions League	R32	Al-Zawraa	3–2	0–1	3−3 (a)

Key: 1R/2R – First/Second round; R16 – Round of 16; QF – Quarter-final; SF – Semi-final;

Notes

^

New Radiant withdrew.

Players

As of 31 July 2024^[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  BEL Koen Casteels 2 DF  KSA Mohammed Aboulshamat 4 DF  KSA Jehad Thakri 5 MF  ARG Ezequiel Fernández 6 DF  ESP Nacho 7 MF  KSA Turki Al-Ammar 8 MF  URU Nahitan Nández 10 FW  GAB Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 11 MF  KSA Ali Hazazi 12 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Shanqiti 14 MF  KSA Saif Rashad U19 15 MF  KSA Hussain Al-Qahtani 16 MF  KSA Jathob Muslet U19 17 DF  URU Gastón Álvarez 18 MF  KSA Haitham Asiri 21 MF  KSA Naif Al-Ghamdi U19

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  KSA Abdullah Hassoun 24 DF  KSA Mohammed Qassem 25 GK  KSA Abdulaziz Al-Awairdhi (on loan from Al-Riyadh) 28 GK  KSA Ahmed Al-Kassar 30 MF  ESP Iker Almena 33 FW  MEX Julián Quiñones 39 MF  KSA Abdulrahman Al-Dawsari 40 MF  KSA Ibrahim Mahnashi 49 DF  ESP Alejandro Vargas U19 66 FW  KSA Abdulaziz Al-Othman 77 DF  KSA Nawaf Al-Ansari U19 87 DF  KSA Qassem Lajami 88 MF  ESP Cameron Puertas 96 MF  KSA Hussain Al-Nattar 99 GK  KSA Mohammed Ibrahim U19

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 35 MF  KSA Salman Al-Messawi

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  KSA Yahya Gharwi

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 13 DF  KSA Taher Wadi (on loan to Al-Diriyah) 29 MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Marri (on loan to Al-Tai) 47 MF  KSA Bader Al-Omair (on loan to Al-Batin)

No. Pos. Nation Player 55 DF  KSA Mousa Al-Harbi (on loan to Al-Jabalain) — MF  KSA Nafea Al-Sumairi (on loan to Al-Rawdhah) — DF  ESP Carlos Jiménez (on loan to Villarreal B)

Current staff

Position	Name
Manager	Míchel
Assistant Manager	Juan Carlos Mandiá Adrián González Joaquín Gómez
Goalkeeper Coach	Monchi
Conditioning Coach	Quique Sanz Miguel Ángel García
Chief Analyst	Dominic Mahoney
Physiotherapist	Jesus David Arco Alvaro Astolfi Ramos Jesper Gabriels
Soft Tissue Therapist	Stewart Welsh
Academy Manager	Carlos Hugo
Technical Director	Carlos Antón
Assistant to the Technical Director	Samuel Bensley

Managerial history

• Ali Sayed Ahmed Sheikh (1969–71)^[8]
• Khalil Ibrahim Al-Zayani (1992–93)
• Ján Pivarník (1993–94)
• Hans-Dieter Schmidt (1995–96)
• Noureddine Saâdi (1997–98)
• Cabralzinho (1999–01)
• Ahmad Al-Ajlani (2001–03)
• Youssef Zouaoui (2003)
• Ján Pivarník (2003–04)
• Ahmad Al-Ajlani (2004–05)
• Abderrazek Chebbi (October 1, 2008 – May 12, 2009)
• Daniel Lanata (June 26, 2009 – August 29, 2009)
• Ammar Souayah (August 29, 2009 – November 27, 2009)
• Anas Al-Zerqati (caretaker) (November 27, 2009 – December 9, 2009)
• Dimitar Dimitrov (December 9, 2009 – June 1, 2011)
• Mariano Barreto (June 6, 2011 – February 11, 2013)
• Mladen Frančić (February 11, 2013 – May 4, 2013)
• Abderrazek Chebbi (August 7, 2013 – February 10, 2014)
• Omar Bakhashwain (February 13, 2014 – March 2, 2014)
• Ayman Lajdidi (March 2, 2014 – April 5, 2014)
• Gjoko Hadžievski (May 27, 2014 – October 12, 2014)
• Jameel Qassem (October 20, 2014 – October 30, 2015)
• Alexandre Gallo (October 30, 2015 – January 29, 2016)
• Hamad Al-Dossari (January 29, 2016 – October 29, 2016)
• Riadh Belkhir (October 29, 2016 – November 9, 2016)
• Hélio dos Anjos (November 9, 2016 – April 22, 2017)
• Bandar Basraih (April 22, 2017 – May 5, 2017)
• Nacif Beyaoui (June 16, 2017 – November 2, 2017)
• Paulo Bonamigo (November 2, 2017 – February 5, 2018)
• Bandar Basraih (February 5, 2018 – April 13, 2018)
• Aleksandar Stanojević (May 23, 2018 – November 4, 2018)
• Ivaylo Petev (November 5, 2018 – March 10, 2019)
• Bandar Basraih (March 10, 2019 – April 22, 2019)
• Nacif Beyaoui (April 22, 2019 – May 16, 2019)
• Yousef Al Mannai (June 30, 2019 – June 7, 2021)
• Mohammed Dahmane (July 2, 2021 – December 23, 2021)
• Aleksandar Ilić (January 8, 2022 – May 31, 2022)
• Khaled Al-Atwi (June 18, 2022 – September 22, 2022)
• Habib Ben Romdhane (September 22, 2022 – April 17, 2023)
• Yousef Al-Ghadeer (April 17, 2023 – May 31, 2023)
• Robbie Fowler (June 29, 2023 – October 26, 2023)
• Míchel (October 27, 2023 – )

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

• Al Qadsiah FC (women)

References

1. "Prince Saud Bin Jalawi Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
2. "Soccerway profile". Archived from the original on 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
3. 8 sports clubs become firms owned by development bodies
4. Liverpool great Robbie Fowler heads to Saudi Arabia as coach of Al-Qadisiyah
5. Ian King and Mohammed Qayed (6 September 2012). "Saudi Arabia – List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
6. "تشكيلة - القادسية". Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
7. "تشكيلة اللاعبين". Archived from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
8. "The Ministry of Youth And Sports : Sudan" (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2012.

External links

• Official website

Preceded by Yokohama F·Marinos	Asian Cup Winners' Cup Runner-up: South China 1994	Succeeded by Yokohama Flügels