Hajer FC

Hajer Football Club (Arabic: نادي هجر) is a professional association football club based in Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia. The team play in the Saudi First Division League the 2nd tier of Saudi Football.

Hajer FC

Full name	Hajer Football Club Al-Hasa
Nickname(s)	Sheikh Andiyat Al-Ahsa Al Sheikh Al Hajrawi
Founded	1950; 74 years ago (1950)
Ground	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sport City Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	19,550[1]
Chairman	Hamad Al-Arifi
Manager	Afouène Gharbi
League	Second Division
2023–24	FDL, 16th of 18 (relegated)
Website	http://hajerclub.net/web/home/
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Established in 1950, the club is the oldest team in Al-Hasa region. The club have been promoted to the top tier of Saudi Football on 4 different occasions. Hajer have a record equal 4 First Division titles and have won the Prince Faisal bin Fahd cup once.

The club share their home stadium, Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sport City with city neighbours Hajer FC.

History

Hajer Club were founded in the city of Hofuf part of the Al-Ahsa province in 1948 and they are the oldest professional football club in the Al-Ahsa region. The club was officially recognized as a professional football club in the year of 1950. The club was formerly called "Al-Badr" before changing their name to "Hajer".^[2]

In the 2010–11 season Hajer finished first in the Saudi First Division and were promoted to the Saudi Professional League for the first time since 1998.

Honours

Note: ^[3]

• Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams
  • Winners (1): 2004–05
  • Runners-up (2): 1995–96, 2000–01
• Saudi First Division League (Level 2)
  • Winners (4): 1987–88, 1997–98, 2010–11, 2013–14
• Saudi Second Division League (Level 3)
  • Winners (1): 2001–02

Administration

The current administration that runs the club is the club-president Hamad Al-Arifi and vice-president Osama Al-Naeem.

Personnel

• Chairman: Sami Al-Melhem
• Director of football: Slobodan Ogsananovic
• Media Officer: Ali Al Saeed
• Head Coach: Abdullah Al-Janoubi

Current squad

As of 7 September 2024:^[4][5]

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 Ahmed Al-Mushawah 6 MF  KSA Abdulrahman Al-Hurib 7 MF  KSA Hamad Al-Quwaizani 8 MF  KSA Eid Al-Qahtani 10 MF  BRA Isael 11 MF  KSA Hussein Al-Ghasham 14 MF  KSA Hamad Al-Harbi 17 DF  SEN Bakary Coulibaly 18 MF  KSA Haitham Al-Khulaif 20 FW  KSA Ahmed Al-Arab 21 MF  KSA Abdullah Al-Hammad 22 GK  KSA Hussain Al-Sheikh 23 DF  KSA Osama Al-Saleem

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  KSA Ibrahim Al-Shehri 27 MF  KSA Osama Al-Mobairik 33 GK  KSA Mansour Jawhar 46 MF  KSA Khalid Al-Ghwinem 77 FW  TUN Alaeddine Marzouki 80 MF  KSA Abdullah Al-Mubarak 81 DF  KSA Maitham Al-Eissa 87 DF  KSA Asaed Al-Dohailan 88 FW  KSA Karrar Al-Qanbar 99 FW  CIV Ibrahim Diomandé — DF  KSA Salman Al-Omaish — DF  KSA Emad Al-Qunaian (on loan from Al-Taawoun)

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 12 DF  KSA Ahmed Al-Dagher (on loan to Al-Omran) 19 FW  KSA Abdullah Al-Busailan (on loan to Al-Taraf)

No. Pos. Nation Player 82 MF  KSA Nawaf Al-Bakheet (on loan to Al-Taraf)

Managerial history

• Gaúcho (2000–01)
• Luís Freire (1 August 2005 – 24 October 2005)
• Samir Sellimi (25 October 2005 – 14 March 2007)
• Fathi Al-Jabal (14 March 2007 – 30 May 2007)
• Moisés (24 September 2007 – 28 October 2007)
• Maurílio (28 October 2007 – 30 May 2008)
• Emad Soliman (11 June 2008 – 11 April 2009)
• Mohammed Al-Khalifah (caretaker) (11 April 2009 – 30 May 2009)
• Mirandinha (1 July 2009 – 22 February 2010)
• Mohammed Al-Khalifah (caretaker) (22 February 2010 – 8 March 2010)
• Zouhair Louati (8 March 2010 – 1 June 2011)
• Ednaldo Patricio (27 June 2011 – 29 September 2012)
• Luiz Neto (caretaker) (29 September 2012 – 4 October 2012)
• Tarek Yehia (4 October 2012 – 1 May 2013)
• Nacif Beyaoui (7 August 2013 – 20 September 2014)
• Abdullah Al-Janoubi (caretaker) (20 September 2014 – 27 September 2014)
• Nebojša Jovović (27 September 2014 – 30 October 2015)
• Abdullah Al-Janoubi (caretaker) (30 October 2015 – 5 November 2015)
• Stéphane Demol (5 November 2015 – 8 March 2016)
• Abdullah Al-Janoubi (8 March 2016 – 30 May 2016)
• Sameer Hilal (7 August 2016 – 4 December 2016)
• Ahmed Fathallah (caretaker) (4 December 2016 – 18 December 2016)
• Jamel Belhedi (18 December 2016 – 2 April 2017)
• Mohamed Tamri (caretaker) (2 April 2017 – 6 May 2017)
• Lotfi Sellimi (17 June 2017 – 8 February 2018)
• Abdullah Al-Janoubi (8 February 2018 – 6 February 2019)
• Mohamed Maalej (13 February 2019 – 30 May 2019)
• Mohamed Ayari (22 July 2019 – 30 May 2021)
• Gjoko Hadžievski (20 June 2021 – 31 May 2022)
• Mohamed Ayari (17 June 2022 – 30 May 2023)
• Rodion Gačanin (19 June 2023 – 30 September 2023)
• Gjoko Hadžievski (30 September 2023 – 15 April 2024)
• Abdullah Al-Janoubi (15 April 2024 – 1 June 2024)
• Afouène Gharbi (12 August 2024 – )

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

References

1. "Prince Abdullah Bin Jalawi Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
2. "تاريخ هجر". hajerclub.net. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
3. "بعض من منجزات النادي في كرة القدم". Hajer Club. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2007.
4. "اللاعبين". Hajerclub. Archived from the original on 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
5. "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول".

External links

• Official website (in Arabic)