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2018 King Cup
The 2018 King Cup, or The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, was the 43rd edition of the King Cup since its establishment in 1957, and the 11th under the current format. It started on 3 January and concluded with the final on 12 May 2018. The winner qualified for the 2019 AFC Champions League group stage. Al-Ittihad won their eighth title after a 3–1 win over Al-Faisaly in the final on 12 May 2018. Pro League side Al-Hilal were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Al-Qadsiah in the Round of 16. It was the earliest exit by the title holders since the introduction of the new format. Participating teams A total of 32 teams participated in this season. 14 teams from the Professional league, 16 teams from the First Division, and 2 teams qualifying from the preliminary stage. Bracket Note: H: ''Home team'', A: ''Away team'' Source: SAFF Round of 32 The Round of 32 matches were played between 3 and 7 January 2018. All times are local, AST (UTC+3). ...
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Kings Cup (Saudi Arabia)
The King Cup (sometimes spelled King's), officially known as The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques' Cup ( ar, كأس خادم الحرمين الشريفين), is the Saudi Arabian football knockout cup competition, run by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation. The cup was created in 1957 and was played until 1990. It was re-launched again in 2007 as ''King's Cup of Champions'', and was played by only the top 6 finishers of the Professional League plus the Crown Prince Cup and Federation Cup winners. Since 2014, it was renamed as ''King's Cup'', the competition returned to its roots by implementing the old format. 153 clubs have taken part in the tournament. Qualification and prize money The cup winner will be guaranteed a place in the AFC Champions League. Prize money: * Final winners: 5,500,000 Saudi Riyals. * Final runners-up: 4,000,000 Saudi Riyals. Winners by year Performance by club Trophies Source: Finals Source: References External linksKing CupSAFF RSSSF.com Ch ...
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Al-Fateh SC
Al Fateh Sports Club ( ar, نادي الفتح الرياضي) is a Saudi Arabian multi-sports club based in Al-Mubarraz, Al-Ahsa. It is mainly known for its professional football club. The club derives its nickname, "Al-Namothaji" (T''he Paragon''), from the fact that almost all of the club's sports play in the national top flights. History Al Fateh have played in the lower divisions for most of their existence, unlike rivals and city neighbours Hajer FC who played in the top flight when they achieved promotions in the 80's, 90's and 2000's. Al Fateh hired Tunisian head coach Fathi Al-Jabal in the middle of the 2007-08 Saudi First Division League, in the 2008-09 season Al-Jabal finished as runners-up to guide Al Fateh to their first ever promotion to the Saudi Professional League. The club managed to stay up in the Saudi Professional League in their first ever top flight season. In the following two seasons the club set out to build a formidable squad, with Al Fateh already ...
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Al-Nojoom FC
Al-Nojoom FC ( ar, النجوم) is a Saudi Arabian professional sports club based in Al-Hasa, they play their home games in Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium. Honours *Saudi Second Division **Runners-up (1): 2014–15 *Saudi Third Division **Winners (1): 2012–13 Administration Current squad ''As of Saudi Second Division The Saudi Second Division , also known as the Second Division League (SDL), is a football league that is the third tier of the Saudi Arabian football league system. The league consists of 32 teams divided into two groups and was founded in 1996. ...:'' References Nojoom Nojoom Nojoom Nojoom {{SaudiArabia-footyclub-stub ...
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Al-Nahda Club (Saudi Arabia)
Al Nahda ( ar, نادي النهضة) is a Saudi football club from Al-Khobar, Dammam. They currently playing in the Saudi First Division. In the 2007–2008 season, under the lead of the Croatian coach Dragan Talajić, Al Nahda played the finals of the Prince Faisal Cup, being the first team from the Saudi Second League to play in the final. Honours Saudi First Division *Winners (3): 1976–77, 1990–91, 1992–93 *Runners-up (1): 2012–13 Saudi Second Division *Winners (2): 1997–98, 2010–11 *Runners-up (1): 2005–06 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams *Winners (2): 1992–93, 1995–96 *Runners-up (1): 2007–08 Current squad ''As of Saudi Second Division:'' Managers * Dragan Talajić (2007–09) * Bahaa Aldeen Al-Qebisi (2011) * Jalal Kadri (2012–13) * Ilie Balaci (June 4, 2013 – Sept 24, 2013) * Jalal Qaderi (2013–14) * Sameer Hilal (2014–2016) * Mladen Frančić (2016) References External linksGoalzz.com Profile
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Al-Mujazzal Club
Al Mujazzal Club () is a Saudi Arabian football team based in Al Majma'ah that is currently playing in the Saudi Third Division. Their home stadium is King Salman Sport City Stadium. On 23 April 2016, Al-Mujazzal won its first ever league title winning the 2015–16 Saudi First Division and achieved their first ever promotion to the top flight league. However, on 21 July 2016, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation decided to strip them off their title and promotion due to a match fixing scandal and demoted them to last place in the 2015–16 Saudi First Division thus getting relegated to the Second Division. Current squad ''As of Saudi Third Division The Saudi Third Division , also known as the Saudi League 3rd Division, is a football league, the fourth tier of the Saudi Arabian football league system. Al-Suqoor defeated Al-Qous 2–1 to become the inaugural champions and are the current hold ...:'' {, , - , valign="top" , {, class="wikitable" , - ! style="color:#f ...
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Khaleej FC
Khaleej Football Club ( ar, نادي الخليج بسيهات, nādī al-khalīj bi-Sayhāt, Saihat Gulf Club) is a Saudi Arabian multisports club. Located in Saihat, Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It is a sport, social, educational club. Additionally, different teams in this club, categorized in different levels based on the age, play different sports. Among the sports played by the Khaleej Club teams are football, handball, volleyball, basketball, tennis, table tennis, gymnastics, athletics, aquatics and others. The club is well known for the handball team which played in different worldwide championships. Also, the athletics team accomplished worldwide golden middles. Honours Saudi First Division League *Winners (2): 2005–06, 2021–22 *Runners-up (2): 2002–03, 2013–14 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams *Winners (1): 1999–00 *Runners-up (1): 2008–09 Administration The current administration that runs the club is the club-president Fawzi Al ...
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Al-Kawkab FC
Al-Kawkab Football Club ( ar, نادي الكوكب) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Al Kharj, that plays in the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, the second tier of Saudi football. It was founded in 1968. Al-Kawkab have won Saudi First Division once and finished runners-up once. They have competed in the Saudi Professional League twice and have been relegated in each season. They won the Second Division once and finished runners-up once as well. The club last competed in the Professional League in the 1987–88 season when they were relegated back to the First Division. The club play their home games at Al-Shoulla Club Stadium in Al Kharj, sharing the stadium with city rivals Al-Shoulla, with whom they contest the Al Kharj derby. Honours Saudi First Division *Winners (1): 1986–87 *Runners-up (1): 1984–85 Saudi Second Division *Winners (3): 1978–79, 2004–05, 2016–17 Current squad Managerial history * Fahad Al-Yaeesh (1967 – 1971) * ...
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Al-Hazm F
Al Hazm or Al-Hazm may refer to: * Al Hazm (football club), a Saudi football team *Al Hazm Club Stadium, a Saudi football stadium *Al Hazm, Makkah, a village in Saudi Arabia * Al Hazm District, Yemen *Al Hazm, Yemen Al Hazm or al-Hazm ( ar, الحزم) is the principal town of Al Jawf Governorate and Al Hazm District in Yemen. It is located northwest of the city of Marib and southeast of Saada. In the late 1980s a highway was built through Al Hazm, leading t ...
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Prince Mohammad Bin Salman League
The First Division League (FDL for short), also called the Yelo league for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of professional football in Saudi Arabia. The First Division League is ranked below the Saudi Professional League and above the Saudi Second Division in the Saudi Arabian football league system. All of the FDL clubs qualify for the King Cup, the annual Saudi Cup competition. Al-Hazem are the most recent champions, winning their second title during the 2020–21 season. The number of clubs in the league has changed throughout history, most recently in the 2018–19 season, when the number of clubs increased from 16 to 20. Since the 2019–20 season, three clubs from the First Division are directly promoted to the Pro League; on the other hand, four clubs are directly relegated to the Second Division. Hajer and Al-Wehda hold the record number of championships in the league with four. While Ohod holds the record for number of promotions from the First Division to ...
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Ohod Club
Ohod Club () is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Medina, which competes in the First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football. Ohod was named after Mount Uhud, hence the nickname "Al-Jabal". Ohod have won the Saudi First Division three times and have finished runners-up five times. They play their home games at the Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium. During the 1994 FIFA World Cup two players from Ohod were selected for the Saudi Arabia national team and Cameroon national team, respectively, Hamzah Idris and Thomas Libiih. Other famous players are Redha Tukar (1995–2001) and Mohammad Khouja (2003–2005). Honours *Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams **Winners (1): 1994-95 **Runners-up (4): 1992–93, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2003–04, *Saudi First Division **Winners (3): 1980–81, 1983–84, 2003–04 **Runners-up (5): 1978–79, 1986–87, 1990–91, 1992–93, 2016–17 *Saudi Second Division **Runners-up (2): 20 ...
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Al-Taawoun FC
Al Taawoun Football Club ( ar, التعاون, lit=Cooperation) is a professional multi-sports club based in Buraidah, Saudi Arabia. The Association football, football team competes in the Saudi Professional League, the top tier of Football in Saudi Arabia, Saudi Football. The club play their home games at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in Buraidah, sharing the stadium with city rivals Al-Raed FC, Al-Raed with whom they contest the Qasim Derby with. History Al-Taawoun were founded in the year of 1956 under the name of "Al-Shabab" by their founder Saleh Al Wabili. Four years after the founding of the club, they were officially registered as a professional club in 1960. On the 25th of May 1990 Al-Taawoun reached the 1990 King Cup, 1990 king cup final to face Al-Nasser but eventually lost 0-2. By reaching the final Al-Taawoun became the second Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, First Division side to reach the final after Al-Riyadh in 1978 King Cup, 1978. In the 2009–10 season ...
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Al-Shabab FC (Riyadh)
Al-Shabab Football Club ( ar, نادي الشباب), or The Youth Football Club, in English, is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Riyadh. It was founded in 1947, and was at first named ''Shabab Al Riyadh''. (), meaning Riyadhi Youth, but in 1967 was renamed ''Al Shabab''. History Al Shabab was the First football club in Riyadh. The club began before 1947, with many conflicts before with its numerous members, but it was settled in 1947 and Abdulrahman Bin Saeed was the president. Five years later, Al Shabab won its first tournament beating Sakit Al Hadeed (Railway Club) in Riyadh. Three years later, in 1955 Al Shabab beat the Military College to win the King Saud Cup. Two years passed, and a new conflict arose in 1957. The player, Saleh Jaber, was assigned captain, but then was fired, and the new captain was Ahmed Lmfoon. This did not please some members of the club. Soon the conflict was impossible to solve, and Abdulrahman Bin Saeed and some members, left Al ...
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