Al Fateh Sports Club ( ar, نادي الفتح الرياضي) is a Saudi Arabian multi-sports club based in

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, Al-Ahsa. It is mainly known for its professional

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. 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

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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 possessing talented home grown players such as Hamdan Al-Hamdan and Mohammed Al-Fuhaid, they also acquired the services of Congolese forward Doris Fuakumputu and former Al-Nasser Attacking midfielder Élton.

Saudi League Champions (2012–2013)

Al Fateh pulled off a surprise when on 14 April 2013, they won their first League title, with 2 games to spare, following a 1–0 home win over Al-Ahli. Al Fateh became the seventh club to win the Pro League. This is considered by many to be one of the greatest shocks in Saudi football history, especially considering that Al Fateh were promoted to the Pro League for the first time only four years earlier. This was the first time a club outside the Riyadh and Jeddah clubs to win the Saudi Professional League since the 1986–87 season. Élton won the Player of the Season award by scoring 11 goals and bagging 10 assists, as well as Doris Fuakumputu scoring 17 goals to lead Al Fateh to the title. Later, they played in the inaugural edition of the

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to face

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, after 90 minutes the score was a 2-2 draw and the game went into extra time. Élton scored the winning goal of the game in the 111th minute, Al Fateh defeated Al-Ittihad 3–2 after extra time to become the inaugural champions of the Saudi Super Cup. Al Fateh advanced to the

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group stage in their debut campaign as

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champions, but crashed out of the group stage with a (2D,4L) record and without winning a single match. Al Fateh qualified again to the

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due to

, the

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3rd place, could not participate in the AFC Champions League because of club licensing requirements problems. As a result, Al Taawoun, the league 4th place, entered the group stage instead of the qualifying play-offs, while Al Fateh, the league 5th place, entered the qualifying play-offs. Al Fateh defeated Nasaf Qarshi 1-0 in the Qualifying play-offs to advance to the group stage ( Group B).

Honours

League

Saudi Professional League (Level 1) *Winners (1):

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Saudi First Division (Level 2) *Runners-up (1): 2008-09

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(Level 3) *Winners (3): 1982–83, 1996–97, 1998–99 *Runners-up (1): 2002–03

Cup

*Winners (1):

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Current squad

''As of Saudi Professional League:''

Unregistered players

Out on loan

International Competitions

Overview

International Record

Matches

Managers

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References

External links

Al-Fateh's official website
{{Portal, Saudi Arabia

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