Al-Khaldiya Sports Club is a football club based in Hamad Town, Bahrain that competes in the

Bahraini Premier League The Bahraini Premier League is the main football competition in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Currently known as the Nasser bin Hamad Premier League, the first season was held in 1957. The winners of the domestic championship qualify for the AFC Cup. ...

. It is the newest formed football club in Bahrain, established in 2020. Financially it is the richest Bahrain football club and most ambitious. The home ground of the team is

Bahrain National Stadium Bahrain National Stadium ( ar, ستاد البحرين الوطني; transliterated: Stād al-Bahrayn al-Watanī) is the national stadium of Bahrain, located in Riffa. It can accommodate 24,000 spectators and is used mostly for football matches. ...

with a capacity of 28.900.In the team name الخالدية It's Arabic, which means "eternity".

History

Al-Khaldiya Sports Club was formed on 27 October 2020 and started off play in the Bahraini Second Division. In their first season, they finished 2nd with 12 wins, five draws, and just one loss, getting promoted to the

. In the qualifying round of the King's Cup, they beat

Bahrain SC Al-Bahrain Sports Club (), otherwise simply known as Bahrain, is primarily a Bahraini football club based in the island-governorate of Al-Muharraq. Their football team plays in the Bahraini Second Division. Their home football stadium is the Al ...

6–1 but lost 1–0 to Al Riffa in the round of 16.

Season 2021–22

Season 2021–22 is the first season of the club in the top-flight of Bahrain Football. Huge names of Bahrain football and 7 regular national team players were brought into the club. Croatian coach and Asian Champions League winner

Dragan Talajić Dragan Talajić (born 25 August 1965) is a Croatian former footballer who is the technical director of the Bahrain Football Association. Club career Talajić had a spell with Zeytinburnuspor in the Turkish Süper Lig during the 1994–95 seaso ...

signed with the club. Instantly from an underdog position, the club became one of the most powerful teams in Bahrain. On 29 December 2021, the club reached the semifinals of the Bahrain King Cup and will play the semifinals on the 5th of February 2022 becoming the first club to do so in the first top-flight season of Bahrain football. On the 10th of February 2022, Talajić took Al Khaldiya's side to the King of Bahrain Cup 2022 Final for the first time in the club's history. On March 5, Al Khaldiya won the

Bahraini King's Cup The King's Cup is Bahrain's premier knockout tournament in men's football. The national cup has had many different names over the years. Emir Cup (1952–59 & 1978–2002), Federation Cup (1960–77) and King's Cup (2003–present). Previous ...

against

East Riffa Club East Riffa Club ( ar, نادي الرفاع الشرقي) is a Bahraini professional football club based in Riffa, Bahrain. They play in Bahraini Premier League, the top division of Bahraini football. Achievements Football *Bahraini Premier ...

winning the first-ever top-tier trophy in the history of the club.

Players

Sources:

Current squad

Former players

Managerial history

(10 December 2021 – current)

References

{{reflist Football clubs in Bahrain