Hajer Football Club (Arabic: نادي هجر) is a professional association football club based in Al-Ahsa,

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. The team play in the Prince Faisal bin Fahd League, the second tier of Saudi Arabian football. Established in 1950, the club is the oldest team in Al-Ahsa. The club have been promoted to the top tier of Saudi Football on 4 different occasions. Hajer have a record 4 First Division titles and have won the Prince Faisal bin Fahd cup once. The club share their home stadium,

Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium is a football stadium in Hofuf, Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia. It is used mainly for association football, football and hosts the home matches of Al Fateh (Sports Club), Al Fateh and Hajer club(Sports Club), Hajer Club ...

, with city rivals Al-Fateh with whom they contest the Ahsa derby with.

History

Hajer Club were founded in the city of

Hofuf Al-Hofuf ( ar, ٱلْهُفُوف ', also spelled Hofuf or Hufuf, also known as "Al-Hasa", "Al-Ahsa" or "Al-Hassa") is the major urban city in the Al-Ahsa Oasis in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, with a population of 858,395 (as of 202 ...

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". In the 2010–11 season Hajer finished first in the

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and were promoted to the

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for the first time since

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Honours

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams *Winners (1): 2004-05 *Runners-up (2): 1995–96, 2000–01

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 Sa ...

(Level 2) *Winners (4): 1987–88, 1997–98, 2010-11, 2013-14

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. ...

(Level 3) *Winners (1): 2001-02

Current squad

''As of 7 September 2021:''

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

Managerial history

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(2000–01) * Ednaldo Patricio (Jun 25, 2011 – Oct 3, 2012) *

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(Oct 18, 2012 – Apr 28, 2013) *

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(Apr 28, 2013 – Oct 30, 2015) * Abdullah Al-Janoubi (caretaker) (Oct 30, 2015 – Nov 4, 2015) *

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(Nov 4, 2015 – Mar 8, 2016) * Abdullah Al-Janoubi (Mar 8, 2016 – )

References

External links

Official site
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