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Al-Okhdood

Full name	Al-Okhdood Club
Founded	1976; 48 years ago (1976)
Ground	Prince Hathloul bin Abdul Aziz Sports City
Capacity	12,000
Chairman	Sami Al Fadehl
Manager	Noureddine Zekri
League	Saudi Pro League
2022–23	FDL, 3rd of 18 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Al-Okhdood Club ( Arabic: نادي الأخدود, romanized: nādī ʿukhdūdi, lit. 'Ditch') is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Najran, in the southern region of Saudi Arabia. ^[1] Founded in 1976, the club competes in the Saudi Professional League, the first tier of Saudi football. The club have won the Saudi Second Division twice in 1992 and most recently in 2021. ^[2] Besides football, the club also consists of various other departments including karate, handball, taekwondo, volleyball, water polo, basketball and cycling. ^[3] The club's name alludes to the People of the Ditch mentioned in the Qur'an. ^[4]

History

Al-Okhdood, founded in 1976, secured promotion to the Saudi Pro League on 15 May 2023 for the first time in history, following a 2–2 draw between 5th-placed Al-Faisaly and Jeddah with three matchdays left, in which they became the 37th club in top tier of Saudi Arabia. ^[5]

Honours

• Saudi Second Division (Level 3)
  • Winners (2): 1991–92, 2020–21
• Saudi Third Division (Level 4)
  • Winners (2): 2003–04, 2017–18

Management staff

Position	Name
Manager	Noureddine Zekri
Assistant Manager	Roland Buchała Khalid Abusrour
First-Team Coach	Yaqoob Al-Bulaihi Nasser Al-Mohrabit
Goalkeeper Coach	Jarosław Tkocz Abdulelah Al-Ghanim
Conditioning Coach	David Skuhravy
Fitness Coach	Muntasser Al-Mehdinat
Performance analyst	Yahya Al-Balushi
Doctor	Saad Mubarak
Physiotherapist	Salman Al-Kaabi
Director of football	Salim Al-Jahbrani
Technical Director	Kemal Alispahić

Current squad

As of 05 August 2023: ^[6]

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   BRA Paulo Vítor 2 DF   KSA Abdulrahman Al-Rio 3 DF   ROU Andrei Burcă 4 DF   KSA Saeed Al-Rubaie (on loan from Al-Shabab) 5 DF   GEO Solomon Kvirkvelia 6 MF   KSA Eid Al-Muwallad 7 MF   KSA Saleh Al-Harthi 8 DF   KSA Hussain Al-Zabdani 9 FW   CMR Léandre Tawamba 10 MF   ROU Florin Tănase 11 MF   ESP Álex Collado (on loan from Real Betis) 12 MF   KSA Abdulaziz Al Hatila 13 MF   KSA Musleh Al-Shaikh 14 MF   EGY Ahmed Mostafa (on loan from Smouha) 15 DF   KSA Naif Asiri

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF   KSA Sharfi Al Saleem 18 MF   COL Sebastián Pedroza (on loan from Santa Fe) 19 MF   KSA Saud Salem 20 DF   KSA Hamad Al Mansour (on loan from Al-Nassr) 21 FW   KSA Mohammed Al Jahif 23 GK   KSA Hussain Shae'an 24 FW   KSA Mourad Khodari (on loan from Al-Ahli) 25 GK   KSA Abdulaziz Al-Awairdhi 27 MF   KSA Awadh Khamis 29 MF   KSA Yaseen Al-Zubaidi (on loan from Al-Ahli) 30 GK   KSA Saad Al-Saleh 49 MF   KSA Rayan Hattan 77 MF   KSA Hassan Al-Habib 99 FW   NGA Saviour Godwin

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

References

External links

• Official website

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