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Hajer FC
Full name	Hajer Football Club Al-Hasa
Nickname(s)	Sheikh Andiyat Al-Ahsa; Al Sheikh Al Hajrawi
Founded	1950; 74 years ago
Ground	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium; Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	19,550
Chairman	Hamad Al-Arifi
Manager	Abdullah Al-Janoubi
League	Second Division
2023–24	FDL, 16th of 18 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Hajer Football Club (Arabic: نادي هجر) is a professional association football club based in Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia. The team play in the Saudi First Division League, also known as the Yelo League due to sponsorship reasons; it is the second tier of Saudi Arabian football.

Established in 1950, the club is the oldest team in Al-Hasa region. The club have been promoted to the top tier of Saudi Football on 4 different occasions. Hajer have a record equal 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, with city rivals Al-Fateh with whom they contest the Ahsa derby with.

History

Hajer Club were founded in the city of Hofuf 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".^[2]

In the 2010–11 season Hajer finished first in the Saudi First Division and were promoted to the Saudi Professional League for the first time since 1998.

Honours

Note: ^[3]

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 (Level 2)
- Winners (4): 1987–88, 1997–98, 2010–11, 2013–14
Saudi Second Division (Level 3)
- Winners (1): 2001–02

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

Current squad

As of 7 September 2021:^[4]^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	SEN	Bakary Coulibaly
7	MF	KSA	Hamad Al-Quwaizani
8	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Tofail
12	DF	KSA	Ahmed Al-Dagher
13	MF	CMR	Clarence Bitang
14	DF	KSA	Asaed Al-Dohailan
15	MF	KSA	Mutair Al-Zahrani
18	MF	KSA	Hassan Jaafari
20	MF	NED	Youssef El Jebli
21	MF	CRO	Nikola Jambor
23	GK	KSA	Ali Al-Abdulsalam
26	GK	KSA	Hatem Al-Jahani
27	DF	KSA	Mubarak Wajdi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
32	DF	KSA	Omar Al-Muziel
34	FW	NED	Reda Kharchouch
37	MF	MAR	Reda Hajhouj
50	MF	KSA	Talal Majrashi
55	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Dawsari
70	DF	KSA	Mohammed Daghriri
77	FW	KSA	Abdullah Khattab
78	DF	KSA	Nasser Al-Khalifa
82	MF	KSA	Nawaf Al-Bakheet
83	FW	KSA	Hamad Al-Harbi
90	DF	KSA	Jamal Al-Dhefiri
93	DF	KSA	Yasser Al Mousa
97	MF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Mubarak