Al-Tai FC

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Al-Tai
Al-Ta'ee.jpg
Full nameAl-Tai Sport Club
Nickname(s)Faris Al Shamal (Knight of The North)
Al Hatmawi
Founded23 July 1961; 60 years ago (1961-07-23)
GroundPrince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium
Ha'il, Saudi Arabia
Capacity12,250
ChairmanTurki Al-Dhabaan
Head CoachJosé Luis Sierra
LeaguePro League
2020–21MS League, 3rd of 20 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

Al-Tai Football Club (Arabic: نادي الطائي) is a professional football club based in Ha'il, Saudi Arabia, that plays in the Saudi Professional League, the top tier of Saudi football.[1] It was founded in 1961.

Al-Tai have won the Saudi First Division three times, first in the 1984–85 season and last in the 2000–01 season, and have finished runners-up once in the Saudi First Division once in the 1977–78 season. Al-Tai have finished third once during the 2020–21 and earned promotion to the Pro League for the first time since 2008.[2] The club have won the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams once in the 1993–94 season and finished runners-up once in the previous season. The club also finished as runners-up in the 1997 Crown Prince Cup. The club spent 22 non-consecutive seasons in the Pro League and won their first promotion during the 1977–78 season.

The club play their home games at Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium in Ha'il, sharing the stadium with city rivals Al-Jabalain, with whom they contest the Ha'il derby.[3]

Honours[]

Saudi First Division (Level 2)

  • Winners (3): 1984-85, 1994–95, 2000–01
  • Runners-up (1): 1977–78
  • Third place (1): 2020–21

Saudi Second Division (Level 3)

  • Winners (1): 1976–77

Crown Prince Cup

  • Runners-up (1): 1997

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams

  • Winners (1): 1993–94
  • Runners-up (1): 1994–95

Current squad[]

As of 1 July 2021[4]:

No Position Player Nation
3 DF Abdulaziz Majrashi  Saudi Arabia
4 DF  Saudi Arabia
5 DF Lucas  Brazil
6 MF Abdulaziz Al-Harabi  Saudi Arabia
7 MF Mohammed Al-Aqel  Saudi Arabia
8 MF Dener  Brazil
9 FW Cephas Malele   Switzerland
10 MF Amir Sayoud  Algeria
11 MF Knowledge Musona  Zimbabwe
12 MF Salem Al-Toiawy  Saudi Arabia
13 DF Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi  Saudi Arabia
14 MF Basil Al-Sayyali (on loan from Al-Nassr)  Saudi Arabia
15 DF Nawaf Al-Arifi  Saudi Arabia
16 MF Mohammed Attiyah (on loan from Al-Shabab)  Saudi Arabia
17 MF Khaled Eid  Saudi Arabia
18 MF Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani (on loan from Al-Wehda)  Saudi Arabia
19 DF Hassan Al-Jubairi  Saudi Arabia
20 FW Adeeb Al-Haizan  Saudi Arabia
22 GK Bader Al-Enezi  Saudi Arabia
24 MF Talal Al-Jamieh  Saudi Arabia
27 MF Abdulwahab Jaafer  Saudi Arabia
32 FW Fahad Al-Johani  Saudi Arabia
42 MF Hamed Fallatah (on loan from Al-Faisaly)  Saudi Arabia
44 DF Marcelo  Brazil
70 FW Mohammed Al-Thani (on loan from Ohod)  Saudi Arabia
71 GK Martin Lukov  Bulgaria
75 MF Mohammed Harzan  Saudi Arabia
77 GK Turki Fahad  Saudi Arabia
87 DF Mohammed Marzouq  Saudi Arabia
88 DF Osama Al-Khalaf (on loan from Al-Nassr)  Saudi Arabia
99 FW Mohammed Maran (on loan from Al-Nassr)  Saudi Arabia

Unregistered players[]

No Position Player Nation
21 MF Ibrahim Al Ali  Saudi Arabia
34 MF Yazan Al-Buhairan  Saudi Arabia
47 MF Hatem Al-Anzi  Saudi Arabia
60 FW Abdullah Hajaj  Saudi Arabia

Out on loan[]

No Position Player Nation
2 DF Nasser Al-Hulayel (on loan to Al-Khaleej)  Saudi Arabia
29 MF Faisal Al-Musallamani (on loan to Al-Lewaa)  Saudi Arabia
85 MF Omar Al-Aidaa (on loan to Al-Lewaa)  Saudi Arabia
— DF Majid Shami (on loan to Al-Rayyan)  Saudi Arabia

Managerial history[]

  • Brazil Valdeir Vieira (15 June 1999 – 20 October 1999)
  • Brazil Oliveira (21 October 1999 – 15 December 1999)
  • El Salvador (15 December 1999 – 31 December 1999)
  • Romania Ion Dumitru (1 January 2000 – 1 May 2000)
  • Brazil Lula (1 July 2000 – 27 December 2000)
  • Brazil Pedro (27 December 2000 – 1 May 2001)
  • Brazil (1 July 2001 – 4 December 2001)
  • Saudi Arabia (5 December 2001 – 6 January 2002)
  • Brazil Palhinha (7 January 2002 – 1 May 2002)
  • Romania Alexandru Moldovan (4 July 2002 – 19 January 2003)
  • Saudi Arabia (19 January 2003 – 30 May 2003)
  • Germany Uli Maslo (1 July 2003 – 16 September 2003)
  • Tunisia Ahmad Al-Ajlani (17 September 2003 – 20 March 2004)
  • Tunisia (21 March 2004 – 31 May 2004)
  • Tunisia Ammar Souayah (6 June 2004 – 6 January 2005)
  • Saudi Arabia (8 January 2005 – 6 May 2005)
  • Tunisia Khaled Ben Yahia (11 May 2005 – 30 May 2005)
  • Tunisia Ammar Souayah (7 July 2005 – 1 May 2006)
  • Brazil Jorvan Vieira (4 June 2006 – 23 November 2006)
  • Brazil Fernando Suárez (24 November 2006 – 3 December 2006)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Koroni (4 December 2006 – 1 February 2007)
  • Brazil João Carlos (1 February 2007 – 1 May 2007)
  • Brazil Fernando Suárez (1 May 2007 – 15 May 2007)
  • France Bernard Simondi (22 June 2007 – 8 November 2007)
  • Brazil Fernando Suárez (18 November 2007 – 1 May 2008)
  • Netherlands Tahseen Jabbary (15 August 2008 – 8 October 2008)
  • Algeria Abdellah Mecheri (11 October 2008 – 20 December 2008)
  • Tunisia (24 December 2008 – 28 February 2010)
  • Saudi Arabia (28 February 2010 – 1 May 2010)
  • Brazil (4 June 2010 – 3 November 2010)
  • Tunisia (28 November 2010 – 28 April 2012)
  • Romania Isac Doru (26 June 2012 – 19 May 2013)
  • Brazil Paulinho McLaren (25 June 2013 – 17 December 2013)
  • Egypt Bashir Abdel Samad (18 December 2013 – 29 June 2014)
  • Saudi Arabia (2 July 2014 – 1 May 2015)
  • Tunisia (1 July 2015 – 30 August 2015)
  • Brazil Carlos Roberto (5 September 2015 – 23 February 2016)
  • Tunisia (23 February 2016 – 31 May 2016)
  • Uruguay Juan Rodríguez (31 May 2016 – 20 November 2016)
  • Egypt (26 November 2016 – 10 January 2017)
  • Tunisia (10 January 2017 – 26 December 2017)
  • Romania Liviu Ciobotariu (27 December 2017 – 26 September 2018)
  • Tunisia Djamel Belkacem (29 September 2018 – 31 May 2019)
  • Romania Claudiu Niculescu (15 June 2019 – 29 October 2019)
  • Serbia (30 October 2019 – 5 February 2020)
  • Saudi Arabia (5 February 2020 – 7 September 2020)
  • Spain Víctor Afonso (7 September 2020 – 20 September 2020)
  • Croatia Dragan Talajić (26 September 2020 – 10 November 2020)
  • Tunisia Mohamed Kouki (11 November 2020 – 28 August 2021)
  • Serbia Zoran Manojlović (30 August 2021 – 4 November 2021)
  • Chile José Luis Sierra (7 November 2021 – )

References[]

  1. ^ "الطائي - Al-Tai".
  2. ^ "الطائي.. ظهور أول في المحترفين".
  3. ^ "استاد الأمير عبدالعزيز بن مساعد بن جلوي - Pr. A. A. bin Masaad bin Jalawi Stadium".
  4. ^ "تشكيلة الطائي".


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