Al Batin FC

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Al-Batin FC
Al-Batin F.C logo.png
Full nameAl-Batin Football Club
Nickname(s)Al Samawi (The Sky Blue)
Founded1979; 43 years ago (1979)
GroundAl-Batin Club Stadium
Hafar Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia
Capacity6,000
President
ManagerNenad Lalatović
LeaguePro League
2020–21Pro League, 12th of 16
Current season

Al-Batin Football Club (Arabic: نادي الباطن لكرة القدم) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Hafar Al-Batin, Eastern Province, that competes in the Saudi Professional League. The club was founded in 1979.

Al-Batin's colours are sky blue and black. At the end of the 2007–08 season, they won their first promotion to Saudi Second Division.[1] On 25 March 2011, Al-Batin won their first promotion to Saudi First Division.[2] They play their home matches at the Al-Batin Club Stadium.

Honours[]

Current squad[]

As of 26 June 2021:

No Position Player Nation
1 GK Hani Al-Nahedh  Saudi Arabia
2 DF Omar Al-Owdah  Saudi Arabia
3 DF Mohammad Naji  Saudi Arabia
4 DF Maurício Antônio  Brazil
5 DF Renato Chaves  Brazil
6 MF Abdulaziz Damdam  Saudi Arabia
7 FW Yousef Al-Shammari  Saudi Arabia
8 MF Dhaifallah Al-Qarni  Saudi Arabia
9 FW Fábio Abreu  Angola
10 MF Youssef El Jebli  Netherlands
11 MF Mohamed Rayhi  Netherlands
14 MF Mohammed Al-Qarni (on loan from Al-Wehda)  Saudi Arabia
17 MF Bassam Al-Hurayji  Saudi Arabia
18 MF Mohammed Fraih  Saudi Arabia
19 MF Afriyie Acquah  Ghana
20 FW Abdulaziz Al-Aryani (on loan from Al-Ittihad)  Saudi Arabia
21 MF Zakaria Sami  Saudi Arabia
22 GK Meshaal Huriss  Saudi Arabia
24 DF Saqr Mamdouh  Saudi Arabia
25 GK Martín Campaña  Uruguay
26 GK Mazyad Freeh  Saudi Arabia
27 MF Abdulmajeed Obaid  Saudi Arabia
28 MF Hussain Al-Eisa (on loan from Al-Wehda)  Saudi Arabia
29 DF Bader Nasser  Saudi Arabia
31 MF Tariq Al-Mutairi  Saudi Arabia
37 MF Turki Al-Dhefiri  Saudi Arabia
50 DF Abdulaziz Al-Alawi (on loan from Al-Nassr)  Saudi Arabia
55 DF Masoud Al-Rubaie  Saudi Arabia
56 FW Abdulrahman Saad  Saudi Arabia
70 MF Rakan Al-Shamlan  Saudi Arabia

Out on loan[]

No Position Player Nation
15 FW Mohammed Al-Dhafiri (on loan to Ohod)  Saudi Arabia
77 FW Hassan Sharahili (on loan to Al-Jabalain)  Saudi Arabia

Managerial history[]

  • Egypt (October 10, 2010 – December 15, 2011)
  • Tunisia (December 22, 2011 – February 13, 2014)
  • Brazil (February 14, 2014 – April 6, 2014)
  • Saudi Arabia (May 9, 2014 – August 31, 2014)
  • Tunisia (September 1, 2014 – February 12, 2016)
  • Tunisia (February 12, 2016 – April 27, 2016)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Koroni (April 27, 2016 – May 27, 2016)
  • Egypt Adel Abdel Rahman (June 8, 2016 – November 6, 2016)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Koroni (November 6, 2016 – May 17, 2017)
  • Portugal Quim Machado (May 24, 2017 – February 4, 2018)
  • Romania Ciprian Panait (February 6, 2018 – May 31, 2018)
  • Belgium Franky Vercauteren (July 26, 2018 – November 1, 2018)
  • Saudi Arabia (November 10, 2018 – February 17, 2019)
  • Romania Ciprian Panait (February 17, 2019 – May 31, 2019)
  • Tunisia (July 6, 2019 – September 24, 2019)
  • Portugal José Garrido (September 24, 2019 – March 20, 2021)
  • Serbia (March 24, 2021 – June 1, 2021)
  • Serbia Nenad Lalatović (June 25, 2021 — October 17, 2021)
  • Serbia (caretaker) (October 17, 2021 �� October 21, 2021)
  • Croatia Alen Horvat (October 21, 2021 — )

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "وسط استقبال حاشد للفريق بحفر الباطن" (in Arabic). Al-Jazirah. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. ^ "رحلة حائل تنقل الباطن على "الدرجة الأولى" بعد انتظار دام 33 عاماً" (in Arabic). Al Riyadh. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

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