Hajer FC

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Full nameHajer Football Club Al-Hasa
Nickname(s)Sheikh Andiyat Al-Ahsa
Al Sheikh Al Hajrawi
Founded1950; 71 years ago (1950)
GroundPrince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Capacity19,096[1]
ChairmanHamad Al-Arifi
ManagerGjoko Hadžievski
LeagueFirst Division League
2020–21FDL, 5th of 20
WebsiteClub website
Current season

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

[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

Current squad[]

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

No Position Player Nation
1 GK Ali Bouhawid  Saudi Arabia
2 DF Ibrahim Al-Juraisan  Saudi Arabia
3 DF Lázaro  Brazil
4 DF Hassan Al-Sandal  Saudi Arabia
5 DF Amjad Takrouni  Saudi Arabia
6 MF  Ivory Coast
7 FW Rashed Al-Salem  Saudi Arabia
8 MF Lutfi Al-Rashdi  Saudi Arabia
9 FW Adriano Pardal  Brazil
10 MF Fernando Gabriel  Brazil
11 MF Hassan Al-Solan  Saudi Arabia
12 DF Ahmed Al-Dagher  Saudi Arabia
14 DF Asaed Al-Dohailan  Saudi Arabia
16 FW Mahmoud Bu Hassan  Saudi Arabia
17 MF Haitham Al-Khulaif  Saudi Arabia
18 MF Hassan Jaafari  Saudi Arabia
19 MF Murtadha Al-Khedhrawi (on loan from Al-Fateh)  Saudi Arabia
20 FW Modibo Maïga  Mali
21 GK Ali Al-Abdulsalam  Saudi Arabia
22 GK Abduraouf Al-Daqeel  Saudi Arabia
24 MF Hamad Al-Quwaizani  Saudi Arabia
26 GK Hatem Al-Johani  Saudi Arabia
29 MF Hassan Al-Zarei  Saudi Arabia
30 DF Ahmed Al-Muhaifidh  Saudi Arabia
32 DF Mohammed Salah  Saudi Arabia
44 DF Omar Al-Botuwaibah  Saudi Arabia
55 MF Mohammed Al-Dawsari  Saudi Arabia
66 DF Abdullah Al-Thamer  Saudi Arabia
77 DF Nasser Al-Khalifa  Saudi Arabia
99 FW Muteb Al-Najdi  Saudi Arabia

Administration[]

The current administration that runs the club is the club-president Hamad Al-Arifi and vice-president Osama Al-Naeem.

Personnel[]

  • Chairman: Saudi Arabia Sami Al-Melhem
  • Director of football: Serbia Slobodan Ogsananovic
  • Media Officer: Saudi Arabia Ali Al Saeed
  • Head Coach: Saudi Arabia

Managerial history[]

  • Brazil (2000–01)
  • Brazil (Jun 25, 2011 – Oct 3, 2012)
  • Egypt Tarek Yehia (Oct 18, 2012 – Apr 28, 2013)
  • Montenegro Nebojša Jovović (Apr 28, 2013 – Oct 30, 2015)
  • Saudi Arabia (caretaker) (Oct 30, 2015 – Nov 4, 2015)
  • Belgium Stéphane Demol (Nov 4, 2015 – Mar 8, 2016)
  • Saudi Arabia (Mar 8, 2016 – )

References[]

  1. ^ "Prince Abdullah Bin Jalawi Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. ^ "تاريخ هجر". hajerclub.net. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  3. ^ "بعض من منجزات النادي في كرة القدم". Hajer Club. Retrieved 24 April 2007.
  4. ^ "اللاعبين". Hajerclub. Archived from the original on 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  5. ^ "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول".

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