Hajer FC

Full name	Hajer Football Club Al-Hasa
Nickname(s)	Sheikh Andiyat Al-Ahsa; Al Sheikh Al Hajrawi
Founded	1950; 71 years ago
Ground	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium; Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	19,096
Chairman	Hamad Al-Arifi
Manager	Gjoko Hadžievski
League	First Division League
2020–21	FDL, 5th of 20
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours
	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