Al-Ahli (Jeddah)

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This article is about the Saudi football team. For other uses, see Al-Ahly (disambiguation).

Former and Greatest motivator of the club is one coach Salman Mohammed Al-sudairy he is one of the most notable coaches of the team.

Al-Ahli

Full name

Al-Ahli Sports Club

Founded

1937

Ground

Prince Sultan bin Fahd Stadium
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
(Capacity 24,000)

Chairman

Ayman bin Saleh Fadel

Manager

Nebojša Vučković

League

Saudi Premier League





Home colours





Away colours

Al-Ahli (Arabic: الأهلي السعودي‎) (formerly known as Al-Thaghar) is a Saudi Arabian professional sports club based in Jeddah.

The club is one of the largest in Saudi Arabia and it has had many Saudi internationals on the club roster. Exactly like the Saudi national team, Al-Ahli play in a green and white jersey.

Al-Ahli won the Saudi Premier League twice in 1978 and 1984.

1 Achievements
2 Performance in AFC Competitions
3 Current squad - 2007/08
4 Notable players

[edit] Achievements

Saudi Premier League: 2
- Champion : 1978 , 1984.

Crown Prince Cup: 3
- Champion : 1970, 1998, 2002, 2007

King's Cup: 10
- Champion : 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983

Saudi Federation cup: 3
- Champion : 2001, 2002, 2007

Arab Champions League: 1
- Champion : 2002

Gulf Club Champions Cup: 2
- Champion : 1985 , 2002

[edit] Performance in AFC Competitions

AFC Champions League: 2 appearances

2002-03: Qualifying West - 3rd Round

Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance

1986: Finalist

[edit] Current squad - 2007/08

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Yasser Al Mosailem
		DF	Ali Al Abdali
		DF	Saoud Al Khaibari
		DF	Fouzi Al Shehri
		DF	Mansour Al Thagafi
		DF	leonardo
		DF	Ibrahim Hazzazi
		DF	Hussain Sulimani
		MF	Saheb Al Abdullah

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Taisir Al-Jassim
		MF	Saleh Al Mohammedi
		MF	Ahmed Darwish Faraj
		MF	Mohammed Massad
		FW	Abdullah Al-Jamaan
		FW	Malek Mouath
		DF	Waleed Jahdali

[edit] Notable players

Saudi Arabian Premier League 2007-2008
Al-Ahli \| Al-Watani \| Al Hazm \| Al-Hilal \| Al Tai \| Al-Qadisiyah
Al-Ettifaq \| Al-Ittihad \| Najran SC \| Al-Nasr \| Al-Shabab \| Al-Wahda