Al-Hilal FC

Al Hilal FC

Full name	Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Zaeem (The Leader)
Founded	1957 (as the Olympic Club)
Ground	King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh (Capacity: 67,000)
Chairman	Abdulrahman bin Musa'ad
Manager	Thomas Doll
League	Saudi Premier League
2010-11	Champion
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club (Arabic: نادي الهلال‎; The Crescent), also known simply as Al-Hilal, is a Saudi Arabian sports club based in the country's capital of Riyadh and best known for its professional football team, known as Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club. The football team holds 52 official championship since its founding in 1957^[1] [ the most football team gets national championships ( 36 championships ), as well as Asian ( 6 championships ), in addition to Arab and Gulf Championships ( 7 championships ) ]. Al-Hilal has a reputation for being the most widely supported club in Saudi Arabia, according to polls: Zogby, Daihatsu, Mobily.^[2]

Among the club's most famous players were Yousuf Al-Thunayan Also, Sami Al-Jaber; of the Saudi Arabian national football team, and goalkeepers octopus in the past Mohamed Al-Deayea is the current world record holder for most international appearances by a male football player.^[3][4] The very well known Brazilian, Rivelino, also played for Al-Hilal from 1978 to 1981.

The nickname "AL-Zaeem", which means "The Boss", came from the club's leading position in Saudi Arabia.^[5] With this clear lead, the IFFHS has decided to determine Al-Hilal as Asia's Club of the 20th Century.^[6]

Contents 1 History 2 Honours (Football) 2.1 Domestic 2.2 Asian 2.3 Gulf 2.4 Arab 2.5 Other 3 Players 3.1 First-team squad 3.2 Out on loan 3.3 Reserve squad 4 Club Facilities 5 Personnel 5.1 Current Technical Staff 6 Management 6.1 Current Board of Directors and Administrators 7 Records 8 Asian Football Clubs (by IFFHS) 9 Famous players 9.1 Saudi Arabia 9.2 Asia 9.3 Europe 9.4 Africa 9.5 South America 10 Award winners 11 Managerial history 12 Presidents 13 Finance and Sponsorship 13.1 Sponsorship 13.2 Al-Hilal Stores 13.3 TV Matches Broadcasting Right 13.4 Other Income Sources 14 Charity and Philanthropy 15 References 16 External links

History

Al-Hilal Club was originally known as the Olympic Club during its founding by Abdul Rahman Bin Said in 1957/10/16 . The club's name was changed in 1958/12/3 decree from the then-King Saud after he attended a tournament that was contested between the Olympic Club, Al-Shabab, Al-Riyadh and El-Kawkab clubs.^[7]

Honours (Football)

Domestic

• Saudi Premier League
  • Winners (13) : 1977, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011.
  • Runners-up (10) : 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2009

• Saudi King's cup
  • Winners (6) : 1961, 1964, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1989
  • Runners-up (6) : 1963, 1968, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1987

• Crown Prince Cup
  • Winners (10) : 1964, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
  • Runners-up (1) : 1998

• Saudi Federation cup
  • Winners (7) : 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2006
  • Runners-up (5) : 1986, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010

• Saudi Founder's Cup
  • Winners (1) : 1999

Note: on the 2010/2011 zain Saudi league al hilal made history by finishing the season undefeated and became the 2nd Saudi team who won the league without any defeat

Asian

• AFC Champions League
  • Winners (2) : 1992, 2000.
  • Runners-up (2) : 1987, 1988.

• Asian Cup Winners Cup
  • Winners (2) : 1997, 2002

• Asian Super Cup
  • Winners (2) : 1997, 2000
  • Runners-up (1) : 2002

Gulf

• Gulf Club Champions Cup
  • Winners (2) : 1986, 1998
  • Runners-up (3) : 1987, 1992, 2000

Arab

• Arab Champions League
  • Winners (2) : 1994, 1995

• Arab Cup Winners'Cup
  • Winners (1) : 2000

• Arab Super Cup
  • Winners (1) : 2001

Other

• Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup
  • Winners (1) : 2001

Players

Saudi's teams are limited to four players without Saudi citizenship.

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Khalid Sharahili 2 DF Sultan Al-Bishi 3 DF Osama Hawsawi (captain) 4 DF Abdullah Al-Zori 5 MF Abdulatif Al-Ghanam 6 MF Mohammed Al-Qarni 7 FW Yoo Byung-Soo 8 MF Achille Emana 9 FW Youssef El-Arabi 10 MF Mohammad Al-Shalhoub (vice-captain) 11 MF Abdullaziz Al-Dosari 12 DF Shafi Al Dossari 13 MF Salman Al-Farij 15 MF Ahmed Al-Fraidi

No. Position Player 16 FW Essa Al-Mehyani 17 DF Abduallh Al Dossari 18 MF Bandar Al-Bishi 19 DF Mohammad Nami 21 MF Adil Hermach 22 GK Fahad Al-Shamri 23 DF Hassan Khirat 24 MF Nawaf Al-Abeid 25 DF Majed Al-Marshedi 26 DF Fahad Al-Sbeiay 28 GK Bader Al-deayea 30 GK Hassan Al-Otaibi 33 MF Hosam Al-Harthi 77 FW Saad Al-Harthi

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player — MF Thiago Neves (at Flamengo) — MF Christian Wilhelmsson (at Al-Ahly Doha)

No. Position Player — FW Yasser Al-Qahtani (at Al-Ain) — FW Ahmed Al-Swaileh (at Hajer)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Abdullah Al-Ghamdi GK Faris Al-Shammari GK Abdullah Al-Sudairy DF Mohammed Al-Shaman DF Mohammed Qassim DF Sweed Al-Bishi DF Radhwan Al-Mousa DF Firas Al-Hoiml DF AbdulIlah Al-Qahtani DF Sulaiman Al-Abdullah DF Mohanad Al-Rasheed

No. Position Player MF Saad Al-Otaian MF Abdulelah Al-Fadhl MF Abdulaziz Al-Swailem MF Bandar Al-Bishi MF Fahad Al-Subaie MF Salem Al-Dossari MF Khalid Al-Kaabi MF Abdulwahab Al-Fridi FW Abdulilah Ibrahim FW Saleh Al-Rayes FW Abdulaziz Al-sultan FW Fahad Al-Juhani

Club Facilities

• In 2009, a new indoor camp was opened. It contains 25 rooms, meeting rooms, smart room for lectures, library, eating room, living rooms, a big salon and a medical clinic. It also has entertainment corners for video games, table tennis, Billards, table football and many others.
• There are 2 training fields for the senior team.

Personnel

Current Technical Staff

Position	Name
Manager	Thomas Doll
Assistant Manager	Thomas Finck
Technical Assistant	TBD
Physical Fitness Coach	Manfred Düring
Goalkeeping Coach	Des McAleenan
Mental Coach	TBD
Medical Director	Nina Fibich
Physiotherapist	Philipe
Reserve Team Coach	Heiko Bonan

Management

Current Board of Directors and Administrators

Office	Name
President	Abdulrahman Bin Musa'ad
Vice-president	Nawaf Bin Saad Al Saud
Member of the Board,Investment Officer	Abdullah Bin Musa'ad
Member of the Board,Director of Football	Sami Al Jaber
Member of the Board,Secretary-General	Ahmed Al Khameis
Assistant Secretary-General	Fahd Al Hamidi
Member of the Board, Director of the Media Center	Abdul Kareem Al Jasser
Member of the Board,Treasurer	Sami Abu Khudair
Member of the Board	Hassan Naqor
Member of the Board	Ahmed Mahjoub
Member of the Board	Waled Alhokair
Public Relations Officer	Fahd Al-Ghosn
Official professional	Dr. Abdullah Al Burgan
Accountant	Abdullah Al Zeer
Secretary	Morjaan

Records

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P	Domestic cups			AFC		Other Competitions		Top scorer		Manager
2000/01	SPL	3	22	14	5	3	35	15	+20	47	CPC			ASC	Quarterfinals	ARWC	ASC			Ilie Balaci
2001/02	SPL	1	22	14	7	1	54	17	+37	49	PFC			ACWC	Winner	ARWC				Artur Jorge
2002/03	SPL	5	22	11	8	3	28	18	+10	41	CPC		PFC	ACL	Group Stage	ASC		H.Al-Ali	13	Ilie Balaci
2003/04	SPL	3	22	12	4	6	40	18	+22	40	CPC		PFC	ACL	Group Stage			Ceesay	16	Aad de Mos
2004/05	SPL	2	22	13	6	3	41	21	+20	45	CPC		PFC			ARCL		Al-Jaber	12	Marcos Paquetá
2005/06	SPL	2	22	13	5	4	41	21	+20	44	CPC		PFC	ACL	Group Stage			Camacho	14	Marcos Paquetá
2006/07	SPL	2	22	17	2	3	38	15	+23	53	CPC			ACL	Quarter-final			Al-Qahtani	13	José Peseiro
2007/08	SPL	1	22	14	6	2	36	13	+23	48	SCC	CPC	PFC			GCC		Al-Qahtani	16	Cosmin Olăroiu
2008/09	SPL	2	22	15	5	2	41	9	+32	50	SCC	CPC	PFC	ACL	Round of 16			Al-Qahtani	13	Cosmin Olăroiu
2009–10	ZPL	1	22	18	2	2	56	18	+38	56	SCC	CPC	PFC	ACL	Semi-finals			Al-Qahtani	19	Eric Gerets
2010/11	ZPL	1	26	19	7	0	52	18	+34	64	SCC	CPC		ACL	Round of 16			Al-Qahtani	11	Gabriel Calderon

Div. = Division; SPL = Saudi Premier League; ZPL = Zain Professional League; Pos. = Position; Pl = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost
GS = Goal Scored; GA = Goal Against; GD = Goal difference P = Points
SCC = Champions Cup; CPC = Crown Prince Cup; PFC = Prince Faisal Cup
ARCL = Arab Champions League; ARWC = Arab Cup Winners' Cup; ACL = AFC Champions League; GCC = Gulf Club Champions Cup;ASC = Asian Super Cup
Colors: Gold = winner; Silver = runner-up; Bronze = third,Semi-final .

Asian Football Clubs (by IFFHS)

Rankings are calculated by the IFFHS.^[8]

AFC	IFFHS	Club	Points
1	80	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	130,5
2	82	Zob Ahan Isfahan FC	128,0
3	90	Kashima Antlers	123,5
4	94	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	121,0
5	100	Gamba Osaka	119,5
6	113	Muangthong United F.C.	113,5
7	116	Al-Hilal FC	112,0
8	125	Cerezo Osaka	108,0
9	131	Al-Wahdat Club	105,0
10	136	Sepahan Esfahan FC	103,5
11	148	Nagoya Grampus	100,0
12	156	FC Seoul	98,5
13	158	Al-Qadsia (Kuwait)	97,5
14	176	Persipura Jayapura	93,5
15	185	Jeju United	91,0
16	200	FC Bunyodkor	87,5
17	201	Al-Shabab Riyadh	87,0
=	201	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	87,0
19	204	Nasaf Qarshi	86,0
=	204	Al-Sadd Club	86,0

Famous players

Saudi Arabia Umair Ahmed Hussein Al Bishi Abdullah Al-Deayea Mohamed Al-Deayea Fahad Al-Ghesheyan Hussein Al Habashi Saud Al Hammad Sami Al-Jaber Abdullah Al Jumaan Fahad Al-Musaibeah Ahmed Al Nifawi Khamis Al-Owairan Yasser Al Qahtani Mohammad Al-Shalhoub Khalid Al Temawi Nawaf Al-Temyat Yousuf Al-Thunayan Khaled Aziz Ahmed Dokhi Abdullah Fouda Sultan Bin Monahi Sultan Bin Nassib Saleh Nu'eimeh Abdullah Zubromawi Osama Hawsawi

Asia Bashar Abdullah Jassem Al Houwaidi Lee Young-Pyo Seol Ki-Hyeon Yoo Byung-Soo Europe Eamonn O'Keefe Ioan Lupescu Mirel Rădoi Andrei Kanchelskis Christian Wilhelmsson

Africa Paolo Di Selva Patrick Suffo Achille Emana Kandia Traoré Lelo Mbele Ahmed Ali Kamel Ashraf Kasem Jatto Ceesay Seyfo Soley Baba Adamu Christopher Wreh Tarik El Taib Tenema N'Diaye Ahmed Bahja Salaheddine Bassir Saïd Chiba Youssef El-Arabi Adil Hermach Samson Siasia Ibrahima Ba Moussa Ndao Franck Atsou Elaiadi El Hmroni Ali Kaabi Néjib Limam Faouzi Rouissi Elijah Litana

South America Ronald Raldes Bruno Agnello Giovanni Oliveira Joelson Marcelo Camacho Marcelo Tavares Roberto Rivelino Rodrigo Alflen Roni Sergio Ricardo Somália Thiago Neves Túlio Mauricio Aros Ricardo Pérez

Award winners

Asian Footballer of the Year

• Nawaf Al Temyat 2000
• Yasser Al-Qahtani 2007

Asia‘s best Goalkeeper of the Century by IFFHS

• Mohamed Al-Deayea 2000

Arabian Footballer of the Year

• Sami Al-Jaber 2001

Managerial history

Hasan Sultan Al Toom Jobarat Allah George Smith (1976-78) Mário Zagallo (1978-79) Olten Filho (1981-82) László Kubala (1982-84) Ljubiša Broćić (1984) Candinho (1985) Noagira (1986) Rubens Minelli (1987) Omar Borras (1988) Candinho (1988-89) João Carlos (1989) Joel Santana (1989-90) Edson Tavares (1990-91) Cedinho (1991) Sebastião Lazaroni (1991-93) José Oscar Bernardi (1993) Nelsinho Baptista (1993-94) Antônio Lopes (1994) José Oscar Bernardi (1995) Sebastião Lazaroni (1995) Willem van Hanegem (1995-96) Gobier (1996) Mirko Jozić (1996-97)

Heron Ferreira (1997) José Oscar Bernardi (1997) Ilie Balaci (1997-98) Reiner Hollmann (1999) Khalil Al-Zayani (1999) Lori Sandri (1999) Anghel Iordănescu (1999-00) Ilie Balaci (2000-01) Safet Sušić (2001) Artur Jorge (2001-02) Francisco Maturana (2002) Ilie Balaci (2002-03) Aad de Mos (2003-04) Ahmed Alajlani (2004) José Oscar Bernardi (2004) Marcos Paquetá (2004-06) Candinho (2006) José Peseiro (2006-07) Toninho Cerezo (2007) Marcos Paquetá (2007) Cosmin Olăroiu (2007-09) Georges Leekens (2009) Eric Gerets (2009-10) Gabriel Calderon (2010-11) Thomas Doll (2011-)

Presidents

Name	From	To	Championships (official)
Mr. Abdul Rahman Bin Said	1957	1965	3
Mr. Abdulrahman Al-Hamdan	1965	1966	×
Mr. Abdul Rahman Bin Said	1966	1970	×
Mr. Faisal Al-Shehail	1970	1972	×
Prince Abdullah Bin Nasser	1972	1976	×
Prince Hathloul Bin Abdul Aziz	1976	1978	1
Prince Abdullah Bin Nasser	1978	1982	2
Prince Hathloul Bin Abdul Aziz	1982	1983	1
Prince Abdullah Bin Saad	1983	1990	9
Mr. Abdul Rahman Bin Said	1990	1992	1
MR. Mohammed Mufti	1992	1993	1
Prince Abdullah Bin Saad	1993	1994	×
Prince Khalid Bin Mohammed	1994	1996	4
Prince Bandar Bin Mohammad	1997	2000	9
Prince Saud Bin Turki	2000	2003	6
Prince Abdullah Bin Musa'ad	2003	2004	1
Prince Mohammed Bin Faisal	2004	2008	7
Abdulrahman Bin Musa'ad	2008		5

Finance and Sponsorship

Sponsorship

Mobily is the main sponsor of Al-Hilal FC, and as part of the sponsorship deal, their logo is displayed on the front of the club's shirts and a plethora of other merchandise. The Mobily deal was announced by Al-Hilal FC President prince Abdul-Rahman Bin Musaid Al-Saud on 14 Oct. 2008, and is worth a Saudi record SR 517 million, to be paid over six years (SR 69 million and 100.000 a year).

The deal, was claimed to include:

• More than SR 517 million for six years (USD 138 million).
• Approximately 69,100,000.00 per year (USD 23 million/year)
• If the team wins any trophy will get 3 millions for each one (USD 800,000).
• Al-Hilal will get 60% of any other sponsor that want to sponsor the team, but it should be with Mobily's agreement.
• Al-Hilal will get 20% of football match tickets sold.
• Al-Hilal will get 50% of Mobily Al-Hilal txt message service profit.
• Al-Hilal will get 10 million SR if number of subscribers in Mobily Al-Hilal service reaches 200,000 per. and another 10 million if they reach 400,000 subscribers.
• Al-Hilal will get 10% of each mobile package sold under the name of Al-Hilal (such as blue wave package).
• Al-Hilal will get 40% of the club membership fees.
• Minimum Net income from Mobily deal is SR 75 million per year (USD 20 million/year).

Al-Hilal Stores

Al-Hilal has a chain of luxurious retail stores that sell the club's products. The first branch opened in Feb 2011 on the most expensive commercial street in Riyadh with a cost of SR 15 million (USD 4 million). It's the first store by any saudi club and the biggest store for any club in the middle east. In the first week of opening, the sales surpassed SR 1 million (USD 266,000). Mobily plans to cover the kingdom's main cities with 7 branches by the end of 2012. Khobar's branch is under development and expected to be opened in late August 2011 while Jeddah's branch is scheduled to open on September 2011. The stores offer thousands of high quality products including clothes, accessories, children toys and many other products.

The stores' profits currently go to Mobily only. After the investment cost is covered they will share the profit with the club.

TV Matches Broadcasting Right

Al-Hilal receives SR 4.5 million per year (USD 1.2 million/year) from the Saudi Arabia Football Federation as the federation sell the complete matches' right in one package and all the clubs in the Saudi Professional League share the revenue equally. The income may increase dramatically in near future as clubs will have the rights to sell their own matches' broadcasting rights.

Other Income Sources

The club's president and other board members pay any extra money required to run the club as the total expenses of the club in recent seasons surpassed SR 140 million (USD 38 million). This increase in expenses is due to the high level foreign and national players the club signed with such as Thiago Neves, Mirel Rădoi , Christian Wilhelmsson, Osama Hawsawi, Youssef El-Arabi and others.

Charity and Philanthropy

• Special seats have been allocated for disabled to see the training.
• 25% of the income of tickets sold goes to charities.
• Players and board members arrange and attend social activities for charities during Eid and other holidays.

References

External links

• Official website (Arabic)(English)
• AlHilal deal with Mobily

Achievements
Preceded by Esteghlal	Champions of Asia 1991–92	Succeeded by PAS Tehran
Preceded by Júbilo Iwata	Champions of Asia 1999–2000	Succeeded by Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Preceded by Shonan Bellmare	Asian Cup Winners' Cup Runner up: Nagoya Grampus 1997	Succeeded by Al Nassr
Preceded by Al-Shabab	Asian Cup Winners' Cup Runner up: Jeonbuk Hyundai 2002	Succeeded by

2011 AFC Champions League Champions Al-Sadd Runners-up Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors semi-finals Al-Ittihad · Suwon Samsung Bluewings Eliminated in the quarter-finals Cerezo Osaka · FC Seoul · Sepahan · Zob Ahan Eliminated in the round of 16 West Asia: Al-Hilal · Al-Nassr · Al-Shabab · Bunyodkor East Asia: Gamba Osaka · Kashima Antlers · Nagoya Grampus · Tianjin Teda Eliminated in the group stage West Asia: Al-Gharafa · Al-Jazira · Al-Rayyan · Al-Wahda · Emirates · Esteghlal · Pakhtakor · Persepolis East Asia: Al-Ain · Arema FC · Hangzhou Greentown · Jeju United · Melbourne Victory · Shandong Luneng Taishan · Shanghai Shenhua · Sydney FC Eliminated in Qualifying play-off Al-Ittihad · Dempo SC · Muangthong United · Sriwijaya Schedule · Qualifying play-off · Group stage · Knockout stage · Final

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Al-Hilal Seasons 2000-01 · 2001-02 · 2002-03 · 2003-04 · 2004-05 · 2005-06 · 2006-07 · 2007-08 · 2008–09 · 2009-10 · 2010-11

Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League winners Asian Champion Club Tournament 1967: Hapoel Tel Aviv · 1969: Maccabi Tel Aviv · 1970: Taj · 1971: Maccabi Tel Aviv Asian Club Championship 1985–86: Daewoo Royals · 1986–87: Furukawa Electric · 1987–88: Yomiuri FC · 1988–89: Al-Sadd · 1989–90: Liaoning FC · 1990–91: Esteghlal · 1991–92: Al-Hilal · 1992–93: PAS Tehran · 1993–94: Thai Farmers Bank · 1994–95: Thai Farmers Bank · 1995–96: Ilhwa Chunma · 1996–97: Pohang Steelers · 1997–98: Pohang Steelers · 1998–99: Júbilo Iwata · 1999–2000: Al-Hilal · 2000–01: Suwon Samsung Bluewings · 2001–02: Suwon Samsung Bluewings AFC Champions League 2002–03: Al-Ain · 2004: Al-Ittihad · 2005: Al-Ittihad · 2006: Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors · 2007: Urawa Red Diamonds · 2008: Gamba Osaka · 2009: Pohang Steelers · 2010: Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma · 2011: Al-Sadd