Najran SC

Najran SC
Full name Najran Sport Club
Nickname(s) Mared Al-Janoub (Giant of the South)
Founded 23 June 1981
Ground Al-Ukhdood Stadium
Najran, Saudi Arabia
(Capacity: 5,000)
Chairman Mosleh Musallam
Manager Gjoko Hadzievski
League Saudi Premier League
2010-11 11th (Saudi Premier League)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

Najran Sport Club (Arabic: نادي نجران الرياضي‎) is a Saudi Arabian football team based in Najran, they are currently playing in the Saudi Premier League.

Najran SC achieved promotion to the Saudi Premier League by finishing 2nd in the Saudi First Division during the 2006/07 season.

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The beginning

Najran Club is a new club compared to other Saudi clubs. The idea of establishing the club was first born in 1980 when a group of Najranis raised a request to the Youth Welfare office expressing their desire in establishing a club that carried the name of their city. Efforts were harnessed to achieve this quest that was just an idea till the approval of the general president of the Youth Welfare at that time, his royal highness prince Faisal bin Fahad bin Abdulaziz was issued. Accordingly, the founders of the club held a meeting to form and elect the first board of directors.

Current 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 Abdulrahman Rajab
2 DF Talal Assiri
3 DF Ibrahim Kabie
5 MF Azzan Mqbol
7 MF Zoran Baldovaliev
8 FW Abdulaziz Al-Hamsal
9 FW Al Hasan Al-Yami
10 MF Hamad Al-Rabaei
12 MF Fahed Saad
13 MF Hamad Harmas
14 MF Jehad Al Hussain (captain)
15 MF Ahmed Mefleh
16 MF Salih Dowes
18 DF Bandar Musaed
19 FW Dušan Đokić
21 DF Sultan Munef
No. Position Player
23 MF Hussine Al-Sagour
24 GK Hussain Al-Hadad
25 GK Nasser Al-Saieri
26 MF Awadh Faraj
27 MF Awadh Khrees
28 MF Majed Al-Jafari
29 MF Abdulaziz Al-Hamsal
30 DF Farid Cheklam
33 GK Jaber Al-Ameri
40 DF Majed Ali
55 GK Hani Al-Owedh
77 FW Shaaban Al-Zubaidi
88 MF Mohsen Al-Yami
MF Reda Benhadj Djillali (on loan from CS Constantine)
FW Ramzi Bourakba

Achievements

The Najran team was able to reach the final match of the prince Faisal Bin Fahad cup 2005-2006 for the first division.

The Najran team was finally able to qualify to the Saudi premier league in the 2007-08 season ,and is still playing in it for the fifth year in a row.

They were able to reach the final four in the 2009-10 Saudi Crown Prince Cup after defeating some of the strongest teams in Saudi football such as Al-Ittihad ,but lost to Al-Hilal 1-2 after an impressive display.

Notable players

Asia

Africa

South America

  • Welson Antonio

Europe

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