Al-Hazem F.C.

Al-Hazem F.C. (also spelled Alhazem; Arabic: نادي الحزم السعودي, romanized: nādī al-ḥazm as-suʿūdiyy, lit. 'Determination')^[2] is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Ar Rass, that competes in the Saudi Pro League, the top tier of the Saudi Arabian football system.

Al-Hazem

Full name	Al-Hazem Saudi Club
Nickname(s)	Hazem Al-Samood (Determination and resilience)
Founded	1957; 68 years ago (1957)
Ground	Al-Hazem Club Stadium Ar Rass, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	8,000[1]
Chairman	Sulaiman Al-Malik
Manager	Jalel Kadri
League	Saudi Pro League
2024–25	FDL, 3rd of 18 (promoted via play-off)
Website	alhazemclub.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

History

Al-Hazem colors are red, yellow and blue. Al-Hazem have won the Saudi Third Division once in the 1997–98 season, and have finished runners-up once in the Saudi Second Division in the 1999–00 season. The club have won the Saudi First Division once in the 2004–05 season and won their first promotion to the Pro League. The club spent 6 consecutive seasons in the top flight before getting relegated.

The club play their home games at Al-Hazem Club Stadium in Ar Rass, sharing the stadium with city rivals Al-Kholood.^[1]

Honours

Saudi First Division League

• Winners (2): 2004–05, 2020–21
• Runners-up (2): 2017–18, 2022–23

Saudi Second Division League

• Runners-up (1): 1999–2000

Saudi Third Division League

• Winners (1): 1997–98

Al-Qassim Regional League^[3]

• Winners (9): 1967–68, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1997–98

Management staff

Position	Name
Manager	Jalel Kadri
Assistant Manager	Kamel Zaiem Ali Boumnijel
Goalkeeper Coach	Paulo Cunha
Fitness Coach	Salman Al-Muharrabeh
Analyst	Abdullah Al-Ghanim
Doctor	Mohamed Al-Abbas
Physiotherapist	Waleed Al-Marzouq
Performance Director	Saad Al-Khaibri

Managerial history

• Boualem Laroum (1997 – 2000)
• Omar Meziane (2000)
• Khalid Al-Koroni (November 10, 2000 – March 27, 2001)
• Saad Soleit (caretaker) (March 27, 2001 – May 1, 2001)
• Boualem Laroum (June 25, 2001 – December 5, 2001)
• Ali Komaikh (December 6, 2001 – April 1, 2002)
• Nizar Mahrous (August 1, 2002 – October 14, 2002)
• Saleh Al-Mutlaq (October 14, 2002 – October 25, 2002)
• José Fernandes (October 14, 2002 – January 22, 2003)
• Fathi Al-Jabal (January 22, 2003 – April 1, 2003)
• Carlos (caretaker) (April 1, 2003 – May 1, 2003)
• Gamal Abdel-Hamid (July 9, 2003 – October 12, 2003)
• Nasser Ben Alya (October 12, 2003 – December 16, 2003)
• Leonida Nedelcu (December 16, 2003 – February 9, 2004)
• Hamada Sedki (February 9, 2004 – December 11, 2004)
• Mondher Ladhari (December 11, 2004 – March 17, 2005)
• Khalid Al-Koroni (March 17, 2005 – May 20, 2005)
• Ahmad Al-Ajlani (June 1, 2005 – February 18, 2006)
• Mondher Ladhari (February 19, 2006 – April 30, 2006)
• Ahmad Al-Ajlani (June 25, 2006 – December 2, 2006)
• Lula Pereira (December 2, 2006 – May 5, 2007)
• José Morais (June 4, 2007 – December 7, 2007)
• Ammar Souayah (December 23, 2007 – May 30, 2009)
• Mohsen Saleh (July 27, 2009 – November 28, 2009)
• Lula Pereira (December 2, 2009 – May 1, 2010)
• Lutfi Rhim (July 14, 2010 – October 29, 2010)
• Fathi Al-Heric (October 29, 2010 – November 12, 2010)
• Goran Miscevic (November 13, 2010 – May 31, 2011)
• Marinko Koljanin (June 23, 2011 – May 26, 2012)
• Mondher Ladhari (July 8, 2012 – December 8, 2012)
• Abdullah Darwish (December 8, 2012 – September 23, 2013)
• Yousef Anbar (September 23, 2013 – March 25, 2014)
• Saleem bin Mubarak (March 26, 2014 – April 20, 2014)
• Ali Komaikh (April 20, 2014 – October 10, 2014)
• Yousef Anbar (October 14, 2014 – March 4, 2015)
• Saleem bin Mubarak (March 4, 2015 – June 1, 2015)
• Lotfi Sellimi (June 22, 2015 – November 15, 2015)
• Nasser Nefzi (November 17, 2015 – February 19, 2016)
• Hatem Boulila (February 19, 2016 – May 1, 2016)
• Khalil Al-Masri (July 9, 2016 – May 18, 2017)
• Habib Ben Romdhane (June 20, 2017 – April 5, 2018)
• Abdulwahab Al-Harbi (April 5, 2018 – May 5, 2018)
• Daniel Isăilă (June 8, 2018 – January 31, 2020)
• André (January 31, 2020 – September 10, 2020)
• Mohammed Dahmane (September 23, 2020 – June 1, 2021)
• Hélder (June 7, 2021 – November 27, 2021)
• Constantin Gâlcă (December 6, 2021 – February 21, 2022)
• Roel Coumans (March 1, 2022 – June 28, 2022)
• Filipe Gouveia (July 5, 2022 – October 20, 2023)
• José Daniel Carreño (October 20, 2023 – April 19, 2024)
• Saleh Al-Mohammadi (April 19, 2024 – April 10, 2025)
• Jalel Kadri (April 14, 2025 – )

Current squad

As of February 6, 2024^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  KSA Saud Al-Rashed 4 DF  KSA Sultan Tankar 5 MF  KSA Mohammed Eisa 6 MF  KSA Basil Al-Sayyali 7 MF  KSA Yousef Al-Shammari 12 DF  KSA Farhan Al-Aazmi 13 DF  KSA Abdullah Al-Shanqiti 15 MF  KSA Abdulrahman Al-Khaibari 19 MF  KSA Nawaf Al-Habashi 20 FW  KSA Nawaf Al-Bashri 23 GK  KSA Ibrahim Zaid 25 DF  KSA Ahmed Asiri 27 DF  KSA Ahmed Al-Nakhli 29 FW  KSA Battal Al-Harthi 31 GK  KSA Abdulaziz Takrouni

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 GK  KSA Majed Al-Ghamdi 34 DF  KSA Abdulrahman Al-Dakheel 45 MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Saedi 46 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Subaie 55 MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Shaeri 60 FW  KSA Anwer Sharahili 70 MF  KSA Ahmed Al-Shamrani 77 GK  KSA Yazan Al-Ruwaili 82 DF  KSA Abdulaziz Al-Harbi 85 MF  KSA Rayan Al-Sharekh 88 MF  KSA Abdulaziz Al-Dhuwayhi 90 MF  KSA Hassan Idris — MF  ALG Amir Sayoud — FW  KSA Ahmed Al Habib

Former players

• Rashed Al-Mugren (Saudi Arabia international)^[5][6]

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia