Al-Nahda Club (Saudi Arabia)

This article is about the Saudi Arabian football club. For other uses, see al-Nahda.

Al Nahda (Arabic: نادي النهضة) is a Saudi football club based in the city of Dammam, Eastern province. Established in 1949, they currently play in the Saudi First Division.^[1]

Al-Nahda

Full name	Al-Nahda Saudi Club
Founded	1949; 76 years ago (1949)
Ground	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam
Capacity	26,000
Chairman	Tariq Al-Hubaishi
Manager	Redha Al-Janby
League	Third Division
2024–25	Third Division, 5th of 10
Home colours Away colours

In the 2007–08 season, under the lead of the Croatian coach Dragan Talajić, Al Nahda played the finals of the Prince Faisal Cup, being the first team from the Saudi Second League to play in the final.

Honours

• Saudi First Division League
  • Winners (3): 1976–77, 1990–91, 1992–93
  • Runners-up (1): 2012–13
• Saudi Second Division League
  • Winners (2): 1997–98, 2010–11
  • Runners-up (1): 2005–06
• Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams
  • Winners (2): 1992–93, 1995–96
  • Runners-up (1): 2007–08

Current squad

As of Saudi Third Division:

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 1 GK  KSA Majed Al-Senan 3 DF  KSA Meshal Al-Saud 4 DF  KSA Hatim Belal 5 DF  BRA Carlos Henrique 6 MF  KSA Humood Al-Qarni 7 DF  KSA Omar Al-Najem 8 MF  KSA Hussain Al-Sheikh 9 FW  BRA Patrick Carvalho 10 FW  KSA Mashari Al-Juraibi 11 MF  TUN Fehmi Kacem 12 DF  KSA Salem Al-Hamdan 13 DF  KSA Abdulaziz Al-Marhabi 14 MF  KSA Mesfer Al-Najrani

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  KSA Fawaz Al-Qarni 16 DF  KSA Fares Al-Muwallad 17 FW  KSA Abdulaziz Al-Mutair 18 DF  KSA Abdulaziz Jahaf 20 FW  KSA Fahad Al-Turki 21 GK  KSA Amer Al-Bakhit 22 GK  KSA Abdulmajeed Al-Thunayan 23 FW  KSA Yasser Daribi 24 MF  KSA Azzam Al-Hamdan 28 MF  KSA Fawaz Al-Enezi 29 MF  KSA Ahmed Al-Jamaan 77 MF  KSA Jehad Al-Zowayed 88 MF  KSA Mojtaba Al-Shaqaq

Managers

• Dragan Talajić (2007–09)
• Bahaa Aldeen Al-Qebisi (2011)
• Jalel Kadri (2012–13)
• Ilie Balaci (June 4, 2013 – Sept 24, 2013)
• Jalal Qaderi (2013–14)
• Sameer Hilal (2014–2016)
• Mladen Frančić (2016)

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia