Najran S.FC

Najran Sport Club (Arabic: نادي نجران الرياضي) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Najran Province, that competes in the Saudi Second Division League, regional league.

Najran SC

Full name	Najran Sport Club
Nickname(s)	Mared Al-Janoub (Giant of the South)
Founded	23 June 1980; 45 years ago (1980-06-23)
Ground	Prince Hathloul Sports City Stadium
Capacity	3,000[1]
Chairman	Saleh Al Haidar
Manager	Pablo Grandes
League	Second Division
2024–25	Second Division, 7th of 16, Group A
Home colours Away colours
[[Saudi Second Division|Current season]]

Overview

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

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.

Achievements

The Najran team was able to reach the final match of the prince Faisal Bin Fahad cup 2005–06 for the first division.

The Najran team was finally able to qualify to the Saudi Premier League in the 2007–08 season.

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.

Current squad

As of 21 June 2023:

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-Bawardi 5 DF  KSA Salem Al Faraj 7 MF  KSA Bandar Al-Ahmari 11 MF  KSA Mohammed Al Zubarah 13 DF  KSA Ali Al-Makrami 19 MF  KSA Jalawy Al-Yami 20 FW  KSA Ali Hajjas 21 MF  KSA Mansour Hashel 25 DF  KSA Bakhit Al Faraj 27 FW  KSA Motaz Gharwi 29 DF  KSA Rihan Hamsal 33 GK  KSA Saleh Al Faraj 44 MF  KSA Mubarak Al-Sagoor 77 MF  KSA Anas Al-Hajori 80 MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Sakrani 99 FW  KSA Faisal Al-Samrani

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  KSA Nasser Al-Saiari — GK  KSA Ahmed Al-Shehri — GK  KSA Fares Al-Shammeri — GK  KSA Hamed Al-Qahtani — DF  TUN Bassem Ben Aissa — DF  KSA Hussain Habkor — DF  KSA Hamad Al-Sayyaf — DF  KSA Abdulmajeed Arishi — MF  NGA Umar Bala Mohammed — MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Dossari — MF  KSA Abdulaziz Al-Barak — MF  KSA Hussain Al Julaydan — MF  IRQ Sajjad Alaa — FW  KSA Khaled Al-Dossari — FW  IRQ Abdul-Qadir Tariq

Managers

• Mourad Okbi (August 1, 2002 – April 30, 2004)
• Rashed ben Ammar (September 25, 2004 – May 30, 2005)
• Fathi Al-Jabal (August 7, 2005 – March 12, 2007)
• Yahya Khuraim (caretaker) (March 12, 2007 – March 23, 2007)
• Samir Sellimi (March 23, 2007 – May 30, 2007)
• Lotfi Benzarti (May 28, 2007 – December 21, 2007)
• Ivica Todorov (December 23, 2007 – May 1, 2008)
• Costică Ștefănescu (July 1, 2008 – December 21, 2008)
• Mokhtar Tlili (January 9, 2009 – May 1, 2009)
• Marcelo Zuleta (July 22, 2009 – October 6, 2009)
• Samir Jouili (October 6, 2009 – January 11, 2010)
• Mourad Okbi (January 11, 2010 – October 30, 2010)
• José Rachão (October 30, 2010 – June 30, 2011)
• Gjoko Hadžievski (July 1, 2011 – May 6, 2012)
• Miodrag Ješić (May 31, 2012 – January 2, 2013)
• Khemais Labidi (January 6, 2013 – March 1, 2013)
• Al Hasan Al-Yami (caretaker) (March 1, 2013 – March 6, 2013)
• Gjoko Hadžievski (March 6, 2013 – January 9, 2014)
• Nizar Mahrous (January 10, 2014 – June 1, 2014)
• Denis Lavagne (June 8, 2014 – August 24, 2014)
• Marc Brys (August 25, 2014 – September 24, 2014)
• Abdelhay Laatiri (caretaker) (September 24, 2014 – October 8, 2014)
• Fouad Bouali (October 8, 2014 – May 19, 2015)
• Fathi Al-Jabal (June 27, 2015 – December 17, 2015)
• Al Hasan Al-Yami (caretaker) (December 17, 2015 – December 28, 2015)
• Hélio dos Anjos (December 28, 2015 – May 23, 2016)
• Ahmed Hafez (July 15, 2016 – September 25, 2016)
• Mohammed Al-Ayari (September 25, 2016 – February 8, 2018)
• Adel Latrach (February 9, 2018 – March 23, 2018)
• Ramzy El Morsy (March 23, 2018 – May 4, 2018)
• Hamood Al-Saiari (May 8, 2018 – May 31, 2018)
• Zvezdan Milošević (June 13, 2018 – September 21, 2018)
• Ramzy El Morsy (caretaker) (September 21, 2018 – October 3, 2018)
• Habib Ben Romdhane (October 3, 2018 – June 1, 2019)
• Heron Ferreira (June 22, 2019 – November 8, 2019)
• Ramzy El Morsy (caretaker) (November 8, 2019 – November 14, 2019)
• Chokri Khatoui (November 14, 2019 – June 23, 2020)
• Abdullah Al Haidar (June 23, 2020 – September 21, 2020)
• Paulo Gomes (October 18, 2020 – February 5, 2021)
• Bandar Basraih (February 5, 2021 – June 1, 2021)
• Saïd Saïbi (June 21, 2021 – October 21, 2021)
• Abdullah Al Haidar (caretaker) (October 21, 2021 – November 5, 2021)
• Afouène Gharbi (November 6, 2021 – September 19, 2022)
• Laurent Hagist (September 22, 2022 – February 3, 2023)
• Gjoko Hadžievski (February 3, 2023 – May 31, 2023)
• Moncef Mcharek (June 18, 2023 – December 3, 2023)
• Abdelwahab Elharaby (December 3, 2023 – December 19, 2024)
• Ferid Ben Belgacem (December 19, 2024 – June 1, 2025)
• Pablo Grandes (August 13, 2025 – )

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia