Neom SC

This article is about the men's football club. For the women's team, see Neom SC (women). For the Saudi city the club is named after, see Neom.

Not to be confused with Neum, a town in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Neom Sports Club (stylized as NEOM S.C.; Arabic: نادي نيوم الرياضي) is a Saudi Arabian professional football and multi-sports club based in the Tabuk Province of Saudi Arabia. The club is named after the planned urban area of Neom and competes in the Saudi Pro League, the top tier of the Saudi football league system.

Neom S.C.

Full name	Neom Sports Club
Founded	1965; 60 years ago (1965) as Al-Suqoor
Ground	King Khalid Sports City Stadium, Tabuk Province (Planned: NEOM Stadium)
Capacity	12,000
Owner	Neom Company
Chairman	Meshari Al-Motairi
Head coach	Christophe Galtier
League	Saudi Pro League
2024–25	First Division, 1st of 18 (promoted)
Website	www.neom.com/neomsc
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Al-Suqoor Club: 1965–2023

The club was founded in 1965 under the name of Al-Suqoor Club, which literally translates to “Falcons” in Arabic. It played mainly in the Saudi Third Division League and the Saudi Second Division League. In 2011 Al-Suqoor finished second and were promoted in Saudi First Division League, the second tier of professional football in Saudi Arabia, for first time in their history. The team finished last in their first season and were relegated. During the 2021–22 season, Al-Suqoor defeated Al-Qous 2–1 in the Third Division final to become the inaugural champions.^[1]

Neom takeover: 2023–present

On June 5, 2023, the Ministry of Sport said that football Club Al-Suqoor will be turned into a company and ownership to transform to NEOM.^[2] On 24 December 2023, the club changed its name to Neom Sports Club.^[3][4] On 22 April 2025, the club secured their first promotion to the Saudi Pro League following a 3–0 away victory over Al-Arabi.^[5]

Neom played their first-ever Saudi Pro League match on 28 August 2025, suffering a 1–0 defeat to Al-Ahli. The club recorded their first win in the following round, beating Damac 2–1 away from home with both goals scored by Alexandre Lacazette. Their first home victory came in a 1–0 win over Al-Okhdood, with the only goal of the match scored by Abdulmalik Al-Oyayari.^[6]

Honours

• Saudi First Division League (tier 2)
  • Winners (1): 2024–25
• Saudi Second Division League (tier 3)
  • Winners (1): 2023–24
  • Third place (1): 2010–11
• Saudi Third Division League (tier 4)
  • Winners (1): 2021–22

Kits

Al-Suqoor traditionally played in black and gold colours. Following the introduction of Neom, the team adopted white and blue kits.

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt partner
2022–2024	Skillano	None
2024–	Puma	None

Players

As of 9 September 2025

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 Mustafa Malayekah 2 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Breik 4 DF  KSA Khalifah Al-Dawsari 6 MF  KSA Abbas Al-Hassan 7 MF  KSA Salman Al-Faraj 8 MF  MLI Abdoulaye Doucouré 10 FW  ALG Saïd Benrahma 11 FW  KSA Hassan Al-Ali 15 DF  KSA Abdulmalik Al-Oyayari 18 MF  KSA Alaa Al-Hejji 19 FW  URU Luciano Rodríguez 20 FW  KSA Thamer Al-Khaibari 22 MF  FRA Saïmon Bouabré

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  KSA Abdulaziz Noor 25 DF  KSA Faris Abdi 26 DF  EGY Ahmed Hegazi 27 DF  KSA Islam Hawsawi 40 MF  KSA Ali Al-Asmari 44 DF  FRA Nathan Zézé 50 GK  KSA Raed Ozaybi 71 FW  KSA Ahmed Abdu Jaber 72 MF  CIV Amadou Koné 81 GK  POR Luís Maximiano 91 FW  FRA Alexandre Lacazette 93 DF  KSA Awn Al-Saluli (on loan from Al-Taawoun)

Other players under contract

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 99 GK  POL Marcin Bułka

U21 squad

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 13 GK  KSA Mohanad Al-Shehri 30 GK  KSA Barjas Al-Dhefiri 88 GK  KSA Mohammed Al-Hakim — GK  KSA Mutni Al-Timawi — DF  KSA Abdulaziz Al-Khanani — MF  KSA Younes Al-Shanqeeti — MF  KSA Meshari Al-Oufi

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  KSA Yahia Gharwi — MF  KSA Ahmed Al-Enezi — MF  KSA Nawaf Al-Janahi — MF  KSA Nawaf Al-Bakhit — MF  KSA Anwar Sharahili — FW  KSA Azzam Al-Sayil

Out on loan

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 16 MF  KSA Riyadh Sharahili (at Damac until 30 June 2026) 33 GK  KSA Abdulrahman Dagriri (at Al-Tai until 30 June 2026) 38 DF  KSA Mohammed Dakhilallah (at Al-Raed until 30 June 2026)

No. Pos. Nation Player 55 DF  KSA Mohammed Waleed (at Al-Taawoun until 30 June 2026) — DF  KSA Osama Al-Khalaf (at Al-Adalah until 30 June 2026) — FW  KSA Muhannad Al-Saad (at Lausanne until 30 June 2026)

Notable players

For all players with a Wikipedia article see Category:Neom SC players.

The footballers listed below in bold have international caps for their respective countries.

Saudi Arabia Faris Abdi Mohammed Al-Amri Ali Al-Asmari Sultan Al-Balawi Mohammed Al-Breik Salman Al-Faraj Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi Ahmed Al-Ghamdi Abbas Al-Hassan

Fahad Abo Jaber Aiedh Al-Joni Saod Al-Kaebari Osama Al-Khalaf Maan Al-Khodari Ahmed Al-Suhail Mohammed Harzan Riyadh Sharahili Mustafa Malayekah

Africa Saïd Benrahma Mohamed Benyahia Ahmed Hegazi Samuel Owusu Alfa Semedo Mbaye Diagne Mohamed M'Bareck

Asia Abdulkader Mjarmesh

Europe Alexandre Lacazette Nathan Zézé Marcin Bułka

Personnel

Club officials

Position	Name	Nationality
Coaching staff
Head coach	Christophe Galtier
Assistant coach	Thierry Oleksiak Nélson Caldeira
Goalkeepers coach	Fabrice Grange
Fitness coach	Labreg Slim António Calado
Match analyst	Jonas Birk
Management
Chairman	Meshari Al-Motairi
CEO	Moaath Alohali

Managerial history

Dates	Name	Honours
15 July 2018 – 12 December 2018	Sami Al-Joufi
12 December 2018 – 17 March 2019	Bilal Bashouch
18 March 2019 – 1 May 2019	Zied Ghodhbani
13 July 2019 – 22 November 2019	Mazen Al-Blwi
1 December 2019 – 15 February 2020	Nasser Nefzi
15 February 2020 – 15 February 2021	Zied Ghodhbani
1 October 2021 – 1 April 2022	Emad Jendoubi	2021–22 Saudi Third Division
2 August 2022 – 7 January 2023	Fouad Bouali
7 January 2023 – 1 May 2023	Abdullah Al-Katheri
29 June 2023 – 1 May 2024	Afouène Gharbi	2023–24 Saudi Second Division
29 May 2024 – 3 July 2025	Péricles Chamusca	2024–25 Saudi First Division
5 July 2025 – present	Christophe Galtier

Past seasons

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	League											King Cup	Other competitions		Top goalscorer
	Division	Level	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Pos
as Al-Suqoor Club
2010–11	Second Division	3	18	13	1	4	40	21	+19	40	2nd ↑	DNQ	Crown Prince Cup	R1	Abdullah Frahan	12
2011–12	First Division	2	30	6	5	19	28	54	−26	23	16th ↓	DNQ		R2	Aiedh Al-Joni	5
2012–13	Second Division	3	18	6	6	6	19	24	−5	24	6th	DNQ		R2	Abdullah Al-Enezi	6
2013–14		3	18	7	4	7	26	27	−1	25	4th	DNQ			Meshref Al-Amri Abdullah Al-Kathiri	5
2014–15		3	18	3	5	10	15	31	−16	14	9th ↓	DNQ			Abdulrahman Al-Nouman	6
2015–16	Third Division	4	8	5	1	2	knockout cup competition				RU ↑	DNQ			Ahmed Al-Zahrani	5
2016–17	Second Division	3	18	5	4	9	25	33	−8	19	8th	Preliminary			Abdullah Al-Kathiri	7
2017–18		3	18	5	5	8	21	26	−5	20	7th	Preliminary			Abdullah Al-Kathiri	11
2018–19		3	22	4	9	9	22	37	−15	21	9th	Round of 64			Ali Al-Enezi	11
2019–20		3	22	4	5	15	16	33	−17	15	15th ↓	Round of 64			Ahmed Al-Khaibari Amara Ferjaoui	3
2020–21	Third Division	4	14	8	5	1	knockout cup competition				R32	DNQ			Fares Al-Harbi	11
2021–22		4	16	11	3	2	29	18	+11	30	1st ↑	DNQ			Abdulrahman Al-Zahrani	9
2022–23	Second Division	3	30	5	12	13	34	46	−12	27	14th	DNQ			Mohamed Benyahia	7
as Neom SC
2023–24	Second Division	3	31	22	5	4	71	31	+40	68	1st ↑	DNQ			Mohammad Fouad	10
2024–25	First Division	2	34	24	7	3	80	27	+53	79	1st ↑	DNQ			Carlos	16
2025–26	Pro League	1	34									TBD

Key

• GS = Group stage
• QF = Quarter-finals
• SF = Semi-finals

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

See also

• Saudi Arabia portal

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

External links

• Official website
• NEOM at Saudi Arabian Football Federation