Al-Batin F.C.

Al-Batin FC
Full name Al-Batin Football Club
Nickname(s) Al Samawi
Founded 1979 (1979)
Ground Al-Batin Club Stadium
Hafar Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia
Capacity 6,000
President Nasser Al-Huwaidi
Manager Franky Vercauteren
League Saudi Professional League
2017–18 Saudi Professional League, 11th

Al-Batin Football Club (Arabic: نادي الباطن لكرة القدم‎), is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Hafar Al-Batin, Eastern Province, and currently playing in the Saudi Professional League. The club was founded in 1979.

Al-Batin's colours are sky blue and black. At the end of the 2007–08 season, they won their first promotion to Saudi Second Division.[1] On 25 March 2011, Al-Batin won their first promotion to Saudi First Division.[2] They play their home matches at the Al-Batin Club Stadium.

Honours

Current squad

First team squad

As of 25 September 2018:

No Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Khowailed Ayyadah  Saudi Arabia
3 Defender Bander Nasser  Saudi Arabia
5 Midfielder Andres Baraka  Brazil
7 Defender Mohanna Waqes (captain)  Saudi Arabia
8 Midfielder Abdurahman Al-Dhefiri (on loan from Al-Nassr)  Saudi Arabia
9 Forward Aziz Bouhaddouz  Morocco
10 Midfielder Jadaan Mohanna  Saudi Arabia
11 Midfielder Misael Riascos  Colombia
12 Midfielder Majed Kanabah  Saudi Arabia
13 Defender Anas Zabani (on loan from Al-Hilal)  Saudi Arabia
15 Midfielder Abdulmajeed Obaid  Saudi Arabia
18 Midfielder Johan Arango  Colombia
21 Goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Rubeai (on loan from Al-Ahli)  Saudi Arabia
22 Defender João Gabriel  Brazil
23 Forward Crysan  Brazil
25 Defender Sultan Masrahi  Saudi Arabia
26 Goalkeeper Mazyad Freeh  Saudi Arabia
31 Defender Sultan Ghunaiman  Saudi Arabia
32 Forward Fahad Al-Johani (on loan from Al-Qadsiyah)  Saudi Arabia
33 Defender Sultan Dawod  Saudi Arabia
34 Forward Raed Al-Ghamdi  Saudi Arabia
55 Defender Muteb Mansor  Saudi Arabia
70 Forward Hassan Sharahili  Saudi Arabia
77 Defender Abdulmohsen Al-Sobhi  Saudi Arabia
80 Forward Yousef Al-Mozairib  Saudi Arabia
83 Goalkeeper Adriano Facchini  Brazil
90 Defender Lucas Tagliapietra  Brazil
98 Forward Muteb Al-Hammad (on loan from Al-Nassr)  Saudi Arabia
— Midfielder Waleed Khaled  Saudi Arabia
— Forward Mohammed Mohsen  Saudi Arabia

See also

References

  1. ↑ "وسط استقبال حاشد للفريق بحفر الباطن" (in Arabic). Al-Jazirah. 22 April 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "رحلة حائل تنقل الباطن على "الدرجة الأولى" بعد انتظار دام 33 عاماً" (in Arabic). Al Riyadh. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2016.


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