Al-Tai FC

Al-Taie

Full name	Al-Taie Sport Club
Nickname(s)	Faris Al Shamal (Knight of The North)
Founded	23 July 1961 (1961-07-23)
Ground	Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium Ha'il, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	12,250
Chairman	Abdullah Al-Odaily
Head Coach	Dalibor Starčević
League	Saudi First Division
2016–17	Saudi First Division, 13th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Al-Taie Football Club (Arabic: نادي الطائي‎) is a professional football club based in Ha'il, Saudi Arabia, that plays in the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, the second tier of Saudi football. It was founded in 1961.

Al-Taie have won the Saudi First Division three times, first in the 1984–85 season and last in the 2000–01 season, and have finished runners-up once in the Saudi First Division once in the 1977–78 season. The club have won the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams once in the 1993–94 season and finished runners-up once in the previous season. The club spent 21 non-consecutive seasons in the Pro League and won their first promotion during the 1977–78 season. They last played in the Pro League during the 2007–08 season.

The club play their home games at Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium in Ha'il, sharing the stadium with city rivals Al-Jabalain, with whom they contest the Ha'il derby with.^[1]

Honours

Saudi First Division (Level 2)

• Winners (3): 1984-85, 1994–95, 2000–01
• Runners-up (1): 1977–78

Crown Prince Cup

• Runners-up (1): 1996–97

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams

• Winners (1): 1993–94
• Runners-up (1): 1994–95

Current squad

As of Prince Mohammad bin Salman League:

No Position Player Nation 1 Goalkeeper Aymen Al-Hussaini  Saudi Arabia 4 Defender Bander Ba Ajaj  Saudi Arabia 5 Midfielder Abdulellah Al-Amer  Saudi Arabia 6 Midfielder Abdulaziz Al-Harabi  Saudi Arabia 7 Forward Mashari Al-Enezi  Saudi Arabia 9 Forward Khalaf Al-Baqaawi  Saudi Arabia 10 Midfielder Sultan Al-Shammeri  Saudi Arabia 11 Midfielder Sulaiman Metlaq  Saudi Arabia 12 Defender Mamadou Barry  Senegal 14 Midfielder Ababacar Sall  Senegal 15 Midfielder Riyadh Sharahili  Saudi Arabia 16 Defender Mohamed Bukari  Sudan 17 Forward Said Al-Ruzaiqi  Oman 18 Midfielder Mashari Al-Qahtani  Saudi Arabia 19 Goalkeeper Moussa Sarr  Senegal 22 Defender Ali Al-Sharaan  Saudi Arabia 29 Midfielder Abdullah Qaisi  Saudi Arabia 30 Goalkeeper Mohammed Mazyad  Saudi Arabia 33 Midfielder Kémo Soumaré  Senegal 55 Defender Yasser Al-Assaf  Saudi Arabia 66 Forward Sambo Malick  Senegal 76 Goalkeeper Meshal Fahad  Saudi Arabia 80 Defender Raed Al-Amri  Saudi Arabia 87 Defender Pitty  Brazil 88 Midfielder Maher Othman (on loan from Al-Ahli)  Saudi Arabia 89 Defender Fahad Al-Johani  Saudi Arabia

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