Najran SC

Najran SC
Full name Najran Sport Club
Nickname(s) Mared Al-Janoub (Giant of the South)
Founded 23 June 1980
Ground Al Akhdoud Club Stadium
Najran, Saudi Arabia
Capacity 5,000
Chairman Mosleh Musallam
Manager Al Habib Ben Ramadan
League Prince Mohammad bin Salman League
2016–17 First Division, 3rd

Najran Sport Club (Arabic: نادي نجران الرياضي) is a Saudi Arabian football team based in Najran, they are currently playing in the Saudi First Division.

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, and is still playing in it to this day.

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 Prince Mohammad bin Salman League:

No Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Hatem Al-Johani  Saudi Arabia
3 Forward Ibrahim Balhareth  Saudi Arabia
4 Defender Mehdi Ressaissi  Tunisia
5 Defender Azzan Maqbol  Saudi Arabia
7 Forward Abdulaziz Al-Tawfiq  Saudi Arabia
8 Midfielder Felipe Almeida  Brazil
10 Midfielder Esquerdinha  Brazil
11 Midfielder Hussain Julaidan  Saudi Arabia
12 Defender Meshal Al Faraj  Saudi Arabia
13 Defender Mubarak Al-Sqoor  Saudi Arabia
14 Forward Saleh Al Abbas  Saudi Arabia
15 Midfielder Aref Al Haider  Saudi Arabia
16 Goalkeeper Wassim Nawara  Tunisia
17 Midfielder Nawaf Al-Sqoor  Saudi Arabia
18 Defender Amr Al-Bar  Saudi Arabia
21 Midfielder Omar Asem  Saudi Arabia
23 Defender Imran Bakur (on loan from Fátima)  Nigeria
24 Defender Talal Hawsawi  Saudi Arabia
25 Goalkeeper Nasser Al-Saiari  Saudi Arabia
30 Defender Mohammad Zureiqat  Jordan
45 Midfielder Mousa Eisa  Nigeria
50 Defender Meshal Al Hamsal  Saudi Arabia
70 Defender Saeed Al Hamsal  Saudi Arabia
88 Midfielder Mohamed Doumouya  Ivory Coast
99 Forward Mosquito  Brazil
Defender Abdullah Assiri  Saudi Arabia
Midfielder Mashhor Al-Qahtani  Saudi Arabia
Forward Khaled Al-Taifi  Saudi Arabia

Managers

Serbia Zvezdan Milosevic july 2018

References

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