Al-Taawoun FC

Al-Taawoun ("Cooperation" Arabic: التعاون‎), sometimes known as Al-Tawen, is a professional football club based in Buraidah, that plays in the Saudi Professional League, the top tier of Saudi Football.

Al-Taawoun
Full nameAl-Taawoun Football Club
Nickname(s)Sukri Al-Qasim
Al Dhiaab (The Wolves)
Founded1956 (1956)
GroundKing Abdullah Sport City Stadium,
Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
Capacity25,000[1]
ChairmanMohammed Al-Qasim
ManagerVítor Campelos
LeaguePro League
2018–19Pro League, 3rd of 16

Al-Taawoun have won the King Cup once, in 2019, defeating Al-Ittihad in the final. Their best ever top-flight season came in 2018–19 when the club successfully challenged for the Asian Champions League spots, eventually finishing in third place in the top division, their highest league position to date, as well as winning the King Cup. In 2017, the club became the first team from the Qasim region to play in the Asian Champions League. Al-Taawoun have been second-tier champions once and runners-up twice. The club holds the distinct achievement as being the one of the two second-tier teams to play in the final of the King Cup.

The club play their home games at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in Buraidah, sharing the stadium with city rivals Al-Raed with whom they contest the Qasim Derby with.

History

Al-Taawoun were founded in the year of 1956 under the name of "Al-Shabab" and were founded by Saleh Al Wabili. Four years after the founding of the club, they were officially registered as a professional club in 1960. Under the guidance of Zayed Al-Omrani, as president, the club tasted top flight football for the first time in its history, before being relegated back to the first division in the next season. 2 years after that Al-Taawoun once again won promotion to the Pro League, but this time as champions of the first division. The club were then relegated to the first division after 1 year. In the 2009–10 season Al-Taawoun won promotion to the Pro League for the first in over a decade as runners-up of the league. They have been playing in the Saudi Professional League since the 2010–2011 season.[2] On 29 May 2016, Al-Taawoun qualified for the AFC Champions League for the first time ever by finishing fourth in the league during the 2015–16 season.[3] On 2 May 2019, Al-Taawoun won their first-ever King Cup, as well as their first-ever top-flight trophy, by defeating Al-Ittihad in the final.[4] Al-Taawoun also became the first club from Al-Qassim Region to win the King Cup.

Honours

King Cup

Super Cup

  • Runners-up (1): 2019

Saudi First Division (Level 2)

  • Winners (1): 1996–97
  • Runners-up (2): 1994–95, 2009–10

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams

  • Winners (4): 1996–97, 2000–01, 2007–08, 2008–09

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Current squad
As of 26 December 2018[6]
No Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Cássio  Brazil
2 Defender Yassin Barnawi  Saudi Arabia
3 Forward Léandre Tawamba  Cameroon
4 Defender Ricardo Machado  Portugal
5 Defender Talal Al-Absi (captain)  Saudi Arabia
6 Midfielder Ryan Al-Mousa  Saudi Arabia
7 Midfielder Rabee Sufyani  Saudi Arabia
8 Midfielder Nildo Petrolina  Brazil
11 Midfielder Nasser Al-Daajani (on loan from Al-Ahli)  Saudi Arabia
13 Defender Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi  Saudi Arabia
14 Defender Hassan Kadesh  Saudi Arabia
15 Midfielder Fahad Al-Rashidi  Saudi Arabia
16 Defender Fahad Al-Hamad  Saudi Arabia
17 Midfielder Cédric Amissi  Burundi
19 Midfielder Ibrahim Al Otaybi  Saudi Arabia
20 Midfielder Héldon Ramos  Cape Verde
21 Goalkeeper Moataz Al-Baqaawi  Saudi Arabia
23 Goalkeeper Hussain Shae'an  Saudi Arabia
24 Forward Mohammad Al-Sahlawi  Saudi Arabia
25 Midfielder Faisel Darwish  Saudi Arabia
26 Goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Dhulayfi  Saudi Arabia
27 Midfielder Sultan Mendash (on loan from Al-Ahli)  Saudi Arabia
28 Midfielder Sumayhan Al-Nabit  Saudi Arabia
33 Defender Ahmed Assiri  Saudi Arabia
41 Midfielder Thaar Al-Otaibi (on loan from Al-Hilal)  Saudi Arabia
44 Midfielder Saleh Al-Saeed  Saudi Arabia
55 Midfielder Sandro Manoel  Brazil
66 Midfielder Mohammed Abousaban  Saudi Arabia
80 Midfielder Abdulmajeed Al-Swat  Saudi Arabia
88 Defender Hamdan Al-Ruwaili  Saudi Arabia
99 Forward Malek Al-Abdulmenem  Saudi Arabia

Out on loan
No Position Player Nation
9 Forward Mansour Al-Muwallad (on loan to Damac)  Saudi Arabia
29 Midfielder Abdullah Al-Jouei (on loan to Damac)  Saudi Arabia

International Competitions

Overview
As of 18 February 2020
Competition Pld W D L GF GA
AFC Champions League 8 3 2 3 10 12
GCC Champions League 5 1 4 0 7 6
TOTAL 13 4 6 3 17 18

Record By Country
Country Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
 Iran 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 000.00
 Oman 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 050.00
 Qatar 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 033.33
 United Arab Emirates 4 1 2 1 3 4 −1 025.00
 Uzbekistan 2 1 1 0 5 4 +1 050.00

Asian Record

Matches
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2017 AFC Champions League Group A Lokomotiv Tashkent 1–0 4−4 3rd
Esteghlal 1–2 0−3
Al-Ahli 1–3 0−0
2020 AFC Champions League Group C Sharjah 1–0 2nd
Al-Duhail 2–0
Persepolis

Gulf Record

Matches
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2015 GCC Champions League Group A Al-Suwaiq 1–0 2−2 2nd
Al-Rayyan 1–1 2–2
Quarter-finals Al-Nasr – 1−1 (p) 1–1 (p)

Managers

References
  1. "King Abdullah Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-06-28. Retrieved 2017-02-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "رسمياً.. التعاون يتأهل إلى دوري أبطال آسيا".
  4. "التعاون يكتب التاريخ.. ويتوج بطلاً لكأس الملك".
  5. "الإنجازات". Taawoun. Retrieved 24 April 2007.
  6. "التعاون". kooora. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
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