Al-Khaleej FC explained

Al-Khaleej Club (ar|نادي الخليج بسيهات|nādī al-khalīj bi-Sayhāt|Saihat Gulf Club) is a Saudi Arabian multisports club. Located in Saihat, Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It is a sport, social, educational club. Additionally, different teams in this club, categorized in different levels based on the age, play different sports. Among the sports played by the Khaleej Club teams are football, handball, volleyball, basketball, tennis, table tennis, gymnastics, athletics, aquatics and others.

The club is well known for the handball team which played in different worldwide championships. Also, the athletics team accomplished worldwide golden middles.

It was announced that the club stadium will be completely rebuild with a new capacity of 15,000 instead of the previous 10,000 plus new handball court and new training facilities, the work should start in April 2024 and be completed by 2026 before the 2027 AFC Asian Cup.

Administration

The current administration that runs the club is the club-president Alaa Al Hamal.

Partners

Laser

Management staff

• Manager: Georgios Donis
• Assistant Manager: Miodrag Medan
• First Team Coach: Makis Angelinas
• Goalkeeper Coach: Panagiotis Maliaritsis
• Physical Coach: Grigoris Georgitsas
• Match Analysis: Abdulaziz Al-Bakr
• Sporting Director: Constantin Pana
• Doctor: Abdulelah Al-Marzouq
• Physiotherapist: Nawaf Al-Dossari
• Technical Director: Hussain Hawsawi

Managerial history

• Ahmad Al-Ajlani (1997 – 1999)
• Khaled Al-Marzouq (May 1, 1999 – October 11, 1999)
• Abdelkrim Bira (October 11, 1999 – March 1, 2000)
• Angel (July 6, 2000 – March 1, 2001)
• Khaled Al-Marzouq (March 1, 2001 – June 1, 2004)
• Yousef Al Suryati (August 9, 2004 – February 7, 2005)
• Khaled Al-Marzouq (February 7, 2005 – October 31, 2006)
• Jan Kmoch (caretaker) (October 31, 2006 – January 8, 2007)
• Lotfi Benzarti (January 8, 2007 – May 20, 2007)
• Ricardo Formosinho (August 3, 2007 – November 4, 2007)
• Khaled Al-Marzouq (November 4, 2007 – May 30, 2008)
• Samir Sellimi (June 23, 2008 – November 17, 2008)
• Sameer Hilal (November 17, 2008 – May 31, 2009)
• Khaled Al-Marzouq (June 8, 2009 – May 1, 2010)
• Eelco Schattorie (July 27, 2010 – January 5, 2011)
• Abderrazek Chebbi (January 5, 2011 – May 16, 2011)
• Ahmed El Agouz (July 29, 2011 – November 5, 2011)
• Khaled Al-Marzouq (November 5, 2011 – May 30, 2012)
• Ayman Ragab (July 1, 2012 – May 24, 2013)
• Sameer Hilal (May 28, 2013 – April 6, 2014)
• Jalel Kadri (April 29, 2014 – May 30, 2016)
• Patrick De Wilde (June 9, 2016 – August 30, 2016)
• Jalel Kadri (August 30, 2016 – May 5, 2017)
• Eusebiu Tudor (May 18, 2017 – January 6, 2018)
• Maher Al-Shammari (January 6, 2018 – May 1, 2018)
• Sameer Hilal (May 27, 2018 – June 1, 2019)
• Alen Horvat (July 7, 2019 – December 14, 2019)
• Mohammed Tlemceni (caretaker) (December 14, 2019 – January 1, 2020)
• Kheïreddine Madoui (January 9, 2020 – September 20, 2020)
• Sameer Hilal (September 23, 2020 – June 1, 2021)
• Dejan Arsov (July 13, 2021 – November 23, 2021)
• Paulo Gomes (November 23, 2021 – May 6, 2022)
• Khaled Al-Marzouq (caretaker) (May 6, 2022 – June 1, 2022)
• Pedro Emanuel (July 3, 2022 – June 23, 2024)
• Georgios Donis (July 11, 2024 –)

Current squad

As of 1 September 2024:

Out on loan

Honours

• Saudi First Division League
  • Winners (2): 2005–06, 2021–22
  • Runners-up (2): 2002–03, 2013–14
• Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams
  • Winners (1): 1999–00
  • Runners-up (1): 2008–09

Handball

The handball team is one of the most successful handball club in Saudi Arabia. They won 10 times the league.

Partners

LaserErima

Honours

Asian Club League Handball Championship

• Winners (1): 2023-2024 Asian Club League Handball Championship

IHF Men's Super Globe

• 2022

6th out of 12

• 2023

6th out of 12

• 2024

5th out of 12

Arab Handball Championship of Champions

• Winners (2): 2002, 2007
• Runners-up (4): 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995

Saudi Handball League

• Winners (10): 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2022–23
• Runners-up (Since 2005): 2005–06, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22

Saudi Handball Federation Cup

• Winners (9): 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2022, 2023, 2024
• Runners-up(12): 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2021

Saudi Handball Elite Championship

• Runners-up (4): 2003, 2005, 2015, 2019

Saudi Handball Super Cup

• Winners (2): 2023, 2024

Saudi Handball Olympic Games

• Winners (2): 2022, 2023

Saudi Beach Handball Championship

• Runners-up (1): 2022

Current squad

Squad for the 2024–25 season

Head coach: Dimitris Dimitroulias

Goalkeepers

• 12 Abdullah Alabdalali
• 16 Mohammad Al-Salem
• 33 Hussain Al-Mohsen

Left wingers

• 2 Mohamed Al Meskeen
• 4 Hassan Al Mubarak

Right wingers

• 7 Mohammed Al Meskeen
• 59 Hassan Al-Turaiki

Line players

• 3 Ali Al-Ibrahim
• 5 Jawad Jaffal
• 77 Marhoon Al-Maa
• 87 Jawad Al Ghafli

Left backs

• 31 Nemanja Mladenović
• 78 Hassan Al Ibrahim
• 94 Ameen Zakkar

Centre backs

• 1 Sadiq Al-Mohsin
• 10 Jehad Al Saihati
• 11 Sajad Al Shuwaikhat
• 13 Petar Nenadić (Joined for the 2023 IHF Men's Super Globe & 26th Asian Club League Handball Championship)
• 23 Mohammed Hani Al Basha
• 34 Mansour Al Saihati

Right backs

• 19 Shinnosuke Tokuda (Joined for the 2023 IHF Men's Super Globe & 26th Asian Club League Handball Championship)
• 66 Rami Al Mutairi

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia