Khaleej FC

Khaleej FC

Full name	Khaleej Football Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Danah
Founded	1945
Ground	Al-Khaleej Club Stadium Saihat, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Fawzi Al-Basha
Manager	Jalal Qaderi
League	Professional League
2014–15	Professional League, 8th
Home colours Away colours

Al-Khaleej Club of Saihat (Arabic: نادي الخليج بسيهات‎) is a Saudi Arabian 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 (soccer), handball, volleyball, basketball, tennis, table tennis, gymnastics, athletics, power games, aquatics, and many others.

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

The football team of Al-Khaleej plays in the Saudi Professional League, and was established in 1945. The team was promoted from the 1st division in the 2013–14 season.

Administration

The current administration that runs the club is the club-president Fawzi Al-Bashsa and vice-president Nazih Al-Nasr.

Players

As of Saudi Premier League:

No Position Player Nation 1 Goalkeeper Moslem Al Freej      Saudi Arabia 22 Goalkeeper Ali Al-Ahsaei      Saudi Arabia 31 Goalkeeper Abdulmajeed Al-Thunayan      Saudi Arabia 33 Goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Towil      Saudi Arabia 2 Defender Issa Al Abbas      Saudi Arabia 5 Defender Ibrahim Al-Zawahreh      Jordan 21 Defender Hossam Al-Jadaani      Saudi Arabia 23 Defender Salman Hazazi      Saudi Arabia 26 Defender Aminou Bouba      Cameroon 35 Defender Abbas Shengeeti      Saudi Arabia 78 Defender Ali Lawgami      Saudi Arabia 87 Defender Qassem Lawgami      Saudi Arabia 6 Midfielder Hussain Al-Sheikh      Saudi Arabia 8 Midfielder Mosaab Al-Otaibi (on loan from Al-Nassr FC)     Saudi Arabia 14 Midfielder Ala Rishani      Saudi Arabia 18 Midfielder Alaa Al Hejji      Saudi Arabia 20 Midfielder Mohammed Al-Motawaa      Saudi Arabia 24 Midfielder Hadi Al Abbas      Saudi Arabia 25 Midfielder Aboubacar Sylla      Guinea 27 Midfielder Hattan Bahebri (on loan from Ittihad FC)     Saudi Arabia 50 Midfielder Talal Majrashi      Saudi Arabia 55 Midfielder Hassan Shaiban      Saudi Arabia 3 Forward Abdoulaye Koffi (on loan from Al-Suwaiq )     Ivory Coast 11 Forward Abdulla Al Salem (Vice Captain)     Saudi Arabia 16 Forward Fahad Al-Swilem      Saudi Arabia 99 Forward Samer Salem (on loan from Al Ahli)     Saudi Arabia

Out on loan

No Position Player Nation -- Goalkeeper Mahdi Al-Showaikhat (at Al-Batin F.C.)     Saudi Arabia -- Defender Ahmed Meshqi (at Al-Shoalah)     Saudi Arabia -- Midfielder Mohammad Al-Haik (at Ettifaq FC)     Saudi Arabia

Honours

Al-Khaleej Played Al-Shoalah on Round 2, Saudi League 2014–2015

• First Division League
  • Winners (1): 2005–06
  • Runners-up (2) : 2002–03, 2013–14

External links

• Khaleej Club Official Website