Al-Raed FC

Al-Raed S.FC

Full name	Al-Raed Saudi Football Club
Founded	1954
Ground	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	23,600[1]
Chairman	Abdullatif Al-Khudair
Manager	Aleksandar Ilić
League	Professional League
2014–15	Professional League, 11th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Al-Ra'ed is a Saudi football club and the first of its kind in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia.^[2] One of the club's notable founders is Abdulaziz Al-Obodi. Established in 1954, Al-Raed plays in the Pro League and the Crown Prince Cup.^[3]

History

The team was able to qualify for the Premier League Saudi Arabia, in 1980–1981. It fought Club K in the qualifiers held in Riyadh. In 1986 it was the first team from the Qassim region to enter the Saudi Premier League. The team repeated this ascension to the Premier League at the end of 1989, 1992, 1998, 2002 and 2007. The Senyhassad junior team reached the Saudi Premier League clubs for juniors in 1999, and in 2003.

Players

As of Saudi Premier League:

No Position Player Nation 1 Goalkeeper Saad Al-Saleh      Saudi Arabia 22 Goalkeeper Fahad Al-Shamri      Saudi Arabia 29 Goalkeeper Khaled Al-Muqaitib      Saudi Arabia 5 Defender Majed Assiri (on loan from Al Ahli)     Saudi Arabia 6 Defender Ibrahim Madkhali (Captain)     Saudi Arabia 7 Defender Sultan Al-Bishi (on loan from Al-Hilal FC)     Saudi Arabia 16 Defender Saleh Al-Omrani (on loan from Al Qadisiyah )     Saudi Arabia 17 Defender Abdullah Al-Shamekh (on loan from Al-Hilal FC)     Saudi Arabia 20 Defender Abdusalam Al-Sherif      Saudi Arabia 23 Defender Abdullah Al-Harbi      Saudi Arabia 24 Defender Sultan Al-Yami      Saudi Arabia 27 Defender Jufain Al-Bishi      Saudi Arabia 33 Defender Hussain Al-Showaish      Saudi Arabia 77 Defender Ahmed Al-Habib      Saudi Arabia 3 Midfielder Ismaël Bangoura      Guinea 8 Midfielder Eid Al-Farsi      Oman 14 Midfielder Sultan Al-Bargan      Saudi Arabia 15 Midfielder Fares Al-Ayyaf      Saudi Arabia 18 Midfielder Nader Al-Muwallad (on loan from Al Shabab)     Saudi Arabia 25 Midfielder Marcos Pizzelli      Armenia 31 Midfielder Raed Al-Fraidi      Saudi Arabia 49 Midfielder Sultan Al-Sawadi (on loan from Al Ahli)     Saudi Arabia 66 Midfielder Sultan Al-Sherif      Saudi Arabia 90 Midfielder Hamed Al-Hamed (on loan from Al-Hilal FC)     Saudi Arabia 11 Forward Saleh Al-Shehri      Saudi Arabia 21 Forward Younes Alaiwi (on loan from Al-Hilal FC)     Saudi Arabia 32 Forward Fahad Al-Johani      Saudi Arabia 39 Forward Boubacar Kébé      France 94 Forward Abdulaziz Al-Qosair      Saudi Arabia 99 Forward Ali Khormi      Saudi Arabia

Out on loan

No Position Player Nation -- Midfielder Meshal Al-Enezi (at Al-Faisaly FC )     Saudi Arabia -- Forward Maher Hawsawi (at Al-Shoalah)     Saudi Arabia

Managers

• China (1998–99)
• Marco Cunha (2000)
• Senad Kreso (2001)
• Viorel Kraus (2003–04)
• Lucho Nizzo (July 1, 2010 – Dec 1, 2010)
• Eurico Gomes (Dec 12, 2010 – Oct 16, 2011)
• Ammar Souayah (Oct 30, 2011 – Feb 3, 2013)
• Vlatko Kostov (Feb 4, 2013 – June 27, 2013)
• Noureddine Zekri (July 1, 2013 – Feb, 2014)
• Marc Brys (Feb 25, 2014 – Jun, 2015)
• Abdelkader Amrani (Jun, 2015 – Aug 28, 2015)
• Takis Lemonis (Sep 3, 2015 – Feb 1, 2016)
• Aleksandar Ilić (Feb 5, 2016 – )

References

1. "King Abdullah Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
2. "نادي الرائد". spl.com.sa. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
3. "AL RAED". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 April 2016.