Al-Ahli Saudi FC
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Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي السعودي, romanized: an-nādī al-ʿahlī as-saʿūdī, lit. 'Saudi National Club'), commonly known as Al-Ahli, is a Saudi professional football club based in Jeddah. It competes in the Saudi Pro League, the top tier of Saudi football. Since its founding in 1937, the club has been known as one of the most successful clubs in Saudi Arabia. Domestically, Al-Ahli has won 3 Saudi Professional Leagues, 13 Kings Cups, 6 Crown Prince Cups, 2 Super Cups and 5 Federations Cups. In international club football, they have won 1 AFC Champions League Elite, a record equal of three GCC Champions League and one Arab Club Championship. Al-Ahli was the first Saudi club to win the league and the King's Cup in the same season, and has done so twice - in 1978 and 2016. Al-Ahli was one of the four founding members of the Saudi Pro League and had never been relegated from the top flight until the 2021–22 season. The other three are Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad, and Al-Nassr. Al-Ahli hold the record for the longest unbeaten run in the league with their 51-match unbeaten streak from 2014 to 2016. Al-Ahli's home games are played at King Abdullah Sports City, also known as the shining jewel Stadium. The stadium, which is shared with long-lasting city rivals Al-Ittihad since 2014 and Jeddah FC, is the second-largest stadium in Saudi Arabia, with a total capacity of approximately 63,000.
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| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt main sponsor |
| 2001–2002 | Le Coq Sportif | |
| 2002–2003 | Diadora | |
| 2003–2006 | Le Coq Sportif | |
| 2006–2008 | Umbro | Al-Jawal |
| 2008–2009 | STC | |
| 2009–2012 | Adidas | |
| 2012–2014 | Umbro | |
| 2014–2015 | Qatar Airways | |
| 2015–2017 | Puma | |
| 2017–2019 | Umbro | Saudia |
| 2019–2020 | S-Team | |
| 2020–2023 | Xtep | |
| 2023– | Adidas | SIRC / Kayanee / Red Sea Global / Neoleap / Urpay |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Sanbi |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Zakaria Hawsawi (on loan from Al-Raed) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Roger Ibañez |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Sulaiman |
| 6 | MF | FRA | Valentin Atangana |
| 7 | FW | ALG | Riyad Mahrez |
| 9 | FW | KSA | Firas Al-Buraikan |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Enzo Millot |
| 13 | FW | BRA | Galeno |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Eid Al-Muwallad |
| 15 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Ammar |
| 16 | GK | SEN | Édouard Mendy (captain) |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Ivan Toney |
| 19 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Rashidi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Matheus Gonçalves |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Yaseen Al-Zubaidi |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Ali Majrashi |
| 28 | DF | TUR | Merih Demiral |
| 29 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Abdulrahman |
| 30 | MF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Johani |
| 32 | DF | BEL | Matteo Dams |
| 46 | DF | KSA | Rayan Hamed |
| 47 | MF | KSA | Saleh Abu Al-Shamat |
| 62 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Abdoh |
| 79 | MF | CIV | Franck Kessié (vice-captain) |
| 88 | DF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Khaibari |
| 95 | MF | KSA | Ayman Fallatah |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Gustavo Alves |
| 55 | GK | KSA | Bader Kabli |
| 56 | DF | KSA | Abdulrahman Sayadi |
| 60 | DF | KSA | Yazan Madani |
| 72 | GK | KSA | Salman Al-Jadani |
| 87 | MF | KSA | Ramez Al-Attar |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Amar Al-Yuhaybi |
| 93 | DF | KSA | Yasser Fallatah |
| 94 | MF | KSA | Ziyad Mallah |
| 99 | FW | KSA | Mohammed Al-Amri |
| — | DF | KSA | Mansour Al-Nakhli |
| — | DF | KSA | Riyadh Yami |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Saad Balobaid (on loan to Al-Shabab) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 49 | MF | KSA | Firas Al-Ghamdi (on loan to Abha) |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions League | 116 | 58 | 28 | 30 | 199 | 137 |
| Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| TOTAL | 120 | 61 | 28 | 31 | 208 | 140 |
| Country | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
| China | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 050.00 |
| India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Iran | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 046.15 |
| Iraq | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 085.71 |
| Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Qatar | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 044.00 |
| Saudi Arabia | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | +0 | 050.00 |
| South Korea | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 000.00 |
| Syria | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 071.43 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 |
| United Arab Emirates | 25 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 044.00 |
| Uzbekistan | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 050.00 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1985–86 | Asian Club Championship | Group A | East Bengal | 2–1 | 1st | |
| KYTB | 1–0 | |||||
| Semi-final | Al-Ittihad Aleppo | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||
| Final | Daewoo Royals | 1–3 | 1–3 | |||
| 1999–2000 | Asian Cup Winners' Cup | 2Q | Al-Jaish | 1–0 | 2−0 | 3–0 |
| Quarter-finals | Navbahor Namangan | 6–1 | 0−2 | 6–3 | ||
| Semi-finals | Al-Zawraa | – | Withdrew | |||
| 2002–03 | AFC Champions League | 3Q | Al-Ahli | 2–2 | 2−3 | 4–5 |
| 2005 | AFC Champions League | Group D | Al-Zawraa | 5–1 | 2−1 | 1st |
| Al-Jaish | 3–1 | 4−0 | ||||
| Pakhtakor | 3–0 | 1−2 | ||||
| Quarter-finals | Shenzhen Jianlibao | 2–1 | 1−3 | 3–4 | ||
| 2008 | AFC Champions League | Group C | Al-Sadd | 2–2 | 1−2 | 4th |
| Al-Karamah | 1–1 | 0−0 | ||||
| Al-Wahda | 0–0 | 1−2 | ||||
| 2010 | AFC Champions League | Group A | Esteghlal | 1–2 | 1−2 | 3rd |
| Al-Gharafa | 0–1 | 2−3 | ||||
| Al-Jazira | 5–1 | 2−0 | ||||
| 2012 | AFC Champions League | Group C | Lekhwiya | 3–0 | 0−1 | 2nd |
| Sepahan | 1–1 | 1−2 | ||||
| Al-Nasr | 3–1 | 2−1 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Al-Jazira | – | 3−3 | 3–3 (p) | ||
| Quarter-finals | Sepahan | 4–1 | 0−0 | 4–1 | ||
| Semi-finals | Al-Ittihad | 2–0 | 0−1 | 2–1 | ||
| Final | Ulsan Hyundai | 0–3 | 0–3 | |||
| 2013 | AFC Champions League | Group C | Al-Gharafa | 2–0 | 2−2 | 1st |
| Al-Nasr | 2–2 | 2−1 | ||||
| Sepahan | 4–1 | 4−2 | ||||
| Round of 16 | El Jaish | 2−0 | 1−1 | 3–1 | ||
| Quarter-finals | FC Seoul | 1–1 | 0−1 | 1–2 | ||
| 2015 | AFC Champions League | PO | Al-Qadsia | 2–1 [A] | – | 2–1 |
| Group D | Al-Ahli | 2–1 | 3−3 | 1st | ||
| Nasaf Qarshi | 2–1 | 0−0 | ||||
| Tractor Sazi | 2–0 | 2−2 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Naft Tehran | 2−1 | 0−1 | 2–2 (a) | ||
| 2016 | AFC Champions League | Group D | Nasaf Qarshi | 2–1 | 1−2 | 3rd |
| Al-Ain | 1–2 | 0−1 | ||||
| El Jaish | 2–0 | 4−1 | ||||
| 2017 | AFC Champions League | Group C | Bunyodkor | 2–0 | 0−2 | 2nd |
| Zob Ahan | 2–0 | 2−1 | ||||
| Al-Ain | 2–2 | 2−2 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Al-Ahli | 1−1 | 3−1 | 4–2 | ||
| Quarter-finals | Persepolis | 1–3 | 2−2 | 3–5 | ||
| 2018 | AFC Champions League | Group A | Tractor Sazi | 2–0 | 1−0 | 1st |
| Al-Jazira | 2–1 | 2−1 | ||||
| Al-Gharafa | 1–1 | 1−1 | ||||
| Round of 16 | Al-Sadd | 2−2 | 1–2 | 3–4 | ||
| 2019 | AFC Champions League | Group D | Al-Sadd | 2–0 | 1−2 | 2nd |
| Pakhtakor | 2–1 | 0−1 | ||||
| Player | Country | Goals | |
| 1 | Omar Al Somah | Syria | 24 |
| 2 | Victor Simões | Brazil | 14 |
| 3 | Taisir Al-Jassim | Saudi Arabia | 9 |
| Riyad Mahrez | Algeria | ||
| 5 | Amad Al-Hosni | Oman | 8 |
| Muhannad Assiri | Saudi Arabia | ||
| 7 | Abdulrahim Jaizawi | Saudi Arabia | 6 |
| Ivan Toney | England | ||
| Roberto Firmino | Brazil | ||
| 10 | Alessandro Cambalhota | Brazil | 5 |
| Mustafa Bassas | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Abdulfattah Asiri | Saudi Arabia |
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | KC | CPC | PFC | ARCL | CL | GCC | Saudi Super Cup | Top scorer | Manager | |
| 2000–01 | SPL | 1 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 50 | 19 | 31+ | 51 | – | Quarter-finals | Winners | Semi-finals | – | – | – | Ibrahim Al-Suwayyed | 12 | Luka Peruzović |
| 2001–02 | SPL | 4 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 26 | 13+ | 40 | – | Winners | Winners | – | – | Winners | – | Obeid Al-Dosari | 11 | Luka Peruzović Yousef Anbar |
| 2002–03 | SPL | 2 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 54 | 23 | 31+ | 47 | – | Runners-up | Runners-up | Winners | 3rd Qualifying Round | – | – | Mohammed Barakat | 10 | Dimitri Davidovic Ilija Lukić |
| 2003–04 | SPL | 4 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 10+ | 38 | – | Runner-up | Group stage | Group stage | – | – | – | Rojero Pereira | 11 | Pierre Lechantre Valmir Louruz |
| 2004–05 | SPL | 5 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 21 | 20+ | 34 | – | Round 16 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | – | – | Rojero Pereira | 13 | Valmir Louruz Geninho |
| 2005–06 | SPL | 4 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 22+ | 36 | – | Runners-up | Runners-up | – | – | – | – | Abdelhaq Ait Laarif Malek Mouath | 8 | Ilija Lukić Nebojša Vučković |
| 2006–07 | SPL | 5 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 29 | – | Winners | Winners | Semi-finals | – | – | – | Malek Mouath | 20 | Nebojša Vučković |
| 2007–08 | SPL | 8 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 26 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | – | Group stage | – | – | Malek Mouath | 14 | Nebojša Vučković Yousef Anbar |
| 2008–09 | SPL | 3 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 40 | Quarter-finals | Round 16 | Group stage | – | – | Winner | – | Hassan Al-Raheb | 10 | Stoycho Mladenov |
| 2009–10 | ZPL | 6 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 29 | −1 | 28 | Quarter-finals | Runners-up | Semi-finals | – | Group stage | – | – | Victor Simões | 13 | Gustavo Alfaro Farias |
| 2010–11 | ZPL | 6 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 37 | Winners | Quarter-final | Runners-up | – | – | – | – | Victor Simões | 20 | Trond Sollied Milovan Rajevac Aleksandar Ilić |
| 2011–12 | ZPL | 2 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 60 | 22 | +38 | 62 | Winners | Semi-final | Winners | – | Runners-up | – | – | Victor Simões | 27 | Karel Jarolím |
| 2012–13 | ZPL | 5 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 51 | 33 | +18 | 44 | Semi-finals | Quarter-finals | Winners | – | Quarter-finals | – | – | Victor Simões | 17 | Karel Jarolím Aleksandar Ilić |
| 2013–14 | ALJ | 3 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 45 | Runners-up | Quarter-finals | Runners-up | – | – | – | – | Taisir Al-Jassim | 9 | Vítor Pereira |
| 2014–15 | ALJ | 2 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 59 | 22 | +37 | 60 | Round 16 | Winners | – | Round 16 | – | – | Omar Al Somah | 31 | Christian Gross | |
| 2015–16 | ALJ | 1 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 55 | 21 | +34 | 63 | Winners | Runners-up | – | – | Group stages | – | – | Omar Al Somah | 34 | Christian Gross |
| 2016–17 | ALJ | 2 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 30 | +27 | 55 | Runners-up | Semi-finals | – | – | Quarter-finals | – | Winners | Omar Al Soma | 40 | José Manuel Gomes Christian Gross |
| 2017–18 | SPL | 2 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 59 | 26 | +33 | 55 | Semi-finals | – | – | – | Round of 16 | – | – | Muhannad Assiri | 13 | Serhii Rebrov |
| 2018–19 | SPL | 4 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 55 | Round of 16 | – | – | Semi-finals | Round of 16 | – | – | Omar Al Somah | 27 | Pablo Guede Jorge Fossati Yousef Anbar |
| 2019–20 | SPL | 3 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 50 | Semi-finals | – | – | – | Quarter-finals | – | – | Omar Al Somah | 23 | Branko Ivanković Christian Gross Vladan Milojević |
| 2020–21 | SPL | 8 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 47 | –5 | 39 | Round of 16 | – | – | – | Group stages | – | – | Omar Al Somah | 12 | Vladan Milojević Laurențiu Reghecampf |
| 2021–22 | SPL | 15 | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 38 | 43 | –5 | 32 | Quarter-finals | – | – | – | – | – | – | Omar Al Somah | 11 | Besnik Hasi Robert Siboldi |
| 2022–23 | FDL | 1 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Haitham Asiri | 10 | Robert Siboldi Pitso Mosimane |
| 2023–24 | SPL | 3 | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 67 | 35 | +32 | 65 | Round of 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | Firas Al-Buraikan | 15 | Matthias Jaissle |
| 2024–25 | SPL | 5 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 58 | Round of 32 | – | – | – | Winners | – | Semi-finals | Ivan Toney | 26 | Matthias Jaissle |
| Year | Winner |
| 2009–10 | Abdulrahim Jaizawi |
| 2010–11 | Victor Simões |
| 2011–12 | Taisir Al-Jassim |
| 2012–13 | Mustafa Al-Bassas |
| 2013–14 | Taisir Al-Jassim |
| 2014–15 | Omar Al Soma |
| 2015–16 | Omar Al Soma |
| 2016–17 | Yasser Al-Mosailem |
| 2017-18 | Omar Al Soma |
| 2018-19 | Djaniny |
| 2019-20 | Omar Al Soma |
| 2020-21 | Omar Al Soma |
| 2021-22 | Omar Al Soma |
| 2022-23 | Ryad Boudebouz |
| mw- Position | Nat. | Name |
| Manager | | Matthias Jaissle |
| Assistant manager | | Engin Yanova Alexander Hauser |
| Goalkeeper coach | | Alexander Bade |
| Chief analyst | | Mohamed Abdelfattah |
| Video analyst | | Steffen Konrad |
| Match analysts | | Maximilian Fischer Daniel Nisbet |
| Director of football | | Naif Qadi |
| Technical director | | Jan van Winckel |
| Office | Name |
| President | Khalid Al Ghamdi |
| Vice-president | Khalid Al Hendi |
| Chief Executive Officer | Ron Gourlay |
| Director of Other Sports | Khalid Al Shafei |
| Director of Legal Affairs | Mohammed bin Laden |
| Commercial Director | Abdulaziz Al Anqari |
| Investment Officer | Ayman Al Rashed |
| Board Member | Osama Shaker |
| Board Member | Muhannad Al Blahid |
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