Al-Riyadh SC

Al-Riyadh

Full name	Al-Riyadh Saudi Club[1]
Founded	1953; 71 years ago (1953) (as Ahli Al-Riyadh)
Ground	Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Capacity	15,000[2]
Manager	Sabri Lamouchi
League	Saudi Pro League
2023–24	Pro League, 14th of 18
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Al-Riyadh active departments
Football (men's)	Football (women's)

Al-Riyadh SC (Arabic: نادي الرياض السعودي, romanized: nādī nādī al-Riyāḍ as-saʿūdī, lit. 'Saudi Riyadh Club') is a professional football club based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It currently plays in the Saudi Pro League (the first tier of professional football in Saudi Arabia). It was established in 1953 as Ahli Al-Riyadh, then changed its name to Al-Yamamah and finally to Al-Riyadh. Best known for its football team, Al-Riyadh also have squads in other sports.

Al-Riyadh have won one major title: the Crown Prince Cup in 1994.^[3] The team also finished as runners-up in the Saudi Premier League in 1994;^[4] they have never won the top league.

Al-Riyadh was promoted to the Saudi Pro League in 2023.^[3]

The club was founded in 1953 under the name "Ahli Al-Riyadh", before changing to "Al-Yamama" and then to "Al-Riyadh."^[5] It is currently based in west Riyadh.^[6] They reached the final of the Kings Cup in 1962 and 1978, but triumphed on neither occasion.^[7]

Al-Riyadh was promoted to the Saudi Premier League at the end of the 1988/89 season after winning the Saudi First Division League.^[8]

In the early 1990s, under the leadership of the Brazilian coach Zumario and players such as Khalid Al-Qarouni, Talal Al-Jabreen, Yasser Al-Taafi and Fahd Al-Hamdan, Al-Riyadh won the Crown Prince Cup in 1994.^[4] They were unable to retain the Cup in 1995, losing in the final to Al-Hilal.^[9] However, they did win the 1995 Federation Cup^[7] and reached the semi-final of the 1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.^[10] In 1998, Al-Riyadh once again reached the finals of the Crown Prince Cup, and lost to Al-Ahli.^[11]

Al-Riyadh were relegated at the end of the 2004/5 season.^[12]

Al-Riyadh finished fourth in the Saudi First Division League in the 2022/23 season.^[13] Normally, a fourth-place finish would not be good enough for promotion, but the Saudi Premier League was expanding from 16 teams to 18, offering an additional promotion spot.^[3]

• Saudi Premier League
  • Runners-up (1): 1993–94
• Saudi First Division League
  • Winners (2): 1977–78, 1988–89
  • Runners-up (2): 1979–80, 1982–83
• Kings Cup
  • Runners-up (2): 1962, 1978
• Crown Prince Cup
  • Winners (1): 1993–94
  • Runners-up (2): 1994–95, 1997–98
• Prince Faisal Cup
  • Winners (1): 1994–95

• Arab Super Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1996

As of 21 August 2023:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Shwirekh 7 MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Aqel 8 MF  KSA Abdulelah Al-Khaibari 13 DF  KSA Humood Al-Dossari 16 MF  KSA Saleh Al-Saeed 18 MF  KSA Mohamed Al Oqil 19 DF  KSA Saud Al-Bawardi 24 MF  KSA Nawaf Al-Abed 26 MF  KSA Ali Al-Zaqaan 27 DF  KSA Hussain Al-Nowaiqi 28 MF  KSA Bader Al-Mutairi 29 DF  KSA Ahmed Assiri 35 MF  KSA Turki Al-Mergaa 40 GK  KSA Abdulrahman Al-Shammari 45 GK  KSA Fahad Hashim 66 MF  KSA Majed Al-Qahtani

No. Pos. Nation Player 77 MF  KSA Moayed Al-Houti 99 FW  KSA Mutaz Hibah — GK  KSA Abdulaziz Al-Awairdhi — GK  CAN Milan Borjan — DF  KSA Marzouq Tombakti — DF  KSA Suwailem Al-Menhali — DF  KSA Yazeed Al-Bakr — DF  KSA Ziyad Al-Sahafi — MF  KSA Mohammed Sahlouli — MF  KSA Nawaf Hawsawi — MF  COM Faïz Selemani — MF  IRQ Ibrahim Bayesh — MF  POR Tozé — MF  BRA Lucas Kal — MF  GHA Bernard Mensah — FW  KSA Rayan Al-Bloushi

Position	Name
Manager	Sabri Lamouchi
Assistant Manager	José Rodrigues Michael Hefele
Goalkeeper Coach	Saad Al-Jaithen
Rehab Coach	Nawaf Al-Qahtani
Fitness Coach	Fahad Perišić
Youth Coach	Abdulelah Shimotaira
Development Coach	Bader Al-Koroni
Head of Medical	Ibrahim Otsuki
Doctor	Abdulrahman Garcia
Sporting Director	Saleh Al-Kubaishan

As of 1 July 2023

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Algeria	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Egypt	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Jordan	2	1	0	1	1	1	+0	050.00
Kuwait	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Lebanon	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Qatar	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Sudan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Syria	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	000.00
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Yemen	1	1	0	0	5	3	+2	100.00
TOTAL	21	10	4	7	29	21	+8	047.62

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1995	Arab Cup Winners' Cup	Group B	Al-Ahly	2–2		2nd
			Club Africain	0–1
			Al-Nasr	2–0
			Al-Ittihad Aleppo	2–0
		SF	ES Sahel	0–2		0–2
	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	2R	Homenmen	3–0	2−0	5–0
		QF	Kazma	2–1	0−1	2–2[A]
		SF	Al-Talaba	–		Withdrew
1996	Arab Super Cup	Final	ES Tunis	1–1		2nd
			Al-Hilal	0–0
	Arab Cup Winners' Cup	Group A	Al-Muharraq	2–0		1st
			Al-Wehdat	1–0
			Olympique Médéa	1–1
		SF	Al-Faisaly	0–1		0–1
1999	Arab Cup Winners' Cup	QR	Al-Merrikh	2–1		2nd
			Al-Masry	1–2
			Al-Ittihad Ibb	5–3
		Group B	Al-Jaish	1–2		3rd
			Al-Gharafa	1–3
			MC Oran	1–0

Key: QR – Qualifying round; 1R/2R – First/Second round; R16 – Round of 16; QF – Quarter-final; SF – Semi-final;

Notes

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

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