Najran SC

Najran SC

Logo
Full name	Najran Sport Club
Nickname(s)	Mared Al-Janoub (Giant of the South)
Founded	23 June 1980
Ground	Al Akhdoud Club Stadium Najran, Saudi Arabia
Ground Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Mosleh Musallam
Manager	Hélio dos Anjos
League	Saudi Professional League
2014–15	12th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Najran Sport Club (Arabic: نادي نجران الرياضي‎‎) is a Saudi Arabian football team based in Najran, they are currently playing in the Saudi Premier League.

Najran SC achieved promotion to the Saudi Premier League by finishing 2nd in the Saudi First Division during the 2006/07 season.

The beginning

Najran Club is a new club compared to other Saudi clubs. The idea of establishing the club was first born in 1980 when a group of Najranis raised a request to the Youth Welfare office expressing their desire in establishing a club that carried the name of their city. Efforts were harnessed to achieve this quest that was just an idea till the approval of the general president of the Youth Welfare at that time, his royal highness prince Faisal bin Fahad bin Abdulaziz was issued. Accordingly, the founders of the club held a meeting to form and elect the first board of directors.

Achievements

The Najran team was able to reach the final match of the prince Faisal Bin Fahad cup 2005–06 for the first division.

The Najran team was finally able to qualify to the Saudi Premier League in the 2007–08 season, and is still playing in it to this day.

They were able to reach the final four in the 2009–10 Saudi Crown Prince Cup after defeating some of the strongest teams in Saudi football such as Al-Ittihad, but lost to Al-Hilal 1–2 after an impressive display.

Players

As of Saudi Premier League:

No Position Player Nation 1 Goalkeeper Ahmed Masrahi     Saudi Arabia 25 Goalkeeper Nasser Al-Saieri     Saudi Arabia 31 Goalkeeper Abdulaziz Al-Tekrouni     Saudi Arabia 33 Goalkeeper Abdullah Al-Jadaani     Saudi Arabia 23 Defender Jamaan Al-Dossari (on loan from Al Shabab)    Saudi Arabia 28 Defender Rabee Al-Mousa     Saudi Arabia 34 Defender Ali Al-Khaibari (on loan from Al-Nassr FC)    Saudi Arabia 55 Defender Nawaf Al-Sobhi     Saudi Arabia 70 Defender Saeed Hamsal     Saudi Arabia 80 Defender Raed Al-Amri     Saudi Arabia -- Defender Azzan Maqbol     Saudi Arabia -- Defender Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi     Saudi Arabia 4 Midfielder Maan Khodari     Saudi Arabia 5 Midfielder Abdulellah Al-Fadhl (on loan from Al-Hilal FC)    Saudi Arabia

No Position Player Nation 6 Midfielder Ismael Musallami     Saudi Arabia 8 Midfielder Faisal Zayid (on loan from Al-Jahra SC)    Kuwait 10 Midfielder Hamad Al-Robaei (Vice Captain)    Saudi Arabia 14 Midfielder Meftah Hamsal     Saudi Arabia 20 Midfielder Hamad Al Mansor     Saudi Arabia 24 Midfielder Fawaz Al-Sqoor     Saudi Arabia 27 Midfielder Sultan Mendash (on loan from Ittihad FC)    Saudi Arabia 29 Midfielder Abdulaziz Hamsal (Captain)    Saudi Arabia 66 Midfielder Ahmad Abbas     Saudi Arabia -- Midfielder Eric de Oliveira     Brazil 7 Forward Yahya Dagriri (on loan from Ittihad FC)    Saudi Arabia 11 Forward Wesam Wahib     Saudi Arabia 16 Forward Essa Al-Mehyani     Saudi Arabia

Out on loan

No Position Player Nation -- Defender Jaafer Al-Saeed (at Al-Feiha FC)    Saudi Arabia

No Position Player Nation -- Midfielder Mussab Al-Laham (at Al-Orobah F.C.)    Jordan

Managers

• Lotfi Benzarti
• Costică Ștefănescu (2008)
• Marcelo Zuleta (July 29, 2008 – June 30, 2009)
• Mourad Al Akabi (July 1, 2010 – Nov 2, 2010)
• José Rachão (Nov 2, 2010 – June 30, 2011)
• Gjoko Hadžievski (Sept 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012)
• Miodrag Ješić (May 31, 2012 – Jan 7, 2013)
• Gjoko Hadžievski (March 6, 2013 – Dec 31, 2013)
• Nizar Mahrous (Jan 10, 2014–1?)
• Denis Lavagne (July 5, 2014 – June 30, 2015)
• Fathi Al-Jabal (July 25, 2015 – December 16, 2015)
• Al Hasan Al-Yami (December 16, 2015 – December 25, 2015)
• Hélio dos Anjos (December 25, 2015 – present)

External links

• (Arabic) Official website