| Clubname: | Al-Ain FC |
| Upright: | 0.94 |
| Fullname: | Al-Ain Saudi Football Club |
| Nickname: | Fares Al Hejaz (Knight of Hejaz) Fakhr Al Baha (Pride of the Al-Bahah Province) [1] |
| Founded: | (as Zahran) (as Al-Ameed) (as Al-Ain)[2] |
| Ground: | King Saud Sport City Stadium Al Bahah, Saudi Arabia |
| Capacity: | 10,000 |
| Chairman: | Hassan bin Dabaj |
| Manager: | Ricardo Sousa |
| League: | First Division League |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Position: | FDL, 13th of 18 |
| Website: | alainclub.sa |
Al-Ain Saudi Football Club (Arabic: نادي العين السعودي) is a Saudi Arabian professional association football club based in Al Atawlah, Al Qara, Al Bahah.[3] The club was founded in 1978 and play their home matches at the King Saud Sport City Stadium. The team competes in the First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football. The club was founded in 1978 under the name of Zahran Football Club. The club was named after the Zahran tribe who are one of the largest tribes in Al-Bahah Province.[4] In 2001, the club changed their name to Al-Ameed Football Club before changing their name to Al-Ain in 2013.[5]
Al-Ain have won the Saudi Third Division title once in 2015–16,[6] and finished as runners-up once in 2010–11. The club have won the Al-Bahah Regional League ten times. The club spent four non-consecutive seasons in the Saudi Second Division before gaining to the MS League in the 2017–18 season. They spent two consecutive seasons in the MS League before gaining promotion to the top tier of Saudi football for the first time at the end of the 2019–20 season.[7] The club play their home games at the King Saud Sport City Stadium in Al Bahah, sharing the stadium with derby rivals Al-Hejaz.[8]
As of 29 September 2021[9]
| Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Manager | Zoran Milinković | |
| Assistant Managers | ||
| First-Team Coach | ||
| Goalkeeper Coach | ||
| Fitness Coach | ||
| Video Analyst | ||
| Sporting Director | ||
| Doctor | ||
| Physiotherapist | ||
| Kit Manager | ||
| Academy Manager |
Bahaa Qebsisi (August 5, 2015 – November 5, 2016) Abbas Noureddine (November 11, 2016 – February 22, 2017)
Mohammed Dahmane (December 8, 2017 – April 1, 2018) Mohamed Al Maalej (May 3, 2018 – February 8, 2019) Habib Ben Romdhane (June 19, 2019 – September 22, 2020)
Pablo Machín (January 31, 2021 – May 31, 2021) Mohamed Mkacher (November 8, 2021 – June 1, 2022) Mohammed Dahmane (August 11, 2022 – November 17, 2022)
Didier Gomes Da Rosa (November 17, 2022 – May 31, 2023)
Zoran Milinković (November 9, 2023 – June 1, 2024)As of 1 January 2021.[10]
| width=5% | No | width=40% | Name | width=10% | From | width=10% | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=Left | Mohammed Jamhour | 1978 | 1978 | |||
| 2 | align=Left | Salem Ahmed Al-Zahrani | 1979 | 1983 | |||
| 3 | align=Left | Awadh Al-Hilali | 1984 | 1984 | |||
| 4 | align=Left | Salem Ahmed Al-Zahrani | 1985 | 1990 | |||
| 5 | align=Left | Bakheet Al-Saher | 1991 | 1991 | |||
| 6 | align=Left | Salem Ahmed Al-Zahrani | 1992 | 1993 | |||
| 7 | align=Left | Fahad Al-Banmi | 1994 | 1994 | |||
| 8 | align=Left | Abdulaziz Odah | 1995 | 2006 | |||
| 9 | align=Left | Hamdan Saeed Hamdan | 2007 | 2010 | |||
| 10 | align=Left | Mohammed Abdulrahman Al-Zahrani | 2010 | 2018 | |||
| 11 | align=Left | Ali Bakheet Al-Zahrani | 2018 | 2018 | |||
| 12 | align=Left | Mazen bin Raddad Al-Zahrani | 2018 | 2021 | |||
| 12 | align=Left | Hassan bin Dabaj Al-Zahrani | 2021 |