Al Batin FC explained
| Clubname: | Al Batin |
| Fullname: | Al Batin Football Club |
| Nickname: | Al Samawi (The Sky Blue) |
| Ground: | Al-Batin Club Stadium
Hafar al-Batin, Saudi Arabia |
| Capacity: | 6,000 |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Chairman: | Khaled Al-Huwaidi |
| Manager: | Rui Almeida |
| League: | First Division League |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Position: | FDL, 7th of 18 |
| Current: | 2022–23 Al-Batin FC season |
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Al Batin Football Club (Arabic: نادي الباطن لكرة القدم) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Hafar al-Batin, Eastern Province, that competes in the Saudi First Division League. The club was founded in 1979.
Al-Batin's colours are sky blue and black. At the end of the 2007–08 season, they won their first promotion to Saudi Second Division.[1] On 25 March 2011, Al-Batin won their first promotion to Saudi First Division.[2] They play their home matches at the Al-Batin Club Stadium.
Honours
Coaching Staff
| Position | Name |
|---|
| Manager | Quim Machado |
| Assistant Manager | |
| Goalkeeper Coach | |
| Youth Coach |  Gersi Arbri
Besmir Shabani |
| Fitness Coach | |
| Video Analysis | |
| Team Coordinator |  Bene Lima |
| Doctor | |
| Physiotherapists | |
| General Coordinator | |
| Kit Manager | | |
Managerial history
- Rachid Mezghiche (2002 – 2003)
- Jamal El Khodary (August 1, 2005 – April 1, 2007)
- Hassan Abdelfattah (August 13, 2007 – May 1, 2008)
- Abdelhamid Salmi (July 1, 2009 – September 16, 2009)
- Rachid Mezghiche (September 16, 2009 – May 1, 2010)
- Emad Al-Qasem (July 1, 2010 – December 15, 2011)
- Nasser Nefzi (December 22, 2011 – February 13, 2014)
- Ednaldo Patricio (February 14, 2014 – April 6, 2014)
- Naif Al-Anezi (May 9, 2014 – August 31, 2014)
- Habib Ben Romdhane (September 1, 2014 – February 12, 2016)
- Yousri bin Kahla (February 12, 2016 – April 27, 2016)
- Khalid Al-Koroni (April 27, 2016 – May 27, 2016)
- Adel Abdel Rahman (June 8, 2016 – November 6, 2016)
- Khalid Al-Koroni (November 6, 2016 – May 17, 2017)
- Quim Machado (May 24, 2017 – February 4, 2018)
- Ciprian Panait (February 6, 2018 – May 31, 2018)
- Franky Vercauteren (July 26, 2018 – November 1, 2018)
- Yousef Al-Ghadeer (November 10, 2018 – February 17, 2019)
- Ciprian Panait (February 17, 2019 – May 31, 2019)
- Ridha Jeddi (July 6, 2019 – September 24, 2019)
- José Garrido (September 24, 2019 – March 20, 2021)
- Aleksandar Veselinovic (March 24, 2021 – June 1, 2021)
- Nenad Lalatović (June 25, 2021 — October 17, 2021)
- Darko Nović (caretaker) (October 17, 2021 — October 21, 2021)
- Alen Horvat (October 21, 2021 — February 19, 2023)
- Zdravko Logarušić (February 19, 2023 — June 1, 2023)
- Srđan Vasiljević (July 15, 2023 — September 13, 2023)
- Quim Machado (September 13, 2023 – March 1, 2024)
- Gjore Jovanovski (March 1, 2024 – May 11, 2024)
- Abdulaziz Nasser (caretaker) (May 11, 2024 – May 28, 2024)
- Rui Almeida (July 15, 2024 –)
Current squad
As of 12 September 2023:
Unregistered players
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: وسط استقبال حاشد للفريق بحفر الباطن. ar. Al-Jazirah. 22 April 2008. 14 March 2016. 1 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221001173539/http://www.al-jazirah.com/2008/20080422/sp10.htm. live.
- Web site: رحلة حائل تنقل الباطن على "الدرجة الأولى" بعد انتظار دام 33 عاماً. ar. Al Riyadh. 28 March 2011. 14 March 2016. 6 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221006203242/https://www.alriyadh.com/617871. live.
