Al Faisaly FC explained

Clubname:Al Faisaly
Fullname:Al Faisaly Football Club
Nickname:Al Annabi (The Burgundy)
Annabi Sudair (The Burgundy of Sudair)
Ground:Al Majma'ah Sports City
Al Majma'ah
Capacity:7,000
Chairman:Abdulmajeed Al-Omaim
Manager:Filipe Gouveia
League:First Division League
Season:2023–24
Position:FDL, 6th of 18
Current:2022–23 Al-Faisaly FC season
Website:https://alfaisalyfc.net/
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Al-Faisaly FC (Arabic: نادي الفيصلي) is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Harmah.[1] Founded in 1954, the club currently competes in the Saudi First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football.[2] Al-Faisaly play their home games at the Al Majma'ah Sports City in Al Majma'ah.[3]

The club is named after King Faisal (r. 1964–75), who was crown prince at the time of the club's founding.[4]

History

Al Faisaly finished as the runner-up in the 2005–06 first division season, thus becoming the first club from the Sudair region to achieve promotion to the top flight but went straight back down after just one season. Al Faisaly achieved promotion for the second time to the top flight by winning the 2009–10 first division title, and have been competing in the Saudi Professional League until they were relegated in the 2021–22 season after twelve consecutive seasons in the top flight.

During the 2017–18 season, Al Faisaly managed to reach the 2018 King Cup Finalfor the first time in their history, but fell short to Al Ittihad, losing 3–1 in extra time. Al Faisaly reached their second King Cup Final in four years, but this time they managed to win 3–2 against Al Taawon in the 2020–21 King Cup edition with Júlio Tavares scoring a hat-trick to secure their first ever top flight title, as well as their first AFC Champions League qualification. Al Faisaly also qualified to the 2021 Saudi Super Cup after winning their first ever King Cup title on 27 May 2021.[5] Al-Faisaly was defeated in the super cup by Al-Hilal (4–3) on penalties after 2–2 draw.

AFC Champions League debut

The club's debut campaign in the 2022 AFC Champions League was a massive success against all odds, Al Faisaly pulled off a surprising upset by winning 2–1 over Qatari giants and two-times AFC Champions League winners Al Sadd. Al Faisaly managed to top their group in Group E with 2 wins, 3 draw and 1 lost which by doing so, the club advanced to the Round of 16 facing against Iranian side, Foolad, However the club lost 1–0 on aggregate and bowed out from the AFC Champions League.

Current squad

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Club staff

RoleName
Manager Filipe Gouveia
Assistant manager Fahd Al-Warqa
Al-Hamidi Abdullah Al-Otaibi
Senior first-team coach Eugenio Sina
First-Team coach Khalil Kamal Issa
Goalkeeper Coach Claudio Pozzini
Fitness Coach Sacconi Corrado
Performance analyst Mairo Savoy
General manager Muhammad Abdullah Al-Mutairi
General Supervisor Medlej Abdul Mohsen Al-Madelj
Team secretary Alaa El Din Saleh Mohamed Ahmed
Team coordinator Muhammad Abdul Karim Al-Olayan

Managers

International competitions

Overview

CompetitionPldWDLGFGA
AFC Champions League723255
Arab Club Champions Cup301247
GCC Champions League9324911
TOTAL195681823

International record

Matches

SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2012–13GCC Champions LeagueGroup D Al-Busaiteen0–01−01st
Baniyas4–31–1
Quarter-finals Najran0–20–2
2015GCC Champions LeagueGroup D Al-Jahra0–12−13rd
East Riffa1–20–1
2018–19Arab Club Champions CupPlay-off round Club Africain2–24th
Al-Nejmeh1–2
ASAC Concorde1–3
2022AFC Champions LeagueGroup E Al-Wehdat1–11–11st
Al-Sadd2–10–1
Nasaf Qarshi0–01–0
Round of 16 Foolad0–10–1

Honours

Saudi First Division (Level 2)

Saudi Second Division (Level 3)

Saudi Third Division (Level 4)

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams

King Cup

Super Cup

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: الفيصلي - Al Faisaly .
  2. Web site: نادي الفيصلي .
  3. Web site: ملعب مدينة المجمعة الرياضية .
  4. Web site: اللعبون: بداية الفيصلي.. أدبية .
  5. Web site: الفيصلي يتوج بكأس الملك لأول مرة في تاريخ .
  6. Web site: Al-Faisaly information for 2018–2019 league season. Saudi Pro League Statistics. 30 July 2018.
  7. Web site: الموقع الرسمي للنادي الفيصلي بحرمة | اللاعبون الفريق الاول الموقع الرسمي للنادي الفيصلي بحرمة . 10 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181009041643/http://alfaisalyfc.net/wwp/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86 . 9 October 2018 . dead .