Clubname: | Neom SC |
Fullname: | Neom Sports Club |
Founded: | as Al-Suqoor as Neom [1] |
Ground: | King Khalid Sport City Stadium, Tabuk |
Capacity: | 12,000 |
Chairman: | Meshari Al-Motairi |
Manager: | Péricles Chamusca |
League: | FD League |
Season: | 2023–24 |
Position: | Second Division – Group A, 1st of 16 (promoted) |
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Neom Sports Club is a Saudi Professional football club currently based in Tabuk, but expected to move to planned urban area Neom. It competes in the Saudi First Division, the second tier of Saudi football.
The club was founded in 1965 under the name of Al-Suqoor Club. It played mainly in Saudi Third Division and Saudi Second Division. In 2011 Al-Suqoor finished second and were promoted in Saudi First Division, the second tier of professional football in Saudi Arabia, for first time in their history. The team finished last in their first season and were relegated. During the 2021–22 season, Al-Suqoor defeated Al-Qous 2–1 in the Third Division final to become the inaugural champions.[2]
On June 5, 2023, the Saudi sports ministry said that football Club al-Suqoor will be turned into a company and owned by NEOM.[3] On 24 December 2023, the club changed its name to Neom Sports Club.[4] [5]
Al-Suqoor played mainly to black and gold colors. When Neom was introduced, they were presended in dark orange main kits and white reserve ones.
Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt partner |
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2022–2023 | Skillano | None |
2024– | NEOM |
For all players with a Wikipedia article see .
The footballers enlisted below have international caps for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries.
bgcolor= | Position | bgcolor= | Name | bgcolor= | Nationality |
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Coaching staff | |||||
Manager | Péricles Chamusca | ||||
Assistant manager | Abdullah Ali Al-Kathiri | ||||
First-team coach | Badri bin Nassr | ||||
Goalkeepers coach | Hani Al Sharawi | ||||
First team doctor | Hesham Al-Nawi | ||||
Management | |||||
Chairman | Meshari Al-Motairi | ||||
CEO | Moaath Alohali | ||||
Dates | Name | Honours |
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15 July 2018 – 12 December 2018 | Sami Al-Joufi | |
12 December 2018 – 17 March 2019 | Bilal Bashouch | |
18 March 2019 – 1 May 2019 | Zied Ghodhbani | |
13 July 2019 – 22 November 2019 | Mazen Al-Blwi | |
1 December 2019 – 15 February 2020 | Nasser Nefzi | |
15 February 2020 – 15 February 2021 | Zied Ghodhbani | |
1 October 2021 – 1 April 2022 | Emad Jendoubi | 2021–22 Saudi Third Division |
2 August 2022 – 7 January 2023 | Fouad Bouali | |
7 January 2023 – 1 May 2023 | Abdullah Al-Katheri | |
29 June 2023 – 1 May 2024 | Afouène Gharbi | 2023–24 Saudi Second Division |
29 May 2024 – | Péricles Chamusca | |
Season | League | King Cup< | --Kept in case of future necessity!rowspan=2 | League Cup--> | Other competitions | Top goalscorer | |||||||||||||||
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scope=col | Division | scope=col | Level | scope=col | P | scope=col | W | scope=col | D | scope=col | L | scope=col | F | scope=col | A | scope=col | GD | scope=col | Pts | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Pos |
as Al-Suqoor Club | |||||||||||||||||||||
scope=row rowspan=1 | 2010–11 | Second Division | 3 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 21 | +19 | 40 | 2nd | DNQ | Crown Prince Cup | R1 | Abdullah Frahan | 12 | ||||
scope=row rowspan=1 | 2011–12 | First Division | 2 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 28 | 54 | rowspan=1 | -26 | 23 | 16th | DNQ | R2 | Aiedh Al-Joni | 5 | ||||
scope=row rowspan=1 | 2012–13 | Second Division | 3 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 24 | rowspan=1 | -5 | 24 | 6th | DNQ | R2 | Abdullah Al-Enezi | 6 | ||||
scope=row rowspan=1 | 2013–14 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 27 | –1 | 25 | 4th | DNQ | Meshref Al-Amri Abdullah Al-Kathiri | 5 | |||||||
scope=row rowspan=1 | 2014–15 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 31 | –16 | 14 | 9th | DNQ | Abdulrahman Al-Nouman | 6 | |||||||
scope=row rowspan=1 | 2015–16 | Third Division | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | knockout cup competition | RU | DNQ | Ahmed Al-Zahrani | 5 | |||||||||
scope=row rowspan=1 | 2016–17 | Second Division | 3 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 33 | –8 | 19 | 8th | Preliminary | Abdullah Al-Kathiri | 7 | ||||||
scope=row rowspan=1 | 2017–18 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 26 | –5 | 20 | 7th | Preliminary | Abdullah Al-Kathiri | 11 | |||||||
scope=row rowspan=1 | 2018–19 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 37 | –15 | 21 | 9th | Round of 64 | Ali Al-Enezi | 11 | |||||||
scope=row rowspan=1 | 2019–20 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 33 | –17 | 15 | 15th | Round of 64 | Ahmed Al-Khaibari Amara Ferjaoui | 3 | |||||||
scope=row rowspan=1 | 2020–21 | Third Division | 4 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | knockout cup competition | R32 | DNQ | Fares Al-Harbi | 11 | |||||||||
scope=row rowspan=1 | 2021–22 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 30 | 1st | DNQ | Abdulrahman Al-Zahrani | 9 | |||||||
scope=row rowspan=1 | 2022–23 | Second Division | 3 | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 46 | –12 | 27 | 14th | DNQ | Mohamed Benyahia | 7 | ||||||
as Neom SC | |||||||||||||||||||||
scope=row rowspan=1 | 2023–24 | Second Division | 3 | 31 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 71 | 31 | +40 | 68 | 1st | DNQ | Mohammad Fouad | 10 | ||||||
scope=row rowspan=1 | 2024–25 | First Division | 2 | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||
Key
Champions | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated |