Al-Khaldiya SC

Al-Khaldiya Sports Club is a football club based in Hamad Town, Bahrain that competes in the Bahraini Premier League. It is the newest formed football club in Bahrain, established in 2020. Financially it is the richest Bahrain football club and most ambitious. The home ground of the team is Bahrain National Stadium with a capacity of 28.900.In the team name الخالدية It's Arabic, which means "eternity".

Al-Khaldiya SC
Full nameAl-Khaldiya Sports Club
Founded27 October 2020 (27 October 2020)
StadiumBahrain National Stadium
Riffa Bahrain[1]
Capacity28,900
ManagerDragan Talajić
LeagueBahraini Premier League
2020–21Bahraini Second Division, 2nd of 10

History

Al-Khaldiya Sports Club was formed on 27 October 2020 and started off play in the Bahraini Second Division. In their first season, they finished 2nd with 12 wins, five draws, and just one loss, getting promoted to the Bahraini Premier League. In the qualifying round of the King's Cup, they beat Bahrain SC 6–1 but lost 1–0 to Al Riffa in the round of 16.[2][3]

Season 2021/2022

Season 2021/2022 is the first season of the club in the top-flight of Bahrain Football. Huge names of Bahrain football and 7 regular national team players were brought into the club. Croatian coach and Asian Champions League winner Dragan Talajić signed with the club. Instantly from an underdog position, the club became one of the most powerful teams in Bahrain. On 29 December 2021, the club reached the semifinals of the Bahrain King Cup and will play the semifinals on the 5th of February 2022 becoming the first club to do so in the first top-flight season of Bahrain football. On the 10th of February 2022, Talajić took Al Khaldiya's side to the King of Bahrain Cup 2022 Final for the first time in the club's history.

Players

Sources:[4][5][6]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BHR Ebrahim Lutfalla
4 DF  BHR Ahmed Bughammar
7 FW  BEL Mohammed Aoulad
9 MF  JOR Saleh Rateb
10 FW  BHR Mahdi Faisal Al-Humaidan
11 FW  BHR Ismail Abdullatif
18 DF  BHR Ahmed Abdulla
— GK  BHR Sayed Shubbar Alawi
— DF  BHR Sayed Mohammed Amin
22 DF  SRB Lazar Đorđević
— DF  BHR Kameel Abdulla
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  BHR Abd Al Aziz Al Sheikh
— DF  BHR Kameel Al Adhem
— DF  BHR Mohamed Adel
— MF  BHR Yoones Moosa
— MF  BHR Ahmed Al Qasser
21 MF  SEN Dominique Mendy
— MF  BHR Mohammed Al-Hardan
19 FW  CIV Ibrahim Ouattara
— FW  BHR Sayed Dhiya Saeed
— DF  CMR Ernest Thierry Anang
— MF  BHR Mahdi Tarada

Former players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  BHR Thiago Augusto
— MF  BHR Habib Haroon
— MF  BLR Alexander Hleb (Apparently only signed for publicity, never played for the club)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF  BRA Cleylton Santos
— FW  BRA Taylon Correa

References
  1. https://azscore.com/football/team/al-khalidiyah
  2. "40yo Alexander Hleb comes out of retirement to sign for new club". 13 July 2021.
  3. https://eng.belta.by/sport/view/alexander-hleb-signs-up-with-bahrains-fc-khalidiya-141493-2021/
  4. "Bahrain - Khalidiya - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway".
  5. "Al Khalidiyah live score, schedule and results - Football - SofaScore".
  6. "Al Khalidiyah live scores, results, fixtures, al Khalidiyah v Al-Ahli live | Football, Bahrain".
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