Khaleej FC
Al-Khaleej Club of Saihat (Arabic: نادي الخليج بسيهات) is a Saudi Arabian multisports club. Located in Saihat, Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It is a sport, social, educational club. Additionally, different teams in this club, categorized in different levels based on the age, play different sports. Among the sports played by the Khaleej Club teams are football, handball, volleyball, basketball, tennis, table tennis, gymnastics, athletics, aquatics and others.
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| Full name | Al-Khaleej Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Al-Danah | ||
| Founded | 1945 | ||
| Ground | Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium Saihat | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
| Chairman | Alaa Al-Heml | ||
| Manager | Paulo Gomes | ||
| League | First Division League | ||
| 2020–21 | FDL, 8th of 20 | ||
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Al-Khaleej club is well known for the handball team which played in different worldwide championships. Also, the athletics team accomplished worldwide golden middles.
Honours
- Winners (1): 2005–06
- Runners-up (2): 2002–03, 2013–14
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams
- Winners (1): 1999–00
- Runners-up (1): 2008–09
Administration
The current administration that runs the club is the club-president Fawzi Al-Bashsa and vice-president Nazih Al-Nasr.
Current squad
As of Prince Mohammad bin Salman League:
Managerial history
Ahmad Al-Ajlani (1997 – 1999)
Khaled Al-Marzouq (May 1, 1999 – October 11, 1999)
Abdelkrim Bira (October 11, 1999 – March 1, 2000)
Angel (July 6, 2000 – March 1, 2001)- Khaled Al-Marzouq (March 1, 2001 – June 1, 2004)
- Yousef Al Suryati (August 9, 2004 – February 7, 2005)
- Khaled Al-Marzouq (February 7, 2005 – October 31, 2006)
Jan Kmoch (caretaker) (October 31, 2006 – January 8, 2007)- Lotfi Benzarti (January 8, 2007 – May 20, 2007)
Ricardo Formosinho (August 3, 2007 – November 4, 2007)- Khaled Al-Marzouq (November 4, 2007 – May 30, 2008)
- Samir Sellimi (June 23, 2008 – November 17, 2008)
- Sameer Hilal (November 17, 2008 – May 31, 2009)
- Khaled Al-Marzouq (June 8, 2009 – May 1, 2010)
Eelco Schattorie (July 27, 2010 – January 5, 2011)- Abderrazek Chebbi (January 5, 2011 – May 16, 2011)
Ahmed El Agouz (July 29, 2011 – November 5, 2011)- Khaled Al-Marzouq (November 5, 2011 – May 30, 2012)
- Ayman Ragab (July 1, 2012 – May 24, 2013)
- Sameer Hilal (May 28, 2013 – April 6, 2014)
- Jalel Kadri (April 29, 2014 – May 30, 2016)
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Patrick De Wilde (June 9, 2016 – August 30, 2016)- Jalel Kadri (August 30, 2016 – May 5, 2017)
Eusebiu Tudor (May 18, 2017 – January 6, 2018)
Maher Al-Shammari (January 6, 2018 – May 1, 2018)- Sameer Hilal (May 27, 2018 – June 1, 2019)
Alen Horvat (July 7, 2019 – December 14, 2019)- Mohammed Tlemceni (caretaker) (December 14, 2019 – January 1, 2020)
- Kheïreddine Madoui (January 9, 2020 – September 20, 2020)
- Sameer Hilal (September 23, 2020 – June 1, 2021)
Dejan Arsov (July 13, 2021 – November 23, 2021)- Paulo Gomes (November 23, 2021 – )