Al-Ain Saudi Club () is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Al-Atawlah, Al-Qara and Al-Bahah. The club play their home matches at the King Saud Sport City Stadium. The club competes in the Saudi First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football.
History The club was founded in 1978 under the name of Zahran Football Club. The club was named after the Zahran tribe who are one of the largest tribes in Al-Bahah Province. In 2001, the club changed their name to Al-Ameed Football Club before changing their name to Al-Ain in 2013. The club's name is inspired by UAE team Al Ain.
Al-Ain has won the Saudi Third Division title once in 2015–16, and finished as runner-up once in 2010–11. The club has won the Al-Bahah Regional League ten times. The club spent four non-consecutive seasons in the Saudi Second Division before advancing to the MS League in the 2017–18 season. They spent two consecutive seasons in the MS League before gaining promotion to the top tier of Saudi football for the first time at the end of the 2019–20 season. The club plays their home games at the King Saud Sport City Stadium in Al-Bahah, sharing the stadium with derby rivals Al-Hejaz.
Honours Domestic Saudi First Division/MS League Third place (1): 2019–20 Saudi Third Division Winners (1): 2015–16 Runners-up (1): 2010–11
Regional Al-Bahah Regional League Winners (10): 1981, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
Current squad As of 29 September 2021
Coaching staff PositionNameManager Jorge PaixãoAssistant Manager Hugo RelvasGoalkeeper Coach Yasser Al-KhaldiFitness Coach Miguel BragançaVideo Analyst Hussein YaqoubSporting Director Ziyad Al-NajeiDoctor Mohammed Al-NakhliPhysiotherapist Nawaf Al-ZahraniAdministrative Coordinator Abdullah HakmiTeam Supervisor Khaled Kahwaji
Managerial history
Bahaa Qebsisi (August 5, 2015 – November 5, 2016) Abbas Noureddine (November 11, 2016 – February 22, 2017) Hamood Al-Saiari (June 12, 2017 – December 3, 2017) Mohammed Dahmane (December 8, 2017 – April 1, 2018) Mohamed Al Maalej (May 3, 2018 – February 8, 2019) Alen Horvat (February 9, 2019 – May 20, 2019) Habib Ben Romdhane (June 19, 2019 – September 22, 2020) Michael Skibbe (October 12, 2020 – January 28, 2021) Pablo Machín (January 31, 2021 – May 31, 2021) Hamood Al-Saiari (August 13, 2021 – October 27, 2021) Faisal Al-Ghamdi (caretaker) (October 27, 2021 – November 8, 2021) Mohamed Mkacher (November 8, 2021 – June 1, 2022) Mohammed Dahmane (August 11, 2022 – November 17, 2022) Didier Gomes Da Rosa (November 17, 2022 – May 31, 2023) Valeriu Tița (June 24, 2023 – November 9, 2023) Zoran Milinković (November 9, 2023 – June 1, 2024) Ricardo Sousa (August 15, 2024 – October 28, 2024) José Moreira (caretaker) (October 28, 2024 – October 31, 2024) Toufik Rouabah (October 31, 2024 – February 20, 2025) Jorge Paixão (February 21, 2025 – May 30, 2025) Ayman El Seraj (October 2, 2025 – December 14, 2025) Amjad Abu Tuaimeh (December 16, 2025 – March 15, 2026) Ridha Jeddi (March 20, 2026 – April 18, 2026) Abdullah Al-Baqawi (April 18, 2026 – May 1, 2026)
Presidential history As of 1 January 2021.
NoNameFromTo1 Mohammed Jamhour 1978 19782 Salem Ahmed Al-Zahrani 1979 19833 Awadh Al-Hilali 1984 19844 Salem Ahmed Al-Zahrani 1985 19905 Bakheet Al-Saher 1991 19916 Salem Ahmed Al-Zahrani 1992 19937 Fahad Al-Banmi 1994 19948 Abdulaziz Odah 1995 20069 Hamdan Saeed Hamdan 2007 201010 Mohammed Abdulrahman Al-Zahrani 2010 201811 Ali Bakheet Al-Zahrani 2018 201812 Mazen bin Raddad Al-Zahrani 2018 202113 Hassan bin Dabbaj Al-Zahrani 2021 2026
See also
List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia
References