Al-Tai FC

Al-Tai
Full nameAl-Tai Sport Club
Nickname(s)Faris Al Shamal (Knight of The North)
Al Hatmawi
Founded23 July 1961; 62 years ago (1961-07-23)
GroundPrince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium
Ha'il, Saudi Arabia
Capacity12,250
OwnerFahd bin Musa'ed Al-Saud
ChairmanTurki Al-Dhabaan
ManagerLeonardo Ramos
LeaguePro League
2022–23Pro League, 9th of 16
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Al-Tai Football Club (Arabic: نادي الطائي, romanized: nādī aṭ-ṭāyyī, lit. 'Tayy Club') is a professional football club based in the city of Ha'il, in north-western Saudi Arabia, that plays in the Saudi Professional League, the top tier of Saudi football.[1] It was founded in 1961.

Al-Tai have won the Saudi First Division three times, first in the 1984–85 season and last in the 2000–01 season, and have finished runners-up once in the Saudi First Division once in the 1977–78 season. Al-Tai have finished third once during the 2020–21 and earned promotion to the Pro League for the first time since 2008.[2] The club have won the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams once in the 1993–94 season and finished runners-up once in the previous season. The club also finished as runners-up in the 1997 Crown Prince Cup. The club spent 22 non-consecutive seasons in the Pro League and won their first promotion during the 1977–78 season.

The club play their home games at Prince Abdul Aziz bin Musa'ed Stadium in Ha'il, sharing the stadium with city rivals Al-Jabalain, with whom they contest the Ha'il derby.[3]

Honours

Current squad

As of 21 August 2021:[4]

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 Brazil BRA Victor Braga
3 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulaziz Majrashi
4 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulkarim Al-Sultan
5 DF Chile CHI Enzo Roco
6 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulaziz Al-Harabi
7 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Salman Al-Moasher
8 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Tareq Abdullah
9 FW Croatia CRO Marko Dugandžić
10 FW Suriname SUR Virgil Misidjan
11 FW Romania ROU Andrei Cordea
12 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Hussain Qassem
13 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Salem Al-Toiawy
17 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulrahman Al-Harthi
18 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Qunaian
22 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Bader Al-Enezi
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Nawaf Al-Qumairi
26 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Jamal Bajandouh
27 DF Germany GER Robert Bauer
30 MF Guinea-Bissau GNB Alfa Semedo
43 MF Ghana GHA Bernard Mensah
44 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Moataz Al-Baqaawi
45 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulfattah Asiri
50 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulmohsen Fallatah
70 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Rakan Al-Shamlan
77 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Hassan Al-Omari
79 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Turki Al-Shammari
80 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Safwan Al-Johani
88 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Ibrahim Al-Nakhli
90 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Adeeb Al-Haizan
99 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Hazaa Al-Hazaa

Unregistered 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
37 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Nawaf Jaber
No. Pos. Nation Player
66 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Murad Al-Enezi

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Ibrahim Al Ali (on loan to Al-Lewaa)
24 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Talal Al-Showaiqi (on loan to Al-Lewaa)
55 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Yazan Al-Buhairan (on loan to Al-Qala)
No. Pos. Nation Player
87 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Marzouq (on loan to Al-Lewaa)
93 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Hatem Al-Anazi (on loan to Al-Lewaa)
— GK Saudi Arabia KSA Fahad Al-Sader (on loan to Al-Rayyan)

Management staff

Position Name
Manager Uruguay Leonardo Ramos
Assistant Manager Croatia Goran Gruica
Technical Coach Saudi Arabia Salman Al-Farsi
Goalkeeping Coach Saudi Arabia Abdulelah Al-Othman
Fitness Coach Cameroon Kebila Mbole
Analyst Saudi Arabia Hassan Al-Mughrabi
Doctor Serbia Siniša Petković
Physiotherapist Serbia Ljubomir Radeka Interpreter Saudi Arabia Faisal Al-Qahtani
Technical Director Saudi Arabia Isa Al-Ghamdi

Managerial history

  • Brazil Valdeir Vieira (15 June 1999 – 20 October 1999)
  • Brazil Oliveira (21 October 1999 – 15 December 1999)
  • El Salvador Rubén Vásquez (15 December 1999 – 31 December 1999)
  • Romania Ion Dumitru (1 January 2000 – 1 May 2000)
  • Brazil Lula (1 July 2000 – 27 December 2000)
  • Brazil Pedro (27 December 2000 – 1 May 2001)
  • Brazil Dário Lourenço (1 July 2001 – 4 December 2001)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalil Al-Masri (5 December 2001 – 6 January 2002)
  • Brazil Palhinha (7 January 2002 – 1 May 2002)
  • Romania Alexandru Moldovan (4 July 2002 – 19 January 2003)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalil Al-Masri (19 January 2003 – 30 May 2003)
  • Germany Uli Maslo (1 July 2003 – 16 September 2003)
  • Tunisia Ahmad Al-Ajlani (17 September 2003 – 20 March 2004)
  • Tunisia Mohammad Karim Zouaghi (21 March 2004 – 31 May 2004)
  • Tunisia Ammar Souayah (6 June 2004 – 6 January 2005)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalil Al-Masri (8 January 2005 – 6 May 2005)
  • Tunisia Khaled Ben Yahia (11 May 2005 – 30 May 2005)
  • Tunisia Ammar Souayah (7 July 2005 – 1 May 2006)
  • Brazil Jorvan Vieira (4 June 2006 – 23 November 2006)
  • Brazil Fernando Suárez (24 November 2006 – 3 December 2006)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Koroni (4 December 2006 – 1 February 2007)
  • Brazil João Carlos (1 February 2007 – 1 May 2007)
  • Brazil Fernando Suárez (1 May 2007 – 15 May 2007)
  • France Bernard Simondi (22 June 2007 – 8 November 2007)
  • Brazil Fernando Suárez (18 November 2007 – 1 May 2008)
  • Netherlands Tahseen Jabbary (15 August 2008 – 8 October 2008)
  • Algeria Abdellah Mecheri (11 October 2008 – 20 December 2008)
  • Tunisia Mohamed Aldo (24 December 2008 – 28 February 2010)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalil Al-Masri (28 February 2010 – 1 May 2010)
  • Brazil Ralf Borges Ferreira (4 June 2010 – 3 November 2010)
  • Tunisia Hedi Ben Mokhtar (28 November 2010 – 28 April 2012)
  • Romania Isac Doru (26 June 2012 – 19 May 2013)
  • Brazil Paulinho McLaren (25 June 2013 – 17 December 2013)
  • Egypt Bashir Abdel Samad (18 December 2013 – 29 June 2014)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalil Al-Masri (2 July 2014 – 1 May 2015)
  • Tunisia Djamel Belhadi (1 July 2015 – 30 August 2015)
  • Brazil Carlos Roberto (5 September 2015 – 23 February 2016)
  • Tunisia Habib Ben Romdhane (23 February 2016 – 31 May 2016)
  • Uruguay Juan Rodríguez (31 May 2016 – 20 November 2016)
  • Egypt Amro Anwar (26 November 2016 – 10 January 2017)
  • Tunisia Makram Abdullah (10 January 2017 – 26 December 2017)
  • Romania Liviu Ciobotariu (27 December 2017 – 26 September 2018)
  • Tunisia Djamel Belkacem (29 September 2018 – 31 May 2019)
  • Romania Claudiu Niculescu (15 June 2019 – 29 October 2019)
  • Serbia Dejan Arsov (30 October 2019 – 5 February 2020)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalil Al-Masri (5 February 2020 – 7 September 2020)
  • Spain Víctor Afonso (7 September 2020 – 20 September 2020)
  • Croatia Dragan Talajić (26 September 2020 – 10 November 2020)
  • Tunisia Mohamed Kouki (11 November 2020 – 28 August 2021)
  • Serbia Zoran Manojlović (30 August 2021 – 4 November 2021)
  • Chile José Luis Sierra (7 November 2021 – 30 June 2022)
  • Portugal Pepa (19 July 2022 – 22 January 2023)
  • Romania Mirel Rădoi (22 January 2023 – 18 May 2023)
  • Portugal José Pedro Barreto (caretaker) (18 May 2023 – 31 May 2023)
  • Croatia Krešimir Režić (1 June 2023 – 25 September 2023)
  • Portugal José Pedro Barreto (caretaker) (25 September 2023 – 27 September 2023)
  • Romania Laurențiu Reghecampf (27 September 2023 – 4 April 2024)
  • Romania Cristinel Țermure (caretaker) (4 April 2024 – 15 April 2024)
  • Uruguay Leonardo Ramos (15 April 2024 – )

See also

References

  1. ^ "الطائي - Al-Tai".
  2. ^ "الطائي.. ظهور أول في المحترفين".
  3. ^ "استاد الأمير عبدالعزيز بن مساعد بن جلوي - Pr. A. A. bin Masaad bin Jalawi Stadium".
  4. ^ "تشكيلة الطائي".

External links

  • Official website
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