Al-Kawkab FC

Al-Kawkab FC
Full nameAl-Kawkab Football Club
Nickname(s)Fakhar Al Kharj (Pride of Al Kharj)
Founded1968; 56 years ago (1968)
GroundAl-Shoulla Club Stadium
Capacity8,000
ChairmanDabbas Al-Dossari
ManagerSaber Abdellaoui
LeagueSecond Division
2021–22FDL, 19th of 20 (relegated)

Al-Kawkab Football Club (Arabic: نادي الكوكب) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Al Kharj that plays in the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, the second tier of Saudi football.[1] It was founded in 1968.[2]

Al-Kawkab have won Saudi First Division once and finished runners-up once. They have competed in the Saudi Professional League twice and have been relegated in each season. Al-Kawkab have won the Second Division once and finished runners-up once as well. The club last competed in the Professional League in the 1987–88 season when they were relegated to the First Division.

The club play their home games at Al-Shoulla Club Stadium in Al Kharj, sharing the stadium with city rivals Al-Shoulla, with whom they contest the Al Kharj derby.[3]

Honours

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 Saudi Arabia KSA Amer Al-Sowayeg
2 FW Madagascar MAD Carolus Andria
4 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Hamad Al-Aqeeli
6 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Omar Abdulaziz
7 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Nahar Al-Abed
8 MF Cameroon CMR Fabrice Onana
10 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Eisa Al-Amoudi
12 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Salem
13 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Ahmed Faqihi
14 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Sultan Al-Sherif
15 FW Nigeria NGA Tony Edjomariegwe
17 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Sami Kassar
19 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulateef Al-Moosa
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Mousa Al-Amoudi
21 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Fahad Al-Mahri
22 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Qassem Sharahili
23 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Amjad Barnawi
28 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Khaled Al-Saadi
39 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Muhannad Al-Harbi
46 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Dossari
50 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Osama Ashoor
69 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Saeed Al-Baisi
76 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Meshal Al-Shammeri
80 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulmajeed Al-Swat
91 MF Brazil BRA Dudu Figueiredo
99 GK Rwanda RWA Olivier Kwizera

Managerial history

  • Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Yaeesh (1967 – 1971)
  • Egypt Ibrahim El-Esawi (1975 – 1977)
  • Egypt Mahmoud El-Sayes (1978 – 1979)
  • Egypt Farouk El-Sayed (1979 – 1980)
  • Egypt Mahmoud El-Sayes (1982 – 1983)
  • Tunisia Omar El Nahal (1983 – 1984)
  • Tunisia Mokhtar Tlili (1984 – 1985)
  • Netherlands Ger Blok (1985 – 1986)
  • Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Olaiwi (1986 – 1987)
  • Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Olaiwi (1990 – 1991)
  • Egypt Farouk El-Sayed (1991 – 1992)
  • Saudi Arabia Nasser Al-Olaiwi (1994 – 1995)
  • Saudi Arabia Khaled Al-Jasser (1995 – 1996)
  • Algeria Boualem Laroum (1996 – 1997)
  • Algeria Altayeb Enani (1999 – 2000)
  • Tunisia Mahmoud Lajdidi (1999 – 2000)
  • Saudi Arabia Saad Al-Subeai (2004 – 2005)
  • Saudi Arabia Khaled Al-Farhan (2005)
  • Saudi Arabia Sami Farhan (2005 – 2006)
  • Saudi Arabia Khaled Al-Farhan (2006 – 2007)
  • Tunisia Mabrook Al-Kilani (2009 – 2010)
  • Tunisia Selim Al Manga (July 23, 2011 – April 12, 2012)
  • Saudi Arabia Sultan Khamis (June 11, 2012 – October 4, 2013)
  • Tunisia Chaker Meftah (October 10, 2013 – January 19, 2014)
  • Saudi Arabia Ibrahim Al-Mutaiwee (January 20, 2014 – February 15, 2014)
  • Tunisia Hassine Menestiri (February 15, 2014 – May 1, 2014)
  • Tunisia Moncef Mcharek (June 18, 2014 – September 27, 2018)
  • Egypt Osama Nabieh (October 4, 2018 – April 3, 2019)
  • Tunisia Moncef Mcharek (April 5, 2019 – May 1, 2020)
  • Tunisia Jameel Qassem (June 15, 2020 – September 14, 2020)
  • Tunisia Kamel Zaiem (September 22, 2020 – December 8, 2020)
  • Tunisia Mohammed Aldo (December 9, 2020 – May 3, 2021)
  • Tunisia Ramzi Kerid (May 3, 2021 – May 31, 2021)
  • Tunisia Yamen Zelfani (June 26, 2021 – February 16, 2022)
  • Spain Juan José Maqueda (February 18, 2022 – April 2, 2022)
  • Tunisia Saber Abdellaoui (April 6, 2022 – May 16, 2022)
  • Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Otaibi (caretaker) (May 16, 2022 – June 1, 2022)
  • Tunisia Yousri bin Kahla (August 16, 2022 – September 23, 2022)
  • Tunisia Ramzi Kerid (September 25, 2022 – December 22, 2022)
  • Tunisia Maher Guizani (December 22, 2022 – May 1, 2023)
  • Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Al-Bishi (July 1, 2023 – September 8, 2023)
  • Tunisia Mohammed Dahmane (September 8, 2023 – October 9, 2023)
  • Tunisia Yamen Zelfani (October 12, 2023 – February 14, 2024)

See also

References

  1. ^ "الكوكب - Al-Kawkabغير مفضلة".
  2. ^ "نادي الكوكب".
  3. ^ "ملعب نادي الشعلة".


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