Qilwah Club

Qilwah
Full nameQilwah Club
Founded27 October 2015; 8 years ago (2015-10-27)
GroundQilwah Club Stadium, Qilwah
ChairmanAli bin Obeid Al-Salahi
ManagerTarek Al Banna
LeagueSecond Division
2021–22Third Division, 5th of 32 (promoted)

Qilwah Club (Arabic: نادي قلوة) is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Qilwah, Al-Bahah and competes in the Saudi Second Division, the third tier of Saudi football.[1][2] The club also consists of various other departments including volleyball, weightlifting and table tennis.

The club was founded on 27 October 2014 and its first president was Mousa bin Rashed Al-Zahrani.[3]

Qilwah won their first promotion to the Saudi Second Division during the 2021–22 season after defeating Al-Jubail on penalties in the promotion play-offs.[4]

History

Qilwah was founded on 2015 when the club was officially registered with the General Sports Authority.[3] The club's first president was Mousa bin Rashed Al-Zahrani.[5] Due to Mousa bin Rashed's battle with his illness, Saad Al-Duwaihi, the club's vice-president, was named as interim president.[6] On 25 November 2016, Al-Duwaihi was named as the club's president following the death of Mousa bin Rashed.[7][8] On 22 June 2016, Qilwah appointed their first ever foreign manager, the Egyptian Sami Abdel Halim.[9] During the 2016–17 season Qilwah competed in the Regional League for the first time in their history. On 12 October 2017, Mousa Al Khudran Al-Zahrani was appointed as Qilwah's president following the resignation of Saad Al-Duwaihi.[10] During the 2018–19 season, Qilwah reached the knockout stages of the Saudi Regional League for the first time in their history after being crowned champions of Al-Bahah Regional League.[11] Qilwah were eliminated by Habouna after losing 5–4 on aggregate in the Round of 32. On 23 October 2019, Ali bin Obeid Al-Salahi was appointed as the president of Qilwah for 4 years.[12]

During the 2020–21 season, Qilwah finished first in the joint Al-Bahah and Mecca Regional League and reached the knockout stages of the Saudi Regional League for the second time in their history.[13] During the Round of 32, Qilwah defeated Al-Omran 2–1 on aggregate before losing to Al-Shaheed in the Round of 16. Following the introduction of the Saudi Third Division, it was announced that Qilwah would be among the teams participating in the league.[14] On 13 August 2021, Qilwah introduced their new club logo and club identity.[15] In their debut season in the fourth tier of Saudi football, Qilwah finished second in their group behind Jerash.[16] Qilwah qualified to the promotion play-offs where they faced Al-Jubail.[17] Qilwah defeated Al-Jubail 8–7 on penalties (0–0 on aggregate) to qualify to the Saudi Second Division for the first time in their history.[18] On 21 July 2022, Tunisian footballer Anis Khedher signed for Qilwah and became the first foreign player to play for the club.[19]

Current squad

As of 30 September 2022:[20]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Saudi Arabia KSA Nasser Al-Amri
GK Saudi Arabia KSA Assem Al-Ghamdi
GK Saudi Arabia KSA Mubarak Al-Najrani
GK Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Zahrani
DF Saudi Arabia KSA Rami Al-Ahmadi
DF Saudi Arabia KSA Fahad Al-Dossari
DF Saudi Arabia KSA Omar Al-Ghamdi
DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Attiah
DF Tunisia TUN Yassine Boufalgha
DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mefreh Hazazi
DF Saudi Arabia KSA Othman Qassem
DF Saudi Arabia KSA Ahmed Suhail
MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulrahman Al-Amri
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Amri
MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Khamis
MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdoh Al-Mandeeli
MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Shamrani
MF Saudi Arabia KSA Khaled Al-Zubaidi
MF Saudi Arabia KSA Waleed Al-Zubaidi
MF Saudi Arabia KSA Nasser Burayk
MF Saudi Arabia KSA Ibrahim Jamaan
MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Majhol
FW Saudi Arabia KSA Mutab Al-Najrani
FW Saudi Arabia KSA Mefleh Al-Shahrani
FW Saudi Arabia KSA Wael Faqihi
FW Tunisia TUN Riadh Souilmi

Presidential history

As of 1 January 2021.

No Name From To
1 Saudi Arabia Mousa bin Rashed Al-Zahrani 2014 2016
2 Saudi Arabia Saad Al-Duwaihi 2016 2017
3 Saudi Arabia Mousa Al Khudran Al-Zahrani 2017 2019
4 Saudi Arabia Ali bin Obeid Al-Salahi 2019

See also

References

  1. ^ "قلوة - Qilwah".
  2. ^ "نادي قلوة".
  3. ^ a b ""العربية" تكشف أسماء الأندية الـ17 الجديدة".
  4. ^ "أمير الباحة يستقبل رئيس وأعضاء مجلس إدارة نادي قلوة الرياضي".
  5. ^ "قلوة تنهض رياضياً".
  6. ^ "وزير الحرس الوطني يوجّه بعلاج رئيس نادي قلوة الرياضي موسى الزهراني".
  7. ^ "#نادي_قلوة خطوات نحو العُلا بإنجازات متتالية بقيادة أ.سعد الدويحي الذي كُلف خلفاً للفقيد موسى راشد".
  8. ^ "أحمد عيد يعزي الرياضيين في وفاة رئيس نادي قلوة".
  9. ^ "الـ CV الخاص بالكابتن سامي عبدالحليم مدرب الفريق الاول بنادي قلوة".
  10. ^ "الزهراني رئيساً لنادي قلوة".
  11. ^ "لحظة تتويج الفريق الأول بكأس دوري مكتب هيئة الرياضة بمنطقة الباحة".
  12. ^ "رسمياً .. الأستاذ علي عبيد الصلاحي رئيساً لنادي قلوة لمدة 4 سنوات".
  13. ^ "قلوة بطلا لمنطقتي مكة والباحة".
  14. ^ "تقليص أندية دوري الأولى إلى 18 نادٍ ..و استحداث دوري الثالثة..و استبدال دوري المناطق بالدرجة الرابعة".
  15. ^ "نادي قلوة يطلق هويته الجديدة... والصلاحي يشدد على استراتيجيته المنبثقة من مستهدفات وزارة الرياضة".
  16. ^ "نادي "جرش" ثالث الصاعدين للموسم المقبل من دوري الدرجة الثانية".
  17. ^ "قلوة يستضيف الجبيل في إياب ملحق الصعود للثانية".
  18. ^ "رياضي / سمو أمير منطقة الباحة يهنئ نادي قلوة بمناسبة صعوده لدوري أندية الدرجة الثانية لكرة القدم".
  19. ^ "مركاتو: أنيس خضر يعزز صفوف نادي 'قلوة' السعودي".
  20. ^ "تشكيلة قلوة".

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