Al-Orobah FC

{{short description|Association football club in Saudi Arabia}} {{For|the Omani sports club|Al-Orouba SC}} {{Infobox football club | current = 2024–25 Al-Orobah FC season | clubname = Al-Orobah | image = Al-Orobah Logo.svg | image_size = 115px | fullname = Al Oroubah Football Club | nickname = | founded = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|1975}} | ground = [[Al-Oruba Club Stadium|Al-Orobah Club Stadium]] | capacity = 7,000 | owner = Badr bin Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz | chairman = Munis Al-Dhawi | chrtitle = | mgrtitle = Head coach | manager = Slavche Vojneski | league = [[Saudi First Division League|Saudi First Division]] | season = [[2024–25 Saudi Pro League|2024–25]] | position = Pro League, 17th of 18 (relegated) | website = {{URL|https://www.alorobahclub.sa/}} | pattern_b1 = _shoulder_stripes_Green_stripes | pattern_ra1 = _shoulder_stripes_Green_stripes_half | pattern_sh1 = _adidasGreen | pattern_so1 = _3_stripes_Green | leftarm1 = 009933 | body1 = 009933 | rightarm1 = 009933 | shorts1 = FFFF66 | socks1 = 009933 | pattern_b2 = _shoulder stripes Green stripes | pattern_la2 = _shoulder stripes Green stripes half | pattern_ra2 = _shoulder stripes Green stripes half | pattern_sh2 = _esp_08_away | pattern_so2 = _3_stripes_Green | body2 = FFFF66 | leftarm2 = 009933 | rightarm2 = 009933 | shorts2 = 009933 | socks2 = FFFF66| }}

'''Al-Orobah FC''' ({{langx|ar|نادي العروبة لكرة القدم|nādī al-oroubah li-kūrāt ae-qādam|[[Pan-Arabism|Arabism]] Football Club}}) is a [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabian]] professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Sakakah]], that will compete in the [[Saudi First Division League|Saudi First Division]]. ==History== They won the [[2012–13 Saudi First Division]] and were promoted to the [[Saudi Pro League]], the top level of [[Football in Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabian football]] for the first time in their history.

Al-Orobah achieved a milestone by earning promotion to the Saudi Pro League in the 2013–14 season, marking its first appearance in the top tier of Saudi football.{{cn|date=April 2025}}

On 18 March 2025, Al-Orobah were subject to a ban on registration of new players by [[FIFA]] after they were found to have not paid $150,000 of transfer fees and 5% interest that were owed to Welsh club [[The New Saints F.C.|The New Saints]] after the transfer of [[Brad Young (footballer, born 2003)|Brad Young]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chapman |first=Joseph |date=2025-03-18 |title=FIFA slap transfer ban on club that signed former Villa player |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/fifa-impose-ban-after-club-31227127 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=Birmingham Live |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-18 |title=A further update regarding the transfer of Brad Young to Saudi Pro League side Al-Orobah |url=https://www.tnsfc.co.uk/2025/03/18/a-further-update-regarding-the-transfer-of-brad-young-to-saudi-pro-league-side-al-orobah/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=TNSFC |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Honours== *'''[[Saudi First Division League]]''' (tier 2) **'''Winners (1)''': [[2012–13 Saudi First Division|2012–13]] *'''[[Saudi Second Division League]]''' (tier 3) **'''Winners (1)''': 2007–08 **Runners-up (1): 1998–99, [[2020–21 Saudi Second Division|2020–21]] *'''[[Saudi Third Division]]''' (tier 4) **'''Winners (1)''': 1996–97

== Current squad == {{Updated| January 2025}}

{{fs start|nonumber=|bg= FFFF66|color= 009933|border=009933}} {{Fs player |no=1|nat=KSA|name=[[Rafea Al-Ruwaili]]|pos=GK}} {{Fs player |no=3|nat=KSA|name=Raed Faraj|pos=DF}} {{Fs player |no=4|nat=KSA|name=[[Ziyad Al-Hunaiti]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player |no=5|nat=KSA|name=[[Mohammed Al-Amri]]|pos=DF}} {{fs player |no=6|nat=KSA|name=[[Ahmed Al-Juwaid]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=7|nat=CIV|name=[[Aboubacar Doumbia (footballer, born 1999)|Aboubacar Doumbia]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=9|nat=NGA|name=[[Simy]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player |no=10|nat=KSA|name=[[Ayman Al-Hujaili]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=11|nat=KSA|name=[[Hamed Al-Maqati]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player |no=12|nat=KSA|name=Mohammed Al-Hazmi|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=14|nat=KSA|name=Fawaz Rabee|pos=DF}} {{Fs player |no=15|nat=KSA|name=[[Azzam Al-Bishi]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player |no=17|nat=KSA|name=Rayan Al-Hazmi|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=18|nat=KSA|name=Farraj Al-Rashid|pos=MF}} {{fs mid|nonumber=|bg= FFFF66|color= 009933|border=009933}} {{Fs player |no=19|nat=KSA|name=Omar Al-Sharari|pos=FW}} {{Fs player |no=20|nat=VEN|name=[[Darwin González]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=21|nat=NED|name=[[Anass Najah]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=22|nat=KSA|name=Saud Al-Ruwaili|pos=GK}} {{Fs player |no=23|nat=KSA|name=Abdulbari Al-Daraan|pos=GK}} {{Fs player |no=27|nat=KSA|name=Sultan Al-Harbi|pos=FW}} {{Fs player |no=33|nat=KSA|name=[[Hussein Al-Shuwaish]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player |no=34|nat=KSA|name=Jassem Al-Ashban|pos=GK}} {{Fs player |no=44|nat=KSA|name=[[Fahad Al-Munaif (footballer, born 1994)|Fahad Al-Munaif]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player |no=66|nat=KSA|name=[[Ali Al-Sultan]]| pos=DF}} {{Fs player |no=70|nat=KSA|name=Abdulrahman Hindi| pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=77|nat=TUN|name=Ahmed Hlila|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=80|nat=KSA|name=[[Fahad Al-Rashidi (footballer, born 1991)|Fahad Al-Rashidi]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=99|nat=YEM|name=[[Abdulaziz Masnoum]]|pos=FW}} {{fs end}}

==Notable players== *{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} [[Ben Badi]] *{{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili]]

==Coaching staff== {| class="wikitable" ! Position ! Name |- | Head coach | {{flagicon|MKD}} Slavche Vojneski |- | Assistant coach | {{flagicon|MKD}} [[Filip Despotovski]] {{flagicon|KSA}} Mohammed Al-Sharari |- | Goalkeeping coach | {{flagicon|KSA}} Talal Rajih |- | Conditioning coach | {{flagicon|MKD}} Sashko Poposki |- | Video analyst | {{flagicon|KSA}} Hussain Barnawi |- | Head of medical | {{flagicon|KSA}} Nawwaf Al-Ismaili |- | Team doctor | {{flagicon|KSA}} Ibrahim Al-Qahtani |- | Physiotherapist | {{flagicon|KSA}} Turki Al-Bulaihi |- | Masseur | {{flagicon|KSA}} Saud Al-Ghanim |- | Sports scientist | {{flagicon|KSA}} Abdullah Al-Marzouq |- | Nutritionist | {{flagicon|KSA}} Faiz Al-Suleiman |- | Performance director | {{flagicon|KSA}} Mohammed Al-Yusuf |- | Technical director | {{flagicon|KSA}} Salman Al-Kaabi |}

==Managerial history== {{div col|colwidth=35em}} *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Ahmed Barhoumi]] (1997 – 1999) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Ahmad Al-Ajlani]] (17 July 1999 – 1 May 2000) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Hamda Tiouiri]] (17 July 2000 – 30 November 2000) *{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohammed Al-Najdi]] (30 November 2000 – 15 April 2001) *{{Flagicon|EGY}} [[Mimi Abdel Razek]] (23 June 2001 – 25 November 2001) *{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohammed Al-Najdi]] (caretaker) (25 November 2001 – 5 December 2001) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Nasser Nefzi]] (5 December 2001 – 15 January 2002) *{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohammed Al-Najdi]] (15 January 2002 – 1 May 2002) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Ahmed Barhoumi]] (1 July 2002 – 25 February 2003) *{{Flagicon|EGY}} [[Mohamad Kenawi]] (25 February 2003 – 1 May 2003) *{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Zouhair Louati]] (1 July 2003 – 10 April 2004) *{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Hamoud Al-Rughayan]] (1 July 2004 – 1 April 2005) *{{flagicon|TUN}} [[Abdelwahab Elharaby]] (15 September 2005 – 23 January 2006) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Moncef Mcharek]] (7 October 2006 – 22 December 2008) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Moncef Chargui]] (22 December 2008 – 28 February 2009) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Makram Abdullah]] (28 February 2009 – 8 May 2009) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Najib Khouaja]] (29 May 2009 – 27 December 2009) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Anis Zorgati]] (27 December 2009 – 30 April 2010) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Makram Abdullah]] (23 May 2010 – 12 December 2010) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Abdelkader Ben Hassen]] (1 July 2011 – 19 February 2012) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Makram Abdullah]] (22 February 2012 – 30 May 2012) *{{Flagicon|EGY}} [[Salah El Nahy]] (13 June 2012 – 20 October 2012) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Djamel Belkacem]] (22 October 2012 – 22 May 2014) *{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Laurent Banide]] (25 May 2014 – 17 December 2014) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Sofiane Kassabi]] (caretaker) (17 December 2014 – 2 January 2015) *{{Flagicon|ROM}} [[Valeriu Tița]] (2 January 2015 – 7 April 2015) *{{Flagicon|EGY}} [[Amro Anwar]] (7 April 2015 – 30 May 2015) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Hadi Ben Mokhtar]] (2 July 2015 – 20 September 2015) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Ferid Ben Belgacem]] (20 September 2015 – 8 March 2016) *{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Sameer Hilal]] (9 March 2016 – 1 May 2016) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Lotfi Jbara]] (29 June 2016 – 15 October 2016) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Makram Abdullah]] (15 October 2016 – 10 January 2017) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Mejdi Khouildi]] (caretaker) (10 January 2017 – 24 January 2017) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Fouad Bouali]] (24 January 2017 – 24 March 2017) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Bayrem Mokhtari]] (24 March 2017 – 1 June 2018) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Makram Abdullah]] (7 June 2018 – 30 October 2018) *{{Flagicon|SEN}} [[Sadio Demba]] (30 October 2018 – 2 February 2019) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Ferid Ben Belgacem]] (2 February 2019 – 22 February 2019) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Bayrem Mokhtari]] (22 February 2019 – 27 October 2019) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Karim Zouaghi]] (9 November 2019 – 14 March 2020) *{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohammed Al-Sharari]] (caretaker) (11 July 2020 – 4 September 2020) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Ameur Derbal]] (19 September 2020 – 19 November 2021) *{{Flagicon|TUN}} [[Djamel Belkacem]] (19 November 2021 – 1 June 2022) *{{Flagicon|POR}} [[Quim Machado]] (6 June 2022 – 1 June 2023) *{{Flagicon|BIH}} [[Rusmir Cviko]] (20 June 2023 – 1 June 2024) *{{flagicon|POR}} [[Álvaro Pacheco]] (21 July 2024 – 2 January 2025) *{{Flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohammed Al-Sharari]] (caretaker) (2 January 2025 – 10 January 2025) *{{Flagicon|IRQ}} [[Adnan Hamad]] (10 January 2025 – 28 April 2025) *{{Flagicon|ESP}} [[Antonio Cazorla]] (1 May 2025 – 1 June 2025) *{{Flagicon|MKD}} [[Slavche Vojneski]] (1 August 2025 – ) {{div col end}}

==See also== * [[List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Official website|https://orobahfc.com/}} *[http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?team=1261 Goalzz.com Profile] *[http://www.national-football-teams.com/club/5558/2013_1/Al_Urooba_Jof.html National-Football-Teams.com Profile] *[http://www.slstat.com/spl2013-2014en/team.php?id=20 Slstat.com (2013-14 season Profile)] *[https://int.soccerway.com/teams/saudi-arabia/al-orubah/12608/ Soccerway.com Profile] *https://www.tnsfc.co.uk/2025/02/10/an-update-regarding-the-transfer-of-brad-young-to-saudi-pro-league-side-al-orobah/

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