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-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 | season = 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|Arabism Football Club}}) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Sakakah, that will compete in the Saudi First Division. ==History== They won the 2012–13 Saudi First Division and were promoted to the Saudi Pro League, the top level of 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 after the transfer of 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 Second Division League''' (tier 3) **'''Winners (1)''': 2007–08 **Runners-up (1): 1998–99, 2020–21 *'''Saudi Third Division''' (tier 4) **'''Winners (1)''': 1996–97

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

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==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}}

==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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