# Hajer FC > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hajer_FC > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hajer_FC.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajer_FC > Source revision: 1336526807 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Association football club in Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia}} {{infobox football club | clubname = Hajer FC | fullname = Hajer Football Club Al-Hasa | image = Hajer FC logo.png | upright = 0.9 | nickname = Sheikh Andiyat Al-Ahsa
Al Sheikh Al Hajrawi | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1950}} | ground = [Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sport City](/source/Prince_Abdullah_bin_Jalawi_Sport_City)
[Al-Ahsa](/source/Hofuf), Saudi Arabia | capacity = 19,550{{cite web |url=http://www.slstat.com/spl2015-2016en/stadium.php?id=7|title=Prince Abdullah Bin Jalawi Sport City Stadium|publisher=Saudi Pro League Statistics |access-date=30 December 2015}} | chairman = Hamad Al-Arifi | manager = [Afouène Gharbi](/source/Afou%C3%A8ne_Gharbi) | league = [Second Division](/source/Saudi_Second_Division_League) | season = [2024–25](/source/2024%E2%80%9325_Saudi_Second_Division_League) | position = [SDL](/source/Saudi_Second_Division_League), 4th of 16, Group A | pattern_la1 = _blackborder | pattern_b1 = _vneckblack | pattern_ra1 = _blackborder | pattern_sh1 = _blackbottom | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = | body1 = | rightarm1 = | shorts1 = | socks1 = | pattern_la2 = _whiteborder | pattern_b2 = _shadow_hoops_50p | pattern_ra2 = _whiteborder | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = 000000 | body2 = 000000 | rightarm2 = 000000 | shorts2 = 000000 | socks2 = 000000 | current = 2024-25 Hajer Club season | website = {{URL|https://hajerclub.com/}} }} '''Hajer Football Club''' (Arabic: نادي هجر) is a professional association football club based in [Al-Hasa](/source/Hofuf), [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia). The team play in the [Saudi First Division League](/source/Saudi_First_Division_League), the 2nd tier of Saudi Football. Established in 1950, the club is the oldest team in the Al-Hasa region. The club have been promoted to the top tier of [Saudi Football](/source/Football_in_Saudi_Arabia) on 4 different occasions. Hajer have a record equal 4 [First Division](/source/Saudi_First_Division_League) titles and have won the Prince Faisal bin Fahd cup once. ==History== Hajer Club were founded in the city of [Hofuf](/source/Hofuf), part of the [Al-Ahsa](/source/Hofuf) province, in 1948 and they are the oldest professional football club in the Al-Ahsa region. The club was officially recognized as a professional football club in the year of 1950. The club was formerly called "Al-Badr" before changing their name to "Hajer".{{cite web|url=http://hajerclub.net/web/home/index.php/about-hajer/hajer-history.html|title=تاريخ هجر|website=hajerclub.net|access-date=13 April 2018|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422143315/http://hajerclub.net/web/home/index.php/about-hajer/hajer-history.html|url-status=dead}} In the 2010–11 season Hajer finished first in the [Saudi First Division](/source/Saudi_First_Division) and were promoted to the [Saudi Professional League](/source/Saudi_Professional_League) for the first time since [1998](/source/1998%E2%80%9399_Saudi_Premier_League). ==Honours== Note:{{cite web | url = http://hajerclub.net/web/home/index.php/about-hajer/club-achievements.html | title = بعض من منجزات النادي في كرة القدم | access-date = 24 April 2007 | publisher = Hajer Club | archive-date = 22 April 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190422143251/http://hajerclub.net/web/home/index.php/about-hajer/club-achievements.html | url-status = dead }} *'''Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams''' **'''Winners (1)''': 2004–05 **Runners-up (2): 1995–96, 2000–01 *'''[Saudi First Division League](/source/Saudi_First_Division_League)''' (tier 2) **'''Winners (4)''': 1987–88, 1997–98, [2010–11](/source/2010-11_Saudi_First_Division), [2013–14](/source/2013-14_Saudi_First_Division) *'''[Saudi Second Division League](/source/Saudi_Second_Division_League)''' (tier 3) **'''Winners (1)''': 2001–02 ==Administration== The current administration that runs the club is the club-president Hamad Al-Arifi and vice-president Osama Al-Naeem. {{clear}} ==Personnel== *Chairman: {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Sami Al-Melhem *Director of football: {{flagicon|Serbia}} Slobodan Ogsananovic *Media Officer: {{Flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Ali Al Saeed *Head Coach: {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [Abdullah Al-Janoubi](/source/Abdullah_Al-Janoubi) == Current squad == ''As of 7 September 2024:{{cite web|url=http://hajerclub.net/web/home/index.php/football/football-team1.html|title=اللاعبين|publisher=Hajerclub|access-date=2018-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422143418/http://hajerclub.net/web/home/index.php/football/football-team1.html|archive-date=2019-04-22|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.kooora.com/?team=1005&mode=p|title=كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول}}'' {{fs start|nonumber=|bg= 000000|color= ffffff|border=000000}} {{Fs player |no=1 |nat=KSA|name=Hussain Al-Sheikh|pos=GK}} {{Fs player |no=5 |nat=KSA|name=[Murtadha Al-Burayh](/source/Murtadha_Al-Burayh)|pos=DF}} {{Fs player |no=6 |nat=KSA|name=Hamad Al-Harbi|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=7 |nat=KSA|name=[Nasser Al-Khalifa](/source/Nasser_Al-Khalifa)|pos=DF}} {{Fs player |no=8 |nat=KSA|name=[Abdullah Al-Yousef](/source/Abdullah_Al-Yousef_(footballer%2C_born_1989))|pos=DF}} {{Fs player |no=9 |nat=KSA|name=Waleed Ghazwani|pos=FW}} {{Fs player |no=11|nat=TUN|name=[Wadhah Zaidi](/source/Wadhah_Zaidi)|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=12|nat=KSA|name=Ahmed Al-Dagher|pos=DF}} {{Fs player |no=13|nat=KSA|name=Abdulelah Al-Hazeem|pos=DF}} {{Fs player |no=14|nat=KSA|name=[Abdulrahman Al-Hurib](/source/Abdulrahman_Al-Hurib)|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=15|nat=KSA|name=[Sultan Al-Shammeri](/source/Sultan_Al-Shammeri)|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=17|nat=SEN|name=[Bakary Coulibaly](/source/Bakary_Coulibaly_(footballer%2C_born_1992))|pos=DF}} {{Fs player |no=18|nat=KSA|name=Abdullah Al-Makki|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=19|nat=KSA|name=Abdullah Al-Busailan|pos=FW}} {{fs mid|nonumber=|bg= 000000|color= ffffff|border=000000}} {{Fs player |no=21|nat=KSA|name=[Abdullah Al-Bahri](/source/Abdullah_Al-Bahri)|pos=GK}} {{Fs player |no=22|nat=CMR|name=[Alain Akono](/source/Alain_Akono)|pos=FW}} {{Fs player |no=24|nat=KSA|name=Osama Al-Mobairik|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=29|nat=KSA|name=Hussein Al-Ghasham|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=30|nat=KSA|name=Ammar Al-Anbar|pos=FW}} {{Fs player |no=40|nat=KSA|name=Basil Al-Numair|pos=GK}} {{Fs player |no=66|nat=KSA|name=[Nader Al-Muwallad](/source/Nader_Al-Muwallad)|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=70|nat=KSA|name=[Omar Al-Sohaymi](/source/Omar_Al-Sohaymi)|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=77|nat=KSA|name=Karrar Al-Qanbar|pos=FW}} {{Fs player |no=80|nat=KSA|name=Abdullah Al-Mubarak|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=86|nat=KSA|name=Ziyad Al-Rasheed|pos=FW}} {{Fs player |no=87|nat=KSA|name=Ali Al-Eissa|pos=DF}} {{Fs player |no=88|nat=KSA|name=Hassan Al-Mohammed|pos=MF}} {{Fs player |no=99|nat=CGO|name=[Bercy Langa Lesse](/source/Bercy_Langa_Lesse)|pos=MF}} {{fs end|nonumber=|bg= 000000|color= ffffff|border=000000}} ==Managerial history== *{{flagicon|Brazil}} [Gaúcho](/source/Carlos_Roberto_Orrigo_da_Cunha) (2000–01) *{{flagicon|BRA}} [Luís Freire](/source/Lu%C3%ADs_Freire_(Brazilian_footballer)) (1 August 2005 – 24 October 2005) *{{flagicon|TUN}} [Samir Sellimi](/source/Samir_Sellimi) (25 October 2005 – 14 March 2007) *{{flagicon|TUN}} [Fathi Al-Jabal](/source/Fathi_Al-Jabal) (14 March 2007 – 30 May 2007) *{{flagicon|BRA}} [Moisés](/source/Mois%C3%A9s_(footballer%2C_born_1948)) (24 September 2007 – 28 October 2007) *{{flagicon|BRA}} Maurílio (28 October 2007 – 30 May 2008) *{{flagicon|EGY}} [Emad Soliman](/source/Emad_Soliman) (11 June 2008 – 11 April 2009) *{{flagicon|KSA}} [Mohammed Al-Khalifah](/source/Mohammed_Al-Khalifah) (caretaker) (11 April 2009 – 30 May 2009) *{{flagicon|BRA}} [Mirandinha](/source/Mirandinha_(footballer%2C_born_1959)) (1 July 2009 – 22 February 2010) *{{flagicon|KSA}} [Mohammed Al-Khalifah](/source/Mohammed_Al-Khalifah) (caretaker) (22 February 2010 – 8 March 2010) *{{flagicon|TUN}} [Zouhair Louati](/source/Zouhair_Louati) (8 March 2010 – 1 June 2011) *{{flagicon|BRA}} [Ednaldo Patricio](/source/Ednaldo_de_Melo_Patricio) Assistant coach Ricardo Barreto (27 June 2011 – 29 September 2012) *{{flagicon|BRA}} [Luiz Neto](/source/Luiz_Neto) (caretaker) (29 September 2012 – 4 October 2012) *{{flagicon|EGY}} [Tarek Yehia](/source/Tarek_Yehia) (4 October 2012 – 1 May 2013) *{{flagicon|TUN}} [Nacif Beyaoui](/source/Nacif_Beyaoui) (7 August 2013 – 20 September 2014) *{{flagicon|KSA}} [Abdullah Al-Janoubi](/source/Abdullah_Al-Janoubi) (caretaker) (20 September 2014 – 27 September 2014) *{{flagicon|MNE}} [Nebojša Jovović](/source/Neboj%C5%A1a_Jovovi%C4%87) (27 September 2014 – 30 October 2015) *{{flagicon|KSA}} [Abdullah Al-Janoubi](/source/Abdullah_Al-Janoubi) (caretaker) (30 October 2015 – 5 November 2015) *{{flagicon|BEL}} [Stéphane Demol](/source/St%C3%A9phane_Demol) (5 November 2015 – 8 March 2016) *{{flagicon|KSA}} [Abdullah Al-Janoubi](/source/Abdullah_Al-Janoubi) (8 March 2016 – 30 May 2016) *{{flagicon|KSA}} [Sameer Hilal](/source/Sameer_Hilal) (7 August 2016 – 4 December 2016) *{{flagicon|EGY}} [Ahmed Fathallah](/source/Ahmed_Fathallah) (caretaker) (4 December 2016 – 18 December 2016) *{{flagicon|TUN}} [Jamel Belhedi](/source/Jamel_Belhedi) (18 December 2016 – 2 April 2017) *{{flagicon|TUN}} [Mohamed Tamri](/source/Mohamed_Tamri) (caretaker) (2 April 2017 – 6 May 2017) *{{flagicon|TUN}} [Lotfi Sellimi](/source/Lotfi_Sellimi) (17 June 2017 – 8 February 2018) *{{flagicon|KSA}} [Abdullah Al-Janoubi](/source/Abdullah_Al-Janoubi) (8 February 2018 – 6 February 2019) *{{flagicon|TUN}} [Mohamed Maalej](/source/Mohamed_Maalej) (13 February 2019 – 30 May 2019) *{{flagicon|TUN}} [Mohamed Ayari](/source/Mohamed_Ayari) (22 July 2019 – 30 May 2021) *{{flagicon|MKD}} [Gjoko Hadžievski](/source/Gjoko_Had%C5%BEievski) (20 June 2021 – 31 May 2022) *{{flagicon|TUN}} [Mohamed Ayari](/source/Mohamed_Ayari) (17 June 2022 – 30 May 2023) *{{flagicon|CRO}} [Rodion Gačanin](/source/Rodion_Ga%C4%8Danin) (19 June 2023 – 30 September 2023) *{{flagicon|MKD}} [Gjoko Hadžievski](/source/Gjoko_Had%C5%BEievski) (30 September 2023 – 15 April 2024) *{{flagicon|KSA}} [Abdullah Al-Janoubi](/source/Abdullah_Al-Janoubi) (15 April 2024 – 1 June 2024) *{{flagicon|TUN}} [Afouène Gharbi](/source/Afou%C3%A8ne_Gharbi) (12 August 2024 – ) ==See also== * [List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia](/source/List_of_football_clubs_in_Saudi_Arabia) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{official website|http://hajerclub.net/}} {{in lang|ar}} {{Hajer Club squad}} {{Saudi League|group=clubs}} {{Portal bar|Saudi Arabia|Association football}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hajer}} Category:Football clubs in Saudi Arabia Category:1950 establishments in Saudi Arabia Category:Association football clubs established in 1950 Category:Football clubs in Al-Ahsa Governorate --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hajer FC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajer_FC) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajer_FC?action=history)). 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