Saham Club

{{Short description|Omani sports club}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Saham Club<br />نادي صحم | image = SahamClubLogo.jpg | image_size = 250px | fullname = Saham Club (''Blue Wave'') | nickname = | founded = {{Start date and age|24 April 1972}} | ground = [[Sohar Regional Sports Complex]]<br />[[Sohar]], [[Oman]] | capacity = 19,000 | chairman = | manager = | league = [[Oman Professional League]] | season = [[2024–25 Oman Professional League|2024–25]] | position = 5th of 14 |pattern_la1 = _realmadrid2526a |pattern_b1 = _realmadrid2526a |pattern_ra1 = _realmadrid2526a |pattern_sh1 = _realmadrid2526a |pattern_so1 = _realmadrid2526al |leftarm1 = 262a45 |body1 = 262a45 |rightarm1 = 262a45 |shorts1 = 262a45 |socks1 = 262a45

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'''Saham Club''' ({{langx|ar|نادي صحم}}) is an [[Football clubs of Oman|Omani sports club]] based in [[Saham]], in northeastern [[Oman]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.national-football-teams.com/club/11236/2013_1/Saham_Club.html | title = Saham Club | publisher = national-football-teams.com | access-date = 2014-06-08 | archive-date = 2018-12-16 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031241/https://www.national-football-teams.com/club/11236/2013_1/Saham_Club.html | url-status = live }}</ref> The club currently plays in the [[Oman Professional League]], top division of [[Oman Football Association]]. Their home stadium is [[Sohar Regional Sports Complex]]. The stadium is government owned. The club also owns its own stadium and sports equipment, as well as its own training facilities.

==History== The club was founded on 24 April 1972 and registered on 26 June 2002.

The club was promoted to the [[Omani League]] after winning the final of [[2007-08 First Division League]], where the club defeated [[Al-Shabab (Oman)|Al-Shabab Club]] on penalties.<ref>{{cite web|author=Benjamin, Zaid|title=Oman 2007/08|website=[[RSSSF]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/oman08.html|date=29 October 2008|access-date=3 February 2023|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129121728/https://rsssf.org/tableso/oman08.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The club caused a major upset when they beat 7-time Sultan Qaboos Cup winners, [[Dhofar (football club)|Dhofar]] in 2009, receiving their first ever [[Sultan Qaboos Cup]] title. Their most recent achievement was in 2013 when they won the first OPL Cup against [[Seeb (football club)|Al-Seeb Club]] 3–2 on penalties after the match had ended 0–0 in normal time.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.muscatdaily.com/Archive/Sports/Saham-wins-inaugural-OPL-Cup-2pmn | title= SAHAM WINS INAUGURAL OPL CUP | publisher= muscatdaily.com | access-date= 2014-01-04 | archive-date= 2018-12-16 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181216032921/https://muscatdaily.com/Archive/Sports/Saham-wins-inaugural-OPL-Cup-2pmn | url-status= dead }}</ref>

==Multisport club== Saham SC also [[field hockey|hockey]], [[volleyball]], [[team handball|handball]], [[basketball]], [[badminton]] and [[squash (sport)|squash]]. They also have a youth team competing in the Omani Youth League.

==Crest and colours== Saham SC have been known since establishment to wear a full [[blue]] or [[white]] (Away) [[Kit (association football)|kit]] (usually a darker shade of blue). They have also had many different sponsors over the years. As of now, [[Uhlsport]] provides them with kits.

==Achievements== ===Domestic=== *'''[[Sultan Qaboos Cup]]''' **Winners (2): [[2009 Sultan Qaboos Cup|2009]], [[2015–16 Sultan Qaboos Cup|2016]] *'''[[Oman Professional League Cup]]''' **Winners (1): [[2013 Oman Professional League Cup|2013]] **Runners-up (1): [[2012 Omani Federation Cup|2012]] *'''[[Oman Super Cup]]''' **Winners (2): 2010, [[2016 Oman Super Cup|2016]] *'''[[Oman First Division League]]''' **Winners (1): [[2011-12 Oman First Division League|2011–12]].

===Continental=== *'''[[GCC Champions League]]''' **Runners-up (1): [[2014 GCC Champions League|2014]]

==Club performance-International Competitions==

===AFC competitions=== *'''[[AFC Cup]]''': 1 appearance :*[[2010 AFC Cup|2010]]: Group Stage

===UAFA competitions=== *'''[[GCC Champions League]]''': 10 appearances :*[[2011 GCC Champions League|2011]]: Group Stage :*[[2014 GCC Champions League|2014]]: Runners-up

==Current squad== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no= 1|nat=OMA|name=Hassan Al-Breiki|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no= 2|nat=OMA|name=[[Mohammed Al-Balushi]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no= 3|nat=OMA|name=[[Salah Al-Kahali]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no= 4|nat=OMA|name=[[Ali Al-Hashemi]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no= 5|nat=MAR|name=[[Youssef Bouabid]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no= 6|nat=OMA|name=Mohammed Al-Mamari|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no= 7|nat=OMA|name=[[Zuhair Kassib]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no= 9|nat=ESP|name=[[Asier Gomes]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=OMA|name=Abdullah Al-Murakhi|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=OMA|name=Bassam Al-Saadi|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=OMA|name=Al-Yaqdhan Al-Abdulsalam|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=OMA|name=Abdulaziz Al-Khalidi|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=OMA|name=Al-Muhannad Al-Breiki|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=OMA|name=Juma Al-Zaabi|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=OMA|name=Wael Al-Saadi|pos=DF}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=OMA|name=Ammar Al-Sharqi|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=OMA|name=Mubarak Al-Khalidi|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=OMA|name=Sulaiman Al-Buraiki|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=OMA|name=Hamad Al-Fazari|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=OMA|name=Marwan Al-Ghafri|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=OMA|name=[[Abdul Majeed Al-Yahmadi]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=OMA|name=Salem Al-Abdulsalam|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=34|nat=OMA|name=Ahmed Al-Hosani|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=36|nat=OMA|name=Saeed Al-Muraikhi|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=37|nat=OMA|name=[[Waleed Al-Saadi]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=44|nat=LES|name=[[Nkoto Masoabi]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=47|nat=NGR|name=[[Tunde Adeniji]]|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=48|nat=OMA|name=[[Amran Al-Hidi]]|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=49|nat=ALG|name=[[Rachid Aït-Atmane]]|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=99|nat=OMA|name=Rabia Al-Mamari|pos=FW}} {{Fs end}}

==Personnel==

===Current technical staff===

{| class="wikitable" |- !Position !Name |- |Head coach |{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Branko Smiljanić]] |- |Assistant coach |{{flagicon|Bolivia}} Víctor Miguel Urbano |- |Goalkeeping coach |{{flagicon|Bolivia}} György Kocsis Molnár |- |Team Manager |{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Aiman Al-Farsi]] |- |Team Supervisor |{{flagicon|Bolivia}} István Kovács Böőr |- |Medical Director |{{flagicon|Paraguay}} Juan Constantín Estoiloff Bogatinoff |- |Physiotherapist | |- |Club doctor | |- |}

==See also== * [[List of football clubs in Oman]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://int.soccerway.com/teams/oman/saham/12564/ Saham SC] at Soccerway *[http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?team=1322 Saham SC] at Goalzz

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