Al-Arabi

Al-Arabi

Full name	Al-Arabi Saudi Club
Nickname(s)	Red Knight
Founded	1958
Ground	Department of Education Stadium Unaizah, Saudi Arabia (Capacity: 10,000)
Chairman	Adeeb Al-Kwiter
Manager	Alia Masood
League	Saudi Second Division
2010–11	Saudi Second Division, 4th in Group A
Home colours

Coordinates: 26°3′51″N 43°59′48″E / 26.06417°N 43.99667°E / 26.06417; 43.99667

Al-Arabi Sports Club (Arabic: العربي‎)also known as Al-Arabi Al-Saudi is a Saudi Arabian Club which contain a number of sports ,Most notably football, basketball and handball. It based in Unaizah, Al-Qassim in 1958. It's logo has a white and red colors. Al-Arabi has a fierce rivalry with local club Al-Najma, which is usually manifested in the Unaizah Derby.

History

Establishment

Al Arabi's name means "The Arabian", Al Arabi Sporting Club was associated in Unaizah 1958, by a group of young people in city . Suleiman Al-Badi was took over the club on an informal basis. The club operated unofficially as an amateur club until 1967 when it was registered officially with the General Presidency of Youth Welfare Abdulrrhman Al-N'aim was officially took over it. The Club gain fourteen presidents from its establish until 2010, Currently Adeeb Al-Kwiter is the president.

Football

Footboll team was qualified for the first time in 1986/ 1985 season To participate in the qualifying tournament which was held in Al-Hasa and got onto the shield,Al-Arabi played for the first time inSaudi First Division in 1986/1987 season However, It played four season until it won Saudi Premier League in 1989/1990 season . The club played one season in Saudi Premier League then elegated to the Saudi First Division four years .

Al-Faraj Al-Bassam Al-Subaie (C) Al-Seheel Muhmmad Al-Karaz Al-kushaiban Al-Swaji Adel Al-Mutlaq Khaled

starting lineup 1989–90.

that is currently playing in the Saudi Second Division League. It ascended to the Saudi Premier League 1990–91 season, but it fail to a wali division clubs after one season

• 1 seasons in Saudi Professional League
• 8 seasons in Saudi First Division
• 18 seasons in Saudi Second Division
• 7 seasons in Saudi third Division

Club honours (Football)

• Cup Prince Abdel-Elah Bin Abdul Aziz: 1

1987

• Championship Qassim: 2

1986, 2009

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Muammar Al-Shoshan 2 DF Read Al-Hshian 10 FW Abdullah Al-Huwail (vice-captain)

Current Technical Staff

Position	Name
Manager	Alia Masood
Goalkeeping Coach	Abdali Al-Aoaqbi
Under-17-team Coach	Abdulaziz Ibrahim
Under-14-team Coach	Tariq Sharif
Goalkeeping Coach-Youth system	Tarek Atia
Head of Medical	Mahmoud Karim

Famous players

• Khalid Al-Mansour
• Adel Al-Mansour
• Yousef Al-Jassar
• Mohammed Al-Subaie
• Fodil Megharia

Coaches history

• Akram Ahmad Salman 1989–1992^[1]
• Wardi Murad 2010–2011^[2]

Basketball

Club honours (Basketball)

• Saudi Basketball U-17 tournament: 1

1997

Club honours (Hand Ball)

Abdullah Al-Wuhaib (1959–2007) is most famous handball players in the Al-Arabi club.

• Saudi Federation Handball Cup: 1

1983

• Saudi youth handball tournament: 1

1977

• Saudi Handball U-17 Premier League: 1

2009

Stadium

Department of Education Stadium in Unaizah.

Al-Arabi does not have a football stadium but a playground for training only and does not have strips. A sport compound was built in Unaizah with facilities for wide range of competitive sports, and the General Presidency of Youth Welfare decided to hold a draw between the city's two clubs for right to use it, and Al-Najma club gained the right without a draw. In February 2007 during an interview on a program called C.V., broadcast on the Saudi sports channel, Saleh Al-Wassel, the then president of Al-Najma, admitted that he used his influence to obtain the newly built sports facility in Unaizah.

Al Arabi is currently playing all of its home matches at the Department of Education Stadium.

Indoor facilities

Al-Arabi Pavilion was an Indoor sports arena used particularly for basketball and handball matches of Al-Arabi. located in the Al-Arabi Club, Spain. Its capacity is 7,00 people. which was built in 2007.

Presidents

Adeeb Al-Kwiter Current club president.

• Suleiman Al-Badi
• Abdulrahman Al-Naim
• Ahmed Al-Turki
• Mohammed Al-Manea
• Ibrahim Al-Zaki
• Abdulrahman Al-Musaed
• Ahmad Al-Mansur
• Fahad Al-Wahaibi
• Ahmad Al-Subaie‏
• Ahmed Al-Marzouq
• Adeeb Al-Kwiter

References

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External links

• Unaizah
• Unofficial (Arabic)
• Al-Arabi page at kooora.com – Arabic
• Al-Arabi page at goalzz.com – English

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