Najran SC

Najran SC

Full name	Najran Sport Club
Nickname(s)	Mared Al-Janoub (Giant of the South)
Founded	23 June 1981
Ground	Al-Ukhdood Stadium Najran, Saudi Arabia (Capacity: 5,000)
Chairman	Mosleh Musallam
Manager	Gjoko Hadzievski
League	Saudi Premier League
2010-11	11th (Saudi Premier League)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Najran Sport Club (Arabic: نادي نجران الرياضي‎) is a Saudi Arabian football team based in Najran, they are currently playing in the Saudi Premier League.

Najran SC achieved promotion to the Saudi Premier League by finishing 2nd in the Saudi First Division during the 2006/07 season.

The beginning

Najran Club is a new club compared to other Saudi clubs. The idea of establishing the club was first born in 1980 when a group of Najranis raised a request to the Youth Welfare office expressing their desire in establishing a club that carried the name of their city. Efforts were harnessed to achieve this quest that was just an idea till the approval of the general president of the Youth Welfare at that time, his royal highness prince Faisal bin Fahad bin Abdulaziz was issued. Accordingly, the founders of the club held a meeting to form and elect the first board of directors.

Current 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 Abdulrahman Rajab 3 DF Ibrahim Kabie 5 MF Azzan Mqbol 8 MF Reda Benhadj Djillali (on loan from CS Constantine) 9 FW Al Hasan Al-Yami 10 MF Hamad Al-Rabaei 12 MF Fahed Saad 13 MF Hamad Harmas 14 MF Jehad Al Hussain (captain) 15 MF Ahmed Mefleh 16 MF Salih Dowes 18 DF Bandar Musaed 21 DF Sultan Munef 23 MF Hussine Al-Sagour

No. Position Player 24 GK Hussain Al-Hadad 25 GK Nasser Al-Saieri 26 MF Awadh Faraj 27 MF Awadh Khrees 28 MF Majed Al-Jafari 29 MF Abdulaziz Al-Hamsal 30 DF Farid Cheklam 33 GK Jaber Al-Ameri 40 DF Majed Ali 55 GK Hani Al-Owedh 77 FW Shaaban Al-Zubaidi 88 MF Mohsen Al-Yami 99 FW Ramzi Bourakba - FW Abdulaziz Al-Hamsal

Old logo -2007

Achievements

The Najran team was able to reach the final match of the prince Faisal Bin Fahad cup 2005-2006 for the first division.

The Najran team was finally able to qualify to the Saudi premier league in the 2007-08 season ,and is still playing in it for the fifth year in a row.

They were able to reach the final four in the 2009-10 Saudi Crown Prince Cup after defeating some of the strongest teams in Saudi football such as Al-Ittihad ,but lost to Al-Hilal 1-2 after an impressive display.

Notable players

Managers

• Marcelo Zuleta
• Lotfi Benzarti
• Costică Ștefănescu (2008)
• Mourad Al Akabi (July 2010–Nov 10)
• José Rachão (Nov 2010–June 11)
• Gjoko Hadžievski (Sept 2011–)

External links

• (Arabic) Official website