Hajer FC
Full nameHajer Football Club Al-Hasa
Nickname(s)Sheikh Andiyat Al-Ahsa
Al Sheikh Al Hajrawi
Founded1950 (1950)
GroundPrince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Capacity19,550[1]
ChairmanHamad Al-Arifi
ManagerGjoko Hadžievski
LeagueFirst Division League
2022–23FDL, 8th of 18
WebsiteClub website

Hajer Football Club (Arabic: نادي هجر) is a professional association football club based in Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia. The team play in the Saudi First Division League, also known as the Yelo League due to sponsorship reasons; it is the second tier of Saudi Arabian football.

Established in 1950, the club is the oldest team in Al-Hasa region. The club have been promoted to the top tier of Saudi Football on 4 different occasions. Hajer have a record equal 4 First Division titles and have won the Prince Faisal bin Fahd cup once.

The club share their home stadium, Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium, with city rivals Al-Fateh with whom they contest the Ahsa derby with.

History

Hajer Club were founded in the city of Hofuf part of the Al-Ahsa 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".[2]

In the 2010–11 season Hajer finished first in the Saudi First Division and were promoted to the Saudi Professional League for the first time since 1998.

Honours

Note: [3]

Administration

The current administration that runs the club is the club-president Hamad Al-Arifi and vice-president Osama Al-Naeem.

Personnel

  • Chairman: Saudi Arabia Sami Al-Melhem
  • Director of football: Serbia Slobodan Ogsananovic
  • Media Officer: Saudi Arabia Ali Al Saeed
  • Head Coach: Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Janoubi

Current squad

As of 7 September 2021:[4][5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulmajeed Al-Dossari
5 DF Senegal SEN Bakary Coulibaly
7 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Hamad Al-Quwaizani
8 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Tofail
9 FW Brazil BRA Adriano Pardal
10 FW Austria AUT Srđan Spiridonović
11 MF Algeria ALG Abderrahmane Bourdim
13 MF Cameroon CMR Clarence Bitang
14 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Asaed Al-Dohailan
15 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mutair Al-Zahrani
16 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulkareem Maghrabi
17 FW Cameroon CMR Ronald Ngah
18 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Hassan Jaafari
21 MF Croatia CRO Nikola Jambor
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Ali Al-Abdulsalam
26 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Hatem Al-Jahani
27 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mubarak Wajdi
32 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Omar Al-Muziel
50 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Talal Majrashi
55 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Dawsari
70 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Daghriri
73 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Moqahwi (on loan from Al-Adalah)
77 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Khattab
78 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Nasser Al-Khalifa
90 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Jamal Al-Dhefiri
91 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Nawaf Bo Amer
93 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Yasser Al Mousa

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Ahmed Al-Dagher (on loan to Al-Rawdhah)

Managerial history

  • Brazil Gaúcho (2000–01)
  • Brazil Ednaldo Patricio (Jun 25, 2011 – Oct 3, 2012)
  • Egypt Tarek Yehia (Oct 18, 2012 – Apr 28, 2013)
  • Montenegro Nebojša Jovović (Apr 28, 2013 – Oct 30, 2015)
  • Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Janoubi (caretaker) (Oct 30, 2015 – Nov 4, 2015)
  • Belgium Stéphane Demol (Nov 4, 2015 – Mar 8, 2016)
  • Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Janoubi (Mar 8, 2016 – )

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Prince Abdullah Bin Jalawi Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "تاريخ هجر". hajerclub.net. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "بعض من منجزات النادي في كرة القدم". Hajer Club. Retrieved 24 April 2007.
  4. ↑ "اللاعبين". Hajerclub. Archived from the original on 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  5. ↑ "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول".
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