Al Faisaly FC

History

The club is named after King Faisal (r. 1964–75), who was crown prince at the time of the club's founding.

Al Faisaly finished as the runner-up in the 2005–06 first division season, thus becoming the first club from the Sudair region to achieve promotion to the top flight but went straight back down after just one season. Al Faisaly achieved promotion for the second time to the top flight by winning the 2009–10 first division title, and have been competing in the Saudi Professional League until they were relegated in the 2021–22 season after twelve consecutive seasons in the top flight.

During the 2017–18 season, Al Faisaly managed to reach the 2018 King Cup Finalfor the first time in their history, but fell short to Al Ittihad, losing 3–1 in extra time. Al Faisaly reached their second King Cup Final in four years, but this time they managed to win 3–2 against Al Taawon in the 2020–21 King Cup edition with Júlio Tavares scoring a hat-trick to secure their first ever top flight title, as well as their first AFC Champions League qualification. Al Faisaly also qualified to the 2021 Saudi Super Cup after winning their first ever King Cup title on 27 May 2021. Al-Faisaly was defeated in the super cup by Al-Hilal (4–3) on penalties after 2–2 draw.

AFC Champions League debut

The club's debut campaign in the 2022 AFC Champions League was a massive success against all odds, Al Faisaly pulled off a surprising upset by winning 2–1 over Qatari giants and two-times AFC Champions League winners Al Sadd. Al Faisaly managed to top their group in Group E with 2 wins, 3 draw and 1 lost which by doing so, the club advanced to the Round of 16 facing against Iranian side, Foolad, However the club lost 1–0 on aggregate and bowed out from the AFC Champions League.

Current squad

Out on loan

Club staff

Managers

• TUN Youssef Baati (1989 – 1990)
• TUN Skander Baklouti (1993 – 1996, 6 July 2001 – 1 May 2002)
• TUN Tariq El Mrabet (1998)
• TUN Taher Lamine (1 July 1999 – 6 December 1999)
• TUN Al Nasser Abou Zaid (6 December 1999 – 1 May 2000)
• TUN Mohammed Khalil (1 August 2000 – 1 May 2001)
• TUN Zouhair Louati (1 August 2002 – 1 May 2003)
• TUN Hassine Menestiri (25 July 2003 – 15 April 2004)
• EGY Bolbol Bayoumy (caretaker) (15 April 2004 – 30 May 2004)
• EGY Mohammed El Sayed (8 July 2004 – 30 March 2005, 29 March 2008 – 19 April 2008)
• TUN Mondher Ladhari (30 March 2005 – 31 May 2005)
• TUN Lotfi El Hashmi (25 June 2005 – 28 November 2005)
• ALG Adlène bin Abderrahmane (28 November 2005 – 2 March 2006)
• TUN Nasser Nefzi (2 March 2006 – 1 May 2006)
• POR José Morais (17 July 2006 – 16 December 2006)
• EGY Mamdouh Ouka (caretaker) (16 December 2006 – 6 January 2007)
• FRA Bernard Simondi (6 January 2007 – 30 May 2007)
• BRA Carlos Dante (30 June 2007 – 10 November 2007)
• TUN Abderrazek Chebbi (10 November 2007 – 16 February 2008)
• TUN Mourad Ajmi (16 February 2008 – 29 March 2008)
• TUN Nouri Rouatbi (19 April 2008 – 1 June 2008)
• TUN Hadi Ben Mokhtar (23 July 2008 – 9 May 2010)
• CRO Zlatko Dalić (19 May 2010 – 30 April 2012)
• BEL Marc Brys (2 June 2012 – 7 December 2013)
• MAR Issame Charaï (caretaker) (7 December 2013 – 15 December 2013)
• EGY Mohammed El Sayed (caretaker) (15 December 2013 – 27 December 2013)
• ITA Giovanni Solinas (27 December 2013 – 1 May 2014)
• BEL Stéphane Demol (21 May 2014 – 14 March 2015)
• POR Toni Conceição (14 March 2015 – 22 May 2015)
• ROM Liviu Ciobotariu (6 June 2015 – 17 May 2016)
• BRA Hélio dos Anjos (23 May 2016 – 9 November 2016)
• MAR Fahd Elouarga (caretaker) (9 November 2016 – 19 November 2016)
• CRO Tomislav Ivković (19 November 2016 – 19 February 2017)
• ITA Giovanni Solinas (20 February 2017 – 5 May 2017)
• SRB Vuk Rašović (29 May 2017 – 3 May 2018)
• ROM Mircea Rednic (2 July 2018 – 8 October 2018)
• BRA Péricles Chamusca (14 October 2018 – 1 June 2021)
• ITA Paolo Tramezzani (18 June 2021 – 7 October 2021)
• POR Daniel Ramos (7 October 2021 – 24 February 2022)
• MAR Fahd Elouarga (caretaker) (24 February 2022 – 27 February 2022)
• GRE Marinos Ouzounidis (27 February 2022 – 30 June 2022)
• CRO Ante Miše (12 July 2022 – 19 January 2023)
• GRE Marinos Ouzounidis (21 January 2023 – 16 March 2023)
• ITA Giovanni Solinas (16 March 2023 – 31 May 2023)
• BEL Yves Vanderhaeghe (15 June 2023 – 15 November 2023)
• BRA Marcelo Chamusca (16 November 2023 – 31 May 2024)
• POR Filipe Gouveia (6 June 2024 – 28 November 2024)
• KSA Alhomaidi Al-Otaibi (caretaker) (28 November 2024 – 30 December 2024)
• ESP Pablo Franco (30 December 2024 – 1 June 2025)
• ITA Giovanni Solinas (27 July 2025 – )

International competitions

Overview

Record by country

International record

Matches

Honours

• Saudi First Division League (tier 2)
  • Winners (1): 2009–10
  • Runners-up (1): 2005–06
• Saudi Second Division League (tier 3)
  • Winners (1): 2002–03
• Saudi Third Division League (tier 4)
  • Runners-up (1): 2000–01
• Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams
  • Winners (1): 2005–06
• King's Cup
  • Winners (1): 2020–21
  • Runners-up (1): 2018
• Saudi Super Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2021

References

References

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2. "نادي الفيصلي".
3. "ملعب مدينة المجمعة الرياضية".
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5. "الفيصلي يتوج بكأس الملك لأول مرة في تاريخ".
6. "Al-Faisaly information for 2018–2019 league season". Saudi Pro League Statistics.
7. "الموقع الرسمي للنادي الفيصلي بحرمة | اللاعبون الفريق الاول الموقع الرسمي للنادي الفيصلي بحرمة".