Al-Riyadh SC

History

Early history

The club was founded in 1953 under the name "Ahli Al-Riyadh", before changing to "Al-Yamama" and then to "Al-Riyadh." It is currently based in west Riyadh. They reached the final of the Kings Cup in 1962 and 1978, but triumphed on neither occasion.

Golden era

Al-Riyadh was promoted to the Saudi Premier League at the end of the 1988/89 season after winning the Saudi First Division League.

In the early 1990s, under the leadership of the Brazilian coach Zumario and players such as Khalid Al-Qarouni, Talal Al-Jabreen, Yasser Al-Taafi and Fahd Al-Hamdan, Al-Riyadh won the Crown Prince Cup in 1994. They were unable to retain the Cup in 1995, losing in the final to Al-Hilal. However, they did win the 1995 Federation Cup and reached the semi-final of the 1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. In 1998, Al-Riyadh once again reached the finals of the Crown Prince Cup, and lost to Al-Ahli.

Al-Riyadh were relegated at the end of the 2004/5 season.

Return to the top flight

Al-Riyadh finished fourth in the Saudi First Division League in the 2022/23 season. Normally, a fourth-place finish would not be good enough for promotion, but the Saudi Premier League was expanding from 16 teams to 18, offering an additional promotion spot.

Honours

Domestic

• Saudi Premier League (tier 1)
  • Runners-up (1): 1993–94
• Saudi First Division League (tier 2)
  • Winners (2): 1977–78, 1988–89
  • Runners-up (2): 1979–80, 1982–83
• King's Cup
  • Runners-up (2): 1962, 1978
• Crown Prince's Cup
  • Winners (1): 1993–94
  • Runners-up (2): 1994–95, 1997–98
• Saudi Federation Cup
  • Winners (1): 1994–95

Continental

• Arab Super Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1996

Players

Current squad

U21 squad

Out on loan

Coaching staff

Managerial history

• KSA Khalid Al-Koroni (11 January 2010 – 12 April 2010)
• KSA Fahd Al-Hamdan (caretaker) (12 April 2010 – 1 May 2010)
• ROM Marian Bondrea (1 July 2010 – 19 February 2011)
• TUN Mohamed Aldo (19 February 2011 – 30 May 2011)
• TUN Djamel Belkacem (26 July 2011 – 30 May 2012)
• EGY Ayman El Yamani (3 July 2012 – 12 December 2012)
• TUN Habib Ben Romdhane (12 December 2012 – 1 May 2014)
• BIH Amir Alagić (17 June 2014 – 15 September 2014)
• TUN Lotfi Kadri (16 September 2014 – 15 December 2014)
• TUN Zouhair Louati (15 December 2014 – 28 July 2015)
• BRA Leandro Simpson (7 August 2015 – 18 December 2015)
• TUN Abderrazek Chebbi (18 December 2015 – 30 April 2016)
• KSA Sultan Khamees (23 June 2016 – 18 November 2016)
• KSA Hani Anwar (18 November 2016 – 30 May 2017)
• TUN Adel Latrach (13 July 2017 – 26 November 2017)
• KSA Yousef Khamees (26 November 2017 – 14 February 2018)
• KSA Bandar Al-Jaithen (14 February 2018 – 1 April 2018)
• EGY Amro Anwar (15 August 2018 – 2 December 2018)
• KSA Bandar Al-Jaithen (2 December 2018 – 27 January 2019)
• KSA Khalid Al-Koroni (27 January 2019 – 15 October 2019)
• KSA Saad Al-Subaie (15 October 2019 – 25 January 2020)
• TUN Yousri bin Kahla (25 January 2020 – 7 February 2021)
• TUN Anis Chaieb (10 February 2021 – 1 June 2021)
• TUN Moncef Mcharek (24 June 2021 – 1 May 2022)
• SRB Dejan Arsov (3 May 2022 – 8 September 2022)
• CRO Teo Pirija (caretaker) (8 September 2022 – 18 September 2022)
• CRO Damir Burić (18 September 2022 – 1 June 2023)
• BEL Yannick Ferrera (6 June 2023 – 20 September 2023)
• KSA Bandar Al-Kubaishan (caretaker) (20 September 2023 – 8 October 2023)
• BRA Odair Hellmann (8 October 2023 – 1 June 2024)
• FRA Sabri Lamouchi (12 July 2024 – 19 April 2025)
• KSA Bandar Al-Kubaishan (caretaker) (19 April 2025 – 1 June 2025)
• ESP Javier Calleja (6 July 2025 – 10 November 2025)
• URU José Daniel Carreño (14 November 2025 –)

International competitions

Overview

Record by country

Matches

Key: QR – Qualifying round; 1R/2R – First/Second round; R16 – Round of 16; QF – Quarter-final; SF – Semi-final;

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References

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