Al-Tai FC

History

Al-Tai won the Saudi First Division League three times, first in the 1984–85 season and last in the 2000–01 season, and have finished runners-up once in the Saudi First Division in the 1977–78 season. Al-Tai finished third during the 2020–21 and earned promotion to the Pro League for the first time since 2008. The club have won the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams once in the 1993–94 season and finished runners-up in the previous season. The club also finished as runners-up in the 1997 Crown Prince Cup. The club spent 22 non-consecutive seasons in the Pro League and won their first promotion during the 1977–78 season.

The club plays their home games at Prince Abdulaziz bin Musaed Sports City Stadium in Hail, sharing the stadium with city rivals Al-Jabalain, with whom they contest the Hail derby.

Current squad

As of 1 June 2024

Out on loan

Coaching staff

Managerial history

• BRA Valdeir Vieira (15 June 1999 – 20 October 1999)
• BRA Oliveira (21 October 1999 – 15 December 1999)
• SLV Rubén Vásquez (15 December 1999 – 31 December 1999)
• ROM Ion Dumitru (1 January 2000 – 1 May 2000)
• BRA Lula (1 July 2000 – 27 December 2000)
• BRA Pedro (27 December 2000 – 1 May 2001)
• BRA Dário Lourenço (1 July 2001 – 4 December 2001)
• KSA Khalil Al-Masri (5 December 2001 – 6 January 2002)
• BRA Palhinha (7 January 2002 – 1 May 2002)
• ROM Alexandru Moldovan (4 July 2002 – 19 January 2003)
• KSA Khalil Al-Masri (19 January 2003 – 30 May 2003)
• GER Uli Maslo (1 July 2003 – 16 September 2003)
• TUN Ahmad Al-Ajlani (17 September 2003 – 20 March 2004)
• TUN Mohammad Karim Zouaghi (21 March 2004 – 31 May 2004)
• TUN Ammar Souayah (6 June 2004 – 6 January 2005)
• KSA Khalil Al-Masri (8 January 2005 – 6 May 2005)
• TUN Khaled Ben Yahia (11 May 2005 – 30 May 2005)
• TUN Ammar Souayah (7 July 2005 – 1 May 2006)
• BRA Jorvan Vieira (4 June 2006 – 23 November 2006)
• BRA Fernando Suárez (24 November 2006 – 3 December 2006)
• KSA Khalid Al-Koroni (4 December 2006 – 1 February 2007)
• BRA João Carlos (1 February 2007 – 1 May 2007)
• BRA Fernando Suárez (1 May 2007 – 15 May 2007)
• FRA Bernard Simondi (22 June 2007 – 8 November 2007)
• BRA Fernando Suárez (18 November 2007 – 1 May 2008)
• NED Tahseen Jabbary (15 August 2008 – 8 October 2008)
• ALG Abdellah Mecheri (11 October 2008 – 20 December 2008)
• TUN Mohamed Aldo (24 December 2008 – 28 February 2010)
• KSA Khalil Al-Masri (28 February 2010 – 1 May 2010)
• BRA Ralf Borges Ferreira (4 June 2010 – 3 November 2010)
• TUN Hedi Ben Mokhtar (28 November 2010 – 28 April 2012)
• ROM Isac Doru (26 June 2012 – 19 May 2013)
• BRA Paulinho McLaren (25 June 2013 – 17 December 2013)
• EGY Bashir Abdel Samad (18 December 2013 – 29 June 2014)
• KSA Khalil Al-Masri (2 July 2014 – 1 May 2015)
• TUN Djamel Belhadi (1 July 2015 – 30 August 2015)
• BRA Carlos Roberto (5 September 2015 – 23 February 2016)
• TUN Habib Ben Romdhane (23 February 2016 – 31 May 2016)
• URU Juan Rodríguez (31 May 2016 – 20 November 2016)
• EGY Amro Anwar (26 November 2016 – 10 January 2017)
• TUN Makram Abdullah (10 January 2017 – 26 December 2017)
• ROM Liviu Ciobotariu (27 December 2017 – 26 September 2018)
• TUN Djamel Belkacem (29 September 2018 – 31 May 2019)
• ROM Claudiu Niculescu (15 June 2019 – 29 October 2019)
• SRB Dejan Arsov (30 October 2019 – 5 February 2020)
• KSA Khalil Al-Masri (5 February 2020 – 7 September 2020)
• ESP Víctor Afonso (7 September 2020 – 20 September 2020)
• CRO Dragan Talajić (26 September 2020 – 10 November 2020)
• TUN Mohamed Kouki (11 November 2020 – 28 August 2021)
• SRB Zoran Manojlović (30 August 2021 – 4 November 2021)
• CHL José Luis Sierra (7 November 2021 – 30 June 2022)
• POR Pepa (19 July 2022 – 22 January 2023)
• ROM Mirel Rădoi (22 January 2023 – 18 May 2023)
• POR José Pedro Barreto (caretaker) (18 May 2023 – 31 May 2023)
• CRO Krešimir Režić (1 June 2023 – 25 September 2023)
• POR José Pedro Barreto (caretaker) (25 September 2023 – 27 September 2023)
• ROM Laurențiu Reghecampf (27 September 2023 – 4 April 2024)
• ROM Cristinel Țermure (caretaker) (4 April 2024 – 15 April 2024)
• URU Leonardo Ramos (15 April 2024 – 1 June 2024)
• SRB Aleksandar Ilić (12 July 2024 – 12 October 2024)
• TUN Mohamed Kouki (15 October 2024 – 16 April 2025)
• CRO Zdravko Logarušić (16 April 2025 – 1 June 2025)
• ESP Carlos Inarejos (14 July 2025 – 6 October 2025)
• KSA Khalil Al-Masri (8 October 2025 – 8 January 2026)
• KSA Amin Zubair (caretaker) (8 January 2026 – )

Honours

• Saudi First Division League
  • Winners (3): 1984–85, 1994–95, 2000–01
  • Runners-up (1): 1977–78
  • Third place (1): 2020–21
• Saudi Second Division League
  • Winners (1): 1976–77
• Crown Prince Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1997
• Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams
  • Winners (1): 1993–94
  • Runners-up (1): 1994–95

References

References

1. "الطائي - Al-Tai".
2. "الطائي.. ظهور أول في المحترفين".
3. "استاد الأمير عبدالعزيز بن مساعد بن جلوي - Pr. A. A. bin Masaad bin Jalawi Stadium".
4. "تشكيلة الطائي".