Hajer FC

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, the 2nd tier of Saudi Football.

Established in 1950, the club is the oldest team in the 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.

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]

• Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams
  • Winners (1): 2004–05
  • Runners-up (2): 1995–96, 2000–01
• Saudi First Division League (tier 2)
  • Winners (4): 1987–88, 1997–98, 2010–11, 2013–14
• Saudi Second Division League (tier 3)
  • Winners (1): 2001–02

Administration

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

Personnel

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

Current squad

As of 7 September 2024:^[4][5]

Managerial history

• Gaúcho (2000–01)
• Luís Freire (1 August 2005 – 24 October 2005)
• Samir Sellimi (25 October 2005 – 14 March 2007)
• Fathi Al-Jabal (14 March 2007 – 30 May 2007)
• Moisés (24 September 2007 – 28 October 2007)
• Maurílio (28 October 2007 – 30 May 2008)
• Emad Soliman (11 June 2008 – 11 April 2009)
• Mohammed Al-Khalifah (caretaker) (11 April 2009 – 30 May 2009)
• Mirandinha (1 July 2009 – 22 February 2010)
• Mohammed Al-Khalifah (caretaker) (22 February 2010 – 8 March 2010)
• Zouhair Louati (8 March 2010 – 1 June 2011)
• Ednaldo Patricio Assistant coach Ricardo Barreto (27 June 2011 – 29 September 2012)
• Luiz Neto (caretaker) (29 September 2012 – 4 October 2012)
• Tarek Yehia (4 October 2012 – 1 May 2013)
• Nacif Beyaoui (7 August 2013 – 20 September 2014)
• Abdullah Al-Janoubi (caretaker) (20 September 2014 – 27 September 2014)
• Nebojša Jovović (27 September 2014 – 30 October 2015)
• Abdullah Al-Janoubi (caretaker) (30 October 2015 – 5 November 2015)
• Stéphane Demol (5 November 2015 – 8 March 2016)
• Abdullah Al-Janoubi (8 March 2016 – 30 May 2016)
• Sameer Hilal (7 August 2016 – 4 December 2016)
• Ahmed Fathallah (caretaker) (4 December 2016 – 18 December 2016)
• Jamel Belhedi (18 December 2016 – 2 April 2017)
• Mohamed Tamri (caretaker) (2 April 2017 – 6 May 2017)
• Lotfi Sellimi (17 June 2017 – 8 February 2018)
• Abdullah Al-Janoubi (8 February 2018 – 6 February 2019)
• Mohamed Maalej (13 February 2019 – 30 May 2019)
• Mohamed Ayari (22 July 2019 – 30 May 2021)
• Gjoko Hadžievski (20 June 2021 – 31 May 2022)
• Mohamed Ayari (17 June 2022 – 30 May 2023)
• Rodion Gačanin (19 June 2023 – 30 September 2023)
• Gjoko Hadžievski (30 September 2023 – 15 April 2024)
• Abdullah Al-Janoubi (15 April 2024 – 1 June 2024)
• Afouène Gharbi (12 August 2024 – )

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

References

1. ^ "Prince Abdullah Bin Jalawi Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
2. ^ "تاريخ هجر". hajerclub.net. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
3. ^ "بعض من منجزات النادي في كرة القدم". Hajer Club. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. 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"

External links

• Official website (in Arabic)