Al-Khaleej Club (Arabic: نادي الخليج بسيهات, romanizednādī al-khalīj bi-Sayhāt, lit.'Saihat Gulf Club') is a Saudi Arabian multisports club. Located in Saihat, Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It is a sport, social, educational club. Additionally, different teams in this club, categorized in different levels based on the age, play different sports. Among the sports played by the Khaleej Club teams are football, handball, volleyball, basketball, tennis, table tennis, gymnastics, athletics, aquatics and others.

Al-Khaleej
Full nameAl-Khaleej Club
Nickname(s)Al-Danah ( Pearls )
Founded1945; 79 years ago (1945)
GroundPrince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium
Saihat
Capacity7,236
ChairmanAlaa Al Hamal
ManagerGeorgios Donis
LeaguePro League
2023–24Pro League, 11th of 18
Websitekhaleejclub.sa
Current season

The club is well known for the handball team which played in different worldwide championships. Also, the athletics team accomplished worldwide golden middles.

It was announced that the club stadium will be completely rebuild with a new capacity of 15,000 instead of the previous 10,000 plus new handball court and new training facilities, the work should start in April 2024 and be completed by 2026 before the 2027 AFC Asian Cup.

Administration

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The current administration that runs the club is the club-president Alaa Al Hamal.

Partners

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Laser

Management staff

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  • Manager: Georgios Donis
  • Assistant Manager: Miodrag Medan
  • First Team Coach: Makis Angelinas
  • Goalkeeper Coach: Panagiotis Maliaritsis
  • Physical Coach: Grigoris Georgitsas
  • Match Analysis: Abdulaziz Al-Bakr
  • Sporting Director: Constantin Pana
  • Doctor: Abdulelah Al-Marzouq
  • Physiotherapist: Nawaf Al-Dossari
  • Technical Director: Hussain Hawsawi

Managerial history

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Current squad

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As of 1 September 2024:

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   KSA Omar Al-Owdah
3 DF   KSA Mohammed Al-Khabrani
5 DF   POR Pedro Rebocho
7 MF   TOG Khaled Narey
8 MF   KSA Khaled Al-Samiri
9 FW   EGY Mohamed Sherif
10 MF   POR Fábio Martins
11 FW   KSA Abdulla Al Salem
14 DF   KSA Ali Al-Shaafi
15 MF   KSA Mansour Hamzi
17 MF   GRE Kostas Fortounis
18 MF   KSA Murad Hawsawi (on loan from Ohod)
19 MF   KSA Mohammed Al-Abdullah
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF   KSA Abdullah Al-Fahad
21 MF   GRE Dimitris Kourbelis
22 GK   KSA Raed Ozaybi
23 GK   BIH Ibrahim Šehić
25 DF   KSA Arif Al Haydar
26 DF   COD Marcel Tisserand (on loan from Al-Ettifaq)
28 FW   KSA Hussain Al-Sultan U19
33 DF   KSA Bander Nasser
39 DF   KSA Saeed Al Hamsal
47 MF   KSA Saleh Aboulshamat
66 MF   KSA Dheyab Issa U19
77 FW   KSA Hisham Al Dubais
96 GK   KSA Marwan Al-Haidari

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   KSA Mohammed Al-Khaibari (on loan to Damac)

Honours

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Handball

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The handball team is one of the most successful handball club in Saudi Arabia. They won 10 times the league.

Partners

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Laser Erima

Honours

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Asian Club League Handball Championship

IHF Men's Super Globe

Arab Handball Championship of Champions

  • Winners (2): 2002, 2007
  • Runners-up (4): 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995

Saudi Handball League

  • Winners (10): 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2022–23
  • Runners-up (Since 2005): 2005–06, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22

Saudi Handball Federation Cup

  • Winners (9): 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Runners-up(12): 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2021

Saudi Handball Elite Championship

  • Runners-up (4): 2003, 2005, 2015, 2019

Saudi Handball Super Cup

  • Winners (2): 2023, 2024

Saudi Handball Olympic Games

  • Winners (2): 2022, 2023

Saudi Beach Handball Championship

  • Runners-up (1): 2022

Current squad

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Squad for the 2023–24 season

Head coach:   Dimitris Dimitroulias

Goalkeepers
Left wingers
Right wingers
Line players
Left backs
Centre backs
Right backs

See also

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References

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