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.

Hajer FC
Full nameHajer Football Club Al-Hasa
Nickname(s)Sheikh Andiyat Al-Ahsa
Al Sheikh Al Hajrawi
Founded1950; 74 years ago (1950)
GroundPrince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sport City
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Capacity19,550[1]
ChairmanHamad Al-Arifi
ManagerAfouène Gharbi
LeagueSecond Division
2023–24FDL, 16th of 18 (relegated)
Websitehttp://hajerclub.net/web/home/
Current season

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

The club share their home stadium, Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sport City with city neighbours Hajer FC.

History

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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

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Note: [3]

Administration

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

Personnel

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

Current squad

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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   KSA Ahmed Al-Mushawah
6 MF   KSA Abdulrahman Al-Hurib
7 MF   KSA Hamad Al-Quwaizani
8 MF   KSA Eid Al-Qahtani
10 MF   BRA Isael
11 MF   KSA Hussein Al-Ghasham
14 MF   KSA Hamad Al-Harbi
17 DF   SEN Bakary Coulibaly
18 MF   KSA Haitham Al-Khulaif
20 FW   KSA Ahmed Al-Arab
21 MF   KSA Abdullah Al-Hammad
22 GK   KSA Hussain Al-Sheikh
23 DF   KSA Osama Al-Saleem
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 DF   KSA Ibrahim Al-Shehri
27 MF   KSA Osama Al-Mobairik
33 GK   KSA Mansour Jawhar
46 MF   KSA Khalid Al-Ghwinem
77 FW   TUN Alaeddine Marzouki
80 MF   KSA Abdullah Al-Mubarak
81 DF   KSA Maitham Al-Eissa
87 DF   KSA Asaed Al-Dohailan
88 FW   KSA Karrar Al-Qanbar
99 FW   CIV Ibrahim Diomandé
DF   KSA Salman Al-Omaish
DF   KSA Emad Al-Qunaian (on loan from Al-Taawoun)

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
12 DF   KSA Ahmed Al-Dagher (on loan to Al-Omran)
19 FW   KSA Abdullah Al-Busailan (on loan to Al-Taraf)
No. Pos. Nation Player
82 MF   KSA Nawaf Al-Bakheet (on loan to Al-Taraf)

Managerial history

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See also

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References

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  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".
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