Al-Raed FC

Al-Raed S.FC

Full name	Al-Raed Saudi Football Club
Founded	1954
Ground	King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
Ground Capacity	23,600
Chairman	Abdullatif Al-Khudair
Manager	Takis Lemonis
League	Professional League
2014–15	Professional League, 11th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Al-Ra'ed is a Saudi football club and the first of its kind in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia. One of the club's notable founders is Abdulaziz Al-Obodi. Established in 1954, Al-Raed plays in the Pro League and the Crown Prince Cup.

History

The team was able to qualify for the Premier League Saudi Arabia, in 1980–1981. It fought Club K in the qualifiers held in Riyadh. In 1986 it was the first team from the Qassim region to enter the Saudi Premier League. The team repeated this ascension to the Premier League at the end of 1989, 1992, 1998, 2002 and 2007. The Senyhassad junior team reached the Saudi Premier League clubs for juniors in 1999, and in 2003.

Players

As of Saudi Premier League:

No Position Player Nation 1 Goalkeeper Saad Al-Saleh     Saudi Arabia 22 Goalkeeper Fahad Al-Shamri     Saudi Arabia 29 Goalkeeper Khaled Al-Muqaitib     Saudi Arabia 2 Defender Sanad Sharahily     Saudi Arabia 5 Defender Majed Assiri (on loan from Al Ahli)    Saudi Arabia 6 Defender Ibrahim Madkhali (Captain)    Saudi Arabia 7 Defender Sultan Al-Bishi (on loan from Al-Hilal FC)    Saudi Arabia 17 Defender Abdullah Al-Shamekh (on loan from Al-Hilal FC)    Saudi Arabia 19 Defender Kamil Zayatte     Guinea 20 Defender Abdulsalam Al-Sherif     Saudi Arabia 24 Defender Sultan Al-Yami     Saudi Arabia 27 Defender Jufain Al-Bishi     Saudi Arabia 33 Defender Hussain Al-Showaish     Saudi Arabia 77 Defender Ahmed Al-Habib     Saudi Arabia

No Position Player Nation -- Defender Saleh Al-Omrani (on loan from Al Qadisiyah )    Saudi Arabia 8 Midfielder Eid Al-Farsi     Oman 14 Midfielder Sultan Al-Bargan     Saudi Arabia 15 Midfielder Fares Al-Ayyaf     Saudi Arabia 18 Midfielder Nader Al-Mowalad (on loan from Al Shabab)    Saudi Arabia 31 Midfielder Raed Al-Fraidi     Saudi Arabia 66 Midfielder Sultan Al-Sherif     Saudi Arabia 90 Midfielder Hamed Al-Hamed (on loan from Al-Hilal FC)    Saudi Arabia 11 Forward Saleh Al-Shehri     Saudi Arabia 21 Forward Younes Alaiwi (on loan from Al-Hilal FC)    Saudi Arabia 32 Forward Fahad Al-Johani     Saudi Arabia 94 Forward Abdulaziz Al-Qosair     Saudi Arabia 99 Forward Ali Khormi     Saudi Arabia -- Forward Boubacar Kébé     Burkina Faso

Out on loan

No Position Player Nation -- Midfielder Meshaal Al-Enezi (at Al-Faisaly FC )    Saudi Arabia

No Position Player Nation -- Forward Maher Howsawi (at Al-Shoalah)    Saudi Arabia

Managers

• China (1998–99)
• Marco Cunha (2000)
• Senad Kreso (2001)
• Viorel Kraus (2003–04)
• Lucho Nizzo (July 1, 2010 – Dec 1, 2010)
• Eurico Gomes (Dec 12, 2010 – Oct 16, 2011)
• Ammar Souayah (Oct 30, 2011 – Feb 3, 2013)
• Vlatko Kostov (Feb 4, 2013 – June 27, 2013)
• Noureddine Zekri (July 1, 2013 – Feb, 2014)
• Marc Brys (Feb 25, 2014 – Jun, 2015)
• Abdelkader Amrani (Jun, 2015 – Aug 28, 2015)
• Takis Lemonis (Sep 3, 2015 – )