Al-Orobah FC
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| Full name | Al Oroubah Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1975 | ||
| Ground | Al-Orobah Club Stadium (Current Al-Jawf university stadium) | ||
| Capacity | 7,000/8,500 | ||
| Owner | Badr bin Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud | ||
| Chairman | Munis Al-Dhawi | ||
| Manager | Álvaro Pacheco | ||
| League | Pro League | ||
| 2023–24 | FDL, 2nd of 18 (promoted) | ||
| Website | orobahfc | ||
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Al-Orobah FC (Arabic: نادي العروبة لكرة القدم, romanized: nādī al-oroubah li-kūrāt ae-qādam, lit. 'Arabism Football Club') is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Sakakah, that competes in the Saudi Pro League.
They won the 2012–13 Saudi First Division and were promoted to the Saudi Professional League, the top level of Saudi Arabian football for the first time in their history.
Honours
[edit]- Saudi First Division League (tier 2)
- Winners (1): 2012–13
- Saudi Second Division League (tier 3)
- Winners (1): 2007–08
- Runners-up (1): 1998–99, 2020–21
Current squad
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Out on loan
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Notable players
[edit]Current staff
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| Manager |  Álvaro Pacheco
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| Assistant Manager | José Teixeira Pedro Valdemar
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| Goalkeeping Coach |  Mateus Famer
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| Conditioning Coach | Leandro Mendes
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| Video Analyst |  Hussain Barnawi
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| Head of Medical | Nawwaf Al-Ismaili
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| Team Doctor | Ibrahim Al-Qahtani
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| Physiotherapist | Ricardo Ferreira
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| Masseur | Saud Al-Ghanim
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| Sports Scientist | Abdullah Al-Marzouq
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| Nutritionist | Faiz Al-Suleiman
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| Interpreter |  Mahmoud Elmhdy
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| Performance Director | Mohammed Al-Yusuf
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| Technical Director | Salman Al-Kaabi
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Managerial history
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Ahmed Barhoumi (1997 – 1999)- Ahmad Al-Ajlani (17 July 1999 – 1 May 2000)
- Hamda Tiouiri (17 July 2000 – 30 November 2000)
- Mohammed Al-Najdi (30 November 2000 – 15 April 2001)
- Mimi Abdel Razek (23 June 2001 – 25 November 2001)
- Mohammed Al-Najdi (caretaker) (25 November 2001 – 5 December 2001)
- Nasser Nefzi (5 December 2001 – 15 January 2002)
- Mohammed Al-Najdi (15 January 2002 – 1 May 2002)
- Ahmed Barhoumi (1 July 2002 – 25 February 2003)
- Mohamad Kenawi (25 February 2003 – 1 May 2003)
- Zouhair Louati (1 July 2003 – 10 April 2004)
- Hamoud Al-Rughayan (1 July 2004 – 1 April 2005)
- Abdelwahab Elharaby (15 September 2005 – 23 January 2006)
- Moncef Mcharek (7 October 2006 – 22 December 2008)
- Moncef Chargui (22 December 2008 – 28 February 2009)
- Makram Abdullah (28 February 2009 – 8 May 2009)
- Najib Khouaja (29 May 2009 – 27 December 2009)
- Anis Zorgati (27 December 2009 – 30 April 2010)
- Makram Abdullah (23 May 2010 – 12 December 2010)
- Abdelkader Ben Hassen (1 July 2011 – 19 February 2012)
- Makram Abdullah (22 February 2012 – 30 May 2012)
- Salah El Nahy (13 June 2012 – 20 October 2012)
- Djamel Belkacem (22 October 2012 – 22 May 2014)
Laurent Banide (25 May 2014 – 17 December 2014)- Sofiane Kassabi (caretaker) (17 December 2014 – 2 January 2015)
Valeriu Tița (2 January 2015 – 7 April 2015)- Amro Anwar (7 April 2015 – 30 May 2015)
- Hadi Ben Mokhtar (2 July 2015 – 20 September 2015)
- Ferid Ben Belgacem (20 September 2015 – 8 March 2016)
- Sameer Hilal (9 March 2016 – 1 May 2016)
- Lotfi Jbara (29 June 2016 – 15 October 2016)
- Makram Abdullah (15 October 2016 – 10 January 2017)
- Mejdi Khouildi (caretaker) (10 January 2017 – 24 January 2017)
- Fouad Bouali (24 January 2017 – 24 March 2017)
- Bayrem Mokhtari (24 March 2017 – 1 June 2018)
- Makram Abdullah (7 June 2018 – 30 October 2018)
Sadio Demba (30 October 2018 – 2 February 2019)- Ferid Ben Belgacem (2 February 2019 – 22 February 2019)
- Bayrem Mokhtari (22 February 2019 – 27 October 2019)
- Karim Zouaghi (November 9, 2019 – March 14, 2020)
- Mohammed Al-Sharari (caretaker) (11 July 2020 – 4 September 2020)
- Ameur Derbal (19 September 2020 – 19 November 2021)
- Djamel Belkacem (19 November 2021 – 1 June 2022)
- Quim Machado (6 June 2022 – 1 June 2023)
Rusmir Cviko (20 June 2023 – 1 June 2024)- Álvaro Pacheco (21 July 2024 – Present)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Official website
- Goalzz.com Profile
- National-Football-Teams.com Profile
- Slstat.com (2013-14 season Profile)
- Soccerway.com Profile
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