Al-Diriyah Club

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Al-Diriyah
Full nameAl-Diriyah Club
Founded1976; 48 years ago (1976)
GroundPrince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Capacity15,000
ChairmanKhaled bin Mohammed Al Saud
ManagerFabiano Flora
LeagueSecond Division
2021–22FDL, 17th of 20 (relegated)

Al-Diriyah Club (Arabic: نادي الدرعية) is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Diriyah.[1] Founded in 1976, the club competes in the MS League, the second tier of Saudi football.[2] Al-Diriyah play their home games at the Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium in Riyadh.[3] Al-Diriyah have won the Saudi Second Division once in 2013 and finished as runners-up once in 2020.

The club was founded by Saad Al-Rashed and Abdulrahman bin Sarye'e and its first president was Abdullah Al-Jadaie.[4] The club's current president is Khaled Al-Habshan, who was named president in July 2021.[5]

Honours

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Current squad

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As of 1 July 2021:[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulaziz Majrashi
6 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Issam Al-Qarni
7 FW Mali MLI Moussa Marega
8 MF Brazil BRA Arthur Rezende
9 FW Spain ESP Agi Dambelley
10 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Al-Dossari
11 FW Cape Verde CPV Júlio Tavares
12 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Taher Wadi (on loan from Al-Qadsiah)
14 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Naif Jadhami
16 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Bader Munshi
17 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Hassan Al-Habib
19 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Dossari
20 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Jaber Qarradi
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Homairan
22 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Mutab Sharahili
23 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Nawaf Al-Otaibi
24 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Fahad Al-Obaid
26 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mishari Al-Towaijri
29 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Fahad Al-Dossari
33 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Waleed Abdullah
40 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Hassan Al-Shamrani
44 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Nawaf Al-Zaaqi
77 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Suleiman Al-Saeed
78 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Khaled Asiri
80 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulaziz Al-Shahrani

Current staff

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Position Name
Manager Portugal Fabiano Flora
Assistant Manager Portugal Nuno Rangel
First-Team Coach Saudi Arabia Fahad Wadi
Goalkeeper Coach Saudi Arabia Abdullah Rashad
Fitness Coach Saudi Arabia Yasser Masoud
Video Analyst Saudi Arabia Jehad Al-Khulaif
Doctor Saudi Arabia Hussain Al-Ghamdi
Physiotherapist Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Ali
Kit Manager Saudi Arabia Naif Qassem

Sponsorship

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "الدرعية - Al-Diriyah".
  2. ^ "نادي الدرعية".
  3. ^ "استاد الأمير تركي بن عبد العزيز بنادي الرياض".
  4. ^ "الحبشان: نادي الدرعية أشبه ببيت الأشباح وأناشد رئيس هيئة الرياضة بمقر جديد".
  5. ^ "الجمعية العمومية لنادي الدرعية تزكي الدكتور الحبشان رئيساً لمجلس الإدارة".
  6. ^ "تشكيلة - الدرعية".


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