Al-Orobah FC

For the Omani sports club, see Al-Orouba SC.

Al-Orobah

Full name	Al Oroubah Football Club
Founded	1975; 49 years ago (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	https://orobahfc.com/
Home colours Away colours

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

• 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

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  KSA Rafea Al-Ruwaili 3 DF  MAR Ismaël Kandouss (on loan from Gent) 4 DF  KSA Ziyad Al-Hunaiti 5 DF  FRA Kurt Zouma (on loan from West Ham United) 6 MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Qarni 7 MF  ISL Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson 8 MF  CIV Jean Michaël Seri 9 FW  ENG Brad Young 11 MF  KSA Hamed Al-Maqati 12 DF  KSA Nawaf Al-Qumairi (on loan from Al-Tai) 13 DF  KSA Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi 18 DF  KSA Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri (on loan from Al-Taawoun) 21 FW  GHA Emmanuel Boateng 22 GK  KSA Saud Al-Ruwaili ^U19

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  KSA Fawaz Al-Torais 28 GK  BEL Gaëtan Coucke 29 FW  KSA Fahad Al-Zubaidi (on loan from Al-Nassr) 32 MF  KSA Sattam Al-Ruqi (on loan from Al-Taawoun) 33 DF  KSA Hussein Al-Shuwaish 37 MF  ESP Cristian Tello 66 DF  KSA Mohammed Barnawi (on loan from Al-Hilal) 70 DF  KSA Abdulrahman Al-Anazi (on loan from Al-Fayha) 73 MF  CRO Karlo Muhar 77 GK  KSA Abdulbari Al-Daraan ^U19 80 MF  KSA Fahad Al-Rashidi 88 MF  KSA Abdulaziz Al-Fahiqi 90 FW  KSA Mohammed Al-Saiari

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  KSA Farraj Al-Rashid (on loan to Al-Jandal)

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  KSA Omar Al-Sharari (on loan to Al-Jandal)

Notable players

• Ben Badi
• Abdulmajeed Al-Ruwaili

Current staff

Position	Name
Manager	Álvaro Pacheco
Assistant Manager	José Teixeira Pedro Valdemar
Goalkeeping Coach	Mateus Famer
Conditioning Coach	Leandro Mendes
Video Analyst	Hussain Barnawi
Head of Medical	Nawwaf Al-Ismaili
Team Doctor	Ibrahim Al-Qahtani
Physiotherapist	Ricardo Ferreira
Masseur	Saud Al-Ghanim
Sports Scientist	Abdullah Al-Marzouq
Nutritionist	Faiz Al-Suleiman
Interpreter	Mahmoud Elmhdy
Performance Director	Mohammed Al-Yusuf
Technical Director	Salman Al-Kaabi

Managerial history

• 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

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

References

External links

• Official website
• Goalzz.com Profile
• National-Football-Teams.com Profile
• Slstat.com (2013-14 season Profile)
• Soccerway.com Profile