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Hajer FC

Hajer FC

Association football club in Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia

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, also known as the Yelo League due to sponsorship reasons; it is the second tier of Saudi Arabian football.

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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 Stadium, with city rivals Al-Fateh with whom they contest the Ahsa derby with.

History

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

Note: [3]

Administration

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

Personnel

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

Current squad

As of 7 September 2021:[4][5]

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Managerial history

  • Brazil Gaúcho (2000–01)
  • Brazil Luís Freire (1 August 2005 – 24 October 2005)
  • Tunisia Samir Sellimi (25 October 2005 – 14 March 2007)
  • Tunisia Fathi Al-Jabal (14 March 2007 – 30 May 2007)
  • Brazil Moisés (24 September 2007 – 28 October 2007)
  • Brazil Maurílio (28 October 2007 – 30 May 2008)
  • Egypt Emad Soliman (11 June 2008 – 11 April 2009)
  • Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Khalifah (caretaker) (11 April 2009 – 30 May 2009)
  • Brazil Mirandinha (1 July 2009 – 22 February 2010)
  • Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Khalifah (caretaker) (22 February 2010 – 8 March 2010)
  • Tunisia Zouhair Louati (8 March 2010 – 1 June 2011)
  • Brazil Ednaldo Patricio (27 June 2011 – 29 September 2012)
  • Brazil Luiz Neto (caretaker) (29 September 2012 – 4 October 2012)
  • Egypt Tarek Yehia (4 October 2012 – 1 May 2013)
  • Tunisia Nacif Beyaoui (7 August 2013 – 20 September 2014)
  • Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Janoubi (caretaker) (20 September 2014 – 27 September 2014)
  • Montenegro Nebojša Jovović (27 September 2014 – 30 October 2015)
  • Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Janoubi (caretaker) (30 October 2015 – 5 November 2015)
  • Belgium Stéphane Demol (5 November 2015 – 8 March 2016)
  • Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Janoubi (8 March 2016 – 30 May 2016)
  • Saudi Arabia Sameer Hilal (7 August 2016 – 4 December 2016)
  • Egypt Ahmed Fathallah (caretaker) (4 December 2016 – 18 December 2016)
  • Tunisia Jamel Belhedi (18 December 2016 – 2 April 2017)
  • Tunisia Mohamed Tamri (caretaker) (2 April 2017 – 6 May 2017)
  • Tunisia Lotfi Sellimi (17 June 2017 – 8 February 2018)
  • Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Janoubi (8 February 2018 – 6 February 2019)
  • Tunisia Mohamed Maalej (13 February 2019 – 30 May 2019)
  • Tunisia Mohamed Ayari (22 July 2019 – 30 May 2021)
  • North Macedonia Gjoko Hadžievski (20 June 2021 – 31 May 2022)
  • Tunisia Mohamed Ayari (17 June 2022 – 30 May 2023)
  • Croatia Rodion Gačanin (19 June 2023 – 30 September 2023)
  • North Macedonia Gjoko Hadžievski (30 September 2023 – 15 April 2024)
  • Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Janoubi (15 April 2024 – )

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Prince Abdullah Bin Jalawi Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. [2]
    "تاريخ هجر". hajerclub.net. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  3. [3]
    "بعض من منجزات النادي في كرة القدم". Hajer Club. Retrieved 24 April 2007.
  4. [4]
    "اللاعبين". Hajerclub. Archived from the original on 2019-04-22. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  5. [5]
    "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول".
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