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Al-Riyadh
Full name	Al-Riyadh Saudi Club
Founded	1953; 71 years ago (as Ahli Al-Riyadh)
Ground	Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Manager	Sabri Lamouchi
League	Saudi Pro League
2023–24	Pro League, 14th of 18
Website	riyadhclub.sa
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Al-Riyadh SC (Arabic: نادي الرياض السعودي, romanized: nādī nādī al-Riyāḍ as-saʿūdī, lit. 'Saudi Riyadh Club') is a professional football club based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It currently plays in the Saudi Pro League (the first tier of professional football in Saudi Arabia). It was established in 1953 as Ahli Al-Riyadh, then changed its name to Al-Yamamah and finally to Al-Riyadh. Best known for its football team, Al-Riyadh also have squads in other sports.

Al-Riyadh have won one major title: the Crown Prince Cup in 1994.^[3] The team also finished as runners-up in the Saudi Premier League in 1994;^[4] they have never won the top league.

Al-Riyadh was promoted to the Saudi Pro League in 2023.^[3]

History

Early history

The club was founded in 1953 under the name "Ahli Al-Riyadh", before changing to "Al-Yamama" and then to "Al-Riyadh."^[5] It is currently based in west Riyadh.^[6] They reached the final of the Kings Cup in 1962 and 1978, but triumphed on neither occasion.^[7]

Golden era

Al-Riyadh was promoted to the Saudi Premier League at the end of the 1988/89 season after winning the Saudi First Division League.^[8]

In the early 1990s, under the leadership of the Brazilian coach Zumario and players such as Khalid Al-Qarouni, Talal Al-Jabreen, Yasser Al-Taafi and Fahd Al-Hamdan, Al-Riyadh won the Crown Prince Cup in 1994.^[4] They were unable to retain the Cup in 1995, losing in the final to Al-Hilal.^[9] However, they did win the 1995 Federation Cup^[7] and reached the semi-final of the 1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.^[10] In 1998, Al-Riyadh once again reached the finals of the Crown Prince Cup, and lost to Al-Ahli.^[11]

Al-Riyadh were relegated at the end of the 2004/5 season.^[12]

Return to the top flight

Al-Riyadh finished fourth in the Saudi First Division League in the 2022/23 season.^[13] Normally, a fourth-place finish would not be good enough for promotion, but the Saudi Premier League was expanding from 16 teams to 18, offering an additional promotion spot.^[3]

Honours

Domestic

Saudi Premier League
- Runners-up (1): 1993–94
Saudi First Division League
- Winners (2): 1977–78, 1988–89
- Runners-up (2): 1979–80, 1982–83
King's Cup
- Runners-up (2): 1962, 1978
Crown Prince's Cup
- Winners (1): 1993–94
- Runners-up (2): 1994–95, 1997–98
Prince Faisal Cup
- Winners (1): 1994–95

Continental

Arab Super Cup
- Runners-up (1): 1996

Current squad

As of 21 August 2023:

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	SCO	Vincent Angelini
2	DF	KSA	Yazeed Al-Bakr
3	DF	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Hajeri
5	DF	FRA	Yoann Barbet
7	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Aqel
8	DF	KSA	Abdulelah Al-Khaibari
10	MF	KSA	Nawaf Al-Abed
11	MF	IRQ	Ibrahim Bayesh
13	FW	BFA	Mohamed Konaté
14	DF	KSA	Ziyad Al-Sahafi
15	FW	KSA	Nasser Al-Bishi
16	MF	KSA	Akram Yousif ^U19
17	MF	COM	Faïz Selemani
18	MF	KSA	Mohamed Al Aqeel
20	MF	POR	Tozé


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	BRA	Lucas Kal
24	FW	KSA	Rayan Al-Bloushi
25	DF	KSA	Suwailem Al-Menhali
27	DF	KSA	Hussain Al-Nowaiqi
28	MF	KSA	Bader Al-Mutairi
29	DF	KSA	Ahmed Assiri
35	MF	KSA	Turki Al-Mergaa ^U19
40	GK	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Shammari
43	MF	GHA	Bernard Mensah
50	MF	KSA	Nawaf Hawsawi
66	MF	KSA	Majed Al-Qahtani ^U19
82	GK	CAN	Milan Borjan
87	DF	KSA	Marzouq Tambakti
88	MF	KSA	Yahya Al-Shehri

Other players under contract

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
26	MF	KSA	Ali Al-Zaqaan
45	GK	KSA	Fahad Hashim


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	CHI	Enzo Roco

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
—	GK	KSA	Abdulaziz Al-Awairdhi (on loan to Al Qadsiah)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	KSA	Mohammed Suhluli (on loan to Al-Jabalain)

Management staff

Position	Name
Manager	Sabri Lamouchi
Assistant Manager	José Rodrigues Michael Hefele
Goalkeeper Coach	Abdulrahman Hadl Al Shammari
Rehab Coach	Nawaf Al-Qahtani
Fitness Coach	Fahad Al-Zaqaan
Youth Coach	Saad Al-Jaithen
Development Coach	Bader Al-Koroni
Head of Medical	Ibrahim Al-Khaibari
Doctor	Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi
Sporting Director	Saleh Al-Kubaishan

Managerial history

Khalid Al-Koroni (11 January 2010 – 12 April 2010)
Fahd Al-Hamdan (caretaker) (12 April 2010 – 1 May 2010)
Marian Bondrea (1 July 2010 – 19 February 2011)
Mohamed Aldo (19 February 2011 – 30 May 2011)
Djamel Belkacem (26 July 2011 – 30 May 2012)
Ayman El Yamani (3 July 2012 – 12 December 2012)
Habib Ben Romdhane (12 December 2012 – 1 May 2014)
Amir Alagić (17 June 2014 – 15 September 2014)
Lotfi Kadri (16 September 2014 – 15 December 2014)
Zouhair Louati (15 December 2014 – 28 July 2015)
Leandro Simpson (7 August 2015 – 18 December 2015)
Abderrazek Chebbi (18 December 2015 – 30 April 2016)
Sultan Khamees (23 June 2016 – 18 November 2016)
Hani Anwar (18 November 2016 – 30 May 2017)
Adel Latrach (13 July 2017 – 26 November 2017)
Yousef Khamees (26 November 2017 – 14 February 2018)
Bandar Al-Jaithen (14 February 2018 – 1 April 2018)
Amro Anwar (15 August 2018 – 2 December 2018)
Bandar Al-Jaithen (2 December 2018 – 27 January 2019)
Khalid Al-Koroni (27 January 2019 – 15 October 2019)
Saad Al-Subaie (15 October 2019 – 25 January 2020)
Yousri bin Kahla (25 January 2020 – 7 February 2021)
Anis Chaieb (10 February 2021 – 1 June 2021)
Moncef Mcharek (24 June 2021 – 1 May 2022)
Dejan Arsov (3 May 2022 – 8 September 2022)
Teo Pirija (caretaker) (8 September 2022 – 18 September 2022)
Damir Burić (18 September 2022 – 1 June 2023)
Yannick Ferrera (6 June 2023 – 20 September 2023)
Bandar Al-Kubaishan (caretaker) (20 September 2023 – 8 October 2023)
Odair Hellmann (8 October 2023 – 1 June 2024)
Sabri Lamouchi (12 July 2024 – )

International competitions

Overview

As of 1 July 2023

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Arab Cup Winners' Cup	15	7	2	6	21	18
Arab Super Cup	2	0	2	0	1	1
Asian Cup Winners' Cup	4	3	0	1	7	2
TOTAL	21	10	4	7	29	21

Record by country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
Algeria	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
Bahrain	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Egypt	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Jordan	2	1	0	1	1	1	+0	050.00
Kuwait	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00
Lebanon	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Qatar	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Saudi Arabia	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Sudan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Syria	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	000.00
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Yemen	1	1	0	0	5	3	+2	100.00
TOTAL	21	10	4	7	29	21	+8	047.62

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1995	Arab Cup Winners' Cup	Group B	Al-Ahly	2–2		2nd
			Club Africain	0–1
			Al-Nasr	2–0
			Al-Ittihad Aleppo	2–0
		SF	ES Sahel	0–2		0–2
	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	2R	Homenmen	3–0	2−0	5–0
		QF	Kazma	2–1	0−1	2–2^[A]
		SF	Al-Talaba	–		Withdrew
1996	Arab Super Cup	Final	ES Tunis	1–1		2nd
	Arab Super Cup	Final	Al-Hilal	0–0		2nd
	Arab Cup Winners' Cup	Group A	Al-Muharraq	2–0		1st
			Al-Wehdat	1–0
			Olympique Médéa	1–1
		SF	Al-Faisaly	0–1		0–1
1999	Arab Cup Winners' Cup	QR	Al-Merrikh	2–1		2nd
			Al-Masry	1–2
			Al-Ittihad Ibb	5–3
		Group B	Al-Jaish	1–2		3rd
			Al-Gharafa	1–3
			MC Oran	1–0

Key: QR – Qualifying round; 1R/2R – First/Second round; R16 – Round of 16; QF – Quarter-final; SF – Semi-final;

Notes

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Al-Riyadh advanced after Kazma withdrew.

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