Al-Kawkab FC

Al-Kawkab FC

Full name	Al-Kawkab Football Club
Nickname(s)	Fakhar Al-Kharj (Pride of Al-Kharj)
Founded	1968; 57 years ago (1968)
Ground	Al-Shoulla Club Stadium
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Dabbas Al-Dossari
Manager	Saber Abdellaoui
League	Saudi Second Division League
2021–22	FDL, 19th of 20 (relegated)

Al-Kawkab Football Club (Arabic: نادي الكوكب) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Al-Kharj that plays in the Saudi Second Division League, the third tier of Saudi football.^[1][2]

Al-Kawkab have won Saudi First Division once and finished runners-up once. They have competed in the Saudi Pro League twice and have been relegated in each season. Al-Kawkab have won the Second Division once and finished runners-up once as well. The club last competed in the Professional League in the 1987–88 season when they were relegated to the First Division.

The club play their home games at Al-Shoulla Club Stadium in Al-Kharj, sharing the stadium with city rivals Al-Shoulla, with whom they contest the Al-Kharj derby.^[3]

Honours

• Saudi First Division League
  • Winners (1): 1986–87
  • Runners-up (1): 1984–85
• Saudi Second Division League
  • Winners (3): 1978–79, 2004–05, 2016–17

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 Amer Al-Sowayegh 2 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Nakhli 4 DF  KSA Yasser Fallatah 5 MF  KSA Jalawy Al-Yami 6 MF  KSA Omar Abdulaziz 7 MF  KSA Nahar Al-Abed 8 MF  KSA Ahmed Maher 10 FW  KSA Maher Hawsawi 11 FW  KSA Rakan Majed 13 DF  KSA Mubarak Al-Dossari 14 MF  TUN Aymen Trabelsi 18 MF  KSA Saeed Al-Yami 19 FW  KSA Saad Al-Anbar 20 MF  KSA Mousa Al-Amoudi

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 GK  RWA Olivier Kwizera 24 DF  KSA Sultan Al-Enezi 25 MF  KSA Eisa Al-Amoudi 27 FW  NGA Israel Abia 29 DF  KSA Abdulaziz Al-Jamaan 32 GK  KSA Yahia Al-Shehri 33 DF  TUN Mehdi Bensib 39 DF  KSA Muhannad Al-Harbi 44 MF  KSA Naif Al-Howaitan 55 MF  KSA Osama Al-Shareef 70 DF  KSA Abdullah Al-Muhaini 81 FW  KSA Muhannad Abo Reezah 98 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Sharqi

Managerial history

• Fahad Al-Yaeesh (1967 – 1971)
• Ibrahim El-Esawi (1975 – 1977)
• Mahmoud El-Sayes (1978 – 1979)
• Farouk El-Sayed (1979 – 1980)
• Mahmoud El-Sayes (1982 – 1983)
• Omar El Nahal (1983 – 1984)
• Mokhtar Tlili (1984 – 1985)
• Ger Blok (1985 – 1986)
• Nasser Al-Olaiwi (1986 – 1987)
• Nasser Al-Olaiwi (1990 – 1991)
• Farouk El-Sayed (1991 – 1992)
• Nasser Al-Olaiwi (1994 – 1995)
• Khaled Al-Jasser (1995 – 1996)
• Boualem Laroum (1996 – 1997)
• Tayeb Enani (1999 – 2000)
• Mahmoud Lajdidi (1999 – 2000)
• Saad Al-Subeai (2004 – 2005)
• Khaled Al-Farhan (2005)
• Sami Farhan (2005 – 2006)
• Khaled Al-Farhan (2006 – 2007)
• Mabrook Al-Kilani (2009 – 2010)
• Selim Al Manga (July 23, 2011 – April 12, 2012)
• Sultan Khamis (June 11, 2012 – October 4, 2013)
• Chaker Meftah (October 10, 2013 – January 19, 2014)
• Ibrahim Al-Mutaiwee (January 20, 2014 – February 15, 2014)
• Hassine Menestiri (February 15, 2014 – May 1, 2014)
• Moncef Mcharek (June 18, 2014 – September 27, 2018)
• Osama Nabieh (October 4, 2018 – April 3, 2019)
• Moncef Mcharek (April 5, 2019 – May 1, 2020)
• Jameel Qassem (June 15, 2020 – September 14, 2020)
• Kamel Zaiem (September 22, 2020 – December 8, 2020)
• Mohammed Aldo (December 9, 2020 – May 3, 2021)
• Ramzi Kerid (May 3, 2021 – May 31, 2021)
• Yamen Zelfani (June 26, 2021 – February 16, 2022)
• Juan José Maqueda (February 18, 2022 – April 2, 2022)
• Saber Abdellaoui (April 6, 2022 – May 16, 2022)
• Abdullah Al-Otaibi (caretaker) (May 16, 2022 – June 1, 2022)
• Yousri bin Kahla (August 16, 2022 – September 23, 2022)
• Ramzi Kerid (September 25, 2022 – December 22, 2022)
• Maher Guizani (December 22, 2022 – May 1, 2023)
• Abdulaziz Al-Bishi (July 1, 2023 – September 8, 2023)
• Mohammed Dahmane (September 8, 2023 – October 9, 2023)
• Yamen Zelfani (October 12, 2023 – February 14, 2024)

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

References

1. "الكوكب - Al-Kawkabغير مفضلة".
2. "نادي الكوكب".
3. "ملعب نادي الشعلة".