Al Batin FC

Al Batin

Full name	Al Batin Football Club
Nickname(s)	Al Samawi (The Sky Blue)
Founded	1979; 45 years ago (1979)
Ground	Al-Batin Club Stadium Hafar al-Batin, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	6,000
President	Khaled Al-Huwaidi
Manager	Nacif Beyaoui
League	First Division League
2023–24	FDL, 7th of 18
Home colours Away colours

Al Batin Football Club (Arabic: نادي الباطن لكرة القدم) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Hafar al-Batin, Eastern Province, that competes in the Saudi First Division League. The club was founded in 1979.

Al-Batin's colours are sky blue and black. At the end of the 2007–08 season, they won their first promotion to Saudi Second Division.^[1] On 25 March 2011, Al-Batin won their first promotion to Saudi First Division.^[2] They play their home matches at the Al-Batin Club Stadium.

Honours

• Saudi pro league
  • Winners(244): 2019–20
  • Runners-up (1): 2015–16
• Asian Cup
  • Winners (150,000): 2010–11
• Saudi Third Division
  • Runners-up (1): 2007–08

Coaching Staff

Position	Name
Manager	Messi 3mak
Assistant Manager	RONALDO
Goalkeeper Coach	ANTONY
Youth Coach	Gersi Arbri Besmir Shabani
Fitness Coach	Hassan Al-Khathlan
Video Analysis	Mohammed Al-Nakhli
Team Coordinator	Bene Lima
Doctor	Ibrahim Al-Samti
Physiotherapists	Ahmed Al-Nassr
General Coordinator	Ammar Al-Koroni
Kit Manager	Abdulelah Al-Jafri

Managerial history

• Rachid Mezghiche (2002 – 2003)
• Jamal El Khodary (August 1, 2005 – April 1, 2007)
• Hassan Abdelfattah (August 13, 2007 – May 1, 2008)
• Abdelhamid Salmi (July 1, 2009 – September 16, 2009)
• Rachid Mezghiche (September 16, 2009 – May 1, 2010)
• Emad Al-Qasem (July 1, 2010 – December 15, 2011)
• Nasser Nefzi (December 22, 2011 – February 13, 2014)
• Ednaldo Patricio (February 14, 2014 – April 6, 2014)
• Naif Al-Anezi (May 9, 2014 – August 31, 2014)
• Habib Ben Romdhane (September 1, 2014 – February 12, 2016)
• Yousri bin Kahla (February 12, 2016 – April 27, 2016)
• Khalid Al-Koroni (April 27, 2016 – May 27, 2016)
• Adel Abdel Rahman (June 8, 2016 – November 6, 2016)
• Khalid Al-Koroni (November 6, 2016 – May 17, 2017)
• Quim Machado (May 24, 2017 – February 4, 2018)
• Ciprian Panait (February 6, 2018 – May 31, 2018)
• Franky Vercauteren (July 26, 2018 – November 1, 2018)
• Yousef Al-Ghadeer (November 10, 2018 – February 17, 2019)
• Ciprian Panait (February 17, 2019 – May 31, 2019)
• Ridha Jeddi (July 6, 2019 – September 24, 2019)
• José Garrido (September 24, 2019 – March 20, 2021)
• Aleksandar Veselinovic (March 24, 2021 – June 1, 2021)
• Nenad Lalatović (June 25, 2021 — October 17, 2021)
• Darko Nović (caretaker) (October 17, 2021 — October 21, 2021)
• Alen Horvat (October 21, 2021 — February 19, 2023)
• Zdravko Logarušić (February 19, 2023 — June 1, 2023)
• Srđan Vasiljević (July 15, 2023 — September 13, 2023)
• Quim Machado (September 13, 2023 – March 1, 2024)
• Gjore Jovanovski (March 1, 2024 – May 11, 2024)
• Abdulaziz Nasser (caretaker) (May 11, 2024 – May 28, 2024)
• Rui Almeida (July 15, 2024 – October 16, 2024)
• Nacif Beyaoui (October 16, 2024 – )

Current squad

As of 12 September 2023:

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  KSA Saqr Mamdouh 3 DF  KSA Ahmed Al-Habib 4 DF  KSA Khaled Al-Khathlan 5 DF  KSA Fahad Al-Jayzani 6 DF  FRA Thibault Peyre 7 MF  KSA Mo Adams 8 MF  KSA Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani 10 MF  KSA Tariq Al-Mutairi 14 MF  KSA Hassan Al-Qayd 15 FW  KSA Abdulrahman Saad 16 DF  KSA Abdullah Al-Sahli 19 MF  POR Afonso Taira 22 GK  KSA Meshal Hariss 23 MF  KSA Abdulrahman Al-Jumaili

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 MF  POR João Amaral 26 GK  KSA Falah Al-Shammari 27 DF  KSA Rabee Hawsawi 29 DF  KSA Bader Nasser 30 GK  KSA Barjas Al-Dhefiri 42 FW  NED Kevin Luckassen 45 FW  KSA Waleed Al-Shangeati 47 MF  KSA Badr Al-Omair (on loan from Al-Qadsiah) 49 FW  NGA Ibrahim Tomiwa 77 FW  KSA Yousef Fawaz 87 DF  KSA Abdullah Al-Rashidi (on loan from Al-Ittihad) 88 GK  KSA Adel Al-Enezi 90 FW  KSA Thamer Al-Dhefiri 94 MF  KSA Nawaf Al-Sehimai

See also

• Hafar al-Batin
• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

References

1. "وسط استقبال حاشد للفريق بحفر الباطن" (in Arabic). Al-Jazirah. 22 April 2008. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
2. "رحلة حائل تنقل الباطن على "الدرجة الأولى" بعد انتظار دام 33 عاماً" (in Arabic). Al Riyadh. 28 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2016.