Al-Jeel Club
{{short description|Association football club in Saudi Arabia}}
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| fullname = Al-Jeel Club Al-Hasa|
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1976}}
| ground = Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sport City
| capacity = 19,550
| chairman = Ahmed Al-Ghunaim
| manager = Saber Abdellaoui |
| league = Second Division |
season = 2023–24|
position = Second Division, 3rd Group A
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Al-Jeel Club ({{Langx|ar|نادي الجيل}}) is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Hofuf, Al-Hasa,{{cite web |title=الجيل - Al-jeel |url=https://www.kooora.com/?team=11956 |access-date=2021-08-01 |archive-date=2020-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016220241/https://www.kooora.com/?team=11956 |url-status=live }} the club competes in the Saudi Second Division League, the third tier of Saudi football.{{cite web |title=نادي الجيل |url=https://www.mos.gov.sa/ar/sport/sportclubs/Pages/jeel.aspx?Code= |access-date=2021-08-01 |archive-date=2020-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918223121/https://www.mos.gov.sa/ar/sport/sportclubs/Pages/jeel.aspx?Code= |url-status=live }}
The club play their home games at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sport City in Al-Ahsa, sharing the stadium with two other City-based clubs, Hajer FC and Al-Adalah FC.{{cite web |title=Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Sports City Stadium |url=https://www.kooora.com/?showstadiums=1&sportstadiums=99&searchcountry=SA&stadium=4676}}
History
Al-Jeel's first president was Saleh Al-Dhafer and its first manager was Sameer Hajjaj. The club was previously known as Al-Okhowa before changing their name to Al-Jeel.{{cite web |title=المويجد لـ ( الأحساء نيوز ) … هذا ما يحتاجه الجيل للوصول لدوري زين والإصابة وظروف عملي وراء إعتزالي |url=https://www.hasanews.com/14884.html |access-date=2021-08-01 |archive-date=2021-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801094521/https://www.hasanews.com/14884.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=كرة القدم في الآحساء ماضي وحاضر |url=https://www.hasanews.com/39949.html |access-date=2021-08-01 |archive-date=2021-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801094518/https://www.hasanews.com/39949.html |url-status=live }}
Al-Jeel have finished as runners-up in the Saudi Second Division twice in 1986[http://search.al-jazirah.com.sa/FLASHPDFARCH/1986/JUL1986/19-07-1986-5042/5042-02401.jpg العربي يحقق بطولة اندية الدرجة الثانية بجدارة] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530180737/http://search.al-jazirah.com.sa/FLASHPDFARCH/1986/JUL1986/19-07-1986-5042/5042-02401.jpg |date=2019-05-30 }}(Arabic) and 2010.
Honours
- Saudi Second Division League
- Runners-up (2): 1985–86, 2009–10
Current squad
As of 30 September 2022:
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{{Fs player |no=3 |nat=BRA|name=Edilson Júnior|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=4 |nat=KSA|name=Osama Al-Jawhar|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=5 |nat=KSA|name=Abdullah Al-Suwaiei|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=6 |nat=KSA|name=Abdulelah Al-Ashwan|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=7 |nat=KSA|name=Khalid Al-Ibrahim|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player |no=8 |nat=KSA|name=Abdulmajeed Al-Saeed|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=10|nat=BRA|name=Teco|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=11|nat=KSA|name=Hassan Al-Solan|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=12|nat=KSA|name=Fahad Faleh| pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=14|nat=KSA|name=Omar Al-Sohaymi|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=15|nat=KSA|name=Saad Al-Muwallad|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player |no=17|nat=KSA|name=Mohammed Al-Musallam|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=18|nat=KSA|name=Thamer Al-Arjan|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player |no=21|nat=KSA|name=Khaled Al-Lazam|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player |no=23|nat=KSA|name=Ibrahim Al-Zahrani|pos=MF}}
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{{Fs player |no=24|nat=KSA|name=Saleh Al-Otaibi|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=25|nat=TUN|name=Oussema Ben Ayed|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=30|nat=KSA|name=Nasser Balais|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=31|nat=KSA|name=Hussain Al-Totti|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player |no=33|nat=KSA|name=Majed Al-Ghamdi|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player |no=34|nat=KSA|name=Mohammed Al-Burayh|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player |no=41|nat=CMR|name=Alain Akono|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player |no=43|nat=KSA|name=Muaiad Al-Showaifey|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=66|nat=KSA|name=Waleed Saber|pos=DF|other={{small|on loan from Al-Nassr}}}}
{{Fs player |no=71|nat=KSA|name=Abdullah Al-Rubaie|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=77|nat=KSA|name=Hasan Gazwani|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player |no=98|nat=KSA|name=Mohammed Al-Sharqi|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player |no=99|nat=KSA|name=Maher Hawsawi|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player |no=|nat=KSA|name=Fawaz Al-Hamad|pos=DF}}
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Coaches
- {{Flagicon|Egypt}} Bahaa Aldeen Al-Qebisi (2008–2009)
- {{Flagicon|Morocco}} Idris Obeis (2013–2014)
- {{flagicon|Egypt}} Abdullah Darwish (2015–2016)
- {{flagicon|Brazil}} Luiz Antônio Zaluar (2022–present)