Al-Okhdood Club

{{short description|Association football club in Saudi Arabia}}

{{more citations needed|date=October 2021}}

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| clubname = Al-Okhdood

| current = 2024–25 Al-Okhdood Club season

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| fullname = Al-Okhdood Club

| nickname = Ambassador of Najran

| founded = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|1976}}

| ground = Prince Hathloul Sports City Stadium

| capacity = 10,000

| chairman = Sami Al Fadehl

| manager = Paulo Sérgio

| league = Saudi Pro League

| season = 2023-24

| position = 15th of 18

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Al-Okhdood Club ({{Langx|ar|نادي الأخدود|nādī ʿukhdūdi|lit=Ditch}}) is a Saudi professional football club based in Najran, in the southern region of Saudi Arabia.{{cite web |title=الأخدود - Al-Akhdoud |url=https://www.kooora.com/?team=2011}} Founded in 1976, the club competes in the Saudi Professional League, the first tier of Saudi football. The club have won the Saudi Second Division twice in 1992 and most recently in 2021.{{cite web |title=القاسم يتوج الأخدود ببطولة دوري الدرجة الثانية بعد انتصاره على العروبة |url=https://www.saff.com.sa/news.php?id=774}} Besides football, the club also consists of various other departments including karate, handball, taekwondo, volleyball, water polo, basketball and cycling.{{cite web |title=نادي الأخدود |url=https://www.mos.gov.sa/ar/sport/sportclubs/Pages/oukhdoud.aspx?Code=168}} The club's name alludes to the People of the Ditch mentioned in the Qur'an.{{cite web|title=People of the Ditch|url=http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-the-quran/people-of-the-ditch-EQSIM_00320}}

History

Al-Okhdood, founded in 1976, secured promotion to the Saudi Pro League on 15 May 2023 for the first time in history, following a 2–2 draw between 5th-placed Al-Faisaly and Jeddah with three matchdays left, in which they became the 37th club in top tier of Saudi Arabia.{{cite web |title=نادي الأخدود يصعد لأول مرة في تاريخه لدوري روشن للمحترفين |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2023/20230516/sp11.htm |publisher=al-jazirah.com |language=ar |date=16 May 2023 }}

Honours

Coaching staff

class="wikitable"
Position

! Name

Manager{{flagicon|POR}} Paulo Sérgio
Assistant manager{{flagicon|POR}} Hélder Carvalho
{{flagicon|TUN}} Reda Al-Jadi
Goalkeeper coach{{flagicon|SRB}} Vlada Avramov
Fitness coach{{flagicon|KSA}} Muntasser Al-Mehdinat
Performance analyst{{flagicon|KSA}} Yahya Al-Balushi
Doctor{{flagicon|KSA}} Saad Mubarak
Physiotherapist{{flagicon|KSA}} Salman Al-Kaabi
Director of football{{flagicon|KSA}} Salim Al-Jahbrani
Technical Director{{flagicon|BIH}} Kemal Alispahić

Current squad

{{Updated| January 2025}}{{cite web |title=تشكيلة الأخدود |url=https://www.kooora.com/?team=2011&mode=p}}

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{{Fs player|no=1|nat=KSA|name=Rakan Al-Najjar|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=2|nat=KSA|name=Mohammed Al-Saeed|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=KSA|name=Saeed Al-Rubaie|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=GUI|name=Ousmane Barry|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=KSA|name=Hussain Al-Zabdani|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=MLI|name=Ibrahima Koné|pos=FW|other={{small|on loan from Almería}}}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=NGA|name=Saviour Godwin|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=ZIM|name=Knowledge Musona|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=12|nat=KSA|name=Abdulaziz Al-Hatila|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=CMR|name=Christian Bassogog|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=KSA|name=Saleh Al Abbas|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=KSA|name=Naif Asiri|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=BRA|name=Diego Ferreira|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=JAM|name=Damion Lowe|pos=DF}}

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{{Fs player|no=18|nat=COL|name=Sebastián Pedroza|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=KSA|name=Saud Salem {{small|U19}}|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=KSA|name=Saleh Al-Harthi|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=KSA|name=Mohammed Al-Jahif|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=26|nat=KSA|name=Yaseen Al-Zubaidi|pos=MF|other={{small|on loan from Al-Ahli}}}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=KSA|name=Awadh Khamis|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=28|nat=BRA|name=Paulo Vítor|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=29|nat=KSA|name=Ahmed Al Daghrir {{small|U19}}|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=64|nat=EGY|name=Karim Ashraf|pos=FW}}

{{Fs player|no=66|nat=BRA|name=Petros|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=77|nat=KSA|name=Saif Balhareth {{small|U19}}|pos=MF}}

{{Fs player|no=87|nat=KSA|name=Ghassan Hawsawi|pos=DF}}

{{Fs player|no=92|nat=KSA|name=Saad Al-Qarni|pos=GK}}

{{Fs player|no=98|nat=KSA|name=Muhannad Al-Qaydhi|pos=DF}}

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=Out on loan=

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{{Fs player|no=|nat=KSA|name=Musleh Al-Shaikh|pos=MF|other={{small|on loan to Al-Arabi}}}}

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See also

References

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