Al-Khaleej FC

Al-Khaleej Club (نادي الخليج بسيهات) is a Saudi Arabian multisports club. Located in Saihat, Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It is a sport, social, educational club. Additionally, different teams in this club, categorized in different levels based on the age, play different sports. Among the sports played by the Khaleej Club teams are football, handball, volleyball, basketball, tennis, table tennis, gymnastics, athletics, aquatics and others.

The club is well known for the handball team which played in different worldwide championships. Also, the athletics team accomplished worldwide golden middles.

It was announced that the club stadium will be completely rebuild with a new capacity of 15,000 instead of the previous 10,000 plus new handball court and new training facilities, the work should start in April 2024 and be completed by 2026 before the 2027 Asian cup

Administration
The current administration that runs the club is the club-president Alaa Al Hamal.

Partners
Laser

Management staff

 * Manager: Georgios Donis
 * Sporting Director: Constantin Pana

Managerial history

 * 🇹🇳 Ahmad Al-Ajlani (1997 – 1999)
 * Khaled Al-Marzouq (May 1, 1999 – October 11, 1999)
 * Abdelkrim Bira (October 11, 1999 – March 1, 2000)
 * 🇧🇬 Angel (July 6, 2000 – March 1, 2001)
 * Khaled Al-Marzouq (March 1, 2001 – June 1, 2004)
 * 🇹🇳 Yousef Al Suryati (August 9, 2004 – February 7, 2005)
 * Khaled Al-Marzouq (February 7, 2005 – October 31, 2006)
 * 🇨🇿 Jan Kmoch (caretaker) (October 31, 2006 – January 8, 2007)
 * 🇹🇳 Lotfi Benzarti (January 8, 2007 – May 20, 2007)
 * Ricardo Formosinho (August 3, 2007 – November 4, 2007)
 * Khaled Al-Marzouq (November 4, 2007 – May 30, 2008)
 * 🇹🇳 Samir Sellimi (June 23, 2008 – November 17, 2008)
 * Sameer Hilal (November 17, 2008 – May 31, 2009)
 * Khaled Al-Marzouq (June 8, 2009 – May 1, 2010)
 * Eelco Schattorie (July 27, 2010 – January 5, 2011)
 * 🇹🇳 Abderrazek Chebbi (January 5, 2011 – May 16, 2011)
 * 🇪🇬 Ahmed El Agouz (July 29, 2011 – November 5, 2011)
 * Khaled Al-Marzouq (November 5, 2011 – May 30, 2012)
 * 🇪🇬 Ayman Ragab (July 1, 2012 – May 24, 2013)
 * Sameer Hilal (May 28, 2013 – April 6, 2014)
 * 🇹🇳 Jalel Kadri (April 29, 2014 – May 30, 2016)
 * 🇧🇪 Patrick De Wilde (June 9, 2016 – August 30, 2016)
 * 🇹🇳 Jalel Kadri (August 30, 2016 – May 5, 2017)
 * Eusebiu Tudor (May 18, 2017 – January 6, 2018)
 * Maher Al-Shammari (January 6, 2018 – May 1, 2018)
 * Sameer Hilal (May 27, 2018 – June 1, 2019)
 * Alen Horvat (July 7, 2019 – December 14, 2019)
 * 🇹🇳 Mohammed Tlemceni (caretaker) (December 14, 2019 – January 1, 2020)
 * Kheïreddine Madoui (January 9, 2020 – September 20, 2020)
 * Sameer Hilal (September 23, 2020 – June 1, 2021)
 * 🇷🇸 Dejan Arsov (July 13, 2021 – November 23, 2021)
 * Paulo Gomes (November 23, 2021 – May 6, 2022)
 * Khaled Al-Marzouq (caretaker) (May 6, 2022 – June 1, 2022)
 * Pedro Emanuel (July 3, 2022 – June 23, 2024)
 * Georgios Donis (July 11, 2024 – )

Current squad
As of 12 August 2023:

Honours

 * Saudi First Division League
 * Winners (2): 2005–06, 2021–22
 * Runners-up (2): 2002–03, 2013–14
 * Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams
 * Winners (1): 1999–00
 * Runners-up (1): 2008–09

Handball
The handball team is one of the most successful handball club in Saudi Arabia. They won 10 times the league.

Partners
Laser Erima

Honours
Asian Club League Handball Championship
 * Winners (1): 2023-2024 Asian Club League Handball Championship

IHF Men's Super Globe
 * 2022: 6th out of 12
 * 2023: 6th out of 12

Arab Handball Championship of Champions
 * Winners (2): 2002, 2007
 * Runners-up (4): 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995

Saudi Handball League
 * Winners (10): 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2022–23
 * Runners-up (Since 2005): 2005–06, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22

Saudi Handball Federation Cup
 * Winners (9): 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2022, 2023, 2024
 * Runners-up(12): 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2021

Saudi Handball Elite Championship
 * Runners-up (4): 2003, 2005, 2015, 2019

Saudi Handball Super Cup
 * Winners (2): 2023, 2024

Saudi Handball Olympic Games
 * Winners (2): 2022, 2023

Saudi Beach Handball Championship
 * Runners-up (1): 2022

Current squad
Squad for the 2023–24 season

Head coach: Dimitris Dimitroulias


 * Goalkeepers
 * 12 Abdullah Alabdalali
 * 16 Mohammad Al-Salem
 * 33 Hussain Al-Mohsen
 * Left wingers
 * 2 Mohamed Al Meskeen
 * 4 Hassan Al Mubarak
 * 21 Abdullah Al-Hulaili
 * Right wingers
 * 7 Mohammed Al Meskeen
 * 59 Hassan Al-Turaiki
 * Line players
 * 3 Ali Al-Ibrahim
 * 5 Jawad Jaffal
 * 77 Marhoon Al-Maa
 * 87 Jawad Al Ghafli
 * Left backs
 * 31 🇷🇸 Nemanja Mladenović
 * 78 Hassan Al Ibrahim
 * 94 🇶🇦 Ameen Zakkar
 * Centre backs
 * 1 Sadiq Al-Mohsin
 * 10 Jehad Al Saihati
 * 11 Sajad Al Shuwaikhat
 * 13 🇷🇸 Petar Nenadić (Joined for the 2023 IHF Men's Super Globe & 26th Asian Club League Handball Championship)
 * 23 Mohammed Hani Al Basha
 * 34 Mansour Al Saihati
 * 57 Mojtaba Al-Salem
 * Right backs
 * 19 🇯🇵 Shinnosuke Tokuda (Joined for the 2023 IHF Men's Super Globe & 26th Asian Club League Handball Championship)
 * 66 Rami Al Mutairi