# Al-Taraji Club

Al-Taraj Club (Arabic: نادي الترجي) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Qatif. It was established in 1980 and plays its home matches at the Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Stadium. The club was formed in 1980 through the merger of Al-Bader and Al-Shate, the only two football clubs in Qatif at that time.

## History

Al-Taraj Club, under its current name, was established in 1980 as a result of the merger of Al-Shate and Al-Badr clubs, the only two clubs in Qatif at the time. The club adopted a logo consisting of the colors blue, red, and yellow, combining the symbols of the two clubs: blue and yellow for Al-Badr, and blue and red for Al-Shate.
The true beginnings date back to the mid-1950s, when the first Qatifi clubs were established, such as Al-Ta'awun, Port Said, Al-Noor, and Al-Nusour. These clubs went through a series of mergers, resulting in Al-Shate and Al-Badr. Therefore, Al-Taraj Club is an extension of the Qatifi clubs founded during that early period and may be considered the oldest club not only in the Qatif Governorate but also in the entire Eastern Province, deserving the title of "Pioneer of Eastern Province Clubs."
Throughout its long history, the club has produced players for national teams in various sports, including: the late Abdulrahman Abdullah Al-Qasab (Shamroukh), Abdul Rab Nabi Al-Zayer, Othman Marzouk, Nizar Abbas, and Hassan Al-Raheb in football; Abdulaziz Abu Saud (a current member of the club's board), Ahmed Al-Ghorab, and Mohammed Al-Zayer in basketball; Faisal Eid, Mohammed Eid, Shawqi Al-Jishi, Nizar Al-Awami, Sayyid Mohsen Al-Ramadan, Ali Baqi, Bassam Al-Khneizi, Moayed Baqi, Mohammed Al-Khater, and Hussein Baqi in volleyball; and Ihsan Al-Jishi, Zaki Al-Ghanem, Mohammed Al-Ghanem, Hussein Akhwan, and Aref Akhwan in handball. It should also be noted that the first Olympic medal won by Saudi Arabia was a bronze medal by Taraj Club's player, Ibrahim Jaafar, in the Taekwondo event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

## Current squad

As of Saudi Second Division :
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 | Abdulrahman Al-Amoudi |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al Taleb |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Naif Al-Shammari |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Saud Sahari |
| 7 | FW | KSA | Nohair Al-Mahri |
| 9 | FW | KSA | Waleed Ghazwani |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al Zaid |
| 14 | DF | KSA | Hussain Al-Dahan |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Sultan Al-Shammeri |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Faisal Al-Khaldi |
| 17 | FW | POR | Pedro Paz |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Hassan Jaafari |
| 21 | GK | KSA | Abdullah Al-Bahri |
| 22 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al Eid |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | FW | ISL | Árni Vilhjálmsson |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Talal Al-Dossari |
| 27 | DF | KSA | Nasser Al-Khalifa |
| 38 | MF | KSA | Faisal Dani Masrahi |
| 49 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Musaed |
| 63 | GK | KSA | Sajjad Al-Dahmasi |
| 77 | DF | KSA | Ali Abo Shahin |
| 89 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Johani |
| — | DF | KSA | Saleh Al-Qahtani |
| — | DF | KSA | Naif Al-Bishi |
| — | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al Aadi |
| — | MF | KSA | Aziz Al-Shammari |
| — | FW | KSA | Saud Al-Atiq |