# Al-Ain FC (Saudi Arabia)

Al-Ain Football Club (Arabic: نادي العين بالأطاولة) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Al-Atawlah, Al-Qara, Al-Bahah, The club play their home matches at the King Saud Sport City Stadium. the club competes in the Saudi First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football.

## History

The club was founded in 1978 under the name of Zahran Football Club. The club was named after the Zahran tribe who are one of the largest tribes in Al-Bahah Province. In 2001, the club changed their name to Al-Ameed Football Club before changing their name to Al-Ain in 2013.
Al-Ain have won the Saudi Third Division title once in 2015–16, and finished as runners-up once in 2010–11. The club have won the Al-Bahah Regional League ten times. The club spent four non-consecutive seasons in the Saudi Second Division before gaining to the MS League in the 2017–18 season. They spent two consecutive seasons in the MS League before gaining promotion to the top tier of Saudi football for the first time at the end of the 2019–20 season. The club play their home games at the King Saud Sport City Stadium in Al-Bahah, sharing the stadium with derby rivals Al-Hejaz.

## Honours
### Domestic

* Saudi First Division/MS League
** Third place (1): 2019–20
* Saudi Third Division
** Winners (1): 2015–16
** Runners-up (1): 2010–11

### Regional

* Al-Bahah Regional League
** Winners (10): 1981, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011

## Current squad

As of 29 September 2021
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 | Bander Al-Shahrani |
| 2 | DF | KSA | Bander Al-Shamrani |
| 3 | MF | GHA | Kwame Bonsu |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Hassan Rabee |
| 5 | DF | KSA | Yousef Al-Zahrani |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Ali Dabbaj |
| 7 | FW | KSA | Hassan Sharahili |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Khalid Medad |
| 9 | FW | KSA | Muteb Al-Hammad |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Sufyani |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Shaikhi |
| 12 | DF | KSA | Yasser Yaqoub |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Refaei |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Ali Al-Jassem |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Najei |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | KSA | Humood Al-Shammari |
| 21 | DF | UGA | Halid Lwaliwa |
| 22 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Ismail |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Fares Al-Sharari |
| 24 | MF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Al-Thubaiti |
| 25 | DF | KSA | Muteb Al-Khaldi (on loan from Al-Fayha) |
| 29 | FW | KSA | Battal Al-Harthi (on loan from Al-Hazem) |
| 30 | FW | GNB | Ença Fati |
| 52 | DF | KSA | Abdulmajeed Al-Enezi |
| 55 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Sobhi |
| 66 | DF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Arifi |
| 70 | MF | KSA | Al Mutasim Seddiq |
| 77 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Nakhli |
| 88 | MF | ARG | Mauro González |
| 93 | GK | BIH | Slaviša Bogdanović |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Jorge Paixão |
| Assistant Manager | Hugo Relvas |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Yasser Al-Khaldi |
| Fitness Coach | Miguel Bragança |
| Video Analyst | Hussein Yaqoub |
| Sporting Director | Ziyad Al-Najei |
| Doctor | Mohammed Al-Nakhli |
| Physiotherapist | Nawaf Al-Zahrani |
| Administrative Coordinator | Abdullah Hakmi |
| Team Supervisor | Khaled Kahwaji |

## Managerial history

* Bahaa Qebsisi (August 5, 2015 – November 5, 2016)
* Abbas Noureddine (November 11, 2016 – February 22, 2017)
* Hamood Al-Saiari (June 12, 2017 – December 3, 2017)
* Mohammed Dahmane (December 8, 2017 – April 1, 2018)
* Mohamed Al Maalej (May 3, 2018 – February 8, 2019)
* Alen Horvat (February 9, 2019 – May 20, 2019)
* Habib Ben Romdhane (June 19, 2019 – September 22, 2020)
* Michael Skibbe (October 12, 2020 – January 28, 2021)
* Pablo Machín (January 31, 2021 – May 31, 2021)
* Hamood Al-Saiari (August 13, 2021 – October 27, 2021)
* Faisal Al-Ghamdi (caretaker) (October 27, 2021 – November 8, 2021)
* Mohamed Mkacher (November 8, 2021 – June 1, 2022)
* Mohammed Dahmane (August 11, 2022 – November 17, 2022)
* Didier Gomes Da Rosa (November 17, 2022 – May 31, 2023)
* Valeriu Tița (June 24, 2023 – November 9, 2023)
* Zoran Milinković (November 9, 2023 – June 1, 2024)
* Ricardo Sousa (August 15, 2024 – October 28, 2024)
* José Moreira (caretaker) (October 28, 2024 – October 31, 2024)
* Toufik Rouabah (October 31, 2024 – February 20, 2025)
* Jorge Paixão (February 21, 2025 – )

## Presidential history

As of 1 January 2021.
| No | Name | From | To |
| 1 | Mohammed Jamhour | 1978 | 1978 |
| 2 | Salem Ahmed Al-Zahrani | 1979 | 1983 |
| 3 | Awadh Al-Hilali | 1984 | 1984 |
| 4 | Salem Ahmed Al-Zahrani | 1985 | 1990 |
| 5 | Bakheet Al-Saher | 1991 | 1991 |
| 6 | Salem Ahmed Al-Zahrani | 1992 | 1993 |
| 7 | Fahad Al-Banmi | 1994 | 1994 |
| 8 | Abdulaziz Odah | 1995 | 2006 |
| 9 | Hamdan Saeed Hamdan | 2007 | 2010 |
| 10 | Mohammed Abdulrahman Al-Zahrani | 2010 | 2018 |
| 11 | Ali Bakheet Al-Zahrani | 2018 | 2018 |
| 12 | Mazen bin Raddad Al-Zahrani | 2018 | 2021 |
| 12 | Hassan bin Dabaj Al-Zahrani | 2021 | |