Al-Taawoun FC

Al-Taawoun

Full name

Al-Taawoun Football Club

Founded

1956

Ground

King Abdullah Sport City Stadium,
Buraidah, Saudi Arabia

Capacity

23,600^[1]

Chairman

Mohammed al-Qasim

Manager

Constantin Gâlcă

League

Professional League

2015–16

Professional League, 4th

Home colours

Away colours

Al-Taawoun ("Cooperation" Arabic: التعاون‎‎) is a Saudi Arabian football team in Buraidah city playing at the Saudi Professional League.

History

At the beginning of the establishment of the club was named "Club Saudi youth" Among the most prominent founders at the time the Saleh Alwably the first president of the club. After the founding of the club four years has been registered officially under the auspices of young people and that was in 1960. Has also been recognized as a club official authorized by the General Presidency for Youth Welfare in April 1963. Football Akaddmoma the most prominent achievements is to get first team football at the King's Cup and the summer of 1990, and this achievement is unprecedented not only on the level of first division clubs, not at the level of Saudi club Al-Qaseem. In 1995 rose for the first time in its history to the Saudi Premier League, and dropped after one season, and returned in 1997 to the Premier League, and dropped after one season, and returned to climb in 2010. The team pulled off a shocker in the 2014–15 Saudi Professional League when they had 8-time league winners Al-Ittihad down 4–0 by the 60th minute of their hometown match. Al-Ittihad managed to score 3 goals and the game ended 4–3 with the final whistle. In the away match in Jeddah, Al-Ittihad were able to reverse the same score as they won 4–3.

Players

As of Saudi Premier League:

No	Position	Player	Nation
1	Goalkeeper	Yazid Al-Sayah	Saudi Arabia
22	Goalkeeper	Fahad Al-Shamri	Saudi Arabia
23	Goalkeeper	Sultan Al-Ghamdi	Saudi Arabia
32	Goalkeeper	Fayz Al-Sabiay	Saudi Arabia

2	Defender	Safwan Hawsawi	Saudi Arabia
3	Defender	Abdullah Kanno	Saudi Arabia
4	Defender	Ricardo Machado	Portugal
5	Defender	Talal Al-Absi	Saudi Arabia
13	Defender	Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi	Saudi Arabia
17	Defender	Mahmoud Muaaz	Saudi Arabia
20	Defender	Abdurahman Al-Shammeri (on loan from Al-Nassr)	Saudi Arabia
28	Defender	Abdullah Al-Shameri	Saudi Arabia
31	Defender	Sari Amr (on loan from Al-Shabab)	Saudi Arabia

6	Midfielder	Abdulrahman Al-Barakah	Saudi Arabia
8	Midfielder	Mosaab Al-Otaibi (on loan from Al-Nassr)	Saudi Arabia
10	Midfielder	Jehad Al-Hussain (Captain)	Syria
15	Midfielder	Abdullah Al-Salman	Saudi Arabia
16	Midfielder	Naif Al-Mousa	Saudi Arabia
18	Midfielder	Madallah Alolayan	Saudi Arabia
27	Midfielder	Saeed Al-Dossari	Saudi Arabia
37	Midfielder	Abdulaziz Al-Sharid	Saudi Arabia
49	Midfielder	Ahmed Al-Zein	Saudi Arabia
55	Midfielder	Sandro Manoel	Brazil
77	Midfielder	Ibrahim Al-Telhi	Saudi Arabia

7	Forward	Mousa Al-Shameri	Saudi Arabia
9	Forward	Mounir El Hamdaoui	Morocco
11	Forward	Saqer Otaif	Saudi Arabia

Out on loan

No	Position	Player	Nation
--	Midfielder	Nawaf Al-Sohaymi (on loan from Damac)	Saudi Arabia
--	Midfielder	Ahmed Al-Turki (on loan from Al-Ta'ee)	Saudi Arabia

Managers

Eoin Hand (July 1, 1987 – June 30, 1988)
Antal Szentmihályi (1991–92)
Marco Cunha (2004)
Gheorghe Mulțescu (July 3, 2010 – Dec 20, 2010)
Florin Motroc (Dec 22, 2010 – Dec 29, 2011)
Grigore Sichitiu (Dec 30, 2011 – April 1, 2012)
Miloš Hrstić (2011–12)

Srećko Juričić (Jan 1, 2012 – Feb 1, 2012)
Khalid Kamal (caretaker) (April 1, 2012 – June 24, 2012)
Gjoko Hadžievski (July 1, 2012 – Feb 20, 2013)
Taoufik Rouabah (Feb 2013 – Sep 14)
José Manuel Gomes (Sep 2014 – May 29, 2016)
Darije Kalezić (Jun 2, 2016 – Oct 16, 2016)
Gâlcă (Oct 18, 2016 – present)

References

↑ "King Abdullah Sport City Stadium". Saudi Pro League Statistics. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

External links

Al-Taawoun FC – current squad

1 Al-Sayah 2 Hawsawi 3 Kanno 4 Machado 5 Al-Absi 6 A.Al-Barakah 7 M.Al-Shameri 8 Al-Otaibi 9 El Hamdaoui 10 Al-Hussain 11 S.Otaif 13 Al-Zubaidi 15 Al-Salman 16 Al-Mousa 17 M.Muaaz 18 Alolayan 20 Abdurahman.S 22 Fahad.S 23 Al-Ghamdi 27 S.Al-Dossari 28 Abdullah.S 31 Sari.A 32 Al-Sabiay 37 Al-Sharid 49 Al-Zein 55 Sandro 77 Al-Telhi Manager: Gâlcă

Saudi Professional League

Saudi Professional League clubs

Saudi Pro League	Al-Ahli Al-Batin Al-Ettifaq Al-Faisaly Al-Fateh Al-Hilal Al-Ittihad Al-Khaleej Al-Nassr Al-Qadsiyah Al-Raed Al-Shabab Al-Taawoun Al-Wehda

Saudi First Division	Al-Adalh Al-Feiha Al-Hazm Al-Jeel Al-Nahda Al-Nojoom Al-Orobah Al-Qaisumah Al-Shoulla Al-Tai Al-Watani Damac Hajer Najran Ohod Weg

Saudi Second Division	Abha Al-Ain Al-Ansar Al-Badaya Al-Diriyah Al Jabalain Al-Kawkb Al-Mujazzel Al-Muzahimiyyah Al-Najma Al-Riyadh Al-Safa Al-Sharq Al-Suqoor Al-Taraji Al-Thoqbah Al-Washm Hetten Jeddah Sdoos

Saudi Third Division	Al-Akhdoud Al-Amal Al-Arabi Al-Hamadah Al-Kholood Al-Khuwaildiyah Al-Majd Al-Nakhil Al-Noor Al-Oyoon Al-Qala Al-Qarah Al-Qotah Al-Rawdhah Al-Sahel Al-Sarawat Al-Sawab Al-Tadamon Al-Taqadom Al-Tasamoh Al-Tuhami Al-Zulfi Najd

Saudi Professional League seasons

1970s	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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