Full name | Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | The Royal Club Fortress of Trophies The Classy Nation Ambassador |
Short name | Al-Ahli |
Founded | 17 March 1937 |
Ground | King Abdullah Sports City |
Capacity | 62,000 |
Chairman | Ahmad Al-Marzouqi |
Manager | Christian Gross |
League | Saudi Professional League |
2015–16 | Saudi Professional League, 1st |
Website | Club home page |
Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي الرياضي السعودي) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Jeddah, that competes in the Saudi Pro League. The club was founded in 1937.
Domestically, Al-Ahli have won 3 league titles, 13 King Cup, 6 Crown Prince Cup, 3 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup and 1 Super Cup. In international club football Al-Ahli have won 3 GCC Champions League and 1 Arab Club Championship, the club also reached two AFC Champions League finals losing both of them.
Al-Ahli is one of the four founding members of the Saudi Pro League that have never been relegated from the top flight, along with Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad, and Al-Nassr.
Al Ahli's home games are played at King Abdullah Sports City, also known as the KASC Stadium. The stadium, which is shared with long-lasting city rivals Al-Ittihad, is the second largest stadium in Saudi Arabia, with a total capacity of 62,000. Al-Ittihad are considered their biggest rivals.
The club's most famous Saudi players are Amin Dabo, Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad, Malek Mouath, Taisir Al-Jassim and Yasser Al Mosailem. The most famous foreign players are Victor Simões, Imad Al Hosni and Omar Al Soma.