Al Hilal Saudi Football Club, simply known as Al Hilal is a professional multi-sports club based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Their football team competes in the Saudi Professional League. In Arabic, Al Hilal means the crescent moon. They are the most decorated club in Asia, winning 67 official trophies. Al Hilal also hold the record for the most continental trophies in Asia, as well as a record 18 Professional League titles.
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabian Club, commonly known as Al-Ittihad, is a Saudi professional football club based in Jeddah. It was founded in 1927. The club has spent its entire history in the top flight of football in Saudi Arabia, currently known as the Saudi Pro League. Al-Ittihad has won 50 championships from which 35 are official championships.
The 2005 AFC Champions League was the 24th edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament and the 3rd edition under the current AFC Champions League title. The championship was retained by the Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad with a 5–3 aggregate victory over Al Ain from the United Arab Emirates. Following a 1–1 draw at the Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium in Al Ain in the first leg, Al-Ittihad recorded a 4–2 victory at the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah to lift the trophy for the second consecutive season. They also qualified for the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup.
The Saudi Arabian Football Federation is the football governing body of Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1956, its responsibilities include administration of club competitions and national teams. The founder of the SAFF is Prince Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud.
Mohammed Bin Mohammed Noor Adam Hawsawi, commonly known as Mohammed Noor, also known as Abu Nooran and by his short name Noor, is a retired footballer from Saudi Arabia who played as an attacking midfielder. He played almost all of his career for Saudi Professional League side Al Ittihad. In 2013, he was forced out of Al-Ittihad to a series of financial epidemics there, and as for that, he moved to Al-Nassr club for one football season. Still, Noor is considered to be one of the best players to ever play in Asia, mostly due to his excellent distribution, ball control, and dribbling skills.
Fadi El Khatib, nicknamed "the Lebanese Tiger", is a Lebanese professional basketball player for Sagesse SC of the Lebanese Basketball League. El Khatib played for several teams in the Lebanese Basketball League, and also played abroad in Syria, Ukraine and China. He was also a member of the Lebanon national team that finished runners-up in the FIBA Asia Championship three times, in 2001, 2005 and 2007. El Khatib also participated in the FIBA World Championship in 2002, 2006 and 2010.
Al-Ettifaq Football Club is a professional football club in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. It was established by the merger of three Dammam-based clubs in 1945. Al-Ettifaq were the first Saudi team to win an international title – the 1984 Arab Club Champions Cup. They were also the first to win the Saudi Premier League without any defeats, and the first Saudi team to win the GCC Champions League. Al-Ettifaq have a total of 13 titles to their name. The club also has its own futsal section.
Redha Hassan Tukar Fallatha is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played as a defender for Al Ittihad.
Ahmad Al-Dokhi Al-Dossary is a former Saudi Arabian footballer who last played as a defender for Al-Nassr.
Mohammad Bandar Al-Shalhoub is a Saudi Arabian former footballer and current assistant manager of Al-Hilal. He played as an attacking midfielder for Al Hilal in the Saudi Professional League. A legend of Saudi football, he won 33 trophies with Al Hilal and one title with the Saudi Arabia national team, making him one of the most decorated footballers of all time.
Hussein Omar Abdulghani Sulaimani is a Saudi Arabian former professional footballer who played as a left-back in the Saudi Professional League.
Manaf Eid Abushgeer is a former professional footballer from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A full Saudi Arabian international, he plays for Al Ittihad in the left midfield position.
Joseph Vogel is an American-Lebanese basketball player.
Srđan "Riki" Antić is a Serbian professional basketball coach.
Al-Ahli Jeddah is a professional basketball club based in the city of Jeddah in the Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia that plays in the Saudi Premier League. They won the Premier League in 2006 and 2023.
Ohod Medina is a professional basketball club based in the city of Medina in the Al Madinah Province, Saudi Arabia that plays in the Saudi Premier League. Ohud is the most successful team in the Premier League, having won the league title 20 times.
Khamis Al-Zahrani is a Saudi Arabian footballer who played as a midfielder for Al-Ittihad and the Saudi Arabia national team. He participated in the 1996 Asian Cup and the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.
The 2004–05 Arab Champions League was the second edition of a new format called Arab Champions League replacing the former Arab Unified Club Championship. The teams represented Arab nations from Africa and Asia. Al-Ittihad Jeddah of Saudi Arabia won the final against CS Sfaxien of Tunisia.
The 2007 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final was the 32nd final of the Crown Prince Cup, Saudi Arabia's main football knock-out competition at the time.
The Saudi Women's Premier League is the top flight of women's association football in Saudi Arabia. The competition is run by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation. For 3 years starting in 2023 the league will sponsored by Lay's
