Al Safa FC

This article is about the men's football club from Safwa, Saudi Arabia. For other uses, see Safa.

Al-Safa

Full name	Al-Safa Sports Club
Founded	1 January 1947;78 years ago (1947-01-01)
Ground	Al-Safa Club Stadium, Safwa City
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Mohammed Hassan Ibrahim
Manager	Juan Brown
League	Saudi First Division League
2023–24	FDL, 10th of 18
Website	www.alsafa.sa
Home colours Away colours

Al-Safa Club is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Safwa City, located in the Qatif Governorate of Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. The club competes in the Saudi First Division League.

The club competes in ten different sports in Saudi Arabia on the youth and adult levels. These are: Football, Track and field, Handball, Volleyball, Basketball, Squash, Tennis, Table Tennis, Swimming and Bodybuilding. The sports club members have reached highest levels in Saudi Arabia's competitions and have represented the country with the national teams in world cups/ championships and in the Olympic Games.

The club has also multicultural participations in Theatre, Photography, Arts and general training and development.

History

Al-Safa Club was founded in 1947 under the name of "Al-Safa Football Team". And when the Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia organized the establishments of sports teams, a special committee visited Safwa city and officially registered the team as a sports club that is officially registered and regulated under the General Presidency of Youth Welfare (GPYF) in Saudi Arabia.

Al-Safa management

Several presidents have been elected to chair the club in the past fifty years. The most famous are:

1- Ahmed Saleh Al-Habib 2- Ali Ahmed Al-Mousa 3- Khoder Al-Ibrahim 4- Sameer Mohammed Al-Nasir 5-Kumail Ali Alibrahim 6-Mohammed Ghallab 7- Mohammed Hassan Ibrahim ( Current Chairman)

Current board members

The current board of directors of the club was elected in August 2023 at the general assembly meeting. The assembly elected the president and eight (8) board members as follows:

President and chairman of the Board	Mohammed Hassan Ibrahim
Vice President, Board Member	Kumail Ali Alibrahim
Secretary General & Media Committee Head, Board Member	Khoder Ali Alabas
Football Committee Chairman, Board Member	Jawad Mohammed Al mohaisen
Sports Committee Chairman, Board Member	Mujahed Yassen Alyassen
Sport Committee Vice Chairman, Handball Committee Chairman, Board Member	Mohammed Jawad Alsafwani
Legal Committee Chairman, Board Member	Habib Zaki Alsaeed
Finance Committee Head, Board Member	Ahmed Hamza Alhashim
Investment Committee Chairman, Board Member	Deyab Saeed Fardan

Coaching Staff

Position	Name
Manager	Juan Brown
Assistant Managers	Sebastián Anaut Salman Al-Qahtani
Goalkeeper Coach	Ben Othmen Fahmi
Fitness Coach	Vlade Bendic
Match Analysis	Khalid Al-Azmi
Performance Director	Abdulaziz Al-Masoudi
Team Doctor	Bandar Al-Jaadi
Physiotherapists	Rayan Al-Nakhli
Kit Manager	Osama Baessa

Honours

Al-Safa Club champions have accomplished several high achievements on the single and team games at the local and international levels. Some of these are listed below

Football

After almost 60 years in the third division, Al-Safa football team was able to win the third division's league in 2011 and qualified to the second division. The team didn't stay long in the second division and was able to qualify to the Saudi's League first division for professionals in 2014 for the first time in History.

Championship	Position	President	Team Captain	Team Manager
Saudi's League Third Division	First Place	Sameer Al-Nasir	Mofeed Salah	Redha Al-Janabi
Saudi's League Second Division	Second Place	Ali Al-Mousa	Habib Al-Ahmad	Redha Al-Janabi

Athletics

In Athletics, Al-Safa Club has produced many champions on the local and international levels. The most famous of them all is the Asian Long Jum record holder Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi who owns the Asian record of 8.48 (List of Asian records in athletics) m in long Jump that he was able to achieve in France in 2006. The other athletics champions who also participated in the World's Championship and/ or the Olympic games include: Asem Al-Hizam in Decathlon, Abdullah Taher in High Jump, Hashim Al-Shorafa in 400 meters and Hussain Asem in Pole Vault

The Saudi records are registered under Al-Safa champions in the following:

Name [1]	Game	Saudi Record
Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi	Long Jump	8.48 Meter
Hussain Asem Al-Hizam	Pole Vault	5.70 meter

Swimming

In swimming, the most famous Saudi swimmer in history (Alawi Maki) is the dominant figure in the club. Alawi was the first Saudi and Middle Eastern swimming who successfully crossed the English Channel between UK and France. He broke the English Channel crossing record and accompanied him in this achievement the late Saleh Ajaj, Malik Shaker, Fakher Al-Sadah, Saeed Quraish and the current club's vice president Dheya Al-Asaad. ^[2]

Handball

Al-Safa club is one of Saudi's best teams in Handball. The team has accomplished several advanced positions in the league and club and the team members participated with the Saudi National Team in world cup several times. Among those who participated in the world cup: Hashim Al-Shorafa, Ali AL-Dawood, Bashir Qurainawi, Mohammed Al-Zayer, Hussain Henabi and Mohammed Nasfan.

Championship [3]	Position	Team's Captain
Prince Sultan Bin Fahad Cup 1998	Second Place	Hashim Al-Shorafa
Prince Faisal Elite Cup 2002	Third Place	Bashir Qurainawi

Volleyball

Al-Safa club remained for several decades among the best three clubs in volleyball in Saudi (in addition to Al-Ahli and Al-Hilal). Several Team players have participated with the national Saudi team including: Nouri Al-Sadah, Abdulkarim Al-Fraid, Yahya Al-Marhoon and Faiz Al-Dawood.

Squash

In Squash, Al-Safa team is one of the best teams in Saudi Arabia. The players have participated with the national Saudi team in the regional and international competitions. Among those: Fadi Henabi, Akram Al-Safwani, Ali Quraish and Hussain Al-Sadiq

Current squad

As of Saudi First Division League:

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 7 MF   KSA Habib Al-Ahmed 8 MF   KSA Ahmed Al-Anzi 10 FW   KSA Mohammad Al-Sahlawi 11 MF   KSA Saeed Al-Zahrani 12 DF   KSA Hazim Al-Zahrani 15 MF   KSA Abdulwahab Jaafer 16 DF   KSA Abdullah Khalifah(on loan from Al-Ettifaq ) 17 DF   KSA Aseel Abed 18 DF   KSA Mohammed Al-Saleh 19 DF   KSA Hassan Al-Jubairi 21 GK   KSA Moslem Al Freej 22 GK   KSA Hassan Al-Ahsaei 23 DF   KSA Hassan Al Farid

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF   KSA Mishari Al-Qumaizi 25 DF   KSA Ahmed Al-Alwan 31 MF   KSA Abdulmohsen Burayk 42 MF   KSA Hamed Fallatah 48 MF   KSA Abdullah Othman 69 MF   KSA Salem Al-Saleem 70 FW   COL Danilo Asprilla 74 MF   KSA Abdulmohsen Al-Qahtani 77 MF   KSA Baraa Softah 79 GK   KSA Hussain Emad 88 FW   KSA Jawad Okeek 92 FW   COL Luis Hinestroza 96 DF   KSA Saleh Al-Nashmi

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

References

1. "الأرقام القياسية السعودية لألعاب القوى للرجال". Archived from the original on 2016-01-24. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
2. "تمساح العرب و قاهر المانش يبوح بما في خاطره لـعكاظ". Archived from the original on 2009-10-31. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
3. سجلات موقع الإتحاد السعودي لكرة اليد