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Full name | Al Taawoun Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Sukkari Al-Qassim (Sugar of Al-Qassim) Al-dhiyaab (The Wolves) | ||
Founded | 1956 | ||
Ground | King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia | ||
Capacity | 25,000 [1] | ||
Chairman | Saud Al-Rashoodi | ||
Manager | Rodolfo Arruabarrena | ||
League | Saudi Pro League | ||
2023-24 | Pro League, 4th of 18 | ||
Website | altaawounfc | ||
Al Taawoun FC (Arabic : نادي التعاون لكرة القدم, romanized: nādī at-Taʿāwun li-kurat al-qadam, lit. 'Cooperation Football Club') is a professional multi-sports club based in Buraidah, Saudi Arabia. The football team competes in the Saudi Pro League, the top tier of Saudi Football.
The club play their home games at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in Buraidah, sharing the stadium with city rivals Al-Raed with whom they contest the Qassim Derby.
Al-Taawoun were founded in 1956 under the name of "Al-Shabab" by their founder Saleh Al Wabili. Four years after the founding of the club, they were officially registered as a professional club in 1960.[ citation needed ]
On the 25th of May 1990, Al-Taawoun reached the 1990 king cup final to face Al-Nasser but eventually lost 0–2. By reaching the final, Al-Taawoun became the second First Division side to reach the final after Al-Riyadh in 1978. In the 2009–10 season, Al-Taawoun won promotion to the Pro League for the first time in over thirteen years as runners-up in the first division. Their last appearance in the top flight was in the 1997-98 season. They have been playing consecutively in the Saudi Professional League since the 2010–2011 season. [2] On 29 May 2016, Al-Taawoun qualified to their debut AFC Champions League campaign for the first time ever by finishing fourth in the league during the 2015–16 season. [3]
Their best ever top-flight season came in the 2018–19 season when the club successfully challenged for the Asian Champions League spots, eventually finishing in third place in the Saudi Professional League, their highest ever league position to date. And to top off their season, Al-Taawoun reached the King Cup final by thrashing Al-Hilal 5–0 at the King Saud Stadium in the semi-final, and went on to defeat Al-Ittihad 2–1 in the final to claim their first-ever top-flight trophy, with the winning goal coming in the 90th minute. [4] Al-Taawoun also became the first club from Al-Qassim Region to win the King Cup.
In the following season (2019-20), Al-Taawon's performances were one of their worst in their league history. Al-Taawoun booked their spot in the 2019 super cup by winning the King Cup title the previous season. Al-Taawoun lost to Al-Nasser 4–5 in a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw at the end of extra time. The club were almost relegated and needed a win in the final matchday against relegation threatened Al-Fayha, the highly tense match continued as a draw until the 91st minute when Mohammad Al-Sahlawi converted a cross with a tap in to make it 1-0 and avoid relegation in the final moments of the season. In the 2020-21 season Al-Taawoun reached their 3rd king cup final in the 2020–21 edition to face Al-Faisaly, in the end Al-Faisaly won their first title after a 3–2 win over Al-Taawoun in the final on 27 May 2021.
Al-Taawoun Qualified to the 2020 AFC Champions League as 2019 King Cup winners and 2018–19 Saudi Professional League 3rd place, Al-Taawoun finished the group as runners-up with a record of (3W,3L) to qualify to the knockout stages for the first time in their history. Al-Taawoun faced Al-Nasser in the round of 16 but eventually lost 0–1.
Saudi First Division League (tier 2)
Saudi Second Division League (tier 3)
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams
Position | Staff |
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Manager | Rodolfo Arruabarrena |
Assistant manager | Diego Markic Juan Gobet Amr Mokhtar |
Goalkeeper coach | Khalil Al-Ghamdi |
Fitness coach | Abdulrahman Al-Sahli |
Youth Coach | Jehad Al-Hussien |
Development coach | Khaled Al-Dhefiri |
Performance coach | Thamer Al-Sahli |
Match analysis | Hassan Al-Dossari |
Doctor | Abdullah Bahusayn |
Physiotherapist | Vincenzo Buzzi |
Sporting director | Abdullah Al-Ahmed |
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Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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AFC Champions League | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 34 |
GCC Champions League | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
TOTAL | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 40 |
Country | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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Iran | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 16.67 |
Oman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 50.00 |
Qatar | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 50.00 |
Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0.00 |
Syria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 20.00 |
Uzbekistan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 25.00 |
TOTAL | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 28.00 |
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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2015 | GCC Champions League | Group A | Al-Suwaiq | 1–0 | 2−2 | 2nd |
Al-Rayyan | 1–1 | 2–2 | ||||
Quarter-finals | Al-Nasr | – | 1−1 (p) | 1–1 (p) | ||
2017 | AFC Champions League | Group A | Lokomotiv Tashkent | 1–0 | 4−4 | 3rd |
Esteghlal | 1–2 | 0−3 | ||||
Al-Ahli | 1–3 | 0−0 | ||||
2020 | AFC Champions League | Group C | Sharjah | 0–6 | 1–0 | 2nd |
Al-Duhail | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||||
Persepolis | 0–1 | 0–1 | ||||
Round of 16 | Al-Nassr | 0–1 | 0–1 | |||
2022 | AFC Champions League | Play-off round | Al-Jaish | 1–1 (5–4 p) | – | 1–1 (5–4 p) |
Group D | Al-Duhail | 3–4 | 2–1 | 2nd | ||
Pakhtakor | 0–1 | 4–5 | ||||
Sepahan | 3–0 | 1–1 |
Season | League | Position |
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1985–86 | Saudi First Division | 3rd |
1986–87 | 5th | |
1987–88 | 7th | |
1988–89 | 4th | |
1989–90 | ? | |
1990–91 | 3rd | |
1991–92 | 7th | |
1992–93 | 5th | |
1993–94 | 4th | |
1994–95 | 2nd | |
1995–96 | Saudi Premier League | 11th |
1996–97 | Saudi First Division | 1st |
1997–98 | Saudi Premier League | 12th |
1998–99 | Saudi First Division | 8th |
1999–00 | 8th | |
2000–01 | 7th | |
2001–02 | 6th | |
2002–03 | 7th | |
2003–04 | 7th | |
2004–05 | 5th | |
2005–06 | 10th | |
2006–07 | 6th | |
2007–08 | 7th | |
2008–09 | 7th | |
2009–10 | 2nd | |
2010–11 | Saudi Pro League | 8th |
2011–12 | 12th | |
2012–13 | 12th | |
2013–14 | 5th | |
2014–15 | 9th | |
2015–16 | 4th | |
2016–17 | 7th | |
2017–18 | 7th | |
2018–19 | 3rd | |
2019–20 | 12th | |
2020–21 | 4th | |
2021–22 | 12th | |
2022–23 | 5th | |
2023–24 | 4th |
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