Yasser Saeed Al-Qahtani is a former Saudi footballer who played as a forward for Al-Hilal FC in the Saudi Professional League. He was also captain of the Saudi Arabia national team. Yasser is widely recognized as one of the greatest Saudi footballers of the 21st century.
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 Saudi Arabian Football Federation is Prince Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud.
Mohammed Bin Mohammed Noor Adam Hawsawi, commonly known as Mohammed Noor, also known 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.
The Arab Club Champions Cup is an annual regional club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by top-division clubs from the Arab world. The tournament is contested by a total of 37 teams from the Asian Football Confederation and the Confederation of African Football.
Godwin Attram is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Amine Chermiti is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a striker.
The First Division League, also called the Yelo league for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of professional football in Saudi Arabia. The First Division League is ranked below the Saudi Professional League and above the Saudi Second Division in the Saudi Arabian football league system. All of the FDL clubs qualify for the King Cup, the annual Saudi Cup competition. Al Khaleej are the most recent champions, winning their second title during the 2021-22 season.
The 2002 Arab Cup was the eighth edition of the Arab Cup football competition, hosted in the nation of Kuwait. Saudi Arabia, who were the defending champions from the last Arab Cup, again won the title for a 2nd time at the conclusion of the competition.
Ibrahim Mohammed Ghaleb Jahshan is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He is one of the longest serving free agents in football history. Having been one since losing his place at Al-Faisalay in 2019.
José Manuel Ferreira de Morais is a Portuguese professional football coach and former player.
The tables below show the current makeup of the Saudi Arabian Football League system. The Saudi Professional League sits at the top of the pyramid and currently two teams get promoted/relegated between the Professional League and the First Division League.
Yahya Sulaiman Ali al-Shehri is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Al-Raed and the Saudi Arabia national team.
Al-Okhdood Club Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Najran, Saudi Arabia. It is currently used mostly for football matches, on club level by Al-Okhdood and Najran SC of the Saudi First Division. The stadium has a capacity of 8,000.
Elhadj Ousmane Barry, also known as Pato, is a Guinean international footballer who plays for Al-Okhdood as a centre forward.
Ferjani Sassi is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al Duhail and the Tunisia national team.
Al-Okhdood Club is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Najran, in the southern region of Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1976, the club competes in the Saudi First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football. The club have won the Saudi Second Division twice in 1992 and most recently in 2021. Besides football, the club also consists of various other departments including karate, handball, taekwondo, volleyball, water polo, basketball and cycling.
Vladimir Stojković is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Saudi Arabian club Al-Okhdood Club as a goalkeeper.
Mourad Okbi is a Tunisian retired footballer who played as a right back, and is the manager of Saudi Arabian club Al-Sahel.
Abdulmajeed Al-Zahrani is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Al-Ain.
Issam Abdallah Saif Al-Sabhi is an Omani professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Arabian club Al-Okhdood and the Omani national team.
