Damac Club

Damac Club
نادي ضمك

Full name	Damac Club
Nicknames	Faris Al-Janub (The Knight of the South) Jabal Damac (Mountain of Damac)
Founded	1972;53 years ago (1972)
Ground	Al-Mahalah Stadium, Damac Club Stadium, Asir Province, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	20,000 5,000
Owner	Ministry of Sport
Chairman	Khaled Al Masha'at
Head coach	Armando Evangelista
League	Saudi Pro League
2024–25	Pro League, 14th of 18
Website	damac.sa
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Damac Club is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Khamis Mushait, that competes in the Saudi Pro League, the top tier of the Saudi football league system.

Damac hosts its home games at two venues: the Al-Mahalah Stadium in Abha for high-profile matches and the Damac Club Stadium ^[1] in Khamis Mushait for less prominent fixtures. The club takes its name from the nearby Damac Mountain.

Honours

• Saudi First Division League (tier 2)
  • Runners-up (1): 2018–19
• Saudi Second Division League (tier 3)
  • Winners (2): 1980–81, 2014–15
  • Runners-up (2): 1989–90, 2004–05
• Saudi Third Division League (tier 4)
  • Runners-up (1): 2002–03

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Armando Evangelista
Assistant coach	António Machado André Balinha Abdulaziz Hashlan Hussein Al-Wadaei
Goalkeeper coach	Hélder Godinho
Fitness coach	Noureddine Saleh
Video analyst	N. N. Timm
Rehab coach	Abdulelah Al-Thani
Performance analyst	Saad Al-Balushi
Sporting director	Ali Al-Shaharili
Doctor	Humaid Al-Khams Mohamed Al-Sheikh
Physiotherapist	Salman Al-Nawwaf Faisal Al-Hussaini Waleed Al-Muqarrib
Masseur	Razzaq Al-Ghanim
Nutritionist	Saleem Al-Alawi
Director of development	Sultan Al-Malik
Director of football	Khalid Al-Thahrani

Managerial history

• Azzedine Abbas (1981 – 1985)
• Mohsen Habacha (1985 – 1986)
• Djamel Belkacem (2001 – 2004)
• Mohammed Aldo (2004 – 2006)
• Said El Khider (July 31, 2006 – October 10, 2006)
• Al Hadi Ben Mokhtar (November 13, 2006 – January 30, 2008)
• Selim Al Manga (January 31, 2008 – March 29, 2009)
• Ali Mujahid (July 1, 2009 – January 15, 2010)
• Mohamed Al Maalej (caretaker) (January 15, 2010 – January 27, 2010)
• Jalal Kadri (January 27, 2010 – May 1, 2010)
• Mondher Ladhari (June 15, 2010 – May 31, 2011)
• Boris Bunjak (July 1, 2011 – October 8, 2011)
• Abdelkader Youmir (November 4, 2011 – March 13, 2012)
• Hassan Ahmed (March 13, 2012 – May 31, 2012)
• Jamal El Din Hamza (July 30, 2012 – November 29, 2012)
• Selim Al Manga (November 29, 2012 – November 23, 2013)
• Zouhair Louati (November 23, 2013 – May 1, 2014)
• Khalil Obaid (June 13, 2014 – December 8, 2014)
• Mohamed Al Maalej (December 8, 2014 – October 25, 2015)
• Mohamed Al Dao (October 25, 2015 – March 15, 2016)
• Selim Al Manga (March 16, 2016 – May 1, 2016)
• Amr Anwar (June 24, 2016 – September 22, 2016)
• Bayrem Mokhtari (caretaker) (September 22, 2016 – October 4, 2016)
• Lotfi Kadri (October 5, 2016 – November 19, 2016)
• Bayrem Mokhtari (November 19, 2016 – February 21, 2017)
• Mladen Frančić (February 21, 2017 – May 22, 2017)
• Kaies Zouaghi (May 31, 2017 – October 5, 2017)
• Mahdi Maiz (caretaker) (October 5, 2017 – October 20, 2017)
• Zouhair Louati (October 20, 2017 – May 1, 2018)
• Mohamed Kouki (May 31, 2018 – October 5, 2019)
• Noureddine Zekri (October 5, 2019 – January 4, 2021)
• Krešimir Režić (January 4, 2021 – March 6, 2023)
• Cosmin Contra (March 6, 2023 – December 6, 2024)
• Nuno Almeida (December 25, 2024 – March 26 2025)
• Khaled Al-Atwi (March 27, 2025 – June 1, 2025)
• Armando Evangelista (June 24, 2025 – )

Players

Current squad

As of 27 August 2025

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 1 GK   BRA Kewin 2 MF   GUI Morlaye Sylla 3 DF   ALG Abdelkader Bedrane 4 DF   KSA Noor Al-Rashidi 5 DF   KSA Hassan Rabee 6 MF   KSA Tareq Abdullah 7 MF   KSA Abdullah Al-Qahtani 8 MF   ARG Valentín Vada 10 FW   FRA Nabil Alioui 11 FW   CIV Yakou Méïté 12 DF   KSA Sanousi Hawsawi 13 DF   KSA Abdulrahman Al-Obaid 15 DF   MAR Jamal Harkass

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF   KSA Dhari Al-Anazi 21 MF   KSA Ahmed Omar 22 DF   KSA Abdulrahman Al-Khaibari (on loan from Al-Ula ) 23 DF   KSA Jawad Al-Hassan 26 MF   KSA Riyadh Sharahili (on loan from Neom ) 28 FW   PAR Jesús Medina 30 GK   KSA Nasser Al-Ghamdi 33 GK   KSA Moataz Al-Baqaawi 77 MF   BRA David Kaiki 80 FW   KSA Yahya Al-Najei 88 MF   KSA Khaled Al-Samiri 90 MF   KSA Hazzaa Al-Ghamdi

U21 squad

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 — GK   KSA Sayyaf Al-Qahtani — GK   KSA Yahya Abu Dahi — DF   KSA Faisal Al-Shehri — DF   KSA Majed Al Awad — MF   KSA Ahmed Nammazi

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   KSA Bandar Mofrh — MF   KSA Ziyad Al Yahya — MF   BHR Saeed Sulaiman — FW   KSA Rakan Al-Amri — FW   KSA Zaher Makkawi

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

References

1. "ضمك يستقبل الفتح في ملعبه الجديد".

External links

• Official website
• Damac FC at Soccerway
• Damac FC at Football Critic
• Damac FC at Kooora.com (in Arabic) (archived in English at Goalzz.com)