Al-Kawkab FC

Al-Kawkab FC

Full name	Al-Kawkab Football Club
Nickname(s)	Fakhar Al Kharj(Pride ofAl Kharj)
Founded	1968(1968)
Ground	Al-Shoulla Club Stadium
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Dabbas Al-Dossari
Manager	Saber Abdellaoui
League	Second Division
2021–22	FDL,19th of 20 (relegated)

Al-Kawkab Football Club(Arabic:نادي الكوكب) is aSaudi Arabianprofessionalfootballclub based inAl Kharjthat plays in thePrince Mohammad bin Salman League,thesecond tierof Saudi football.It was founded in 1968.

Al-Kawkab have won Saudi First Division once and finished runners-up once. They have competed in theSaudi Professional Leaguetwice and have been relegated in each season. Al-Kawkab have won the Second Division once and finished runners-up once as well. The club last competed in the Professional League in the 1987–88 season when they were relegated to the First Division.

The club play their home games atAl-Shoulla Club Stadiumin Al Kharj, sharing the stadium with city rivalsAl-Shoulla,with whom they contest the Al Kharj derby.

Honours

• Saudi First Division
  • Winners (1):1986–87
  • Runners-up (1): 1984–85
• Saudi Second Division
  • Winners (3):1978–79, 2004–05, 2016–17

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules.Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KSA	Amer Al-Sowayegh
2	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Nakhli
4	DF	KSA	Yasser Fallatah
5	MF	KSA	Jalawy Al-Yami
6	MF	KSA	Omar Abdulaziz
7	MF	KSA	Nahar Al-Abed
8	MF	KSA	Ahmed Maher
10	FW	KSA	Maher Hawsawi
11	FW	KSA	Rakan Majed
13	DF	KSA	Mubarak Al-Dossari
14	MF	TUN	Aymen Trabelsi
18	MF	KSA	Saeed Al-Yami
19	FW	KSA	Saad Al-Anbar
20	MF	KSA	Mousa Al-Amoudi

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	GK	RWA	Olivier Kwizera
24	DF	KSA	Sultan Al-Enezi
25	MF	KSA	Eisa Al-Amoudi
27	FW	NGA	Israel Abia
29	DF	KSA	Abdulaziz Al-Jamaan
32	GK	KSA	Yahia Al-Shehri
33	DF	TUN	Mehdi Bensib
39	DF	KSA	Muhannad Al-Harbi
44	MF	KSA	Naif Al-Howaitan
55	MF	KSA	Osama Al-Shareef
70	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Muhaini
81	FW	KSA	Muhannad Abo Reezah
98	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Sharqi

Managerial history

• Fahad Al-Yaeesh(1967 – 1971)
• Ibrahim El-Esawi(1975 – 1977)
• Mahmoud El-Sayes(1978 – 1979)
• Farouk El-Sayed(1979 – 1980)
• Mahmoud El-Sayes(1982 – 1983)
• Omar El Nahal(1983 – 1984)
• Mokhtar Tlili(1984 – 1985)
• Ger Blok(1985 – 1986)
• Nasser Al-Olaiwi(1986 – 1987)
• Nasser Al-Olaiwi(1990 – 1991)
• Farouk El-Sayed(1991 – 1992)
• Nasser Al-Olaiwi(1994 – 1995)
• Khaled Al-Jasser(1995 – 1996)
• Boualem Laroum(1996 – 1997)
• Tayeb Enani(1999 – 2000)
• Mahmoud Lajdidi(1999 – 2000)
• Saad Al-Subeai(2004 – 2005)
• Khaled Al-Farhan(2005)
• Sami Farhan(2005 – 2006)
• Khaled Al-Farhan(2006 – 2007)
• Mabrook Al-Kilani(2009 – 2010)
• Selim Al Manga(July 23, 2011 – April 12, 2012)
• Sultan Khamis(June 11, 2012 – October 4, 2013)
• Chaker Meftah(October 10, 2013 – January 19, 2014)
• Ibrahim Al-Mutaiwee(January 20, 2014 – February 15, 2014)
• Hassine Menestiri(February 15, 2014 – May 1, 2014)
• Moncef Mcharek(June 18, 2014 – September 27, 2018)
• Osama Nabieh(October 4, 2018 – April 3, 2019)
• Moncef Mcharek(April 5, 2019 – May 1, 2020)
• Jameel Qassem(June 15, 2020 – September 14, 2020)
• Kamel Zaiem(September 22, 2020 – December 8, 2020)
• Mohammed Aldo(December 9, 2020 – May 3, 2021)
• Ramzi Kerid(May 3, 2021 – May 31, 2021)
• Yamen Zelfani(June 26, 2021 – February 16, 2022)
• Juan José Maqueda(February 18, 2022 – April 2, 2022)
• Saber Abdellaoui(April 6, 2022 – May 16, 2022)
• Abdullah Al-Otaibi(caretaker)(May 16, 2022 – June 1, 2022)
• Yousri bin Kahla(August 16, 2022 – September 23, 2022)
• Ramzi Kerid(September 25, 2022 – December 22, 2022)
• Maher Guizani(December 22, 2022 – May 1, 2023)
• Abdulaziz Al-Bishi(July 1, 2023 – September 8, 2023)
• Mohammed Dahmane(September 8, 2023 – October 9, 2023)
• Yamen Zelfani(October 12, 2023 – February 14, 2024)

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia