Najran S.FC

Najran Sport Club (Arabic: نادي نجران الرياضي) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Najran Province, that competes in the Saudi Second Division League, regional league.

Overview

Najran SC achieved promotion to the Saudi Premier League by finishing 2nd in the Saudi First Division during the 2006–07 season.

The beginning

Najran Club is a new club compared to other Saudi clubs. The idea of establishing the club was first born in 1980 when a group of Najranis raised a request to the Youth Welfare office expressing their desire in establishing a club that carried the name of their city. Efforts were harnessed to achieve this quest that was just an idea till the approval of the general president of the Youth Welfare at that time, his royal highness prince Faisal bin Fahad bin Abdulaziz was issued. Accordingly, the founders of the club held a meeting to form and elect the first board of directors.

Achievements

The Najran team was able to reach the final match of the prince Faisal Bin Fahad cup 2005–06 for the first division.

The Najran team was finally able to qualify to the Saudi Premier League in the 2007–08 season.

They were able to reach the final four in the 2009–10 Saudi Crown Prince Cup after defeating some of the strongest teams in Saudi football such as Al-Ittihad, but lost to Al-Hilal 1–2 after an impressive display.

Current squad

As of 21 June 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.

Managers

• Tunisia Mourad Okbi (August 1, 2002 – April 30, 2004)
• Tunisia Rashed ben Ammar (September 25, 2004 – May 30, 2005)
• Tunisia Fathi Al-Jabal (August 7, 2005 – March 12, 2007)
• Saudi Arabia Yahya Khuraim (caretaker) (March 12, 2007 – March 23, 2007)
• Tunisia Samir Sellimi (March 23, 2007 – May 30, 2007)
• Tunisia Lotfi Benzarti (May 28, 2007 – December 21, 2007)
• Serbia Ivica Todorov (December 23, 2007 – May 1, 2008)
• Romania Costică Ștefănescu (July 1, 2008 – December 21, 2008)
• Tunisia Mokhtar Tlili (January 9, 2009 – May 1, 2009)
• Argentina Marcelo Zuleta (July 22, 2009 – October 6, 2009)
• Tunisia Samir Jouili (October 6, 2009 – January 11, 2010)
• Tunisia Mourad Okbi (January 11, 2010 – October 30, 2010)
• Portugal José Rachão (October 30, 2010 – June 30, 2011)
• North Macedonia Gjoko Hadžievski (July 1, 2011 – May 6, 2012)
• Serbia Miodrag Ješić (May 31, 2012 – January 2, 2013)
• Tunisia Khemais Labidi (January 6, 2013 – March 1, 2013)
• Saudi Arabia Al Hasan Al-Yami (caretaker) (March 1, 2013 – March 6, 2013)
• North Macedonia Gjoko Hadžievski (March 6, 2013 – January 9, 2014)
• Syria Nizar Mahrous (January 10, 2014 – June 1, 2014)
• France Denis Lavagne (June 8, 2014 – August 24, 2014)
• Belgium Marc Brys (August 25, 2014 – September 24, 2014)
• Tunisia Abdelhay Laatiri (caretaker) (September 24, 2014 – October 8, 2014)
• Algeria Fouad Bouali (October 8, 2014 – May 19, 2015)
• Tunisia Fathi Al-Jabal (June 27, 2015 – December 17, 2015)
• Saudi Arabia Al Hasan Al-Yami (caretaker) (December 17, 2015 – December 28, 2015)
• Brazil Hélio dos Anjos (December 28, 2015 – May 23, 2016)
• Egypt Ahmed Hafez (July 15, 2016 – September 25, 2016)
• Tunisia Mohammed Al-Ayari (September 25, 2016 – February 8, 2018)
• Tunisia Adel Latrach (February 9, 2018 – March 23, 2018)
• Egypt Ramzy El Morsy (March 23, 2018 – May 4, 2018)
• Saudi Arabia Hamood Al-Saiari (May 8, 2018 – May 31, 2018)
• Sweden Zvezdan Milošević (June 13, 2018 – September 21, 2018)
• Egypt Ramzy El Morsy (caretaker) (September 21, 2018 – October 3, 2018)
• Tunisia Habib Ben Romdhane (October 3, 2018 – June 1, 2019)
• Brazil Heron Ferreira (June 22, 2019 – November 8, 2019)
• Egypt Ramzy El Morsy (caretaker) (November 8, 2019 – November 14, 2019)
• Tunisia Chokri Khatoui (November 14, 2019 – June 23, 2020)
• Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al Haidar (June 23, 2020 – September 21, 2020)
• Portugal Paulo Gomes (October 18, 2020 – February 5, 2021)
• Saudi Arabia Bandar Basraih (February 5, 2021 – June 1, 2021)
• Tunisia Saïd Saïbi (June 21, 2021 – October 21, 2021)
• Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al Haidar (caretaker) (October 21, 2021 – November 5, 2021)
• Tunisia Afouène Gharbi (November 6, 2021 – September 19, 2022)
• France Laurent Hagist (September 22, 2022 – February 3, 2023)
• North Macedonia Gjoko Hadžievski (February 3, 2023 – May 31, 2023)
• Tunisia Moncef Mcharek (June 18, 2023 – December 3, 2023)
• Tunisia Abdelwahab Elharaby (December 3, 2023 – December 19, 2024)
• Tunisia Ferid Ben Belgacem (December 19, 2024 – June 1, 2025)
• Spain Pablo Grandes (August 13, 2025 – )

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

External links

• (in Arabic) (archived)