Al-Kawkab FC

Al-Kawkab FC

Full name	Al-Kawkab Football Club
Nickname(s)	Fakhar Al Kharj (Pride of Al 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 a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Al Kharj that plays in the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League, the second tier of Saudi football. It was founded in 1968.

Al-Kawkab have won Saudi First Division once and finished runners-up once. They have competed in the Saudi Professional League twice 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 at Al-Shoulla Club Stadium in Al Kharj, sharing the stadium with city rivals Al-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 under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KSA	Amer Al-Sowayegh
4	MF	KSA	Naif Al-Howaitan
6	MF	KSA	Omar Abdulaziz
7	MF	KSA	Nahar Al-Abed
12	DF	KSA	Mohammed Salem
13	DF	KSA	Ahmed Faqihi
14	MF	KSA	Sultan Al-Sherif
17	DF	KSA	Sami Kassar
19	MF	KSA	Abdulateef Al-Moosa
20	MF	KSA	Mousa Al-Amoudi
21	MF	KSA	Fahad Al-Mahri
25	FW	KSA	Eisa Al-Amoudi
27	FW	NGA	Israel Abia
28	MF	KSA	Khaled Al-Saadi
32	GK	KSA	Yahia Al-Shehri

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
33	DF	TUN	Mehdi Bensib
39	DF	KSA	Muhannad Al-Harbi
50	DF	KSA	Osama Ashoor
69	FW	KSA	Saeed Al-Baisi
70	DF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Muhaini
76	GK	KSA	Meshal Al-Shammeri
80	MF	KSA	Abdulmajeed Al-Swat
98	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Sharqi
99	GK	RWA	Olivier Kwizera
—	DF	KSA	Rakan Majed
—	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Nakhli
—	MF	TUN	Aymen Trabelsi
—	MF	KSA	Osama Al-Shareef
—	FW	KSA	Muhannad Abo Reezah
—	FW	KSA	Maher Hawsawi

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