Al-Arabi (Saudi Arabian Sport Club)
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Al-Arabi is a Saudi Arabian football team based in Unaizah
Unaizah
Unaizah or officially The Governorate of Unaizah is a Saudi Arabian city in the Al Qassim Province. It lies south of Buraydah and north of Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia...

 that is currently playing in the Saudi Second Division League. He ascended to the Saudi Premier League
Saudi Premier League
The Saudi Professional League, officially known as , is the main football competition in Saudi Arabia. The first competition was held in the year of 1976–77...

 1990–91 season, but it fell to a wali division clubs after one season

Al-Arabi has a fierce rivalry with local club Al-Najma
Al-Najma (Saudi Arabian Sport Club)
Al-Najma is a Saudi Arabian football team based in Unaizah that is currently playing in the Saudi Second Division League. Founded in 1960, the team plays in white and black color and green colours....

, which is usually manifested in the Unaizah Derby.

Establishment

Al Arabi's name means "The Arabian" Al Arabi Sporting Club was associated in Unaizah 1958, by a group of young city where Aseso the club and took over the club Suleiman Al-Badi on an informal basis. The club operated unofficially as an amateur club until 1967 when it was registered officially with the General Presidency of Youth Welfare.

Football

  • 1 seasons in Saudi Professional League
  • 8 seasons in Saudi First Division
    Saudi First Division
    The Saudi First Division is the second level football competition in Saudi Arabia. Al-Faisaly won the last first division championship in the 2009/2010 season.-Promotion and relegation:...

  • 18 seasons in Saudi Second Division
    Saudi Second Division
    The Saudi Socond Division is the First level football competition in Saudi Arabia-Promotion and relegation:The winner and runner-up and Third place and Foruth place are promoted to the Saudi First Division.- Promotions by season :-External links:*...

  • 7 seasons in Saudi third Division

Club honours (Football)

  • Cup Prince Abdel-Elah Bin Abdul Aziz: 1

1987
  • Championship Qassim: 2

1986, 2009

First-team squad

Current Technical Staff

Position Name
Manager   Alia Masood
Goalkeeping Coach   Abdali Al-Aoaqbi
Under-17-team Coach   Abdulaziz Ibrahim
Under-14-team Coach   Tariq Sharif
Goalkeeping Coach-Youth system   Tarek Atia
Head of Medical   Mahmoud Karim

Famous players

Khalid Al-Mansour
Khalid Al-Mansour
Khalid Al-Mansour is a retired football striker from Saudi Arabia, who played for Al-Arabi from 1985 to 1997. He played for the Al-Arabi first team without graded in age groups in 1985 and he won the Saudi First Division with Al-Arabi five times. He was selected for the Saudi Arabia national...

 Adel Al-Mansour Yousef Al-Jassar Mohammed Al-Subaie Fodil Megharia
Fodil Megharia
Fodil Megharia is a former Algerian footballer. He was a member of the Algerian National Team that took part in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He also played in the 1986,1988,1990,winner,,1992 Africa Cup of Nations.-With clubs:...


Club honours (Hand Ball)

  • Saudi Federation Handball Cup: 1

1983
  • Saudi youth handball tournament: 1

1977
  • Saudi Handball U-17 Premier League: 1

2009

Stadium

Al-Arabi does not have a football stadium but a playground for training only and does not have strips. A sport compound was built in Unaizah with facilities for wide range of competitive sports, and the General Presidency of Youth Welfare decided to hold a draw between the city's two clubs for right to use it, and Al-Najma club
Al-Najma (Saudi Arabian Sport Club)
Al-Najma is a Saudi Arabian football team based in Unaizah that is currently playing in the Saudi Second Division League. Founded in 1960, the team plays in white and black color and green colours....

 gained the right without a draw.
In February 2007 during an interview on a program called C.V., broadcast on the Saudi sports channel, Saleh Al-Wassel, the then president of Al-Najma, admitted that he used his influence to obtain the newly built sports facility in Unaizah.

Al Arabi is currently playing all of its home matches at the Department of Education Stadium
Department of Education Stadium (Unaizah)
Department of Education Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Unaizah, Saudi Arabia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 10,000 people and opened in 1 March 1987. It is hosts the home matches of Al-Arabi.-External links:*...

.

Indoor facilities

Al-Arabi Pavilion was an Indoor sports arena used particularly for basketball and handball matches of Al-Arabi. located in the Al-Arabi Club, Spain. Its capacity is 7,00 people. which was built in 2007.

Presidents

Suleiman Al-Badi Abdulrahman Al-Naim Ahmed Al-Turki Mohammed Al-Manea Ibrahim Al-Zaki Abdulrahman Al-Musaed Ahmad Al-Mansur Fahad Al-Wahaibi Ahmad Al-Subaie‏ Ahmed Al-Marzouq Adeeb Al-Kwiter

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