Al Raed Saudi Football Club (Arabic: نادي الرائد Nādī ar-Rāʾid, "Pioneer Club") is a Saudi football club based in Buraidah, and the first of its kind in the Qassim region of Saudi Arabia.[2] One of the club's notable founders is Abdulaziz Al-Aboudi. Established in 1954, Al Raed have played in the Saudi Pro League, the top division of Saudi football, since 2008.
Full name | Al Raed Saudi Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | Raed Al Tahadi | |||
Founded | 1954; 68 years ago (1954) | |||
Ground | King Abdullah Sport City Stadium, Buraidah, Saudi Arabia | |||
Capacity | 25,000[1] | |||
Chairman | Fahad Al-Motawa'a | |||
Manager | Marius Șumudică | |||
League | Saudi Pro League | |||
2021–22 | Saudi Pro League, 7th of 16 | |||
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Current season |
The team was able to qualify for the Premier League Saudi Arabia, in 1980–1981. It fought Club K in the qualifiers held in Riyadh. In 1986 it was the first team from the Qassim region to enter the Saudi Premier League. The team repeated this ascension to the Premier League at the end of 1989, 1992, 1998, 2002 and 2007. The Senyhassad junior team reached the Saudi Premier League clubs for juniors in 1999, and in 2003.
As of Saudi Professional League:
No. | Position | Player | Nation |
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1 | GK | Silviu Lung Jr. | Romania |
4 | DF | Khaled Al-Khathlan | Saudi Arabia |
6 | MF | Abdullah Majrashi | Saudi Arabia |
7 | MF | Abdulmalek Al-Shammeri | Saudi Arabia |
8 | MF | Yahya Al-Shehri | Saudi Arabia |
9 | FW | Raed Al-Ghamdi | Saudi Arabia |
10 | MF | Mohamed Fouzair | Morocco |
11 | FW | Karim El Berkaoui | Morocco |
12 | DF | Mohammed Salem | Saudi Arabia |
14 | MF | Mansor Al-Beshe | Saudi Arabia |
15 | MF | Omar Al-Kreidi | Saudi Arabia |
16 | MF | Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen | Saudi Arabia |
17 | FW | Júlio Tavares | Cape Verde |
18 | MF | Naif Hazazi | Saudi Arabia |
19 | DF | Abdullah Al-Fahad | Saudi Arabia |
20 | FW | Rakan Al-Dosari | Saudi Arabia |
23 | GK | Ahmed Al-Rehaili | Saudi Arabia |
25 | DF | René Santos | Brazil |
27 | MF | Awadh Khamis | Saudi Arabia |
28 | DF | Pablo Santos | Brazil |
32 | DF | Mohammed Al-Dossari | Saudi Arabia |
33 | GK | Mutlaq Al-Hurayji | Saudi Arabia |
44 | MF | Sultan Al-Farhan | Saudi Arabia |
45 | MF | Yahya Sunbul | Saudi Arabia |
47 | FW | Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi | Saudi Arabia |
50 | GK | Mashari Sanyoor | Saudi Arabia |
74 | MF | Abdulmohsen Al-Qahtani | Saudi Arabia |
82 | MF | Alexandru Mitriță (on loan from New York City) | Romania |
88 | MF | Damjan Đoković | Croatia |
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