Al Batin FC

Al Batin
Full nameAl-Batin Football Club
NicknameAl Samawi (The Sky Blue)
Founded1979 (1979)
GroundAl-Batin Club Stadium
Hafar al-Batin, Saudi Arabia
Capacity6,000
PresidentKhaled Al-Huwaidi
ManagerGrégory Dufrennes
LeagueFirst Division League
2024–25FDL, 11th of 18
Websitealbatin.sa

Al-Batin F.C. (Arabic: نادي الباطن لكرة القدم) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Hafar al-Batin, Eastern Province, that competes in the Saudi First Division League.

History

Al-Batin's colours are sky blue and black. At the end of the 2007–08 season, they won their first promotion to Saudi Second Division.[1] On 25 March 2011, Al-Batin won their first promotion to Saudi First Division.[2] They play their home matches at the Al-Batin Club Stadium.

Honours

  • Saudi First Division League (tier 2)
    • Winners (1): 2019–20
    • Runners-up (1): 2015–16
  • Saudi Second Division League (tier 3)
    • Runners-up (1): 2010–11
  • Saudi Third Division League (tier 5)
    • Runners-up (1): 2007–08

Coaching staff

Position Name
Manager Saudi Arabia Khalil Al-Masri
Assistant manager Saudi Arabia Mohaamed Al-Rashidi
Goalkeeper coach Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman Al-Koroni
Youth coach Albania Gersi Arbri
Fitness coach Saudi Arabia Hassan Al-Khathlan
Video analysis Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Nakhli
Team coordinator Saudi Arabia Abbas Al-Jumaili
Doctor Saudi Arabia Ibrahim Al-Samti
Physiotherapists Saudi Arabia Ahmed Al-Nassr
General coordinator Saudi Arabia Ammar Al-Koroni
Kit manager Saudi Arabia Abdulelah Al-Jafri

Managerial history

  • Algeria Rachid Mezghiche (2002 – 2003)
  • Egypt Jamal El Khodary (August 1, 2005 – April 1, 2007)
  • Egypt Hassan Abdelfattah (August 13, 2007 – May 1, 2008)
  • Tunisia Abdelhamid Salmi (July 1, 2009 – September 16, 2009)
  • Algeria Rachid Mezghiche (September 16, 2009 – May 1, 2010)
  • Egypt Emad Al-Qasem (July 1, 2010 – December 15, 2011)
  • Tunisia Nasser Nefzi (December 22, 2011 – February 13, 2014)
  • Brazil Ednaldo Patricio (February 14, 2014 – April 6, 2014)
  • Saudi Arabia Naif Al-Anezi (May 9, 2014 – August 31, 2014)
  • Tunisia Habib Ben Romdhane (September 1, 2014 – February 12, 2016)
  • Tunisia Yousri bin Kahla (February 12, 2016 – April 27, 2016)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Koroni (April 27, 2016 – May 27, 2016)
  • Egypt Adel Abdel Rahman (June 8, 2016 – November 6, 2016)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Koroni (November 6, 2016 – May 17, 2017)
  • Portugal Quim Machado (May 24, 2017 – February 4, 2018)
  • Romania Ciprian Panait (February 6, 2018 – May 31, 2018)
  • Belgium Franky Vercauteren (July 26, 2018 – November 1, 2018)
  • Saudi Arabia Yousef Al-Ghadeer (November 10, 2018 – February 17, 2019)
  • Romania Ciprian Panait (February 17, 2019 – May 31, 2019)
  • Tunisia Ridha Jeddi (July 6, 2019 – September 24, 2019)
  • Portugal José Garrido (September 24, 2019 – March 20, 2021)
  • Serbia Aleksandar Veselinovic (March 24, 2021 – June 1, 2021)
  • Serbia Nenad Lalatović (June 25, 2021 — October 17, 2021)
  • Serbia Darko Nović (caretaker) (October 17, 2021 — October 21, 2021)
  • Croatia Alen Horvat (October 21, 2021 — February 19, 2023)
  • Croatia Zdravko Logarušić (February 19, 2023 — June 1, 2023)
  • Serbia Srđan Vasiljević (July 15, 2023 — September 13, 2023)
  • Portugal Quim Machado (September 13, 2023 – March 1, 2024)
  • North Macedonia Gjore Jovanovski (March 1, 2024 – May 11, 2024)
  • Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Nasser (caretaker) (May 11, 2024 – May 28, 2024)
  • Portugal Rui Almeida (July 15, 2024 – October 16, 2024)
  • Tunisia Nacif Beyaoui (October 16, 2024 – February 25, 2025)
  • Saudi Arabia Khalil Al-Masri (February 25, 2025 – June 1, 2025)
  • France Grégory Dufrennes (August 3, 2025 – November 27, 2025)
  • Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz Nasser (caretaker) (November 27, 2025 – December 1, 2025)
  • Portugal Paulo Alves (December 1, 2025 – January 20, 2026)
  • Nigeria Henry Makinwa (January 20, 2026 – )

Current squad

As of 12 September 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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  KSA Falah Al-Shammari
2 DF  KSA Salem Baryan
3 DF  GUI Simon Falette
4 DF  KSA Khaled Al-Khathlan
6 MF  KSA Gusay Al-Shelali
7 MF  KSA Salem Al-Saleem
8 MF  KSA Abdulkareem Al-Qahtani
10 MF  COM Youssouf M'Changama
11 FW  KSA Mohammed Al-Sahli
12 FW  KSA Mansour Al-Shammari
15 FW  KSA Abdulrahman Saad
16 MF  KSA Faraj Al-Dhafiri
17 MF  FRA Omar El Manssouri (on loan from Slovenia Koper)
19 DF  ARG Isaías Rodríguez (on loan from Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  KSA Tareq Al-Mutairi
22 GK  KSA Abdulrahman Al-Anazi
23 FW  MLI Abdoulay Diaby
26 GK  KSA Mazyad Freeh
27 DF  KSA Rabee Hawsawi
29 DF  KSA Bader Nasser
40 MF  COD Paul-José M'Poku
55 DF  KSA Mohammed Khalaf
77 FW  KSA Yousef Fawaz
78 DF  KSA Turki Al-Jalfan
88 DF  KSA Abdulelah Al-Shammari
93 MF  KSA Abdullah Awad
94 MF  KSA Nawaf Al-Sehimai
97 MF  KSA Mishari Al-Qahtani
99 MF  ENG Samuel Sackey (on loan from Saudi Arabia Al-Riyadh)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
37 MF  KSA Turki Al-Dhafeeri (on loan to Saudi Arabia Tuwaiq)
45 MF  KSA Abdulrahman Anwar (on loan to Saudi Arabia Tuwaiq)
80 MF  KSA Othman Awad (on loan to Saudi Arabia Tuwaiq)

See also

References

  1. ^ "وسط استقبال حاشد للفريق بحفر الباطن" (in Arabic). Al-Jazirah. 22 April 2008. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. ^ "رحلة حائل تنقل الباطن على "الدرجة الأولى" بعد انتظار دام 33 عاماً" (in Arabic). Al Riyadh. 28 March 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
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