Al-Hilal

Al-Hilal
Full name	ALHILAL SAUDI CLUB
Nickname(s)	Al-Zaeem (The Boss)
Founded	1957 ,as the Olympic Club
Ground	King Fahd Stadium,; Riyadh; (Capacity: 67,000)
Chairman	Abdul Rahman bin Musaid
Manager	Eric Gerets
League	Saudi Premier League
2008-09	2nd
Home colours	Away colours

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This article is about the Saudi football team. For other uses, see Al-Hilal (disambiguation).

Al-Hilal (Arabic: الهلال‎) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in the country's capital of Riyadh. The team achieved the largest number of trophies among Saudi teams with 48 official trophies since its founding in 1957^[1]. Al-Hilal has a reputation for being the most widely supported club in Saudi Arabia.^[2]

Among the club's most famous players are Sami Al-Jaber, the longtime star of the Saudi Arabian national football team, and Yousuf Al-Thunayan a player who amazed saudi football fans by his skills. The captain of the team Mohamed Al-Deayea is the current world record holder for most international appearances^[3]^[4]. The very well-known Brazilian, Rivelino, also played for Al-Hilal from 1978 to 1981.

The nickname, "AL-Zaeem" which means "The Leader", came from the fact that it's the leading team in Saudi Arabia and Asia^[5].

[edit] History

old crest

The Al-Hilal Club was originally known as the Olympic Club during its founding in 1957/10/16 . The club's name was changed in 1958/12/3 decree from the then-King Saud after he attended a tournament that was contested between the Olympic Club, Al-Shabab, Al-Riyadh and El-Kawkab clubs.^[6]

[edit] Club honours (Football)

[edit] National Championships

Saudi Premier League: 11 (Record)

1977, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2008

Runners-up(11)1976,1980,1981,1983,1987,1993,1995,1997,2006,2007,2009
Saudi King's cup: 6

1961, 1964, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1989

Runners-up(6)1963,1968,1977,1981,1985,1987
Crown Prince Cup: 8 (Record)

1964, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009

Runners-up(1)1998
Saudi Federation cup: 7 (Record)

1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2006

Runners-up(4)1986,2002,2003,2008
Saudi Founder's Cup: 1 (Record)

1999

[edit] Asian Championships (Record)

AFC Champions League: 2

1992, 2000

Runners-up(2)1987,1988
Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2

1997, 2002

Asian Super Cup: 2

1997, 2000

Runners-up(1)2002
Gulf Club Champions Cup: 2

1986, 1998

Runners-up(3)1987,1992,2000

[edit] Arabian Championships

Arab Champions League: 2

1994, 1995

Runners-up(1)1989
Arab Cup Winners Cup: 1

2001

Arab Super Cup: 1

2002

Runners-up(2)1993,1996
Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup: 1

King of Saudi Arabia Cup (1) : 2001

[edit] Continental Record

ACC: 2001 - QF; 2000 - Champions; 1999 - QF; 1998 - SF; 1991 - Champions; 1986 - Runners-up
ACWC: 2002 - Champions; 1997 - Champions; 1991 - SF
ASC: 2002 -Champions; 1997 - Champions

[edit] Players

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20

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Usual starting line-up for Al-Hilal (season 2009-10).

[edit] First-team squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mohamed Al Deayea (captain)
3	DF	Osama Hawsawi
4	DF	Abdullah Al Zori
5	MF	Abdulatif Al-Ghanam
6	MF	Khaled Aziz
7	MF	Thiago Neves
8	MF	Mirel Rădoi
9	MF	Christian Wilhelmsson
10	MF	Mohammad Al Shalhoub
12	DF	Saad Al Thyab
13	MF	Omar Al Ghamdi
14	MF	Sultan Al-Bargan
15	MF	Ahmed Al Fraidi
16	FW	Essa Al-Mehyani

No.	Position	Player
18	FW	Ahmed Al-Swaileh
19	DF	Abdulaziz Al Khathran
20	FW	Yasser Al Qahtani
22	GK	Fahad Al-Shamri
23	DF	Hassan Khirat
24	MF	Mohammad Nami
25	DF	Majed Al Marshedi
26	FW	Mohammad Al Anbar
27	FW	Salman Al Moasher
28	GK	Khalid Sharahele
31	MF	Bandar Al Enezi
32	FW	Abdulaziz Al-Kalthem
33	FW	Sultan Al Saud
-	DF	Lee Young-Pyo

[edit] From the Youth system

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Sultan Al Bishi
11	MF	Abdullaziz Al Dosari
12	FW	Rai'd Al Swaileh
16	MF	Saleh Al Dosari
17	MF	Faisal Bawazir
21	MF	Mohammed Al-Qarni
24	DF	Shafi Al Dossari

No.	Position	Player
28	DF	Radhwan Al Mousa
29	MF	Salman Al Farij
30	FW	Raqi Falltah
32	FW	Nawaf Al Abeid
33	GK	Bader Al Deayea
34	DF	Abduallh Al Dossari
38	DF	Mohammed Al Jizani

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Current Technical Staff

Position	Name
Manager	Eric Gerets
Assistant Coach	Reinhard Stumpf
Goalkeeping Coach	George
Physical fitness coach	Didier philip
Head of Medical	Carl Willem
Club Doctor	Didier Florentz
Club Doctor	Jacques Kinet

[edit] Current Board of Directors

Office	Name
President	HRH.Abdulrahman Bin Musaid
Vice-president	HRH.Nawaf bin saad
Member of the Board,Director of Football	Sami Al-Jaber
Member of the Board ,Public Relations and Media Manager	Sami Abo Khdher
president for finance and treasurer	Ahmed Khameis
president institutional and assets administration	Fahed Al Maded
president of Club	Khalid Al Magherbi
Secretary	Salman Al Jareid

[edit] Records

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P	CC	CPC	PFC	ARCL	ACL	ASC	GCC	Manager
2000/01	SPL	2	22	14	5	3	35	15	+20	47		Semi-final			Quarter-final	Winner		Safet Sušić
2001/02	SPL	1	22	14	7	1	54	17	+37	49			Runner-up			Runner-up		Artur Jorge
2002/03	SPL	5	22	11	8	3	28	18	+10	41		Winner	Group Stage		Group Stage			Ilie Balaci
2003/04	SPL	3	22	12	4	6	40	18	+22	40		Semi-final	Runner-up	4th Place	Group Stage		Runner-up	Aad de Mos
2004/05	SPL	2	22	13	6	3	41	21	+20	45		Winner	Winner	3rd Place				Marcos Paquetá
2005/06	SPL	2	22	13	5	4	41	21	+20	44		Winner	Winner		Group Stage			Marcos Paquetá
2006/07	SPL	2	22	17	2	3	38	15	+23	53		Semi-final	Group Stage		Quarter-final		Group Stage	José Peseiro
2007/08	SPL	1	22	14	6	2	36	13	+23	48	3rd place	Winner	Runner-up				Semi-final	Cosmin Olăroiu
2008/09	SPL	2	22	15	5	2	41	9	+32	50	3rd place	Winner	Semi-final		Quarter-final			Cosmin Olăroiu
2009/10	ZPL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0								Eric Gerets

Last updated: 24 June 2009
Div. = Division; SPL = Saudi Premier League; ZPL = Zain Premier League; Pos. = Position; Pl = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost
GS = Goal Scored; GA = Goal Against; GD = Goal difference P = Points
CC = Champions Cup; CPC = Crown Prince Cup; PFC = Prince Faisal Cup
ARCL = Arab Champions League; ACL = AFC Champions League;GCC = Gulf Club Champions Cup;ASC = Asian Super Cup
Colors: Gold = winner; Silver = runner-up.

[edit] Famous players

[edit] Asia

[edit] Africa

[edit] Europe

[edit] South America

[edit] Managerial history

Dates	Name
1957–1975	Unknown
1978-1979	Mário Zagallo
1979–1980	Rubens Minelli
1982–1986	Ladislao Kubala
1986–1987	Candinho
1988–1989	João Carlos
1989–1990	Joel Santana
1990–1991	Edson Tavares
1991–1993	Sebastião Lazaroni
1993–1994	Nelsinho Baptista
1994–1995	Antônio Lopes
1995–1996	Willem van Hanegem
1996–1997	Mirko Jozić
1997-1998	Ilie Balaci
1999-2000	Anghel Iordănescu
2000–2001	Safet Sušić
2001–2002	Artur Jorge
2002-2002	Francisco Maturana
2002-2003	Ilie Balaci
2003-2004	Aad de Mos
2004-2006	Marcos Paquetá
2006–2007	José Peseiro
2007–2007	Toninho Cerezo
2007–2009	Cosmin Olăroiu
April 2009 - May 2009	Georges Leekens
June 2009 -	Eric Gerets

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Official website

Achievements
Preceded by Esteghlal	Champions of Asia 1991-92	Succeeded by PAS Tehran
Preceded by Júbilo Iwata	Champions of Asia 1999-2000	Succeeded by Suwon Samsung Bluewings

[0] "Al-Hilal championships of the first football team". http://www.alhilal.com/en/page24.html.

[1] Zogby International Poll Results (Arabic)

[2] "Roberto Mamrud, Mohamed Al-Deayea - Century of International Appearances". http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/fifa-wcc00.html.

[3] "CNN - The best goalkeepers of all time". http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/02/05/best.goalkeepers/index.html.

[4] "Torre Raúl, THE BEST CLUB OF ASIA, Last updated: 7 Jan 2009". http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/torre-asia-best.html.

[5] "The story of Al Hilal Foundation". http://www.alhilal.com/en/page15.html.

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