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Al-Kawkab FC
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Full nameAl-Kawkab Football Club
Nickname(s)Fakhar Al Kharj (Pride of Al Kharj)
Founded1968; 55 years ago (1968)
GroundAl-Shoulla Club Stadium
Capacity8,000
ChairmanDabbas Al-Dossari
ManagerSaber Abdellaoui
LeagueSecond Division
2021–22FDL, 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.[1] It was founded in 1968.[2]

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. They 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 back 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.[3]

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Saudi Professional League

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Al-Shoulla Club Stadium

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Al-Shoulla Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia. It is currently used mostly for football matches, on club level by Al-Shoulla of the Saudi Professional League. The stadium has a capacity of 8,000.

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

No Position Player Nation
1 GK Saad Yousef (on loan from Al-Shabab)  Saudi Arabia
2 DF Qassem Sharahili  Saudi Arabia
3 DF Abdoh Hazazi  Saudi Arabia
4 DF Pape Mamadou Sow  Senegal
5 MF Mohammed Al-Holaili  Saudi Arabia
6 MF Omar Abdulaziz  Saudi Arabia
8 MF Badr Al-Rashidi  Saudi Arabia
9 FW Naif Al-Rehaili  Saudi Arabia
11 FW Jerome Mpacko-Etame  Cameroon
12 DF Ali Al-Muwallad  Saudi Arabia
14 DF Abdullah Al-Muhaini  Saudi Arabia
16 MF Mohammed Saad Al-Dossari  Saudi Arabia
17 MF Nahar Al-Abed  Saudi Arabia
18 MF Ali Hazazi  Saudi Arabia
19 FW Abdulelah Al-Rabeeah  Saudi Arabia
20 MF Mousa Al-Amoudi  Saudi Arabia
21 MF Fahad Al-Mahri  Saudi Arabia
23 DF Amjad Barnawi  Saudi Arabia
25 FW Eisa Al-Amoudi  Saudi Arabia
26 MF Ghazi Ayadi  Tunisia
27 FW Abdulaziz Al Tawfiq  Saudi Arabia
33 DF Yazid Al-Muwallad  Saudi Arabia
35 MF Abdulellah Al-Fadhl  Saudi Arabia
36 DF Ahmed Al-Saihati  Saudi Arabia
39 FW Muhannad Al-Harbi  Saudi Arabia
40 MF Hussain Al-Hajoj  Saudi Arabia
46 MF Mohammed Mosaed Al-Dossari  Saudi Arabia
69 FW Saeed Al-Baisi  Saudi Arabia
70 DF Khamis Al-Dawsari  Saudi Arabia
76 GK Meshal Al-Shammeri  Saudi Arabia
90 FW Mohammed Haqawi  Saudi Arabia
99 GK Olivier Kwizera  Rwanda

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References
  1. ^ "الكوكب - Al-Kawkabغير مفضلة".
  2. ^ "نادي الكوكب".
  3. ^ "ملعب نادي الشعلة".


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