Al Safa FC

Al-Safa Club was founded in 1947 under the name of "Al-Safa Football Team". And when the Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia organized the establishments of sports teams, a special committee visited Safwa city and officially registered the team as a sports club that is officially registered and regulated under the General Presidency of Youth Welfare (GPYF) in Saudi Arabia.

Several presidents have been elected to chair the club in the past fifty years. The most famous are:

1- Ahmed Saleh Al-Habib 2- Ali Ahmed Al-Mousa 3- Khoder Al-Ibrahim 4- Sameer Mohammed Al-Nasir (Current President)

Current board members

The current board of directors of the club was elected on November 8, 2015 at the general assembly meeting. The assembly elected the president and eight (8) board members as follows:

Al-Safa Club champions have accomplished several high achievements on the single and team games at the local and international levels. Some of these are listed below

Football

After almost 60 years in the third division, Al-Safa football team was able to win the third division's league in 2011 and qualified to the second division. The team didn't stay long in the second division and was able to qualify to the Saudi's League first division for professionals in 2014 for the first time in History.

Championship	Position	President	Team Captain	Team Manager
Saudi's League Third Division	First Place	Sameer Al-Nasir	Mofeed Salah	Redha Al-Janabi
Saudi's League Second Division	Second Place	Ali Al-Mousa	Habib Al-Ahmad	Redha Al-Janabi

Athletics

In Athletics, Al-Safa Club has produced many champions on the local and international levels. The most famous of them all is the Asian Long Jum record holder Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi who owns the Asian record of 8.48 (List of Asian records in athletics) m in long Jump that he was able to achieve in France in 2006. The other athletics champions who also participated in the World's Championship and/ or the Olympic games include: Asem Al-Hizam in Decathlon, Abdullah Taher in High Jump, Hashim Al-Shorafa in 400 meters and Hussain Asem in Pole Vault

The Saudi records are registered under Al-Safa champions in the following:

Name[1]	Game	Saudi Record
Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi	Long Jump	8.48 Meter
Hussain Asem Al-Hizam	Pole Vault	5.60 meter

Swimming

In swimming, the most famous Saudi swimmer in history (Alawi Maki) is the dominant figure in the club. Alawi was the first Saudi and Middle Eastern swimming who successfully crossed the English Channel between UK and France. He broke the English Channel crossing record and accompanied him in this achievement the late Saleh Ajaj, Malik Shaker, Fakher Al-Sadah, Saeed Quraish and the current club's vice president Dheya Al-Asaad.^[2]

Handball

Al-Safa club is one of Saudi's best teams in Handball. The team has accomplished several advanced positions in the league and club and the team members participated with the Saudi National Team in world cup several times. Among those who participated in the world cup: Hashim Al-Shorafa, Ali AL-Dawood, Bashir Qurainawi, Mohammed Al-Zayer, Hussain Henabi and Mohammed Nasfan.

Championship[3]	Position	Team's Captain
Prince Sultan Bin Fahad Cup 1998	Second Place	Hashim Al-Shorafa
Prince Faisal Elite Cup 2002	Third Place	Bashir Qurainawi

Volleyball

Al-Safa club remained for several decades among the best three clubs in volleyball in Saudi (in addition to Al-Ahli and Al-Hilal). Several Team players have participated with the national Saudi team including: Nouri Al-Sadah, Abdulkarim Al-Fraid, Yahya Al-Marhoon and Faiz Al-Dawood.

Squash

In Squash, Al-Safa team is one of the best teams in Saudi Arabia. The players have participated with the national Saudi team in the regional and international competitions. Among those: Fadi Henabi, Akram Al-Safwani, Ali Quraish and Hussain Al-Sadiq

As of Saudi Second Division:

No Position Player Nation 1 GK Ahmed Al-Khadrawi  Saudi Arabia 2 DF Redha Al-Mubarak  Saudi Arabia 3 DF Abdullah Al-Bishi  Saudi Arabia 4 DF Ibrahim Al Khuraizi  Saudi Arabia 5 MF Hussain Al Quraish  Saudi Arabia 6 MF Hussain Al-Habib  Saudi Arabia 7 MF Jilani Abdessalam  Tunisia 8 MF Hussain Al-Ohaymid (on loan from Al-Khaleej)  Saudi Arabia 9 FW Adnane El Ouardy  Morocco 11 MF Mohamed Aouichi  Tunisia 13 DF Abdulaziz Al-Marhabi  Saudi Arabia 17 DF Ibrahim Boussaid  Saudi Arabia 18 MF Naif Al-Aliany  Saudi Arabia 20 FW Khaled Al-Thobaiti  Saudi Arabia 21 MF Mohammed Al-Amoudi  Saudi Arabia 22 GK Hassan Al-Ahsaei  Saudi Arabia 23 DF Ahmed Al-Mahrous  Saudi Arabia 27 DF Abdullah Kanno  Saudi Arabia 35 DF Malek Miladi  Tunisia 48 MF Abdullah Othman  Saudi Arabia 70 FW Saeed Al-Zahrani  Saudi Arabia 77 DF Hassan Al-Traidi  Saudi Arabia 81 GK Mohammed Al Ibrahim  Saudi Arabia 88 GK Wadia Al-Obaid  Saudi Arabia 99 FW Khaled Al-Najrani  Saudi Arabia — MF Abdulaziz Al-Kanfari  Saudi Arabia — MF Abdullah Al-Mohammed  Saudi Arabia — MF Hassan Mbarki  Saudi Arabia — FW Yazeed Al-Jumayah  Saudi Arabia — FW Mahmoud Bu Hassan  Saudi Arabia

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