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Ohod Club
Full nameOhod Saudi Football Club
Nickname(s)Al-Jabal (The Mountain)
Founded1936; 87 years ago (1936)
GroundPrince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium
Capacity24,000[1]
ChairmanHamood Al-Oufi
ManagerErnest Gjoka
LeagueFirst Division League
2021–22FDL, 6th of 20
WebsiteClub website

Ohod Club (Arabic: نادي أحد) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Medina, which competes in the First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football.

Ohod was named after Mount Uhud, hence the nickname "Al-Jabal". Ohod have won the Saudi First Division three times and have finished runners-up five times. They play their home games at the Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium.

During the 1994 FIFA World Cup two players from Ohod were selected for the Saudi Arabia national team and Cameroon national team, respectively, Hamzah Idris and Thomas Libiih. Other famous players are Redha Tukar (1995–2001) and Mohammad Khouja (2003–2005).

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Medina

Medina

Medina, officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (Arabic: المدينة المنورة, romanized: al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, lit. 'The Enlightened City', Hejazi pronunciation: [almadiːna almʊnawːara], and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah, is the second-holiest city in Islam and the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia. As of 2020, the estimated population of the city is 1,488,782, making it the fourth-most populous city in the country. Located at the core of the Medina Province in the western reaches of the country, the city is distributed over 589 km2, of which 293 km2 constitutes the city's urban area, while the rest is occupied by the Hejaz Mountains, empty valleys, agricultural spaces and older dormant volcanoes.

Saudi First Division League

Saudi First Division League

The First Division League, also called the Yelo league for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of professional football in Saudi Arabia. The First Division League is ranked below the Saudi Professional League and above the Saudi Second Division in the Saudi Arabian football league system. All of the FDL clubs qualify for the King Cup, the annual Saudi Cup competition. Al Khaleej are the most recent champions, winning their second title during the 2021-22 season.

Football in Saudi Arabia

Football in Saudi Arabia

Football is the most popular sport in Saudi Arabia. Football in Saudi Arabia is governed by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation (SAFF). It was founded in 1956. It administers both the club competitions and the national football teams of Saudi Arabia.

Mount Uhud

Mount Uhud

Mount Uhud is a mountain north of Medina, Saudi Arabia. It is 1,077 m (3,533 ft) high and 7.5 km long. It was the site of the second battle between Muslim and unbelievers. The Battle of Uhud was fought on 19 March, 625 CE, between a force from the small Muslim community of Medina, in what is now north-western Arabia, and a force from Mecca.

Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium

Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz Stadium

Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Medina, Saudi Arabia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium for Al-Ansar and Ohod Club. The stadium has a capacity of 24,000 people.

1994 FIFA World Cup

1994 FIFA World Cup

The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988. Despite soccer's relative lack of popularity in the host nation, the tournament was the most financially successful in World Cup history. It broke tournament records with overall attendance of 3,587,538 and an average of 68,991 per game, marks that stood unsurpassed as of 2022 despite the expansion of the competition from 24 to 32 teams starting with the 1998 World Cup.

Saudi Arabia national football team

Saudi Arabia national football team

The Saudi Arabia national football team represents Saudi Arabia in men's international football. They are known as Al-Suqour Al-Khodhur in reference to their traditional colours of green and white and represent both FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Cameroon national football team

Cameroon national football team

The Cameroon national football team, also known as the Indomitable Lions, represents Cameroon in men's international football. It is controlled by the Fédération Camerounaise de Football, a member of FIFA and its African confederation CAF.

Hamzah Idris

Hamzah Idris

Hamzah Idris Falatah is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He played as a striker for Ohud from 1992 to 1995 and then for Al Ittihad until he retired in 2007.

Thomas Libiih

Thomas Libiih

Thomas Libiih is a Cameroonian former footballer. He played for various clubs, including Tonnerre Yaoundé and Ohud Medina. He also participated in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Redha Tukar

Redha Tukar

Redha Hassan Tukar Fallatha is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played as a defender for Al Ittihad.

Mohammad Khouja

Mohammad Khouja

Mohammad Khouja is a Saudi Arabian retired footballer.

Current squad

As of 17 September 2019:[2]

No Position Player Nation
1 GK Hossam Abdulmajeed  Saudi Arabia
2 DF Gerald Takwara  Zimbabwe
5 MF Alexandru Răuță  Romania
6 MF Badr Boulahroud  Morocco
7 MF Osama Al-Dubaisi  Saudi Arabia
11 FW Mohammed Al-Thani  Saudi Arabia
12 DF Osama Al-Bawardi  Saudi Arabia
13 DF Ali Maedi  Saudi Arabia
16 FW Ahmed Al-Allati  Saudi Arabia
18 MF Murad Hawsawi  Saudi Arabia
19 GK Ahmed Al-Ghamdi  Saudi Arabia
23 DF Yahya Kabi  Saudi Arabia
25 MF Ahmed Saleh  Saudi Arabia
27 FW Sultan Al-Harbi  Saudi Arabia
29 FW Omar Al-Ruwaithi  Saudi Arabia
32 DF Hazim Al-Zahrani (on loan from Al-Ittihad)  Saudi Arabia
33 GK Majed Al-Ghamdi  Saudi Arabia
34 MF Youssef El Jebli  Netherlands
46 MF Khalid Al-Ghwinem  Saudi Arabia
66 DF Abdulrahman Al-Khaibari  Saudi Arabia
70 DF Mohammed Bassas  Saudi Arabia
72 GK Salem Qabbos  Saudi Arabia
77 FW Meshal Al-Mutairi  Saudi Arabia
88 MF Mohammed Al-Otaibi  Saudi Arabia
89 DF Fahad Al-Johani  Saudi Arabia
90 FW Emilio Zelaya  Argentina
91 MF Reagy Ofosu  Germany
99 MF Fahad Majrashi  Saudi Arabia

Out on loan

No Position Player Nation
DF Zakaria Hawsawi (on loan to Al-Ittihad)  Saudi Arabia

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Goalkeeper (association football)

Goalkeeper (association football)

The goalkeeper is a position in association football. It is the most specialised position in the sport. The goalkeeper's main role is to stop the opposing team from scoring. This is accomplished by having the goalkeeper move into the trajectory of the ball to either catch it or direct it further from the vicinity of the goal line. Within the penalty area goalkeepers are allowed to use their hands, giving them the sole rights on the field to handle the ball. The goalkeeper is indicated by wearing a different coloured kit from their teammates and opposition.

Saudi Arabian Football Federation

Saudi Arabian Football Federation

The Saudi Arabian Football Federation is the football governing body of Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1956, its responsibilities include administration of club competitions and national teams. The founder of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation is Prince Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud.

Defender (association football)

Defender (association football)

In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.

Gerald Takwara

Gerald Takwara

John Gerald Tungamirai Takwara is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Saudi Arabian club Ohod and the Zimbabwe national team.

Midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively right back role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments.

Alexandru Răuță

Alexandru Răuță

Alexandru Ilie Răuță is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Saudi club Ohod.

Romanian Football Federation

Romanian Football Federation

Romanian Football Federation, also known by its acronym FRF, is the governing body of football in Romania. They are headquartered in the capital city of Bucharest and affiliated to FIFA and UEFA since 1923 and 1955 respectively. The Federation organizes the men's national team and the women's national team, as well as most of the Romanian football competitions.

Badr Boulahroud

Badr Boulahroud

Badr Boulahroud is a Moroccan international footballer who plays for Saudi Arabian club Ohod as a midfielder.

Royal Moroccan Football Federation

Royal Moroccan Football Federation

The Royal Moroccan Football Federation, is the governing body of football in Morocco. It was established in 1956. It became a member in the FIFA in 1960, and in the same year it also became a member in the CAF association. It organizes the football league, the Botola, the Morocco national football team and the Morocco women's national football team. It is based in Rabat. it is also a member of the UAFA and UNAF.

Forward (association football)

Forward (association football)

Forwards are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role of the forward relies heavily on being able to create space for attack.

Mohammed Al-Thani

Mohammed Al-Thani

Mohammed Al-Thani is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ohod.

Osama Al-Bawardi

Osama Al-Bawardi

Osama Al-Bawardi is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Ohod.

Former managers

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Egypt

Egypt

Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip of Palestine and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northeast separates Egypt from Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt, while Alexandria, the second-largest city, is an important industrial and tourist hub at the Mediterranean coast. At approximately 100 million inhabitants, Egypt is the 14th-most populated country in the world.

Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a part of the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. It features the archaeological sites of Carthage dating back to the 9th century BC, as well as the Great Mosque of Kairouan. Known for its ancient architecture, souks and blue coasts, it covers 163,610 km2 (63,170 sq mi), and has a population of 12.1 million. It contains the eastern end of the Atlas Mountains and the northern reaches of the Sahara desert; much of its remaining territory is arable land. Its 1,300 km (810 mi) of coastline include the African conjunction of the western and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Basin. Tunisia is home to Africa's northernmost point, Cape Angela; and its capital and largest city is Tunis, which is located on its northeastern coast, and lends the country its name.

Sudan

Sudan

Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It is bordered with the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Egypt to the north, Eritrea to the northeast, Ethiopia to the southeast, Libya to the northwest, South Sudan to the south and the Red Sea. It has a population of 45.70 million people as of 2022 and occupies 1,886,068 square kilometres, making it Africa's third-largest country by area, and the third-largest by area in the Arab League. It was the largest country by area in Africa and the Arab League until the secession of South Sudan in 2011, since which both titles have been held by Algeria. Its capital city is Khartoum and its most populous city is Omdurman.

Hameur Hizem

Hameur Hizem

Hameur Hizem is a former Tunisian football manager who coached the Tunisia national football team.

Morocco

Morocco

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south. Mauritania lies to the south of Western Sahara. Morocco also claims the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta, Melilla and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera, and several small Spanish-controlled islands off its coast. It spans an area of 446,300 km2 (172,300 sq mi) or 710,850 km2 (274,460 sq mi), with a population of roughly 37 million. Its official and predominant religion is Islam, and the official languages are Arabic and Berber; the Moroccan dialect of Arabic and French are also widely spoken. Moroccan identity and culture is a mix of Arab, Berber, and European cultures. Its capital is Rabat, while its largest city is Casablanca.

Boujemaa Benkhrif

Boujemaa Benkhrif

Boujemaa Benkhrif is a Moroccan former footballer who played as adefender for the Morocco national team in the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He also played for KAC Kenitra. Also, Benkhrif was a risk technician.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about 2,150,000 km2 (830,000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the Arab world, and the largest in Western Asia and the Middle East. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to the south. Bahrain is an island country off its east coast. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and Israel. Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of its terrain consists of arid desert, lowland, steppe, and mountains. Its capital and largest city is Riyadh. The country is home to Mecca and Medina, the two holiest cities in Islam.

Mahmoud Abou-Regaila

Mahmoud Abou-Regaila

Mahmoud Abou-Regaila, also known as Abo Regala, is a former Egyptian footballer and former head coach of Zamalek. He played on a number of teams, including the Egyptian national team. He received honours as a player in the 1965 Pan Arab Games and as a manager in the 1999 Egypt Cup.

Habib Majeri

Habib Majeri

Habib Majeri or Habib Mejri is a Tunisian football player who played for Tunisia in the 1978 African Cup of Nations.

Source: "Ohod Club", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 14th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohod_Club.

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References
  1. ^ "إستاد الأمير محمد بن عبدالعزيز". Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. ^ "أحد - Ohod Club" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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