Al-Ahli SC (Jeddah)
Al- Ahli (Arabic الأهلي, DMG al -Ahli ) is a Saudi Arabian sports club based in the city of Jeddah. The association is one of the largest in Saudi Arabia. The men's soccer team plays in the Saudi Professional League. Play their home games the team in the Prince Sultan bin Fahd Stadium from. Just like the Saudi Arabian national football team plays al -Ahli in green and white jerseys and traditionally has many Saudi national player in the squad. Although already established in 1937, the football players regarding countable successes in the championship have to have very little. So far we only won only two championships, in 1978 and 1984. With 10 titles in the King's Cup, but it 's a record holder. Biggest international success was reaching the finals of the AFC Champions League 1986., Where they lost the Daewoo Royals with 1:3.
In the just ended 2008/09 season al -Ahli won 3rd place and thus qualified again after 2008, and thus, for the third time in a row, for the AFC Champions League. The club was the performance in the league is far from satisfactory. In the cup the team had already failed in the quarterfinals. As a consequence, in addition to some players the Bulgarian coach Stoycho Mladenov was fired. In 2012, the club again reached the final of the AFC Champions League.
Honours
National
- National Championship
- Crown Prince Cup
- Kings Cup
Continental
- AFC Champions League
Coach
( incomplete)
Former notable players
- Ghana Kwame Ayew
- Saudi Arabia Muhammad al- Dschahani
- Tunisia Tarak Dhiab
- Senegal Mamadou Diallo
- Saudi Arabia Ubaid ad Dusari
- Tunisia Haykel Gmamdia
- Saudi Arabia Ibrahim al- Schahrani
- Saudi Arabia Abdullah al - Wakid