Al-Fayha Club

Al-Fayha Club
Full name	Al-Fayha Club
Nicknames	Al-Burtuqali (The Orange); Tawahin Sudair (The Mills of Sudair)
Founded	1953; 72 years ago
Ground	Al-Majma'ah Sports City Stadium
Capacity	7,000
Chairman	Tawfiq Al-Modaiheem
Manager	Pedro Emanuel
League	Saudi Pro League
2024-25	Pro League, 13th of 18
Website	alfayhasc.com
	Current season

Al-Fayha Club (Arabic: نادي الفيحاء السعودي) is a professional football club based in Al-Majma'ah, that plays in the Saudi Pro League, the first tier of Saudi football.

Al-Fayha's colors are orange and blue, hence the nickname "Al-Burtuqali." Al-Fayha have won the Saudi Second Division once in the 2013–14 season and have finished runners-up once in the 2003–04. On 29 April 2017, Al-Fayha won their first promotion to the Pro League, winning their first First Division title on 5 May 2017. They won the King's Cup for the first time in 2022.^[1]

The club plays their home games at Al-Majma'ah Sports City Stadium in Al-Majma'ah, sharing the stadium with city rivals Al-Faisaly and Al-Mujazzel.^[2]

History

Al Fayha (Arabic: الفيحاء, romanized: al-fayḥāʿ, lit. 'wide, extensive')^[3] was founded in 1953 in Al Majma'ah and were officially registered on August 15, 1966. Al Fayha is one of the oldest clubs in the country and the oldest club in Al Majma'ah. Al Fayha is a merging of two different clubs, Minikh and Al-Fayha, who joined to become the only representative of Al Majma'ah.

Since the formation of the club, Al Fayha has played a continuous role in the service of the youth in Al-Majma'ah. Al Fayha is considered to be one of the most active and interactive clubs in the city, often acting as a safe haven for the youth.^[4]

First piece of silverware

Al Fayha won their first promotion to the First Division in 1985 and spent five consecutive seasons in the First Division before getting relegated at the end of the 1989–90 season. After an absence of 14 years, Al-Fayha returned to the First Division after finishing as runners-up in the 2003–04 Second Division. Al Fayha spent 4 consecutive seasons in the First Division before getting relegated at the end of the 2007–08 season. They were then promoted once again during the 2013–14 season when they won the Second Division title. On 29 April 2017, Al-Fayha won promotion to the Pro League for the first time in their history following their 2–1 home win against Ohod.^[5] They were crowned champions of the 2016–17 Saudi First Division for the first time on 5 May 2017 after drawing Wej 1–1 away from home.^[6]

Al Fayha spent three consecutive seasons in the Saudi top flight, performing above expectations in their debut season and barely escaping relegation in their second season, however they couldn't avoid relegation in the 2019–20 season, losing 0–1 to Al-Taawoun in the final matchday. In their first season back in the Saudi First Division Al-Fayha managed to achieve promotion back to the top flight following a 0–0 home draw with Al-Tai on the 20th of May 2021, as well as finishing the season as runners-up with 81 points. In their first season back in the Pro League Al Fayha acquired the services of players such as; veteran Serbian goalkeeper Vladimir Stojković, Greek midfielder Panagiotis Tachtsidis and Macedonian international Aleksandar Trajkovski. Vuk Rašović managed his squad with a direct play approach along with disciplined organisation, and as a result the club has had the best defensive record in the 2021–22 league.

King Cup winners and AFC Champions League debut

Al Fayha partook in the 2021–22 King Cup, with their first match being against Abha whom they routed 4–0 to progress to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-final they faced Al-Batin, whom they beat 2–1. In the semi-final they were up against Al Ittihad in a highly contested and hard-fought match in which Al Fayha came up on top to win 1–0 and advance to a historic cup final. Al Fayha would face Al Hilal in the final.The two sides were locked at 1–1 after extra time with Al Fayha prevailing in the penalty shootout thanks to a superb performance from their Serbian goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic to clinch their maiden Saudi King's Cup at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium and also qualified them to the first 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage.^[7] On 3 October 2023 in the AFC Champions League group stage fixtures, Al-Fayha recorded their first win in a 2–0 victory against Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan with both goal scored by Abdelhamid Sabiri. Al Fayha finished as group runners-up with 9 points which send the club to the Round of 16 fixtures against Al Nassr. However the club bowed out from the AFC Champions League after a 3–0 defeat on aggregate.

Honours

Saudi First Division League (tier 2)
- Winners (1): 2016–17
- Runners-up (1): 2020–21
Saudi Second Division League (tier 3)
- Winners (2): 1984–85, 2013–14
- Runners-up (1): 2003–04

King's Cup
- Winners (1): 2021–22
Saudi Super Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2022

Players

Current squad

As of January 2025^[8]^[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KSA	Abdulraouf Al-Duqayl
2	DF	KSA	Mukhair Al-Rashidi
5	DF	ENG	Chris Smalling
6	MF	KSA	Rakan Kaabi
7	MF	KSA	Nawaf Al-Harthi
8	MF	ALG	Yassine Benzia
9	FW	KSA	Malek Al-Abdulmenem
10	FW	ZAM	Fashion Sakala
11	MF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Jouei
13	GK	KSA	Sattam Al-Shammari
14	MF	KSA	Mansor Al-Beshe
17	DF	VEN	Mikel Villanueva
18	DF	KSA	Ahmed Bamsaud


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	CYP	Stylianos Vrontis (on loan from APOEL)
21	DF	KSA	Ziyad Al-Sahafi
22	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Baqawi (captain)
23	MF	ESP	Jason
24	MF	KSA	Sattam Al-Rouqi
30	MF	GNB	Alfa Semedo
35	FW	CGO	Silvère Ganvoula
41	FW	KSA	Ammar Al-Khaibari
52	GK	PAN	Orlando Mosquera
55	MF	KSA	Ali Al-Hussain
70	DF	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Anazi
75	DF	KSA	Khalid Al-Rammah
77	MF	KSA	Ryan Enad

U21 squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	FW	KSA	Danial Al Habib
34	GK	KSA	Osama Al-Thumairy
39	DF	FRA	Jérémie Kanon
42	DF	KSA	Ali Al Harshan
43	MF	KSA	Fahad Al-Hubaishi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
44	DF	KSA	Ali Al-Nakhli
46	DF	KSA	Osama Al-Turki
47	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Dowaish
72	FW	KSA	Sabri Dahal
74	MF	KSA	Albaraa Adawi

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	KSA	Abdulhadi Al-Harajin (on loan to Al-Hazem)

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Pedro Emanuel
Assistant coach	Rui Gomes Virgílio Fernandes
Goalkeeping coach	Pedro Correia
Fitness coach	André Galve
Video analyst	Abdullah Al-Kassar
Performance analyst	Faris Al-Dowaish
Sporting director	Khalid Al-Shammari
Doctor	Ibrahim Al-Rashidi
Physiotherapist	Fabio Santos
Director of Development	Alioua Mohamed Lamine