Al-Najma SC (Saudi Arabia)

Al-Najma SC
Full name	Al-Najma Sport Club
Nickname(s)	Nejmeh Unaizah (The Star of Unaizah)
Founded	1960; 64 years ago; (as Al-Nahdha)
Ground	Al-Najma Club Stadium; Unaizah, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Ibrahim Al-Sufi
Manager	Mário Silva
League	First Division League
2023–24	FDL, 9th of 18
Home colours	Away colours

26°5′43″N 44°2′53″E / 26.09528°N 44.04806°E / 26.09528; 44.04806

Al-Najma Sport Club (Arabic: نادي النجمة الرياضي) is a Saudi Arabian football team based in Unaizah that is currently playing in the Saudi First Division. Founded in 1960, the team plays in white and black color and green colours.^[1]

Al-Najma has a fierce rivalry with local club Al-Arabi, which is usually manifested in the Unaizah Derby.

1997–1998 Saudi Premier League

The best achievement by the team, is finished third for the Saudi Premier League 1997–98 And entering the semi-finals.

Honours

Saudi First Division League

Winners (2): 1989–90, 1993–94
Runners-up (1): 1991–92

Presidents

Abdulrahman Al-Mashari
Muhammed Salih Al-Subaie
Ibrahim Mansour Al-Maiman
Ibrahim Ali Al-Nhabiy
Saleh Abdulaziz Al-Wassel
Saleh Al-Sowyan
Saleh Abdulaziz Al-Wassel (Return)
Ibrahim Al-Sufi (Currently)

Current staff

Position	Name
Chairman	Ibrahim Al-Sufi
Manager	Mário Silva
Assistant Managers	Eurico Pinhal
Goalkeeper Coach	Paulo Cunha
Conditioning Coach	João Luís
Match Analyst	Ghanam Al-Nasser
Team Doctor	Khaled Al-Ahmed
Physiotherapist	Ibrahim Al-Hussain
Kitman	Abdulrahman Sladojević

Coaches history

Rabah Saâdane 1991–1992
Youssef Zouaoui
Christov Andenov (1997–99)
Dudu Georgescu (2001)
Dobromir Zhechev (2001–02)

Current squad

As of Saudi First Division League:

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	KSA	Osama Al-Bawardi
3	DF	KSA	Munif Doshi
4	DF	KSA	Ayman Masrahi
6	MF	KSA	Khaled Eid
8	MF	KSA	Ziyad Al-Qahtani
9	FW	NED	Sylla Sow
10	MF	KSA	Faisal Al-Mutairi
11	FW	KSA	Ryan Enad
13	DF	KSA	Sultan Al-Sulayli
14	MF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Saghir
16	DF	KSA	Saleh Al-Saeed
17	MF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Fraidi
18	MF	KSA	Abdulaziz Al-Harabi
20	MF	KSA	Nawaf Al-Rashwodi
21	FW	KSA	Ghanam Al-Ghanam


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	KSA	Khaled Al-Muqaitib
23	FW	BRA	Léo Tilica
26	DF	KSA	Mohammed Reeman
33	MF	KSA	Riyadh Al-Asmari
34	GK	KSA	Azzam Al-Hussain
53	DF	IRQ	Ali Adnan
55	DF	KSA	Saleh Abo Olayan
70	DF	KSA	Ahmed Al-Muwallad
77	FW	KSA	Abdullah Khattab
93	GK	BRA	Max Walef
—	DF	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Obaid (on loan from Al-Najma)
—	MF	KSA	Fahad Al-Taleb (on loan from Al-Nassr)
—	MF	KSA	Riyadh Al-Ibrahim
—	FW	KSA	Omar Al-Ruwaili