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Al-Hilal
Full name	ALHILAL SAUDI CLUB
Nickname(s)	Al-Zaeem (The Boss); The Century Club
Founded	1957; (as the Olympic Club)
Ground	King Fahd Stadium,; Riyadh; (Capacity: 67,000)
Chairman	Abdul Rahman bin Musaid
Manager	Eric Gerets
League	Saudi Premier League
2008-09	2nd
	Current season

This article is about the Saudi football team. For other uses, see Al-Hilal (disambiguation).

Al-Hilal (Arabic: الهلال‎) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in the country's capital of Riyadh. The team achieved the largest number of trophies among Saudi teams with 48 official trophies since its founding in 1957^[1]. Al-Hilal has a reputation for being the most widely supported club in Saudi Arabia.^[2]

Among the club's most famous players were Sami Al-Jaber, the longtime legend of the Saudi Arabian national football team, and Yousuf Al-Thunayan a player who amazed Saudi football fans by his skills. The captain of the team Mohamed Al-Deayea is the current world record holder for most international appearances^[3]^[4]. The very well-known Brazilian, Rivelino, also played for Al-Hilal from 1978 to 1981.

The nickname "AL-Zaeem", which means "The Boss", came from the club's leading position in Saudi Arabia and Asia.^[5] With this clear lead, the IFFHS has decided to determine Al-Hilal the Asia's Club of the 20th Century.^[6]

[edit] History

old crest

Al-Hilal Club was originally known as the Olympic Club during its founding in 1957/10/16 . The club's name was changed in 1958/12/3 decree from the then-King Saud after he attended a tournament that was contested between the Olympic Club, Al-Shabab, Al-Riyadh and El-Kawkab clubs.^[7]

[edit] Club honours (Football)

[edit] National Championships

Saudi Premier League: 11 (Record)

1977, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2008

Runners-up(11)1976,1980,1981,1983,1987,1993,1995,1997,2006,2007,2009

Saudi King's cup: 6 (Record)

1961, 1964, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1989

Runners-up(6)1963,1968,1977,1981,1985,1987

Crown Prince Cup: 8 (Record)

1964, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009

Runners-up(1)1998

Saudi Federation cup: 7 (Record)

1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2006

Runners-up(4)1986,2002,2003,2008

Saudi Founder's Cup: 1 (Record)

1999

[edit] Asian Championships (Record)

AFC Champions League: 2

1992, 2000

Runners-up(2)1987,1988
Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2

1997, 2002

Asian Super Cup: 2

1997, 2000

Runners-up(1)2002
Gulf Club Champions Cup: 2

1986, 1998

Runners-up(3)1987,1992,2000

[edit] Continental Record

ACC: 2001 - QF; 2000 - Champions; 1999 - QF; 1998 - SF; 1991 - Champions; 1986 - Runners-up
ACWC: 2002 - Champions; 1997 - Champions; 1991 - SF
ASC: 2002 -Champions; 1997 - Champions

[edit] Players

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Usual starting line-up for Al-Hilal (season 2009-10).

[edit] First-team squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Mohamed Al-Deayea
2	DF	Sultan Al-Bishi
3	DF	Osama Hawsawi
4	DF	Abdullah Al-Zori
5	MF	Abdulatif Al-Ghanam
6	MF	Khaled Aziz
7	MF	Thiago Neves
8	MF	Mirel Rădoi
9	MF	Christian Wilhelmsson
10	MF	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub
11	MF	Abdullaziz Al-Dosari
12	DF	Lee Young-Pyo

No.	Position	Player
13	MF	Omar Al-Ghamdi
15	MF	Ahmed Al Fraidi
16	FW	Essa Al-Mehyani
18	FW	Ahmed Al-Swaileh
19	DF	Mohammad Nami
20	FW	Yasser Al-Qahtani
21	MF	Sultan Al-Bargan
22	GK	Khalid Sharahele
23	DF	Hassan Khirat
25	DF	Majed Al-Marshedi
26	FW	Mohammad Al-Anbar
30	GK	Hassan Al-Otaibi

[edit] Out on loan

No.		Position	Player
22		GK	Fahad Al-Shamri (On loan to Al-Qadisiya)

[edit] Olympic Team (Under 23)

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Mohammed Al-Qarni
17	MF	Saleh Al-Dosari
24	FW	Nawaf Al-Abeid
27	FW	Salman Al-Moasher
28	FW	Abdulaziz Al-Kalthem
29	MF	Salman Al-Farij
31	DF	Saad Al Thyab
32	DF	Abduallh Al Dossari
33	GK	Bader Al-Deayea

No.	Position	Player
34	DF	Radhwan Al Mousa
35	DF	Shafi Al Dossari
36	MF	Raqi Falltah
37	FW	Rai'd Al Swaileh
39	FW	Bandar Al-Enezi
40	GK	Abdullah Al Ghamdi
-	FW	Abdulaziz Al-Swailem
-	DF	Raja Al-Dosari
-	DF	Abdo Hazazi

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Current Technical Staff

Position	Name
Manager	Eric Gerets
Assistant Coach	Reinhard Stumpf
Goalkeeping Coach	George Hersbc
Physical fitness coach	Didier Philip
Head of Medical	Carl Willem
Physiotherapist	Didier Florentz
Physiotherapist	Jacques Kinet

[edit] Current Board of Directors

Office	Name
President	HRH.Abdulrahman Bin Musaid
Vice-president	HRH.Nawaf bin saad
Member of the Board,Director of Football	Sami Al-Jaber
Public Relations and Media Manager	Ahmed Khameis
president institutional and assets administration	Fahed Al Maded
president of Club	Khalid Al Magherbi
Secretary	Salman Al Jareid

[edit] Records

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P	Domestic cups			AFC		Other Competitions		Top scorer		Manager
2000/01	SPL	3	22	14	5	3	35	15	+20	47	CPC			ASC	Quarterfinals	ARWC	ASC			Safet Sušić
2001/02	SPL	1	22	14	7	1	54	17	+37	49	PFC			ACWC	Winner	ARWC				Artur Jorge
2002/03	SPL	5	22	11	8	3	28	18	+10	41	CPC		PFC	ACL	Group Stage	ASC				Ilie Balaci
2003/04	SPL	3	22	12	4	6	40	18	+22	40	CPC		PFC	ACL	Group Stage			Ceesay	16	Aad de Mos
2004/05	SPL	2	22	13	6	3	41	21	+20	45	CPC		PFC			ARCL		Al-Jaber	12	Marcos Paquetá
2005/06	SPL	2	22	13	5	4	41	21	+20	44	CPC		PFC	ACL	Group Stage			Camacho	14	Marcos Paquetá
2006/07	SPL	2	22	17	2	3	38	15	+23	53	CPC			ACL	Quarter-final			Al-Qahtani	13	José Peseiro
2007/08	SPL	1	22	14	6	2	36	13	+23	48	SCC	CPC	PFC			GCC		Al-Qahtani	16	Cosmin Olăroiu
2008/09	SPL	2	22	15	5	2	41	9	+32	50	SCC	CPC	PFC	ACL	Round of 16			Al-Qahtani	13	Cosmin Olăroiu
2009-10	ZPL	1	8	7	1	0	24	6	+18	22			PFC					M.Al-Shalhoub	7	Eric Gerets

Last updated: 2 Nov 2009
Div. = Division; SPL = Saudi Premier League; ZPL = Zain Professional League; Pos. = Position; Pl = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost
GS = Goal Scored; GA = Goal Against; GD = Goal difference P = Points
SCC = Champions Cup; CPC = Crown Prince Cup; PFC = Prince Faisal Cup
ARCL = Arab Champions League; ARWC = Arab Cup Winners' Cup; ACL = AFC Champions League; GCC = Gulf Club Champions Cup;ASC = Asian Super Cup
Colors: Gold = winner; Silver = runner-up; Bronze = third ,Semi-final .

[edit] Famous players

[edit] Asia

[edit] Africa

[edit] South America

[edit] Europe

[edit] Managerial history

Dates	Name
1957–1975	Unknown
1978-1979	Mário Zagallo
1979–1980	Rubens Minelli
1982–1986	Ladislao Kubala
1986–1987	Candinho
1988–1989	João Carlos
1989–1990	Joel Santana
1990–1991	Edson Tavares
1991–1993	Sebastião Lazaroni
1993–1994	Nelsinho Baptista
1994–1994	Antônio Lopes
1995-1995	José Oscar Bernardi
1995–1995	Sebastião Lazaroni
1995–1996	Willem van Hanegem
1996–1996	Gobier
1996–1997	Mirko Jozić
1997-1997	Heron Ricardo Ferreira
1997-1997	José Oscar Bernardi
1997-1998	Ilie Balaci
1999-1999	Reiner Hollmann
1999-1999	Khalil Ibrahim Al-Zayani
1999-1999	Lori Sandri

Dates	Name
1999-2000	Anghel Iordănescu
2000–2001	Ilie Balaci
2001–2001	Safet Sušić
2001–2002	Artur Jorge
2002-2002	Francisco Maturana
2002-2003	Ilie Balaci
2003-2004	Aad de Mos
2004-2004	Ahmed Alajlani
2004-2004	José Oscar Bernardi
2004-2006	Marcos Paquetá
2006-2006	Candinho
2006–2007	José Peseiro
2007–2007	Toninho Cerezo
2007–2007	Marcos Paquetá
2007–2009	Cosmin Olăroiu
2009 - 2009	Georges Leekens
June 2009 -	Eric Gerets

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Official website (Arabic)(English)

Achievements
Preceded by Esteghlal	Champions of Asia 1991-92	Succeeded by PAS Tehran
Preceded by Júbilo Iwata	Champions of Asia 1999-2000	Succeeded by Suwon Samsung Bluewings

[0] "Al-Hilal championships of the first football team". http://www.alhilal.com/en/page24.html.

[1] Zogby International Poll Results (Arabic)

[2] "Roberto Mamrud, Mohamed Al-Deayea - Century of International Appearances". http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/fifa-wcc00.html.

[3] "CNN - The best goalkeepers of all time". http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/02/05/best.goalkeepers/index.html.

[4] "Torre Raúl, THE BEST CLUB OF ASIA, Last updated: 7 Jan 2009". http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/torre-asia-best.html.

[5] "IFFHS - Asia's Club of the Century". http://www.iffhs.de/?3370ff73117fe2c0bf23c17e23a09e33b17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6e20f72a0cf10.

[6] "The story of Al Hilal Foundation". http://www.alhilal.com/en/page15.html.

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