Al-Khaleej Club (Arabic: نادي الخليج بسيهات, romanized: nādī al-khalīj bi-Sayhāt, lit. 'Saihat Gulf Club') is a Saudi Arabian multisports club. Located in Saihat, Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It is a sport, social, educational club. Additionally, different teams in this club, categorized in different levels based on the age, play different sports. Among the sports played by the Khaleej Club teams are football, handball, volleyball, basketball, tennis, table tennis, gymnastics, athletics, aquatics and others.
The club is well known for the handball team which played in different worldwide championships. Also, the athletics team accomplished worldwide golden middles.
It was announced that the club stadium will be completely rebuild with a new capacity of 15,000 instead of the previous 10,000 plus new handball court and new training facilities, the work should start in April 2024 and be completed by 2026 before the 2027 AFC Asian Cup.
The current administration that runs the club is the club-president Alaa Al Hamal.
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Ahmad Al-Ajlani (1997 – 1999)
Khaled Al-Marzouq (May 1, 1999 – October 11, 1999)
Abdelkrim Bira (October 11, 1999 – March 1, 2000)
Angel (July 6, 2000 – March 1, 2001) Khaled Al-Marzouq (March 1, 2001 – June 1, 2004) Yousef Al Suryati (August 9, 2004 – February 7, 2005) Khaled Al-Marzouq (February 7, 2005 – October 31, 2006)
Jan Kmoch (caretaker) (October 31, 2006 – January 8, 2007) Lotfi Benzarti (January 8, 2007 – May 20, 2007)
Ricardo Formosinho (August 3, 2007 – November 4, 2007) Khaled Al-Marzouq (November 4, 2007 – May 30, 2008) Samir Sellimi (June 23, 2008 – November 17, 2008) Sameer Hilal (November 17, 2008 – May 31, 2009) Khaled Al-Marzouq (June 8, 2009 – May 1, 2010)
Eelco Schattorie (July 27, 2010 – January 5, 2011) Abderrazek Chebbi (January 5, 2011 – May 16, 2011)
Ahmed El Agouz (July 29, 2011 – November 5, 2011) Khaled Al-Marzouq (November 5, 2011 – May 30, 2012) Ayman Ragab (July 1, 2012 – May 24, 2013) Sameer Hilal (May 28, 2013 – April 6, 2014) Jalel Kadri (April 29, 2014 – May 30, 2016).svg/1280px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small}
Patrick De Wilde (June 9, 2016 – August 30, 2016) Jalel Kadri (August 30, 2016 – May 5, 2017)
Eusebiu Tudor (May 18, 2017 – January 6, 2018)
Maher Al-Shammari (January 6, 2018 – May 1, 2018) Sameer Hilal (May 27, 2018 – June 1, 2019)
Alen Horvat (July 7, 2019 – December 14, 2019) Mohammed Tlemceni (caretaker) (December 14, 2019 – January 1, 2020) Kheïreddine Madoui (January 9, 2020 – September 20, 2020) Sameer Hilal (September 23, 2020 – June 1, 2021)
Dejan Arsov (July 13, 2021 – November 23, 2021) Paulo Gomes (November 23, 2021 – May 6, 2022) Khaled Al-Marzouq (caretaker) (May 6, 2022 – June 1, 2022) Pedro Emanuel (July 3, 2022 – June 23, 2024)
Georgios Donis (July 11, 2024 – )As of 12 August 2023:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
The handball team is one of the most successful handball club in Saudi Arabia. They won 10 times the league.
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Asian Club League Handball Championship
Arab Handball Championship of Champions
Saudi Handball League
Saudi Handball Federation Cup
Saudi Handball Elite Championship
Saudi Handball Super Cup
Saudi Handball Olympic Games
Saudi Beach Handball Championship
Squad for the 2023–24 season
Head coach: Dimitris Dimitroulias
Abdullah Alabdalali Mohammad Al-Salem Hussain Al-Mohsen Mohamed Al Meskeen Hassan Al Mubarak Abdullah Al-Hulaili Mohammed Al Meskeen Hassan Al-Turaiki Ali Al-Ibrahim Jawad Jaffal Marhoon Al-Maa Jawad Al Ghafli Nemanja Mladenović Hassan Al Ibrahim
Ameen Zakkar Sadiq Al-Mohsin Jehad Al Saihati Sajad Al Shuwaikhat Petar Nenadić (Joined for the 2023 IHF Men's Super Globe & 26th Asian Club League Handball Championship) Mohammed Hani Al Basha Mansour Al Saihati Mojtaba Al-Salem
Shinnosuke Tokuda (Joined for the 2023 IHF Men's Super Globe & 26th Asian Club League Handball Championship) Rami Al Mutairi