Al Safa FC

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Al-Safa

Full name	Al Safa Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Safa
Founded	1 January 1947; 77 years ago (1947-01-01)
Ground	Al-Safa Club Stadium, Safwa
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Mohammed Hassan Ibrahim
Manager	Carlos Pinto
League	First Division League
2023–24	FDL, 10th of 18
Website	http://www.alsafa.sa
Home colours Away colours

Al-Safa Club is a sports club, based in Saudi Arabia, that competes in the Saudi Second Division. The club's headquarters are located in the Safwa City in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia near Dammam and King Fahd International Airport. The facilities of Al-Safa club have been built to the highest standards and include international standard football pitch with an international track and field, swimming pool, indoor volleyball, handball and basketball hall, outdoor tennis, volleyball, handball and basketball courts in addition to a full facility gym and indoor squash courts.

The club competes in ten different sports in Saudi Arabia on the youth and adult levels. These are: Football, Track and field, Handball, Volleyball, Basketball, Squash, Tennis, Table Tennis, Swimming and Bodybuilding. The sports club members have reached highest levels in Saudi Arabia's competitions and have represented the country with the national teams in world cups/ championships and in the Olympic Games.

The club has also multicultural participations in Theatre, Photography, Arts and general training and development.

Al-Safa Club was founded in 1947 under the name of "Al-Safa Football Team". And when the Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia organized the establishments of sports teams, a special committee visited Safwa city and officially registered the team as a sports club that is officially registered and regulated under the General Presidency of Youth Welfare (GPYF) in Saudi Arabia.

Several presidents have been elected to chair the club in the past fifty years. The most famous are:

1- Ahmed Saleh Al-Habib 2- Ali Ahmed Al-Mousa 3- Khoder Al-Ibrahim 4- Sameer Mohammed Al-Nasir 5-Kumail Ali Alibrahim 6-Mohammed Ghallab 7- Mohammed Hassan Ibrahim ( Current Chairman)

The current board of directors of the club was elected in August 2023 at the general assembly meeting. The assembly elected the president and eight (8) board members as follows:

Position	Name
Manager	Carlos Pinto
Assistant Managers	Abdullateef Al-Hussaini Salman Al-Qahtani
Goalkeeper Coach	Ben Othmen Fahmi
Fitness Coach	Younes Al-Bakhit
Match Analysis	Khalid Al-Azmi
Performance Director	Abdulaziz Al-Masoudi
Team Doctor	Bandar Al-Jaadi
Physiotherapists	Rayan Al-Nakhli
Kit Manager	Osama Baessa

Al-Safa Club champions have accomplished several high achievements on the single and team games at the local and international levels. Some of these are listed below

After almost 60 years in the third division, Al-Safa football team was able to win the third division's league in 2011 and qualified to the second division. The team didn't stay long in the second division and was able to qualify to the Saudi's League first division for professionals in 2014 for the first time in History.

Championship	Position	President	Team Captain	Team Manager
Saudi's League Third Division	First Place	Sameer Al-Nasir	Mofeed Salah	Redha Al-Janabi
Saudi's League Second Division	Second Place	Ali Al-Mousa	Habib Al-Ahmad	Redha Al-Janabi

In Athletics, Al-Safa Club has produced many champions on the local and international levels. The most famous of them all is the Asian Long Jum record holder Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi who owns the Asian record of 8.48 (List of Asian records in athletics) m in long Jump that he was able to achieve in France in 2006. The other athletics champions who also participated in the World's Championship and/ or the Olympic games include: Asem Al-Hizam in Decathlon, Abdullah Taher in High Jump, Hashim Al-Shorafa in 400 meters and Hussain Asem in Pole Vault

The Saudi records are registered under Al-Safa champions in the following:

Name[1]	Game	Saudi Record
Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi	Long Jump	8.48 Meter
Hussain Asem Al-Hizam	Pole Vault	5.70 meter

In swimming, the most famous Saudi swimmer in history (Alawi Maki) is the dominant figure in the club. Alawi was the first Saudi and Middle Eastern swimming who successfully crossed the English Channel between UK and France. He broke the English Channel crossing record and accompanied him in this achievement the late Saleh Ajaj, Malik Shaker, Fakher Al-Sadah, Saeed Quraish and the current club's vice president Dheya Al-Asaad.^[2]

Al-Safa club is one of Saudi's best teams in Handball. The team has accomplished several advanced positions in the league and club and the team members participated with the Saudi National Team in world cup several times. Among those who participated in the world cup: Hashim Al-Shorafa, Ali AL-Dawood, Bashir Qurainawi, Mohammed Al-Zayer, Hussain Henabi and Mohammed Nasfan.

Championship[3]	Position	Team's Captain
Prince Sultan Bin Fahad Cup 1998	Second Place	Hashim Al-Shorafa
Prince Faisal Elite Cup 2002	Third Place	Bashir Qurainawi

Al-Safa club remained for several decades among the best three clubs in volleyball in Saudi (in addition to Al-Ahli and Al-Hilal). Several Team players have participated with the national Saudi team including: Nouri Al-Sadah, Abdulkarim Al-Fraid, Yahya Al-Marhoon and Faiz Al-Dawood.

In Squash, Al-Safa team is one of the best teams in Saudi Arabia. The players have participated with the national Saudi team in the regional and international competitions. Among those: Fadi Henabi, Akram Al-Safwani, Ali Quraish and Hussain Al-Sadiq

As of Saudi First Division League:

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 7 MF  KSA Habib Al-Ahmed 8 MF  KSA Ahmed Al-Anzi 10 FW  KSA Mohammad Al-Sahlawi 11 MF  KSA Saeed Al-Zahrani 12 DF  KSA Hazim Al-Zahrani 14 MF  KSA Hussain Al-Shurafa 15 MF  KSA Abdulwahab Jaafer 16 DF  KSA Abdullah Khalifah (on loan from Al-Ettifaq) 17 DF  KSA Aseel Abed 18 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Saleh 19 DF  KSA Hassan Al-Jubairi 20 MF  BRA Maicon Douglas 21 GK  KSA Moslem Al Freej 22 GK  KSA Hassan Al-Ahsaei 23 DF  KSA Hassan Al Farid

No. Pos. Nation Player 24 DF  KSA Mishari Al-Qumaizi 25 DF  KSA Ahmed Al-Alwan 31 MF  KSA Abdulmohsen Burayk 42 MF  KSA Hamed Fallatah 48 MF  KSA Abdullah Othman 69 MF  KSA Salem Al-Saleem 70 FW  COL Danilo Asprilla 74 MF  KSA Abdulmohsen Al-Qahtani 77 MF  KSA Baraa Softah 79 GK  KSA Hussain Emad 88 FW  KSA Jawad Okeek 92 FW  COL Luis Hinestroza 93 MF  ROU Alexandru Albu 96 DF  KSA Saleh Al-Nashmi 99 FW  BRA Fabinho

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia