Hajer Football Club (Arabic: نادي هجر) is a professional association football club based in Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia. The team play in the Saudi First Division League, also known as the Yelo League due to sponsorship reasons; it is the second tier of Saudi Arabian football.

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Hajer FC

Full name	Hajer Football Club Al-Hasa
Nickname(s)	Sheikh Andiyat Al-Ahsa Al Sheikh Al Hajrawi
Founded	1950; 74 years ago (1950)
Ground	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Capacity	19,550[1]
Chairman	Hamad Al-Arifi
Manager	Gjoko Hadžievski
League	First Division League
2022–23	FDL, 8th of 18
Website	Club website
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Established in 1950, the club is the oldest team in Al-Hasa region. The club have been promoted to the top tier of Saudi Football on 4 different occasions. Hajer have a record equal 4 First Division titles and have won the Prince Faisal bin Fahd cup once.

The club share their home stadium, Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium, with city rivals Al-Fateh with whom they contest the Ahsa derby with.

Hajer Club were founded in the city of Hofuf part of the Al-Ahsa province in 1948 and they are the oldest professional football club in the Al-Ahsa region. The club was officially recognized as a professional football club in the year of 1950. The club was formerly called "Al-Badr" before changing their name to "Hajer".^[2]

In the 2010–11 season Hajer finished first in the Saudi First Division and were promoted to the Saudi Professional League for the first time since 1998.

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• Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams
  • Winners (1): 2004–05
  • Runners-up (2): 1995–96, 2000–01
• Prince Mohammad bin Salman League (Level 2)
  • Winners (4): 1987–88, 1997–98, 2010–11, 2013–14
• Saudi Second Division (Level 3)
  • Winners (1): 2001–02

The current administration that runs the club is the club-president Hamad Al-Arifi and vice-president Osama Al-Naeem.

• Chairman: Sami Al-Melhem
• Director of football: Slobodan Ogsananovic
• Media Officer: Ali Al Saeed
• Head Coach: Abdullah Al-Janoubi

As of 7 September 2021:^[4][5]

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

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No. Pos. Nation Player 5 DF  SEN Bakary Coulibaly 7 MF  KSA Hamad Al-Quwaizani 8 MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Tofail 13 MF  CMR Clarence Bitang 14 DF  KSA Asaed Al-Dohailan 15 MF  KSA Mutair Al-Zahrani 18 MF  KSA Hassan Jaafari 20 MF  NED Youssef El Jebli 21 MF  CRO Nikola Jambor 23 GK  KSA Ali Al-Abdulsalam 26 GK  KSA Hatem Al-Jahani 27 DF  KSA Mubarak Wajdi 29 DF  MKD Konstantin Cheshmedjiev

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 DF  KSA Omar Al-Muziel 34 FW  NED Reda Kharchouch 37 MF  MAR Reda Hajhouj 50 MF  KSA Talal Majrashi 55 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Dawsari 70 DF  KSA Mohammed Daghriri 73 GK  KSA Mohammed Al-Moqahwi (on loan from Al-Adalah) 77 FW  KSA Abdullah Khattab 78 DF  KSA Nasser Al-Khalifa 90 DF  KSA Jamal Al-Dhefiri 91 FW  KSA Nawaf Bo Amer 93 DF  KSA Yasser Al Mousa

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Out on loan

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

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No. Pos. Nation Player 12 DF  KSA Ahmed Al-Dagher (on loan to Al-Rawdhah)

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• Gaúcho (2000–01)
• Ednaldo Patricio (Jun 25, 2011 – Oct 3, 2012)
• Tarek Yehia (Oct 18, 2012 – Apr 28, 2013)
• Nebojša Jovović (Apr 28, 2013 – Oct 30, 2015)
• Abdullah Al-Janoubi (caretaker) (Oct 30, 2015 – Nov 4, 2015)
• Stéphane Demol (Nov 4, 2015 – Mar 8, 2016)
• Abdullah Al-Janoubi (Mar 8, 2016 – )

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia