Al-Adalah

Full name	Al-Adalah Football Club
Nickname(s)	Fursan Al-Waha (Knights of the Oasis)
Founded	1984; 40 years ago (1984)
Ground	Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium
Capacity	26,000
President	Abdulaziz Al-Mudhey
Manager	Roel Coumans
League	FDL
2022–23	Pro League, 15th of 16 (relegated)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Al-Adalah Football Club (Arabic: نادي العدالة لكرة القدم, romanized: nādī al-ʿadāla l-kurat al-qadam, "Justice F.C."), is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Al-Hulaylah, Al-Ahsa, that plays in the Saudi First Division League.^[1] The club was founded in 1984.

Al-Adalah have finished as Second Division runners-up twice, first in the 2008–09 season and then in the 2015–16 season. The club have spent only four seasons in the Saudi First Division, the second tier of Saudi football, before achieving promotion to the Pro League. On 15 May 2019, the club made history by achieving promotion to the Pro League for the first time.^[2]

The club play their home games at Prince Abdullah bin Jalawi Stadium in Al-Ahsa, sharing the stadium with three other Al-Ahsa based clubs, Al-Fateh, Hajer and Al-Jeel.^[3]

Honours

• Saudi First Division League (Tier 2)
  • Runners-up: 2021–22
  • Third place: 2018–19
• Saudi Second Division (Tier 3)
  • Runners-up: 2008–09, 2015–16
• Saudi Third Division/Saudi Fourth Division (Tier 4)
  • Winners: 2000–01

Former managers

• Mohammed Al-Janoubi (August 22, 2002 – October 17, 2002)
• Hussain Al-Abdulwahab (October 17, 2002 – December 18, 2002)
• Hassine Menestiri (December 18, 2002 – April 30, 2003)
• Ahmed Al-Habib (August 1, 2003 – January 24, 2004)
• Khamis Gera (January 24, 2004 – March 21, 2004)
• Hussain Al-Abdulwahab (March 23, 2004 – August 13, 2005)
• Mehrez Al Dami (August 13, 2005 – September 21, 2005)
• Hussain Al-Abdulwahab (caretaker) (September 21, 2005 – October 20, 2005)
• Morsi Ktata (October 20, 2005 – July 10, 2006)
• Ali Zouari (July 24, 2006 – October 5, 2006)
• Samir Al Khamira (October 5, 2006 – January 9, 2007)
• Ahmed Al-Habib (caretaker) (January 9, 2007 – February 4, 2007)
• Najib Khouaja (February 4, 2007 – May 30, 2007)
• Mahdi Ben Sohaima (June 18, 2007 – November 3, 2007)
• Ahmed Al-Habib (caretaker) (November 3, 2007 – November 19, 2007)
• Mohamed Zouiten (November 19, 2007 – January 23, 2008)
• Najib Khouaja (January 23, 2008 – May 17, 2009)
• Zouhair Louati (July 18, 2009 – March 5, 2010)
• Abdullah Darwish (March 5, 2010 – May 10, 2010)
• Morsi Ktata (July 14, 2010 – March 20, 2011)
• Nasser Nefzi (March 20, 2011 – May 30, 2011)
• Habib Ben Romdhane (August 1, 2011 – December 1, 2011)
• Najib Khouaja (December 1, 2011 – December 20, 2012)
• Wahid Hidoussi (December 20, 2012 – May 30, 2013)
• Salah Abou El Fattouh (July 31, 2013 – November 23, 2013)
• Noureddine Labyad (November 23, 2013 – June 1, 2014)
• Selim Al Manga (August 13, 2014 – May 30, 2015)
• Mohamed Saidi (July 30, 2015 – November 14, 2016)
• Ahmed Sari (November 14, 2016 – March 20, 2017)
• Abdullah Darwish (March 27, 2017 – May 5, 2018)
• Ridha Jeddi (May 15, 2018 – April 26, 2019)
• Redha Al-Janbe (April 26, 2019 – May 16, 2019)
• Skander Kasri (May 31, 2019 – November 4, 2019)
• Nacif Beyaoui (November 5, 2019 – June 13, 2020)
• Giovanni Solinas (June 25, 2020 – September 9, 2020)
• Mohamed Mkacher (September 18, 2020 – January 29, 2021)
• Jalel Kadri (January 31, 2021 – June 1, 2021)
• Nacif Beyaoui (June 3, 2021 – March 18, 2022)
• Yousef Al Mannai (March 18, 2022 – October 22, 2022)
• Martin Ševela (October 23, 2022 – June 1, 2023)
• Ante Miše (June 16, 2023 – December 15, 2023)
• Abdulhadi Al-Abdullah (caretaker) (December 15, 2023 – December 21, 2023)
• Roel Coumans (December 21, 2023 – )

Current squad

As of 13 June 2021:^[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  KSA Mutab Sharahili 3 DF  BRA Philipe Maia 4 DF  KSA Hussain Al-Mosaabi 5 DF  GRE Theofanis Mavrommatis 6 MF  KSA Omar Al-Zayni 7 FW  KSA Rashed Al-Salem 8 DF  KSA Abdullah Al-Yousef 10 MF  MLI Moussa Doumbia 11 FW  KSA Keshim Al-Qahtani 13 GK  KSA Mohammed Al-Bladi 14 MF  KSA Abdulrahman Al-Hurib 15 MF  KSA Nasser Al-Muqahem 16 MF  KSA Khaled Al-Hamdhi 18 MF  KSA Elyas Al-Bladi 19 DF  KSA Abdullah Al-Rashidi

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  KSA Mohammed Abu Abd 22 GK  KSA Ali Al-Ameri 27 DF  KSA Awadh Khrees 32 DF  KSA Mohammed Salah 43 MF  SVN David Tijanić (on loan from Göztepe) 44 MF  TOG Samsondin Ouro 49 DF  KSA Ali Al-Salem 71 FW  KSA Mahmoud Bu Hassan 74 MF  FRA Karim Yoda 77 MF  KSA Hassan Al-Majhad (on loan from Al-Khaleej) 88 MF  KSA Ali Al-Suwaij 89 MF  KSA Khaled Al-Muziel 90 MF  KSA Ammar Al-Bashah 97 FW  CMR Donovan Ewolo

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 73 GK  KSA Mohammed Al-Moqahwi (on loan to Hajer)