Al-Orobah FC

Al-Orobah
Full name	Al Oroubah Football Club
Founded	1975; 50 years ago
Ground	Al-Orobah Club Stadium
Capacity	7,000
Owner	Badr bin Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz
Chairman	Munis Al-Dhawi
Head coach	Slavche Vojneski
League	Saudi First Division
2024–25	Pro League, 17th of 18 (relegated)
Website	www.alorobahclub.sa
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Al-Orobah FC (Arabic: نادي العروبة لكرة القدم, romanized: nādī al-oroubah li-kūrāt ae-qādam, lit. 'Arabism Football Club') is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Sakakah, that will compete in the Saudi First Division.

History

They won the 2012–13 Saudi First Division and were promoted to the Saudi Pro League, the top level of Saudi Arabian football for the first time in their history.

Al-Orobah achieved a milestone by earning promotion to the Saudi Pro League in the 2013–14 season, marking its first appearance in the top tier of Saudi football.^{[citation needed]}

On 18 March 2025, Al-Orobah were subject to a ban on registration of new players by FIFA after they were found to have not paid $150,000 of transfer fees and 5% interest that were owed to Welsh club The New Saints after the transfer of Brad Young.^[1]^[2]

Honours

Saudi First Division League (tier 2)
- Winners (1): 2012–13
Saudi Second Division League (tier 3)
- Winners (1): 2007–08
- Runners-up (1): 1998–99, 2020–21
Saudi Third Division (tier 4)
- Winners (1): 1996–97

Current squad

As of January 2025

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
1	GK	KSA	Rafea Al-Ruwaili
3	DF	KSA	Raed Faraj
4	DF	KSA	Ziyad Al-Hunaiti
6	MF	KSA	Ahmed Al-Juwaid
7	MF	CIV	Aboubacar Doumbia
9	FW	NGA	Simy
10	MF	KSA	Ayman Al-Hujaili
11	DF	KSA	Hamed Al-Maqati
14	MF	KSA	Fawaz Rabee
15	FW	KSA	Azzam Al-Bishi
17	MF	KSA	Rayan Al-Hazmi
18	MF	KSA	Farraj Al-Rashid
19	FW	KSA	Omar Al-Sharari


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	VEN	Darwin González
21	MF	NED	Anass Najah
22	GK	KSA	Saud Al-Ruwaili
27	FW	KSA	Sultan Al-Harbi
30	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Zubaidi
33	DF	KSA	Hussein Al-Shuwaish
34	GK	KSA	Jassem Al-Ashban
44	DF	KSA	Fahad Al-Munaif
66	DF	KSA	Ali Al-Sultan
70	MF	KSA	Abdulrahman Hindi
77	GK	KSA	Abdulbari Al-Daraan
80	MF	KSA	Fahad Al-Rashidi
—	DF	KSA	Mohammed Al-Amri

Notable players

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Slavche Vojneski
Assistant coach	Filip Despotovski Mohammed Al-Sharari
Goalkeeping coach	Talal Rajih
Conditioning coach	Sashko Poposki
Video analyst	Hussain Barnawi
Head of medical	Nawwaf Al-Ismaili
Team doctor	Ibrahim Al-Qahtani
Physiotherapist	Turki Al-Bulaihi
Masseur	Saud Al-Ghanim
Sports scientist	Abdullah Al-Marzouq
Nutritionist	Faiz Al-Suleiman
Performance director	Mohammed Al-Yusuf
Technical director	Salman Al-Kaabi